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ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C, MARCH 3, 1922
Subscription $2.00 a Year in Advance
ROANOKE RAPIDS PER50NAL THE KAUFMAN
; AND LOCAL ITEMS MALE-QUARTETTE
G. O. P. Ex-Soldier
Also Kicked Out
"Adamless Eden"
Success
a Great
Roanoke Rapids High School
Retained on Accredited List
ROSEMARY PERSONAL
LOCAL ITEMS
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arrived and accepted a position
"s f 3ith Mrs. K. Jenkins as milliner.
ri y' Mrs. Josephine Cherry and
t I laughter, Geneva, of Brooklyn,
JjN. Y., are visiting relatives here.
-, , . Mrs. K. Jenkins spent several
, - - (lays in New York thi9 week
4 , ' , puying goods.
Miss Jennie Whitaker spent
n' " , ' p ' l,x Jhe week-end here with friends.
. I 11 t"1- i Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Simpson,
: ppent the week- end in Raleigh.
k y Mr. W. T. Councill spent Tues-
' r t 'if lay in Richmond on business,
f -i -j ;r , Mr. Tillery Robinson left this
;, i?;LvV:?-?jVweek after spending some time
I- t i here with relatives.
Mr. J. P. Robinson spent Wed
nesday in town with relatives.
jf.Vf.'.v Mr. s. u. ratterson is spena-
ls ; "i s ing several days in Northern
;j:s Mrs. T. R. Manning is visiting
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in ine nome oi ner aauKmer,
Mrs. C. A. Wyche.
a -'Tj Mr. and Mrs. Julius Goodwyn
spent some time here in the
iCvhomeof Mr. and Mrs. D. L.
4Khisrayniiam mis wees.
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Miss Esther Marshall, of Vir
! "'.'Ipnia Beach, spent several days
$ ""j here in the home of Mrs. T. W.
' M. Long this week.
S Miss Eva Wheeler, of Rocky
Tll. a?? -Mount, spent a few days here
. -yr :'-'thia week
Mr. Abe Norinsky left Thurs
5; ," day for Baltimore to spend some
'j.;- "iii, "time.
v'"-' ' J-J Mr. M. Greenburg has arrived
: klo make his home with his sister,
;:f Mrs. B. Marks.
Mr. W. C. Shinnick, of Char-
is spending some time
here auditing the books of the
'i Roanoke Rapids Building &Loan
S v i' Vri Association and the First Nation
- ' ' fal Bank.
J'l J B- Wright was a week-end
H v:; 'if visitor in the home of his sister,
' '.'' ;Mrs: J. H. Kennemur.
; -' . Mesdames J. W. Smoot and
4; ;,' . Chas. M. Pitt spent several days
J-itf"ast wee m -ckv Mount visit-
' jng friends.
Roanoke
Rapids
Jackson
Defeats
The Roanoke Rapid3 Basket
' : JBali team loomed high on the
horizvrt last Tuesday evening, by
?jT mmri itiitn tt tosvanA 4-1. y Tnnlrnnn
iui'iiui away iiuiu uic ijac&suii
iCl&rce. The first half ended with
t3Stt. "'" Boanoke Rapids on the big end
The second team
was substituted for the second
::;:;K;!ij&alf to show its work. The
game was featured by the excel
lent passing and defensive work
our boys. The final score was
Lineup and summary.
!'V:!V;- Roanoke Rapids,
Z$cA Gray Vincent, R. F.
Bray-Anderson. L. F.
V,1$A Vick-Edmondson, C.
5fvf Hux Gannon R. G.
i Vaughan Glover R. G.
,. '""lid Jackson
r3jSeluensR. F.
"3 Fleetwood-Garrams L.F.
mi Ehrh
Ehrheart R. G.
if li'-p'iiM Stovensnn T. n
Field goals-Gray 3, Bray 6,
.3fibcent 2, Anderson 2, Vick 3,
Z. :i f $dmondson 5, Hux 1, Vaughan 2,
ijiiji-xa'annon jf Glover 1. Selneua 3,
"Fleetwood 1, Foul goals, An
l8rson2, Selneus2, Fly 1.
