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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-08-25

Greensboro. N. C. Denium Branch.
Pearson Remedy Co.,
Burlington, N. N. Gentlemen: r For
years / have been suffering with stom-
ach trouble and have had doctors tend
ing on me and have tried every kind Of
medicine that was recommended to me
and some one told me about the Genu-
inc Indian Blood Purifier and began
using It and now can say that It has
put me In the best Of health and ! can
truthfully Say that It Il the best insdi-
cine in the world for me.
Miss Jessie Talley.
For sale here By Hancock House Co.
and Rosemary Supply Company.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-08-25

Sunday School at 9:45.

Sunday School at 9:46.
Rev. B. R. Lacy will hold SER
vices morning and evening OF
the usual hour.
After the morning services an
important congregational meet
ing will be held to consider
the question Of calling q perma-
nent pastor for the church and
other questions which may come
before the meeting.
The public is cordially invited
to all church services.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-08-25
Baptist Church
Rev. E. n. Trssblss1, Poster

Sunday School every Sunday
at9:45A. M. w. 5. Hancock, Supt.
Services every Sunday at Hoo
A. M. and 500 r. n.
Prayer meeting every Wednes.
day night at 800 o'clock.
Senior B. Y. p. u. every first
Sunday at tbs P. N.
Junior B. Y. P. u. every Sun
day at 2::30 P. n. and Junior
choir.
Sunbeam Band every second
and fourth Saturday at 2::S6 P. n.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-08-25
Barbecue and Brunswick Stew

Brunswick stew and barbecue
will be served in the park at
Rosemary Saturday, l to 6 P. M.
Prices for either stew or barbe.
cue served with pickles and
bread will be Is cents per plate.
Miss E. G. Marshall. assisted by
her friends will serve this for
the benefit Of the Episcopal
building fund. The affair gives
promise Of being big picnic for
q large gathering Of folks. Don't
fail to be there.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-08-25

Sunday School at ten O'Clock.
j. B. Boyd, Supt.
Services First and Third Sun.
days at II A. M. and every Sun.
day at 8 P. M.
Prayer service Tuesday even
ing.
Choir practice Thursday even
ing.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-08-25

Out Of every dollar the public pays
the railroads for transportation the rail-
road employees receive "A cents. me
traveller who spends 500 q year for his
tickets Il paying ~ for railroad labor
The merchant whose freight bills
amount to $1,000 contributes $40 to
the railroad payroll The merchant
gets the money from his customers In
the prices be charges for bis wares.
The public pays eyery dollar Of The
railroad hfii
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-08-25
Are We Prepared on Land7

The present mobile strength Of our
regular army Is about $4,000 men. Ex-
perts estimate that one overseas ma
ton can land $4,000 men on our At
lantic coast In 40 days; another over
seas nation can land $4,000 soldiers
on our Pacific coast In So days-six
soldiers on the Pacific coast to every
one Of our regulars; % on the Atlantic
to every one Of our regulars. Little
Switzerland with population Of only
100000 can put 100000 trained SOL
diers In the field within As hours ana
In five days can bring the total up to
100000. trained, fully equipped. sea-
soned. hardened, dependable men. The
mobile strength Of our regular army
In proportion to our population has
been decreasing since 1910. Then we
had 1,4l0 soldiers per million Of pop
ulation; now we have about 997 per
million population. Cities require one
policeman for every 1000 Of popula-
ton.
Our artillery equipment Is pltiful.
They are using 12h and 18h inch
howltzers in the European war. We
have no field howitzer greater than
six inches. Germany has at least IA
600 great guns; England $500; Japan
over 5000 while we have only $50.
and II takes at least five months to
make one. Pitiful as is our equipment
of field artillery both IN numbers and
In size 1t could use up all the ammuni-
ton we have In 80 hours Of fighting.
The guns In our harbor forts are
now outranged by the guns on the
battleships Of foreign nations. The
largest guns at the Atlantic coast
forts carry IN miles. The guns Of
the ships of other nations carry II
miles; therefore the feet Of an enc
my could stand four miles out Of range
of our coast guns and lombard the
forts. Their shots would hit while
ours would fall into the sea. We have
12-inch guns mounted at Panama but
the one 18-lnch gun for the defense
of the canal has been there ten years
and Is still unmounted.
Even II we had the guns we have no
crews to man them. We have 252 r.
Inch guns already mounted without O
single person to man them, two 14-inch
guns mounted without q single person
to operate them, 81 8.inch- guns with
no crews, n 10-inch guns mounted
without q single man to operate them.
A short time ago one Of the two forts
at Key West, the true key to the Gulf
Of Mexico, was manned by a sergeant
and his family. After the death Of
the sergeant the widow and her daugh-
ter formed the garrison of defense.
Modern guns are complicated ma
chimes requiring trained and skilled |
men to operate them, and that condi- |
ton cannot be surmounted.
We have harbor defenses, made |
Quate. and unnamed as they are but |
the United States has no coast de-
lenses. There are many places where |
an enemy, within a few days march |
Of our great cities and vital military |
Industrial centers. can land au army
men, horses and artillery -eptirely re-
mote from any fortifications. Thus an |
enemy would only have tp land eight |
miles away from fort to be immune
from the flrs Of IT. guns and AZ the
guns Of coast fort are not designated
far firing landward our small enrri-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-08-25
The Eight Angles
Of Preparedness
Things 10 Be Considered /
Country Would Ward on
Pos,ible Invasion
Dr. JAMES G. CLARK
Are We Prepared on Sea7
D. JAMES G. CLARK

