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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
JUSTICE CLARK
ON PRINCIPLES
CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME
COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHAIRMAN CONFERENCE.
KEYS TO POSITIVE SOLUTION
American People Are Asked to Weigh
Carefully and Without Prejudice
All Phases Of Plumb Plan.

Washington.-A national conference,
to consider all plans submitted to
Congress for solution Of the railroad
problem will be held here October 6.
under auspices Of the Plumb organiza-
ton bureau.
In making public announcement OF
the meeting, Chief Justice Walter
Clark, of the North Carolina supreme
court, and chairman Of the Plumb plan
preliminary conference, said special
committees would be appointed to an
alyze the different proposals.
The American people were urged by
Judge Clark to consider all the propo-
sails without prejudice and without
passion, and to examine those which
have been outlined in the light OF the
principles which we have enunciated,
Declaring that efficiency and econ
omy in transportation are the keys to-
the solution OF the problem Of the high
cost OF living, Judge Clark added that
any plan for solution Of the railroad
problem must meet the test that il
will provide transportation at actual
cost"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
Cause o. Damaged Tobacco.

At this season. when tobacco is be.
ing harvested growers in many sec
tions are making inquiry as to the
cause of a spott.ng OF the leaves
wA.ch damages the quality OF the
crop. In number of instances 1t is
apparent that no specific organism is
responsible for this condition, says DR..
F. a. Wolf. plant pathologst of the ex
pertinent station, but that an I'M
proper balance or proportion OF the
essential fertilizer elements has been
used
investigations have shown that the
use OF too much nitrogen will make
coarse. dark green tobacco, which
when 1t approaches maturity has Il
tendency to become "specked" or dis.
eased." as shown by the presence Of
reddish brown, dead spots. When an
insufficient supply OF potash has been
applied. the leaf tissues between the
veins become pale, and before the leaf
has properly matured, are dry and
dead.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

Washington following figures
for North Carolina personal income
tax returns were made public by the
bureau OF internal reyenue' Mum
Der Of personal returns for calendar
years 1917 and 1918 were (22977) and
2.207. an increase Of % 10
Net income reported for the same
years, Sd9.6f9,l3l and s94Sg5.S25; IN
crease. $4iS93,305
Number Of personal returns and net
Incomes reported classes slOOO,OOO to
$4,000. 600 for 1917, were OLA and
sl457l.O0O, tax yield OF personal re.
turns, 1917 and 1918, 50 G5l504 and
s56O.97O, an increase OF S2,090,554.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
SENATOR ROBINSON
SPEAKS IN BERT|E
THOUSANDS SEE HYpRoPLANEs
AND DlRiGl5LES ClECLlNG
AROUND IN SPACE
JOAN OF ARC |MP[RSONAT{D
Orator Holds Record Of Serving az
Congressman, Governor and Sena.
tor, All in Sixteen Days.

Windsor. With submarine chasers
lining her wharves, hydroplanes and
dirigibles circlng around the space
under which stood thousands of her
citizens, a naval band playing to the
time OF Judge Francis D. Winston, o
'arrier pigeon with gold service stars
fitting between the town and the Nor.
folk Naval base and speeches by Unit
ed States Senator. Bert:e county with
one note celebrated for her returned
soldiers and sailors.
Senator Joseph T. Robinson. who
holds record OF serving as congress,
man. governor and senator OF Arkan,
sas in sixteen days was the headliner
In oratory.
Conspicuous among the many hand.
some floats given a place in the parade
was the one that bore the white ban.
ner with seventeen gold stars. denot.
ing Berries loss in men to the allied
cause. Another OF striking note was
drawn by pair OF snow-white horses,
and on the body rode Miss Rosabud
Novel;, impcrsonatng Joan OF Arc.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
President Wilson recommends that

