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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
Mr.. Brown to the Rescue.

Do you get tired of hearing of Mr..
Brown, my nearest neighbor? I'm
sorry If you do. for you are going to
no doubt, later on. He came over TO
my house the night after the fire with
a paper containing a list of names.
His name headed the list, and opposite
it was written $50. Will Jarvis is go
ing to have his course in manual train
ing.
Nor is the Jarvis family going to be
homeless. No one who knows her
would make, nor would Mrs. Jarvis
accept, any tender of charity. But
any one who has studied credits knows
there are times when the personal
equation offers more acceptable secur-
money lender might not be willing to
take such a risk. but neighbors can
afford to do so. The Jarvis family is
going to have new home, and there
will be no payments due until Will has
completed his course at Mckinley and
is earning money.
Wouldn't you be willing to battle in
a laundry tub for the sake of living
among such people as there are out
here in the country?
In the meantime, Mrs. Jarvis and the
children had to be provided for. Mrs.
Jarvis and the two younger boys are
at Mr.. Green's, down by the station.
not paupers. but paying their way by
the honest work they do. Mrs. Green
Is almost an invalid. and was more
than glad to have Mrs Jarvis help.
seeking to pose as a philanthropist.
am going to board him and pay him
SO cents a day this summer, and I'll
not lose penny by it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
Gets Out of Milking Cow.

II any further evidence is needed to
prove that 1 am not doing out charity
to Will Jarvis, I have it ready to pre-
sent. He has taken completely off nv
hands the job Of milking the COW. Will
is a better mixer than / ever can hone
to be-he began early in life-and he
likes cows. The first morning he was
with us he volunteered to do the milk
ing. and seemed so eager to do it that
hadn't the heart to refuse
With frequent rains and hot weather,
these be joyful days for us farmers.
We could stand a lot more rain, OF
course. but are mighty thankful for
what were getting. There is enough
OF 1t to keep corn and other shallow
rooted crops on the hump. but early
ture If there is going to be a full
crop. Weeds are growing. too; but it
doesn't seem to make much difference
to them whether it rains or not They
flourish in even the driest weather.
The worst weed pest have in my gar
as there is in the ground piece of live
root an inch long it will send up new
shoots. Cut them all down with a hoe
at night, and 1t seems next morning
there are just as many as ever.
Those old Egyptians who were driven
to desperat ton by the plague Of 1ocusts
ought to buck up against some Of the
insects with which the farmer of to-
day has to contend. Why, we have a
moth which is supposed to have been
an immigrant from that same Egypt
that can make a locust seem as innocu-
Gus as Bryan cocktail when it comes
to destructiveness. The Egyptian moth,
or some of his near relatives, is play
ing havoc with our apple trees, blight
ing entire branches which two weeks
ago were loaded with fruit.
A Bug for Every Plant.
For every useful thing that grows there
seems to be some bug or insect whose
sole aim in life Is to devour it. My
cucumbers and cantaloupes had no
more than put out their third leaves
until the striped beetle descended upon
them, and now it's an everyday battle
to determine whether l am growing them
for my own benefit Or for the benefit of
the bugs. Cut worms cleaned off a lot
of my lima beans. The Colorado potato
beetle, which came across the continent
from the Rocky mountains, where po-
tatoes didn't grow at all now refuses
to dine on anything but the tops of
"spuds," and he certainly has an enor-
nous appetite for a gentleman of his
size, Even before my potatoes came
through the ground the bugs were loaf
ing along the rows. waiting for the first
leaves to appear. Some sort of boring
worm has killed off good deal of my
sweet corn. which the COW overlooked
on the occasion of her nocturnal visit to
the garden, and huge green worm,
horned and as Notwithstanding as any
dragon St. George ever met up with,
cheWed the foliage off several of my
tomato plants before discovered and
went cunning for him. And it goes
all down the line, while my amazement
grows daily that farmers ever harvest
enough to feed their own families, to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27

Pittsburgh prohibits the acceptance or
use of base ball passes by city employ es.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
MARYLAND GOVERNOR TO
PROBE EGGLEST0N CASE
Takes Personal Interest in Con-
spiracy Charges Against
DR.. ]. D. Eggleston.

