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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL MENTIONS
Items of Local Interest in and Around Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary, and Patterson Mills

Johu Drew, formerly of Pat
terson Mills village, leaves on Fri
day for Raleigh where he will ac-
company the First Company of
the Coast Artillery to Fort Cas-
well for the summer encamp-
ment.
Mrs. Styres and little son, who
have been visiting Mrs. F. C.
Hege, left on Thursday for their
home in Winston Salem, N. c.
Mrs, C, E. Stainback and little
son, of Henderson, N. c., who
have been spending some time
in Ocean View, Va, stopped
over for a few days this week
with Mr.. Mrs. ], T. Stainback on
their way home.
Mrs. W. S. Hancock and little
son, returned on last Tuesday
from Scotland Neck.
Mr.. Allen Chauncey, of Wash
ington, N. c., is spending few
days here this week as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Jackson.
Miss N. w. Pearson, Supt. of
the Roanoke Rapids Hospital
returned Tuesday from Ocean
View, where she has been visit
ing for several weeks.
Miss Coffield left Wednesday
for Raleigh, Miss Coffield came
to Roanoke Rapids several weeks
ago to relieve Miss Pearson at
the hospital.
Mrs. C. A. Wyche gave an
automobile party in honor of her
house guests on last Thursday
afternoon. The party motoreu'
; up to Mr.. W. f Horner's farm
5 where fishing was the principal
amusement, Supper was served
: at seven, after which the party
: returned to Wychecroft.
The Rosemary Opera House
u which has been closed for the
last few weeks will be opened
n again next week. Moving pic
!. lures will be given every night
I and vaudeville in connection with
n the pictures whenever possible.
Two very highly recommended
vaudeville acts will be shown in
9 connection with the pictures on
next Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday nights.
/ l.. c. Daughurey hac resigned
his position with W. E. LeVter
and will accept a position W tn
the Rosemary Grocery Co.
e Mrs. ]. B. O'Bryant, who has
e been visiting Mrs. M. M. Faison,
/ returned to her home in Randle-
man, N. c., on Thursday.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31
DR.. H. B. Foster, Dentist, Will
Make His Home In Roanoke
Rapids

DR.. and Mrs. H. B. Foster,
of Liberty, N. c., arrived here
yesterday. DR.. Foster is a den
tist and is opening up an office
over the new Horner building,
next to the present location Of
the First, National Bank. The
community is to be congratulated
on securing DR.. Fosters resi-
dence here. A dentist has long
been needed here and we be-
lieve DR.. Fosters coming
will prove as advantageous to
him as to the community.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31
For Register Of Deeds

To the Voters of Halifax
County.
thereby announce myself a can
didate for reelection to the office
of Register of Deeds, subject to
the Democratic Primary, to be
held on August, 9th, 1914, and
if elected | pledge to the people
of the County the same prompt
ness and courtesy extended to
one and all.
Thanking the people of the
County for the past support given
me, | am,
Respectfully,
j. HUNTER NORMAN
7-17-4t.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31

j. H. Davenport who has been
in Richmond for a few days, re-
turned Monday,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Lee are
out of town this week visiting
relatives.
Hon. w. T. Clements, of En-
field, N. c., spent a few hours
here Saturday.
Nash Cox spent Sunday in
Richmond returning Monday,
Messrs. Moore and King, of
Gasburg, Va, were here for a
few hours Tuesday, looking af-
ter the erecting of their new
building in Rosemary.
T. @. Vaughan, of Weldon,
was in town on business a few
hours Saturday.
R. L. Wood, of Weldon, came
over Monday evening and spent
a few hours with friends.
Rev. Mr.. Millard, of Littleton,
conducted services Sunday morn
ing at II O'Clock in the opera
house at Rosemary. He preach
: ed an able and excellent sermon
which was thoroughly enjoyed by
all present.
Mary, the little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. P. V. Matthews,
left Wednesday for Randleman,
N. c., to visit at the home of
her uncle Mr.. W. T. Matthews.
James McGee a former resi-.
dent of Rosemary, now OF HaW
Riyer spent Saturday and Sun
day here visiting friends.
C. A. Banks, of Norfolk, Va.
was in town a few days thi
week on business.
Mrs. G. 3. Crews gave a de
lightful porch party on last Wed
nesday evening to a large part,
of friends at her residence il
Rosemary.
, Mrs. S, Spivey, who has bee
, visiting her father, Mr.. G. A
Savage, and Mrs. j. L. Daugh
. trey, returned to her home il
1 Petersburg on Wednesday.
R. L. Dickens returned Mon
after spending Sunday, with hi
parents in Enfield.
d. A. Stainback, of Weldon
was mere ON business last Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Clarence Wierne, of Char
lotte, is visiting Mrs. f, H. Ad
kins, in Rosemary. She will b
entertained from ten to twelv
on Friday morning by Mrs, Ad
kins.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31