School Books Wanted
fit School r.nHPQ Via vo inat Koon
Started in Hygiene and Commun-
Civics. The text in Hvitfem.
:4 known as Primer of Hygiene
?Kitchie. The text in Com
nity Civics is known as Com
unity Civics by Ziegler and
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faqueiie. The school does not
mah to purchase new books
Tijese subjects, and it will not be
necessary if parents, who have
jpiesof these books in their
'braes, will send them to, Mi3s
owell in the new High School
ending. A reasonable price
will be paid for all such books
n-naed in next week.
An Unusual Musical Organiza
tion. Will Appear Here Next
Wednesday Night.
The people of Roanoke Rapids,
as never before, are craving the
better things in music. In re
sponse to this growing demand
arrangement was made
to bring the Kaufman Male
Quartette here.
The large cities of the country
were combed to find four voices
that would present the best en
semble both as fo breadth and
finesse. The result is the Kauf
man Male Quartette, pronounced
by many critics to be the best
organization of its kind in Amer
ica. Every member is a finished
musician, which fact has much
to do with the very remarkable
program which they render. All
have splendidly trained and
beautiful voices fresh, rich and
sweet.
Their repertoire ranges from
the heavier selections of operas
to the lighter, humorous and
character song3 which appeal to
the general public. The solo and
duet work also covers a wide
range in musical literature.
Glowing reports are being re.
ceived of their concerts in other
places. The following telegram
has been received from Baton
i Rouge, Louisiana, where this
Quartette appeared January 7,
1922.
"Kaufman Male Quartette
went over in great style before
large audience tonight. Every
member responded to repeated
encores. . We offer return en
gagement for next season. The
company is easily worth twice
or three times their price."
H. W. Stopher,
Head of Music Department
Louisiana State University.
BUSINESS REVIVES IN
RECORDER'S COURT
After a temporary slump in op
eration:; business in Recorder
Clark's court showed marked
signs of revival during the pres
ent week.
John D. Moore, arrainged on a
charge of vagrancy and being
without visible means of support
was sent to Halifax jail for thirty
days. Defendant entered an ap
peal which he was unable to per
fect, five hundred dollars justifi
ed bond being required pending
the decision of a higher court.
Evidence was brought out to the
effect that the defendant, who
apparently is enjoying the best
of health, was living upon the
wages of his wife, who appeared
to be far from robust.
Willie Gentry, charged with
riding a motorcycle on the side
walk, paid a hne of $1.00 and
costs.
C. C. Sloop, charged with be
ing drunk and disorderly, plead
ed guilty, and was fined $10.00
and costs.
llie Pulley, pled guilty to a
charge of being drunk and dis
orderly upon the streets and was
hned $15.00 and costs.
Garfield Braxton, chareed with
being drunk and disorderly, was
fined $5.00 and costs.
J. B. Coker, charged with op
erating an automobile in a reck
less manner, was fined $10.00
and costs. Coker at the time of
his arrest was driving a Reo
truck, returning to Enfield from
a trip to Roanoke Mills with cot
ton, and ran over a dog on Roa
noke Avenue and Second Streets.
Witnesses and defendant
agreed that he did not turn nut to
avoid running over the dog and
the defendant was arrested
after a pursuit of several blocks
Mrs. S. F. Patterson Entertains
One of the most enjoyable so
cial events of the season was the
reception given on last Tuesday
afternoon from four to six
o'clock by Mrs. Samuel Finley
Patterson at her residence on
Hamilton Street, in honor of
Mesdames Wilie Long, D. F. Pat
chin, Walter Simpson and Frank
Williams.
The house was beautifully dec
orated, the color scheme of
pink being most attractively
carried out with pink carna
tions and lighting effects
Delightful refreshments were
served and the afternoon was
IMjoroughly enjoyed by the one
fjundred and twenty five guests
ho attended.
