Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-10-09
PERSONAL AND LOCAL MENTIONS
Items of Local Interest in and Around Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary, and Patterson Mills

Mrs. E. H. Adkins left fol
Charlotte Saturday where she
will spend sometime visiting
friends.
Mr.. T. 0. Vaughan, of Vel
don, was in town a few hours
Tuesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian M. Pow
ell, of Hampton, Va, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. jenkins.
Messrs. w. C. Bass and T. E.
Edmondson left for Richmond
Sunday where on Monday they
attended the Fair.
Several horses are now in
training at the Emporla Fair
Grounds race track for the local
races. The local races bid fare
to be better this year than usual.
---Advt.
Mr.. T. w. Mullen and family
are in Petersburg, Va, this week
visiting at the home of Mr.. Mul-
lens father, Judge J. M. Mullen.
Mr.. Samuel Senie, of the
Senie Clothing Co., Rosemary,
is this week changing his place
of business to.. Roanoke Rapids.
Mr.. William Wood and wife,
left for Richmond Wednesday,
to be gone two or three days
taking in the State Fair, which
is being held there this week.
Mr.. Baldy Hamill, of Thelma,
was in town a few hours Monday
on business.
Adams Greater Shows is the
Carnival Company secured by the
management of the Emporia
Association, as one of the mid
way attractions. They will have
a big brass band, and a splendid
free act in addition to Merry-Go-
Round, Ferris Wheel, Side shows,
Fortune Tellers and other at
fractions. ---Advt.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Crews re-
turned Tuesday from Richmond,
where they had been to take
their little son to the hospital to
be operated on for throat trouble.
Mr.. j. C. Butts and daughter,
Miss Alice, of Garysburg, N. c.,
spent Tuesday evening with Mr..
J. G. Butts and family.
Mr.. L. E. Beckham, of Bur
lington, N. C. arrived last week,
and has accepted a position with
the Patterson Mills.
Mrs. j. T. Garner after an ex-
tended stay in Raeford, N. c.,
visiting her parents, returned
Saturday.
Besides the local races at the
Emporia Fair, the Association is
offering six purses of 100000
each. Emporia is in the circuit
with Richmond, and Petersburg,
and a good many horses from
these two places will come to
Emporia, including Judge Pal
mer, and others owned by A. A.
Slagle, Rosebud, McKenney, and
others owned by c. w. Mangum.
-Advt.
The Rosemary Christian Sun
day School is proving a splendid
success. Only recently started,
the attendance is steadily climb
ing. On last Sunday they had,
in spite Of the rain, an attend
ance of eighty two pupils, five
teachers, three officers and four
visitors, making the total num-
ber present ninety four. They
extend a cordial invitation to
everybody.
Carpenters are now being en-
gagged at the Emporia Fair
grounds building additional sta
bles for cattle, and coops for
poultry. A new building is being
erecting for the exhibit of swine.
The association will be in a bet
ter position than ever before to
take care of stock, and poultry
of all kinds, and it is hoped that
a good many exhibits will be
made in these departments. -
Advt.
The Senie Clothing Company
have moved their business from
the Second Floor of the Rosemary
Theatre Building to a location
several doors below the postofiice
in Roanoke Rapids. See their
advertisement elsewhere in