Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-05-11
The Herald To Be a Bigger,
Better Newspaper

Mountain" for $l.35. This story contains approx
mately 100000 words
That is just one twenty y-eighth the amount Of read
ing matter the Roanoke Rapids Herald will in the
future provide for its readers each year. In other
words, The Herald will print over 55 900 words of read
ing matter each week, than 100000 words Of
reading matter for each year, and included in this
amount of reading will be not only "Nan Of Music
Mountain, which the Scrbner firm sells for $l35, but
some three other stories of equal value. We have
another excellent story to follow "Nan of Music Noun
tain" as soon as it is completed.
For three years. or since The Herald was started, il
has stood as an ideal local newspaper Now it is going
to be than strictly local newspaper-it is going
to be both newspaper and high grade magazine It's
magazine features will equal in quality those found in
any of the high grade monthly weekly publications.
They will consist of the very best Of serial stories
printed in liberal nstaments; of the most interesting
Of each weeks pictures of world events includ
ing the pictures taken the battefelds of Europe;
Of interesting information for the farmers and Of prac
tcal fashion gossip for the women.
In the matter of quantity, The Herald will give
twice much reading matter as the largest of the
popular high grade monthly magazines and 1t gives
you this in home publication
In the matter of quality the stories will be written
by such wellknown authors as Frank Spearman Rex
Beach, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Francis Lynde and
others of their class The class in fact that have
made the magazines and big national weekes popular
all over the United States.
Through an arrangement Just completed The Herald
will in connection with other newspapers be repre-
sented by more than 200 photographers scattered
throughout the world. Fully 100 of these are now
with the armies and naves of the various warning
nations of Europe taking pictures Of the intensely inter
esng that incident to the great These
do the intensely interesting week to week story of the
war. They will show Herald readers just what is
happening in this terrible carnage.
Another of the new features of The Herald will be
q department for the prepared by Julia Bot
tomley. Mrs Bottomey is not only the most widely
read writer op fashion sub jecs in the United States,
but is recognized the most practical from the view
point of the women of the smaller cities and towns
She writes of and pictures the gowns and hats that
actually by the modest women of the smaller
cities and towns She does not tell of the freaks that
only by the publicity seeking classes Of the
larger cities And she knows her audience for she
for many years dressmaker and milner in country
town.
Then there will be the weekly review Of the Interna-
tional Sunday School lesson, prepared by Ernest o.
Sellers, recognized authority on this subject and
teacher of the Sunday School at the Moody Bible
more Sunday School students than that Of any other
writer in America
All the important holidays of the year will be taken
care of with pictures and special features and from
time to time will have special features on import
ant happenings of the present time
There are now more than 100000 Boy Scouts in the
United States. The motives or the Scout movement
becoming more widely understood in this country, the
organisation is destined to have en- enlistment of two
or three million under the Stars and Stripes. Reaiz-
Ing the popularity of this movement The Herald will
In the future carry department devoted to Boy Scouts
which will be interesting to all Scouts and we know
they will be more interested in The Herald now
The Herald has always been worth, as newspaper,
more than its subscription price, and it will in the
future with its departments and features and its
larger size be worth much than it has been in the
past 1t will, in fact be worth very much more than
the $3.50 year which will continue to be the subscrip
ton price of the enlarged paper.
We know that The Herald has been worth all, and
many times more, than subscribers have been pay
ing for it in the past, and know that the additional
value we are going to give will be several times in
excess of the price of The Herald In addition to be-
ing more welcome visitor to our subscribers The
Herald will be bigger and better representative Of
Roanoke Rapids and this community than it could
possibly be in the old form, and will also be better
and more valuable advertising medium for our adver-
tsers.
We will appreciate it if the readers Of The Herald
will let us know if they pleased with the new
features and wish them continued. We are always
anxious to please our subscribers Let us know.