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The ffoannhc Volume X—Number 43 ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., JANUARY 11, 1924 Subscription $2 00 a Year in Advance — ■_ • ■ - . __ STUPENDOUS UNDERTAKING IN PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEWS STORIES TO TELL NATION OF THIS SECTION Every Patriotic Citizen Will be Interested in This Great Campaign to Make the Name Roanoke Rapids Carry a Magic Ring From Coast to Coast. "v BY GEORGE CLAIBORNE SIMMS Prominent citizens of this section are invited to aid in telling the manufactures and investors of the north of the advantage of Roanoke-Rapids and vicinity, of the opportunities here and the progress already made by this model town and its sister cities. 'Among those who have been selected and their subjects on which they are asked to write, the list below will satisfy our readers that the project is to be a credit: Vital Needs of More Cotton Production—W. L. Long. How to Make the Civic Community Beautiful—Mrs. J. A. Moore. Progress of Our Schools— E. J. Coltrane. • In the Heart of a System of Good Roads— C. F. Gore, Highway Supt. Brief History of Halifax County—Sterling M. Gary, Clerk of Halifax County Superior Court. The Story of Cotton—Geo. Claiborne Simms. Transportation Facilities—E. W. Eubanks. Financial Strength of District—W. T. Council!. The Roanoke Rapids Hospital—Dr. T. W. M. Long. Church Life of Community—By each local pastor. Our Tenth Birthday as a Newspaper—J. T. Stainback. Some of the Community Needs—Frank L. Nash. Our Wonderful Waterpower Assets— J. T. Chase. Better Livestock Profitable—W. O. Davis, Farm Demonstration Agent. Hogs and Corn— Geo. Claiborne Simms. This Section Industrially—Dr. Job Taylor. Public Welfare Work—J. B. Hall, County Welfare Officer. Roanoke Rapids a Well Goverened City—A. L. Clark. Noted Men Produced in This Section—W. L. Manning. The County Bar—A. C. Zollicoffer. What the Retail Merchant Means to a Community—L. G. Shell. The list of the special articles will be extended to embrace Rosemary, Enfield, Vaughan, Whitaker, Littleton, Scotland Neck, Tillery, Seaboard and Weldon citizens on recounting of their re spectivetowns. Many fine photographs will embellish all of these stories. The business history of the entire community will be graphically chronicled. , It w»s this kind of publicity which built up Los Angeles, Cal., a city where 92 percent of the people were born elsewhere and at , traded there by the advertising of Los Angeles. Remember that P$in April, 19C6, Gary, Ind., was a wheatfield. It is now a pulsingly busy steel city of 56,000 prosperous souls. Rosemary and Roa noke Rapids, The Cotton Towns ’ will be nationally known soon behind this campaign for a Bigger, Better, Busier Rosemary and as is Grand Rapids, Mich., the Furniture Market Let’s go. Get in Roanoke Rapids. CLASS OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR YEAR The Philathea Class of Rose mary Baptist Church held its regular monthly business meet ing Mdnday night, January 7th, and elected the following officers to serve through 1924: Mrs. T. M. Jenkins, Teacher, Mrs. J. O. Matthews, Assistant, teacher: Miss Ora Killian, as sistant teacher: Mrs. W. 0. Id dings, President: Miss Charlena Hart, Vice President: Miss Helen Harris, Secretary: Miss Lelia Eury, assistant Secretary: Mrs. C. G. Matthews Treasurer, Miss Mary Matthews Reporter. Stockholder* Meet The annual stockholders meet in of the First National Bank of Roanoke Rapids was held on last Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock. A Board of Directors for the ensuing year was elected, composed as follows: C. A. Wyche, W. L. Long, W. T. Coun cill, Dr. T. W. M. Long, S'. F. \ Patterson, J. W. Taylor, J. T Stainback, E. W. Lehman, W. L. Manning, Wells D. Tillery, L. G. Shell, J. M. Jackson, and C. R. Emry. i Officers for the coming were Officers for the coming year were elected by the Board of Directors, consisting of W. T. Councill, President, S. F. Patter son and Dr. T. W. M. Long, Vice President, G. W. Eaton, Cashier, ™ and R. L. Cooper, Assistant Cashiers. CARD Of THANKS I take this means to express my heartfelt thanks to the friends and neighbors whose as sistance and