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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-02
HALIFAX ITEMS

Mrs. Burnum, of Richmond,
las returned to her home after a
pleasant visit here to Mrs. Ray
mond Bass.
Mrs. Richard Hale, Of Dallas,
Texas left the past week to visit
relatives at Jarratt, Va, after
visiting Mrs. Chas. Hale here for
two weeks.
Miss Marion White, of Hobgood
was the guest of friends in town
several days this week.
Little Dorothy Hancock Camp
hell is confined to her home with
scarlet fever.
Professors Akers and Proctor,
If Roanoke Rapids were here
this week to attend the teachers
meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mercer
JOINER, of Enfield were the guests
of Mrs. Chas. f. Musselman this
week.
Mr.. Walter Bass and family
enjoyed the Fair at Emporia for
one day.
Mr.. N. l.. Stedman and family
spent one 'day at the Emporla
Fair.
Messrs. Monroe Jenkins and j.,
J. Wade were the guests OF
friends here Sunday.
Mr.. Jake Dickens was in town
one day this week OIL business.
Rev. Carter and Master Cooper
Grizzard, of Rosemary were in
town the past week.
Cleveland Carter, of Weldon
was in town on business the past
week.
The United Daughters of the
Confederacy gave a reception at
the home of Mrs. Henry B. Fur
CURSOR the past week in honor OF
the President of this Chapter be-
ing elected State Corresponding
Secretary at the State Convention
at Kinston. This is especially an
honor Cor one as young as Miss
Mamie Gary. All the members
# all the Chapter in this district
we're invited and seventy-hvt
quests attended. Mrs. D. M.
Campbell and Mrs. Charles Hale
received in the reception hall
The hostess was assisted in re
ceiving by honoree, Miss Gary
President; Mrs. Geo. Gillian
honory President; Mrs. n. L
Stedman, Secretary; and Mrs
Willis Wilcox, Treasurer.
Mrs. K. L. Applewhite directed
the guests to the dining room
where Mrs. Annie h. Gowal
poured coffee. Cream and cake
we're served by Misses Ami
Bats, Florence Fenner, Leon
! Shaw and Alice Hale, followe'
by a musical program.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-02
Notice of Sale

Default having been made in pay
ment of the notes secured by a certain
deed of trust executed by VIM. Purnel
and Sarah Purnell on the 18th day of |
November, 1914, to W. l.. Long, Trus-
tee, the undersigned Trustee will, in
accordance with the terms of said deed
of trust which is of record in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Halifax
County, North Carolina, in Book $50 at
Page ass, sell at twelve O'Clock noon
on Monday, December 3rd, 1917, in front
of the First National Bank in the town
of Roanoke Rapids. N. c., at public
auction for cash, the two following de-
described tracts or parcels Of land
situated in Roanoke Rapids Township,
Halifax County, North Carolina, to wit:
First tract Beginning at small
mulberry Daniel Martins corner on
Chockoyotte creek; thence his line S
81 IA W. l2l7-l00 chains to her corner
in Daniel Martins line; thence N. o4 Ia
w. 10 Mrs. Hudson's line; thence her
line to the said creek thence down the
creek to the beginning, containing ten
acres more or less. and being the iden-
teal land conveyed in the deed of Joe
Johnson and others to Sarah Purnell,
of record in the Office of Register OF
Deeds of Halifax County, in Book 25s
at Page AIS, reference to which is here
by expressly made:
Second tract: Beginning at small
! gum and old stump w. H. Hudson's
corner on Chockoyotte creek; thence
along Hudsons line N. 4. Is 25-l0O
chains to IA stone corner; thence N. 81
w. 6 43-l00 chains to red oak; thence
S. | w. % chains to poplar on the
creek thence up the creek as it mean
ders to the beginning, containing twelve
(l2) acres, and being the Identical tract
or land conveyed to William Purnell by
X. NJ. Collins and wife by deed dated
October Goth, 1914. and recorded in the
office aforesaid. reference to which said
deed is hereby expressly made.
This the 25th day OF October, 1917.
W. L. Long. Trustee.
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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-02

