Volume X.—Number 12 ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. JUNE 8,1923 Subscription$2.00 a Year in Advance
HALIFAX COUNTY’S GREATEST SON
DIES AT WILSON MAY 31
Hon. Claude Kitchen, Twenty Three Years a Representa
tive in Congress From the Second District of North Car
olina Laid to kest at Scotland Neck on Friday Afternoon.
MOST BRILL1ANTOF NORTH CAROLINA STATESMEN
Congressman Claude Kitchin,
beloved citizen and honored
statesman died Thursday morn
ing at 6:14 o’clock at a hospital
at Wilson, N, C., where he had
been taken for treatment.
Mr Kitchin suffered a break
down in the fall of 1920, due, it
is generally conceded to the enor
mous strain under which he
labored during the great World
War, when upon his shoulders
rested the task, as Chairman of
the great Ways and Means Com
mittee of Congress, of raising
the funds with which to fight
the war.
He was as much a casualty of
that war as any soldier who bore
arms and was killed and wound
ed on the battlefields of France.
Since then he has spent most
of his time visiting specialists
and resting a; his home here in
an effort to regain his health but
to no avail.
The country recognized Hon.
Claude Kitchin as a great man
and statesman, but the thing
which stamped him most was the
sincere lo\e and esteem in whicn
he was held by his intimates.
They loved him as a brother and
he them.
Representative Claude Kitchin
was bofn in Halifax county,
near Scotland Neck, March 24th,
1869: graduated from Wake For
est College June 1888, and was
married to Miss Kate Mills No
vember 13th of the same sear:
was admitted to the bar Septem
ber 1890; and has since been en
gaged in the practice of law at
Scotland Neck.
He was elected to thentty
seventh Congress in 1900, taking
his seat in 1901 and has Deen re
turned to each successive Con
-ess.
He was Democratic Majority
;ader in the Sixty-fourth and
SiXty-fifth congresses, and Min
ority Leader in the Sixty-seventh
congress.
When internal differences
broke in the Republican ranks in
1910, due to national disgust with
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, Mr.
Kitchin, lighting shoulder toj
shoulder with Camp Clark,
launched a determined attack
against the rulership of Cannon,
which culminated in his organi
zation of the House and the elec
tion of Mr. Clark as speaker.
From the dramatic days of the
latter ’90’s, when he, with his
distinguished father, William H.
Kitchin also, at one time a mem
ber of Congress, and his brother,
William Walter Kitchin, also
once a member of Congress for
several terms and later Governor
of North Carolina, threw him
self into the fight to rid North
tarouna ot negro domination,
defeating George White, a negro
Representative from this district,
until the time of his breakdown
nearly three years ago, his career
has been one strenous battle
year in and year out. No repres
entative who has sat on the
Democratic side of the House
has ever been feared as much by
the Republicans, for his ready
wit, accurate knowledge, his un
answerable logic, and biting sar
casm, • combined with his strict
integrity and innate honesty
served to put the ablest debater
on the Republican side to route.
\lr. Kitchin was recognized as
the greatest authority on the tar
iff who has ever sat in Congress
and one of his last official acts
was to prepare the minority re
port on the tariff during the last
session of Congress: even though
he was broken in health.
As an orator, he had few
equals . his speeches time and
J acai ng used as campaign
s by his party. His
,.iy was magnetic, his
ig magnificent and his
acter fearless. He had no
■riors and few equals as a
iter and his name will go
y*in history as a statesman
j with those of Clay, Cal
\ _.id other great statesmen
.. .,j preceded him.
The funeral services will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2:00
o’clock from his late residence,
with Dr. Chas. Anderson, pastor
of the Baptist Church, of which
which he was a member, officiat
ing, the interment to be in the
family plot of the Baptist Ceme
tery. The active pallbearers will
be Messrs. Lewis B. Suiter. Rob
ert C. Josey, Jr., James G. Shi
elds, Jr., S. A. Dunn, C. H.
England, L. H. Kitchin, Stuart
Smith and William Leverton, of
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ROSEMARY PERSONAL AND
LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. Harvey Manesa, of Ral
eigh. was in Rosemary Wednes
day.
Mr. R. E. Satterwhite, of Hen
derson, spent Wepnesday in
town.
Mr and Mrs. P. C. Van Deus
en, of Raleigh, were visitors in
Rosemary Wednesday.
