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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-03-05
Notice to Contractors

Sealed bids will be received by the
County Commissioners, of Halifax
County, at 12o clock, noon, March 18th,
at Halifax, N c., for the erection of a
Jail Building. A copy of the plans and
specification will be furnished on re-
quest, or mao be seen at the Office of
Frank B. Simpson, Home Building,
Raleigh, N. C. The Building, Jail work,
and heating will be let under separate
contracts. The Commissioners reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
w. R. HARVEY, Chairman.
Advt 3 5 Is 2t.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-03-05
Christian Church
Raleigh L. Topping, Minister

Sunday School at Rosemary
Opera House every Sunday after
noon at 2::30.
Services at Rosemary Opera
House Sunday morning at11:00
A. M. and evening at 7:30 P. M.
Christian Endeavor in the
gallery Of the opera house at 6:
As p. M.
A welcome awaits you, come
and receive it. c. H. Speight,
Supt, l.. G. Shell, Sec.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-03-05
Presbyterian Church
Rev. H. F. Morton, Pastor

Sunday School Rosemary Opera
House Sunday morning at ten
O'Clock.
Services in the Peoples Thea
tre, at Roanoke Rapids Sun
day morning and evening at the
customary hour.
Everybody is cordially well
come at all services.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-03-05
as yet had his report.

SalQ DlOckS ndu ndu llldldrl
chills during the preceding sum
mer. A similar census takel
October, l5, 1914, showed a re
duction of l6fo in those havin,
malaria. This we believe to b.
a most excellent showing for thu
first year, as a person once in
fected is liable to occurrences OF
the disease for a period of two
or three years thereafter.
If the work alre' 1y started
can be continued we b 'lieve that
it will be a matter of Gnly three
years before this pls. e will be
practically free of ma. lia.
During the summe of 1913,
prior to any anti-mal rial work,
the mills were consta ltly short
OF hel p on account ) a large
number sick from ma aria. Dur
ing the past summer ere never
has been day when the mills
did not have sufficient help, and
it was a frequent G currence.
notably at the Roam de Mills,
that help had to be turned away.
1t is true that a number of peo-
pie had malarial chills .uring the
summer of 1914, but as $50 of
them were occurrences from an
infection of the pre- ious year
they were easily contr lied, and
the operatives in rare instances
had to quit work. 1t is a fact
that 95% of all cases Of malaria
occurring during the pas malarial
season bore the history of having
had the disease in the ear prior;
very few new comers being in
fected.
EDUCATIONAL: During the
past twelve months there have
been lectures in the opera house
and in the graded schools on the
subject Of malaria, its prevention
and, cure. by Drs. Carter, Won
EzDorf, Rividaux and Mr.. La
Prince. They took up thorough
ly the demonstration of the
malaria carrying mosquito, its
differentiation from other species,
its breeding places, and the
methods of eradication. In addi-
ton they dwelt largely on the
taking of quinine in preventive
doses and the proper method of
screening the houses against
mosquitoes. In great many in
stances the families who have
for many years lost a great deal
of time from work on account of
the disease remained well. Dur
ing the present session of the
graded schools the study of
malaria, its prevention and cure
will be taught.
NEEDS FOR THE COMING
YEAR: 1t will be nt .essary to
use 5000 gallons Of cru le petrol
cum oil which will co t $4,000
1t will be necessary to employ a
man during the mosqu 10 season,
April LIST TO November st, which
will cost $2S0.00. TO lean out
the bitches which may ave filled
up during the winter sc ason, and
perfect the work alre Ndy done
for the coming year viii cost
$500.00. To further eltend the
work will cost anothe, $500. 90.
Therefore we respe~ fully re-
quest an expenditure G S1500.00
for the coming seasc i. After
this year the same can be main
tanned easily on less tn n $1,000.
co."
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-03-05
Baptist Church
Rev. Jesse Blalock, Paste,

Sunday School every Sunday
at 10 A. M. w. S. Hancock, Supt.
Rally Day April 4th. Mission
airy Day, March 28th.
Services Sunday morning at
eleven O'Clock. Subject; THE
Masters Voice. y
Evening services at 7:45. Rev.
B. f. O'Bern will have charge.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-03-05
WITH THE CHURCHES
Episcopal Church

Services every Sunday morn
ing at eleven O'Clock. Sunday
evening at seven thirty.
Sunday School every Sunday
morning at ten O'Clock. Mr..
Whitaker, Superindent.
Everybody invited to all ser
vices.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-03-05
Notice

Advertised mail at Roanoke
Rapids Postoffice.
Mr.. Lionel A. Chalmes, Miss
Mary Addie Floyd, Mr.. Nick
Fox.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-03-05
j. G. Butts spent Sunday with
friends in Halifax.

