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ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C, JANUARY 27, 1922
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AND LOCAL ITEMS I
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ilesdames J. M. Jackson and
S. Hancock spent several days
r. 1 I tL. I.
j,: tticnmonu whs wee&.
iids Marjorie Mendenhall spent
f week-end in Rocky Mount.
Dr. and Mrs. T. W. M. Long,
1 F. G. Jarman. Rev. Lewis
"fi Taylor and Mr. E. H. Ricks
fended the wedding of Mr. W.
Long and Miss Caroline Mon-
je in Stafford Saturday.
lr; Jlr. C. S, Stannage has return
- ehere to make his borne.
B. Marks and daughter,
kMajcella, are spending some time
,-4b-ij-S I
jn ureensooro.
:' ,'Mrs. C. E. Murray has return-
M ed to her home in Spencer after
spending some time here with
'w , ter parents.
j'v ! jwS3 Sadie Marks left this week
7: ii -ri .if or her home in Baltimore after
iii'li; .;ijPnding some time here with
"-".v.; relatives.
relatives,
W. Barnes, of Scotland
spent Saturday in town.
Mr. John Cranwell spent the
1'eek-end in Tarboro.
r;:Sv;r"-;':,.Ir. E. J. Coltrane and Miss
il; i i i business meeting held in Raleigh
AiU--.-. Ihia week.
Mr. J. T. Barnes is spending
fe!!Sme time in his home in Kenley
Oftaccount of the illness of his
HONOR ROLL
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING
11th grade Josephine Hege.
10th grade Louise Jackson,
fcfisrpiKtn grade-Mattie
' "i vVferna Freeman.
Askew,
f.'3'iJ5"'8th A grade Helen Jenkins,
: pi Irma Johnson, Wilber Davenport.
k:Jbth a grade Sam Jones, Udell
?hith.
F.fth A grade Ivey Crouch,
'""rSRobert Crutchfield, Arnie Lew-
tier, Helen Turner.
fX & A grade Lois Akers, Sarah
'liR Ro-rnrlfl-
5 B grade-Alton Gossett.
$J"t6 C grade Eugene Cannon.
;4ps-;4A 'grade Pearlie Istriecko,
I .:Ftfacilla Mullen, Emma Smith,
1- tirothy Welch.
$r . -A B grade-Gladys Fields.
Vi1 '"';S B grade Mary Allen, Louise
f yrd, Carlton Taylor, Ruby Shell,
!, j Atthur Webster, Vergilia Lyerly.
Wt'i CENTRAL SCHOOL
k;.'V-?rPirat Grade-Miss Williams,
' ;,."Hcher: Irving Waldrop, Boots
.! ' '; Rainey, Hughlo . Powell, Harry
..J;':::;:ivCherry.
. .ti-' iiJlV ' 'Jlin ClraAn Mint, Poi'n toniV
U&, u(A-,4 " uinuc -luiaa Laii', icotir
?pfK7i ht! u nirn n more vironnij km
'Vlncent, Helen Jordan, Virginia
j Aers, Howard Lynch, Edward
JCJark.
';)iSlr8t Grade Miss Holman,
lOV'Haacher: Helen Padgett, Helen
Second Grade-Miss Lasaiter.
' Ifcher: Essie Wayne Matkins,
; Jnrnie Shell, Kussell Pearce.
iyecond Grade Miss Fox,
richer: uorothy Crutchfield
Third Grade Miss Herring.
icher: Ollie Powell. Katie
" b Odom, Margie Collier. Virarie
! 8 nch, John Draper, Gilbert
1 Jale.
fourth Grade Mrs. Taylor,
cher: LdwinAKers. '
3-Eisrourtn uraae miss Lively,
tg,cher: Graham Lynch, Bertha
f fdgepeth, Lurline Hardy, BIoj-
Taylor,
iifth GradeMiss Bowers,
licher: Horace Freeman, Ed
rd Crutchfield. '
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Something Is Going
to Happen
February
Watch This Space Next Week
jail delivery in '
HALIFAX MONDAY
Three Colored PrUonert Make
Get Away After Attacking
Jailer Richard With Heavy
Plate. Trusty Prevents Es
cape of Others.
