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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
5lckett Visits Camp SEWER.

Special from Camp Sewer, s. c.
Hon. Thomas Walter Beckett. governor
OF North Carolina, was the guest OF
North Carolina troops at this camp
last Friday and Saturday. The gov.
ernor and his party were the guests
OF Brig. Gen. S. l., Faison, command
ing the Goth infantry brigade. com.
posed OF North Carolina troops, on a
trip over the camp. At lunch the
party was entertained by Col. w. s.
Minor l2Oth infantry (3rd North Caro-.
lina). Among others, Col. Minors
guests were Governor and Mrs. Bick.
EFT. Gen. L. W. Young. Mai Gen. and
Mrs. c. P, Townsley. Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. s. l.. Faison, Brig Gen and Mrs.
l.. D. Tyson, Brig. Gen. G. G. Galley.
Col. and Mrs. Van b. Nets, Col.
and Mrs. ]. T. Gardner and Col. and
Mrs. Albert L. Cox.
At three o'clock the G0th infantry
brigade was reviewed by the governor,
the review being held on the infantry
parade grounds. Immediately follow
ing the review the governor spoke.
Col. Albert L. Cox. commanding the
l13th field artillery, formerly First
North arolina field artillery. entertain
ed at dinner in honor of the governor.
This is the first visit the North
arolina chief executive has made to
Camp Sewer and he planned to re-
man over Saturday.
THE Russian collapse is the colos.
sal tragedy OF ignorance. said Gov.
ernor Beckett Of North Carolina. A
newspaper correspondent asked Gov.
ernor Bickett. VIII chad on several oc-
casions said he believed the war would
end in the autumn OF 1918. II he still
believed the war woul dend next year.
Il think that am, by all the laws
Of logic, entitled to a rehearing on
that question" he said. at that time
! had not anticipated the total col.
lapse Of Russian military power. This
revolution. which means the collapse
OF Russia is the colossal tragedy OF
Ignorance They are destroying the
very thing they ask for--neace. What
peace can they have with Germany?
What value is peace with Germany?
The German could go into Russia any
morning before breakfast and clean
them up, which they would have done
had II not been for the allies.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
HERALDS REVIEW Of NORTH CAROLINA
A Record OF Important Events At The Capitol And
Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers
NORTH Carolina Day. Dee. "A

North Carolina Day. Dee. ~
North Carolina day will be ccle.
brateu this year In the public schools
of the state on December ID.
The state superintendent of public
instruction is hard at work on the pro.
great patriotic delegation in each
great patriotic celegration In each
public schoohouse OF the state for the
stimulation OF thrift. conservation,
and patriotic service among the chill.
dren and among all the people Of the
community, and for the general dis.
semiuation Of information about the
great state and national movements
for thrift, conservation, and patriot.
ism. and the reasons therefor, and the
aims and purposes thereof.
The entire program will be built
around the three IDEAS Of thrift, con.
serva ION, and patriotism The slogan
of the program will be ITO make, to
save, to serve" The active co-opera.
ton of an patriotic organizations OF
the state and county---the food con.
servation boards, councils OF defense,
the Red Cross. etc. with the educa.
tional forces In each county and
school district, will be enlisted for
making North Carolina Day a power.
full agency this year for the promotion
and Advancement OF the patriotic pur.
poses for which all of these organiza.
lions are unselfshly working.
The chairman OF the state council
Of defense. the secretary Of the state
historical commission, and the state
food administrator. are cooperating
with the state superintendent OF pub.
lie instruction and the state depart.
ment OF education In the preparation
OF the program.
In such celebration OF North
Carolina Day at every public school
house-the logical and social center
OF every community the active
and sympathetic cooperation OF all
the educational and patriotic organ
izations of state, county and com.
munity can be reached a splendid
climax to the activities OF the past
months for the promotion OF thrift,
conservation. and patriotism.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
Domestic.

