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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23
GAVE HIS WIFE PENNY A DAY
From Stineiest Husband in
the World.

Denver The stInci"st husband In
the world has just been discovered in
Denver. according to his wife He
gave her a penny day, according 10
charges in divorce complaint filed
in the district court hy Mrs Ida Rob
inson against Theodore Robinson.
Mrs. Robinson alleges that She
worked and paid the living expenses
for herself and husband. and that the
latter gave her cent a day out Of his
earnings ana kept the balance.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23
DENVER GIRLS
TRADED LIVES"
Bride OF Four Days, Converted
in Mission, Tells Strange
Story OF Deception.

Denver 4 strange tale of love that
involves the trading Of lives" by two
girls and the arrest Of Lawrence Kelly
"n the charge ~ passing worthless
checks To get funds to support his
sweetheart has been revealed in Den
YER colo in tie confession VI Mil
dr"d Gardner III the mission Of City
Chaplain Goodhari Kelly and Mil
drcd Gardner" were married by Good
heart about two weeks ago. Kelly.
who WAS in the city prison. was re-.
leased only to be rcarrestcd by the
police Of Boulder Colo.
In her confessions the four-lay
bride. who j. ouly seventeen years old,
said She is not Mildred Gardner who
Kelly believed lie had married. but
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23
Found Him Dead.

room was inhabited. 1t was complete
ly filled with This waste. From the
ceiling il slanted down toward the
door.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23
LIVED IN Pile
OF WASTE PAPER
Man Takes Up the Habitat OF
Hermit in Crowded Section
of New York City.
MADE CAVE FOR SELF
Naked Body RecIines Beneath Mass
Of Old Papers and Rags Which
Completely Fill Room in
Tenement

New York-Ncw York city's East
side--a minute strip on Il minor islnnd
lis. perhaps the most dcnsely pupu-
lated region on the Western henl-
sphere. And yet ii was in this hui
manlty-throbbing district that Theo-
habitat OF hermit. II was in the
spot where more persons live and
have their being than any other IN
this country that this old man. long
bearded and gray. sought to withdraw
from all human contact.
Up on the third floor and 10 the
right of dull, brown tenement at
l29 ChryStie street there's a small
room. which, along with its few
chairs. its small bed and II picture or
two Mrs Alice Bernard had rented to
Theodore GrecSley six years ago. She
had seen little Of him since. HI"
would call to pay the rent occasion
ally-it was only 81 % a week. For
almost II month Mrs Bernard had not
seen the old man AT all nor had any
one else
Police Chopped Door Down.
So this landlady trudscd up the
three flights of steps to find out what
had happened She stopped AT the
door of the small room and listened.
There was no sound and her rappingS
went unheeded. Even unlocking the
door did not gain for her admittance.
Frightened She called the police. Two
sturdy Ir>hmen tried their weight
against the portal but they failed TO
move IT,
A fire ax finally chopped an en-
trance, but upon strange scene. The
room was literally packed with old
newspapers and rags. They were
wedged in 50 completely that they
had barred the swinging of the door.
Nowhere was there sign that the
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23
Woman Killed Children

Cody, Nyo. VIII
visiting n neig'
tiers. wife -
Horn has
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23

The late Professor Foster II the
Of Chicago once gave this
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23
Soldier Robbed Kind senefae,or.

Chelsea. MaSS.-A soldier whom she
had bcfriende,l robbed Mrs. Annie LII.
ems ~ So after which he ransacked
her home The man. who had for
mcrly lodged with Mrs. Lucas. re
turned aftcr a long absence and had
heen provided with a nights accommo-
daiiun.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23

definition of re-
ligion Religion
is the conviction
of the achievahil-
ity Of universal
valid satisfaction
of human person
atty" Believers
in the old-tlrne
religion" may
have some diff
Guilty in defining
this definition 10
their valid salts
faction, especial
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23
GOLD MEDAL
Nhh .![!!lE!!Lo ON

The worlds standard remedy for thess
disorders, will often ward off these dis
eases and strengthen the body against
further attacks. Three sizes, all druggists.
lseh for the name Gold Medal on every bex
and accept no imitation
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23
By REV. JOHN C. PAGE

rEXT-Verses Il TO q. chapter /. Episte
OF James
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23

hen Shot Self.
husband was
James Wat.
r In the Big
hot aud killed
thee
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-04-23
Had TunneIed Beneath Heap.