Lewis, OF Halifax, were IN town
a few hours Monday evening.
Mrs. Jos. G. Butts and children
are visiting friends and relatives
in West Point, Va.
Messrs. w. F. Horner and w.
P. Vaughan were in Halifax a
few hours Monday.
E. P. Walker left Monday for
Norfolk, Va, where he goes to
enlist with the U. S. Navy.
Tom Brown, Of Weldon, was
here Sunday visiting his mother
Mrs. S. A. Brown.
Mrs. j. H, Hale left last week
to visit relatives in and near
Scotland Neck.
The B. Y. P. u. of the Rose
mary Baptist Church meets with
Mrs. j. H. Williams Thursday
night, where a social will be
given for the benefit of the
members.
J. H. Warren, of Aurelian
Springs, was in town on business
a few hours Tuesday.
The Debating Club will hold a
meeting Saturday night March
9Th, in the Rosemary school
house. The question to be de-
bated at said meeting is an in
teresting one and the contest
promises to be pretty warm.
The public most cordially invited
to attend.
There will be a congregational
of the members of the
Presbyterian church Immediately
after the service Sunday morn
ing at Peoples Theatre. Every
is urgently requested to
Read BILLY Sunday, the Man
and his Message" which has just
been published. Price $l.OO but
worth a hundred times that
amount to anyone. r. O. Bray,
Agent, Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Advt.
W. M. Vaughan spent from
Wednesday until Monday at his
home in Rich Square, N. C.
Rev. H. F. Morton is spending
several days this week in Rocky
and possibly Wilson and
Tarboro, on church business. Is
expected to return home the lat
ter part of this week.
The Women's Auxiliary Board
of the Roanoke Rapids Hospital
will meet at the Episcopal Chap
ell in Roanoke Rapids on next
Wednesday afternoon at three
o'clock. Every lady interested
in this work is cordially invited
to be present.
For one year try this plan: j ust
that your income is
one, two or five dollars a week
less than it really is. Put that
amount away in a savings ac-
count at this bank. At the end
Of twelve months, you will be
this much ahead $52, $l04, or
$3.50 principal, as the case may
be. A worthwhile compound in
terest dividend paid by this bank.
And the firmly established Habit
Of Thrift. The First National
Bank of Roanoke Rapids. Advt.
Herbert Brantley, of Norfolk,
Va, is spending this week here
with friends and relatives.
Miss Birkhead, of Concord,
N. c., arrived Monday to take
of Mrs. K. jenkins mil,
linery department.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid
will meet with Mrs. J. T.
Chase on Tuesday afternoon at
8 o'clock.
Frank Robinson spent last
Sunday in Enfield visiting
friends and relatives.
C. T. Kidd, of City Point, Va,
spent several days here this
week with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Kidd.
Miss Annie Mabry left last
Saturday for Richmond, Va.
where she will spend some time
visiting friends and relatives.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-03-05
PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS

q ilCW duNblllp - ~
Mr.. Myrick, Of Littleton, and
Mr.. John Ellis, on Tarboro, spent
Sunday here visiting friends.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist Church will meet
with Mrs. Mrs. M. u. Collier on
next Monday afterno@n at three
thirty O'Clock.
Mrs. Lucy Sawyer, tof Frank
linton, N. c., is visiting at the
home of her 'daughtef, llrs.
Pinkham, in Rosemary.
Joseoh Daniels and family, of
Roano e Rapids, are movin Z to
their rm near Swan Creek!A
Mrs. Moore, and family, of
Roanob g Rapids, moved this
wesk { their farm near Rooer-
sonvilla, N. C.
Benrio Campbell, a former
resider of Roanoke Rapids, but
now living in Schoolfeld, Va,
reachei here Monday on a
visit tt relatives.
j. j. Carr, of Norfolk, Va,
spent Wednesday here visiting
his sister, Mrs. W. C. Williams.
W. /, Long, one of Halifax's
representatives to the State Leg
islaturo, spent Wednesday ut his
home here on business.
The man with a small salary
naturally finds it hard to save any
money but, on the other hand, it
is surprising how fast even a
small monthly deposit, made reg
ularly, and A per cent, interest,
compounded quarterly. will grow
to large proportions. With a
little determination and self
denial, almost anyone can save,
say, one-tenth of his salary.
Why don't you try it? And by
this time next year you will have
learned a lesson that will help
you all your life. The First
National Bank of Roanoke Rap
ids. y Advt.
Mrs. W. P. Taylor returned
last Tuesday from Ayden, where
she has been two weeks visiting
relatives.
Mrs. w. L. Long, who has
been spending some time in
Petersburg, Va, visiting at the
home of her parents. returned
Tuesday.
Mr.. Wyley Long, of Garys-
burg, a brother of DR.. T. w. M.
and W. L. Long is seriously il at
the Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
Mrs. w. S. Hancock returned
last We lnesday from Littleton,
where she has been for ten days
visiting friends and relatives.
T. E. Edmondson spent the
weekend at Hobgood, N. C.
Roy Faker. of Weldon, has ac-
cepted 4 position with the Rose
mary Mfg. Co., and will play
ball with the Rosemary team the
coming season.
T. 0. Vaughan, of Weldon,
was in the city on business Fri
day.
J. J. Wade spent Sunday in
Halifax visiting friends.
Chas. A. Jones, Of Scotland
Neck, vas in the city this week
on bust ess.
Little Virginia Keene is visit
ing her grand parents in Suffolk.
j. E. Barkley, of Weldon, was
in town a few days this week
on busir ess.
J. T. Munford who has b en-
away for some time visiting
friends anG relatives returned
last week.
Prott ct your wife and children
with a bank account. 1t is your
duty. The man who does not
protect his family from the hard
ships if he should die. does not
deserve a family. The first duty
of any self-respecting man is to
bank some money against death
or sickness, or any unlooked-for
calamity that may befall him. If
you have not realized this before,
think over it now. And by a
few slight sacrifices on your part,
v0u can start hank account
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-11-11

REPORT OF TREASURER RUFUS
POLAND FOR MONTH OF OC-
TOBER.
THE RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

The report of County Treasurer Ru-
fus Poland for October shows that on
November | there was n balance in all
the county funds of $42,62S.20, and in
the trust and agency funds of $685.
lO6.74, making n grand total of $l27.
73494
The balance i'm the county funds
were ns follows: General, $G,lS7. SO
road, $5,404 AZ; poor, 81 1863. 40; bridge
81 BATS; contingent, $579.S2; county
sinking, $5.142.52; protest tax, $l.26 43,
institute $62.42: high school. $5,l9Sll;
high school sinking, $16,622.S9.
Balances In the trust and agency
funds were: GeneiaI school, $5,4S452
district school. $50, ,2S66O; state
$3,794. 75 state bounty, $l5610; state
tuberculosis institute bonds, $473S;
state sinking. $2.55; state stock boun
ty. $36390; state stock indemnity
$44.S4; insane asylum. $24l,67, coro
ner's estate. $62,75; clerk of court
$l1.l6; redemption. $112.l9; estates
$ll .0S993; Lewistown light, $l20.l6
Lewistown light maintenance, $49,9S
protest tax. $ll5.S3; Lewistown storn
| sewer. $69.94; Lewistown, $l.724,53
l. W st town Improvement districts
1891. Moore, $l03.0S; Stanford
$500; Roundup. $223.20; Lewistowr
sprnkling. $l7,O2: Lewistown grading
$10l6; Lewistown sewer, $27S.77
Lowistown boulevarding, $30lO; Stan
| ford Improvement. $32990; Windhnn
fire, S2.79. Winiircd fire, $l7,36; Ill
ser fire, $9,43; Coffee Creek fire
| $757; Benchland fire, $l5,79; protes
state fund, license $23d.55, protest
state fund, bounty, $22,72; Denton fire
$ll4.G9; Moccasln fire, $25,Sl. Ro.
fire. $l09,lO, Straw fire, $35S4.
| The receipts during October amount
ed to $50, 0,002l2 and the disbursements
wore, $35 ,777.39
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-11-11
KANSAS IS
VISITED BY
A CYCLONE