Secretary Daniels and former Sec.
rotary Bryan were speakers at mass
meetings held in Washington TO Gel
citrate the addition of the District OF
Columbia TO the dry" column.
Lieutenant Loeschner was captured
at the same time with Lieutenant
Hans Berg. They were below Laredo,
Texas. near the Rio Grande.
The capture of the German prisoners
was affected by Customs Inspectors
Rumsey and Chamberlain and the
men have been turned over to the
military authorities.
With the arrest Of two Of the remain.
ing German prisoners at large II has
been definitely established that won.
an helped In the escape on the night
Of October %.
The Offices of the Hamburg. Ameri.
can steamship line in New York were
seized by United States Marshal Nc.
Carly on orders received from Wash.
ington from A. Mitchell Palmer. Gus.
todian OF enemy property. julius p.
Meyer, vice director OF the company,
and about seventy employees were
ordered to leave forthwith.
Woman suffrage won in the elections
in New York November 6.
The Socialist vote in New York City
showed a gain OF 400 per cent.
Six women were killed when a four.
story building, which. authorities say,
was condemned twenty years ago as
unsafe. collapsed in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Five bodies were recovered Flremen
battled blaze originating from the
explosion of an ammonia tank In the
basement after the crash occurred.
Heavy machinery on the top floor Is
believed TO have caused the collapse.
Lieutenant Hans Berg, who was put
in charge of the British ship Appam
when Il was captured. and who escap-
ed from Fort Mcpherson October %,
is again In the hands of United States
authorities.
John F. Hylan Dem) was elected
mayor Of New York. John P. Mitchell,
present Incumbent. running independ.
emily. ran second The Socialist can.
didate ran third
The Socialist candidates were de-
fested in Chicago. because the Demo-
crats and Republicans fused
Lucy Henderson Plummer, four.
months-old infant daughter Of MI. J.
Kemp Plummer, assistant state chem
ist. was found choked to death in her
bed. the crime having been commit
ted BIZ burglar which was heard In
he plummer home early in the morn.
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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
LLOYD GEORGES FAITH IN
FINAL oUTsoME is FIRM
Single Front. Single Army. Single
Nation, Is Program Requisite
for Victory"

Paris.--"A single front, single
army. a single nation that is the pro.
gram requisite for future victory"
said Premier Paineva at a luncheon
In honor of David Lloyd George. the
British prime minister. who has just
returned from the Italian war zone
and Signor Barenini, italian ministe"
OF education. III after 40 months Of
war, after all the lessons the war was
taught us. the allies were not capable
OF that sacred international union.
then In spite OF their sacrifices they
would not be worthy OF victory"
In discussing the manner Of accom-
plishment of this fusion TO which the
allies have long aspired. VI. Painleve
said:
The enemies alliance realized
unity OF effort by brutal discipline
one Of the peoples among them hav'
ing mastered the others and rendered
them serviceable. But we are free
peoples. We do not admit of subjec-
ton TO other peoples in time OF war.
That independence Is at the same
time a source OF strength and weak.
ness. OF strength because OF their ca
pacity for resistance which is un.
known TO subject peoples. and weak
ness because II renders more Difficult.
coordination OF military operations.
To reconcile this independence with
the need for unity of direction which
is required to achieve an eflcacious
wac policy will be the work OF the
inter.allied war com.iittee or OF the
superior war council Just created by
the allies"
Premier Lloyd George. abiding TO
centralized direction OF the allied
efforts, said:
Unfortunately we did not have
time to consult the United States or
Russia before creating this council.
The Italian disaster necessitated &C.
ion without delay TO repair 1t.
But, in order to assure the com
plete success OF this great experiment.
which | believe IL essential to the vic.
tory OF our cause, II will be necessary
that all our great allies be repre-
scented In the deliberations. J am
persuaded that we shall obtain the
consent OF these two great countries,
and their cooperation"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16