Messrs. Emanuel U. and M.
L. Wallerstein, two Richmond
youths passed through Roanoke
Rapids last Saturday on foot.
They walked the entire distance
from Richmond, spending Satur-
day night at the Roanoke Hotel.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31
For Legislature

| hereby announce myself q
candidate for the House of Re-
presentatives from the county of
Halifax, subject to the action of
the Democratic Primaries to be
held on the 9th day of August.
The support of the Democracy
of Halifax county will be greatly
appreciated by me,
7-17-3t w. l.. LONG.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31
CLEAN UP DAYS
August 5ih and Gth---Manager
Faison Busily Making Prepara-
tions for Festivity---Urges Co.
operation Of Citizens
WHY NOT HAVE PAVED STREETS!

Next wednesday anu 1luio-
day, Augurt 5th and 9th, are
likely to see scenes Of vigorous
and determined activity. Clean
Up Days are coming and Mana
ger Faison announces that he
will soon have all preparations
made to handle the towns side
of the work.
Wagons and carts are are being
chartered, begged and borrowed.
If the individual citizen will DO
his or her part they may rest as
sured that the Clean Up Day
Campaigners will do theirs.
Roanoke Rapids has splendid
chances of becoming one OF the
best looking towns in tie State.
Her natural advantages are all
that could be asked, Cleanliness
and order will do the rest.
Citizens are asked to clean up
their premises and pile all rub
bish, etc, in the alleys back OF
their respective residences.
Carts will haul it all away; alleys
will be cleaned up and the entire
town will be cleaner, healthier
and happier.
After the town is cleaned up,
there is one thing more needed
to place it abreast of other pro
gressive towns in the State OF
the same size and that is paved
sidewalks. Every foot of the
sidewalks in the business section
of the town ought to be paved
and the sidewalks, say, on Rea-
noke Avenue to the corporate
limits of the town, Hamilton
Street from First to Fourth
(GradedSchool, J Jackson St, from
Second to Third and First, Sc
cond, and Third, Streets from
Hamilton to Jackson. The cost
of putting in these sidewalks
would not be prohibitive by any
means and we believe the ToWr
Commissioners could put the
thing through with very little
trouble.
We hereby recommend this
matter to the attention Of the
Board of Trade as one of the
worst needed improvements tha
could be made in the town. IL
put in the few sidewalks suggest
ed would not require the passage
of sidewalk bonds. Half Of tn,
cost could be raised by direct as
sessment of the property improv
ed and the balance could be Dor
rowed on bonds issued by tn
} Town Commissioners and pai(
back out of the regular tax fund
, of the town. OF course, the ta'
} rate would have to be raiseO
} slightly todo this, but the immens
} advantages to be derived fror
the paved sidewalks and the en-
} HANGED value of the propert
abutting on the sidewalks woul
, certainly amply Justify the IL
{; crease in the tax rate and W
. feel sure the property owners IL
D volved would be more than viii
D ing to defray their half of tn
cost.
! Let's hear from the Board {
U Trade.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31

Misses Louise Traynham and
Virginia Eppes, house guests of
Mrs. C. A. Wyche, at "Wyche-
croft" were char mingly enter
tanned in Rosemary on Wednes-
day by Miss Beckwith.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31
For Sheriff
To the Voters of Halifax Coun-

