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Volume X—Number 40 _ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., DECEMBER 21, 1923 Subscription $2.00 a Year in Advance
ROSEMARY. PERSONAL AND
LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. C. F Stranbery, Jr., of
Baltimore, Md., was in Rose
mary Saturday.
Mr. T. H. Kimball, of Eller
bee, Ga., spent the week-end in
Rosemary.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lassiter
,and son, Abner, of Conway, were
visitors in town Wednesday.
Mr. W. S. Banta, of Richmond,
spent Tuesday in town.
Miss Lucille Carlon, who has
been in training in Bellevue Hos
pital, New York City, is spend
iftg the week with friends in
Rosemary.
Mr. R. L. Pridgen, of Rocky
Mount, was in Rosemary Mon
day.
Miss Pattie Rochelle, of Jack
son, is the guest of Mrs. J. B.
Boyd.
Mr. Norfleet Vick, of the Uni
versity of North Carolina.Chap
el Hill, arrived in town yester
day morning to spend the holi
days with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. M. R. Vick.
Mr. E. C. Dunning, of Peters
burg, was in town Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Byrd left
yesterday to spend the holidays
in Palm Beach, Florida.
Mr. J. L. Pepper, of Thelma,
was in Rosemary Tuesday.
Miss Jean Hewitt leaves to
day to spend the holidays with
her mother, Mrs. J. P. Hewitt in
Asheville..
Mr. A. Gillam, of New York
City, spent Monday in Rose
mary.
Mrs. VV. T. Shaw and daugh
ter, of Weldon, were visitors in
town Wednesday.
Mr. G. L. Barnes, of Nashville,
was in Rosemary Monday.
Mr. J. C. Beller, of Elkins, W.
Va., was in town Monday.
Mrs. Joe Butts Dickens, of
Weldon, was in town Monday.
Mr. James Raiford is visiting
friends in Smithfield.
Mr. R. H. Gary spent Tues
day with his' father in
Northampton County.
Miss Ora Killian left today to
spend the holidays with rela
tives in Hayesville.
Mr. J. T. Rosser, of Ellerbee,
Ga., was in Rosemary Sunday.
Mrs. G. D. Shell returned from
Richmond Friday night.
Mr. J. C. Short, of Hollister,
spent Monday in Rosemary.
Miss Sue House, of Thelma,
spent the week-end with Mrs.
Wade Marks.
Mr. J. E. Taylor, of Conway,
spent Sunday with friends in
town.
Miss Rachel Allen, of Thelma,
spent Tuesday with friends in
Rosemary.
Miss Gillis leaves today to
spend the holidays in Florida.
Miss Ruth Spivey, of Sea
board, spent the week-end with
Miss Lucy Hasty.
Miss Hazel Cobb and Mrs.
Lucretia Medlin .spent Saturday
in Rocky Mount.
Rev. Charles Sheets has re
turned from Gastonia where he
attended the Annual Conven
tion of the North Carolina
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Lammie Smith has ac
cepted a position for the holiday
season with Mr. G. D. Shell.
Mr. and Mrs. Jernigan, of
Jackson, were visitors in town
Monday.
Miss Lucille Gay and Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Warrick, of Jackson,
were in Rosemary Monday.. .
A Christmas Festival service’
will be held in All Saints’ Episco
pal Church Saturday nighti A
pagent entitled “Bethlehem”
will be given by the members
of the church school. The public
is most cordially invited.
Mr. Wilbur Gray, of Littleton,
was in town Tuesday.
Messrs. W. D. and M. C. Har
rison spent Wednesday in Green
ville.
The Baptist Sunday school
will hold their annua) Christmas
tree services Christmas Eve
night.
Considerable Interest
in Land Sale
New Subdivision North oi Roanoke
Rspidi to be Developed into Desir
able Residential Center.
RESERVE RIGHT TO RE-PURi HASE
Considerabe interest is being
manifested in the sale at public
auction to-morrow of fifty large
lots on the subdivision on the
Emporia road just north of
Roanoke Rapids and every indi
cation points to the sale being a
spirited one.