LEADER RECAPTURED TUESDAY
For the first time since the
county erected its modern, steel
celled jail at Halifax, a jail de
livery was attemoted, partially
successfully, late last Monday
afternoon. The attempt was
staged when County Jailer S. A.
Richards unlocked the lower tier
of cells for the purpose of lock
ing up a trusty, Howard Clay,
for the night. It was about six
o'clock in the afternoon and too
dark for the jailer to see that all
of his boarders were not securely j
fastened in their cells.
Immediately upon his entry in
to the partition Mr. Richards was
assaulted by three prisoners,
Willie Lomax, Togie Lynch, and
Willie Wright, all colored,
was struck on the head
wrist with a heavy plate
severely cut and bruised.
Ke
and
and
His
assailants secured the keys of
the jail and made their get away.
The escape of all the other
prisoners in the tier was prevent
ed by the action of the trusty,
Clay, in swinging to the spring
lock door before the rest of the
prisoners could reach it.
Willie Lomax, leader of the
gang, was arrested on Tuesday
at the home of his inamorata
near Littleton, and again placed
in durance vile and permanent
too, if Jailer Richards utmost pre
cautions in the future can make
it so.
Lomax was serving time for
assault with an axe upon some
colored friends in this township.
Lynch was serving six months
sentence for selling whiskey,
while Wright was awaiting trial
for robbing a Seaboard Air Line
freight car at Weldon.
LIGHT DOCKET IN
RECORDER'S COURT
It was a light week in the Re
corder's Court with only a few
cases and those of a minor na
ture. John Soney and Mary Wyche,
colored, charged with a statutory
offense moved over to Halifax
jail in default of bonds in the
sum of $100.00 each.
So did Alex Walden and Mar
iah Jones, likewise colored and
charged, in default of bonds in
the sums of $100.00 and $50.00
respectively.
Bill Coleman, drunk and dis
orderly, paid a fine of $10.00 and
costs.
Noah and Laura Pierce, charg
ed with indulging in a family row,
were dismissed upon the pay
ment of the costs.
W. 11. Birdsong donated a
foliar and the costs for the
privilege of riding on the side
walk with a bicycle. i
Willie Newsome, accused of
vagrancy, was given until night
fall to choose some other place of
rest and ero to it.
Thomas Lynch, another side
walk bicyclist, paid $1.00 and
the costs.
24, - 8:15
THINGS TO FORGET
If vou see a tall (ellow ahead of a crowd.
A loader of men, matching fearless and proud.
And you know of a tale whose mere telling aloud
Would cause his proud head to in snsuish be bowed
It's a pretty good plan to forget it.
If you know of a skeleton hidden awav
In a closet and guarded and kept from the day
In the dark and whose showing, wh'se sudden display
Would cause gtief and sorrow and lifelong dismay
It's a pretty good plan to forget it.
U you know of a thing that will darken the joy
Of a .1 an or a woman, a girl cr a boy,
That will wipe out a smile or the leasl way annoy
A fellow or cause any gladness to i Icy
It's a pretty good plan to forget it.
LONG - MONCURE
Old Aquia Church, in Stafford
County, Virginia, with its altar
resplendent in decorations ot
sweet peas and evergreens, was
the scene on January 21st, at t'
P. M., of the beautiful and im
pressive ceremony of the marri
age of Miss Caroline Clarkson
Moncure, daughter of Mr. R. C.
L. Moncure, Sr., of Stafford
County, to Mr. Wilie J. Long, of
Garysburg, North Carolina.
