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The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-22
Many Negroes Decorated.

"The circumstances disclosed by
a detailed study of the situation do
not justify many of the highly col
ored accounts which have been given
of the behavior of the troops in this
action, and they Oxford no basis at
all for any of the general assump-
tons with regard to the action of col
ored troops in this battle or else
where in France. On the contrary,
il is to be noted that many colored
officers, and particularly three in the
very battalion here under discussion,
were decorated with Distinguished
Service Crosses for extraordinary
heroism under fire.
u authorize the publication of
this statement in order that justice
may be done to the officers, white
and colorcd, and to the men of this
regiment, and in the hope that a re-
cital of the facts may make pre-
JUDGE and distorted discussion inn
possible in the future"
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-22

MOD
The cry was wildly echoed, mob
formed in the white section of the
city and bound MeCornicler and
tombstone together as if they were
two logs, tied to a Ford car standing
near by and in this fashion dragged
them along the cobble stone to the out
skirts of the city. Here they were
stripped of their clothing, strung up
head down and while the crowd stood
around shooting with glee, swinging
to and fro like a pendulum, various
members of the crowd taking pot
shots as they swung Then, as If
tired OF this, a red hot poker was
taken, and accompanied by the odor
of burning flesh a sizzling red line
drawn from each eight across their
bodies to their heads as if to com
plete the work. The poker was then
applied to the eyes, the crowd yelling
and cursing with pride as the poor
victims screamed with pain.
Parade Thru Town.
Then the men were cut down, and
again tied to the Ford and driven
at high rated speed right thru the
heart of the town and finally stopped
in front of the Lawrence Hotel, a
fashionable hotel patronized by
northerners, there they were left,
dead and mutilated a pitiful sight,
as if in testimony of the southern
art.
Colored People Protest.
Mortified and moved to immediate
action, the representative colored
citizens of Jacksonville held an in
dignation meeting and protested to
the Gov against the outrage. These
men including numbers of bankers,
merchants and professional men re
ceived as the answer letters threat
ening them with like treatment un-
less they broke up their business and
with their families left the town
within a specified time. That time
has already expired and none have
needed the warning, and the whole
colored population is on its tip toes,
waiting for whatever action the
whites intend to make.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-22
Negro Troops Did Not
Lag in Battle
So Secretary Baker Finds After In
quiry Into Conduct of 36Sth
Regiment in Meuse-Argonne Of
fensive.

Washington. Nov. 20.-Secretary
of War Baker issued statement to-
day covering an investigation or
dered by him into charges rejecting
on the efficiency of the 368th Reg
iment of the Negro troops in France.
This was not Col. Hayward's reg
iment of New York Negroes, but an
other which was detached from the
92nd American Division on Sept %,
1918, and brgaded with a French
division in the Neuse -ArPonne Of
fensiye.
One battalion of the regiment as
signed to the advance, broke its line
of Sept. IS, and withdrew twice from
its battle position. Court martial
resulted and reports were spread
that the Negroes proved unreliable
in battle. On the other hand, the
defenders Of the Negroes charged
that the spirit and morale of the reg
imcnt were broken by race discrimi-
nation, that the white officers fell
short of their duty, that the reg
iment did not have adequate maps,
wire cutters or signalling devices,
and that the Withdrawals from front
positions were made under orders.
Investigating by Inspector General
iiscloses that, as it had been with
out battle experience, the regiment
was not expected to act primarily
rs an attacking force, but merely to
maintain contact with combat forces
on either side. In the development
of the battle it became necessary to
use the regiment in attack.
The advance was extremely diff
Gcult, through a jungle of under
growth, in which were masses of wire
and numerous trench
es. In addition, the action in which
the regiment was engaged developed
at times intense shells, machine gun
and rifle fire. The regiment was not
fully supplied with wire cutters, maps
or signaling devices, owing to the
confusion and exigenices of the bat
tie. There was no general artillery
support, and some of the friendly
artillery fell short and caused a few
casualties.
1T is Clear Secretary Baker
says, that incidents arose in the
midst OF the battle in which the Sd
battalion was advancing under most
unusual conditions and where the
Judgment Of officers untried in bat
tie, however, we'll trained, might
easily err; and as to the two with
drawals, there is strongly supported
evidence that orders from some
quarter were carried, forward by
runners, directing the Withdrawals,
although orders had been given after
the noon withdrawal that no with
drawal order, not in writing and
signed by the battalion commander,
should be obeyed. The investigation
showed that no such written order
had been issued.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

