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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-08

Madison-Wisconsi furnished l2i.
Sl4 soldiers. sailors and marines "a
the national forces during the World
war. a revised report made public by
Col. Byron r. Beveridge. assistant ad.
jutant general. shows. OF this mum
Der lOg SOS were in the army and l5.'
lie in the navy and marines. Mil
waukee furnished the greatest mum
Der 81 service men with a total OF
assoc. 81 which 2l.496 were in the
army and 1906 in the navy and ma.
rines.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-08

JanesvIlie-Anoiher nationally IA.
nous bull came TO Rock county when
A e.. Russell. owning a farm near
GAINESVILLE. bought Sir Echo Sylvia
Leeds at the dispersion sale held by
A r. Kaye in Elkhorn. Russell paid
sas-5 for the hamous sire. There
we're - animals in the sale and II OF
them were bought By Rock county
farmers. The total sale amounted TO
slsss0 and the average was S25o per
head.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-08

Let your face reflect happiness
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-08

Monroe-W. n. Ames. BrOdhead, ru-
IA mail carrier. was hned $3.50 by
Judre George Grimm In circuit court
a. Monroe. FOR making and selling
rquor. The district attorney asserted
Ames was distributing moonshine
Equor 10 customers along with the
United States mail.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-08

Janesville-Rural carriers Of Rock
county will make an appeal at the
state convention TO be held at Wis
consin Rapids 10 ask the postoffice de
partment TO have the cross roads az
well as the trunk lines kept in repair
and patrOlled. The carriers at their
annual meeting in GAINESVILLE went on
record favoring patrolling of the cross
roads which they travel Condition
OF roads this time OF year were de-
scribed as remnants Of a volcano"
II. A. Palmer. Evansville. oldest rural
carrier here. was elected president
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-08

Hurley-One additional highway pa
trolnan will BE- employed on Iron
county roads this year. making a total
cf1l. 81 was decided By the committee
On highways and bridges Of the county
koard Salaries viii range from $40
a. yI60 a month
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-08

Hurley-In municipal court, Hurley.
Claude Rice and W. n. Kirk. former
conservation vardens In the northern
rart al the state. were found guilty
81 the charge Of trapping beaver out
al season. Zach drew a ane OF 500
and costs Of SSi.si With the alternate
81 Sd aaxs in the Iron county jail
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-08

TOBACCO; Kentucky finest homespun Nat
ural leaf Chewing 10 10 81. Is. Smoking 10 10.
3-.ss. 20 ID. S45e. Producers Ex.. Mayheld. Ky.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-08
American
o. Legion
Copy for This Department Supplied .,

tcopy for This Department Supplied %
the American Legion News Ssrvice.l
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-08

HUBAM CLOVER SEED FOR SALE. This is
k9oc seed, wei scarined. Price right. WILL
W. WARD. Route Z. Marshalltown. Iowa
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-08
Why Suffer With Catarrh?

Hay fever cold in head. asthma. etc.7 Use.
sNUFFO. Money back II q fails TO give
instant relief 35c bottle postpaid
sNUFFO CO, III y. state. CHICAGO.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
ORIGIN OF MILITARY SALUTE
In Roman Times the Ceremony Had a
Very Real Reason for Existing
Fear of Assassination.

In Roman times, when assassna-
lions we're of frequent occurrence, the
custom was established that interiors,
when coming into the presence OF
their superprs, must raise the right
hand holding it turned outward to
show that the hand was empty and
contained no weapon. From this has
come the custom of saluting.
Until recent years a sentinel, when
accosted removed his hat as well as
salutlng with his gun. This was done
in the British army at the tie Of the
American Revolution. The headdress
of those days was far different from
the plain army hat of the present day,
and II was a difficult matter for
soldier while salutlng with his gun,
to remove his hat as well. This was
therefore changed to the custom OF
raising the hand to the brim of the
hat In saluting.
Similarly interesting is the reason
for asking witnesses to remove their
gloves before being sworn. In the old
days when n person broke the laws of
the times and became criminal, 1t
was the custom, upon conviction, to
brand him on the palm of his right
hand. In being sworn as witness
the raising of the uncovered right
hand with palm outward would dis
close TO those present whether the
person about to give testimony had
criminal record or not. A criminal 10
not a credible witness.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
Trustees Sale Of Land.

