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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03
ROANOKE MILLS
EMPLOYEES SUBSCRIBE
Ninety People at Roanoke Mills Take
Liberty Loan Bonds
ANOTHER STAR FOR HONOR FLAG

The best feature of the Liberty
Loan Bond Campaign in this
community, since the oversub.
scription of the loan some weeks
ago, comes in the announcement
we make this week of the fact
that ninety employees of the
Roanoke Mills and eighty-fve
employees of the Halifax Paper
Corporation subscribed for bonds
this week. The popular sub.
scription in this community to-
date, has been increased from
So to more than 233, as there
are other names yet to be furn-
ished US by the Liberty Loan
Committee Of people subscribing G
for bonds. 1t is probable that the
percentage of population sub
scribing in this community will
reach five per cent. which is
better than the State at large
averaged in the last campaign.
The list Of Halisax Paper
Corporation subscriptions ap-
pears elsewhere in this issue.
Those who subscribed at the
Roanoke Mills Company are as
follows:
Essie Outland, Eunice Out
land, E. V. Hedgepeth, R. H.
Jones, Eula Wood, Willis Hux,
E. J. Vaughan, j. B. Robbins,
Tommie Station, Ruth Gumms,
A. l.. Balm, w. H. Quinn, Bette
Brown, Stella Wood, Dollie
Wood, Harry Jones, Willie
James, Gatsy Bats, Eva John
son, Josie Ezelle, Daisy Sheffield,
Carrie Freeman, Lucy Etheridge,
Sallie Sheffield, Fannie Wheeler,
c. D. King, Lula Bats, j. A.
Alternately, W. c. Elmore, w.
G. Stinson, Frank Mosely, Rufus
Powell, j. L. Hutchinson, w. f.
Hux, E. F. Williams, E. L. Gray,
T. J. St. Sing, John Conner,
John Wood, Eta Privette, 7. M.
Privette, R. H. Rock, Grace
Simpson, W. H. Mosely, Victor
Weston, Effie Keeter, w. w.
Harvey, W. T. Glover, j. R.
Browning, H. C. Wynn, Roy
Kicks, E. L. Thompson, j. w.
Vaughan, John Neal, B. J. Hux,
Lester Hux. j. Silverthorne, j.
W. Lewis. j. T. Spence, H. C.
Leitner,
Scout Balm: L. R. Hux,
G. E. Buckner, F. D. Dixon,
C. r. Weston, Emma Etheridge,
0. 3. Harris, C. W. 'Welch, R.
E. Pierce, D. R. Montgomery,
Ida Massengale.
Scout Wyche: Henry Jordon,
]. F. Layton, Lena Bray, J. D.
Ezelle, G. E. Williams, W. H.
Harrison, Chas. Welch, Sr.,
John Hawkins.
Scout Jackson: Estelle Harris,
J. A. Chrisman, r. O. Riggan,
]. U. Vaughan, Christine Gran
well, j. F. Welch, J. H. Williams,
Claudia Sheppard, c. P. Stout,
E. L. Ennis, N. B. Thomson,
lnez Belle Williams.
These subscriptions are suf-
ficient to win a second blue star
for the Roanoke Rapids-Rose-
mary Honor Flag, as they make
the total subscriptions of the
community more than 200% |
greater than its quota. The
names of other subscribers here
to Liberty Loan Bonds will ap-
pear in the HERALD next week.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03
There will be a patriotic meet

There will be a patriotic meet
ing in the Rosemary Theatre
Thursday night, May the 9th, at
$50 under auspices Of the Wom-
ans War Saving Societies of
Rosemary and Roanoke Rapids.
Address by Mr., Geo. C. Green of
Weldon. Everybody urged to be
present.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03

will the bulletin 60 over the top.
i. Any citizen who knows of a
short history of Halifax or his
torical incidents, or any facts of
interest which are worthy of be-
ing published in the bulletin are
asked to communicate with tie
editors at once.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03
William C. Bass,
FOR THE SENATE

hereby declare myself a
candidate for the Office of State
Senator from the Fourth Sen
atorial District, subject to the
action of the Democratic pri-
mary.
w l.. Long.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03
Advertised Mail