sympathy were so freely given and whose efforts were so untiring on the tragic death of my son. Mrs. J. F. Vincent, u NARROW BRIDGES HERE TO BE INVESTIGATE It is learned that a complaint has been filed with Hon. W. N. Everett, Secretary of State, Raleigh, relative to the two nar row bridges over branches of the Roanoke River, Northamp ton county, as being deadly dLan gerous, approached by curves and steep inclines and passable for but one vehicle at a time. Mr. Everett has promised to have the matter fully looked into by the State. NEW POSTMASTER IS NOW ON JOB ' It is Postmaster W. S. Saun ders now, he having succeeded G. N. Taylor on January 1st as Uncle Sam’s custodian of the mails here. He has been roundly congratulated and entered the office with the well wishes of a host of friends. He made the simple statement that he would “do my best.” Special Music at All Saints Next Sunday morning special music appropriate to the Epith any Season of the churh year will be rendered by the choir of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, as follows: Professional— Hymn. From the Eastern Mountains. Valour, Mann. Venite—Robinson. Gloria Patri-Robinson. Te Deum Laudamus -.Farmer. Jubilate Deo - Woodard. , Hymn—Brighest and Best of | the Sons of the Morning, Morn ing Star—Harding. Offertory—Old Hundredth. Fourfold Amen - Newkomme. Has Many an Ancisnt City, Has sler Stuttgard. The public is most cordially invited. Mrs. W. A. Simpson Director. Miss Ruth Transou, Organist. I CLUE MAY BE GRAVE I OF VIRGINIA DARE load Tahiti Found In North Carolina Tello of Loat Jamaatown Colour Doing Tahtn Can utes hy Powhatan. A lead tablet 14 inches wide and 6 inches deep was found three feet under ground at Washington, North Carolina. Saturday, by Howard Kaufman while digging in his backyard. Mr. Kaufman cleaned it off and found roughly engraven the in scription : “Virginia Dare Captif Powhatan 1590 Edward R-” The last name of signature was damaged. The find was at once reported to the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, D. C., and government experts detail ed to the scene to authenticate the genuineness of the find. This may solve the mystery ! of the missing Jamestown colony | of Roanoke Island and little Vir ginia Dare, first white child born in America. She was born in 1587 or three years before the date on the tablet. Excavations may be made to learn if the grave of Virginia Dare was on the spot of the find ing of the plate of lead, which was evidently engraved by one j of the colonist to record her i burying place and to tell of the ; fate of the little band having i been carried off by the wily! Chief Powhatan and his savages. | Roanoke Rapids Defeats Henderson One of the finest basketball games ever played on the local gymnasium floor was staged Tuesday night, when Henderson Highs, fresh from a victory over Oxford, met defeat at the hands ox Roanoke Rapids by the score of 37 to 26, The game was very fast and exciting throughout. At the end of the first half the visi tors were ahead, leading by the close score of 18 to 17. The locals, with Loyd Allen at center, Willie Glover and Fred Vaughan, guards, Lewis Taylor and Richard Brown, forwards, played fine ball throughout the contest, the particular star being Fred Vaughan, who alone scored twenty three points: -shooting eleven field goals and making one successful throw from the foul i line. For Henderson Riggan starred. The Henderson team lined up as follows: Moore, center, B. Upton and Riggan guards, G. Upton and Porter for wards. They were accempanied by Coach Garrison, who umpired the game. Eaton was refree. Another good scrap is expected tonight when Rocky Mount will be met. This bid's fair to be an eepecially thrilling contest as Rocky Mount was the quint which eliminated Roanoke Rap ids from the State Championship race last winter. The game will be called at eight o’clock. . # I ■ Mias Anna J. Upton Died at the residents of her ■sister, Mrs. W. C. Cherry, on Hamilton Street, last Tuesday morning, Miss Anna J. Upton, age sixty two, after an illness of six months duration. Miss Upton had been a resi dence of Roanoke Rapids for many years and was universally liked and admired. She was a woman