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Who will Appear in the High
School Auditorium next Wed
nesday night
All Saints Church Consecrated
All Saints' (Episcopal) Church
was consecrated Sunday morning
February 26th, by the Right
Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, D,
1)., Bishop of the Disocese of
North Carolina. The Bishop was
met at the door of the Church by
the Vestrymen and Wardens and
preceded by one of the choir
boys acting as crucifier, and the
Rev. Morrison Bethea, arch
deacon of the Convocation or
Raleigh, acting as the Bishop's
chaplain and carrying his pas
toral staff, the procession of
clergy and laity moved up the
center isle, reciting the twenty
fourth psalm, the Bishop reading
one verse and the congregation
the next. After reaching the
chancel rail, the Bishop and
clergy entered the sanctuary and
the vestrymen stood at the rail
while Mr. T. W. Mullen as senior
warden, read the petition for
consecration. This was handed
to the Bishop by his chaplain
and he placed it upon the altar.
The Exhortation was then read
by the Bishop, which explained
that under both the Old and New
Covenants, devout and holy men
have always set apart places
from all profane uses for the
worship of Almighty GOD and
that this work has been either
expressly commanded by GOD
(as under the Old Testament) or
accepted and blessed by Him ("s
in the Christian Church) ; next,
explaining the value of such
dedication as inculcating rever
ence and fostering humility and
devotion; lastly, declaring a
confident hope of the blessing of
GOD upon the present dedica
tion, and calling to prayer for
that blessing.
While the congregation stood
the Bishop knelt at the altar and
offered prayers repeating the
confession of Solomon that no
temple built with bandsman con
tain that Infinite Presence, which
"the heaven of heavens cannot
contain," and then quoted the
promise, implied in the words of
Christ of an especial Divine
Presence through Him, wherever
GOD'S servants are gathered in
His Name; ne j the prayed for
the acceptance of the dedication
of this Church, for the reading
of Word, the ministration of the
Sacrament, the offering of Wor
ship, and the pronouncement of
Benediction, and lastly that it
may be so blessed as to tend to
His glory and the happiness of
His people. The Sentence of
Consecration was read by Arch
deacon Bethea. A shortened
form of the Morning Prayer
service was said and the conse
cration sermon was preached by
the Rev. N. Collin Highes, D. D.,
one of the Headmasters of St.
Nicholas' School, Raleigh, from
the 69th Psalm at the 9th verse,
For the zeal of thine house hath
eaten me up." The rector then
presented a class ot thirty six
candidates to the Bishop to re
ceive the Apostolic Rite of the
Laying on of Hands or Confir
mation and the Holy Communion
was celebrated by the Bishop.
A reception was held Monday
night in the parish hall in honor
of the newly confirmed members
of the Church and to continue
the celebration of this important
event in the life of All Saints'
Church, .
(From News and Observer of March 3)
Washington, March 2.-Ex-
service men of both the Republi
1 T-v . .
can ana Democratic parties are
being kicked aside by the Repub
lican national administration in
order to reward local Republican
ward- heelers. North Carolina
has afforded quite a number of
cases where the Democratic ex
service man was thrown to one
side by Republican National Com
mitteeman Morehead's orders,
and now comes a very glaring
and outrageous case in which a
Republican ex-service man gets
the kicking, this being in the
case of the Postmastership at
Rosemary, Halifax County.
In this case the ex-service man
who has made the highest grade
is David P. Wike, a life-long Re
publican, who fought gallantly in
the American Army overseas.
This ex-service Republican, Mr.
Wike, has the support of practi
cally every Democratic patron
of the postomce at Rosemary,
Congressman Kitchin having
hied with the rostomee Depart
ment a petition signed by approx
imately five hundred and fifty
patrons of that office in favor of
Mr. Wike. Mr. Wike also
has filed a petition signed by
'ninety-eight of the one hundred
and forty Republican voters of
the township. Notwithstanding
these facts the Republican boss
and referee for North Carolina,
John M. Morehead, has endorsed
for this appointment one John L.