GREAT BEND, Kan, Nov. 10
Twelve persons were killed and more
than 100 injured man, of them seri-
ously, In a cyclone which swept
through the residence section of Great
Bend at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
The property loss .s estimat ID at
half n million dollars
The city water plant laun"r!.
three FIGURING Mills, the Santa &c 0e-
not and so residences were demolish-
ed Santa Fe passenger train No.
narrowly escaped the path OF tho
twister, which swept through the south
part OF the city.
Several thousand sheep were killed.
the animals being hurled into the air
as the cyclone struck their feeding
pens. The city tonight Is in total dark
ness and without water supply.
Every available man tonight Is tear
Ing through the debris in an effort to
rescue many yet imprisoned.
Great damage was done In the cOun-
try southwest OF here, from which di-
"ection the cyclone approached with
ut warning.
Many of those injured were caught
,cneath their homes, which were pick
/ up from their foundations and
visited and crushed into mass of
chris.
At late hour tonight. list OF
hose killed and injured was not avail
able. due to the confusion.
Fire broke out In several of the
residences struck and as the city was
without fire protection, they burned
| to the ground.
Walnut Creek, Moses Brothers and
the Hume company's were the three
| FIGURING mills destroyed In these
structures several men who were on
the night shifts we're killed. A long
string of freight cars was overturned
| by the cyclone when the Santa Fe
depot crashed In.
A path three-qunrters OF n mile long
and several blocks In width was cut
through the residence district. Here
the heaviest toll of life was exacted.
The people OF the town immediate
ly responded as voluntary rescuers
and the work Of searching in the ruins
progressed in steady downpour or
rain that followed the cyclone.
More than 40 of the injured to-
night were being attended IN st.
| hose " HOSpllaI. Hyol1Iuhp Aich'
Hoisington and surrounding towns
have been summoned.
Three bodies had been identified Mt
n late hour tonight
The tornado Ia reported to have
struck first house on the Moses
ranch, eight miles south OF Great Bend.
The Riverside Steam Laundry, near
the bridge over the Arkansas river.
was the first building struck when the
tornado hit the town. 1t was COM
pletely destroyed
The storm followed a peculiar day.
A high wind blew In fitful gusts from
the south and the sky was overcast
with heavy clouds. Toward evening
the atmosphere became sultry and rain
fell In dashing showers, coupled with
n brilliant electrical display. The
storm came from the southwest and
the huge funnel-shaped cloud was
plainly visible during the lightning
flashes.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-11-11
TWENTY-SEVEN AMERICANS ARE
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LOST

coma towards noon," says this ac-
count. land as soon as this steamer
saw it, an attempt was made to escape
at full speed.
"The AncOna was overtaken and
stopped Then the submarine fired
on the Ancona, sinking her amid the
desperate cries of the passengers.
"The lifeboats were next attacked,
the submarine likewise firing on them.
A woman, man and two children
were killed; their bodies are at BIZ
Zerta.
"The submarine then disappeared.
Before sinking, the Ancona was able
to send out a wireless call for help.
This was heard by the station at Bi-
zerta. Aid was sent promptly and
thus 100 passengers and 10 sailors
were saved. They were taken to Fer
ryville Tin the environs of Bizerta)
where they were attended by physi-
clans and the consul.
Among the survivors are a number
of wounded emigrants, nearly all Ven
etians, and 10 Greeks. A number OF
the survivors seem to have lost their
reason as the result Of their terrible
experiences"
The official list of survivors, as is
| sued in Rome, includes one American
woman, Mrs. Cecil Greil of New York
143 Italians, 16 Greeks and l Russian
The statement is made that "a OF
the Ancona's passengers were nat
uralized Americans. or these moth
ing is known at the present time.
One of the notable passengers
aboard the Ancona was the Prince OF
Cassano, head of one of the Oldest
Neapolitan families resident in Rome
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-11-11
HIS INJURIES
PROVE FATAL
JOHN JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF
KENDALL MINERS UNION,
is DEAD.
VICTIM OF PECULIAR ACCIDENT