The commander Of the Spanish feet,
which was directed to sail for Amer
lea when we declared war against
Spain, took refuge in the harbor OF
Santiago because he knew that he was
hopelessly outclassed In ships, guns
and men. He knew that the order
dispatching his feet across the At
lantic was equivalent to death war
rant for his men. If the United States
were today involved In q war with a
great power our navy would be In
relatively the same position as was
that Of Spain in 1908. We are short
Of ships. Japan has four dread
naughts; Germany IA; Great Britain
20. We have no modern dreadnaughts !
Even Germany's navy with IA dread
naughts is now bottled up. Our ships
lack In speed. Great speed and guns
capable of high elevation arc the most
important features Of the modern
dreadnaught. A ship with speed one
half knot faster and with guns Of one
half mile greater range, has at Its
mercy any other ship In which all 9TH
er conditions are equal On the ships
of other nations the guns can be ele-
waited from 20 to 30 degrees. We have
none that can be elevated more than
Is degrees. Japan's four modern
dreadnaughts In service have speed
Of from % to q knots. Two more
Of the same type will soon go into
service. Our best ships, the Oklahoma
and the Nevada, just going into serv.
ice, can make only q knots an hour.
Others such as the Minnesota, Con-
necticut, Vermont and the New Hamp.
shire cannot keep up a speed Of Is
miles an hour. The two great sea bat
ties Of the present European war
were fought at range Of more than
ten miles. Many Of our ships are hope
lessly outclassed In the range Of their
guns. The guns Of our ships like the
Alabama have an extreme range Of
only IN miles. Our ships are short
Of men. For war time strength IT,
500 are needed: we have but 5000.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-08-25
Are We Prepared In the Air.

We have about 30 asroplanes. nons
Of which II armored. Great Britain
France and Germany each has thou
sands. Expert military observers Do
clare that II the war Is prolonged vic
tory will 20 to those who dominate
the skies.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-08-25
WITH THE CHURCHES

Rosemary Baptist Church
Rev. A. c. Chaffis, Pastor
Services every Sunday at II A.
M. and 7::30 p. M.
Mid-week services Wednesday
nights at 7::30P. M.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
The Delta independent., 1916-03-10

The result of that peep was "the
realization of my fondest dreams"
sat there and counted eighty-five deer!
Some were lying down, some nibbling
at the small lunches of dry grass, and
some were aware of my present and
stood erect and tense. their large ears
alert, pointed in my direction. Then
suddenly, of one accord. they started
jumping down the ridge like so many
jack rabbits.
When looked for my friend, could
not see him; but noticed furry out
in the deep snow, and / knew what
had happened.
My friend was trying to capture
little deer. The deer was putting up
a gallant fight He would rear up and
strike viciously with his front feet
my friend would seize the feet, and
down they would go--deer and boy
In the snow. When | arrived on the
scene. the deer was "all in." and we
soon strapped his feet together and
cta't'h iot tuc iotu Win
OF wolves and coyotes we're all about.
and we had evidently become exhaust.
ed in the deep snow in his efforts to
escape, and would no doubt have soon
fallen a prey to his persistent foes.
Luckily, on getting to the road, we
encountered farmer, who gave us
and our deer a ride to town.
The small deer has now lost his shy
ness He eats from the hand. having
as yet refused no article OF diet. but
celery, and being especially fond OF
sweets. He now awaits the disposi.
tion Of Uncle Sam. whose especial
ward he is.-Stats Normal School
News Letter:
The Delta independent., 1916-03-10