~ liiC Nch'ib W
ty:
! hereby announce myself a
candidate for reelection to the
office OF the sheriff, subject to
the action Of Democratic Pri-
mary, to be held on Thursday,
the 9th of August, 1914, and if
elected, | pledge to the people of
the County the same diligence
and promptness which | have
tried to give them in the past.
Thanking the people of the
county for the support given me
in the past and assuring them
that | will try to merit a con-
tinuation of same, | am
Respectfully,
7-3r.1t. ]. A. HOUSE.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31
Notice

| hereby announce myself as
candidate for Good Road Com
mission at the coming election,
subject to the Democratic Pri-
mary to be held Aug. 9th 1914,
7-24-3t J. l.. PATTERSON,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31

Struck out by Welsh, 3, Snoth-
erly, A. First on Balls: Off
Snotherly, l, Welsh, /. Left ON
bases: Rosemary 2, Patterson
Mills, 8. Two base hits: Gill
land and Purcell. Double plays:
Ferrell and Edwards. Time:
POS. Umpire: Welch.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31
Volume is,--Number Is.
ROANOKE VALLEY LEAGUE GAMES

Last Saturdays Games Change Standing of Teams Consid
erably. Roanoke Mills Defeats Roanoke Rapids in
Close Game A to 3 and Goes to Head OF List--Pat-
terson Mills 5, Rosemary 2End of Leaguen
Sight and Its Got to Be Ball Playing
from Now
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31

Struck out by Scott, 16, Hugh
es, 3. First on balls: Off Scott,
/, Hughes, 0. Left on bases:
Roanoke Rapids, |, Roanoke
Mills, 3. Two base 'hits, Floyd.
Time: l:45. Umpire: Welch.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31
BUILDING BOOM
IN FULL BLAST

Commercial Expansion Of this CON-
munity Continues. Thirteen New
Store Buildings on Roanoke Ave.
Building and being Built. First
National Bank Building Nears
Completion and work on Brick
Store Building and Hotel at Rose
mary being rushed forward.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-31
STANDING OF THE CLUBS

How They Play Tomorrow
7 Roanoke Rapids VS. Patterson Mills first Camel.
Rosemary VS. Roanoke Mills 4'$
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03
Gilbert.

The thermometer registers above the
80 mark and the way the crops are
growing reminds one of Jacks beam
stalk.
Mrs. Moss and family, who spent the
last year at Oregon City, returned to
Gilbert Monday much improved in
health by their sojourn in Oregon.
Miss Nina Miller has returned to the
ridge after spending a week in Peck.
1t is reported that Peck will install a
bull ring and give weekly perform
ances la Mexico.
Those who have alfalfa are busy TAX
ing care of it, Some is already up and
we think the rain has done little or no
damage.
Miss Edna Chandler will attend the
celebration at Gilbert.
We are report Mrs. w. B. Reese,
who suffered a fractured ankle some
time ago, is improving as fast as could
we'll be expected.
The 4th of July picnic at the Ber
Trutton place has developed into a full
fledged celebration Of two days dura
tion. D. w. Stevens and Harvey
biegert are busily engaged putting uE
pavilion. There will be lunch coun
ter and a feed ward on the grounds
Many from the adjacent ridges ant
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03