The Governor Of Maryland has taken a
personal interest in the charges against
DR.. ]. D. Eggleston of Takoma Park.
who is in the county Jail at Prince Fred
er!ck, Calvert county. accused of con-
spring with two other men to I'LL and
rob Gilbert w. Cave. Washington In
surance man. of an automobile last
Monday near Chesapeake Beach.
Gov. Goldsborough has directed the
states attorney Of Calvert county to
make personal investigation of the case.
and has directed the Baltimore police
authorities to assign two detectives to
ascertain what they can of Dr. Eggles-
tons career in Washington and his ac-
tivities in Calvert county, where he is
said to have rented a lonely farmhouse
near Chesapeake Beach for purposes. the
police say, connected with an alleged plot
to lure there and rob well-to-do men.
The two Baltimore detectives arrived
in Washington this morning and imme-
diately set to work tracing DR.. Eggles-
tons antecedents and movements. Later
company with Sheriff Hardy of Prince
Georges county. who also came to
Washington today. and they expect to
have a number of talks at Chesapeake
Beach with Richard King and Thomas
Cant, jointly arrested with DR.. Eggleston,
King and Cant having confessed at DR..
Eggleston's hearing at Chesapeake
Beach Wednesday as to their connection
with the alleged Mot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
Lack of Interest Charged.

Mr.. Cave and Sheriff Hardy met Gov.
Goldsborough in Baltimore yesterday aft
ernoon by appointment and there laid be-
fore him the details of DR.. Eggleston's
activities. SO far as they know them, and
charged the Calvert county authorities
with lack of interest in the case because
the prelim1naries in connection with it
happened in the city of Washington and
Prince Georges county. They also told
Gov. Goldsborough of an alleged attempt
made by DR.. Eggleston and Cant to OBJ
tain motor boat valued at 1,50O from
Conrad Munker. an employe of a Wash
ington firm of patent attorneys. in much
the same manner they said, as the at
tempt made to obtain the automobile from
Mr.. Cave, to which Cant and King con-
fessed. Cant confessed at the hearing of
DR.. Eggleston to the fact that he had
| tried to obtain the motor boat from Mr..
Munker. and MIR. Cave and Sheriff Hardy
urged Gov. Goldsborough to instruct the
states attorney of Calvert county to
issue a warrant for the arrest of DR..
Eggleston and Cant in the motor boat
case.
On the report to be made to Gov. Colds
borough by the two Baltimore detectives
here today will depend whether there are
additional warrants issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27

the cities
Speaking Of cows-we were speaking OF
one COW in the paragraph above-they
must be woefully short on memory. If 1
had been made as sick as our COW was
when she got into the garden and ate
too much green corn and things ! think
I'd be satisfied with hay and mill feed
the rest of my days. Not so the COW.
She does remember the garden. but her
good things to eat she found there. not
of the consequences of her gluttony.
Every time l take her out of the barn
she heads for the garden gate, and gets
real peeved because I will not consent
that she shall founder herself again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
Nothing Goes to Waste.

1 have become a thorough convert to
the doctrine of keeping plenty Of live
stock on the farm. 1t is the acme OF
economy. With our COW, horse. pigs
chickens, pigeons and rabbits, nothing
goes to waste at Sunny Knoll except
fresh air. I can't even find waste ma
terial to make compost heap. I
started one. intending to put on it weeds
from the garden and fence corners, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
Women to Participate.

Mrs. Logan will have as her house guest
for the occasion Mrs. l.. Bracket Bishop
of Chicago, and says the following Wash
ington women have assured her they will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27

f. W Ford. the we'll known trap. was
on the river near Seneca last Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27

A twenty-three-pound rockfish furnished
sport enough for M. NJ Fieles for one
day. Fieles went to Fletcher's and tried
his luck and when he caught the twenty
three FOUNDER he was satisfied to return
home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27

Atlantic City, n. j., where he went for
the benefit Of his health. He went fish
ing two days and enjoyed the sport OF
catching number of large king fish.
Before returning to duty he fished tho
Patuxent in the vicinity of Mount CAL
vert and caught plenty of large perch.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
North Carolina Potato Patch

