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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

woman who is teaching the
children of America, who through
them is building the future of
the republic is still facing pros
poets in life that force them to
abandon their life's work and
seek decent living elsewhere.
The result is. as Mr.. Hoover
points out. that teaching positions
either are vacant or filled by
persons who are not up standard
Everybody knows the situation
We have given ear to every
other call. We have done nothing
as yet to improve school condi-
tons, and the public school sys-
tenn right through the country
apparently is going to wreck.
We maintain that this is our
first and most vital need. 1t
should have claimed our imme-
date attention. 1t is a national
crisis but beyond lip service,
we have rendered little service
in this regard, while emphasizing
every other subject to which it
is possible for a people to give
time, attention and money. We
have as yet had no drive" for
strengthening the school system,
and however much we have sup
ported other high and worthy
movements, the fact remains
that we stand guilty and convict
ed of raising not a finger to
keep the right kind of teachers
in the school rooms of America
and Of giving justice to class
of workers who have yielded the
best that there is in them to the
cause Of education, to their coun-
try and to the lives of thousands
of individuals intrusted to their
care.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
TRUSTEES SALE OF LAND

Under and by virtue of the power
conferred on the undersigned in deed of
trust from l.. G. Ivy to Geo. C. Green,
trustee, dated the 18th day Of January
1917, and recorded in Book $50, page
10, Halifax County Registry, default
having been made in the payment of the
indebtedness therein secured. and at the
request of the holder of said indebted
ness, the undersigned will on the 2lst
day of March 1920, AT i o clock NJ.
at the post Office door in Rosemary, N.
C., sell for cash to the highes; bidder
lots Nos. 3, 4, 5, q, and Z, in Block
e., Lot No 8 in Block &c" Lot 3, in
Block ''D", as shown on Map recorded
IN Map Book |. Page &c, Registers
Office for Halifax County
This the 18th day of February 1920.
Geo. c. Green, Trustee.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
TRUSTEES SALE OF LAND

Under and by virtue of the power
conferred on the undersigned in a GER
tain deed of trust dated the 18th day of
January 1917. from ]. ]. Smallwood to
Geo. c. Green, which said deed of trust
IS recorded in Book 27S, page 500,
Registers Office for Halifax County,
default having been made in the pay
ment of the Indebtedness therein Sc
cured, and at the request of the holder
of said Indebtedness. the undersigned
will on the 2lst day of March 1920. at
Y O'Clock NJ. at the post office door in
Rosemary. n. c., sell for cash to the
highest bidder those certain lots or par
GELS Of land designated as Lots No. 7 in
Block &C., lots Nos. and 7 in Block
b as shown on map recorded in Book
!, page 36. Halifax County Registry.
This the 18th day of February 1920.
TO- Geo. c. Green, Trustee.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

received a handsome sum in in
heritance taxes on his estate, AS
it is, we got nothing. This is
saving at the Spite and losing at
the bung with a vengeance.
Everybody knows that when
Mrs. Bingham, a North Carolina
woman, died in Kentucky the
inheritance taxes on her estate
paid off the entire bonded in
debtedness of the State of Ken
lucky, and left a considerable
surplus to go into the Treasury
of the State.
There is today man, native
of North Carolina, but a resident
of another State, who, | have
reason to believe, would like II
live in North Carolina, but he
cannot afford, he saws, to pay
three-fourths of his income to
the State while he is living.
| Now, if we maintain a low rate,
and that man should come back
to North Carolina, we should get
a handsome revenue in taxes at
a low rate on his estate while he
is living. We would get a rea-
sonable income tax while one
lives and when he dies the in
heritance tax on his estate would
pay off the entire bonded in
debtedness of the State of North
Carolina and leave enough sur
plus to build many miles of hard
surfaced roads. To maintain
rates so frightfully high that
this man, and hundred of others
i like him, are driven out of the
State is saving at the spite and
losing at the bung.
North Carolina is a wonderfully
attractive State in which to live.
We have here a climate more in
toxicating than anything that
you can buy in the open market,
soil that will produce every
thing for the comfort Of man
and beast, glorious scenery Tn
land and sea. If to all the at
fractions we add the lowest pro-
perty tax rate of any State in
the Union and this we shall do
under the Retaliation Act
then from all over the United
States men who have scored in
the big business world and who
want to spend the evening of
their lives in wholesome and at
tractive surroundings will flock
to North Carolina. Their coming
will greatly add to the wealth q'
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
SAVING AT THE SPILE AND
LOSING AT THE BUNG
(By Governor 7. W. Bick ett)