millions to death in the ages
since time has been recorded?
Peace.
Who ever can forget the mar
vel of the delirious day when all
men knew the period of horror,
of agony, of human butchery
had ended, that the era for which
sacrifice as never before known
had been made had dawned. the
era of justice, of right. of peace
on earth and goodwill toward
men.
God reigned over the institu-
tons of Right and Justice and
Christianity still lived.
One year 1865 days and what
90 we see!
America, the most favored,
the most blessed nation of the
earth, furnished an example. In
dustrial war has supplanted the
Great War.
From the temples of the law
workers at Washington down to
the mill, the forge and the fac
tory the elements of hate, envy,
destruction. work overtime.
Agents of disunion, anarchy, riot
plumber, violence, spread poison
throughout the land. Those who
one year ago would make the
world better place to live in
think only of making it a forlorn
world to live in. To the appall-
ing wastes of war have been adj
ded the colossal wastes of class
struggle, a struggle that palsies
production.
In Wall street the ticker ticks
as never before, for speculation
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21
THANKSGIVING DAY

President Wilson set aside
Thursday, November 9th, as
Thanksgiving day in proclama-
tionwhich said the country looked
forward with confidence to the
dawn Of an era where the sacri-
fees of the nations will find re-
compense in a world at peace. "
Wherefore, |, Woodrow Will
son. President of the United
States of America, hereby desig-
nate Thursday, the 9th, of
November, next, for a day of
Thanksgiving and prayer by my
fellow countrymen, inviting them
to cease on that day from their
ordinary tasks and to unite in
their homes and in their several
places of worship in ascribing
praise and thanksgiving to God
the author of all blessings and
the Master Of our destinies.
In witness whereof, have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to
be affixed.
Done in the DistrictofCo Column
bia this 9th, day ofNovember, in
the year Of our Lord. one thou
sand nine hundred and nineteen,
and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred
and forty-fourth.
WOODROW WILSON. F"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21
ARMISTICE DAY

One year ago today the might
lest armies that ever faced each
other since war come upon the
earth ceased their work of whole
sale strength and destruction.
Millions of men have been slain,
more millions crippled, uncounted
thousands blinded. Empires had
been ravaged, starvation. pestil-
ence, woe spread over large
part of the globe. The floor of
the seas had been strewn with
the wrecks of thousands upon
thousands of craft. Wealth
greater than Rome or Greece
knew in their days of domination
had been wiped out. The world
was a wreck financially. mater
tally, with only parts of its ma
chinery functioning normally
and these parts sadly overstrain-
ed.
For more than four years,
madness had ruled, the madness
to kill, destroy, punish. Civiliza-
ton seemed threatened with ex-
tinction. Christianity seemed to
have failed as Paganism had
failed.
And then came sanity, and
the sitting of the drum, the
drum that had called how many
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21
THANKSGIVING DAY
A Proclamation by the Governor.

n 4 tbAAoA4iubOh W AhN
Our lorefathers established
the beautiful custom of setting
apart one day near the end of
the harvest time to return thanks
to Almighty God for the bless
ings Of life.
In this good year, 1919, how
much have we for which to be
grateful.
Our soldiers who on last
THANKSGIVING Day were far
away in foreign lands have safely
crossed the seas, and are at home
again in happiness and in peace.
The Lord of the Harvest has
been good to us. Our fields
have yielded bountifully. Our
industries have thrived wonder
fully. Prosperity smiles on farm
and factory, bank and store. In
every line of business endeavor
we are prospecting beyond the
fondest dreams of our fathers.
There has been also a mighty
triumph of spiritual forces in
our midst, for which we should
be profoundly grateful. The
fruits of this victory are seen in
the great toward movements of
all the churches; in the finer
advantages enjoyed
by all the children of the State;
in the growing demand for COM
plete economic and social justice
a taxation and all other matters;
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