All of the property willbe sold
under provisions insuring as far
as possible the development of
the subdivision into an attrac
tive residential district. None of
the property will be sold to
colored people and the present
owners reserve the right to re
purchase within five years any
part of the property which
might fall into undesirable
hands.
Looked at either from the
standpoint of home owning^ or
as a speculative investment, the
proximity of the lots to Roanoke
Rapids and their general desir
ability should render them an
attractive proposition.
Christmas Service
Episcopal Church
A Christmas service, (Morn
in Prayer, Celebration of the
Holy Communion and sermon.)
will be held at eleven o’clock.
The following Order of Music
has been arrnged by the choir
director Mrs. Walter A. Simp
son.
Processional-Hark,the Herald
Angels Sing—Mendelssohn.
Venite-Woodard.
Gloria Patri-Woodard..
Te Deum Laudamus-Farmer.
Hymn. It Came Upon
the Midnight Clear-Carol, Willis.
Doxoiogy- Old Hundred.
Communion II.vmn-Bread of
the World-Eucharistic Hymn,
Hodgers.
Realms of Glory-Regent Square,
Smart.
Recessional-0 Little Town of
Bethlehem- St. Louis, Redner.
Fourfold Amen-Newkomme.
The public is mos cordially in
vited.
“Yes, We Have No Bananas”
Frank Silver, himself, writer
and composer of the most popular
song hit the world has ever
known '‘Yes, We Have No
Bananas" has been booked to ap
pear here on Thursday, Dec. 27
at the Peoples Theatre. Silver
will bring with him his brilliant
company of singers and enter
tainers and his famous
“Bananas” Jazz Band, which has
created a iuraoe in New York this
season. Perhaps the greatest jazz
band ever assembled, this organ
■ration has scored one of the
greatest hits in recent years.
Composed of symphonic “jazz”
players, each a star musician in
his own right, Silver’s “Bana
nas" is looked upon as the last
word in syncopated orchestras.
The famous song itself has been
sung around the globe, and has
been translated into every lan
guage, even Chinese. Every
phonograph company has record
ed the great song hit in every
conceivable way, with orchestra,
band, solo, in sortp, story and pa
rody. Several musical comedies
have been written on the title of
the song and the royalties already
earned by the writer are said to
have exceeded a half • million
dollars. The hand and supporting
artists with Frank Silver compose
the original company, which is
booked for a transcontinental
tour, which opened in Boston.
The company is making only a
few stops enroute to the Pacific
Coast, fy-Gm whence they sail for
the Orient. Every song hit of the
day, from Broadway, will be re
presented in the program here,
and an evening of joyous synco
pated melody, dancing and song
is promised all those who love gay
and popular music, interpretated
by the greatest of present?- day
musicians and entertainers.
'POLICE court
NEWS ITEMS
Betty Thompson was found
not guilty on a charge of cur
i.sing and the case against her
dismissed..
C. .L. Peel, charged with hav
ing whiskey in his possession
off his premises was found not
guilty and dismissed.
H. Black, charged with having
whiskey in his possesion off his
premises and with transporting
whiskey, was required to give
hond in the amount of $150.00
on each charge.
Roberta Taylor and Nannie
Boyd were charged with fight
ing and the use of profane lan
guage. Nannie Boyd was found
not guilty, Roberta Taylor fined
$5.00 and costs..
N. Shaheen ami William
George, charged with cruelty to
animals were dismissed upon
payment of costs.
W. P. Page was fined $1.00
and cost on a charge of disorder
ly conduct.
N. G. Carver, drunkenness
was fined S5.00 and costs.
Charlie Bennett paid a fine of
$5.00 and costs on a charge of
using profane language.
Clarence Mayton donated $10.
00 and costs for driving an auto
mobile recklessly.
- William Gentry, E. E. Wil-.