Vest, who, it is claimed, is not
even a citizen of Rosemary, be
ing only an occasional visitor
there, having spent a few days
in Rosemary now and then for
about four or five years. The
citizens of Rosemary allege that
this man Vest first went to Rose
mary with a camera years ago,
and walked the streets drumming
for pictures. They say that he
then peddled fountain pens for
a while, and that for the last sev
eral months he has been peddling
hosiery from house to house in
Rosemary and other nearby
towns. The citizens claim also
that Vest did not list taxes or
pay taxes in Halifax county for
the year 1920, and that he was
rarely seen in Rosemary during
the year, and from all accounts
that he was in some kind of auto
mobile tire business in some
other part of the1 State.
On the contrary, the Republi
can ex-service man, Mr. Wike, is
reported a useful citizen, one of
the leading young men of Rose
mary. Republicans and Demo
crats alike are protesting very
bitterly against the proposed ap
pointment of the itinerant ped
dler, Mr. Vest. The Republican
ex-service man having made the
highest grade on the examination,
has appealed at last to Senator
Simmons and , Congressman
Kitchin for help, after being
turned down by the state referee
of the Republican party, to whfch
he has belonged all his life. All
the foreign facts were presented
to Republican Referee Morehead
by Mr. Wike and his friends and
there will be much interest in two
letters in the case, one from Mr.
Morehead to the ex-service man,
and one from Mr. Morehead to
First Assistant Postmaster Gene
ral Work, recommending the ap
pointment of the itinerant ped
dler Vest for postmaster at Rose
mary. Writing to Mr. Wike under
date February 27, Mr. Morehead
says in part:
"I regret that the decision of
your committee is adverse to your
interest, but the official recom
mendation is dictated by the
majority endorsement of the local
county Republican committee."
On the same date Mr. Morehead
wrote to First Assistant Post
master General Work:
"Replying to your letter of the
19th ultimo, initialed B. P., with
reference to the postoffke at
Rosemary, N. C, I respectfully
recommend the appointment of
John L.Vest."
&Mr. Wike and his friends are
naturally indignant it the treat
ment given him. In this; matter
a quotation from a letter written
by this ex-service Republican is
very illuminating as showing the
attitude of the Republican county
commitee of Halifax county to
wards the ex-service man, the
quotation reading;
"I also asked this committee if
they cared to give an ex-soldier
who was also a Republican any
preference, and they stated that
they did not see why a man
should have any preference be
cause he had the misfortune of
having to go to the army and
serve for the nation."
Amateur Musical Comedy Staged by
Local Taknt Under Direction of Mrs.
Frank L. Nash Both Artistically and
Financially Successful
To what was, in all probability,
the largest audience ever seated
in the Junior-Senior High School
Auditorium, the musical comedy,
"An Adamless Eden" was most
successfully rendered on last Fri
day evening by Mrs. Frank L.
Nash and her cast of one hun
dred of the community's best
local talent.
There may have been defects
in action and deviations from
the score but they were not ap
parent to the audience in fact,
the machinery of the production
moved with an evenness and
surety found usually only in pro
fessional productions of the
highest grade. In an arrray of
talent so almost uniformly good
and of such varied character, it
is hard for a critic, confessedly
as much of an amateur in drama
tic criticism as any of the cast
might be in dramatic production,
to know where to give especial
commendation.
Certainly the work of Mrs.
wash stood out in the manage
ment of the production, in her
handling of the different parts of
Mrs. Sophie Syntax, and in the
songs and dances in which she
featured. Mrs. Clarence Grim
mer, as the Dutchess of Breeks,
chieftess of the Island of Adam
less Eden, played her part splen
didly, as did Miss Coble, as Lady
Maatrap, the chief secretary.
Miss Marjorie Mendenhall, as
Attorney General, displayed un
usal histrionic ability.