The following list of mail re-
mains unclaimed in this office.
Same will be held ten days
and if unclaimed will be sent to
the Division of dead letters
Washington, D. G.
William C. Bass,
Postmaster.
Mrs. f. L. Toney, Mr.. John
Blackman, Mrs. Carrie Johnson,
Miss Josephine Tillery, Mr.. MA.
Barnes, Misses Mary and Flossie
Garris, Mrs. Hattie Lynch. Miss
Matte Wright.
When calling for the above list
please mention advertised.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03
ROSEMARY PERSONAL AND
LOCAL ITEMS

AONnA AA6NA0
Robert Y. Whittemore lef
e Sunday for Burlington to b
gone several days visiting friend
and relatives.
William Wood after a few day
visit to his wife left Monday fo
Williamsburg, Va, where hi
holds a position.
j. E. Cox accompanied hi.
: wife to Richmond Monday where
she goes to enter a hospital fol
} treatment.
Mrs. W. E. Froelich, Of Win.
ston- Salem, after a short visit
here in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Cox left Monday for
her home, accompanied by Miss
Bertha Cox.
j. E. Dobbins spent Saturday
in Rocky Mount on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Harrison
visited relatives in Brinkleyville
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. S. Bellamy
and children, of Enfield, motored
here Sunday spending a few
hours with friends.
G. L. Hayes was in Emporia
Tuesday short while on bust
ness.
Mrs. C. 0. Byrd, of Emporia,
spent the weekend here as the
guest of her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. J. H. Taylor.
Messrs. R. l.. Jordan and Mack
Moore, of Norfolk, spent Satur.
day and Sunday in town with
friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Carlson,
(nee Miss Nellie Mountford), ar
rived here Friday from Norfolk
spending a few days in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. B. P. Dickens,
leaving Monday for New York
where Mr.. Carlson has accepted
a position.
J. J. Wade motored to Halifax
Sunday spending the day with
friends.
Mrs. W. S. Baton, Mrs. E. B.
Williams and Messrs. H. M. and
0. P. Johnson left Monday for
Tarboro, called there on account
of the death of their mother
Mrs. Dennis Johnson.
J. D. Hawkins, of Thelma,
was here a short while Monday
on business.
l.. S. Cannon spent q few days
out of town this week on busi-
ness.
Mrs. McGee left Wednesday |
for Mount Olive to visit friends
and relatives.
G. S. Gregg left Sunday for
Gibsonville and Liberty for a
weeks visit to relatives.
Due to the inclemency of the
weather, a small attendance
greeted the Rosemary Concert
Band in a concert rendered in
the Opera House Friday Even
ing. An attractive programme
was rendered and those present
were well repaid for their at
tendance.
Miss Adeline Clark after a few
days visit to Mrs. J. U. Loftin,
returned to her homein Phoebus,
Va, Wednesday.
w. R. Moore, of Henrico, was
in town Saturday on business.
Apropos of the prohibition bill
passed by Congress sometime
ago making dry States Bone
dry" it seems that there are
Gases left in the desert, as
evidenced by the fact of several
of our citizens being detained in
Emporia, Va, because of pro-
curing and imbibing too freely
of the Moonshine variety made
in Virginia.
nosc ,,,;+h yh;oh tho naopla of |
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03

The Union lntercessory Ser
vice for the Nation and the
Allies will be held Thursday
afternoon at 3 in the Roanoke e
Rapids Methodist Church.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03
Dec sic, 'ly Useful.