Hams and Tom Bonnet, several
ly charged with vagrancy, re
reived suspended sentences on
payment of costs and promise of
obtaining regular employment.
Isaac Butler and Rosa Journi
gan charged with immoral con
duct, Butler failing to appear
forfeited a bond of $100.00. Rosa
Journigan was sent to Halifax
jail in default of $200.00 bond
for her appearance at Superior
Court.
Dan Allen, charged with
transporting whiskey, was re
quired to give bond for his ap
pearance at Halifax.
Jake Adams, charged with as
sanlt with deadly weapon and
driving an automobile while
drunk, was held in bonds aggre
gating $250.00 for his appear
ance at Halifax.
Lossie Taylor, Thomas Tudor,
Lizzie Tudor and Lois Tudor, all
charged with disorderly con
duct, were given sentences of
fifteen days in jail, judgment
suspended on payment of costs.
B. A. Gordon was dismissed
on payment of costs on a'charge
of driving an automobile with
out license.
William Phelps, Charlie Butts,
and Buck Pully, shooting fire
works in the corporate limits,
were dismissed on payment of
costs.
Henderson Defeats Girls’
Basket Ball Team.
The basket ball season opened
Saturday night when the girls*
team of the high school were
overwhelmed by Henderson’s girl
quint by the score of forty to
nine. The visitors passed the ball
like veterans and presented a
team which will rank well one of
the best girl teams in the State.
The locals suffered the loss of two
of their regular players who could
not be present to participate in
the game. Louise Jackson was
the particular stsr.
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Olive Growir.g.
The region in which the olive may
be successfully grown for commercial
production of f mi i in the Culled
States is not so great as for most
frost-hardy fruits. Commercial olive
growing Inis been confined to -portions
of California and Arizona, although
the frees will live and bear some fruit
in portions of oil of the southern
states of this country.
Greenland.
Greenland lias been explored by a
number of men, among tfhoin are
Ross, Inglefield, I»e I hi veil. Kane,
Hayes, Hall, Greely, Peary and Nan
•en. Nansen crossed from sea to sea
In 1888, and Peary In 1892, und in
1895 again crossed the ice-cap. ascer
taining the Insular character of the
continent. Various o her explorations
of the coast lire have been conducted.
WITH THE CHURCHES
All Saints Church
i Episcopal)
Rev. Lewis N. Taylor, Rector.
Mrs. Katherine Web.ter, Pariah Worker
Roano're Avenue
Next Sunday, is the fourth
Sunday in Advent..
Services: 7:.'!() A.JVI. Celebra
tion of the Holy Communion.
9:45 church school, bible
classes for adults and children,
T. W. Mulleh. Supt.
Morrflng service and sermon,
at 11.
Services at St. Luke's 3 P. M.
At the 7:30 service Sunday
night Bishop Cheshire will he
present and administer the
Apostolic Kite of Confirmation
or the “Laying-on-of Hands.”
Christmas Festival service
for the children and Christmas
pageant "Bethlehem" Saturday
night at 7:30.
Service Christmas Day, morn
ing prayer, the Holy Com
munion and sermon at 11 o'clock.
The public is most edrtTially
invited.
M. E. CHURC SOUTH
Rev. Robert H. Broom, Pastor
Mr. W. V. Wcodroof, S. S. Supt.
Mi»» Vivian Edmonds. Pianist
Mr. K. L. fowe, teacher of Baraca Class.
Prof. K. L. Elmore, Pres. Epwortfa League
0:45 A. M. Sunday school.
11:00 A. M.Christmas sermon
by pastor.
6:45 P. M. Epworth League,
Prof. K. L. Elmore, leader.
7 :.'10 P. M. sermon on short
New Testament Questions.
Pastor and Officers wish the
members of this congregation a
Chriptmastide of peace and
happiness and a New Year of
gladness and prosperity, and as
sure all visitors and strangers
of a warm welcome to all ser
vices.