Sergeant Edward NJ. Halyburton,
son OF G. b. Halyburton. Of Stony
Point, Alexander county, this state, Is
probably now a prisoner In a German
camp. Young Halybnrton, who went
to France with the first American ex-
pedition, was in the first fight that
Americans had with the Germans
over there and was reported by
Ueuteant General Pershing as among
the missing, II is assumed that he
was taken prisoner. His fathers COM
ment, when war department tele.
gram advised him that his son was
missing, was that they never took
Edward without fight"
Sergeant Halyburt-n has been In
the regular army about eight years
faithful service winning him promo.
ton to the rank Of sergeant The
censorship forbids mentioning the
name of the regiment OF which he
is a member.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
Cotton Acreage Reduced.

A reduction Of forty per cent in the
cotton acreage OF the state this year
is shown in tbs ginning report just re.
leased by the census bureau. Against
251 ,164 bales ginned In the same Pc
riod during 1916, the report shows that
only 1881 bales have been ginned
In some few counties, the repor,
shows surprisingly heavy increase
and In others tremendous reduc.
ton. In Robeson county 1881 bales
were ginned this year against i4,s29
In 1915 and in Scotland 1867 mors
bales were ginned this year than last
Less than y twenty per cent crop has
been ginned In Halifax county this
year compared with the same period
IN 1915. In Camden county only sS
bales have been ginned this year
against 1921 in 1916.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16

Secret service agents hav iiscoy
cred foodstuffs and other property
valued at more than s73,OOO,oOt
stored in warehouses In New YORK
City which has never been reported
to the government as required under
the trading with the enemy act, II
has been learned This, too, is only a
small part of what il expected to be
uncovered before the search ends.
New York City's water front was the
scene of another disastrous fire when
the factory of the Washburn Wire
company, which was working on large
car orders for the United States gov
eminent, was destroyed with an es'
timated loss Of nearly two million dol.
lars.
Early returns show that woman suf'
frage lost out in Ohio.
Entry of the United Statese into
the war may prove the most import
ant event in the history of the tuber-
culosis movement in this country, &c.
cording to DR.. George Eayes Of Bir-
mingham, whose address featured the
opening meeting of the Southern con
ference for the study and prevention
of tuberculosis, In Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Farmers State Bank in the vii
lage Of Concord Mich, ten miles south
of Jackson, was wrecked by burglars,
who got away with $4,000 in cash,
The IL. G. Frick Coke company an.
nounces in Connellsyille, Pa, wage
increase Of from 10 to 20 per cent
increase. This Is the second increase
given by this company in two months
and the sixth advance in two years.
Twenty members of the Industrial
Workers Of the World, called Syndi.
,alists in Italy and Spain, were taken
from the Tulsa. Okla. police by band
If masked men, dressed in black
robes. who took them to the Usage
hills, applied the lash, a coat of tar and
feathers and warned them to quit the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
Suffrage Convention AdIourns.

Godsboro. THE annual convention
OF the Equal Suffrage Association OF
North Carolina came to a close with
two splendid addresses by DR.. Dixon
Carroll OF Raleigh. and Mrs. C. NJ,
Plat. OF Asheyille. and the election OF
officers which resulted as follows:
President, Mrs. John s. Cunning
ham. OF Durham; first vice-president.
Mrs. Palmer Jerman. of Raleigh sec.
ond yice-president, Miss Gertrude Well
Of Goldsboro; third wce-president
Miss Julia Alexander. Of Charlotte;
recording secretary. Miss Exum Glenn.
ents of Asheville; corresponding sec.
rotary. Miss Eugenla Clark. OF Raj
e!gh; treasurer, Mrs. J. w Cone.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
State College Doing Its Share.

coincdent with the great liberty
loan campaign waged so successfully
at the state college was campaign
OF equal importance to the students
of the state college. In this campaign,
nearly So per cent of all the students
and sS per cent OF the faculty cheer.
fully contributed their part to the mil
lion dollar Friendship War Fund be-
ing raised by the college students OF
America.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
School for Adult I,I,erat.s,