We all of US give the farmers q
mighty lot Of advice, but the most OF
them don't mind It; sometimes there's
q bit Of 1t they can use.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03
HALIFAX COUNTY
ECONOMIC & SOCIAL
Title Of Bulletin to be Issued by Halifax
County Club at State University

Nounty SiuD al otdte university
Chapel Hill, April 30 "Halifa,
County Economic and Social" i,
the title of a bulletin to be issue(
in a few weeks by the Halifa,
County Club at the University
of North Carolina. This bulle
tin, of about rs pages, will con
tain a series of articles by stu
dents from Halifax, dealing with
every phase of the problems now
confronting the county, besides
offering remedies, suggestions,
and solutions to meet these evei
present problems.
Those from Halifax who have
charge of editing this bulletin
are Robert Madry, Luther Pur.
rington, Jr., and Sidney Allen.
The pamphlet will really be a
document attempting to show the
people of the county just where
the county standsin thematter of
education, natural resources, farm
conditions and practices, food
and feed production, and wealth
and taxation.
A short history of Halifax and
its leading men will be covered
in the first pages of the bulletin.
Next will come articles having to
with the subjects mentioned in
the preceding paragraph. AS a
fitting climax to the little booklet
the conclusion will contain a sum-
mary of Where Halifax Leads
and Where She Lags, " also chap
tiers under the captions "A Solu-
tion of The Problems" and The
Promise of the Future.
The boys from Halifax who are
putting out this bulletin are actu-
ated by no selfish motives what
soever. Instead, they are sacri-
fcing part of their time in or
Ger to make such a publication
possible. 1t is realized that the
best way to remedy a bad situa-
tion in any community is to get
the problem and the facts before
the people who have the solution
in their power. 1t is with this
idea of tieing up the students
brains with the citizens, the
producers -practicability in solv-
ing county problems, that the
bulletin is being issued.
1t is only through the aid of
the University files and the in
valuable assistance of Professor
Branson, head of the rural and
economic department, that such
a bulletin is being issued. 1t will
contain facts, statistics, and in
terpretations, not theories, as a
basis for the conclusions.
To issue this bulletin it is nee
esssary to enlist the support, both
moral and financial, of all the
citizens of all Halifax. The mer-
chants and all other business men
will be called upon to help meet
the expenses of such a publica-
ton through advertising. Nor
will this be a poor advertising in
vestment, for these bulletins will
be mailed to every home in the
county so far as possible. The
definite plan of distribution has
not been completely worked out,
but such a plan will be announc-
ed by the editors in a few days.
Two thousand or more copies will
be issued at first, according to
the amount of the advertise
ments. This is a supreme, chal-
lenge to the business men of Hal
flax, and their support and CO.
operation will determine the tot
al circulation and benefits of the
bulletin. Through them alone
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03
Subscription $1.5O Year in Advance
ROANOKE RAPIDS PERSONAL
AND LOCAL ITEMS

MID. y. L, dtlcISOll anu lIlll'
daughter spent several days il
Richmond this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Patter
son left Tuesday afternoon fol
New York City.
j. A. Moore is spending sever.
al days in New York City On bus.
! mess.
S. +. Patterson has been in
Philadelphia and New York this
week on business.
Miss Helen Weaver spent the
weekend in Rich Square with
relatives.
Miss Jennie l.. Whitaker has
returned after spending some
time at her home in Asheville.
Mrs. Mamie feele, Miss Lena
Rivers Jones, j. W. House and
Ernest Jones attended the Bara-
ca-Philathea Convention at Rocky
Mount Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Stainback
spent Monday in Richmond
Mrs. r. H. Stevens left to-day
for her home in Dayton, Ohio,
where she will spend several
weeks.
Lloyd Baker has accepted a po-
sition with B. Marks.
Miss Latham Jones, of Wash
ington, is visiting Miss Ella Lee
Chauncey.
Miss Pattle Balm has returned
from Eastville, Va.
There will be a box party at
Smiths Church tonight for bene-
fit of the church.
j. H. Matkins spent Monday in
Norfolk.
Lloyd Baker spent several days
in Wilson this week.
Cleophus Bray has accepted a
position with Roanoke Pharmacy.
Miss Lula Jackson, Of Little
ton, is spending some time in the
home Of Mrs. W, S. Hancock.
S. S. Spivey and son, of Sea-
board, spent Sunday in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Daughtry.
Mrs. J. b. Boyd, Miss Mabel
Boyd and W. p. Boyd are visit
ing relatives in High Point.
Quite q number of our people
attended the pageant given at
last week by the local
Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scouts.
Mrs. j. W. House has returned
from a visit to relatives at Rich
Square.
The Camp Fire Girls and Boy
Scouts went to Littleton Tuesday
afternoon to give their play.
They had a full house even tho
the rain came down in torrents,
and a considerable sum was
realized which will be given for
the benefit Of the Red Cross.
Mrs. Hege assisted Mrs. l.. S.
Mosher, who had charge Of the
play.
Miss Snodie Moore, of Green
vile is visiting Miss Cammie
Vaughan.
Mrs. R. X. Fleming and child
ren, of Ft. Sam Houston, Texas,
are spending several days in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. P.
Vaughan.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. U. Vaughn
spent Sunday out of town with
relatives
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid
will meet with Mrs. Job Taylor
on next Tuesday.
Mrs. T.R. Manning, Mrs. Frank
Harris and baby. of Henderson,
Edward Manning, of A. & M.
College, Lieuts. W. L. and J. R.
Manning are house guests of Mrs.
C. A. Wyche this week.
Mrs. Rush, of West Virginia,
is visiting Mrs. j. w. Smoot.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heath, of Peters
burg, spent the week end with
Mrs. w. L. Long.
Claim Allowed, an amateur
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03
Uncle Ehen.