ON one side was an Indication Of a
passage or tunnel into this strange
hillside Of papers and rags And into
# the policemen burrowei. They fol
lowed several feet until they came 10
II wider opening n cave in this I'M
usual artificial mountain. 1t was about
four feet wide and not more than two
feet in height.
II left only room enough for a small
man 10 curl up in a reclining posi-
tion. And that WAS the position in
which they found Theodore GrreSley
dead. stark naked except for the
covering Of his long and tangled
beard.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11
Notice of Sale

Under and by virtue of a power OF
sale conferred upon the undersigned by
a certain Deed of Trust executed by H.
Z. Paige, which is recorded in Book No.
3l7 at page 1856, Office of the Register
of Deeds of Halifax County, default
having been made in the payment of the
Indebtedness therein set out and there
by secured, and having been duly re-
quested by the legal holder thereof. !
will on Monday, March 18th, 1921. at IL
O'Clock NJ, at the courthouse door in the
town of Halifax, North Carolina, ex-
pose to public sale to the highest bidder
for cash, the following real property,
to-wit:
Those five certain lots or parcels Of
land living, situate and being on the
North side of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway Company's right-of.way near
the Town of Rosemary, North Carolina,
and shown and designated as Lots No.
7, 8, 8, 1S, and q, as shown on the map
of the property of l.. G. Shell made by
f. M. Eustler Engineering Company,
Raleigh, North Carolina. February 1920.
of record in the Office of the Register of
Deeds of Halifax County, in Plot Book
No. 2 at Page "a; reference to which is
hereby made for more accurate descrip-
ton. -.
This the l4th day of February, 1921.
2-lS-4t W. L. Long, Trustee
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

ing the year ending June 30,
1920.
llore than a fourth of it was
paid in New York state alone;
more than a third of it in New
York and Pennsylvania alone;
more than half of it in New
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and
Massachusetts alone. Nearly ex-
actly three fourths Of it, or four
billion dollars, was paid in the
Great Industrial Area east Of the
Mississippi and north of the Ohio
and Potomac.
That is why they do not love
our Mr.. Kitchin up that way.
What was left for the thirty
one other states to pay was one
and third billion dollars.
And North Carolina paid al
most one-eight of this one and a
third billion dollars twelve per
cent of it.
Our nearest competitor in the
South was Texas, and she fell
behind US by ffty-eight million
dollars. Outside the Great In
dustrial Area, California is the
only state that was ahead of us
but with a lead of less than
twenty million dollars.
North Carolina has moved in
to the ranks of the rich during
the last five years. But it is
hard somehow for the state TO
realize it.
Here are the direct federal
taxes paid by the eight leading
states of the Union during the
var apd;or limo 20 1000
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

On this page we reprint an ar
ticle from the University News
Letter which gives some inter-
esting facts about North Caro-
lima and the income tax. While
we are not prepared to admit
that the relative wealth of North
Carolina is accurately reflected
by income tax figures, we do
maintain that she is rich enough
to have adequate schools, roads
and colleges and not rich enough
to do without either.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11
Little Songs of Safety First

Lies slumbering here
One William Lake;
He heard the bell
But had no brake.
Detroit News.
At fifty miles
Drove Ollie Pidd,
He thought he wouldn't
Skid, but did.
Rome On. " Times.
At ninety miles
Drove Edward Shawn:
The motor stopt.
But Ed kept on.
Little Falls Times.
Under the sod
Lies Deacon Hale;
He winked and drank
Some ginger ale."
Utica Press.
This monuments
For Jackson Eruck;
His Lizzie was lighter
Than the truck.
-Scrantonian.
Down in the creek
Sleeps Jerry Bass;
The bridge was narrow
He tried to pass.
-Wilkesbarre Times-Leader.
Tread softly, here
Rests William Pace
Who almost won
The auto race.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

All cards of thanks, resolutions OF re-
spect, etc, ETC., will be charged for at
the rate of ten cents per line. cash
must accompany article in all cases ex-
cept here customer has regular &C.
count. No insertions made for less
than rs cents.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

If this warm weather HOLDS
that most toothsome and succu-
lent of delicacies, the noble and
historic rock middle will once
more be within our midst.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11
MILLIONS FOR UNCLE SAM