FRANK w. MONDELL.-The trou-
BILE with a lot OF people IN this time
of war and stress and nervous strain
is that they have lost sight of the fact
that our defense is after all, no mat
ter how many battleships We build.
how many men we have in arms. not
the force ready at any moment t. hurl
at an enemy, but the reserve of hun
drel million earnest, patriotic, virile
citizens. The trouble with all the gen
tlemen who edit these alrming stories
of possible invasion. is that they as
sumo that II all the impossible, imrrob-
able things they conjure up, in their
feverish, imagination were to happen,
ard some great city on the coast We're
levied upon. the American people from
the Pacific to the Atlantic, IN all the
glorious south and the splendid Mis-
sissippi. on the plains and in the
mountains, would be so miserably per
silanimous that they would forthwith
make terms with the invader. he
lieve II to be fact that there is not
any nation on this earth, armed and
equipped as we'll as the hest of them
is or has been, that would dare or that
has the slightest purpose of attempt
ing to invade our territory.
The Delta independent., 1916-03-10

serves of about nine hundred millions
now idle and unused in their banks. :"
The nations receipts are now less
than the necessary expenditures. Pre-
paredness means building battleships,
liners, bombs, artillery, submarines
submarine destroyers, building muni-
tion factories, building barracks, coast
defenses and enlisting, clothing of a
half or million soldiers, taking the
men from the farms, factories and the
mine. All of this demands an issue of
bonds in which to invest the aforesaid
nine hundred millions drawing about
five per cent interest, with no tax to
be paid by the holder of the bonds,
which beats loaning money to the far
mers or any one else, for that matter.
This money business is more or less
riddle, parable or allegory to most
people. One strange thing is that af-
ter they have bought and paid a bill
lion for bonds they have as much mon
ey on deposit as they had before they
million dollars annually in interest.
Another strange thing is that they
can and do deposit these same bonds
with the United States treasury and
receive a billion dollars in bills for
them and have more money than be-
fore preparedness began. If it did
not necessitate issuing bonds there
would be no preparedness and don't
you forget it. Do you know that after
fifty years there still remains a bill
lion dollars war debt of 1865 yet un-
paid? although We have already paid
over two billions in interest. There is
only one thing worse than prepared
ness and that is war
Preparedness invites war as the con-
flict in Europe today fully attests.
Compulsory military service might be
a good thing. 1t forces into the ranks
two classes who are a nuisance-mil-
lionaire dudes and hobos 1t would
be a democratic satisfaction to see
the degenerate son of a millionaire.
and a society dude and masher. and
a verminized tramp working side by
side in snow, rain and mud, digging a
trench, eating soup out of the same
pan and sleeping under the same
blankets-Field and Farm.
The Delta independent., 1916-03-10
1--we STOCK PRICES
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Lively Cattle Trade and VAL
ues Strong to 10c Higher.
HOGS Big 5 TO 10C HIGHER.
lambs Move at Steady Fieures-Good
Light Mexicans Bring s11.1o-Ewes
Are Fully Steady-Toppy Fed West
erns Reach $500 Mark.

Union Stock Yards. South Omaha,
Neb., Feb. 29.-Receipts of cattle yes
.erday totaled around $500 head 1t
aid not take dealers long to get down
10 business and the offerings of beef
steers sold readily at prices that
we're strong to dime higher than last
weeks close. Strictly good to choice
l,500 pound beeves sold at $3.50. There
was also a lively call for cows and
heifers and trading began soon and
finished early at prices about dime
higher than Friday all around. Veal
calves were in very active request
and Quotably strong. There was a
vigorous buying demand for stockers
and feeders and sales looked pretty
close to dime better than last week.
Cattle quotations: Good to choice
beeves. sS00@S,50; fair to good
beeves, s7,75GS.00; common to fair
beeves, s7.00@7,70: good to choice
heifers. s65o@7.50; good to choice
cows, s6.25@6.75; fair to good cows,
S5.50G6.25; Gamers and cutters. $3.50
q $50; veal calves, s7.00@9.75; bulls.
stays, etc. s500G650; good to choice
stockers, s7.606S 90; good to choice
feeders, s750@7.S5; fair to good feed
ers. s7.20@7,50; common to fair feed
ers. s6:OO@7o0: stock heifers, s6.50@
$50; stock COWS. s575@6,75: stock
calves, s6.50aS.00.
Some 5000 hogs arrived yesterday.
The market was fairly active and
prices were generally 5610c higher
than last Saturday. Bulk sold at
sS.15QS.35 and tops reached sS45.
Sheen and lamb receipts amounted
to about 10 500 head. Trade was slow
In starting. but the bulk of the offer
ings were sold before noon at fully
steady prices. The $11I0 top on
Mexicans. which sellers were unwil-
ling to quote at last weeks close. was
established yesterday. three loads OF
good light weight lambs bringing the
price. Other desirable Mexicans sold
Mt $11.00. while bulk of the westerns
went at $1O7s@1O.9O. Fed western
ewes reached $500.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs. good to choice. S10.90@1110;
lambs. fair to good, $10.65@10, 30;
lambs. clipped. s9.25@10.00; yearlings.
fair to choice light. $9.25G9.75; year
lings. fair to choice heavy, 5000
9,25: wethers. fair to choice. $7.b00
S.25: ewes. good to choice. $3.50
500; ewes. fair to good, $7.000I76.
The Delta independent., 1916-03-10
The Fallacy Of Preparedness
g Hov