and in the larger opportunities
offered on every hand to the
average man and the average
woman.
Surely in this day God has
given to men everywhere a big
ger, broader conception of Christ
ian service than they ever had
before.
North Carolina is singularly
classed in that in this time OF
turmoil she is almost free from
industrial and racial bitterness
and strife. We should be deeply
! thankful for the spirit of friend
ship and good will that prevails
among us. Let us pray for abso.
lutte Justice for all, by which
alone this spirit may be strength
ened and maintained.
NOW, THEREFORE, |,
Thomas Walter Beckett, Cover
nor Of North Carolina, in obedi-
ence to the custom established
by our fathers and in accordance
with the proclamation of the
President of the United States,
do hereby proclaim Thursday
November 9th. a day of public
Thanksgiving
Let this be a day of rest anC
rejoicing, observed by everyone
Let US not forget the orphan
the poor and the unfortunate.
earnestly trust that all the people
will assemble in their places Of
worship and make this a rea
Thanksgiving Day.
Done at our City Of Raleigh, thi:
the 18th day of November in the
year of our Lord one Thousand
nine hundred and nineteen, anC
in the one hundred and forty
fourth year Of cur American In
dependence.
T. W Beckett.
Governor.
(SEAL)
BY the Governor
Sanford Martin,
Private Secretary.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

has run wild. In a thousand in
dustrial plants the workers
benches are vacant and the ma
Chi are idle. In a million
homes the problem of living be-
comes more and more difficult to
solve. In every line of business
the prohteer flourishes and sal.
YES his conscience with excuses
which down in his heart he knows
are untrue. What of the good
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

The announcement through
the Associated Press that the
Prince Of Wales prefers EN-
small and blond, is no going to
make His Highness any too
popular with the more or less
buXom brunette brigade.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21
Ask Yourself if you have.

Every one believes in the Gold
en- Rule. :, he trouble with the
world is that so few persons
practice it.
The world will be a better
place to live in and America will
be the America of our dreams
when we give less lip service and
more real service. And not till
then by Richard Spillane.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

resolutions of a year ago today?
What of thankfulness to God for
the mercy of peace? What of the
fervor of patriotism that thrilled
US as never before? What of
those who died for love Of man
and America?
The record of the year that
has passed, the record Of today
is an indictment of America.
We have not kept the faith.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21
sunerstltIona OF Royalty.

Caesar Napoia,n bismarck and 9th
ers were not at" 70 the superstition Of
''lucky" and "unlucky" days. Thur
day was the "unlucky" day Of Henri
VII, of his 500. Edward, and OF hi
daughters, Ms-y and Elizabeth It Il
strange that they should have al died
upon this day.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21
DR.. J. Frank West
DENTIST
Roanoke Rapids, N. c.
OFFICE: LYRIC THEATRE BUILDING
Formerly Occupied by DR.. Fields
NORTH CAROLINA, HALIFAX
COUNTY, ROANOKE RAPIDS
TOWNSHIP.
s. C. Cook & K. A. Warren, trading as
Cook & Warren,

j. c. Riddle.
Notice of Summons and Warrant of
Attachment.
The defendant above named will take
notice that a summons in the above-a an
titled action was issued against said de-
PENDANT on the llth.. day of November,
1919, by j. X. Dickens justic of the
peace of Halifax county, North Caro-.
lima, for the sum of Eighty-six and
Seventy one hundredths 1886. 10Y Dollars.
due said plaintiff by account, which
summons is returnable before said JUS
tice at his office at Roanoke Rapids, in
said county, and in Roanoke Rapids
township on the 18TH, day of December
1919. The said defendant will also
take notice that warrant of attach
ment was assured by said justice on
the l1th., day of November, 1919,
against the property of said defendant,
which warrant is returnable before the
said Justice, at the time and place above
named for the return of the summons,
when and where the defendant is re-
quired to appear and answer or demur
to the complaint, or the relief demand
ed will be granted. .
This 18th. day of November, 1919.
]. X. Dickens, Justice of the Peace.
A. L. Clark, Atty for Plaintiff.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21
Hopes

Your boy Josh keeps practicin' al
golf" YES" replied Farmer Corntos'
sci. "rm encouragiD' him all l kin.
Maybe he'll work up the muscle an
the proper stroke for swingtn' q
ecythA"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