In former articles | have en-,
deavored to show the reasons
for and the business of the
Retaliation Act. In this last
article | propose to demonstrate
that the act is justified by a far.
sighted selfishness. If the peo-
pie of North Carolina were
dead to all considerations of
truth and justice which con-
sideration are the mudsills OF
the Retaliation Act still an en-
ligtened selfishness would lead
them to adopt the fundamental
principles of the Retaliation Act
When was boy, living in
Union County, often heard the
expression, Saving at the Spite
and losing at the bung." This is
precisely what the old tax sys-
TEN has been doing in North
Carolina. We have maintained
tax rates so high and tight that
nothing could leak at the Spite,
but the bung has been wide
open, and through it the wealth
that ought to have stayed in
North Carolina has been constant
ly running ont.
Some three years ago a man of
wealth, a native of North Caro-
lima, who recently moved to a
distant state, came into the
Governors office, and | leased
him about abandoning his old
State when he got rich. At once
he become serious and said,
Governor, never hated to do
anything in my life as bad as |
did to leave North Carolina. My
people have lived here for
generations. love the State, it's
climate, its soil, its people, its
traditions; but the simple truth
is that | cannot afford to live in
North Carolina. | said Why"
He replied, I'm the city in which
| live the combined city, county,
and State tax rate is 1925 on the
one hundred dollars worth of
property. Now, my property
consists largely Of high-class, low
interest-bearing securities. They
will not average more than 5 per
cent. The result is that every
time | get $500 income from my
have to pay 1928 of
it for the support of the State,
county and city government, and
this leaves me only 81. Is for the
of myself and family. "
Then he added: 1T costs me
5000, 900 a year more in taxes to
live in the State of North Caro-
lima than it does in the State to
which | removed"
A short time ago this man
died in the distant State to which
he had removed. The North
Carolina policy literally drove
him out of the State. By main
rates that practically con-
fiscated his income the State got
If he had remained
here under a low rate the State,
The county and the city would
nave received a fair sum in taxes
IN his property another fair sum
n taxes on hi income, and when
he died the State would have
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

Quick Henry, one years sub
scription to this palladium of
liberty to him who first gives US
the address of Col. House, erst-
while of Washington and Paris.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

Heading off Hoover" is the
most popular indoor sport of
politicians of both parties. Well
whad'dye expect politicians
work?
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

Casey Jones mounted to the
cabin
Casey Jones with his orders in
his hand
Casey Jones whyn't you quit
your crabbin,
'The Railroads alive left the
promise land"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

"Whiskey Rebellion Tempest
in Teapot headline Sort of
a still in a Storm or Storm in a
still, as it were.
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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

Soon it will make little differ
ence whether the W. k. senate
does or does not ratify the peace
treaty.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

Mr.. Penrose has declared that
Mr.. Hoover is not his kind of
Republican, Bro. Bryan solem My
states that Mr.. Hoover is not his
kind of Democrat: Yellow Ran
dolph Hearst says he has not his
kind of patriotism Hoorah for
Hoover,
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Entered as Second Class Matter April
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Rapids, North Carolina, under Act Of
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Friday, March S, 1920
Forward, March!
More like a polar bear.