Among the Adams who begp.n
to infest the happy isle, Mr. Ab
ner Nash deserves especial com
mendation, both in his handling
of the principal male part
and his unusally good execution
of his song and dance features.
Algy and Reggie in the persons
of Ned Manning and Swifty
Faison were also exceptionally
good.
The musical numbers inter
spersed through the production
were all well rendered, Mrs. Dan
Patchin and Mr. W. T. Councill in
'Dolly", Miss Mary Nellie Holt
and Mr. Gordon Councill in "Ly
ing Eyes", Mrs. Frank Nash and
Mr. Faison in "Who's Who With
You" being especially good.
The orchestra, under the talent
ed direction of Mrs. Walter
Simpson, also deserves commen
dation for their efficient handling
of the production's musical ac
companiment. The proceeds from the per
formance, we understand were
around four hundred-dollars, and
the net amount after expenses
are paid will go to the Woman's
Auxiliary of the All Saints'
Church, under whose auspices
the play was produced.
Kitchen Shower for Mrs-
L. Witherspoon
On Thursday afternoon at her
home on Jackson St., Mrs. J. M.
Jackson entertained at a kitchen
shower in honor of Mrs. Louis
Witherspoon.
The home was beautifully de
corated in cut flowers and potted
plants. In the music room jon
quils predominated while the
spacious living room was most
tastily set with sweet peas, hy
acinths, and carnations.
The guests enjoyed playing
cards, after which delightful re
freshments were served by Mrs.
W. S. Hancock and Mrs. B. T.
Brown.
After this the guest of honor
was presented a card verse direct
ing that she proceed to certain
points of hiding where she would
find something for her joy and
comfort. At each point to which
she was directed she found an
other card verse sending her on
to the next gift. When the col
lection wascompletedthepresent
were opened before the gueEts
aud all enjoyeq the humor and
wit of the acebmpanying card3.
It is with gratification that the
friends and patrons of the Roa
noke Rapids Junior-Senior High
School will note that in the 1922
report of the Commission on Ac
credited Schools of the Associa
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools of Southern States this
high school has been retained for
another year Roanoke Rapids
was put on the list last year for
the first time. Schools are put on
this list for one vear at a time
only. Since the conditions which
must be met by schools in order
to be placed on this list are il
luminating, we give them here:
1. No school shall be accredit
ed which does not require for
graduation the completion of a
four-year high school course of
study embracing fifteen units a
denned by this Association. A
unit represents a year's study in
any subject in a secondary school
constituting approximately a
quarter of a full year's work.
More than twenty periods a week
should be discouraged.
2 The minimum scholastic at
tainment of three-fourths of all
secondary school teachers of
academic subjects in any accredit
ed school on the Southern list
shall be equivalent to graduation
from a collegejbelonging to the
Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools of the South
ern States, or a college approved
by the Commission. Teachers
should have had professional
training or one year's experience,
3 The number of daily periods
per day; and the Commission will
scrutinize with extreme care any
school in which instructors teach
as many as six daily periods.
4 The laboratory and library
facilities shall be adequate for
the needs of instruction in the
courses taught. The library should
have 500 volumes exclusive of
duplicates and government publiJ
cations.
le location and construc
tion of the buildings, the light
ing, heating and ventilation of
the rooms, the nature of the
laboratories, corridors, water
supply, school furniture, appa
ratus, and methods cf cleaning
shall be such as to insure hygien
ic conditions forboth pupils and
teachers.
6 The efficiency of instruc
tion, the acquired habits of
thought and speech, the general
intellectual and moral tone of the
school are paramount factors;
and, therefore, only schools
which rank well in these par
ticulars, as evidenced tiy rigid,
thoroughgoing, systematic in
spection, shall be considered
eligible for the list.