Five billion four hundred mil
lion dollars in round numbers was
the grand total Of taxes paid in
to the federal treasury by the
people Of the United States dur
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

of this state. 1t is monument
to the genius of our captains OF
industry. But it lends no argu-
ment to the man who would re-
duce the wealth of North Caro-
lima to mole-hill proportions.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

AS the spring gardeners settle
down to their tasks our mind in
evitably reverts to thoughts of
the toothsome and tender spring
onion.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

The new administration
notes have warships added as
postscripts. Come to think of it
there is a lot of convincing ar
gument in a couple of warships.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

1t looks as though Germany
will have to settle up before the
French will settle down.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

All communications should be
addressed to the Herald Publishing Co,
Persons wishing return of mss, must in
all cases enclose stamps.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

The German appeal to the
sword is now being met by the
soueal to the bill collectors.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

At that the Harding appolntees
are going to be seriously outnum-
bered by the Harding disappoint-
ees.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

If prices keep on falling we'll
soon be able to buy something
for a nickel again.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11
TELEPHONE $40

Entered as Second Glass Matter April
8, 1914, at the Post Office at Roanoke
Rapids, North Carolina, under Act OF
March 8, 1879.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11
Friday, March IL, 1921

May seems to have crowded
March out of the line.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11

Total So, ITO, 543, 927
North Carolina paid four and a
third percent of all the federal
taxes in the eight leading states
of the Union, three percent of
the total paid by all the forty
eight states, and twelve perceat
of the total paid outside of the
Great Industrial Area.
There is no indication here
that North Carolina is a poor
state mot in 1920.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-11
The Total in Carolina

hC AOkoi hi SoA oh0
Nearly one hundred and sixty
three million dollars exactly
1852, 655, 947 is the total of taxes
paid by North Carolina into the
federal treasury during the year
ending with June of 1920.
Barely six millions exactly
SIS, 64S, 572-is what we paid into
the state treasury in 1920.
In a single year we paid more
money into the feperal treasury
than we have spent on public
schools, schools for the deaf and
blind technical training schools,
and the State University during
the entire history of the state
more by thirty million dollars
See the exhibit of DR.. P. P.
Claxton, U. S. Commissioner of
Education, News and Observer,
Nov. q, 1920.
A state that is able to pay one
hundred sixty-three million dol
lars in taxes in a single year is
rich-rich enough to rank with
the seven foremost states of the
Union. With these seven rich
states, North Carolina helped to
pay seven-tenths of all the taxes
paid by all the forty-eight states
put together.
One hundred and eight millions
of our total were paid directly by
our tobacco factories in stamp
taxes. Indirectly it was paid, of
course, by consumers the world
over. Consumers in North Car
olina paid their share of this to-
ta!, but nobody knows how large
or small this share was. And so
with other millions paid directly
by our various corporations and
passed on to consumers the world
around. But these millions of
stamp, income and excess profit
taxes around $50 millions all
told-were paid out of hand by
North Carolina corporations, and
they signify large corporation
wealth in this state. This
wealth must be credited to the
state, altho the taxes our corpor-
atoms pay are finally paid in the
main by the people of other
states and countries. If not,
then the wealth of New York
state or any other rich state can
be reduced to a bagatelle by the
same kind Of logic if it be logic.
We are proud Of the great bus
inessess Of North Carolina. One
of them is the greatest of its
sort on the globe. Another leads
the South and places North Car
DINA second to Massachusetts,
alone. Enormous wealth is piled
~ .L.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-04-28

loaned on call, and at the same time
earning for the association fair rate
of interest. It's resources in 1872
years were over S1,616.00000 and its
membership 3.119 men, women and
children, larger than building and loan
associations operating in New Orleans
for more than IS or 80 years. The
Association has never paid less than
6 per cent dividends. Never has lost
Sl.00 of its shareholders money and
has created a Contingent Loss and
Reserve Fund of over S2i,OOOOO.
The following well known business
and professional men compose the Di-
rectorate: Robt F. Askew, Allan r.
Beary, Allen H. Borden, Louis Canepa,
NJ. D.; Ed. C.. Carrere. Walter Casta-
nedo. H. J. Dressed, A. H. Dumas, VIM.
A. Gillespie, NJ. D., F. w. Gras, Jas.
J. Gain, w. j. Hartman, Jos. S.
Loeb, Geo. Montgomery, B. c. McClel-
Ian, Aug. W. NOlde, Chris. Nungesser,
Geo. l.. Purves, c. A. Rosenberg. VIM.
F. Sherwood, Hy. G. Schurr, VIM. J.
Sonnemann, Lawrence Turner, Jos. A.
Vulliet. Jos. L. Walle.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-04-28
A LEADING FURNITURE
HOUSE
Colonial Home Furnishing Co., Ltd,
Offers Sayings-Seryice-
Satisfaction.