Rosemary Baptist t .hurch
Charles J. Sheets, Pastor
10:00,A. M. Sunday school. S.
I). Brown,’Supt.
11:00 A M. “Echoes from the
Gastonia State Convention” will
be brought by the pastor at this
hour.
2:30 P. M. Sunbeam Band will
meet.
6:30 P. M. The Three B. Y. P.
Unions will meet.
7:30 P. M. “Christmas Fears, I
Wise and Otherwise” will be the
subject of the pastor’s sermon.
Your Maker has provided the
church for your spiritual hun
ger ; don’t starve yourself: come
and worship with us,
Monday, 7:30 P. M. Christ
mas Entertainment by the Sun
day sc hoof Everybody invited.
Wednesday, 7:30 P. M. Prayer
meeting.
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Pine Tree Pollen.
Yellow rain in I lie Yukon territory
and red snow in (Iroenliind with a
peculiar tine yellow deposit, are usu
ally found to lie caused hy the pollen
of pine trees growing miles distant.
The pollen Is caught hy the winds,
carried away rud then dropped. The
red snow is "made" in wind-placed
deposits of minute vegetable organ
isms, bits of seaweed which contuin
red snots.
The whivt
T! p-Tniiii’" or h'v asel. is the
smallest ol tin* t ' i >rs found in
North Anieriea. T ■ finest ermine fur
comes from l!us-ia and Siberia. In
winter the an' a! is sow white ex
cept for a black tip on the end, of
the tail. In summer it turns brown,
and tlie brown fur is. for tills rea
son, known on the market as '‘sum
mer ermine.”
New Franklinite Deposit.
An important discovery lias recent
! ly been made in Now Zealand in the
fiord country of Southland. A Ue
posit of franklinite. Hie zinc ore.
which is the same ore that is mined
in large quantities In New Jersey, bus
been identified by government offi
cials.
Narcotics Do Not Cure.
Taking narcotics to relieve headache
and other pains of the body is like
cutting the wire to stop the burglar
alarm. The cause of Hie pajn goes
| merrily Itlong its mischievous way In
the one case while the thief contin
ues happily to pillage in the other.
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December lit Cotton
Crop Report
The official estimates of the
Crop Reporting Board give the
North Carolina crop a production
of 1,020,000 bales, estimated for
this year. Giving the crop a value
of 8.33 per pound, which was the
average for a three weeks period
ranging about December 1st. the
crop has a value of about $159,
548,400. The recent ginners’ re
port gives North Carolina 939,
616 bales ginned to December
1st. It is estimated that 94 per
cent of the crop was ginned at
that date. As the bales in North
Carolina average about' 480
pounds each, the gin bales must
be discounted.
For the first time in its history
North Carolina will rank second
in the production and value of
the cotton crop. The yield per
acre gives us a lead in this re
spect among the important cot
ton states. It is estimated that
the seed cotton averages 37 per
cent lint this year in the state.
The estimates on the acreages
from the various reports used
as compared with last year,
range from 102 to 109 percent,
giving a reasonable average of
105 percent. The percent
abandoned since June 25th when
the first acreage estimate was
made was .5 percent.
The Crop Reporting Service
obtained a large number of in
dividual cotton farm acreages,
the results of which indicates
that 107 percent increase was
harvested this year as compar
ed with a year ago. According to
the regular report received from
hundreds of correspondents over
North Carolina, 97 percent of
the crop was picked by Decem
ber 1st. The average price paid
to farmers per ton of cot
ton seed was $48.50
The average price paid
for picking seed cotton was $1.25
per hundredweight.
As was to be expected, the
largest yields per acre were
made in the Northern Belt of
North Carolina although yields
of one bale per acre were not
uncommon in the southern coun
ties. During field travel and in
vestigation, the state statisti
cian found that over 20 percent
of the farmers were making
over olie bale per acre. One well
known farmer in the state had
tenants who averaged about
700 lbs., of lint per acre on
farms fin Wake and Wayne
counties. The basis for the
large yields in this state were
very favorable weather condi
tions, unexpectedly low dam
ages by the boll weevil, the
earliest and heaviest setting of
bolls in our history, the heavy
usage of high-grade fertilizers
and frequent cultivation.