A arl5 Of thinks, resolutions of re-
suett etc., etc., will be charged for at
th. 4te of one cent per word. Cash
nj accompany article in all cases ex-
az, here customer has a regular ae-
count No insertions made for less
than Is cents.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

Senate doesn't watch
oil. UO ratlfy that treaty to
dea
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21
Friday, November 81, 1919

congress Needs a Rest
headline So do the rest Of US.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

TIE Mexican attempt to pur-
chase arms for use against the
United States appears to be a
splendid scheme to hunt up
tr0uola In large quantities,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

NJ presume the Senate Repub-
.ican aioritv sees the advent Of
Ga 3ara
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

Its small comfort the Morally
Stunted are getting out of the
Senate wrangling over the peace
treaty with Christmas only four
weeks away and not drop of
Ticker in the house.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21

Write your own poem, we're
bus5
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21
CSEAIJ

BY the Governor
Sanford Martin,
Private Secretary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-18
u. S. AGENT REPORTS
BERLIN NEEDS FOOD
Tales of Bloodshed Said to
Roue Been Exaggerated.

PARIS. March IA despatch from
the American Legation at Copenhagen,
dated March IL and addressed to the
American Commission to Negotiate
Peace. was received to-day. 1t tells OF
the situation in Berlin in part as fol-
lows,
THE American military attaches
agent, who departed from Berlin last
Thursday, has reported that the strikes
which took place recently we're primarily
due TO lacly OF work and food. but also
partly to discomfort brought about by
delay by the Government in socialistic
action.
1.-THE agent said that reports of blood
shed in berlin were exaggerated. Hope
Of assis lance from the Allies and United
States is dwindling The result Is reac-
lion. Confidence In the Government at
present is being undermined rapidly, and
there Is q tendency on the part OF the
people more and more to drift toward
the Left.
1.-THE military attaches agent made
the-stsfement that further revolution.
which, would result In the present Gov
ernment'sf downfall, will result unless
there Is betterment OF food deficiencies
and Industrial conditions within six
weeks at the latest. Only the Immediate
shipment OF raw materials and food 70
Germany, with the assurance that moro
will follow. will save the situation and
prevent further revolution and disa ster
the extent Of which It Is impossible to
foresee."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-18
EAST PRUSSIA FEARS
INVASION OF REDS
Russian SWarms Said to Be
Out Food Hunting.
speeioi cable Despatch TO THE srS from the
london Times serrics
Copyright, 1912; GN rights rescrCed.

LOndoH ItHes strttCf,
Copyright, 1919, aU rights rescrred.
The HAGUE, March 1.-THE Hamburg
mdenblau learns THE invasion OF
East Prussia by the Red army may be
expected within a few weeks" Russians
who are commonly likened to a swarm
OF locusts are now described as having
already consumed everything In Cour-
land, being impelled forward chiefly by
hunger, Against this Bolshevist menace
German authorities are said 10 have only
inadequate forces
Frontier defence corps, It Is repeated,
are by no means trustworthy. Many
soldiers councils have Spartacist SYM
pathies. Revival OF German spprehen-
sions In regard to the fate of eighty
PrusEians comedies with the announce
ment that the Franco Polish mission ar
rived in DanEig in order to prepare for
eventually landing Polish troops at that
port
Advlces from Berlin and Cologne draw
attention to the curious ebb and flow OF
the BolsheVist movement In Germany.
While II still In difficult at this stage TO
distinguish the cause and effect. the fact
remains that in point Of time the Berlin
riots closely followed the fortunes OF
food negotiations with the Alice.
so long as junkerdom Is not dispos-
sessed. Just 10 long the Prussian bu-
Ieaucracy is abba to extract from Gov
eminent brides at the rate of $4,000,
900 year under the guise OF Increased
pay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-18