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the
power conferred on the undersigned in
a certain Deed of Trust from L. d.
Jenkins to 7. w. NJ. Long, Trustee,
recorded in Book 2S0 page 52S Register
Office for Halifax County, the under
signed Trustee, at the request of the
holder of the indebtedness therein Sc
cured, payment having been defaulted,
will on the 18th day of February, 1922
at the Post Office Door in the Town
of Thelma. North Carolina, sell fol
cash, to the highest bidder that certain
tract of land situate in Roanoke
Rapids Township, Halifax County,
North Carolina, containing FIFTY
acres, being part of the Wash Pear
son tract, described as follows:
Beginning at stake in a branch; thence
a chopped line N IS Ia E ITS feet to {
stake in the original line on Hedgerow
thence with hedgerow S. lilo " abou
SO5 feet to corner of the fifty acre
tract previously cut from said tract
thence with said 30 acre N 1915 W &C.
feet to a stake; thence S 6-l5 W 253O
feet to a stake on made corner of s.
acre tract; thence along road N 7S
Is w about 739 feet to stake; thence
N. 80 w 14l9 feet to stake on branch
thence running about with branch v
so Ia Z 300 feet N. 1926 E 26S fee
| N 10 10 w 210 feet N So W las fee
N 81 "a W 264 N 25 E 81 feet to be
ginning. ,o,,
This tho 23tb day of January 1922.
T.W. M. Long, Trustee.
Geo. C. Green,
Attorney.
2-3-4t
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
Melitta's Option
Money
BY MARTHA MACWILLIAMS
tscs.ca:acscsptsoe:etose.8

@, 1922, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
The wind must have blown straight
from Already, 1t was so filed with
dream-roses, and the singing Of i'm
material birds.
Together they laid hold upon and
possessed Melitta, as she knelt in
her tiny garden setting delicate seed
lings delicately In place. The garden
was the trace Of poetry In her prose
existence, a mere half-handkerchlef
scrap Of rich earth betwixt the new
paling and the asparagus bed; the
paling ran diagonally to straighten
the side yard.
Miss Sarah Horne had come home
from college with a passion for
straight lines, clear-cut angles and
trim-clipped neatness in general. Thus
she had ordained wide gorgeous flower
borders either side the prim gravel
walk, running from front porch to
stile.
All manner of big gaudy flowers
nourished In the borders-even Its
roses were rlotously big and lusty.
Melltta had just three roses set
close to the paling-a Scotch early
yellow, a shrinking white tea and a
Luxembourg that came to full glory
only in the late bloom. The yellow
rose was full-budded, with single
open flower, the tea promised bios
SONS within the week, but the Lux
emburg stood half-stark, not yet fully
leafed, with stiff long-stalked buds
showing militantly among its bronzed
foliage. In front of the roses every
inch was allotted to something OF
quicker howering-a stiff row Of vari-
colored hyacinths, jonquils well past
prime, tulips still sending up jewel
cups to their lover-sun; beyond them
in massed plenty, all the ANNALS dear
to age and youth.
Melitta tended her garden lovingly
and came to view 1t In her scant lei
sure. She would not pick the bios
soms-they were so much happier,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10

