North Carolina Newspapers

0; A Mm ifil flit) 1 I Volume VM.-Number 17 ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C, JULY 15, 1921 Subscription $2 00 a Year in Advance Ill fin ROSEMARY PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS Mr. W. G. Coburn, of Franklin. Pat, spent Tuesday in Rosemary, Mr. L B. Thompson, of Bea rer Dam, Va., was in town Tues- 4i.. Miss Bettie Cooper is spending several days at Moorehead City. Mr. C. S. Hudson, of Baltimore, Ivas here yesterdayi Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Nash, ntf daughter, are visiting re- atives in Lumberton. Mr. Ellis H. Joyner spent unday with his parents in Lit leton. Mr. G. 0. Gwathmey, Jr., of brfolk, spent Wednesday in rosemary. Rev. and Mrs. Chas. M. Lance Ire BDendinar the week in New ork City.. Mr. David B. Jacobson, of Portsmouth, was a visitor in own Wednesday. Mrs. Lewis N. Taylor and chil ren are snendinsr several davs In Oxford. Mr. R. A. Pruitt, of Peters urg, was here Wednesday. Mr. John L. Patterson, of kichmond, was in town Monday. Mr. J. Watts, of Richmond, pent Wednesday in Rosemary. Mr. T. M Jenkins and children re spending the week at Ne wpoi t ews. Mrs.T. W. Boul ware and daughj er returned to their home in k irginia this week. Mr. John A. Shaw, of Vultare, vas in town yesterday. Mr. Leonardo Andrea, lay as istant at All Saints' Church, as called to his home near Jreenville. S. C, Tuesday on ac count of the sudden death of his ather. Mr. L. R. Allsbrook, of Nor Ik, was a visitor in town is week. Mr. Rives W. Taylor, of Ox- rd, is visiting relati es here. Mr. J. L Armistead, of Oeters- iurg, was in town Wednesday, i Mr, J. H. Coughnour, of Columbia, S. C, spent Wednes- ay in town. Miss Elise Bradley, of North ampton county, was here yester ay. Mr. W. B. Powell, of Rocky Mount, spent the week-end in sown. Mr. R. W. Carter, of Peters urg, was a visitor in town Mon day. LMr. Geo. A. Westbrook, of cky Mount, spent Monday in wwn. Mr. Abner Nash left this week or a visit to relatives in Lum- lerton. Mr. L H. Chesson, of Hender- (rn, was here Monday. Mr. J. E. McGee, spent the leek-end in Norfolk. Mr. F. B. Hight, of Henderson, as here Monday. Mr. T. W. Mullen, spent the leek -end in Norfolk. Mr. G. W. Truitt, of Culpeper, fa., spent Sunday in Rosemary, Rev. Mr. Wright, of Littleton, field service in the Methodist hurch Sunday night. Vr Jf If rf Poiorq. purg, was in town Monday. Mrs. Virginia Dromgoole, of valentine, Va., spent yesterday Si Rosemary. RJH CAROLINA, HALIFAX UUNTY.-.-in the Superior Court. ndUna Vincent, vi. i vt; Un ion Vinu.n i I The defendant .h... n ...i, .I . . . mrviw flVIIICU W .11 UtHC f : ma acuon entitled aa above been romm,... iM .l. a ioutt of Halifax County to dissolve the fL&T?1?' nw x!"t.'ng be- l .Y" Tj t"'ni"i ana defendant; ItnO the said WnH,.nt ak notice h. u" .7,. ttSL & "'.I, Superior Court v u IIVIU III LIIM MM 1(1 I yilllllll a. rd Monday before th.. am u j September 1921, at the Court-house m.u in naiuax, . u. to wir or demur tn th. : to to Court for the relief asked in ji'""" K . v.vil . us uid lllM 1 1 1 1 ll w ui ill annin S. M. Gary, of Stjnerlnr C ; Lf Clerk of Superior Court Th daj of June, A. D, 1920. V-4t with the churches! METHODIST CHURCH Rev. L. B. Jone, Pastor Sunday school at 9:45 A. M., W. V. Woodruff. Supt. Preaching by the Pastor at 1 A. M. and 8 P. M. All are cordially invited to these services. All Sfints' Church (Epiwoptl) Rev. Lewis N. Taylor, Rector Reunite Atrniu Mr. Ltautii AaoVta, Lay Aiiiilut Next Sunday is the eighth Sunday after Trinity. Services in the Church next Sunday as follaws: 9:45 Church School, T. ,W. Mullen, Supt. 7:30 A. M. Holy Communion. 11 A. M. Special service for the Loyal Order of Moose. 8 P. M. Evening service and sermon. We expect to use the organ at these services. A most cordial welcome is ex tended to you. Presbyterian Church Rev. Stanley White, Pastor Mill Mtrgartl McLeod, Haitor'i Aiiiitul Mr. Stana, Orgaoiit Mr. J. H. Hirtiion, S. S. Supt. Sunday School 10:00 A. M. Morning Service 11:00 A. M. Christian Endeavor 7:00 P. M. Junior Christian Endeavor 3 P. M. Evening Service will be held in the People's Theatre. Words of familiar hymns are thrown on the screen, so all can join in the singing. The service is kept well within the hour. Men are invited to leave their coats at home, so they can enjoy the ser vice in full comfort. Polarines Win From Roanoke Rapids-Rosemary With the score 6 to 5 against them in the ninth inning the Polarine Club won the game by a home run hit over the fence with two men on, Saturday after noon. Thelocals meet the team from Emporia tomorrow after noon. JASPER SMITH Jasper Smith, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Smith, died at the home