The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. L. N. Taylor, of
Roanoke Rapids, N. C, who ac
companied the groom and party
to Virginia. '
The bride was gowned in a
beautiful brocaded white satin
with heavy velvet court train,
and wedding .veil, with crown of
lillies of the valley, and corsage
bouquet of bride roses and lillies
of the valley.
She was attended by her sister,
Miss Virginia H. Moncure, as
maid of honor, who was very at
tractively dressed in yellow satin,
wearing a large picture hat and
carrying a bouquet of yellow
rose buds.
Preceded to the altar by
Messrs. James Ashby, Frank P.
Moncure, Henry W. Moncure and
Louis A. Moncure, attending as
ushers, the groom attended by
his best man, his brother, Mr.
William L. Long, of Ronaoke
Rapids, N. C, who were followed
by the maid of honor, Miss Vir
ginia E. Moncure, the bride was
ed to the altar and given away
ljy her father, Mr. R. C. L. Mon
cure, Sr. '
Just before the bridal party
entered the church Miss Wheeler,
of Falmouth, Va., sang "0 Prom
ise Me," accompanied by her
sister, Miss Wheeler, upon the
violin, and by Miss Baseler upon
the organ. As the bride enter
ed the church Loehngren's Wed
ding March was beautifully ren
dered by Miss Baseler.
Following the ' ceremony the
bridal party, and relatives of the
bride and srroom repaired to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Moncure, of Stafford, where a
buffet supper was tendered the
bride by her maternal aunts, Mrs.
R. A. Moncure, Mrs. A. J. Pyke,
Mrs. II. W. Moncure, Miss M.
Pickett Waller, and Mrs. Wm.
Wight. Just before supper was
served the Misses Wheeler, ac
companied by Miss Baseler upon
the piano, rendered most beauti
fully "At Dawning" and "Love
Leads the Way," after which a
delightful supper was served
composed of old Virginia ham,
sandwiches, chicken salad, olives
and coffee; the wedding cake
wa3 then cut by the bride, and
served with fruit punch.
At 8:30 P. M., the bride and
groom departed for Washington,
D. C. where they entrained for
Jacksonville, I; la., upon their
wedding tour.
After the departure of the
bride and groom dancing. was in
dulged in until 12 o'clock accom
panied by music of the jazz band
from Quantico, Va Marine Bar
racks. Many beautiful wedding gifts
of silver and cut-glass were re
ceived. .
Mr. and Mrs. Long will make
their home at Garysburg, N. C.
Ihe out of town guests were
Dr. and Mrs. T. W. M. Long,
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Long, Dr. F.
G. Jarman. Mr. E. H. Ricks and
Rev. L. N. Taylor, all of Roanoke
Rapids. N. C, Mr. G. K. Bur-
gwynn, Petersburg, Va. and Mr.
L. M. Long, Garysburg, N. C.
Dr. and Mrs. Job Taylor
Entertain Mme. Lipkovska
A very brilliant and perfectly
appointed social function was
given Friday night, last, in the
Ball Room of "Le Chateau," the
Hamilton Street residence of Dr.
and Mrs. Job Taylor. This was
given in honor of their house
guests at the Manor, their Roa
noke Avenue residence, Madame
Lydia Lipkowska and Mr. Wm.
Salzer, of New York.
It was a strictly formal affair.
The gentlemen in full evening
dress and the ladies in their
charming evening gowns, to
gether with the beautiful house
decorations and colored light ef
fects made a beautiful occasion
long to be remembered by those
present.
The guests sat at "Bridge" un
til 10:30. At this point Madame
Lipkowska sang to the charm and
delight of the guests, after which
dancing was indulged in unil a
late hour.
Miss NormaShaw accompanied
the Madame and showed her
grasp of the technic of the diffi
cult music. She deserves espec
ial commendation for the manner
in which she handled the piano.
Through the evening the Wel
don orchestra played.
Delicious punch was served
in the front lounging room up
stairs during the evening. At
the proper time dainty refresh
ments were served.
The News and Observer of
January 21st says of this as follows-.