there in sun and dew. She could shut
her eyes and see them when she chose,
no matter what her task. Yet she was
generous toward children and old and
poor folk passing by. They could not
stay with the garden-she felt they
had color of right to take some
thing of 1t away with them.
She owned the place legally, though
the Hornes, mother and daughter, bore
rule there In high-handed fashion.
They had taken up the mortgage that
would have dispossessed Melitta, and
got their board for interest on the
money. 1t was not strange they had
come to feel themselves Owners-they
must be carbohydrates, when
Sarah married, her husband preferred
to live elsewhere. The land was good for
the debit might even leave a trlfle
over for Melitta. If it did not-well,
she could go away to work-then she
might possibly marry some widower
| WIFI u HbuSe W iooh ultNii vi hNp'
chrondrlac in need of nurse. 1t was
sure as death or taxes she never would
marry so long as she stayed at Sweet
Briar. Nobody to marry-the sort she
would have. The sort she wouldn't
have were not to be considered.
This between themselves, Melitta
knew il though she had never heard
their speech. She could have been
very grateful to them II they had ever
let her forget the succor she owed
them. Instead they kept her so con.
scious of the foolish bargain she had
made In her extremity she lay awake
half the long winter nights revolving
plans for undoing 1t.
The latest was orchard fruit--hel
land was especially adapted to it-but
the trees would cost more money thar
she could well spare. Yet she ha(
bargained for them, tentatively, as
she thought. Her heart came to hei
throat as Mrs. Horne called to her
"Mlitterl here's some man wants t.
see YOU
The tree man beyond doubt. Slow
" she went to face him, her hands
earthly, Ter cotton frock faded ant
patched all down the front. But she
forgot all that when the tree man To-
her know her order was followin
him. His firm had taken to motol
| truck delivery, also to sending alon
with its trees expert planters. Henc
his presence. The bin No hurr
about it-though money was never
the way. This with gay smile an
, a twinkllng Of fine blue eyes. Posslbl
the twinkling made Miss Horne irtel
pose: "M'litter, while you're buyln
trees get some evergreens for thl
a yard. 1t does look so bare, nothin
but grass till you come to the fror
road. I'm sick Of looking at it,
Il cent Too late. Besides ! can
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
NOTICE: OF SALE

Under the authority and power Of 4
deed of trust of January 9Th, 1913,
executed by N. A. Martin and Emma
Martin. his wife, to J. M. Picot, Trustee,
to secure the payment Of seven notes
therein described, default having been
made in the payment Of said notes,
and at the request Of the holder there
Of. the undersigned trustee will, on
Tuesday. the 18th day of February,
| 1929. in Littleton, N. c., in front Of
the Bank of Littleton, at II O'Clock M
sell to the highest bidder, for cash, that
tract Of land lying in Halifax County,
adjoining the lands Of Jesse Stansbury,
Mrs. Ozella Keeter and Mrs. Anna
Clark, and others beginning at Black
Jack with Pine pointers on N. side of
the road and runs N. 50 IL +. 10 pc l..
to a stake on s. side Of road. thence
along the road N. II IL E. Tsp. l2l
to q hickory in Stansbury's line,
then N. s. E. "a p. IL. along STAINS
bury's line to Q stake. thence s. So E.
% .. Z. !. to Q Post Oak on N. side Of
the road, then N. 2 l.2 W. Up. to rock,
Black Gum pointers, then 8. "a IL W.
! lO2 D. I'll. to pine and Dog wood
then N. 80 IA w. ia p. 81. toa Red
Oak, then N. 70 Ia ". SO p. l. L. to a
corner at junction Of bitches, then g.
long said ditch s. II w. rs p. III. S.
40 W. s p., S. 26W. Al p. 10 L. to
Bear Swamp, then s. SO p. 10 p. Is
L. up swamp then s. 16. W. l0p. 10 !.
to and along ditch, then s. 43 W.
CD. to corner stake, then S. SO Ia E.,
| la D. to the beginning, containing 100
acres, more or less. Reference is here.
by had from deed to R. A. Carter and
wife, and D. 8. Moss to J. E. Pepper,
Of record in Deed Book l65, p. Ill.,,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
NOTICE