1t may well be said that no bust
ness house of the city has maintain
ed a better heritage, or has a higher
standing as leading home furnish
ing establishment than has the Col
onial Home Furnishing Co., Ltd,
located at Col Ursuline, corner Char
tres
This we'll conducted establish
ment is a store of the people and for
the people-a store built on the
plan that aims to give mutual pleas
ure, satisfaction and benefit, for it
is the aim of the management to
make the life OF the people worth
while by supplying at reasonable
prices the necessaries, comforts,
cOnveniences and Injuries. Every
article of homefurnishing goods have
been selected with a view to perfec-
ton in three things: comfort,
beauty and durability, and embrace,
as a whole, the most beautiful and
durable productions of the furniture
makers art. 1t makes no differ
ence whether it is a room you desire
to furnish, the whole house, or Just
a piece or two that you want, you
can secure it here on the most fav-
orable terms.
The Colonial Home Furnishing
Co., Ltd, carries at all times a large
and comprehensive stock of house
furnishings. Two large floors of
merchandise means big assortments,
and assures one of getting just the
style and finish desired. With all
these things to its credit, it is no
wonder then that the Colonial en-
joys such wide popularity through.
out the city. This firm enjoys q
large patronage on the West Side,
and many homes have been furnish.
ed complete by this concern, and
many more are regular customers.
The Colonial Home Furnishing
Co, Ltd, wish it to be understood
that this firm is in no way connect
ed with any other furniture store in
the city. Their large trade has been
built on the motto of "$avings-ser-
vice-satisfaction," and we advise
prospective furniture purchasers to
examine the varied assortment found
at this store before purchasing else
where, as their goods are right and
priced at figures which mean a saw
ing.
Mr.. Albert A. Marchal, the energet
and progressive proprietor of the
Colonial, is ready at all times to
serve his customers, and never fails
in rendering savings-$ervice-sat.
isfaction.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-04-28
SAFE, SOUND and
RELIABLE
The Savings and Homestead Assoc;a-
ton, Organized in 1904, Shows
Assets of Over 81, OOO, 10000.

The Savings and Homestead Asso-
citation was chartered on Jan. 18th,
1904, with the following Board of Di-
rectors: Robert II. Hackney, Presi-
dent: Fred Busch, Vice-President;
Jno. E. Huffman, Secretary-Treasurer;
Edw. l.. Simonds, Louis Hausmann,
Louis J. D'Aquin, |. B. RennysOn, Geo.
W. Medus and r. II. Keen, starting
business on the Dayton Plan in prefer
ence to the Serial Plan. In 1907, Mr..
Louis Hausmann was elected Presi-
dent, being elected annually and now
serving his fourteenth term.
We attribute our success to the safe
and sound business we have always
conducted both as to our Free Share
holders and Borrowing Shareholders,
and the advertisement they have given
us through their satisfactory business
relations.
We have always paid our sharehold-
ers interest on their savings from the
date of deposit with us up to the next
dividend period, no preference being
shown to any class of shareholders,
this being a new departure when We
started business in 1904. We passed
through the panic of 1908 in our in
fancy and later the worlds panic Of
1914, when We paid Withdrawals with
out any previous notice.
We have a just pride in our sue
cess. and the fact that we have been
humbly assisting in building up the
city with a number of HOME Owners
That we have met with success is evil
denced by the volume of business we
have on the books, amounting to over
81 .O00, 100000, and Contingent and
Reserve Fund of S34,600.0O and 395
loans on Real Estate in the city of
New Orleans, combining our loans to
city property.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-04-28