seisian delegation. Sir Ernest. Pollack
" the British delegation and NJ Damilia
" the Italian delegation.
The corridor which the Peace Confer
ence Commission on Polish claims has
agreed upon shall go to Poland as a
means of exit to the Baltic Sea is out
lined to-day by the Journal des Debcts.
The report Of the commission, which IL
headed by Jules Oambon. will be exam
ined shortly by the Supreme Council.
On the west. according to the news
paper, tho corridor will begin on the
shore OF the Baltic west OF Danzig and
will include n small part of Pomerania
which Is inhabited by Poles. Thence II
will run east OF Lauenburg and continu-
ing southwark east OF Konits and
I Schneidemuhl.
The eastern border OF the corridor will
run through Frische Nehrung. which It
divides: thence through Frische Han to
the west OF Elbing and Osterode, which
are left TO Germany, and thence
south to the present Prussian-Poland
border.
The west border OF Poland from
z schneidemuhl southwark will give Birn.
8 baum, LISA and Krotoschin to Poland
In German Silesia the Poles will get the
regions OF Oppeln and Kewpen. The
Polish and Czech frontiers will meet east
Of Neustadt. south OF Oppeln.
The Polish frontiers on the north east
and south have not yet been completed
by the commission.
The ports and waterways commits
sion, which met to-day. was addressed
by the delegates OF Switzerland. who ex-
planned the legal and technical reason,
/, which led Switzerland to claim partici
patton in any convention in the future
concerning the Rhine navigation. TIT
osicial communication follows:
THE commission OF international
regime of ports. waterways and rail-
ways met to-day at o'clock at the
Ministry of Public Works.
The commission was addressed by
delegates from Switzerland, who had
asked to be heard in order to lay be-
for the commission the views Of the
swiss Government on the question of
the navigation OF the Rhine. The dele
gates, namely NJ. Valloggon. NJ.
Golpke and NJ. Coliett. were repre-
sented by the Swiss Minister. NJ. Du-
noup. and set forth the legal and tech
meal reasons which led Switzerland to
claim participation in any convention
which may In the future govern navi-
cation on the Rhine.
After the Swiss delegates had left
the commission completed the text OF
the clauses to be inserted in the treaty
of peace In regard to the Rhine and
resumed discussion of the clauses re-
gardng international transport by
railway"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-18
RUSSIA ASKS FOR HEARING.
Committee OF Several Factions
Urges Economic Assistance.

PARIS, March 1.-THE Russian Com
rhittee in RsAK suhssaC l tn'day to the
Peace Conference a communication sign
ed by Sergius Sazonon. Foreign Minister
OF the Omsk Government Prince Lvoff.
formerly Premier; Nicholas Tschaikov-
sky, President OF the Provisional Govern
nent OF North Russia, and Basile Max
lakoft Ambassador to France. The COM
nunication asked the Peace Conference
to adopt resolutions declaring all ques-
tons concerning the boundaries OF Rus
sia, as they existed in 1914. excepting
that OF Poland, shall not be decided
without the consent OF the Russian
people.
The communication also requests that
questions concerning the status OF the
nationalities included within Russia shall
not be decided without the approval of
the Russian 9eopies. The Committee
asks that the Peace Conference assist
the various nationalities TO organize
against anarchy BY providing a provi-
sionai regime TO meet financial, economic
and military needs. For this purpose
recognition is sought for the de facto
governments which the committee says
have been inspired by democratic princi-
pies and supported by their populations,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-18
CHINESE SETTLE U. S. CLAIM.
s2B,O0O VIII He Paid 10 Widow of
Woman Killed in Gunboat.

PEKIN, March 1.-THE Chinese Gov
eminent has accepted the suggestions
made by the American Government in
it's note OF March s for the settlement OF
the MoroGas[ incident.
The incident occurred on January II
OF last year. when the American gun
boat Monocacy was steaming up the
Yang-tse River. At point about
fifty miles above Yochow Chinese troops
fred on the vessel without warming
Some 100 shots hit the Monocacy, and
r. l., O'Brien., chief yeoman. received
wounds from which he died within an
hour, and Seamen Ferguson and W. NJ
Donelly were slightly injured Under
the settlement tho widow OF CHIEF Yeo-
man O'Brlen receives TN indemnity OF
S25, 900 gold. while Saamen Ferguson
and Donelly receive $500 each.
The fring on the gunboat liz attributed
here 10 the Chinese troops becoming
panlcstricken at the appearance OF the
war vessel