Washington, D. c., Sept. s.
The North Carolina Irish potato
patch contains 30, 900 acres this
year and total production will be
approximately 1880 bushels,
according to estimates made to-
day by the United States CROP
Reporting Board. The condi-
ton of the crop is 62 per cent Of
normal and the price at the pres.
ent time is averaging around sc
cent per bushel.
In Continental United States
there are 8, 70S, 600 acres planted
to this product and this years
production is estimated at 800,
GA, 600 bushels by the Federal
Department of Agriculture. This
years crop will exceed the aver
age crop of the past five years
by approximately 4,00O, 600
bushels. The nations produc-
ton last year was 331, 525, 600
bushels, was produced on 8, $685. :
600 acres of land and sold for
$227, 9O3, 600, or an average of 80
cents per bushel.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
John Lawrence Wicker

After an illness of only a few
days, John Lawrence Wicker, aged
two years, eldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles W. Wicker, died at
the home of his parents in Roa-
nonke Rapids on last Thursday
at one O'Clock.
The little fellow had been sick
only thirty six hours when the
end came. Owing to the nature
of the illness, membranous
Group, a prompt interment
was advised and the body was
inferred in the Roanoke Rapids
cemetery on Thursday afternoon
at seven O'Clock.
The sympathy of the entire
community goes out to Mr.. and
Mrs. Wicker in their bereave-
ment.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
A Statement

Replying to a piece that was
published in this paper August
28th, of George Snotherly's case
that | had against him, | will
say that did not tell the solici-
tor that | did not think him gull
ty, for he was the only one that
saw the money and knew that |
left it in the store and | was only
gone a short while and when |
got back the money was gone,
and every one | told how it was,
said he must know something
about it. Now | had no need
whatever to make false alarm,
for the money was mine to do as
| please with it, and | had no
thought of Withdrawing the case
but several of his friends came
to nae and talked with me and
said they thought it best and
wished | would withdraw the
case, and as expected to make
this my home | wanted to be
friendly with everybody. So I
did so, but from what they put
in the paper does not seem as if
| gained much of their friend
ship.
| did not write this for them
alone. | wanted the people to
know | was not a man of that
kind.
w. F. LEE
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
TRACHOMA
Government Report Of lnvestiga-
ton Of a Rare Disease in North
Carolina 80 Cases Found

The u. S. Public Health Ser
vice sent an expert, DR.. A. D.
Foster, into North and South
Carolina last fall to investigate
the extent and source of tracho-
ma, a disease of the eyes. This
expert worked all winter and
we'll into spring visiting some
seventy one white schools and
thirteen colored schools in North
Carolina. He examined over IL,
600 pupils. Only thirty-three
cases of the disease were found
in North Carolina and one case
in South Carolina.
Of the thirty-three cases found
in North Carolina, eighteen were
found among 2O7 pupils examin-
ed at the Indian School at Cher
okee, Swain County. The heav-
lest infection among the white
was in Caldwell County while
lighter infections were found in
Cherokee and Mitchell Counties.
Only one negro was found to
have trachoma. That case was
one Of the pupils at the State
School for the Blind, at Raleigh.
This case came from Wilson, N.
C.
Trachoma is a disease of the
eyes and eyelids. 1t is usually
contracted by using the same
towel, soap or wash basin used
by a person having trachoma.
The disease is rather prevalent
among certain foreigners who
come to this country. Recently
it has been found to be quite
prevalent in the mountainous
parts of Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia and West Virginia.
Hence the investigation in North
and South Carolina.
DR.. Fosters conclusions re-
garding trachoma are:
l. That it exists to some ex-
tent in several isolated noun
famous sections of North Carli-
ma.
2. That only In the Cherokee
Indian School had measures been
taken to determine the presence
of the disease and control its
spread. ..t.
3. That foreign immigration
played little or no part in intro
ducing trachoma here.
4. That the negro is practi-
cally free from the disease.
5. That present cases should
be treated to prevent further
spread of the disease-N. C.
State Board of Health.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
Notice

The following list of mail re-
mains unclaimed in this office.
Same will be held One Week and
if unclaimed will be ssnt to the
Division of Dead Letters.
Respectfully,
w. C. BASS, F. M.
Mrs. Mollie Battin, S. C.
Daughtry, T. T. or L. T. Daniel,
]. 0. Gray, j. 0. Hockaday,
Mode Henderson, Miss Murrat
Hawkins, Jas. Wheeler, Mrs.
Ella White, Miss Polite Ann viii.
liams, Johnnie Oneal, s. M. Par.
ker, M. A. Pamer, Miss Willie P.
Perk, Mrs. S. A. Smith, Miss
Laura Thompson, Mrs. Lilliar
Thompson, Miss Ida Underdew,
Miss Katie Johnston, Messrs
E. H. Johnston & Co., Miss Ethe
Mason, Miss Annie Poarch.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
Burglars Valuable Secret