Mr. W N. Kirkland, ofJNor
folk, was here Wednesday.
Mrs. W. Roy Shelton ond chil
dren, of Wadesboro, are the
guests of Mrs. Charlena Hart.
Mr. A. H. Bell, of Chattanooga
Tenn., was in town this week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Rouse, of Wil
mington, were in Rosemary Wed
nesday.
Miss. Christene Temple, left
Wednesday for her home in
Lakeview, S. C.
Mr. R. E. Dallas, of Wilson,
was in town Wednesday.
Misses Rouss Hryes and Mary
Sherwood returued to theirthome
in Randleman this week.
Mr. Norfleet Vick has acceept
ed a position with the Rosemars
Drug Company.
Miss Ethel Byrd left Wednes
day for Society Hill, S. C.
Mr. P. G. Black, of Charlotte,
spent Satnrady in Rosemary.
Miss Mary Sue Weaver left
yesterday morning for her home
in Waynesville.
Messrs, rt. Li. Martin, i. n.
Mullen and J. E McGee attend
ed the National Convention of
the Mvstic Shriners iu Washing
ton, D. C. this week.
Mr. L. B. Thompson, of Beaver
Dam, Va., was in town Sundary.
Mrs. J. K. Plummer, of Mid
dleburg, passed through Rose
mary Wednesday on route to Nor
folk and West Point, New York.
Mr. K. B. Raiford, of Concord,
spent the week end in Rosemary.
Miss Jennie Mann Clark left
Wednesday for her home in Mid
dleton.
Rev. and Mrs. John H. Crosy,
Miss Lucy Crosby and Miss Dam
eron, of Warrenton, visited
friends in town JSunday night.
The Rev. Mr. Crosby preached
in All Saints Episcopal Church
Sunday night.
Mr. Fred Peck, of Greensboro,
was in Rosemary several days
this week
Mrs. Frank L. Nash and little
daughter are visiting relatives in
Lumberton.
Mr. J. C. Burwell, of Warren
ton, was here Wedneseay.
Miss Essie Glass lefi this week
to visit relatives in Morganton.
Mr. J. A. Talbert, of Concord,
spent Saturday in Rosemary.
Mrs. C. H. Byrd and Lonza
Lee Murray are spending several
days in Norfolk, Va.
Mr. L. H. Allison, of Franklin
ton, spent the week end with
friends in Rosemary.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Willey
spent the week in Washington,
D. C. attending the National
Convention of the Shriners.
Mr. A. P. Everett, of Peters
burg, Va., spent Monday and
Tuesday in Rosemary.
Miss Luella Koontz has gone
to her home in Cooleemee.
Mr. J. C. Armistead, of Peters
burg, was in town Suuday.
Miss Dorthy Doughty left
Wednesday for a visit with rela
tives in Kinston.
Mr. M. P. Williams, of Tar
boro, was in town Monday,
Mr. W. F. Joyner spent Mon
day in Jackson.
Miss Elizabeth Smith left
Wednesday at noon to visit rela
tives in Greensboro.
Messrs. L. M. Spivey and W.
F. Joyner spent yesterday in
Wilson.
Miss Marjorie Craig left Wed
nesday to spend her vacation in
Winston Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. William Wood
and Miss Myrtice Wood visited
friends in Littleton Sunday after
noon.
Mr. Frank Joyner made a
business trip to Enfield Wednes
day.
New bleachers are being erect
ed on the Rosemary baseball
diamond preparatory to the
opening of the season next week.
Miss Lillian Petteway attended
MK. DAN HOLLENGA
DELIVERS ADDRESS
Unusually Brilliant aud Enjoyable Talk
Given in School Auditorium Last
Thursday Night by the "Fog Horn
ol Petersburg.
AUSPICES AMERICAN LEGION
Mr. Dan Hollenga, of Peters
burg, Va , somewhat pictures
quely described as the "Fog Horn
of Petersburg” delivered a most
interesting, stirring, and thought
provoking address at the High
School Auditorium on last Thurs
day evening. The community is
unfortunate in that so few of its
citizens were present at Mr.
Hollenga’s speech, for he had a
most vital and timely message,
not only to former service men
but to every thinking and patri
otic citizen.
