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Volume X—Number 45 ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., JANUARY 25, 1924 Subscription $2.00 a Year in Advance J
FEATURES OF ALL-AROUND APPEAL
WILL BE IN HERALD’S SPECIAL EDITION
Local Banks Endorse and Support Proposition in No Uncertain
Manner. It Will Tell of Progress in City and County Alike.
Better Live Stock to be Carefully Looked Up.
BY GEORGE CLAIBORNE SIMMS
Fine pedigreed cattle and hogs will be an important feature
of stories and pictures in the Herald’s big special edition.
Numerous Holstein and Jersey herds, bulls, prize cows and re
cords will be portrayed.
An important narrative of hog raising by numerous Halifax
county porker specialists will also appear, with photos showing
the progress made of recent years in this activity.
The story of cotton will be told by the writer, from its origin
away back in antiquity before Biblical days, down to date, with
a full description of the various species of cotton; etcetera.
.The tobacco and peanut raising industry will be fully recounted,
ed.
This section's high health rate will be entered into in detail.
Each pastor of local churches has been asked to write a brief
history of his church.
, The astounding progress in the schools will be dwelt upon,
showing that Rosemary and Roanoke Rapids schools compare
well with any in the land.
An entire section will be devoted to the financial institutions
of the territory, with able special articles by bankers of this
aejction.
The great reserve water power facilities here are to betoldof
by a man who knows.
Interesting Indian and Colonial stories of this section will be
told in the edition, including Gen. Washington’s visit here.
These are but a few of the long list of reading treats which
will go to make up the edition and make it one worth while, a
valued souvenir.
The First National Bank of Roanoke Rapids, the Citizens
Bank & Trust Co., and the Rosemary Banking & Trust Co.,
have all taken large orders of space in the edition. Other business
interests will now be called upon in turn, after which the cam
paign will be pushed all over the county and then also to all other
towns nearby, making a representative showing of the manifold -
resources and opportunities of northeastern North Carolina. It
will doubtless exceed in both size and quality any special edition
put out in this section. As stated before-, the purpose is to make
“The Cotton Towns”—Rosemary and Roanoke Rapids nationally
talked about and known as is Grand Rapids, Mich., the “Furniture
Market.”
Roanoke rapids personal
AND LOCAL ITEMS
Miss Minnie Daughtry spent
the week-end in Norfolk.
Mr. Essex Rice left Wednps
day to enter John Marshall High
school.
Mr. T. C. Williams, of Wilson,
was in town Tuesday on business.
Miss Lois Wooten, of Franklin
ton, spent the week-end in town
with friends.
Mr. John Sale, of City Point,
;spent the week-end in town.
•Miss Minnie Daughtry has ac
cepted a position with Roanoke
Construction Co.
Miss Ellis Marks., of Baltimore,
is visiting in the home of Mrs. B. j
Marks. #
Mr. Henry Johnson, of Nor- j
folk, spent the week-end i;. town.!
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and !
Miss Louise Lawrence, of Mar- j
ion, S. C., spent the week-end
here visiting Captain and Mrs. J.
M. McMurray, and Mr. and Mrs..
W. F. Joyner. |
Mrs. W. E. Daniel spent
several days nere last week with
her daughter Mrs. W. P. Vaugh
an.
Kev. S. E. Mercer, Presiding
Elder of the Weldon District, is
to preach in the Methodist
Church next Sunday evening and
will preside over the first Quar
terly Conference for the year.
Mrs. C. M. Miller and little son
returned to their home in Enfield
Sunday, after spending sometime
here with her parents.
Miss Louise Smith has accepted
a position in Siler City, N. C.
Mr. J. P. Chadvick, of Pol
locksville, has accepted a position
as manager of the A. and P.
Mtore.
Mr. ‘E. Kuff, of Richmond,
spent Wednesday in town on
business.
Mrs. E. B. Glover was called
o Oxford last Sunday on account
t the illness of her mother.
Why Lemon?
By carefully arranging utensils and
supplies to elim.'ua&e extra steps ant.
motions, experiments at the Univer
■fcy of Wasfrbig'on have demon
strated that a housewife can cut
: nearly l\ minutes from the time or
I dtoarfly taken to make a lemon pit.
j Come and Meet the
Screen’* Happy Couple
Come and meet the happy
couple of Filmdom—Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Lloyd. Yes, they are
no other than the spectacled co
median, Harold, and his pretty
little leading lady, Mildred DaviSj
Harold and Mildred are coming
to the High School Auditorium in
the seven-reel Pathe comedy,
"Safety Last,” and the big event
in their lives took place shortly
after the completion of the pro
duction.