of his parents on Six Hundred Street yesterday morning at nine o'clock. The body was taken to Benson yesterday alternoon for burial. WARRICK -TAYLOR Mr. Julian Warrick and Miss Lucy Taylor, well-known young people of Rosemary were married by the Christian minister, Rev. Mr. Riggs, in the minister's home Monday afternoon. They will make their home in Rose mary. Mr. Warrick is with the J. J Wade Company. . FRATERNAL NOTES I. O. O. F. Carolina Lodge No. 2251.0.0. F. held their regular meeting Monday night, July 11th, 1921, in W. 0. W. Hall, Rosemary. With the usual large crowd in attendance the first degree was given to one candidate after the completion of the regular routine business. The members present complimented the degree work. On next Monday night th sec ond dergee will be conferred upon the same candidate. The Concert Class from the Orphanage at Goldsboro will make their annual visit to Rose mary on the 23rd of July and to Roanoke Rapids on the 25th, Every member of this Lodge is urgently requested to make a special effort to see that this is the best year in the history of their visits to this lodge. FIBRE BOARD PLANT t! Flames Started by Gut Building Early Thursday Morning. Loss Estimated in Excess of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars. Parti ally Covered by Insurance. FUTURE PLANS NOW UNCERTAIN State Students Attending Summer Camp. Ninety-four members of the Junior class at State College assembled again for training during the week of June 13, but the scene was far away from the class room and campus, and in stead of the text book, the draw ing board and the microscope, the implements of war were used. More than 2.0UU students from the R. O. T. C. units in the Fourth and Fifth Corps Areas, compris ing the states of Alabama, Ark ansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisi ana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Kentuc ky, Ohio, and West Virginia, gathered June 1G at Camp Knox, Kentucky, for six weeks of inten sive training as a part of the plan of Uncle Sam for building up a great reserve force of officer ma terial to be called upon in a time of national emergency. The student-soldiers are fur nished with uniforms and sub sistence, transportation to and from camp, and draw pay at the rate of one dollar per day. Camp Knox will be used as an infantry training center only, the other army units making up the R. 0. T. C. being transferred to other army posts. The training at Knox will consist of basic princi ples covering the range all the way from recruit instruction to actual experience in handling the several units as officers. The State College rifle team, which turned in such a remark able record during the school year, is practically intact. After prelim inary practice at Camp Knox the team will move on to Camp Perry, Ohio, to participate in the national rifle matches to be held in August. The competition will be unusually keen as teams will be entered from all sections of the country. Colonel Daniel D. Gregory, commanding officer at the col lege, is mess officer at Camp Knox, while Captain H. E. Fisher and Captain N. L. Sim monds, instructors in military science tactics, are acting as company officers. NOTICE WhprpMO lirtrlul. ntiil M lIrtlui tf u certain deed of trust made by C. H. Vaughart to me as trustee, dated liith, day of March, 1920, and recorded in the office of Register of Deeds for Halifax County, North Carolina, on the 20th, day of March, 1920, in Bcok No. 318, at page No. 6, default having been made in the indebtedness thereby secured, and at the request of the holder of the notes eviriencinir the said indebtedness. I did nn the !7t.h.. day of June, A. P. 1921, at the hour of 12:30 o'clock, P. M. in front of the Post-office door, in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, sell at UUblic auction tr th hitrhcMt hlrMnr fur cash the real-property hereinafter de- scnueu; ana wnereas. uie last ana nign est bid received by me for said real DronertV has been rnispri 111 mr rent and a certilied check or the 10 p er ce nt raise nas oeen aejiositeo: witn tne i ierK of the Superior Court within the time as reuuired bv Section SJM1 nf the Consolidated Statute of North Caro lina, 1 will, on Saturday, the 2:ird. day of Julv, A. I). 1921. at the hour of 12:110 o'clock, P. M., in front of the I'ost ollice door, in Roanoke Hapidn. North Carolina, resell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the said real proi"rty, more particularly described and defined as follows: That house and those two lota Nos. 232 and 234 situated on the Kast side of Jefferson Street, in the town of Roa noke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina, fronting thirty (30) feet each on said street and running back the same width between parallel lines and at right angles to said street one hun dred and forty (140) feet each to an alley. For a more perfect description of said lots reference is hereby express ly made to the Roanoke Rapids Power Company's map or plot of the Town of Roanoke Rapids, duly recorded in Book No. 10H, at. page No.G15, in the Register of Deeds office for Halifax County, North Carolina. 