President Wilson recommends that
goods released from storage for inter-
state commerce bear the selling price
at which they went into storage and
requiring that all goods destined for
interstate commerce bear the price at
which they left the hands of the pro-
Queer.
Says President Wilson: I'VE and
we almost alone now hold the world
steady. Upon our steadfastness and
self-possesesion depend the affairs OF
nations everywhere. 1t is In this SUI
preme crisis - the crisis for all man
kind -- that America must prove her
mettle."
The project to build the st. Marys
river canal from the port of st. Marys
Ca, across the base OF the state OF
Florida to the Gulf OF Mexico, took
on new interest in Washington when
Senator William J. Harris of Georgia
introduced resolution which directs
the secretary of commerce and the
inland waterways officials Of the rail.
raod administration to submit all
available data and facts on the scheme
to the senate.
Increased rates on cotton and cot.
ton from points in southern territory
to various destinations in the United
States and Canada, asked by south
eastern railroads in connection with
carriers not under federal control,
have been approved by the interstate
commerce commission with III formal
hearing.
Glenn T. Plumb, author OF organized
labors bill for public ownership Of
the railroads, who was formerly cor
poration lawyer, much in the employ
of the railroads Of the West, and Is
now in the employ of the railroad bro
therhoods took the stand before the
house interstate commerce committee,
and declared that every railroad sys'
TEN in the United States was sub
jected to a systematzed plundering
unuer private ownership.
The permanent military olicy rec.
commended by the war department in
yolying under revised estimates, q
standing peace army OF $4,000 and
universal military training for youths
of 10 years of age, would cost the
county nine hundred million dollars
annually Gen Peyton {. March, cher
Of staff told the senate military sub
committee, considering army leglsla'
ton.
General March asserts that the pres
ent time is the most appropriate for
inaugurating a system of military
training inasmuch as military camps
are in readineas over the country
and also the necessary equipment
President Wilson has issued a for
nal statement saying that the frank
statement made by Niscount tchida
as to Japans policy regarding Shan
tung ought to remove many OF the
misunderstandngs which have begun
to accumulate about this question.
Viscount Uchida says; The policy
OF Japan is to hand back the Shan.
tung peninsula in full sovereignty TO
/ China, retaining only the economic
privileges granted to Germany and the
right to es lblish settlement under
the usual conditions at Tsing.Tao.'
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
North Carolina Casualties.

Washington The following casual
ties from North Carolina are report
ed by tae commanding general of the
American exped.tlonary force;
pied Of accident CT other cause:
Chester 4 Brooks, ore Knob.
Wounded slightly:
William W. Cox. r. F. D. 6, Char
lotte
Total number Of casualties to date,
including those reported above.
Killed in action Gncuding $50 at
sea) S4.426; died from wounds 49,
OPS: d.ed Of disease % $40; died
fr,m accident. and other causes, D.
los: wounded in action (cyer So per
cent returned to duty pa 007; miss.
ing in action mot including prisoners
released and returned), 1875; total to
date. 292 ,633
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
Washington

High prices. President Wilson says.
are not justified by shortage Of sup
ply either present or prospective. but
are created in many cases artifcially
and deliberately by vicious practices
Retailers are responsible in large part
for extortionate prices
President Wilson has laid specific
proposals before congress for check
ing the high cost of living. but at the
same time declared permanent results
cannot be expected until peace time
basis is fully restored by ratification
of the peace treaty.
The country's corn crop showed a
decrease OF 27.O52,OO0 bushels, as re-
suit of weather and other conditions
during July.
The average age of all United States
men killed in the war was 90 This
emphasizes the youth OF the American
army.
President Wilson has decided to ad.
dress message to congress recon-.
mending additiona Legislation to aid
in reducing the cost of living.
Department commanders have been
instructed by the war department to
prosecute vigorously their campaign to
obtain recruits for the American forces
in Siberia.
Agents OF the department of justice
will ferret out all hoarders Of neces-
saries and profiteers throughout the
country, who will be prosecuted under
the food control act.
American reports say that Rouma-
mans entering Budapest, the Hungari-
an capital, are demanding hostages and
threatened to kill five hostages for
each Roumanian soldier injured in Blu
dapest.
Seven hundred and ffty-six u the
United States soldiers killed in action
were victims of gas,
Increase in the number OF national
banks in July was the greatest of any
month in recent years.
Great Britain has settled her obli-
CATION to the American government
for munitions negotiated for during the
war.
July 81, the total missing in action
in the Utnied States army was placed
at 241.
Immediate steps will be taken by
the grain corporation to sell standard
export flour in every community OF
the country in carload lots at price
not greater than $40 a barrel.
Director Barnes of the grain cor
poration predicts a shrinking of four
hundred million bushels in the wheat
production of North America
A great shrinkage in the Russian
production of wheat and rye is predict
ed by those in position to know the
condition Of the crop,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
ANDREW CARNEGIE
ENTERS INTO REST.
GREAT PHiLANTHROPlST DIES
QUIETLY At HIS HOME IN
THE BERKSHIRE HILLS.
HIS BENEFACT|ONS IMMENSE
Peace, Charity and Education Are the
Chief Benehclaries Of the Dead
Multl-mll onaire.