II. r.
Pres. and Manager Brandin Slate CO., Inc.
president; and F. J. villars, secretary
treasurer.
The Brandin Slate Co., Inc, is one
of the old and long established firms
of the city. The present owners &C
quired the business in September, 1918,
following the death of the previous
owner, J. ]. Pendergast, in April of
the same year.
II. F. HOFFMAN, Jr., president and
manager of the business, is one of the
most skilled and expert workmen in
the roofing line in the trades today
He comes from family who followed
time, the grandfather before him,
then his father, and he himself be-
gan learning the trade twenty-five years
ago. 1t has always been the proud
boast of the Kothmans that work per-
formed by them would live long after
they were gone, and HOFFMAN, Jr.,
and the Brandin Slate Co., Inc, are
backing up that reputation. The boast
of the elder HOFFMAN is attested to
in referring to different jobs of roof
ing laid by them. Work that might
be referred to in this respect is that
of st. Peter and st. Paul church, at
Burgundy and Marigny, built in 1860.
At that time and for many years that
edifice was the tallest building in the
city, the steeple of which rose ma
jestically towards the heavens to the
point of 200 feet. This work was per-
| formed by the elder Kothmans. One
of the recent jobs done by the Brandin
Slate Co., Inc, was the reroofing of
the old Ursuline Convent, Ursuline and
and Charities streets. This old land
mark building was erected in 1740,
and had been rooted with English slate
one and one-half inches thick, laid in
mortar. Recent storms had caused
damage to the roof. and but for that
those states would have done service
for years to come. Slate manufactur-
ers Of the country had pictures taken
of the building showing the remark
able preservation of the states after
these many years, and it made won
derful Advertisement for the slate in
dustry
The Brandin Slate Co., Inc, sell all
kinds of roofing and do repair work
of every. description. In short, roof.
ing in all its branches is executed in
thorough and workmanlike manner.
and specimens Of this firms work
may be seen on almost every street
throughout the city. They are back
ing up the reputation Of the Koth-
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-04-28
SHOWS RECORD OF
Achievement
Security Bldg. & Loan Assn, Estab-
lished 1898, Has Transacted Inn
mense Volume of Business and
Now Shows Assets of
$2,5S5, 100000.

The Security Building and Loan
Association was organized August
18th, 1898, and commenced bust
ness October End, of the same year.
The Association has been practically
under the same management since
organization. President Geo. NJ
Leahy and Attorney w. o. Hart are
both charter members and were
members of the first Board of Di-
rectors. Following is the list of our
twenty-one directors and the dates
of the election of each:
Jno. A. Davilla-January, 1894.
H. ]. HetBel-April, 1895.
Geo. H. Kostmayer-May, 1895.
(Mr. Kostmayer was elected Assis-
tant Secretary, March /, 1894, and
Secretary-Treasurer, May 1880.
Geo. L. Wagner-October, 1897.
DR.. c. A. Borey-February, 1898.
w. P. Bergon-January, 1902.
JOS. Weckerling-February, 1903.
E. S. Ferguson-February 1904.
Jno. j. Baehr-February 1904.
JAS. E. Schenck-February, 1904.
Geo. Stahler-February, 1904.
Edw. Roddy-February 1908.
DIR. S. S. Grosjean-Dec., 1909.
o. M. Dunn-Dec., 1909.
j. ID. Wirth-Jan., 1911.
II. l.. LoOmis-Jan., 1913.
Chas. F. Buck, Jr,-Jan, 1918.
Jno. M. Evans-April, 1918.
Jos. M. Gwinn-July, 1918.
The Security is highly honored in
having the two most important parts
of the local city government repre-
sented on it's Board of Directors.
Jno. M. Evans is chief of the New
Orleans Fire Department and Jos.
M. Gwinn, Superintendent of the
New Orleans Public Schools.
That the association has transact
ed SOME business since its organiza-
ton will be shown by the following:
We have paid out in cash to men,
bers withdrawing current stock, in
GLIDING dividends, $1,35O,OO0.OO
on paid-up-stock $500, 100000, and
dividends on paid-up-stock of ST..
O12j5OO.00, or total paid out in
cash of $3,862,500.00. One thou
sand five hundred and ninety-seven
homes have been paid for in full and
mortgages released amounting to
$3,771,700.00. The Association
has now assets of over $2,5S5..
10000; a contingent Loss Fund OF
over $69,000.00; no real estate on
hand and not foreclosure in sight
Our Directors, therefore, are jtsti
fled in feeling proud of the record
made by the Security.