of engaging personality and leaves many friends who sincerely mourn her loss. The funeral services were con ducted at the home on Wednes day afternoon by Rev. R. H. Broom of the First Methodist i Church and interment took place in Cedarwood Cemetery. Among the relatives from out j of town who attended the funeral were Mr. Walter Cherry, I of Washington, D. C., Mrs. W., |L. Bryan, of Portsmouth, Va., | Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Klugel, of i Emporia, Va., and Mrs. C. C. Payne an daughter of Ashland, Va. | I NEGROES CAUGHT IN COTTON STEALING | — Littleton Dusky Cltizers Arrested for Selling Cotton Stolen From Local Gins. Dthers to be Arrested. Haywood Williams, colored, J is under arrest at Littleton, j charged with selling cotton and j cotton seed stolen from the gin : of E. E. Wollett. He is also charged with buying seed cotton stolen from Willie Hicks. Jim Fogg is also under arrest on the same charge and two other negroes, along with Fogg are said to have stolen the cot ton and cotton seed on the night of Oct. 25th. The other negroes are Willie Brown and llay I Shearin. SCOTLAND NECK CHURCH IS DESTROYED BY EIRE But Vcstrr Hold! Hutting ami Becltles to He - build at Onto. I.oivuc.itlnn to Occur In Baptlit Church. The Trinity Episcopal church in Scotland Neck was destroyed by fire last Sunday afternoon. The edifice is to be rebuilt at once, according to announcement of the vestry after a meeting on Monday. Gracious offers of use of other! churches were forth-coming at once to the Trnity congregation. Inasmuch as the Episcopal con vocation was to meet in Trinity church on January 22. the offer of the use of the Baptist church for the occasion was accepted, rather than select another meet ing place. All morning services of the! congregation will be held in old! Trinity church. The evening! services will alternate between i the Methodist and Baptist | churches, with Sunday school in the school building. MONUMENT UNVEILED TO THE LATE B. MARKS In Boulevard cemetery, Balti more, Md., on Thursday, Jan. 10, was unveiled a handsome monu ment to the memory of the late popular B. Marks, of Roanoke Rapids, who met so untimch a demise about a year ago in an automobile mishap. Amonr members of the family witnessing the ceremonial were Mrs. B. Marks and daughters, Fleeta and Marcella, from here; Daughter Fannie, of Westhamp ton college; son Sammy of Black stone Military Academy; the ! mother, brothers and sisters and 1 other relatives of the deceased from Baltimore and other cities. Elaborate mention of the rites were made in the Baltimore and Philadelphia newspapers. Mr, Marks was oneof the best known , business men of this part of the i South and of a family noted in j commercial circles. Roanoke Rapids had no more esteemed citizen, who was known as every body’s friend and enthusiastic in his belief of a much greater t'u ! tute for this community in both manufacturing and retail busivl ness. Women’s Club Work The first regular meeting of The Woman’s Club for the New Year was held in the high school auditorium with a good attend ance. After the short business session the club members were invited to the Home Economic’s department where refreshments were served by the Misses Strib ling’s and one of the classes. The Rosemary Roanoke Rap ids Club was organized with one purpose in view; that of helping to make the town* of Roanoke Rapids a cleaner more health ful, more beautiful place in which to live. | Every woman who is interest | ed in their town should join the Womans Club immediately. Regular meeting first Monday in jevery month. CAR LOAD 111 FINE GURNSEYS UNLOADED 1 Finn Traa (dim, Ntnr Scotland Ni*eh, filing MailK .! Big ling, Gkickdit null Gum Raising IiiIhi jnlm liy Smith Bins, Buy flue Bull. Halifax county once mem sets her best foot forward agricul turally. Messrs. Charles H. Smith and John . Smith haw launched a mammoth live'lock enterprise on their Pine Tree 'Farm, near Scotland Neck. T'liw week they unloaded a carload of; registered Guernsey cow-. pur i based at Jiocky Mount, and an j bounce that they haw secured | the best Guernsey bull in ail Old North State. J in* Smith broth* rs haw gone into the hog. chicken and dairy j business