"Madame Lydia Lipkowska, the
great Russian Prima Donna of
New York Metropolitan and
Chicago Grand Opera fame,
is a guest at the home of Dr. and
I Mrs. Job Taylor of Roanoke
Rapids.
A very brilliant function was
given by them last night to some
hundred and fifty guests, in hon
or of the madame.
This took place in the Ball
Room of their residence "Le
Chateau."
Madame Lipkowska rendered a
few selections to the cultured au
dience and thrilled them with the
superb quality of her voice.
She gave a variety ot songs
which brought out the wonderful
range of her remarkable voice.
From the gentle cooing of the
lover to the tragic note of the
passionate, she handled with con
summate art and skill, swaying
her hearers to feelings of pathos
or ectasy as she modulated her
voice to express the interpreta
tion. She demonstrated the pure
lyric quality, the wonderful tonal
range and remarkable harmonic
resonance her, great voice posses
ses in both the higher and lower
register.
She is a soprano, who in the
peculiar sweetness, strength
and harmony, of her voice it
without a peer and stands
above a range of great
artists who have secured fame in
the noted opera companies of the
United States.
Madame Lipkowska's great
work was the creation of the
"Snow Maiden" in the imperial
Opera House of Petrograd. She
too, won lasting fame in Grand
Opera in Vienna, Berlin, Monte
Carlo, Brussels, Paris, London,
New York and Chicago.
She is preparing to give this
purely Russian opera next season
with the Chicago Opera Co.
and the lovers of artistic inter
pretation, fineness and lyric
voice quality are locking forward
to hearing her in the "Snow
toaiden" on this side, "
This was a great event in the
social life of Roanoke Rapids
ATTENTION SCOUTS!
Come with us to hear Rev.
Lew is Taylor speak to the Scouts
at the Episcopal Church, on Sun
day morning, January the 2Uth,
at eleven o'clock. This is the
first Sunday on which the Scouts
will attend church services in
body. On one Sunday in each
month, the Scouts will worship
at a different church, untli
churches of all demominatinns
are attended.
The Scouts will form promptly,
on Sunday morning, in front of
the Episcopal church, in double
file as follows: Pine Cone Troop,
Goldenrod Troop, Red Rose
Troop, Oak Troop and Boy
Scouts
The second week of the Girl
Scout Contest showed a great in
crease in points. The leaders
for the second week are: Pine
Cone Troop 1st patrol 1GG
points: Maude Jones 93 points.
Goldenrod Troop- (ith patrol 274
points; Corrine Marks 90 points.
Red Rose Troop-lst patrol 94
points; Beulah Kidd 19 points.
Mrs. Gatsey D. Edmondson
Mrs. Gatsey D. Edmondson
died very suddenly Wednesday
morning at 4 o'clock at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Claude
Whitfield. She had lived here for
about ten years and made many
friends who mourn her sudden
passing. She leaves two children,
her daughter, Mrs. Whitfield,
with whom she lived and one
son, Mr. Robt. B. Edmondson.
She was fifty three years of
age.
. The funeral service was held
in Mr. Whitfield's home Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock Rev.
Lewis N. Taylor officiating. In
terment was made in Cedarwood
Cemetery.
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, there is great
suffering among the Jewish peo
ple of Europe, thousands of
whom are reported as being en
tirely destitute and in a dying
condition, due to the lack of food
and other neccessities; and,
WHEREAS, our own land has
been blessed with a prosperity
that not only guarantees our own
safety, but which enables us,
and should impel us, ( to share
our bounties with our less for
tunate fellow human beings in
other lands:
NOW, THEREFORE, I CAM
ERON MORRISON, Governor of
North Carolina, do hereby set
apart by this Proclamation the
week beginning Monday, Feb
ruary 6, and ending Sunday,
February 19, as Jewish
Relief Week. I ask that all
newspapers of the State give
wide publicity to this week, de
voted to such a worthy cause;
and I especially ask that on Sun
day, February 5, notice be given
in all the churches that the fol
lowing week will be observed as
Jewish Relief Week, and that the
ministers, Sunday School super
intendents and teachers, and
others, urge their people to seize
this opportunity of helping the
suffering and contribute to the
relief of these worthy distressed
DeoDle. so far as their means of
relief will permit.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Great Seal of
the State to be affixed.