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of he
power of sale contained in certain
deed of trust from W. F. Horner to
Beo. C. Green, Trustee, dated the lst
day of January, 1918, and recorded in
Cook 284, page SO, Register Office
for Halifax County, default having been
made in the payment of the indebted
ness therein secured, at the request of
the holder of said Indebtedness, the I'M
dersigned will, on the 9th day of Feb.
1922, at the Post Office Door in Thelma
N. G., sell for cash, to the highest bid
der, the following described tract or
parcel of land:
That certain tract or parcel of land
situate in Littleton Township, Halifax
County, and State of North Carolina,
described as follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING at a point where the
Thelma to Brinkeyville road crosses
Great Creek; thence with said road
north 3deg. 80 min. east 1893 feet thence
north II deg. east 1000 feet; thence
north 7 deg. 80 min. east Gil feet. thence
north 7 deg. east S36 feet; thence north
degrees 80 min. east l52 feet; thence
north 43 deg. 80 min. asst 1852 feet,
thence north SO deg. east 1856 feet.
thence north % deg. 80 min. east 75O
feet; thence north 20 deg. 80 min. east
682 feet; thence north deg. east 1913
feet to the Eaton's Ferry Road; thence
with the Eaton's Ferry Road
north so deg. west 500 feet; thence
north 45 deg. west 239 feet to gum;
thence south 81 deg. west 3693 feet
to Punkum Branch; thence with Punk
UNI Branch to where it enters into Great
Creek; thence with Great Creek to the
road, point of beginning, containing
206:6 acres.
There is exempted from the forego-
ing description the following two tracts
of land:
BEGINNING at stake on Eaton's
Ferry Road, runs N. so W. 637 feet to
stake; thence N 1900 W 1T feet to a
stake; thence 81 deg. 90 W $3.50 feet to a
stake; thence N 40 w us feet to a
stake; N. 81 E. 1850 feet to beginning,
containing 80 acres, more or less.
BEGINNING at a stake on the west
side of the Brinkleyville Road 3OSS
feet from Great Creek, runs N AZ deg.
80 min. E. 726 feet to stake; thence
N 33 E 1888 feet to stake; thence
N 22-30 E 705 feet to stake; thence
N 1890 E 682 feet to stake; thence
N 80 E 1913 feet to Eaton's Ferry Road
thence N SAW 1850 feet to stake;
hence N 4-W 1900 feet to beginning,
containing 5 acres.
This 9th day of January 1929.
Geo. C. Green Trustee
l-N-4t
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
When Your Farm Stock Is Sick, Look
For Rats.

Disease among t a r m
animals don't just happen. Rats
are carriers of dangerous plaques
hog cholera, foot and mouth
disease and that terrible of all
scourges : Bubonic plague. Far
mers should throw around
premises RAT-SNAP. It's sure
and safe. Three sizes, 35c, 65c
SIPS. Sold and guaranteed by
Roanoke Pharmacy, Roanoke
Rapids, N. C., Patterson Store
Co., Rosemary, N. G,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10

described real estate:-
Lots Numbers 2 & 7 in the division OF
the H. w. Stokes land in the aforesaid
state and county, which said lots were
allotted to s. l.. Stokes in said division
and bounded on the North by lands OF
Dudley Lynch: and on the East BY lands
of Mamie Hamlet: on the South by
lands of W. L. Shearin. on the West
by J. L. Aston, and containing twenty
one acres by survey Of A. +. Brsme,
For more accurate description refer
ence Is here made to Book SO1 at page
81 IN the Office of the register of dsedi
for Halifax County. -.
This the 23rd day Of January 1922.
l.27-At S. G. Daniel. Trustee.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10

Hamlet and transferred by him to Mamie
A. Hamlet Administrative, and default
having been made in the payment OF
the same, will on the sixth day OF
March 1922, at Essex in Halifax County
N. C. at twelve o'clock M. sell to the
highest bidder for cash the following
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
DR.. w. M. WARD
DENTIST
Rosemary, N. c.
81 Lost My Best Customers Thru Rats"
Writes J. Adams.

Used to have the busiest
Restaurant in town until news
spread that the kitchen was in
fes ted with rats; lost lot of my
best customers until | tried Rat
SNAP. Haven't a pest in the
place now. Restaurants should
use RAT-SNAP." Three sizes,
35c, Csc, $1.25. Sold and guaran-
teed by Roanoke Pharmacy, Roa-
noke Rapids. N. G., Patterson
Store Co., Rosemary N. c.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
Comets Max. Short Visits.

The visits Of comets to our region
of space are generally of brief dura-
ton. Two years is the longest time
comet has been continuously visible
through the telescope.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
Put Limit on PosItiveness.