John Johnson, one of the best-known
mine employees at Kendall, died at st.
Joseph's hospital here Thursday after
noon as result of injuries received
last Thursday, while working in the
carpenter shed at the Barnes King
He was engaged in saving ladder
trips from by 4 timber with cir
cular saw. AS the end of the stick
he was saving neared the saw, he used
l small stick to push it past the re-
volving disk. In this instance the
back of the saw caught the strip and
hurled it forward with great force.
The stick struck the unfortunate man
n the abdomen, piercing it and tear
ing the intestines in such way as to
make the wound necessarily fatal.
Niece 10 Notified.
Mr. Johnson was al years of age, a
native of Sweden, and formerly resid-
ed at Gilt Edge, where he worked in
he mines. He had been in Kendall
for some years and president of the
Miners union there. He was men,
Der of the Knights of Pythias, and that
order took charge of the arrange
nents for the funeral yesterday in
conjunction with the Miners union.
Tie decedent was unmarried and
his nearest relative is Miss Mary Mel
son, niece, residing at Quincy, Mass.
J. r. Mckay Of Kendall, close friend
Of the decedent, wired her yesterday
and received instructions to hold the
funeral here.
Was Popular Man.
Mr.. Johnson was a man of sterling
character and was highly esteemed by
his associates and employers. His
'ong residence in the two camps-Gilt
edge and Kendall-had given him an
extended acquaintance and the news
of his death was a sad shock to his
many friends.
The Funeral.
The funeral will be held today
at p. m. at Creels undertaking par
}ors, under the joint auspices of the
Western Federation of Miners and the
Knights of PythiaS.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-11-11
DIRECTORS Of
CHAMBER MEET
ING NURSE MEETS WITH FAVOR.
ROAD MATTERS.

The board of the Chamber of Com
merce met at o'clock Friday evening
Tor the consideration Of number OF
matters. Besides the secretary and
President d'Autremont, Messrs. Walk
er, w. j. Johnson, weaver and Nc
Slave were present.
The plan for employing a visiting
nurse to work among the city's needy
poor during the winter met with favor
at the hands OF the board. This matter
has been talked over on previous oc-
easions, the plan being to employ a
nurse who will have her headquarters
at the Chamber of Comerce office,
where she will make daily report and
be directed by the executive board it.
self. Alderman Edouard Sutter was
present at last nights meeting to re-
port for the committee appointed by
the city council to consider the pro-
posed plan, and he stated that the
councils committee was in favor of
! making appropriations from the city
funds, to be applied on nurses sal
ary The chambers executive board
Herewith voted to solicit the co-opera-
ton Of the churches, lodges and other
benevolent institutions in the city in
employing nurse for immediate duty.
c. c. Smonson appeared at the meet
ing and asked that the Chamber of
Commerce take up the matter of build
ing county road from Wiaifred to
| the Power company's plant on the Mis-
souri, river, about 35 miles distant. Mr.
Simonson brought out the fact that
the settlers in the district named were
very numerous from Winifred to the
gold mines of the Zortman company
| for which his company furnishes
power for operation, and that from a
| commercial standpoint it was a valu
able bit of territory to be in touch
with. The matter of the bad condi
( tion of the Gilt Edge hill road being
also brought up, the board passed a
resolution that a committee of five be
appointed to wait on the county com
missioners in regard to the Winifred
Missouri road, and the Gilt Edge road
improvement. The committee appoint
ed includes: J. E. Lane, w. J. John
son, c. c. Simonson n M. Walker an(
Bert d'Autremont
The proposition of County Agricul
turist Piper of Dawson county rela
tive to building a road from Glendivt
to Great Falls through Lewistown, was
endorsed, but it was suggested tina
since the Lewistown club had previous
ly marked several roads out of this
city with red and yellow, the sam,
colors and markings be used by tn,
,Glendive people.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1915-11-11
BOY IS KILLED
BY AUTOMOBILE
MRS. c. E. KING OF STRAW
is THE VICTIM.

Coroner George II. Crecl Friday
morning was Informed of the death of
the 7-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Il. King of Straw. which occurred the
day previous. when the child was run
over by an automobile.
The little fellow, with other school
children, was playing around the
school house near Buffalo at recess.
He started to run across the road, Just
ahead of the car, and entirely unex-
pected to the driver, who tried to stop
the ear, but ii was too late.
The playmates were witnesses OF
the accident. The boys neck was
broken and he died soon aftcrward
A brief investigation was made by
Mr.. GreeI and no formal inquest was
deemed necessary. The funeral took
place Saturday afternoon.