West African Superstition and Irresistible In Business
A fragment discusses West African beliefs about the Spirit of the Water and a Fangaree charm used to threaten a live animal. It contrasts this with a note on business temperament, describing the “good-natured man” as firm and principled yet calm, cited from The Northwestern Burner published by Northwestern Electric Equipment Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Africa
la Nowise
Northwestern Burner
Northwestern Electric Equipment Company
St. Pan
Chinese locomotive engineers famed for gentle airbrake touch
Chinese engineers are noted for their exceptionally smooth airbrake operation on railways. Breaks in two are rare, and damage to cars during shamming is minimal on Chinese rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sham Lng
Lumber Delivered and Farm Loans Offered in North Carolina
Mary Rose and Noke Rapids area report lumber delivery and a money loan offer for improved farm land in Weldon and Roanoke Rapids North Carolina. Get any time loan and hold cotton until market improves. Inquiries directed to Mason Long & Matthews, Attorneys, Roanoke Rapids NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose, Mary
Noke Rapids
Parker, Weldon
N. C
Mason Long & Matthewa
Att’ys
Roanoke Rapids
N.C
Public sale of Duncan's Inc stock over debt obligation
By virtue of a power of sale under a note dated January 90 1920 Mrs N T Peele defaulted on her debt. On May 18 1921 at 12 oclock in front of First National Bank Roanoke Rapids five shares of Duncan's Inc capital stock held in the name of Mrs N T Peele will be sold to the highest bidder. The sale date appears as April 28 1921. A P McPherson signs this notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Duncan
Measey
First ‘National Bank
Roanoke Rianh
Poe
Duncan's Inc
Paul C. Duncan
Roanoke Rapids
Mra. N.T. Peele
First National Bank of
Hama
N. T
Notice of Sale on Household Furniture in Rosemary Village
Mortgagee WE Lewter will sell at public auction at 12 o'clock M on May 21, 1921 in front of the Rosemary Post Office all household and kitchen furniture belonging to A R Sandlin and Mollie Sandlin defaulted on note dated February 16 1921, recorded Halifax County NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Sandlin
Mollie Sandlin
Register of Deeds
Halifax County
Carne
Rosema
North Carolina
Ree
Mollie
Rosemary
WE. Lewter
Notice of Real Estate Foreclosure in Halifax County
Notice under power of sale from W F Horner to Geo C Green Trustee dated January 1 1918 and recorded Book 234 page 68 Halifax County. Default on indebtedness led to foreclosure sale May 9 1921 at Thelma Post Office for cash to the highest bidder of a 206.6 acre tract in Littleton Township described by metes and bounds with two exempted tracts, beginning at Eaton's Ferry Road and Great Creek. Vehandex contains multiple bearings and distances. Trustee Geo C Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Horner
Geo. C. Green
Register's Office
Halifax County
Thelma
Littleton Township
Halifax Cece
North Carolina
Brinkleyville
Great Creek
Eaton's Ferry
Eston's Ferry
Punkum Branch
Eaton's Ferry Road
Jeyville
Great Cenk
Geo
C, Green
Lyceum Attraction Delights New York Glee Club Crowd
The New York Glee Club performed last Friday night April 22 at Lyceum. They offered operatic selections, Negro spirituals, and ragtime duties. Mr Coltrane promised another Lyceum next year on a larger scale.
R R H S Dominates Littleton High in Baseball Contest
R R H S trounced Littleton High 32 to 6 in a nine inning game. Wright and Johnson led early, Outland’s squad rallied with a third inning onslaught, then Ring-Around the Roses powered seven runs in the sixth inning. Gray Hux Harris contributed multiple runs as the High School Huskies completed a dominant performance behind strong fielding and steady pitching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
High School Huskies
Littleton
Littleton High
Wright
Johnson
Outland
Varsity
Hux
Harris
R. RH. S
Littleton Daughtry
Roy Wright
Welch
Robi. Wright
Jackson
Nelson
Crawley
Bray
Harvey
Cassiday
Rf Harris
Perry
Anderson
Cf Hudson
If Johnson
P Ritter
R.H.S
Rhe
Marion Saunders
Scrap of Paper Reverberates Through Senior Class Notices
A scattered note from a high school shows Sallie Saunders pressing Robert Taylor toward marriage while Taylor is revealed as Paul Harris' ward. Birdie Williams is identified as William Jackson's devoted wife, and Robert Daughtry returns from China. The line asks what it all means amid seniors studying a yellow book.
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Sallie Saunders
Robert Taylor
Paul Harris’ Ward
Birdie Williams
William Jackson
Robert Daughtry
China
Roanoke Rapids Schoolholds May Festival on Green
The first five grades of Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary Schools will join for a large play festival featuring a Sleeping Beauty dramatization. The event is scheduled for Saturday afternoon May 14 at five o'clock on the green in front of the bandstand in Roanoke Rapids. A full account will appear in the Herald's next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary
The
Herald
Improbable Schoolroom Scenarios From Ruth Jones ’22
A collection of speculative statements about students and teachers including changes in conduct weight and appearance. Names such as William Gentry Cooper G Ellen Sallie Howard Speight Miss Mendenhall Alton Coley Jo Wafford William Mayo Joe Watford Elizabeth Colville Hal Bain William Jackson Lewis Anderson Bernice Peele Otelia Vaughan and Ruth Jones appear as subjects in these hypothetical classroom adjustments.
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William Gentry
Cooper G
Jone Mills
Ellen
Sallie
Howard Speight
Miss Mendenhall
Azard
Jo Wafford
William Mayo
Joe Watford
Elizabeth Colville
Hal Bain
William Jackson
Joe Wafford
Lewis Anderson
Bernice Peele
Otelia Vaughan
Ruth Jones
Roanoke Rapids at National Music Supervisors Conference
Miss Crisp the Roanoke Rapids music director spoke at the National Music Supervisors Conference in St. Joseph Missouri April 4 to 8. She noted Roanoke Rapids was the only small city represented among four North Carolina entries and described route scenery from North and South Carolina through Georgia Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Kansas Missouri. She cited high school orchestras bands and visiting artists as inspiration for a stronger school music program next year. Thelma Mills '22
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Crisp
St. Joseph
North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Also Mentioned on This Page
Notary Public Offices
Mason, Long and Matthews
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Clark & Clark
Attorneys At Law
Bank Bulldio
Drs
T. W. Mason
W. L
LONG
Garysburg
Roanoke Rapida
B.A. Matthews
E Rapide
MAS
Long & Matthews Posse
Harrington & Hardy Incorporated Contractors & Builders
General Construction
Weldon, N.C
A. L. Clark Life and Fire Insurance
W. M. Ward
Rosemary, N. C
Glover & Smith Furniture and Undertaking
Y Rapids
Roanok
Roanoke Rapids Power Company
Gotham
van Raalte
F. M. Coburn
Coburn's Chain of Shoe
Roanoke Rapids High School Department
JosefHine
Hece Bannig
Marks — Graham Society
Edi Cooper Grizzard
Alton Coley
Paisley Fields
Weldon Drug Co
Weldon, N. C
Allen C. Zollicoffer
Rosemary, N.C
Roanoke
Roanoke Junction, N. C
the Travelers Headquarters
K. B. Topping
W. C. Williams
Dayton
GEO. A. Westbrook
Rocky Mount, N. C
Roanoke Pharmacy Co
Grocery Department
Snceck
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