This delightful romance of the
silversheet began about three
years ago when Mildred joined
the Hal Roach forces and made
her first appearance with Harold
in the two-reel comedy, “From
Hand to Moutn.” A warm friend
ship sprang up between the
yobng people resulting in merry
wedding bells. And “Safety
Last,” by the way, is the last
picture in which Harold and Mil
dred will be seen together, for
Mrs. Harold Lloyd is to star in
her own right in feature pictures.
It is a fitting thing that “Safe
ty Last” tells one of the most
charming love stories ever pre
sented in a picture. As the Boy,
head over heels in love, Harold
gets into the most trying difficul
>ies. In fact, Lloyd chirbs the
side of a twelve story building,
and runs into more hair-raising
situations than anyone could ima
gine. But his reward is winning
the love of his screen sweetheart,
The Girl, and incidently, Mrs.
Harold Lloyd. Come and wish
them loads of happiness!
SPECIAL TERM
CIVIL COURT
The special term of Halifax
Superior Court, Judge Sinclair
presiding, convened Monday
morning and attacked the over
flowing civil docket.
Among the cases disposed of
coming from this • community
was the suit of W. C. Williams vs
J. B. Powell, resulting in a ver
dict against Mr. Powell, and that
olK. B. Topping vs L. A. Daniel,
asking damages in the sum of
5X0,000.00 for slander, which
war, thrown out of court by
{Judge Sinclair before it reached
the jury.
CREDIT CORPORATION
EFFECTS ORGANIZATION
Will Secure Loans up to $1,000,000.00
tor Farmer Members of Cotton and
Tibaeco Co-operative Association.
RELIEVES STRAIN On LOCAL BANKS
Raleigh Jan. 25, Farmers who
grow cotton and tobacco and who
are anxious to get on a cash basis
the coming year have the
opportunity now. The final or
ganization of the North Carolina
Agricultural Credit Corporation
has been effected. The stock
holders met in Raleigh Tuesday
and elected additional directors
completing the Board. The cor
poration begins business with
paid in capital stock of $100,000
and will be able to secure loans
for cotton and tobacco farmers
who are members of the coopera
tive marketing associations up to
$1,000,000. This corporation
works in conjunction with the
Intermediate Credit Bank and the
money will be loaned the farmers
for crop production purposes on
long time. The stockholders
meeting was very enthusiastic
and juding by reports a consider
able increase in capital stock will
follow in a short time. The direc
tors of the corporation are: A. E.
Bing, Raleigh; Dr. Carl Taylor,
Raleigh; B, F. Brown, Raleigh;
J. E Williams, President of the
First National Bank of Warsaw;
D. L. Gallagher, President of the
Bank of Norlina; E. N. Clements,
Farmer of Granville County;
Henry Fagin, Cashier Bank of
Nashville; J. R. McQueen, Lake
View; G. A. Norwood, President
of the National Bank or Golds
boro; John H. Boushall, Raleigh
and Dr. J. H. Harper, Snow Hill.
The directors will meet Satur
day for the election of officers
and the appointment of an Ex
ecutive Committee which will
also serve as a loan committee.
Farmers who take advantage of
the Agricultural Credit Corpora
tion will be able to pay cash for
fertilizer and supplies and will
save considerable money and at
the same time relieve the the
merchants and local banks of the
burden of crop production credit.
NIGHT SCHOOL REPORT
MISS RICHARDSON’S SECTION
One month of 20 night ses
sions (Dec. 3 to Jan. 14th).
Total enrollment for month—
42.
No. students attending regular
—33.
No. students making perfect
attendance record —7. Raymond
Poole, Harry Robinson, Ruey
Downing A. J. Sasser, Elizabeth
Baily, Mattie Askew and Nellie
Morris.
No. students making Honor
Roll—5. Elizabeth Baily, Mattie
Askew, Nellie Morris, Harry
Robinson and Isaac Dickens.
Highest grade in Arithmetic,
Harry Robinson—1 (95-100.
Highest grade in English,
•Josephine Murry—2 (90-95.
Highest grade made in Short
Hand and Typewriting Gladys
Morris—1 (92-95), Nellie Mor
ris—1 (92-95), Mattie Askew—
1 (92-95.
POLICE COURT
NEWS ITEMS
Edward Nolan, charged with
being drunk and with transport
ing whiskey, paid a fine of $5.00
and costs on the first count and
was sent to Halifax jail in de
fault of a two hundred dollar
bond in the second.
Cleveland Dickens, public
drunkenness, $5.00 and costs.