7. The Commission shall de
cline to consider anyschool whose
teaching force consists of fewer
than four teachers giving their
fall time to high school instruc
tion. When local conditions
warrant the introduction of vo
cational subjects, such as agri
culture, manual training, house
hold arts, and commercial sub
jects, the Commission will hold
that a sufficient number of
teachers must be employed
and proper equipment added to
provide adequately for such in
struction. Noschoob shall bo cjiisider-
ed unless the regular annual
blank furnished for the purpose
shall have been filled out and
placed on file with the inspector.
In case of schools having twelve
or more teachers, a complete re
port on teachers once in three
years will be sufficient, but full
data relative to changes must be
presented annually.
9 All schools whose record
show an excessive number of pu
pils per teacher, as based on the
average number belonging, even
though they may technically
meet all other requirements, will
be rejected. The Association
recognizes thirty as a maxium,
10 The time for which schools
a.e accredited shall be limited to
one year, dating from the time
of the adoption of the list by the
Association. In every case the
Mr. J. G. Torrance, of Char
lotte, was in Rosemary Monday.
Mr. W. N. Kirkland. of Nor
folk, spent Monday in town.
Mr. J. L. Lister, of Elizabeth
City, was a visitor in town Mon
day.
Miss Jennie Mann Clark spent
the week-end in Richmond
Mr. N. L. Steadman, of Hali
fax, was here Tuesday.
Mrs. G. 1). Shell is spending
the week in Baltimore and New
York buying spring goods.
Mr. W. P. Williams, of Peters
burg, was in Rosemary Tuesday.
Mrs. R. H. Gay spent last
week in Baltimore.
Miss Elizabeth Smith spent the
week-end in Richmond.
Messrs. W. O. Thompson. J.
W. Smoot. D. P. Wike, J. E. Mc
Gee and T. W. Mullen went to
Enfield Tuesday afternoon to at
tend a meeting of the Knights
Templars.
Mr. H. D. Faison, of Rich
mond, was in town Tuesday.
Dr. Reynolds, who has been
spending ten days in Rosemary
returned this week to his home
in Olean, N. Y.
Miss Lula Rankin spent the
week end in Richmond.
Mr. P. E. Renn, of Henderson,
was here Wednesday.
Mr. S. H. Tyson, of Norfolk,
was a visitor in town Wednesday.
Miss Annie Medlin has re
turned from a visit in Baltimore.
Sheriff House, of Thelma. was
in town Wednesday.
Miss Martha Pettit, of Jack
son, spent Saturday in Rose
mary. Mr. R. A. Pruitt, of Peters
burg, spent Wednesday in town.
Mrs. J. P. Hewitt spent seve
ral days last week in Richmond.
Mr. W. C. Shinnick, of Char
lotte, was in Rosemary Wednes
day.
Miss Marv Sue Weaver was in
Richmond Sunday.
Mr. W. J. Green, of Suffolk.
was here Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Mr. I). A. Smith, of Henderson,
spent Wednesday in town.
Mr. J. Rives Manning spent
several days last week in Rich
mond. Miss Margaret Shoemaker, of
Baltimore, arrived to take charge
of Miss Medlin's Millinery De
partment Wednesday.
Mrs. J. A.Pridgen, of Kinston,
and Mrs. C. B. Skipper, of Lum
berton, are guests in the home of
Mr. C. B. Skipper, Jr.
Miss Medlin Again in Old
Stand
Miss Annie Medlin has moved
her millinery establishment from
the store in the rear of the Citi
zens Bank building to the store
she formerly occupied on Roa
noke Avenue.
Parent Teachers Association
to Meet
The Parnt-Tachers Associa
tion of the Central School will
meet Monday, March 6th at 4
o'clock. There will be a Health
Program. The children will tell
us, "How to keep well". Every
member urged to attend and
bring a new one.
character of the work done by a
school must be determining fact
or in accrediting. By personal
visits of the inspectors, by de
tailed reports from the principals,
and by the records made by the
students in colleges, the charac
ter of a school's work shall be
from time to time, determined.
. school shall be removed from
the accredited list for failure to
maintain the above standards.
11 TheCommission recommends
$900 as the minimum salary for
teachers. !
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