Lenox, Mass.-Andrew Carnegie,
ironmaster and philantnropist, died in
his great mansion overlooking a lake
in the beautiful Berkshire hills, where
he sought seclusion when bodily in
trinity overlook him and his mind
was saddened by the entrance of his
country into the world war.
Although he had been in feeble
health for more than two years, his
final illness was brief--a matter Of
days. A severe cold developed
quickly into bronchial pneumonia,
the aged patient lapsed into uncon-
seriousness and the end came as
though it were but the beginning of
deeper sleep.
When Mr.. Carnegie returned to
his summer home last spring, it was
evident to his intimates that the
once great industrial leader was a
broken man and that any slight in
disposition might have fatal end.
However, the air Of the Berkshires
and the seclusion afforded nj his
beautiful estate appeared to benefit
him and he exhibited occasional
flashes Of the old exuberance that had
made him cheerful companion for
so many years.
Peace, charity and education are
the three institutions that have bene-
flied most from the vast donations
Of Andrew Carnegie. He erected his
own memorials in the 1000 Libraries
that perpetuate his name throuhgout
the world, in the Sl,500,00O temple of
peace at The Hague, Holland, in his
hero, peace and educational funds.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
JAPANESE EDITORS CALM
ON SHANTUNG QUESTION

Toklo.-The newspapers generally
are treating calmly in their editorial
comment the various phases OF the de-
bate in the United States senate on
the question OF Shantung. The opin-
ion most widely advanced is that the
republican senators who are opposing
the provision in the peace treaty re-
lating to Shantung are using their ar
guments against Japan mostly FOR
political purposes
After pointing out that It Is Japan's
intention to restore Shantung to
China and to conduct economic under
takngs in Shantung jointly with the
Chinese, The Hochi Shimbun inter
prets the attitude of the republican
senators as being based on Americas
desire to achieve a world economic.
conquest including China, from which
she desires to Gust Japan econom!-
cally.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
Foreign

The Spanish parliament has approx.
ed the proposal that Spain join the
league OF nations
Nicholas Nlisu, Of the Roumanian
peace delegation, was called for the
second time before the supreme coun.
Gil on account of The Roumanian re.
fusal to comply with the demands Of
the peace conference.
The attitude Of the Roumanians is
causing great embarrassment to the
supreme council
The surrender Of General kruska,
commander OF the German prison
camp at Kaiser, has been demanded
by the allies as the first of the enemy
officials to be tried for violation OF
international law
The Belgian chamber of deputies
unanimously ratified the peace treaty
with Germany.
An agreement for the sale of Amer
lean army stocks in France for $780,
900 was signed by the French, says
Marcel Hutin, in Echo de Paris.
King George conferred upon Premier
David Lloyd-George the Order of Merit
as sign of the appreciation of the
English people of Mr.. Georges war
. services.
Lieutenant Godefroy, French ayi
ator performed the feat of passing
under the Arc de Triomphe at Paris
in an airplane flight.
/ A dispatch from Vienna by way OF
Copenhaten says that the United
i States has sent an ultimatum to Rou
mania demanding withdrawal of the
severe armistic terms presented to
Hungary on pain of cessation Of the
/ shipment OF food to Roumania.
Herbert Hoover, head of the inter
allied relief commission, has stopped
all relief supplies on their way to Blu
dapest. taking the position that he
would be unwarranted in letting sup
plies reach Hungary while Roumanians
are now depriving the people of food
stuffs.
The supreme council has sent note
to the Roumanian authorities begging
them to conform to the conditions OF
the entente and not TO embarrass by
previous decisions the work of the
inter.allied investigation committee
sent to Budapest.
A Paris dispatch says that kilograms
from American officials at Budapest
state that Roumanian troops upon en-
tering Budapest started plundering In
the suburbs. Fifteen or twenty civil
ians were killed by the Roumanians
during the day.
Great Britain purposes establishing
a central authority to deal with profit
eering.
The settlement of the Adriatic ques
ton, affecting Italy and JugoSlavia
is imminent.
The allies have not altered their de
cision to hold the trial of the former
| German emperor IN LONDON.
Marshal Foch, commander-in-chiel
of the allies armies during the war
has been invited to visit the United
States.
The British government will create
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and
Admiral Sir David Beatty earls in rec
ognition of their war service.
Gen. Sir Albert Plummer, Sir Henry
S. Rawlinson, Sir Julian Byng and
Henry S. Horne will be given baronet
cies by the English government.
Thirty thousand Roumanian troops
including infantry, cavalry and artil
lery, entered Budapest with a blare Of
trurnpets.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
TWO MILLION BLANKETS TO BE
SOLD BY WAR DEPARTMENT