Jennings Butts gave bond in
the sum of two hundred dollars
for his appearance at Halifax
Superior Court to answer a
charge that we cannot class in
the category of news fit to print.
Friends of his father, who is well
liked and respected, furnished
the required bond, and the man
who is evidently seriously de
ficient tnentally was released
from custody.
LOjAL cirl scouts
ENJOY PARTY
Games, Stunts and Dinner Feature
Entertainment at High School Wed
nesday Evening.
NOTED GUESTS PRESENT
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Wednesday night the officers
and patrol leaders of the Girl
Scouts enjoyed a very delightful
party held in the gymnasium.
After enjoying games for some
time they went to the Home
Economic Room for a dinner, |
prepared under the able direction
of Misses Mary Coble, Christine
Temple^ and Ruth Coble. The
menu included, ham, potato
chips, cranberry sauce, pickles,
sandwiches, hot rolls, fruit salad
and cocoa. Various stunts were
staged, songs were sung with
zest and after dinner speeches
were made. Viola Glover spoke
about ‘‘The Pine Cone Troop’s
Idea of a Good Girl Scout.”
Evelyn Mullen gave her ideas as
to “The Golden Rod‘ Troop’s
Idea of a Good Girl Scout Par
trol.” She was followed by
Evangeline Pendleton speaking
on the subject “The Sunflower’s
Idea of a Good Girl Scout.” Lois
Akers told of the American Girl
Magazine and Mary B. Newton
gave a recitation entitled “Are
You There." Captain Lois Has
kins gave an account of the do
ings of “The Baby Troop-Holly.”
The special guests of honor were
Prof. M. R. Trabue of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Dr. j
R. A. Wilkins, and Prof. C. W.
Davis, all of whom made short
talks.
SENIORS GIVE
NOCK OPERE
Yesterday morning the High
School Seniors gave a very novel
stunt entitled “An Unmusical
Program.” “The idea was con
ceived and carried out by mem
bers of the class. The program
opened with a solo by Madame
Melba, ably impersonated by Mr.
Firman Myrick, appropriately
costumed, who sang, “Sweet
Bird that shuns’t the Noise of
folly.” Zollie Powell, dressed as j
a lady impersonated Alma Gluck i
in singing “The Red Red Rose.” j
In the rendition of these num-1
bers the artists were con-1
spicuously assisted by the Vic- \
trola. Pentley Hux.as Pavlowas, J
pleased the * audience with a j
Russian dance and was present i
with a beautiful corsage,of arti
ficial roses. Miss Mildred Tay
lor with a hand saw, gave a
violin solo as Fritz Kreitler does
it. Paderewski in a piano solo
was given by Eula Collier.
Madame Louise Homer, Caru
so, and Alma Gluck, portrayed
by Louise Jackson Fred Welch
and Alma Lee Vaughan sang
“Barney Google.”
The program, was concluded
with songs by Merle Bell and the
whole class.
The announcements were made
by Miss Viola Glover as herald.
A good size audience enjoyed
the effort.; of the Seniors and the
occasion was a distinct success.
Honor Roll for Fourth Month
CENTRAL SCHOOL
Second Grade: Charles
Downes, Andrew Wrenn, Ervin
Clary, Francis Hines, Josephine
Allen, Ollie Acree, Lois Hux and
Lottie Hedgepeth.
Third Grade: Edith Elmore,
Maria Long, Mildred Smith, Vir
ginia Bell Vincent, Wilma
Edwards, Louise Hux and Vir
ginia Akers.
Crutchfield, Hilda Hines, Rosa
Heath Long and Ophelia Daniel.
To Ren.ove Silver Tarnish.
To remove tarnish from silver eas
ily. place It In a solution made by
pouring a quart of boiling water on a
teaspoonful of salt and a teaspoonful
of aoda In a bright, new aluminum
Pan.
HIGH SJHOOL PLATS
LAST BASKETBALL
liirls Tie in Rich Square Games.
Meet Henderson tonight. Boys
Lose to Mina and Defeat Rieh
Square. Play Wilson Tonight.
GOOD GAMES EXPECTED
Last Saturday night the girls
quint of the high school lost a
most exciting game of basket
ball to the girls of Rich Square
high by the close score of twenty
one to twenty two. The two!
teams were evenly matched and
the outcome of the contest could |
not be guessed. The score was
tied several times and the last!
goal thrown was the deciding I
point of tile game. For the Visit-]
ing team Miss Weaver played I
good ball, especially in shooting]
fouls. For the locals, Miss Leola ■
Vaughan was the star.
The same team met another'
nip and tuck affair on the Rich
Square Court Tuesday night
and Roanoke Rapids managed tm
nose out a victory by an equally
close margin' as was in the for
mer game, the count finally
standing nineteen to eighteen.