Andrew Mann
Mr. Andrew Mann, a well
known citizen of Rosemary,
died in the local hospital last
Friday after an illness of several
days duration. lie was sixty
four yejrs of age. Mr. Mann had
lived in Rosemary a number of
years. He was connected with
the Rosemary Mfg. Co., who
held him in high esteem. He was
a faithful member of the Baptist
church and Sunday school and
attended it regularly. One (laugh'
tr survives him. The funeral
j service was held in the home
j Saturday afternoon, Rev. Chas.
i Sheets, officiating and interment
■ was made in Oedanvood Ceme
tery.
Preserving Honey.
Extracted honey cun *e kept Indefi
| nltely If It has been fully ripened be
j fore extracting, and If It Is not ex
posed to the moisture of the air. It
j usually crystallizes In a few weeks or
, months, but may he liquefied at any
j time, and will retain Its flavor and
! consistency Indefinitely.
Two Forms of .Camphor
| It Is now found that there are two
I forms of camphor, hut onlv one of
] these yields the solid camphor which
la of value as a preservative of cloth
| Ing against moths.
|Day and Night Schools
Christmas Tree
| i
Students in Miss Richardson’s Classes
and Canning Club Members Stage
Enjoyable Occasion.
LARGE CROWD IN ATTENDANCE
Last night the pupils of the
(lay and night schools of the
Roanoke Mills, directed by Miss
Richardson and the Canning
Llul) members, gathered in the
old Methodist church for a
Christmas Festival service and
annual Christmas Tree. The
Roanoke Rapids Band, under
the supervision of Prof. R. I,.
Martin rendered appropriate
music. Rev. R. H. Broom made
the invocation. Rev. T. S. Crutch
field read the Christmas story
as told by St. Luke, Rev. Lewis
N. Taylor made an address. Im
mediately after the service was
over Santa Claus appeared and
began’the distribution of gifts.
'Ahuge Christmas tree,attrac
tively decorated and
brilliantly lighted with electric
lights stood in one corner of the
room. The’building was packed
to capacity and the large con
gregation present greatly enjoy
ed the occasion.
Seal Sales On The Increase
If the signs are read correct
ly. North Carolina this year will
have the greatest sale of Tuber
culosis' Christmas Seal's of any j
year in the history of the move- |
ment. Most encouraging reports J
come from the North Carolina
Tuberculosis Association under
whose auspices the seals are >
sold. Indications are that not a
few towns will double the num
ber of seals sold last year. Ashe
ville. Durham and perhaps Char
lotte are three of the largest
town that give evidence of!
doubling their last year's sale.
Two counties and quite a num-;
her of towns have placed large
additional orders for seals at
State headquarters, which is at ,
the State Sanatorium. The coun
ties are Cabarrus and Pamlico.
Some of the towns are Burling
ton. Belmont. Bryson City. Lin
colnton, Mocksville, Mount Airy
and Morgan ton. Clinton, Dunn,
High Point and Henderson also
show signs of increased sales
and Raleigh has to her credit a
splendid sale of Health Bonds.
According to a report from
seal headquarters, the seal sale
chairmen ol the State are put
ting on the best campaign in the
history of the organization.
They are not only employing
the best business methods in
conducting the sale but they are
accepting the movement as an
important factor in their com
munity life and are taking ad
vantage of the big health op
ortunities it brings to them. The
Tuberculosis Christmas Seal is
now recognized as the one oppor
tunity of all the year to dis
charge personal obligations to
the great fight againkt the
dreaded disease, tuberculosis.
BASKET BALL
The Roanoke Ftapids all star
quint, composed of Messrs.