MISUNDERSTANDING to the public
o. 100000 surplus all wool cotton
and wool. and cotton blankets was an.
nounced by the war department, ar.
engagements having been completed
for their distribution through postof.
Zee and municipal channels on the
same Ian as that adopted for food.
stuffs.
For individual PURCHASERS, prices
will be Sc for new wool blankets, and
So for reclaimed WOOL S. for new cot.
ton mixed, and $3.50 for reclaimed; 50
for new cotton, and $l25 for reclaim.
ed cotton; the reclaimed, it is ex-
polnea, are blankets used less than
a year which are renovated and
Numbered.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
,drANT NEWS
(HE WORLD over
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS or THIS
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


Walter Dent, assistant attorney gen.
eral OF Mississippi, knocked Theodore
Bilbo dow II fist fight in tie Of.
flee OF the secretary OF state, Joseph
Power, who, with other officers. sepa
rated the men. The governor said he
was struck without warning. No ar
rests were made.
Atlanta has appreciated one hundred
thousand dollars to purchase food sup
plies pending settlement Of the rail
road strike.
State troops have been ordered re
moved from the scenes of the Chica
go riots and the stock yards after &
general strike of union workers haC
badly crippled the packing companie,
and live stock dealers had notified
producers to suspend shipments to Chi
cago temporarily.
New Orleans sold ten thousand
pounds of bacon to consumers at cost
The Brooklyn street car strike viii
be settled by mediation.
Charles II. McGwre assistant en-
gineer OF the municipal department OF
public works. who committed suicide
at Los Angeles by leapng from the
office of Distict Attorney Thomas h.
Woolwine on the eleventh floor Of the
hall of records. was held responsible
by public officials 10 rthe dynamting
Of the home Of Oscar Lawler, a prom.
inent attorney
VIII n. Harlem, native Georgian.
one of the most famous American
writer's and well known as an editor,
is dead at his home In New York.
He was the author Of Pole Baker
and large number OF other stories.
most Of them dealing with characters
Of the South
Four persons known to be dead.
probably six seriously wounded. prop
erty and crop damage estimated at
more than two million dollars and two
hundred families driven from their
homes, was the toll of the electrical
storm which swept northern Ohio.
Three Of the deaths occurred IN
Youngstown, where two persons were
killed instantly by lightning and an
other electrocuted by coming into con.
tact with live wire.
Efforts to anticipate the results of
any quick switch in the government
policy for disposal of the 1919 domes-
tic crop OF wheat knocked the bottom
out Of values on the board Of trade
at Chicago.
The Choccolocco valley of Calhoun
county, Alabama. lays claim TO having
the champion ratt.esndke killer of the
season, Adalr Hill killed q rattle
snakes. Hill says he came upon one
big diamond rattler which immediate
ly gave battle and was killed after
a struggle.
1t is reported that German agents
are trying to force the raising of the
embargo on potash, so they may be
gin shipments to this country immedi-
ately although their stock at present
is said to be small.
German agents, in their effort to re-
gain control Of the potash industry in
this country. are reported to be sup
ported by the fertilizer trust OF the
United States.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
stock S nlnn Abandoned d.