the better. That was six years ago
and | am still here and am a well,
strong woman, and l owe my life to
Cardui. l had only taken half the
bottle when | began to feel better.
The misery in my side got less. ]
continued right on taking the Cardui
until l had taken three bottles and I
did not need any more for l was we'll
and never felt better in my liie... I
have never had any trouble from that
day to this
Do you suffer from headache. back.
ache, pains in sides, or other discom.
forts, each month? Or do you feel
weak, nervous and fagged-out? II so.
give Cardui, the woman's tonic. q
trial. ]. II
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-02

ealole. Yet what could he do? What
had she to feuri She went over the IN
teryiew in her mind, imagining him
crushed and subdued by her superior
subtlety and tinesse.
With a little smile Of coming triumph
upon her lips She descended the stairs
and swept into her pleasantly warmed
and pprlumcd little draWingroom. She
even held out her hand cordially Ia the
dark. grir figure whose outline against
The dainty white wall seemed 50 Iuap-
propriatt.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-02
Miunty near IL.

do you. Mr.. Stacks, think that a
rich man can go through the eye Of q
needle?" Il don't know. l will, how
ever, admit that my lawyers have
dragged me through some very small
loopholes. Puck.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-02

DR.. w. l.. Davis, Eyesight
specialist, of Windsor, N. c.,
will be at Mr.. w. G. Lynch's
Jewerly store Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, November LIST
End and Bird for the purpose of
treating The eyes and fitting
glasses. This is his last engage
ment this year 1t
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-02
Classified Ads

STORE FOR RENT Two Story
Brick Building next to Hotel,
: Roanoke Rapids - Apply to
Tucker Fayed, Roanoke Rap
ids, N. G.. a-10-tf.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-02

LOST, BLUE FOX MUFF, ON
Sunday, October Is, on the
road between Emporia and
three miles of Roanoke Rapids.
Return to H. G. Coleman, Roa-
noke junction, or John King
Suffolk. Reward $1,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
a dangerously untimeiy reantirmation

dangerously untimely reaffirmation
Of that policy"
Now whatever may have been the
motive Of Congressman Mann, and no.
body will feel offended il he Is charged
with always having mt least one eye on
the politics of the situation. in what po-
sition are the friends Of the president
to complain when what is here stated
Is what the president has repeated so
often and in so many fine phrases that
1t has been accepted by everybody as a
fair expression Of his view and of his
purpose?
Surely the president can not be en-
barrassed in any course consistent with
his own announced plans by such a
declaration as this Embarrassment
could only come to him If suddenly
and without warning he should himself
abandon the cause he has maintained.
and in that event every obstacle the
republican minority leader could place
in his way would not only be good poll
tics but splendid craftsmanship.
There need be no fear that the re-
publican house leader will be found
wanting in the event of break with
Germany, nor will he put anything in
the way of the president il the subma-
rine war on England should become an
indiscriminate attack on the commerce
of the world. But the republican house
leader and those who stand with him
have come to the point where they
want what the president says to fairly
stand for what he proposes to do, and
to that end they can see no harm in
officially reaffirming from time to time
his own purpose in substantially his
own words.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
UNDULY EXCITED.

IDes Moines Register.l
Minority Leader Mann secured the
addition Of the following paragraph to
the naval bill In the house:
at is hereby reaffirmed to oe the
policy OF the United States to adjust
and settle it's international disputes
thru mediation or arbitration, to the
end that war may be honorably
avoided"
That would certainly seem 20 be
harmless enough, perfectly matter OF
fact declaration Of frequently announc-
ed American policy. And yet the
friends Of the president have seized
upon it as a pacifist effort to tie his
hands in his negotiations with Ger
many.
1t is protested at length that no con-
sideration was given to the amend
ment, that it was adopted without de-
bate that Mr.. Mann himself looked up
on 1t as "joker," that the senate feels
resentful over the house action. and 80
| On thru d long list Of excited exclama-
tons.
! In conclusion it is announced that
/ Every EFFORT viii D- IiIadr 10 strike III,
amendment from the bill in the senate
committee. not as reputation II me
frequently reaffIf1ned policy Of this
government to settle disputes by arbi'
4 tratt0n whenever such course does
not involve our national honor but ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23

