Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-09
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF rhIs
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS or THE SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The South
land viii Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic.

Following the discovery OF the mu'
tilated body OF Will Cornish, farmer,
in an old well near Estele mines, six
miles west of Lafayette, Ga, the wife
of the dead man confessed that she
killed her husband in fit Of Jealousy.
Cornish disappeared from his home
about seven weeks ago.
Imports in the fiscal year ending
last June 80 we're $2,946, 052, 402, an
increase OF s2S7 .0000 900 over the pre-.
vious year. figures issued by the de
partment Of commerce show.
Canada, with $434,254,567, led for.
eign countries in the value OF goods
sold to the United States, grain and
nickel constituting the bulk OF trade.
Outlining the nations aircraft pro
gram on his arrival in Portland Ore,
John D. Ryan, federal director OF air
craft production, said the United
States is building fifteen ton airplanes
John d. Ryan, federal director of air
craft production, said in Portland
Ore, that the larger type Of bombing
planes will be built in the United
States while the lighter ones will be
built overseas.
The portrait of Emperor william.
originally presented by him 10 Theo.
dore Roosevelt, was seized and mutt
lated and afterwards burned by wig
ilantes" committee at Oyster Bay.
II is estimated that there will be
100000 bales OF linters from this
years cotton crop.
Control OF telephone and telegraph
lines was taken over by the postoffice
department at midnight, July 81. and
their operation placed under the gen.
eral supervision OF special commit
tee created for the purpose by Post.
master General Burleson. Until fur
Their notice the companies will con.
tinue operation in the ordinary course.
All officers and employees will con.
tinue in the performance OF their pres
ent duties on the same terms of EN-.
ployment until further instructions are
sent out.
The estimated yield OF the cotton
crop this year is placed at l4,500.000
bales. This is exclusive OF linters,
which is no longer listed with the
cotton production statistics
Thorough investigations into wire
condition will continue until completed
before Director OF the Telephone and
Telegraph Burleson will make any de
cided changes.
Another war charity has gone into
the discard-this time in New York
City. Miss Ethel Langdon Drake was
ordered by the district attorney to
turn over to French Ambassador JUS
serand $4,000 which had been col.
lected for the purpose OF equippng rs
ambulances for French army, but
which Miss Drake had held in her
possession for an unreasonable length |
of time. She is further ordered to |
discontinue all war charity activities"
in the United States.
The cotton crop has passed through /
the first of the two critical months !
of the sesson-July and August-and
shows a condition of ia per cent or
Of one per cent below the
ten-year average.
Continued drouth and high tempera-
lures in nearly all sections Of Texas.
except for eastern and northeastern
parts. are almost entirely responsible
for loss of 113 points in the cotton
crop.