This was a particularly good
game, even better than the one
on Saturday night. Again Mis: -
Leola Vaughan showed Leri
.kill. Miss Louise Jackson also!
starred and the guarding of the
home team was especially good
For Rich Square Miss Weave!
played her usual spectacular
game.
Tonight the locals meet Hen
derson in Henderson in the sec
ond game of the season. Hender
son won the game here a few
weeks ago. Since that time the
Roanoke Rapids highs have im-1
proved considerably and a closer
score is expected in this game, j
The boys team has also played i
two games this week. Norlina I
was met in Norlina Friday night |
and for the second time this
season defeated the home team, i
this time by the decisive score |
of thirty seven to twenty four.!
Lewis Taylor was the star of j
the game, shooting goals total-]
mg sixteen of the twenty four:
points scored.
Tuesday night in the High 1
School gymnasium the Rich
Square quint was met and cle-1
feated twenty six to eighteen.
At the end of the first half the,
score stood; eighteen to eight1
in favor of Rich Square. The]
locals waked up and succeeded
in making eighteen points in tli >
second half without allowing j
their opponents to score. The ]
line-up for both games was as j
follows: Forwards, Brown and)
Taylor, center, Allen, guards
Fred Vaughan and Glover.
Tonight a game has been ar
rangfed with the Wilson Highs,
the game to be played at seven
thirty. The time for the game
| has been made earlier than usual
on account of the visitors having
to catch the 9:16 train in Wel
don.
j P irent-Teacher’s Association
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I The regular meeting of the:
! Parent Teacher’s Association of'
the High school was held in the]
High school building Monday ]
night. Mr. Walter A. Simpson,
athletic director, made an ad
dress on "Health.” Miss Cath
erine Albertson, State Secretary
ot the Parent-Teacher’s Assoei-a
tion was present and presented in
a pleasing manner the purposes
of the organization. The picture,
which is presented to the grade
having the largest number of
parents present at. the meeting,
was awarded to the tenth grade.
MINISTERS TO MEET
The Minister’s Conference of
Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary
is scheduled to occur Monday
morning, 28th, at ten o’clock, at
the residence of Pastor Charles
j. Sheets on Jackson Street.
BOLL WEEVIL MEETING IN HALIFAX
IS WELL ATTENDED BY FARMERS^
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Agricultural Experts Deliver Interesting Lectures to Halifax
County Farmers on How to Grow Cotton Under Boll Wee?il
Conditions. # jap
PROPER CULTIVATION MOST IMPORTANT
rosemary personal and
LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. W. S. Bant.a, of Richond.
Va.. was in Rosemary yesterday.
-Mi1. YV. W. Hayman, of Nor
foik. spent Tuesday in town.
Mr. V. L. Phillips, of Green
ville,S.C. was a visitor in town
Tuesday.
Messrs. Waiter, Joe James, C. 1
. '. Hutchinson, of Greensboro, j
spent Sunday in Rosemary.
Mr. 0. B. Lipscomb, of Tar- j
hero, was in town Wednesday.
Mrs. (’. E. Raiford returned I
Tuesday after spending several
days with relatives in Clinton.
Mr. S. B. Thompson, of Bea
ver Dam. Va.. was here Wed
nesday.
Mr. R. M. Deal, of Charlotte,
spent Monday in town.
Messrs. T. W. Mullen and
Lewis N. Taylor attended the I
meeting of the Episcopal Con
vocation in Scotland Neck this
"week.
• 1 John Franklin Rodman, of!
New York City, spent Tuesday
and Wednesday with Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Raiford.
Mr. H. B. Williams, of Dunn,
;penL Sunday and Monday in
Rosemary.
Mr, ■!. G. Scarborough, of
Biles',ille wa : : 1 ■■ •>. Wed
nesday and yesterday.
Mis.. Dorothy Williamson, of
Norfolk, spent (he week-end with
Miss Betty B. Copper.
Mr. T. W. Kincaid, of Ashe
v d : i in town Tuesday.
Mr. L. E. Hale, of Atlanta,
was a visitor in Rosemary Wed
nesday.
Mr. George Goebel, of Balti
more was in Rosemary Monday.
Mr. Cooper Grizzard spent the
week-end with his sister. Mrs.
Page Taylor in Ashland, Va.
Miss Mary Dowtin, of Norfolk,
is the guest of Miss Rettie
Cooper.
Mr. H. J. Wray, ofLawrence
vi!le, Va. was in town Monday.