7-8-2t E. T. Clark, Trustee. NORTH CAROLINA, HALIFAX COUNTY. In the Superior Court. E. E. Wollett I vs Notice of sale under exe- H. D. Mayo cution. By virtue of an execution directed to the undersigned from the Superior Court of Halifax County, North Caro- DESTROYED BY FIRE Spark From Exhaust Burning Proves Cheapest Way to Remove Slumps A stumping demonstration for the purpose of deciding what method of removing stumps wai I f'llPfliifief- in that- uotirm uraa fa. cently put on by the county agent of Lincoln County, Miss. A field with plenty of material for the demonstration was select ed and three methods of remov ing the stumps were tried digging, pulling, and burning. After careful estimates the farm ers at the'demonstration and the county agents decided that the cheapest way, where the stumps removed were not nearenougl) to a town to sell the wood conveni ently, was by burning. As soon as an air current of circulation was started by digging and boring holes, the fire burned easily and in a short time the stump was a wreck. NEW PIPE ORGAN IN ALL SAINTS' CHURCH The new pipe organ in All Saints' Episcopal Church was completed this week and will be used for the first time next Sun day morning. It is the product of the Estey Company and was built by Mr. Geo. N. Bucklin, who has been with the company for twenty six years. It is a .two manual, tubular pneumatic action type, having thirteen speaking stops, and ten couplers. There are seven hundred and fifty nine speaking pipes in the instrument, and has an electric blower attach ment. It is the latest design in organ construction to the minut est detail, possessing the crescen do pedal, combination pistons and the stop action is the tilting tablet system. The organ is a gift to the Church from Messrs. S. F. Patterson and W. L. Long. Loyal Order of Moose Service Next Sunday. The Loyal Order of Moose nas arranged a special service to be held in All Saints' (Episcopal) Church next Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. All members of ! the order are asked to meet at the hall at ten thirty and march in a body to the Church. The new organ will be used at this service. Every Moose is expected to be present. The public is cordially invited. lina. in the above-entitled action, I will. ! on Monday, the 15th day of August, i 1921. at eleven o'clock A. M., at the courthouse door of said County, in the town of Halifax, sell to the highest ! bidder for cash to satisfy said execu tion, all Uie rij'tit, Lu if and iiiit-lenl which the said H. D. Mayo, the de fendant, has in the following described real estate, to-wit: That certain par cel of lot of land situate, lying and be ing in Littleton Township, Halifax County, State of North Carolina, and in the town of Littleton and bounded as follows: On the North by the Public Road from Littleton to Thelma; On the Kast by the lands of Mabel Christian and a short Street; On the South by East End Avenue, and on the West by the lands of Anna Baker, containing one acre more or less. The foregoing parcel or lot of land is known as the "H. D. Mayo Home Place". This the 5th day of July, lftil. Terms of sale: Cash. J. A. House, 7-8-4t - Sheriff of Halifax County. ORDINANCE 1, ARTICLE 11. SECTION 39. Section 39. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to open any house, shop, store or stand on Sun day for the purpose of buying or selling except in cases of absolute necessity, and if any store shall be found open it shall be prima facie evidence that the same was opened by the proprietor or his agent for, the purpose of selling: Fan in Drying Room Fire starting from an exhaust fan in the drying room at six thirty Thursday morning result ed in the practical destruction of the plant and machinery with an estimated loss of considerably in excess of three hundred thou sand dollars. The blaze was discovered shortly after its origin but delay in starting effective fire fighting allowed the flames to gain suffici ent headway to sweep through the plant. The fire pump of the Fibre Board Company broke down shortly after it was put in to operation and that part of the building that was saved owes its preservation almost entirely to the fire pumps of the Roanoke Mills Company which maintained a hose pressure of one hundred and twenty pounds during the rest of the fire. All