on a wholesale b:t i . They will ship cw am to dnirle-w Milk-fed poultry and guaran teed fresh eggs will be a spt»rdo ty. along with 'nine blood'd pork. They further state that tiny expect to eventually abandon cotton activities. ROANOKE RAPIDS PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS Mrs. B. Marks is spending some time in northern citit o ^business. Miss Thelma Tippett has re turned to her home in Norfolk after spending some time her' with Misses Mabel and Pella Braswell. Mr. C. K. Matthews was c alled to Patterson Springs on arc-nii of the illness of hi- little son. Miss Jessie Jones rein nice! last Wednesday from Sanford where she spent several days, with jfiss Annie Belie William.-. I Mr. I), fl. Davis has resigned his position with W. G. Lynch and has reurned lo his home in Plymouh. Mrs. (’. E. Mallhws and litfI. son ar spending some time at her home in Patterson Springs. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. IP us spent a few days here last week with Mrs. Hardy's parents. Mr. Clyde-Martin, of Green ville, N. C., i- visiting relati. - here. •Mr. ( '. ('. Payne, of Ashland, j Va., was called here on accoum n!’ the death of Miss Jack Upton, returned to Halifax after spend ing the holidays here. Mrs. W. P. Vaughan, Misse Alma and Otelia sepnt a . days last week in Greenville. Mr. Clifton Harper has re turned to Hopewell, Va.. after! spending several days here wirh friends. Mr. John Sale, of City Point, Va., spent the week-end here with friends. Mrs. Edna Moses and daugh ter Ann, have returned to their home in Groton Conn., after spending some time in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Grmmer. Mrs. Virginia Wadhom, of Groton, Conn., is visiting her daughter .Airs. C. L. Grimmer. Messrs. John Philips and Bill Harder, of Graham spent the week-end in the home of Mr., and Mrs. AA'. P. A’aughan. SWEET POTATOES GOOD PRICED CROP Three carloads of sweet pota toes have been shipped within the last week from this county' to the north and the growers state that prices are three time as good as at this time last year. S. B. ALSOP IS NEW REGISTER OF DEEDS On Mojtday the County Com j missioners named R. 11. Alsop. ' of Eiifleld as Register of Deeds to succeed R. L. Dickens, resign ed. Mr. Dickens becomes as Isociated with N. L. Steadman & Co., at Halifax, in a responsi ble berth. OVERSEAS VET IS VICTIM Of ZERO SPELL l ound Inconclmis and Nearly Frozen •H Halilav on Sunday Morning. At lirsi Fnnld Net Hemember Who he Was, but Is K«::uveriiii|. Nearly frozen to death, un . ontoious from .suffering, a man was found at Halifax early Sun May morning who had been an lovei'.-“i,s veteran and been badly iw»itfjfled in service. He was 1 -and al the A. ('. 1.. depot by R. |b- lMckeie" and l.onnie Apple | white, who took him to a hotel j and called medical aid. At first the man could not re call who he was and kept mutter in"' about “Black Mountain”. A letter in his pocket was ad-1 dressed to Rev. W. E. Robert son, Baptist minister. Richmond,; ■ a., and c.ir-oed the signature! bloyil Wai in, which proved to j be his name. The \ etrean’s Bureau at i ■ i- motif was comtpunicaied j wit h and they took him in charge to care for. ■ __ ■ROSEMARY PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS -_ -i Mr. Alfred S. Niles, ,Jr., of; Dayton. Ohio, was in Rosemary! Saturday. Mr. W. N. Jarvis, of Swan-'j tluartor. spent Sunday and .Mom day in town. j Mrs. Alfred Martin has re turned from a visit with her mother, Mrs. J. P. Hewitt, in: Asheville. Mr. .3. \V. Lundy, of Raleigh. ' spent the week-end in Rose-1 mary. Mis. W. Roy .Shelton and | children, who have been the guest oi Mr . < ’harlena Hat t, returned in their home in : Wadestioro VVedhes lay night. Mr. J. P. Smith, of Greens- . boro, was in town Monday.