Mr. li. B. Guerrant, a former
r.-siili.'UL of Rosemary, now of
R. ioigh. was in town Monday.
• Mi. s Ohariena Hart spent the
■ clv-end with Mrs. Page Tay
lor in Asliland, Va.
Mr. George Tarry, of near
Toumesville, was in Rosemary
Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Sallie Medlin, of Rich-1
moral, spent the week-end in the |
home of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. M.
■Jenkins.
Mr. D. A. Smith, of Hender
son, was in town Wednesday.
Mr. R. H. Thomas, of Raleigh,
spent Wednesday in Rosemary.
The Mission Study Class, of
*ho Presbyterian Class held
hoi regular meeting with Mrs.
R. P. Beckwith Thursday
afternoon.
Mr. H. W. Louder, of Hender
son, spent Wednesday in Rose
mary.
Messrs. J. B. Rochelle and L.
O. Pruden, of Northampton,
County, spent yesterday after
noon in Rosemary.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fruuon
visited relatives in Seaboard and j
Gnrysburg Sunday afternoon.
Mr. P. B. Magruder, of Ral
eigh, was in town Monday,
j Mr. R. L. HendVics, spent the
i week-end with friends in
| Petersburg, Va.
| Mr. E. L. Chambliss has ac
! cepted a position with the L. G.
| Shell Company.
j Mr.' Jt J, Merritt, of Atlanta,
was in towtt Mwiday. 1
Mdsars. E. Bi Glover, Coburn
GlovarttiiJfcfltph Shell spent the
t '
The Boll weevil meeting at
Halifax on Friday was welt at
tended and a very profitable
meeting for those present: Four
speakers talked on every angle
of growing cotton undei* bpll
weevil conditions. Mr. Garren of
the State College , was the first
speaker. He emphasized the
necessity of good cultural
methods, stating that good pre
paration and good; careful
thorough cultivation were
of more importance now than
ever before. He also particularly
stressed the value of good seed,
showing that while good seed
only added a dollnptore expense -
per acre very oIipF it increased
the yield of lint cotton as much
as 50 to 75 pounds per acre and
sometimes as much as a hundred
pounds. He recommended Wan
namaker’s Cleveland Big Boll
or Mexican Big Boll as -best
suited to our county.
The next speaker was Mr. C.
A. Whittle of the Soil Improve
ment Committee,-Southern Fer
tilizer Associftmn. Mr. Whittle
spoke particui’iy upon fertiliz
ing cotton uirdir weevil condi
tions. He recommended liberal
use of high grade fertilizer, and
stressed that it was cheaper to
use high grade goods in order to
eliminate freight, hauling, and
distributing the extra weight in
low grade' fertilizers. For clay
soils he suggested the use of 10
to 12 per cent of phosphoric
acid. 3 to 4 per cent nitrogen,
and 2 to 3 per cent potash, and
for sandy lands 8 to 10 per cent
phosphoric acid, 3 to 5 per cent
nitrogen and 3 to 4 per cent pot
ash. Mr. Whittle advised the use
of all ammonia under the cotton
at planting time or then applied
as a top dressing not later than
at chopping time, with no late
applications. He also suggested
the use of nitrate of soda or
some other quickly available
source of ammonia to supply at
least one half to two thirds of
the total ammonia.
Dr. .1. 0. Taylor followed Mr.
Whittle and talked on the life
history and habits of the wee
vil. Dr. Taylor gave the farmers
many secrets of the weevil and
taught them many things about
the habits, likes and dislikes of
the weevil dealing particularly
with his life in the winter
quarters.
Mr. Mabee of the N. C. Ex
periment Station spoke on
poisoning as a means of direct
control. He advised farmers to
stick to the Government method
of using dry calcium arsenate
applied as a dust with proper
guns, following directions of the
Department closely. Farmers
were warned not to purchase
patent remedies and traps
of various kinds as things were
unsatisfactory. Mr. Mabee stated
that our farmers must reallize
that they have a fight and a hard
fight to make cotton with the
weevil present, but that it could
be done and could be done very
profitably. After the meeting a
demonstration of dusting was
given with one of the popular
makes three row dusting ma
jchint in the re.tr of the Court
j House.
1 week-end in Durham.
Mr. S. O. Brewer, of Durham,
was in Rosemary Wednesday.
Mrs. Lamrick Smith is spend
ing the week inRichmond Va.
Mr. Cleveland Shell returfied
Tuesday to his home in Peters
burg, Va.. after a short visit
with relatives in Rosemary.
Mr. H. L. Hachmann, of Bal
timore, was in town Tuesday.
Mr. A. E. Dannenberg, of
Baltimore, spent Monday in
Rosemary.