"A man Is judged by de company he
keeps said Uncle Eben. "But you's
got to keep de company. You ain
gineter be judged by de company yon
jes' butts into"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-03
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS

w. l.. Long.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-04-12

ticularly notice that after over three and half years of fighting that there isn't German soldier in London and never will be. After 40 years of Ger man deceitfulness (preparation) the British and French armies held the German hordes back the first month of the war in spite of their unprepar- edness. The arrogant Kaiser called tne British army contemptible at the time the war started He ought to know as he had his spies all over Great Britain for many a long year, but I believe he has changed his mind since, when seeing the result of the grim bulldog tenaciousness of the British army. Germany, in her arrogance, does not seem even yet to realize that there is new gen. eration of French people since tie Franco-German war of 1870. That
 war just lasted about six months as France was utterly unprepared l against Germany's preparedness, but
 France had to pay one billion dollars 1 in gold, aso the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine as indemnity, not count ing what they lost during the war.
 The present fighting generation have that grim tragedy to think of and l that is why they have held Verdun for over two years and will hold it 1 for all time against all the German
 hordes that will be hurled against 1t About two months ago Hindenbure
 boasted that he would be in Paris on
 April 1st. We'll, notice that he got
 badly fooled. He'll never see inside | of Paris only as a prisoner.
 Germans protestations to Russia
 were for peace on the basis of no in
 demnities, no annexations, but today
 what do we find of her word of honor
 Just another case of "scrap of paper She has annexed Finland, Esthonia | Livonia, Courland, Lithuania, Poland
 and Ukraine, comprising 435,00(
 square miles with Trotsky and Lenine the dupes crying in their despair: Their knees are on our chest ana l tur position is honeless." Such i. the penalty for believing that Ger many has any code of honor wtatso ever. -. German writers have been working on the German people for severa
 years, and prepared them for teh prel I ent war Bernhardi says: T mus l try to prove that war is not nerel, l a necessary element in the life of na Ii tiOnS but an indispensable factor O culture in which a truly civilized m
 ton finds the highest expression O strength and vitality"
 Tanneburg says: "The German
 people are always right because the.
 are the German people, and numbe
 87,000,00O souls"
 Pastor Baumgarten says: 'Whoeve II nann;r approve from the bottom of hi
 heart the sinking of the LusitaE;a- whoever cannot conquer the scpsej O the gigantic cruelty to unnumber | r." ct:t victims and give him If u
 10 '.i..' de .l'' n we jui@e .' Il t. no GcJman."
 Pastor Lehman says: "The Germal soul is Gods soul. It shall and vii rule over mankind.
 The Era could be filled with tn : >aslngs of German writers kur th
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-04-12
he said:

u0 SdlQ.
 First, that this intolerable thing of which the masters of Germany have shown us the ugly face, this menace of combined intrigue and force which we now see so clearly as the German power, a thing without conscience or honor or capacity for covenanted peace, must be crushed, and, if it be not utterly brought to an end, at least shut out from the friendly intercourse of the nations; secondly, that when this thing and its power are indeed defeated and the time comes that we can discuss peace-when the German people have spokesmen whose word we can believe, and when those spokesmen are ready in the name of their people to accept the common judgment of the nations as to what shall henceforth be the basis of law and of covenant for the life of the world-we shall be willing and glad to pay the full price for peace, and pay it ungrudgingy. We know what that price will be. It will be full, inn partial justice, justice done at every ] point and to every nation, that the | final settlement must effect our ene- { mics as well as our friends
 | CT zeal and enthusiasm because we !, know that for us this is a war of high principle, debased by no selfish am- bition of conquest or spoilation; be- i cause we knew, and all the world knows, that we have been forced into , it to save the very institutions we live under from corruption and destruc- tion. The purposes of the Central powers strike straight at the very 1 heart of everything we believe in; | their methods of warfare outrage every principle of humanity and of knightly honor; their intrigue has corrupted the very thought and spirit i, of many of our people; their sinister and secret diplomacy has sought to take our very territory away from us and disrupt the union of the State. Our safety would be at an end, our sonor for every sullied and brought i into contempt were we to permit their 1 triumph. They are striking at the
 very existence of democracy and lib
 erty." ,- .s l Of course we could have peace on ] arrogant Germany's terms, such as
 painting our ships alternately red white, that would make them look
 like a barbers pole cutting through the billowy waves and then for the ships to get into. Falmouth, second 4 grade sea port in Cornwall on Sun
 day and leave again the following
 Wednesday. Just fancy a big ener
 getic country like ours submitting tc such arrogance. The only way tc
 handle rattlesnake is to crush 1t tc
 a pulp. You then can say all the
 honeyed words you want to it.
 In regards to the pacifsts' vile in
 situations against the American Red
 Cross nurses in France. It clearly
 shows how contemptible such wret
 ches can be. It may be that they
 judge pure woman by their ow1
 foul breed. Their dirty tongues art more vile than the fangs of a rattle
 snake. This is a part of the pro
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-04-12
LOYALTY VS.
 D|SLOYALTY

Editor of The Copper Era:
 Your strong editorial in the issue of March 18th concerning the disloy- alty of some people in Clifton was to the point and deserves the well merited remarks that I heard about it. What I think pesonally concern ing these contemptible pacifsts with all the attending verbal fireworks wouldn't look very well in print. If they are not satisfied to live under Uncle Sam in Clifton and earn good living without any molesting, why don't they go to Berlin and receive the kaisers smiles and live on food substitutes?
 Some people do not know when they are well of.
 Billy Sunday, the great evangelist, says of the pacifist:
 Do you know what pacifist is ? He is one too damned cowardly to fight and, too damned cowardly to run. He ought to be stood against a wall with a firing squad in front of him.
 And of the Kaiser, our friend Billy Sunday says:
 ''The hell the Kaiser has created on earth makes the real hell look like a side show and he is such liaI that Ananias is Sunday school teacher beside him."
 Perhaps the 1eniency of the gov ernment is responsible for some oi the disloyalty that is heard on cer tain occasions. It may be. that they look at the pacifists croakings as pel this little story:
 "A man went into Delmonicos' res taurant in New York and said: T have got lot of frogs out, on my farm. Are you buying any, A con tract was made with the man tha, he should supply about hundred dozen a week. The following week he was seen coming up Fifth Avenue with small bag in his hand. He said he had brought the frogs but when asked how many there were he replied, Well, when went down te the marsh there was a great amount of croaking there but when could catch the frogs there were only 1s.'
 But whether the croakfng pacidsts it's one too many. So they better take a hint when they read of the treatment meeted out to their fix 10 caIly all over the country. The pit, Of 1t all is that precious blood is sacrificed in France for freedoms holy light and for such contemptibls things that are neither fish, fowl. nol a good herring.
 President Wilson fought valiantlJ for peace for two and one-half years fbut military Prussianism with all 1t arrogance and self-conceft, f1nAll! compelled him to take the country troubles to Congress and to declar' war against our enemies. In par