Done at our City of Raleigh, this
the sixteenth day of January, in
the year of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred and twenty
two, and in the one and forty
sixth year of our American In
dependence. Cameron Morrison,
Governor.
By the Governor:
Wm. H jRichardson,
Private Secretary.
Larva Resembles Spittle.
A frothy sulistiince found on plantx,
variously known as "frog spit,"
"cuckoo spit" ond "tmil spit," is el
uded by the larva of the spittle In
sect, which lives under the mass of
"spit." The latter consists of Juice
tucked from the pr
WITH THE CHURCHES!
All Saints Church
(Epiicopl)
Rev. Lewis N. Taylor, Rector
Mrt. Ktthcriie Webttcr, Pmk Wwkc
RoimW Atmm
WHY YOU SHOULD BE AN
ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE
CHURCH
The noblest and strongest
characters the world has ever
known have been earnest Chris
tians. The Church is the visible
means by which GOD has estab
lished the Kingdom of Righteous
ness. Dfrectly or indirectly all
Christian influences have come
from the organized Church. I
would not care to live or bring up
children in a place where no
Church existed. If everyone
should follow the example of the
non-church member there would
be chaos. It is selfish for me to
expect to have the benefits of the
Church while I am refusing to
identify myself with the Church.
I need the Church and the Church
needs me, therefore I should join
it and do all in my power to es
tablish its influence in the com
munity. The Son of GOD gave
His life to redeem me, and invites
me to join with Him in the
saving of the world -Caswell.
Services next Sunday, the
Fourth Sunday after the Epi
phany 7:30 A. M. Communion.
9:45 Church School, Bible Classes
for men, women and children.
Special service for the Girl Scouts
at 11. Evening service at 7:30.
Thursday is the 'Feast of the
Purification of the B. V. M.
or Candlemas Day. Holy Com
munion at 10 A. M.
You are most cordially invited
to All Saints'.
Presbyterian Church
Rev. Stanley White, Paitor
Mill Lucy Criip, Orfuiit.
Mr. J. H. Harriioa, S. S. Sapt.
Sunday School 10:C0 A. M.
Morning service 11:00 A. M.
Christian Endeavor 6:45 P. M
Evening service 7:30 P. M.
Prayer Meeting 7:30 P. M
Wednesday.
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RIP VAN WINKLE
Tony Sarg's Marionettes in
Rip Van Winkle, Washington
Irving's American folk story,
made famous by Joseph Jefferson
and peppetized by George Mit
chell, will appear at the Junior
Senior High School Auditorium
on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 4th
under the auspices of the High
School.
On Tony Sarg's miniature
stage the many familiar charac
ters will be seen as big as life.
There's Captain Hudson and his
dwarfishcrewofthephantomship,
Half Moon, hapless Rip's scold
ing wife, Nicholas Vedder, the fat
innkeeper, Derrick Van Bummel,
the learned schoolmaster, little
Judith, together with Rip Van
Winkle himself, and of course
his famous dog, not to particular
ly mention the rabbit and pig
and other friends of Rip.
Although it is generally ac
cepted as a foregone conclusion
that the Marionettes will please
the children, the audiences that
greet these miniature actors al
ways contain a liberal sprinkling
of sisters and cousins and aunts
to see that the children are per
sonally conducted.
Six hundred strings skillfully
manipulated by eight actors who
speak the parts, or rather act
the roles, keep the little puppets
not more than three feet in
height, moving amid the most
picturesque environment that
could be imagined, for all of the
scenes, and the costumes, proper
ties and all details are designed
especially for this production by
Tony Sarg, who makes cartoons
formagazines, funnyantediluvian
movies, illustrations and the like.