But IL his taxes are raised $50 per
year to build him a good road to town
or to his neighbor. he raises billyhel.
The chances are now he wants this
country to Ego TO war" If We do our
tax burden will jump from SIS per
capita to SIS per capita Now don't
set up the claim that you don't pay 1t,
for you do. America is a corporation
Of 100, 000, 900 souls Of which you are
one. AS the joker said one time, you
may not see the SIS in your bill but 1t
will be there just the same" You bet
Your neck it will. The man with a
family of six. Will in case OF war, be
contributing s450-yes he will, and
more too, as sure as you live. He
swells up and wants TO lick Mexico and
Germany. but goes into cataleptic fits
when he thinks about the very few
pennies of his total tax bill which goes
10 the pay OF a county engineer.
Yes, we are funny folk! kaisers
are cussed, and cars are abused, but
the way some fellows kick on their
tax bills makes us think that lot of
people not only need to be governed
by kaiser, but the kaiser needs the
assistance of car, a sultan,
khedive, a hangnan, headsman, an
eNecuioner and a flock Of submarines!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
MAILING IT DOWN.

The national house of representa-
tives nailed down TO stay the law to
protect dry states from outside booze
purveyors by vote Of 319 to -, ap-
proving the senate amendment to the
postoffice appropriations bill.
The effect OF this action by con-
gress * far reaching. II affords every
dry state the privilege to live up 10 its
own laws. That is, il gives prohibition
states the power 20 stop shipments Of
intoXicants at It's borders, 70 be bone
dry if they choose. 1t is the end ot
the long drawn out contest which has
carried on thru the Original package
down % the expatriated saloouist who
moved across the state line and set up
in the business of supplying bootleg
gers and consumers in defiance Of
state laws under federal protection
II one thing more than another ex-
empliAes and corroborates the vast
change in public sentiment on the Il
quor traffic that vote in the house Of
representative may be offered as an
example; for congressman cock a lis
tening ear toward home and hearken
heedfully TO the voices Of their consti
tuencies. When the house of repre-
sentatives votes in a fashion SO revol
utionary it is safe TO assume that the
revolutionists are holding the trenches
at home.
The senator from Dubuque, who the
other day, designated his speech in
the Iowa senate against the bone dry
bill as The swan song Of beverage
seems to have struck note for the
whole country. The organized and
legalized liquor traffic is singing with
him
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
SUNDAY LEGISLATION.

The legislature is being driven &c
consideration of the Sunday laws OF
the state. Heretofore those laws have
been unenforced statutes. Now the
attorney general serves notice that he
proposes to enforce the Sunday OBJ
servance laws which the assembly
leaves behind it when it goes home,
The legislature is thus put between
two fires. If il leaves the law as it is
and a campaign Of enforcement ar
rives as scheduled il will be held re-
sponsible by those who do not desire
full enforcement Of the laws as they
stand; if 1t mobiles the laws to permit
certain amusements those who object
to the change Will hold the legislature
responsible. And there they are.
How far the campaign of enforce
ment will 90 is prohlematical. How
far it will succeed is still more prob
lematiCal. The history Of campaigns
Of Sunday enforcement is not especial
~ assuring that such a campaign will
succeed in forcing observance.
However as the case stands it is at
present up to the legislature. After
that to the attorney general and after
that to the people who are observers
and non observers Of the statutory
regulations of their acts on SUNDAY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
MARSHALL NEXT SUNDAY.

The Y. u. c. A. has secured Verne
Marshall OF the Cedar Rapids Gazette,
for its SUNDAY afternoon meeting on
the coming Sunday, Feb %. Mr. Mar
shall served six months in the A4neri-
can ambulance corps in France, which
IS equivalent TO saying that he was u
private soldier III the ranks nf the
French army and assigned to the most
dangerous section of hospital duty.
He was located at Verdun during the
greater part OF his service and his am
bulance piled between Deadmans Hill
and the hospital, twelve miles from the
trenches,
NJ. Marshall has a marvellous mar
rative and tells it extremely well. AS
he states at the outset it would be
impossible to 0verstate the horrors OF
gate TO France and which has been the
scene of the most desperate fighting
cell S!lf IdI e5cSt DO4ItS u IIeI lIlOU-
ern warfare has ever seen Assem- bled
for war When he told his story to
500 newspaper men at the late meeting
Of the Iowa Press association he held
them In the most absorbed interest
with the best story of the war and its
unspeakable suffering and sacrifice any
Of them had ever heard or read. 1t is
a wonderful story because it relates
marvels Of courage and fortitude and
sacrifice. 1t is a relation that every
person may hear and remember; for
it shows war as it Is, CORY and gasp
ing shorn Of its glamor of glory but
retaining the splendid sacrifice Of the
democracy that fights wars and endures
the suffering that wars involve
Marsnaiitown is fortunate in secur-
ing Mr. Marshall for this date, espe-
cially so when half of the towns and
cities IN the state are seeking his SER
vice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
Billy Bunny and His Friends