II two years ago the men who hold
our destinies. notes and mortgages had
hollered preparedness" as they have
during the last six months through
their able and ingenious hirelings. and
subsidized dailies and magazines. the
people would have said that they had
gone crazy. dippy. loony. They tell
us that nation. some nation. any ma
tions. all nations have It in for us
because we decline to get into the
big scrap. l think we are just as apt
to become angry and invade one of
these countries as is any one of them
to come over here. invade. conquer and
wallop us to frazzle. This kind of
talk is pure bunk. There is something
else back of this attempt to scare the
people. All we have to do is to heark-
en- back to the days at the close of
the civil war and note what the money
bags did then to find their reasons
for crying preparedness.
To bring the matter plainly before
the minds of all l will puote pas
sage from A. C. Schallenbergers let
ter to the Field and Farm OF Febru-
ary 10th: "The reports OF the COM
ptroller Of the currency show that the
commercial banking institutions OF the
country cannot use their funds be-
cause they already have excess re-
The Delta independent., 1916-03-10
LARGE HERDS OF DEER TO
BE SEEN NEAR GuNNiSoN

When the snow is deep on the hills,
the deer come down to the wind swept
ridges for food. The recent SHOWS
have driven them to place about five
miles west of town: and II one is
owner OF pair of skis or snow shoes
and is able to make said pair pursue
the same direction at the same time
one may get good view OF them.
II was fine Sunday morning when
riy friend and started out, II did
not take us long to get to stones
ranch. five miles from town. and here
we picked out ridge upon which we
should be above the deer. We found IL
difficult of ascent. For every step we
took. It seemed we slipped back two.
At last we seized each others hands
and circled around. thus making our
way to the top. But we had not sur
mounted the worst of our troubles. for
Il now appeared that we could not see
the ridge we were to follow: we could
see nothing but binding sea OF
white-with maybe patch OF blue In
the far distance. All we could do was
to stumble on as II in darkness. When
we reached the ridge on which through
glasses, we had seen the deer. we sepa-
rated. my friend taking the ridge near
est town and the one to the west.
We had not presumed to imagine all
that was In store for u.s.. After reach
cd my ridge. noticed some rocks and
determined to creep behind them to
'see what could see" could hard
ly wait until l should be able to take
q peep over the rocks.
The Delta independent., 1916-03-10

JOHN A. McSPARRAN.-Our none
tary system will require the utmost
care in this generation. Speculation
seems to be able TO get credit while
real estate that furnishes the very best
collateral is unrecognized in our ma
tional system of banking. although l
see some light in the rural credit leg
islation now pending in congress. Our
settled policy heretofore, has been the
government should have an absolute
monopoly of the carrying of the mail.
but we have carelessly allowed the
control of the measure values to pass
into the hands of those whose sole
motive in the control is gain. not un-
uity. 1 believe that the greatest crime
of history wos to allow the banks to
issue money. Surely, II there is one
thing that should be above all others.
in the hands of the people themselves,
1t is the control of the measure of
value.
The Delta independent., 1916-03-10
, WITH THE THINKERS =
% >o>> 80

GEORGE B. ELLIS.-I have been
asked who will benefit from the rural
credits. Indirectly every farmer who
owns his farm and operates it will be
benefited by this law because of the
increased prosperity of farmers as a
class. There are men mean enough to
want to make money off the poverty
of others. The man who occupies
ranch expecting to make of it life
time home will do more to improve it
than the fellow who thinks he may
possibly be closed out in five or ten
years. There is a community value
to every substantial improvement that
is made on any farm. Every dollar
spent on better barns, houses fences.
drainage, etc, helps the whole COM
munity.
The Delta independent., 1916-03-10

MAJOR ELMER E. CRITCHFIELD.
The automobile is the greatest edu-
cational institution, the greatest mag
net to keep boys and girls-yes, even
fathers and mothers-contented that
the farm has ever known. The editors
and publishers have done great work
by encouraging the use of automo-
biles, not only in the cities, but among
the rural communities. And l believe
they can rightly continue this work.
not only in the interest of their pap
ers, but for the good of the community
at large. The story of the automobile
is the most fascinating of the whole
history of American commerce. In ten
years it has arisen from nothing to a
foremost place in the industries of the
nation. AS a creator of happiness, as
a developer of health. no other influ-
ence in modern times approaches it.
The Delta independent., 1916-03-10
What Tommy Thouaht.

What is triple alliance, Tommy?''
Its when pa and ma and the school
teacher agree that l ought to have a
lickin'." "
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