Mr. Hollenga reviewed the or
ganization, plans and purposes
of the American Legion, refer
ring briefly to his several years
work as assistant commander of
the Legion, during which time
he visited thirty nine statec and
was thrown in personal contact
with the work being done by the
Veteran’s Bureau, whieh, inci
dentally, was subjected to some
very trenchant and caustic criti
cism.
The tendency towards Bolshe
vism now prevalent in the larger
cities of the North and West was
also commented upon by Mr.
Hollenga who rose to the most
dramatic point of his address
when he declared that if the
government of the United States
were overthrown, civilization
would inevitably perish on the
earth.
After the conclusion of Mr.
Hollenga’s address an informal
smoker was given all the former
service men who were present
by the local post of the American
Legion.
CLEATON-CLEMENTS
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The following announcement
has been received bv friends in
the community.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Cle
ments
announce the marriage of their
daughter
Miss Eucille May Clements
to
Robert Elroy Cleaton, Junior,
on 'Saturday June the second
nineteen hundred and twenty
three
at high noon
Norfolk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleaton will
make their home in Roanoke
Rapids where Mr. Cleaton is
manager of the Roanoke Rapids
Grocery Company.
Town Officers Re-Elected
The newly elected Board of I
Commissioners for the town of
Roanoke Rapids met in the May
or’s Office on last Tuesday and
completed the municipal organi
zation by the reappointment of
A. L. Clark, Recorder, and R.
H. Jackson Chief of Police.
the State Meeting of the Nurse’s
Association in Raleigh this week.
Miss Annie Belle Williams left
Wednesday for her home in San
ford.
Mr. H. E. Green, of Rocky
Mount, was a visitor in Rose
mary Wednesday.
Missis Ruth and Viola Glover
and Mr. Herbert Taylor spent
last Sunday with friends at
Ebony, Va.
Mrs. S. J. Hilton, of Forrest
City, is the guest of her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. T. Stainback.
Master John Wesley McCune
has accepted a position in the
store of Alex A. Arab.
Dr. W. L. Davis, of Plymouth,
was in Rosemary yesterday.
Messrs. Tucker Fayed and
Alex Arab spent the week end in
Norfolk.
Miss Pattie Byrd, who is at
tending a business college in
Richmond, spent the week end
with relatives in Rosemary.
Mr. Wilkins Lewis, of Jackson,
was in Rosemary Wednesday
afternoon.
Miss Ava Myatt left Wednes
day to spend her summer vaca
tion in Smithfield,
Miss Vary Lee Grimes left
Wednesday for her home in Ram
burg, S. C.
Miss Hattie Fox of Hickory,
and Miss Juanita Kern, of Far
mer, members of the school fac
ulty returned to their respective
homes this week.
Miss Winifred Beckwith re
turned from Greensboro Wed
nesday afternoon.
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POLICE COURT
NEWS ITEMS
Willie Jones, colored, more
widely known as "Bull” was
charged with vagrancy, judge
ment suspended upon payment
of costs, and the acceptance of a
job on the part of "Bull”.
H. H. Arps paid $5 00 and costs
for operating with a muffler cut
out.
Lonnie and E. G Gibson were
held in bonds of 51.000.00 each
on charges of transporting li
quor and having it in their pos
session off their premises.
C. E. Davis, charged with
cursing and disorderly conduct,
was taxed $5.00 and costs.
Mr. and Mrs C. H. Harrell,
charged with obtaining goods
under false pretences, were dis
missed upon the withdrawal of
the warrant by the prosecuting
witness and the payment of the
amount in question and costs.
Alex Arab was dismissed upon
payment of costs for a traffic
violation.
W. L. Davenport paid $5.00
and costs for speeding.
A charge against Lee Pierce
for driving without lights was
dismissed.
Charlie Teele was taxed with
the costs on a charge of oper
ating an automobile after dark
with only one light.
CLEATON-CLEMENTS
The marriage of Miss Lucile
May Clements, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward M. Clements,
Stancell, N. C. and Mr. Robert
Elroy Cleaton, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Cleaton, Vultare,
N. C., tooK place in Norfolk,
Virginia, Saturday, June the
second at high noon in the Em
worth Methodist Enisconal
Church. South. The cermony
w is performed by Rev. VV.
Moore, I). D.
The bride wore a traveling suit
of dark blue poiret twill, with
accessories to match. Her flowers
were a corsage bouquet of lillies
of the valley and brides roses.