Asheville -Buncombe county's first
school for the teaching OF adult illit.
crates, and the first line trench In the
battle just opened by the county
against adult illIteracy, is now in on.
Grafton in Ivy township and meeting
with the greatest success, according to
Miss Laura NJ. Jones. director of the
campaign. who is back In the city aft.
er tour OF the county. Miss Jones.
who specializes In correcting adult
illiteracy. has been engaged BY the
county to oversee this work and has
actively taken up her new task.
Schools are beng organized In every
section OF the county
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
British Capture GAIA.

London.-The British have capturei
the city Of GAIA. in Palestine, the war
ONCE announces. The British have
made an advance OF nine miles, carry
ing the whole Turkish system OF de-
lenses in this region and capturing
jwo towns In addition to GAIA. The
new British offensive in Palestine.
which Is being prosecuted now that
the oppressive heat of the summer
season no longer causes enforced In
activity is being developed along =
front extending eastward from tie
MeditsransAn coast
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
Newsom ls Mayor Of Durham

Durham.-Th minutes after the
motion had been made to 90 into the
election of mayor, NJ. Z. Newsom.
Jr., Durham merchant and former
member Of the board OF aldermen
had been elected to succeed the late
b. s. Skinner. Only one other nomi.
natln was made, that of Prof L. G.
Brooks. He was nominated by Alder.
man Tilley and received three votes
Mr.. Newsom received five votes.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
RUSSIAN FACTIONS REPORTED
IN BLOODY ENCOUNTER

Stockholm. bloody encounter has
taken place near Gatcnina between
soldiers from the front headed by Pre-
mier Kerensky and Bolsheviki forces
from Petrograd, according TO adyices
which have reached Ira Nelson Morris.
the American minister. from reliable
sources.
In Finland the travellers are report
ed as saying the situation is desper
ate. Anarchy is on the increase and
acts OF violence and even murder
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16

For the reason that Christmas pack.
cts must be sent by the Red Gross
chapter to the soldiers not later than
November Is. and again for the reason
that every packet VIII be expected 10
carry one or mere Christmas messages
through Red Cross Christmas seals,
the sale OF seals was allowed to begin
this year November 5. This was the
order Of DR. L. B. McBrayer executive
secretary OF the state Red Cross seal
commission. to all agents Or chairmen
ct local Rad Cross seat committses.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
SERUM FOR TREATMENT
OF SCARLET FEVER

Stockholm. - Announcement was
made at a meeting OF the Swedish
Medical society by DR.. Carl Killing.
'acteriologist at the Carolinian rns,i-
tute. Of the discovery OF serum for
the treatment OF scarlet fever. II was
stated that the use of the serum had
reduced the mortality in the most Sc
we're cases to II 3-5 per cent as com
pared with a mortality OF over 70 per
cent in equally severe cases which
were not treated with the serum.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
ENEMY ALIENS ARE
TAKEN TO o6LETHoRPE

Baltimore.--A train kom Boston
passed through this city on It's way TO
Fort Oglethorpe. Ga, with so alien
enemies under guard for internmeni
Three Germans arrested here recentI,-
joined the train and were welcomed
on board by the others, who burst into
the chorus OF die Wacht Am Rhein :"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-11-16
$4,000 Worth Of Red Cross seals.