The Abandonment Of plans for sell
ag stock in the finance corporation
.aat would furnish cred, 10 European
at'uns for the purchase Of cotton re.
eyes North Carolina Of the necessity
/ raising her part OF the hundred
Million it was learned in connection
WITH the cotton meeting held here for
.he purpose Of organizing the stlte
s a branch Of the American Cotton
ssociltion
TIE leaders IN this movement for
he organization for the southern CROP
lecided TO abandon the proposition
when il was found that the federal f.
nance corporation would not lend
money to the organisation except for
hree months at the time.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
IN ATLANTA IN OCTOBER.

Mobile, Ala.-General William f.
Mickle chief OF staff, United Confed-
crate veterans. has announced that
the next Confederate reunion will be
held in Atlanta, October 7, s, 9 and 10.
The annual meeting Of the Confeder-
ate Southern Memorial associations
and the Sons OF Confederate veterans
will be held in Atlanta on the same
dates. General Mickle announced.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
Ar~v Worm Doinn Dsmaun.

Morganton The Burke farmers are
very much alarmed over the sudden
appearance Of a very destructive army
WORN, This was inst d'scovor"d Q
few DAYS aon on the farm NJ Fston
r.nrkev on Johns river and within "a
hours. fine meadow OF hay was com
nleto'v destroyed.
Mr. Moore exnert fa--,cr NJ the
state hospital was called In for ad.
vice and at onre force Of men wer"
put to work DIGGING a ditch around
the Infected zone in an effort to iso.
late the pest
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
As to Child Labor Law.

The child labor commissions hear
ing OF those who wanted the law mod
fled so as to allow the employment OF
children under IA under certain con
ditions. continued The majority OF
the evidence was placed before the
committee, and soon after converting
the commission went TO work to for
mulate the rules and regulations
1t was generally agreed that some
modification In the law would be made
which would allow newspapers to EN-
ploy boys under IA to sell papers and
carry paper routes.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
THE PRESIDENT DECLINES TO
GRANT REQUEST OF SENATE

Washington. President Wilson
sent to the foreign relations commit
tee copy Of the original American
draft of league of nations covenant
but declined to furnish other papers
relating to the peace negotiations ask
ed for in the senate resolutions.
To another resolution asking for a
copy of the letter written by General
Bliss regarding the Shantung prob
lem, Mr. Wilson replied that he re-
garded the letter as confidential since
it contained certain references to
other governments.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
state Warehouses Projected.

Construction OF eight great cotton
warehouses in the Carclinas, with a
.otal capacity OF 100000 bales is pro
,osed by the Union Warehouse cor
,oration. recently organized in New
York. it was learned here yesterday
Three proposed warehouses in North
Carolina will have a capacity of lOO
400 bales
This corporation announced 1t WI
5uild warehouses at Charlotte, 10000
5ales. Raleigh. 10000 bales; Greens
boro. 10000 bales.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
Governor Pardons Hobgood.

Governor Beckett pardoned Milton
3. Hobgood, OF Granville county, con
victed in Granville county in Septem
Der. 1912. and sentenced to thirty
wears in the States Prison for murder
n the second degree.
Granting the pardon without cond'
tons, Governor Beckett made the fol
lowing statement of reasons:
This defendant has now served FOL
seven years and has made most ex
pmplary prisoner. not a mark being
accorded against him.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
Bar Association Closes.

Creensboro--The closing day OF the
North Carolina Bar association was
full OF interest and pleasure for the
more than $50 LAWYERS in attendarco
The features were the election ot Off
GERS. addresses by former Attorne'
General of the United States Thoma'
W. Gregory and ex-Judge G. s, Fer
gnson Of Asheville.
FIX Judge William P. ByDrm
Greensboro, was elected president an
Themes W. Davis, Wilmington N
elected secretary and treasurer.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE TO
PROBE INTO PROFlTEERiNG..

Richmond, Va. - Governor West
moreland Davis announced that he
would have two bills offered in the
special session OF the legislature, d.
rected to curb the proflteering in food
One OF the bills calls for rigid en-
forcement to prevent boarding and
making it a crime to fail to report at
stipulated intervals the amount or
food held in storage A license also
will be demanded Of the storage ware
houses. The date OF storage also
must be stamped on the product and
the date OF its removal.