Don't be too positive. The positive
man is, after all. only positive about
his positiveness. Even straight line
can be made to be crooked by placing
a certain kind of tissue paper over II.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
public registry of Halifax County
This the 18th day ofJanuary, 1922.
J. M. Picot, Trustee.
2-3-4t
Administrator Notice

Having qualified as administrator OF
the estate of Emanuel Williams, de.
ceased, late of the County of Halifax,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the es.
tate of the deceased to exhibit them to
the undersigned on or before the 10th
day of January, 1928, or this notice VIII
be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This the 18th day Of January, 1922.
s. M. Thompson
Administrator Of Emanuel Williams.
l-2O-6t
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
sb. Was Sort Of Drowsy Like.

Husband (readlng paper)-Here's
something about girl who slept con-
tinuously for two months. l wonder
II II wasn't the same one who worked
for us last year.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
improved Grammar.

T. l. s. wants to know how to keep
the rising generation from saying u
seen" SO extensively. Get them to
say 81 lamped."--st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10

BY virtue of deed Of trust executed
on the 2lst day of June 1919, by ;. l;
Stokes and others to s. g. Daniel
trustee, 10 secure debt due to s. D.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-17

Road building in a country so vast
as the United States must be done irr
a fairly big way 10 be effective, and
recents figures given out by the De-
partment of Agriculture indicate that
the country has attacked it's highway
problem on a scale proper to its size
Since July, 1916, 2s,135 miles of road
have been built or contracted for with
Federal aid at a total cost of a bit less
than 100000 900. These figures do not
include the mileage of roads built
without Government aid. The expense
of modern road Suildpg-may be guaged
by the estimate of AN average cost to
the mile of sl7,630.
The government has provided S2l1,-
l35,376.3l of the total mentioned. in
dicating the extent to which the Fed
eral government has gone into the
business of providing the nation with
good roads. Nearly 10000 miles of the
highwaya are of one or another of the
types OF construction called perma
nent OF the remainder, 10000 miles are
of gravel and nearly 5000 miles OF
sand-clay. The total includes several
thousand miles \of highways graded
and drained. High costs of late have
slowed down the building of perma-
nent roads. but lower prices for ma
terial and an abundance OF cheaper
labor should remedy matters in tbs
coming year-NeW York Sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-17
SUBMARINE PROBLEM.

1t appears that the French Govern
ment fears that its ally, Great Britain.
viii shoot up the French ports and
therefore insists on unusual equip
ment must take its chances of a loss
shoot. British surface ships away.
Therefore, apparently, no agreement
can be reached on the limitation of
submarines. 1T will be agreed that
they must not sink merchant ships If
they cannot provide for the safety of
their crews. Bearing I'm mind that
whatever Is done at Washington is
only beginning, the peoples of the
nations must be content with what
their respective Governments can be
got to do at this time.
AS agreements must be unanimous
10 be useful II in respect TO any one
thing one Government refuses TO agree
with the others the world must put
up with il and the obstinate Govern
ment must take It chances OF loss
OF good will. We are not OF the opin-
ion that France will greatly increase
any form of its armament. even IL at
liberty to do so. France needs money
and credit far more than IL needs sub
marines. II can get neither so long
as its expenses are regularly greater
than its revenues from taxation and Il
cannot balance its budget without
drastically cutting its expenditures for
war. France is in no, danger.-Sar
Francisco Chronicle.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-17
ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

State highway departments the
country over are now in the midst of
a busy season. hurrying to complete
plans ana specifications for new high
way construction to be started in the
spring under the added impetus Of
the recently enacted $4,000, 900 Fed
eral Aid bill. These plans are perhaps
farther advanced this year than
heretofore due 10 the urgent request
OF Secretary Of Commerce Herbert
Hoover for the early letting of con-
tracts as one means Of affording relief
FROM Unemployment.
UIs 10 the present time Federal
funds to the amount OF s211,135. 37s
have been allotted TO the States as
the governments share In highway
construction under Federal ale since
It's institution in 1916, according to the
latest announcement OF Thomas r
Macdonald director Of the United
States Bureau OF Public Reads, The
total cost OF all the projects IN which