North Carolina will be expected TO
sell $4,000 worth of Red Cross Christ
mas seals this year In the program
of the American Red Cross and Ma
tional tuberculosis Association 10
treble the total OF sales for the nation
recorded last Christmas. II Is plan.
ned to sell 100000 worth Of stamps
with which to NEE, the demands for
neutrality-suspicious. agencies In the ma
tion. he year before the total was
ss,o3s. In the campaign this year, tn
mail sale plan win be largely adopted
The Benson signal., 1917-06-16

old job. 1t might be in America, and
it might be out there at Coronado, or
it might be in South America, Europe,
Asia, Or"
II wonder if we can't find out all the
engineering work that is being done in
the world and send representatives to
seek him." said Helen Illingworth.
Rodney laughed.
"To hunt that way would be like
hunting needle in haystack. can
not bid you hope that he is there; in
fact, I think it is most unlikely that
he would be any place near where the
Martlet people are operating, but
there's chance, even if only the faint
est One."
Well, women's hearts can build a
great deal on faint chance. They are
calculated for the fOrlorn hope. And
so Helen nlingworth stood or :he steps
Of the private car as it rOIIos& .4lsUsS
the mile-long temporary bridge at Ooro-
nado, and scanned the wOrkmen
grouped on one side of the track, their
work suspended for a moment that the
train might pass on the wooden tres
tling, in hope that she could see in
The Benson signal., 1917-06-16
CHAPTER XVII.
Once More Unto the Work.

The Martlet Bridge company had
finally weathered the storm, although
it was,l of course, not intrusted with
the new international bridge which was
about to be commenced. When Ber-
tram Meade read of the new undertake
ing, it cut him to the heart. This
time there would be no mistake. In
the necessity of recouping it's fortunes,
the Martlet Bridge company entered
upon an even wider career. The direc-
tors took contracts which they had
hitherto disdained because they were
comparatively unimportant, and they
bid on operations which they had
hitherto left to competitors. They were
building the great steel viaduct by the
town Of Coronado below the dam, and
they had already built the splendid
steel arch that spanned the ravine,
here almost a gorge, in the valley Of
the Kicking Horse to the eastward Of
the big mesa.
After Christmas, Colonel nlingworth
decided to make another Of his tours of
inspection, and as Helen was not look
ing particularly well from the strain
under which she was laboring, he Of
fered to take her with him, especially
as he was going to the far Southwest.
where the weather would be mild and
pleasant, to inspect the growing via
| duct and the completed arch. She
gladly availed herself Of the permis-
sion. There was always q possibility.
albeit a most remote one, that she
might hear Of Meade. That 1t might be
well to invite a representative of The
Engineering News, to wit, Rodney, to
accompany them, so that the really
splendid work the Martlet company
was doing might be made widely
known. The party consisted of the
father and daughter, Curtiss, the chief
engineer, Doctor Severance, the vice
president and financial man, and Rod
ney.
Now Helen nlingworth had not the
least reason in the world to suspect
that Bertram Meade was in any way
connected with this engineering prof.
ect, but Rodney had pointed out and
had imbued her with his own belief
that sooner or later. when Meade was
found, he would be found engaged in
engineering in some capacity.
"It's in his blood" said Rodney. "He
can no more keep away from it than
he can stop breathing. He can't do
anything else. Somewhere he's at the
The Benson signal., 1917-06-16

neer being banned. she was silent. She
was wise enough not to try to worry
or bother her father with arguments
on that point, to which, Of course, he
would not have listened in any event.
Accordingly the conferences with
Rodney had never been brought to his
notice. There was no use stirring up
trouble and strife. There was no neces-
sity even to discuss it with her father
until she had found more proof. So
he at least had no suspicious as to her
treatment of Shurtliff He could not
see any end to be gained and therefore
he jumped to the conclusion that there
was none.
In course of time, as Miss Hing
worth never referred to Meade in the
secretary's presence, all his mistrust
disappeared. Finally he even brought
The Benson signal., 1917-06-16

That was the only message that she
received from her lover He had
dropped out of sight completely. They
caused search to be made for him,
sought tidings Of him In every possible
way, but in vain. Her heart almost
broke sometimes at the separation. She
had confidence enough in her power
over him, and in her woman's wit, to
feel that if she had only another op-
portunity she might learn the truth,
force it from him, constrain him to tell
it, because she loved himl