Later in the afternoon Mr and
Mrs. Cleaton left for a wedding
trip to Baltimore, Washington,
New York and other cities of in
terest. On their return
they will make their home in
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina,
where the bridegroom is in the
mercantile business.
Girl Scouts Go to Camp
On Thursday morning at 4:40
the Girl Scouts left to
spend a joyous week at camp
Awaisa the Y. W. 0. A. camp
located twelve miles from Nor
folk on the Chesapeake beach.
The camp is splendidly equipped
and tl e scouts will be kept busy
swimming, rowing, fishing, hik
ing, and doing the many other
intersting things done at camp.
The Girl Scouts going are as fol
lows: Mattie Lee Harrell, Vir
ginia Jackson, Lois Akers, Elsie
Hudson, Catherine Jackson, Net
tie Mae Johnson, Secretha Lyer
ly, Grace Smith, Ruby Stainback,
Helen Jenkins, Amy Smith,
Kathleen May, Evangeline Pen
dleton, Rebecca Jenkins, Ruth
Allen, Edna Wafford, Iva Pitt,
Thelma Barkley, Maude Jones,
Marjorie Cannon. The following
officers will accompany the
girls: Director Ruth Coble, Capt
ains, Mary Coble, Charlotte Hod
ges. Assistants, Chandos Kimery
ey and Clara Coble from Guil
ford College Mrs. R. D. Jen
kins will accompany the gir s
and act as camp mother.
Lewis H. Dodd.
Lewis H. Dodd, the inlant son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Dodd, of
Patterson Town, died early Tues
day morning after a brief illness.
The funeral services were held
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.
G. Butler Wednesday afternoon,
Rev. L. N. Taylor officiating and
interment was made in Cedar
wood Cemetery.
New Filling Station
Mr. John C. Smith is erecting
a filling station on the corner of
Roanoke Avenue and Third
Street, just opposite the First
National Bank.
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| SENATOR W. L LONG
NOT CONG. CANDIDATE
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Prominently Mentioned as Candidate to
Succeed Claude Kitchin Senator
Long Announces That Business Duties
Would Preclude Acceptance.
KERR AND ALLSBROOK IN FIELD?
Senator W Lunsford Long,
who has been mentioned in the
daily press of the State as the
most likely candidate for the
Kitchin succession in the Second
District has issued the following
statement in regard to his candi
dacy for that office.
“My name having been men
tioned in the press as one of the
probable candidates for the office
made vacant by the untimely
death of Hon. Claude Kitchin,
member of Congress front the
Second District, and a number
of my friends having been so
generous as to express their wish
that 1 should be a candidate for
the office; I feel impelled to make
this public statement that I am
not a candidate. I am sensible
of the honor that goes with the
office and of the opportunity
that it affords for service to the
country. I am deeply appreci
ative of the compliment my
friends pay me in suggesting my
fitness for the position. My duty
to my family ami my business'
require, however, my full time
and attention and my presence
at home. I shall hold myself
subject to the call of the service
of my country when patriotism
may require me, but in this in
stance there are other gentlemen
in the District better qualified
for the office than I am, whose
personal affairs can spare them
for the service of the country.
My plain duty lies at home and I
shall consequently not be a can
didate for the office.”
rohtical observers have doped i
it out that Senator Long’s with
drawal practically leaves the
field to Judge John H. Kerr ol
Warrenton and Solicitor Richard !
G. Allsbrook. of Tarboro. It is!
improbable, however, according!
to district leaders, that either
will run until next year in view
of the wide sentiment in the
district for offering the short
term to Mills K itch in, son of the
dead Congressman, as a final
token of the love and affection
for him throughout the district.
Commenting upon Mr. Long’s!
refusal to be a candidate to sue-!
ceed Mr. Kuchin, the Raleigh
Times editorially says:
“Before learning who is to be]
the next Congressman from the
Second District we wish to reg
ister regret that Lunsford Long, |
of Roanoke Rapids, a member j
of the State Senate-the out-j
standing member, in fact should
have found it impracticable to be
come a candidate. This is said ,
without any attempt to make it
appear that Luns would have]
been elected hands down and
with no intention whatsoever
to disparage any who may be
come a candidate or be elected.
VVtJUU IIUL View LI 1C SllUdiH'i:
with alarm or deem it a calamity
that Mr. long should have decid
ed his business needs him more
that Congress needs him. Be
lieving in his capacity for analy
sis of public problems and con
vinced that he would at Washing
ton promptly have become North
Carolina’s best hope of an out
standing national character, we
would certainly concede him the
right to gauge the pull of his
private affairs.