little log hut, and the next morning he
ate 30 many buckwheat cakes for
breakfast that he couldn't button up
his little fur jacket until the afternoon.
when he set out once more for the Old
Brier Patch.
Well, as he was hopping along, all Of
a sudden. just like that he heard q
voice singing:
Little Billy Bunny goes clippity, clop;
Little Jack Rabbit goes lippity, lop;
Little Tim Chipmunk goes Hjumpity,
jump,
Over the hollow, moss-covered stump"
Why, hello, Tim Chipmunk!" cried
Billy Bunny, sitting up on his hind
legs, what are you doing out here? Is
it time for you to come up out OF your
nice, warm burrow?
Il guess So" answered Tim Chip
munk. old Mr.. Grounding says so,
and he ought to know"
Come over here. Tim" said Billy
BUNNY. and he took the little glass bot
tie full Of maple syrup out Of his pock /
ct DO you want to taste something
that's better than anything you eveT1
tasted in all your life? Open your
mouth and shut your eyes and Til giye|
you some lemon custard pies" But
oh dear me! Billy dropped the corl
in Tlmmy's mouth by mistake!
CDid you ever try to get a cork out o
a bottle after it had got way down in
side? Well, then, just think what
time we'll have getting it out OF a chip
munkO
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23

| horseback and took the inaugural OATH
without any fuss or feathers or goie
braid. But at that T. Jefferson was
some president.
If this thing keeps right on going the
same way, the price of that ivor!
made OF potatoes will make an eie-
plants tusk look like knitting
needle.
That vote in congress yesterday looks
as tho something We're brewing but 1t
doesn't look as tho that something
We're beer.
Most of those boys who were raised
TO be farmers and mechanics and mer-
chants and such like instead OF SOL
diers make mighty good fighting men
when the emergency calls for them.
-"
Just now the pleasures of anticipa-
ton enjoyed over the seed cataloG beat
the realization six hoe lengths and 4
rake.
It's pretty hard to make the guards
man pay for worn out clothing. II
it were new or in fairly good condi-
ton he could pillow corn in it; but they
say those old clothes wouldn't be just
decent to work in until the corn was
hip high.
The scheme to hold up the highway
commission on the highway and take
away all that it has seems to have
fallen thru.
One of the funniest things TO happen
lately was that dinner in Philadelphia
commemorating Benjamin Franklin at
IS plate. II was enough TO make
Ben turn over in his grave and hunt
for that historical loaf he chewed Oh
his advent into Philadelphia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
THE DOVE OF PEACE.

The dove of peace Is a bedraggled
bird with one eye closed, four tail
feathers missing and both hips out of
joint. 1t was in good health until
August, 1914, but has not drawn a
| sober breath since.
The dove was chosen to symbolic
peace because 1t is one Of the few birds
in existence which can be depended
upon to turn the other cheek. Nobody
ever saw a pair Of doves climb down
ooff the ridge pole and so six rounds
with bare knuckles. The chesty, red
breasted woodpecker can walk up to a
whole flock of adult doves and extract
an apology alone and single handed.
While we admire these qualities in the
dove, some people are unreasonable
enough to object to including them on
our social, religious political and ma
tional life.
The dove of peace was established
In order to prevent war and bloodshed,
and for several years it operated in a
highly successful and well fabricated
manner. Then came the great war,
which showed that brotherly love Is a
good thing when 1t doesn't interfere
with business, and the dove Of peace
went into total bankruptcy. Millions
of men are being thrown under the sod
in Europe because half a dozen other
men controlled the levers which
opened the bloody gates of hell. made
every cabinet mad house and trans
formed the dove of peace into a red
eyed vulture with CORY talons.
Many attempts have been made to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
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OUTLINING MOTORISTS.
Knoxville Express-l