Mr.. Manhattan who belongs to
several clubs, walked into the
police station, relates The Hous-
ton Post.
Il hear" :" he said to the sergeant
at the desk, that you have
caught the burglar who broke
into my home a few nights ago. "
Yes" replied the sergeant.
DO you want to see him?"
well, I'd like to ask him how
he got in without waking my
wife. I've been trying to do
that for the last 20 years.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
PERSONAL AND LOCAL MENTIONS
Items of Local Interest in and Around Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary, and Patterson Mills

William Towe left Monday for
Cary High school.
Miss Lessie Buchannon return
ed Friday after an extended
visit to her home in Jonesboro
and Wrightsville Beach.
Miss Nell Mercer has returned
from a visit to Norfolk, Baltimore,
and Washington.
Prof. and Mrs. A. E. Akers
and children have returned from
a visit to Mrs. Akers, parents at
Elm City, and Mr.. Akers old
home in Virginia. Prof. and Mrs.
Akers, also visited in West
Virginia.
Miss Eliza Moore, of Green
vile, visited Mrs. w. P. Vaughan
last week.
Frank Robinson returned
Tuesday from Hamilton where
he had been visiting relatives
for the past few weeks.
Mr.. R. L. Towe left this week
for Raleigh, N. c., where he has
accepted a position in the office
of the Superintendent of Public
instruction of Wake County.
Mr.. Towe spent the summer i n
Roanoke Rapids, being employed
by the First National Bank, and
his many friends here greatly re-
gret to see him leave. He pre-
fers educational work to any
other however and his many
friends here feel confident that
he will make good in every sense
of the word in his favorite voca-
ton. Mr.. Towe was Secretary of
the Board of Trade of Roanoke
Rapids Township while he was
here and was indefatigable in
his efforts in the interests of
that organization and he will be
greatly missed by the members
of the Board of Trade and others.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
"OBEY THE LAW"
Prosecutions Under the Vital Sta.
tistics Law Coming Rapidly

No less than six indictments
and convictions have been Sc
cured within the last two weeks
under the new law requiring the
registration of births and deaths.
All these prosecutions were made
against doctors who for one cause
or another hat failed to reg
ister births. In most cases the
doctors acknowlt dyed that it
was a matter of Negligence on
their part, pure ana simple, and
expressed an apprec alton of the
value and Importance of the law
and promised not to be delinquent
in such matters heres fter, In
such cases an effort has been
made to secure the minimum
fine.
The doctors caught in the mesh
of the law are as follows: DR..
A. A. Bulla, Davidson County,
DR.. R. H. Morefield, Stokes
County, DR.. J. P. Hoskins, Eden
ton, DR.. Charles E. Cheek,
Wake County and DR.. H. H.
Cauble, Kannapolis.
This law has now been in very
successful operation for the
last eight months and all doc
tors, undertakers, midwives and
others having to do with it have
had opportunity to become ac-
quainted with its provisions. 1t
will be readily seen that a partial
compliance with the law gives
only incomplete and inaccurate
statistics which render the work
of all the others of little or no
value. Hence the need of fully
complying with the law from
start to finish. = N. c. State
Board of Health.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
A Correction

In the lineup of the Roanoke
Mills-Rosemary game of August
%, 1914, Johnson of Roanoke
Mills was charged with four
errors. This is incorrect. Due
to change of positions while
the game was going on two errors
which should have been charged
to Minton were charged to john
son, johnson and Minton making
two errors each during the game.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
Business Changes Name

Having been sole owner of the
business known as that of Webb
& Jones, Roanoke Rapids, N.
G., since first came to Roanoke
Rapids, N. c., but never having
changed the name of the said
business until recently, | hereby
take this means of announcing to
the public that the said business
will from this date he conducted
in the name of B. S. Webb.
Advt. 4t.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
Roanoke Rapids VS. Rosemary