“No doubt our willingness to
indorse his decision to attend to
his own business and ieave the
nation’s to somebody with more
time is reinforced by an unwill
ingness to think of the Legisla
ture of North Carolina without
him. The service so far perform
ed for his State by the Gentle
man from Halifax does not lose
by comparison with that of any
representative of North Carolina
at the National Capital.
If he doesn’t think the time
has come to extend his service
ableness to include directly with
in its scope more territory than
the limits of his own State. Nor
th Carolina is the gainer.
“And the Second District is
sure to get a good Congressman,
anyhow.”
Buchanan-Rickmond
Announcements which read as
follows have been received by
friends in the city:
Mr. Walter Guy Smith, of Bal
timore, Md., announces the mar
riage of his sister, Lillian Zuelee
an Rickmond, to Mr. Shafter
W atson Buchanan, Tuesday the
fifth of June, nineteen hundred
ind twenty three, Raleigh,
North Carolina.
BRILLIANT COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
CELEBRATE CLOSE OF SCHOOL YEAR
Baccalaureate Sermon Delivered Sunday Morning by Dr.
J M. Ormond. Class Day Exercises Monday Evening.
Hon. Walter Murphy Delivers Splen 'id Commencement
Address Tuesday Evening. Diplomas Presented and
Patterson Prizes Awarded.
SCHOOLS WILL ENLARGE ROSEMARY BUILDING THIS YEAR
ROANOKE RAPIDS PEESONAl
AND LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. Herbert Scott has return
ed from Blackstone, where he
has been attending schoo1.
Mrs. Annie M. Clement and
Mr. Charlie Grant of Garysburg
spent Monday in town.
Miss Virginia Crank of Louisa,
spent the week end with her
brother Dr. J. C. Crank.
Mr. William Towe, has return
ed from Durham where he has
been attending Trinity College.
Miss Minnie Daughtry has re
turned from N. C. College.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Councill
and children are spending sev
eral days at Virginia Beach.
Mr. W. L. Long spent Tues
day in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Baird
spent Sunday in Raleigh.
Mr and Mrs. W. T. H. Brant
ley are visiting relatives and
friends here this week.
Mrs. W. E. Daniel who has
been visiting her daughter Mrs.
W. P. Vaughan for several days
was called to Greenville Tuesday
on account of the illness of her
son-in-law.
Messrs. .J. W. Taylor, W. C.
Allsbrook and J. R. Myrick spent
Tuesday in Durham.
mr. arm m rs. j nounus, r.,.
A. Telliga, Mr and Mrs. J. W.
Smoot, Miss Mina Smoot. Mr.
it. L. Martin and Mr. Abe Norin
skv, are in the attendance at the
Shriners Convention in Washing
ton, D. C., this week.
Mr. and Mrs. .John W. Pruden,
of Norfolk, spent Tuesday in
tow n.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Padgett,
Mrs. J. M. Rice and Essex Rice
spent Sunday in Chase City.
Mr. Joe Brown is spending
some time in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. T. B. Atmonx and child
ren of Stonewall, are visiting her
sister Mrs. J. H. Vincent.
Mrs. Gordon Councill and little
daughter are visiting relatives.
Dr. and Mrs. J. F. West and
children spent several days in
Louisburg last week.
Mr. K. C. Towe is spending
a few days in Durham this week
on business.
Mr. F. M. Coburn spent a few
days in Baltimore this week on
business.
Mrs. L . W Decker and little
son of Raleigh are spending
sometime here.
Mr. LaFayette Powell
Mr. LaFavette Powell, a high
ly esteemed citizen of South
Rosemary died at his home Tues
day afternoon at three thirty
after a lingering illness covering
several months.
Monday night at eight o’clock
he suffered a stroke of paralysis.
He was 68 yea's old.
Mr. Powell is survived by his
wife and live children, Mrs. E.
P. Hawkins end Miss Helen
Powell, of South Rosemary. Mrs.
F. M. Coburn and Mrs. H. F.
Cherry, of Roanoke Rapids and
Mr. George Powell, of South
Rosemary
The funeral service was held
in the home Wednesday after
noon at 3:30, Rev. E. N. Harrison
of the Rosemary Methodist
Church officiating. Interment
was mad in the family cemetary
nearby.