The railroads are pushing q bill in
the legislature to relieve them Of all
responsibility for automobile accidents.
the bill-Oh, no! far from it. The OBJ
1ect is ostensibly to protect motorists.
It compels autos to stop at least ten
feet from q railroad crossing. Having
stopped, looked up and down the tracks
ana whistled in q loud voice, the
motorist will presumably back down
from a high crossing, run back about
two blocks crowd on all steam and
dash UP and over the tracks. How
ever, not having stopped, looked and
listened this time, the motorist will
then be an outlaw and deserve all he
gets in case fast train rounds the
curve before he can make the cross
ing. All such laws are merely selfish
cobbling Of a matter which needs radi-
needs Is not elaborate laws and in
genious devices to make grade cross
ings only moderately fatal, but simply
the abolishment of the grade crossing.
That being done, crossing accidents
will be thing Of the past. An auto
mobile couldn't be hurt much BIZ a train
that shot past underneath OF over
head. It would cost something, OF
course, to abolish grade crossings. but
II can be done. Lives and property
cost money, and they can be saved. Az
a financial matter, are they not worth
saving?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
ROADS IN T\DrA\.A.


| City of Goshen. Ind, Office OF the
Mayor-C. ;Nysewander. NJ. D., Des
Moines, Iowa. Dear Sir: Replying to
your inquiries take pleasure 10 sub
NIT the following:
/. Materials used in road construc-
ton are gravel, concrete and vitr.fled
bricks,
2 The township issues bonds.
usually to mature in from one 70 ten
years-become due in one to ten years,
serially.
g. Gravel SO, 900 to 5000 a mile;
concrete, $1,000 20 $4,000 a mile; brick.
payements are here considered the
best and most economical.
~ The tax rate ON account Of road
improvements in this township is 40
cents on each 800 valuation for taxa :
ton, which assessed valuation IS ap-
proximately 40 per cert Of the cash
value.
5. Per acre can be found when you
have Az mills on the dollar
Regarding the way It is done, may
say that ii is by petition from the tax
payers Of the township, both in and
out of the city; the petitions go before
the board ofcounty commissioners.
who appoint viewers to report to the
board. and If favorable the board
grants the petition and the bonds are
advertised and the bond houses come
and pay a bonus to get the BONDS, Is
sued at AZ per cent interest payable
semi annually; these bonds are bought
by small as we'll as large investors
and are nontaxaIble, netting 312 to 3&
per cent as the bond houses must get
n margain of premium. The plan must
vary to conform to the state laws
where the roads are built-here for In
diana: there for Iowa.
Every principal road leading into
this city is paved and the farmers now
are the best boosters for good roads.
In this city Of 10000 there are over
500 automobiles, and more coming.
We are on the line OF the Lincoln
Highway. and at the junction Of the
Hoosier Dixie Highway and the traffic
is very large.
We also have used crushed stones.
but this road is not satisfactory. The
only sane way to build roads is first to
have what are absolutely known TO be
high class engineers-rnen who know
and who are not accidents on politi-
cal pulls. This means men who have
learned by experience and training, not
simply local surveyors. The state and
government engineers are helpful, but
local men must be there also and must
know, not guess.
a -nil "a n
make one mistake and lose support OF
the public. In four years this county
(Clkhart) has Issued over 5 900, 900 OF
! road bonds. ] hope this may be Of
some use to you and hope that you will
inspect our roads. Yours very truly,
Samuel F. Spolm, Mayor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23

Nice doggie! Nice doggie!" cried
little Billy Bunny to the black. woody
thing which had jumped at him. For
| it was "a black poodle dog and not any
great, big. black, woody beast. And I'm
| awfully glad. aren't you? 1t seems to
me that little Billy Bunny has had
enough trouble for a while.
Well, anyway. the first thing the
black poodle said was: stop stealing
that maple sap, Bow-wow. wow
bow"
Please excuse me- Mr.. Poodle" said
the little rabbit. I'm very sorry If I've
done any harm. But l only took a
very little. Indeed | did"
We'll. I'll excuse you this time" said
the poodle, but the sap is not running
very well this spring, so don't you do
it again After that the poodle inrit-
ed him TO his little house.
This Is where make the maple SUI
gar candy said the poodle, showing
Billy Bunny some nice looking brown
cakes of maple sugar piled up in rows
on a wooden shelf
DO you ever make buckwheat
cakes?" asked Billy Bunny.
Every morning" said the poodle.
and just drown those buckwheat
cakes IN syrup"
Billy Bunny smacked his lips.
IF you'd like to spend the night with
me I'll make you some buckwheat
cakes for breakfast said the POODLE
kindly.
SO Billy Bunny spent the night N the