Eaton, Ned Manning. Shag,
Johnson, Becky Daughtry, and
Edward Vincent, defeated the
team representing Company B
N. C. N. G., of Warrenton Wed
nesday night in the High school
gymnasium by the score of thirty
three to seventeen. The locals
piled up a big score in the firsl
half but Warrenton came back
strong in the second half and
scored almost as many points as
their opponents. The visitors
missed a number of chances in
j the first few minutes of the game
! by attempting long shots at the
i basket. It was a clean game
■ throughout and thoroughly en
joyed by a number of spectators
Messrs. Eaton and Edward Vin
cent stared for the Triple R’s
ROANOKE RAPIDS PERSONAL
AND LOCAL ITEMS
Mrs. B. F.' Williams and little
daughter, of Fayetteville, are
visiting friends and relatives
here.
Mrs. Norinsky was called to
her home in Baltimore on ac
count of sickness.
Miss Isabelle Conn spent the
week-end in Emporia.
Airs. W. S. Hancock, of
Greensboro, N. C. spent a few
days Tiere this week in the home
of Air. and Mrs. J. AI. Jackson.
Air. Jack Green, of Richmond,
spent the week-end in town.
Mr. Charles Miller, of Enfield,
spent Sunday here with his wife.
Mr. Philips, of The Western
Electric Co., was in town Tues
day on business. .
Mr. Kennon Wright, of Balti
more, is spending some time
here with relatives.
Miss Josephine Gowen, of Hol
lins, Va„ has returned home to
spend the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. S. P. Scott is spending
some time in New York City.
Air. M. M. Faison spent a few
days out of town this week.
Mrs. H. C. Taylor is spending
some time with her mother in
Greenville, S. C.
Air. John Sale, of City' Point,
spent the week-end in town.
Mr. Bernard Wright, of Hope
well, spent the week- end here.
Miss Susan Fitzhugh. of Nor
folk, spent a few days here this
week in t jie home of Dr. and
Mrs. Frank West.
Meeting Of The State Board
Of Pensions, November
16,1923.
Present: Governor Cameron
taorrison, Attorney General J. S.
Manning, State Auditor Baxter
Durham.
The following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS it has come to our
attention tha‘ there are a great
many 'inaccuracies in the pension
rolls of the various counties, and
WHEREAS it is our earnest
desire to increase the amount of
pension paid to the soldiers and
widows who are now or who may
be put on the pension roll, and in
order to assist in purging the
pension roll; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That, we hereby
direct the Clerks of Court in the
various counties in the State not
to mail warrants to the pension
ers on the lists sent them by the
State Auditor, but to hold the
warrant* and require the pen
sioner to call in person and
receive them: provided that if
the pensioner is physically unable
to come to the court house, the
Clerk of Court may deliver the
pension warrant to the agent of
the pensioner for delivery to the
pensioner.
I he person'applying for a pei -
sion warrant as agent for a pen
sioner must satisfy the Clerk of
Court that he or she is agent of
the pensioner and make affidavit
before the Clerk of Court thnt
the pensioner is alive.
In case the pensioner is dead,
then the widow or the next of kin
I must appear before the Clerk of
Court and satisfy the Clerk that
he or she is the widow or next of
kin, making affidavit as to the
date of death of the pensioner
whose pension warrant is applied
for.
The State Auditor is hereby di
rected to transmit to the Clerks
, of Court copy of this resolution,
together with blanks for affi
davits as required in the resolu
tion.
Cameron Morrison
Governor.
JamesS. Manning
Attorney General.
Baxter Durham
State Auditor.
Mrs. Mamie L. Mitchell
Mrs. Mamie L. Mitchell, wife
of Mr. J. H. Mitchell of Patter
son Town, died in the Roanoke
Rapids Hospital Tuesday after
a short illness. She was forty
seven years of age. The funeral
service was held at her home in
Northampton County yesterday
afternoon, Rev. E. N. Harrison
officiating and interment was
made in the family cemetery,
nearby.