The pallbearers were Messrs.
A. E. Akers, Marion Hudson,
Robert Merritt, Thomas Cook,
Emmett Shell, Sidney Matthews,
A.R. Sanderling, J. W Fulghum,
C. L Fulghum, Herman Medlin.
Taylor-Grizzard
The following invitation has
i been issued to friends in this
community.
1 Mrs. James Monroe Grizzard
requests the honor of your pre
. sence
at the marriage of her daughtei
Mary Norfleete
to
Mr. Roderick Page Taylor
on Tuesday evening, the nine
teer.th of June
at eight o’clock
| First Presbyterian Church
| Rosemary, North Car lina.
The Commencement Service of
the city schools was held in the
high school auditorium, Sunday
morning at eleven o’clock. Prof.
E. J. Coltrane presided. A choir
composed of pupils of the Music
Department, under the direction
of Miss Cheatham and Miss Blake
led the music. The local minis
ters assisted in the service. The
sermon was preached by the
Rev. J. M. Ormond, D. D., of
Trinity College. Dr. Ormond’s
text was taken from the first
verse of the thirty second chap
ter of Isaiah, “Behold a King
shall reign in righteousness.’’
This text was e> plained as an
unconscious prophecy of the com
ing Messiah and from it Dr. Or
mond developed a practical ser
mon of the Kingship of Christ.
He made an effective appeal
to the graduating class and the
congregation to let Christ be
king of their lives.
With Miss Josephine Hege giv
ing the address of welcome, the
Class Day Exercises opened in
the high school Auditorium
Monday night at eight o’clock.
The scenery and decorations
were very attractive and made a
most effective setting for the
event. Miss Isla Chambliss read a
most interesting paper depicting
in humorous vein the minutes of
the class and the characteristics
of the members. The Class His
tory was read by M'ss Thelma
Mills, and the poem recited by
its author, Miss Mary Nelly Holt.
The Class song was also composed
by Miss Holt. Miss Eva Sadler,
the Class Testator, brought many
laughs from the audience as she
bequeathed the property of the
Class to members of the faculty
an-t student body. The Prophecy
showed that every member of the
class was destined to make a
name for themselves and their
school in the near future. This
was prepared and read by Miss
Ruth Jones. The exercises closed
with the singing rf the farewell
song.
Following this interesing pm
gram, a harlequinade, entitled'
"The Wonder Hat,” by Be1
Hecht and Kenneth Sawyer
Goodman, was prtseated with
the following cast, ilariequn
Norfleet Vick, Pierrot, Louis An
flerson. Punchinello, isla Cham
bliss, Columbine, Nedra Lan
ford, Margot, Ruth Jones Thi.
was especially well done. Every
actor starred. After leading thei
audience up to a most interesting
point, when they wereeuger in
get a difficult situation properly
untangled, they were startled by
being told that the solution would
be left to the individual’s own
magination and the curtain fell.
“Climb though the rocks be
rugged,” the motto of the grad
uating class of the Roanoke Rap -
ids High School, was the advice
given the members of the class,
by Hon. Walter Murphy, of Sal
isbury, in his address at the
commencement exercises Tues
day night. Mr. Murphey began
his speech by reciting instances
of many of North Carolina’s
great men. who had left the
i State because of ecnomic ncees
; sitp and in their new homes in
! Oregon, New Hampshire, Texas
and Florida were prominent in
the things which go to make a
good citizen. He said this is no
longer true but North Carolina
[ is a changing state and now the
story is reversed because the eco
nomic conditions arebetterand
men and women are not only
1 staying here but others are com
ing into the State from elsew
here because of the new attrac
I tions North Carolina offers. The
■speaker then showed what these
(attraction are and how the
Tar Heel State ista'-mig the lead
[in many lines He eulogized
[the Legislature for the interest
i shown in the matter wf education
and good roads, for the appropr
iations it has made for these and
. other institutions for the wel
[ fare of the people of the State.
! He concluded his masterful
i address by telling the class the
! manner in which they should
meet the obstacles and difficulties
of life.
Mr. Murphy was introduced
by Hon. W. L. Long.
Between fifteen and sixteen
hundred people were present.
[ The High School Orchestra
' | rendered tne music.
The class roll included, Miaaea
[Josephine Hege, Ruth Jones, ».
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