* Mm. F. II. Steele* of Rich-' niond, was in Ro >emary Mon- ; day. Mr. VV. X. Kirkland, of Nor-1 folk, was in town Monday. Mrs. 11. Ben Hardy, of Jack- i son spent Wednesday in Rose-I' mary. The Triple K. Grocery Com-j pany are now occupying their | new quarters opp.cite Smith’s!. Garage. Mr. C o. X. Taylor is manager of the company. Mr. I. Sillen, of New York City. Was in Rosemary Monday. Mrs. Jack r turned home, aher spending two i weeks with relatives in Haiti-! more. • Mr. R. \. Collier, of Richmond. Va., was in town Tuesday. Dr. W. I,. Davis, eye specialist i of Plymouth, spent yesterday in Rosemary. St. Mai j '• ■ ruild, of All Saints’ Episcopal church met with Miss] I Esther Marshall at Rosemary j Lodge Tuesday afternoon. Mr. E. C. Hendrick, of New i'Cork City, was in Re emarx j Wednesday. Miss Jean Hewitt lias return led home after a visit with her I I mother in Asheville, j Mr. G. H. Randall. of Nor I folk, was in town Wednesday. Mrs. J. U. Lofton, of Alhe-1 'marie, a former resident of Rosemary, is the guest of Mrs. |Thos. M. Jenkins. Mr. Lynn, of Richmond. Va., i was a visitor in town Wednes day. i Mr. J. C. Hood, of Petersburg. , Va.. spent Tuesday, Wednesday !and yesterday in Rosemary. Mr. Gale Hill yard, of the [Strouse, Company, Baltimore,] i Mrs. McLeod, of Lumb rton. .is the guest of her daughter |Mrs. Frank L. Nash, i Rev. Francis Joyner, of Li - Itlet.on, spent Wednesday in town. Mr. Ben Hardy, of Jackson, is in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital, Mr. E. Faulkner, of Hender son was in Rosemary Wednes day. j Mr. Russell Buxton has re ] moved his furniture business KEV.T. S. CRUTCHFIELD ' ENDORSES Blli SPECIAL Pastor (If Roanoke Rapids Baptist Church Hopes All Pastors of Coun ty Will Co-Operate in stressing Cains of Churches in Membership and Moral Influence !n the Com munity. Rev. T. S. Crutchfield, pastor of the Roanoke Rapids Baptist church, called on the ediotor this week and said: “1 have read with interest your announcement of your com. uu Ijiy special edition to com memorate your tenth birthday and belive it a good idea. 1 note your gracious offer to review the prngre of local churches and I hope all the churches in the coun will 1 ... represented in it and -row the people what a wonder- * i ni work is being done in active religious life in the community. 1 he Herald has my congratula tion' upon its enterprise dhd its spirit of hewing to the line in those things which are for the public welfare.” suivd that we shall not be sting$-" K< v. T. S. Crutchfield was as s' to space alloted churches in tu big souvenir pictorial edition ; ud what we want every pastor in file county to write- a brief sketch of his church from jts he. ption and to supply us, if pos. il>! . with a photograph of bis i hureh and himself. BIRMINGHAM AXE MURDERS SOLVED ' iter several years of baffling i 1 "lice ami detectives, in which a s ore or more of victims were 1 i' !tally .-lain by a mysterious axe wielder, who left no tangi ai" due, the Birmingham, Ala., police have run down and proved up a case on five negroes and are seeking three others who were members of the axe mur der ring. By use of a drug the -•uspecis were led while under iis influence to admit the kill ings and confronts d when nov eal ■ min admitted the entire »■ fiendish details. !'■ . he old post office building in Roanolo Rapids to the store formerly occupied by Alex A. Arab, Ail • Katharine Allen, of Thelma. v as a visitor in town Tuesday. Mr. M. M. Alorgon. of Win. mi •idem, spi ill Wednesday in Rosemary. Mr. and Airs. W. D. Pruden spv up Sunday in with relatives, in Seaboard. Air. J. A. Sutton, of Charlotte, "as in Rosemary Wednesday. Mr. H. Goodman, of Peters burg, Va„ was in town several days this week. Mrs. Lina R. Beck, of Sea board. was a visitor in Rose Alarv Wednesday. Mr. W. A. Williams, of Rich mond. Va., spent Alonday in Rosemary. Air. J. B. Hall, County Wel fare' Officer, of Scotland Neck, spent Wednesday in town. Airs. .1. AI. Ramsey left Wed nesday to spend several days in Norfolk. Mr. .1. A. Taylor, of Oxford, v as in Rosemary Alonday. Mr. Robert Gay, of Jackson, 'pent yesterday with friends in tovyn. Air.-.. F M. Wrightmeyer is the guest of Mrs. Threewitts in Littleton. Mr. and Airs. P. W. Ray moved into their new home on Monroe Street Tuesday. Ale- is F. I’. Barnes and W. J. Gay, of Jackson, were in Rose mary yesterday. Mr. T. M. Dobson, of South Richmond, was in town Wednes day. Kenneth C. Sheets, son of Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Sheets returned Monday to Fork Union Military Academy to resume his studies in eventual preparation for the ministry.