AS we walked out of the Temple at
the close Of session side trip in
autos was planned and we got to go
out fifteen miles around the Sunnyside
Land Co.'S holdings and see the beauti-
full alfalfa fields, fruit trees, and homes
and water mains and bitches which
transformed the once worthless sage
brush prairies to blossoming paradise
for Weiser is close to Snake river,
which is just as barren down there is
southern Idaho as here up north with
out irrigation. We also visited the
pumping plant which pumps the water
from Snake river and unless Snake
river should run dry they have never
failing water supply.
The following was included in the
speech of welcome to North Idaho:
We can not refrain from saying that
if the Grand Lodge and Temple should
make motion to come to Orofino that
among the X. Ps. ond Dokies there
may be better and nobler looking men,
that is as far as speeches and the outer
man is concerned, but there haint a
man there can put up a better banquet
than Josiah Allen can, or better
chicken mulligan when Bro. Cassidy
visits us. So once more, |, Samantha
Allen, invite you come down to Oro-
fino, where the hills are evergreen and
soil is rich without irrigation and the
virgin timber awaits development and
surrounding country is rich in re-
sources.
Orofino has been lucky and unlucky.
They have a large state sanitarium
commonly known as an asylum, SO you
Dokies might as well come along for
we are going to get you anyway, but
lucky in the fact larger percentage
have been cured there than any other
locality on the entire globe. So there
is another reason you must not lose
sight of, SO if you come you will be the
gamers in mind, soul and body. 81
what more can we say in behalf O
yourselves. AS for ourselves you are
to be the judges after you get there
Should you decide on our mex
neighbor, Lewiston, they can nov
boast of the largest number of Dokie
in the world some of which live in ou
town. Josiah is Doky and if h
thinks we can go:-
'Ill just put on my old grey bonnet
With bit Of oibbon on it, and
Well hitch old Dobbin to the shay,
and put on clean white apron ant
climb up in the seat beside him and G
along.
Will now close in the words of a
Allwise Ruler, 'Go thou and do like
WISE"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03
"Rubedew's Wood Pasture" :"
Dent, Idaho, June 2

Dent, Idaho, June %, 1914.
1t has been said that "Windy Pete"
is owned by the timber companies and
it looks to some Of the settlers in 1873,
that the Clearwater county commits
sioners are owned by Rubedew also.
There has been several hundred dol
lars expended on trails on the south
side of the river from F. r. Slocum
place to point several miles beyond
the Forest Reserve line. But in "Rnbe-
dew's wood PASTURE" from Dent to
Big Island, the trail is blocked, and it
seems to be the concerted effort OF
Rubedew and the county commission
ers to keep the trail blocked in order
to starve out the remaining settlers in
"Rubedew's wood pasture" SO that
they can be forced to sell for little or
nothing. But we'll set them free next
November.
SUBSCRIBER.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03

also from Peck have signified their in
tention Of celebrating here.
The road drag has been doing good
and needed work on the ridge since
the last rain.
Miss Ethel Sperry, of Clifford is visit
ting her aunt, Mrs.. Wahl.
Perry Miller and wife, of Cheney,
WASH, are shaking hands with old
friends here, having arrived Wednes.
day.
Miss Bertha Boehm and Mr.. Virgil
Edwards, OF Gilbert, were married al
the home Of the brides parents on
Wednesday, July 1st, Rev. w. B.
Reese officiating. Both OF these young
people are well known and have host
of friends here who join in wishing
them all possible happiness.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03
APPEAL TO PEOPLE TO OVERTHROW
BLAKE GANG TAX EATERS

We urged the necessity and justice Of
honest taxation, and told the farmers
that any citizen was fool if uncon-
cerned over so momentous an issue as
the honest taxation of property; that
the people should see that no timber
is either overlooked or exempted; that
where some property is underassessed
other property must be overassessed.
We urged the citizens of all parties to
wake up and take the public business
OF the county out of the hands of un-
scrupulous men, and to nominate and
elect clean, worthy officials.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03

The editor of the Republican had the
pleasure of drive over some OF the
Teakean-Cavendish country Saturday,
and saw one of the most beautiful agri-
cultural sections in the state. At All
sahka, four miles below Orofino, we
were met at the train by Jack Crabb
who spent the day driving through the
country in his neighborhood where we
met many of the farmers. We stop
ped at Cavendish long enough to meet
a number of the citizens, and then
drove on around the loop to E. A. Pat
terson's where we spent the night.
In the evening large audience filled
the school house, some standing up,
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03