A bitterly (?) contested game
lone in which the Rosemary
team played under hard luck.
The game was called by agree
ment in the seventh inning with
the score standing 10 to 2 in fav-
or of the Rapids. Johnson, who
twirled the pellet for Rosemary,
made his first appearance in the
box this season. johnson only
worked three innin G S
and during that time he
held the Rapids down to only
eight runs. 1t was a great pity
that they took him out as he was
just getting his control down to
a fine point.
The features of the game were
unquestionably Johnson's pitch
ing, Sox's fielding and leagues
batting. Sox made only three
errors during the game, but then
he had only three chances: there
is no telling what he might have
done had suitable opportunity
arisen. As it was, he was on the
job every time.
At the end of the third inning,
the Rapids changed their battery
by retiring Hughes to second base
and putting Hilliard in the box.
Hilliard held the Rosemary team
down to seven hits in the four
innings he pitched.
This game closes the season as
far as the Rosemary team is con-
cerned. They have no postponed
games to play offandtheir chances
for the pennant ended with the
losing of Saturday before lasts
game to the Roanoke Mills.
For further information, line
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
Subscription, $1.0O a Year
ROANOKE VALLEY LEAGUE GAMES

Championship in Doubt Close of Season. Two Postpon-
ed Games Will have to be played to Decide. Roanoke
Mills Leads and will Tie for Championship Honors in
Any Event. Roanoke Rapids Defeats
Rosemary Last Saturday 10 to 2. Pat
terson Mills Defeats Roanoke Mills
3 to in Hard Fought Game.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
Roanoke Mills vs. Patterson Mills

This game was principally a
pitchers battle, Barnes for the
Patterson Mills pitching proba-
bly, the best game that has been
pitched in the league this season,
holding the Roanoke Mills down
to two hits for the whole nine
innings. Pace, for the Roanoke
Mills, pitched a good game, al
lowing only five hits. No earned
runs were made on either side,
three errors by the Roanoke
Mills in the second inning,
coupled with two singles bring
ing in the winning runs.
In the first inning the Patter-
son Mills scored one run, Daniels,
on Daniels single, a stolen base,
Barber's error and the throw
home from Barnes sacrifice fly
to left field. In the second frame
the Patterson Mills scored two
more runs. Towe went to first
on Johnson's error, to second on
passed ball through Barr and
scored on Mosher's single, Far
rell flew out to left field Kelley
singled, advancing Mosher to
third, and stole second. Daniel
took first on PAGES error, advanc-
ing Kelley to third and scoring
Mosher, stole second, Hayes
popped out pitcher to first,
league ditto.
The Patterson Mills did not
score again. The Roanoke Mills
team tightened up and in only
one inning (seventh) did they
get man as far as second base.
1t was three up and three down,
only two hits gotten off Pace in
the last five innings,
Roanoke Mills did not score
until the seventh inning. Klein
got on first with an infeld hit
and stole second, taking third on
Daniels wild throw to second.
Johnson grounded out to first.
S. Barnes singled, scoring Klein.
Bland popped out to third.
Pace whitfield.
Roanoke Mills couldn't score
in the next two innings and the
game was won, Patterson Mills
half of the ninth not being play
ed. Mosher's sensational catch
in the ninth was one of the fea-
lures of the game.
For more detailed information.
reference may be had to lineup
giyen below:
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
No Seeker After Truth

- George, said the wife to her
generally unappreeiative hus-
band, ''how do you like my new
hat?"
We'll, my dear" said George,
with great candor, Ito tell you
the truth"
Stop right there, George! If
you're going to talk that way
about it | don't want to know"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04

DR.. A. Why do you always
make such particular inquiries
as to what your patients eat?
Does that assist you in your di-
agnosis?"
DR., B. : Net that, but ii EN-.
ables me to ascertain their social
position and arrange my fees &C.
cordingly. Topeka journal.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
Times Change

A love sick young man in KY.
Was turned down by a golden
haired dy.
For two years she's been wed,
And her hair is now red,
And Tilted young man says; I'm
ly.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04
A Correction

Treasurer's Report, Town of
Roanoke Rapids as published in
the issue Of August FL, 1914.
Outstanding Uncollected and
Not Paid in Taxes for 1918
$659.32 instead Of $2O4.82. 4
A. L. Clark.
Secy & Treas.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-04

Hotel Waiter Come sir, you
really must go off to bed, sir.
(Yawns). Why, the dawn's
a-breaking, SIR"
Late Reveler Let it break
and put it down in the bill, wait
er. Punch.