of the build ing except the boiler house and engine room and a small part of the east end was totally destroy ed. It is impossible at present to estimate accurately the extent of damage to the machinery but it will hardly be less than a quarter of a million dollars. Ma terial in process and finished product storei in the plant, esti mated at about thirty thousand dollars was, of course, complete ly destroyed. It may be possible to salvage a part of the paper mr chine, and the boilers, engines and other machinery located in the basement and the extreme eastern end of the plant are prac tically unharmed. The building belonged to the United Industrial Company of which John Armstrong Chal loner is the largest, if not the sole owner. Fifty thousand dollars of insurance was carried on the building, by the Roanoke Fibre Board Company under the terms of their lease. The Fibre Board Company also carried thirty thousand dollars on stock and $210,0.00.00 on machinery. The plant had recently been appraised at $375,000.00, not including the building. The Roanoke Fibre Board Company's manager, Mr. F. M. Brown, states that no decision has yet been reached in regard to the Company's future plans. As the Fibre Board Company does not own the building or the site any plans at all for the future are highly problematical. The destruction of the plant throws from fifty to sixty of our citizens out of employment and is a distinct loss to the community in other wavs. Under the effi cient management of Mr. F. M. Brown, the Fibre Board Com pany had weathered a protracted low market and plans to secure additional working capital to en able the company to operate more economically and to in crease production had been con summated only a few days ago. Provided, however, drug stores may be kept open at all times on Sunday for the sale of drugs and medicines only, ana hotels, cafes and restaurants for the sell ing and serving of cooked food only to the public; provided further, however, that it shall be unlawful for any hotel, cafe, or restaurant to sell or serve any carbonated, bottled, fountain, or soft drinks of any kind on Sunday or to serve the same with a meal or meals on Sunday: Provided further, however, that ice dealers and milk dealers may sell and deliver ice and milk on Sunday, and garages may be kept open on Sun day. Any person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean or and, upon conviction, fined Twenty five Dollars. Passed and ordered published this, the 13th day of July, A. U. ltfZl, by order of the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Roanoke Rapids, N. C. 715-5t A. L. Clark, Clerk 'SUNDAY COCA COLAS ! ARE PROHIBITED May Not be Sold in rug Stores or Purchased with Meals in Cafes Say Board of Town .Commissioners. Ef fective in Thirty Days. FIVE JITNEY LICENSES ISSUED Sunday selling of anything ex cept drugs, milk, ice ami "cook ed" food is prohibited under penalty of twenty live dollars fine by ordii.ance adopted by the Board of Town Commissioners at their meeting held on last Wed nesday. In prohibiting tin.- sale of bottled sodas with meals the new ordinance clamp the lid down on Sabbath observance more tightly than it has ever been before in Roanoke Rapids and as the ordinance is effective only in Roanoke Rapids it will probtbly result in considerably augmenting the present flourish ing Sunday trade in Rosemary in ice cream, Coca Colas and tobac cos. Mr. A. L. Clark, the City Attorney, states that in his opin ion the ordinance will not be ef fective until thirty days after its publication and it seems probable that the Morally Stunted will have this length of time in which to get accustomed to the new or der of things. The Board issued licenses to drive automobiles for hire in Roa noke Rapids to Moses Whitley, Willie James. J. P. Peebles, A. L. Pruden and E. L. Ennis. One apDlication w'as received from a negro to drive a car for hire, but the Board promptly passed a res olution against issuing jitney licenses to colored applicants. A new set of ordinances for the town was approved and ordered published in pamphlet form. Two hundred copies of these ordi nances will be distributed in the next few weeks. POWELLTOWN ITEMS Miss Helen Powell spent some time in Roanoke Rapids this week. Miss Mary Medlin is visiting friends and relatives in Weldon. Mr. Millard Merritt and Miss Catherine Langley, of Norfolk, were week-end visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Merritt. Mrs. Ann Russel, of W eldon, spent the week-end with Mrs. A. F. Medlin. Mrs. T. B. Turner and mother, Mrs. T. M. Johnson, have return ed from a visit to Chapel Hill N. C. Miss Ethel Smith of Boston Mass., spent some time this week with Mrs. R. E. Merritt. We are very glad