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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
4
A Roanoke Rapids paper urges quick oversubscription to the Second Liberty Loan amid wartime shortages and calls for vigilance against crime including assaults on white women. It condemns the La Follette wing, praises France, and urges stricter firearm readiness and sugar economy to aid allies while criticizing political figures.
A wartime exhortation argues that true patriotism is proven by personal sacrifice off the battlefield when one cannot march to the front. It urges readiness to endure hardship in support of the country’s war effort.
The Halifax County summons commands Cooperative Stores Company and all stockholders creditors dealers and interested parties to appear before the Halifax Superior Court at the September term 1917 to answer the complaint deposited with the Clerk. If not answered within the three day period the plaintiffs seek relief and costs taxed by the Clerk. Return required.
Ashby W. Dunn was appointed receiver of Cooperative Stores Company Inc on the 17th day of December 1917 with a permanent receivership ordered on October 1, 1917. Creditors holding claims against Cooperative Stores Company are notified to present them in the Halifax County Superior Court action now pending.
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