There are beautiful illusions
including the sailing of the Half
Moon up the Hudson, the dis
covery of the treasure in the
cave, in effect the same as the
ROSEMARY PERSONAL AND
LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. Wade Dickens, of Weldon,
was in Rosemary Saturday.
Mr. J. R. Sykes, of Norfolk,
spent Saturday in town.
Mr. B. G. Smith, of Raleigh,
was here Monday.
Mr. Charles R. Barkley and his
mother, Mrs. Chas. R. Barkley,
Sr., have returned from a visit
with relatives in Alberta, Vir
ginia. Mr. R. E. Satterwhite, of
Henderson, was in town Tuesday
Mrs. James Smith was called to
her old home in Brunswick
County Wednesday to attend the
funeral of her mother.
Mr. L. H. Chesson. of Hender
son, spent Tuesday in Rosemary.
Mrs. R. H. Gay is spending the
week with relatives in South
Carolina.
Mr. T. M. Dodson, of Rich
mond, was here Tuesday.
Miss Sue Wright left last night
to spend the week-end with re
latives in Charlotte.
Mr. W. P. Simpson, of Raleigh,
was in Rosemary Tuesday.
Miss Annie Belle Williams is
spending the week-end with re
latives in Sanford.
Mr. Robert Floyd, of BrunsJ
wick County, Virginia, spent
Wednesday night in Rosemary
with his son, Mr. Willie Floyd.
Mr. R. C. Stockwell, of Raleigh,
was a visitor in Rosemary Tues
day. Miss Annie Medlin spent Sun
day with friends in Rocky
Mount.
Mr. E. Falkner, of Henderson,
was here Tuesday.
Rev. A. G.Carter, Gilbert Brown
Miss Hlen Brown, Mr. Hubert
Lowder and Miss Lillie George
attended a meeting of the B. Y.
P. U. in Wilson Friday and
Saturday.
Mr. R. J. Turner, of Hender
son, was in Rosemary Tuesday.
Miss Alice Virginia Poe has
returned to her home in Rocky
Mount after a visit in the home
of Rev. arid Mrs. A. G. Carter.
Mr. D. S. Smith, of Hender
son, was in town Tuesday.
Major Evans, of Richmond, is
spending the week in town.
Mr. J. M. Pleasant, of
Henderson, spent Tuesday in
Rosemary.
Mrs. John Shell, of Fortress
Monroe, Va., is the guest of Mrs.
G. . Shell.
Mr. J. E. Nelson, of Hender
son, was here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wright
meyer, returned Tuesday from
Suffolk, Va.
Mr. L. L. Johnson, of Chester,
Pa., was in Rosemary Monday.
Mr. J. F. May received the sad
news yesterday morning of the
death of his sister's husband, Mr.
EmmetteD. Rooker, which oc
curred at his home in Baltimore
Tuesday morning at 1:45. The
iunerai services win De neia in
Franklinton Saturday afternoon.
Mr. R. T. Smith, of Raleigh,
spent Wednesday in town.
Mr. D. E. Barclay, of Ashe
ville, was a visitor here Friday.
Rev. S. E. Mercer, presiding
elder df this district preached a
splendid sermon at the Rosemary
Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing and held the meeting of
quarterly conierence. While in
town he was the guest of Rev.
and Mrs. E. N. Harrison.
Rev. A. G. Carter is making
some improvements to his home
on Jackson Street.
Mr. Geo. W. Coggin, of Ral
eigh, was in town Friday.
magnificent Christmas panto
mimes of yore,
The play is divided into acts
and scenes, all as complete as
when given on the stage by hu
man actors in person, and the
interest in the story never lags
from the rise of the curtain with
the gossiping villagers of New
Amsterdam, smoking and talk
ing, to the final happy reunion of
Rip and his home folk at Christ
mas time.