to know that Mr. L. A. Hudson is still improv ing and hope that he will soon be well. Many of the peonle from South Rosemary attended the Ice Cream supper given at Garner School on July 13, for the benefit of Smith's Church. Mrs. Nancy Dickens and Miss Effie Lane, of Rocky Mount, N. C, have returned to their home after spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hudson and family, of Henderson, have moved back to their home in South Rosemary. All of their friends were very glad to have them come back. Mr. Leonard Humphrette and Miss Ethel Green, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Put pey, have returned to their homes in Norfolk, Va. We are very glad to know that I una. li. r, uiuKf us is ame ui ue up again. Miss Carrie Tearson has re turned to her home in Scotland Neck, N. C. We are hoping to have a large crowd present at Smith's Church for the Childrens Day Service on July 17th., at 10 A. M. Tlease remember everybody is cordially invited. ROANOKE RAPIDS PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Clark, of Philadelphia, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lynch this week. Miss Ruby Williams spent the week-end in Rocky Mount with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Traynham spent the week-end at Buffalo Springs. Mrs. W. G Lynch and son, Graham, are visiting relatives inx Hamilton. Mrs. C. A. Porterlield and children, of Boston, Mass., are visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Chase. Miss Frances Davenport, of Richmond, spent a few days here this week visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Jones. Mr. E. J. Coltrane is spending, some time at Chapel Hill. Mrs. Mack Baldwin and son, of Atlanta, Ga,, are visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dean. Mr. Leonardo Andrea was call ed to his home in South Carolina Tuesday on account of the death of his father. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bugg and son, Hugh, Jr., left this week for Covington, Va. to spend some time. Mrs. J. F. Vincent and chil dren are visiting relatives in Stonewall. Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Kidd and children spent Sunday in War ren ton with relatives. Mr. Willis Turner spent a few days in Washington, N. C. this week with friends. Mrs. W. S. Dean and son and Mrs. Mack Baldwin and son left Tuesday for Ocean View to spend several days. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Towe and daughter are visiting relatives at Win fall. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Barrett, of Portsmouth, are spending some time here with relatives. Dr. and Mrs. Job Taylor are spending several d ays in North ern Cities. Mrs. E. H. Adkins is visiting 'n the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wyche. Miss Bernice Peele left Tues day for New Bern to visit friends, Mr. P. C. Duncan, of Raleigh, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. Marks. Rev. Stanley White and Mr. J. H. Harrison left this week for Ocean View to spend several days. Mr. and M rs. W. A. Vincent- of Vultare, spent Tuesday in town. Miss Beadie Clarke leaves this week for Lenoir to spend some time with her parents. Miss Florence Bain is visiung friends and relatives in Greens boro. The Ladies of the Presbyterian church will serve Brunswick Stew in the Park Tuesday, July lGth from 5 to 7 P. M. The ladies will appreciate your patronage. KOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue ol a power of sale conferred upon the undersigned bv a certain deed of trust executed by 1'. !!. Cook to K. H. Ri,k. which in re corded in Hook No. Ms, at Page office of the RegiMter of Doeds of Mali fax County, default having been made in tin- payment of an indebtedness therein S';t out and thereby serum!, and having been duly requested by the legal holder thereof, I will, on Satur day. August t:i, 1921. at Vi o'clock M., in front of the I'ostOHice in Rosemary. Halifax County, North Carolina, expose to public sale to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real prop erty, to-wit: Those three certain lots or parcels of land lying, situate and being in Roanoke Rapids Township, Halifax County. North Carolina, front ing each fifty (50) feet on Medlin Street, and shown and designated as lots Nos. 4't and 45 and 47 as shown and fully set out on that certain map or plot of the property of E. H. Ricks made by E. M. Eutsler Engineering Company, Raleigh, N.JC, March 1920. of record in the office of the Register of Deeds of Halifax County, in plat Book No. 2, at Page 103, reference to which is hereby made for more accurate des cription. This the 13th day of July, 1921, W. L. Long, Trustee By Allen C. Zollicoffer, Att'y , 7 15.4t k - m ,-L. .. .. . i J - -