a quarter Of million dollars was col
lected from taxation and other sources,
and that four years of Blake gang rule
found the county over SCI, 900 in debt
April II, 1914. One bridge, an old Jail,
and rotten political machine for vast
ing county funds and supporting gang
OF crooked taxeaters was about all the
people had to show for their several
hundred thousand dollars of county
funds handled by the court house gang
in three and half years of Tammany
rule and gang extravaganza.
The matter of road culvert proved in.
teresting. A sample from Latah county
was exhibited and the farmers com
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03

pared it with samples they cut during
the afternoon from Ingot Iron culvert
sold at a higher price by Beall & Co.
which was pronounced from $40 to so
per cent. lighter than the Latah county
who stepped up and examined both
samples.
Referring to the cruise of timber
we told the people that we had found
NOT ONE citizen opposed to cruise,
but general opposition to the spending
of more than the work is worth. And
that opposition to needless waste of
county funds was great deal different
from opposition to an honest cruise.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03
Lolo Bridge.

Ed. Republican:
The grade on the southside of the
creek begins to look like public high
way. Through the pluck and energy of
Messrs. Peterson and Finney we soon
shall have an outlet to the railroad at
Kamiah. This is one OF the oldest
trails in Clearwater county, from
Pierce and Weippe to Kamiah. On
account of having to cross a neck
of Idaho county which took no interest
in road, it has been hard fight to
get a road. 1t was finally agreed by
the commissioners of Idaho county that
they would put up as much as could be
raised by subscription. Mr.. George
Finney, OF Woodland, with very little
personal interest but public spirited
man, solicited subscriptions of money
and labor far and near until he had
over seven hundred dollars subscribed,
and with like amount from the county
we soon shall be able to get over the
grade with vehicles. Mr.. Finney is
pushing the work as fast as possible in
order to have it SO that Carrot ridge
and Kamiah people can .attend the big
celebration at Weippe on July 4th
The work on the grade on the Clear
water county side has been made
passable for which much credit is due
County Commissioner Harrison. Sor
ry to say our Weippe friends hav,
knocked from start to finish with few
exceptions) for fear Kamiah would ge
a few dollars in trade from this side
We believe it will be benefit in gen
eral way to Weippe. Some people ar
SO selfish that they can never see far
ther than personal interests.
Come one and all to the Big Celebra
ton at Weippe on the 4th.
H. C. PIERCE.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03

it has been spent under Blake gang
system. We told the people that as far
as P. H. Blake or any of the county
officials had acted honestly and done
public business in competent manner
for the best interests OF the people, we
commended them. But we had right
to go into the matter OF expenditures
to see how the tax dollar had been
spent. By diagrams ON the blackboard
we divided county funds into the var
ious items of bridges, roads, schools,
salaries, extravaganza, graft, etc, and
submitted records to prove every state
ment and charge.
It YVES shown that last year almost
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03

although the partition was removed and
both rooms used.
At $50 we were introduced and for
an hour and ten minutes discussed
county politics. We did not abuse any
body, confining our discussion entirely
to facts and figures in which taxpayers
are vitality interested.
To start with we told the people to
assume that "Windy Pete" as the
Blake gang charged, was liar, and to
accept only such statements as we
could establish by evidence. On this
basis we proceeded to discuss county
business, starting with the taxation Of
property, following the tax dollar as
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03
Notice Of Call For Bids.

Notice is hereby given that the clerk
of school district No. "a, will receive
sealed bids for the construction of a
one-room frame school house in said
district, up to l o'clock p. m. on the
Goth day of July, 1914, plans and speci-
fications for which are on file with the
clerk of said school district. Bids
must be accompanied by certified
check for five per cent. of the amount
of the bid, payable to the order Of the
clerk of the school board. The right
to reject any and all bids is reserved.
By order Of the school board.
E. c. CHASE, Clerk,
14-15 Ahsahka, Idaho
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-03
Announcement.

l hereby publicly announce myself
as candidate for commissioner from
3rd district, Clearwater county, SUBJ
ject to the will of the republican voters
Of said county at the coming primary.
l also pledge myself, If successful in
the primary and following election, to
use my best efforts to secure 100 cents
worth Of value for every tax dollar.
Respectfully,
FRED CHoATE,
Teakean, Idaho.