Next unavoidable evil : female
suffrage.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

Jack Dempsey didn't want to
catch cold that's why he was
afraid of the draft.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

Hoover fed the world but
none of US are as fed up on Hoo
yer as the politicians.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-02

nounced that the delegation "ioined the
movement to draft the Honorable Will
lam Gibbs McAdoo." The McAdoo
boomers, helped out by the band, made
that the signal for another brief dem
onstraton.
Rhode Island passed. So did South
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, and
Utah announced that it seconded the
! nomination of McAGoo
Vermont passed and Virginia sent
Representative Flood to the platform
to nominate Senator Glass, chairman
of the Resolutions Committee
Describing Glass as the warm sup
porter and close political adviser of
Woodrow Wilson, Mr.. Flood told the
convention that Senator Glass's homo
town, Lynchburg, Va, was a monument
to his ability.
Washington was called and passed
and West Virginia sent Governor Corn
we'll to the platform to nominate John
W. Davis, Ambassador to Great Britain.
Governor Cornwell told the conven-
ton that If the campaign was merely
contest to keep control of the gov
ernment for the Democratic party "to
keep some people in political Office and
put others into Office, then I am ready
to quit now"
Mrs. Gould B. Blakely, of Utah, a
member of the State Legislature. pre-
sented a resolution calling on the Loui-
siana Legislature to ratify the suffrage
amendment to the Constitution. Gov
ernor John M. Parker was asked in a
telegram to transmit special message
to the Legislature. Objection was
made and the resolution did not 20
through
New-York tribune., 1920-07-02

public" while the great organ softly
throbbed the melody of the martial all
in accompaniment.
The judge recited the first stanza
while the organ trembled out its
melodious strains, and then coming to
the chorus turned his eyes to far
gallery, where a clear-toned soprano
rang out with the refrain, beginning
softly, and then joining in the peal OF
the organ as 1t burst out into the
mighty thunder of GLORY, Glory, Hal
lelujah.' Then the audience Joined in
the chorus and the great auditorium
was filled to the very roof with song
New Mexico, nr>t on the call, simply
seconded the nomination Of William G.
McAdoo. 1t was the signal for dem
onstratlon which started in the gal
leries and spread to some delegations
on the floor, but did not last long
North Carolina sent W. C. Newland, of
Lenor, TO the platform to place in
nomination Senator Simmons. for
whom tile North Carolina delegates are
instructed.
Mrs. Martha Nelson Mccain, of Cali
fornia. made a seconding speech for
Simmons, merely saying: Ladies and
gentlemen of the convention. rise TO
second the nomination of Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina"
North Dakota passed and Oregon an
New-York tribune., 1920-07-02

TUESDAY NJ. TACK offered resolution
authorizing the New York member OF
the Resolutions Committee 10 prese p
a wet plank Tnc Tammany people
want it for home consumption certain
delegates believe IL IS bad pollcy Ter
the state organization to 20 on record
for a wet plank, and trey wili oppose
the idea The Iammany men. however,
want to make a record that will appeal
to the wet voters at home.
The New York delegation to-nighe.
headed by band and Charles r.
Murphy, paraded from the Hotel Bel
cvue, the state headquarters. 10 the
convention hall. With Mr. Murphy were
Representative Thomas F. Smith, State
Chairman W. W. FARLEY and John Il.
McCooey. The band played "Tammany,'
Rosie O'Grady,' Sidewalks Of New
York" and other well known New YcSk
favorites. On the hats Of the paraders
was a card printed in glaring red let
ters, "Smith Will do" meaning that
Alfred (. Smith fills the bill, so far
as Tammany is concerned.
Chief Murphy was busy today con-
fcrring with the New Jersey and Ohio
delegates IN an effort to build up n
opposition to the threatened McAdoo
tidal wave. His working headquarters
are in the suite occupied by Norman
E. Mack, on the sixth floor OF the Hotel
Palace.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-02
Tanlnany's
Forces Will
Back M'Adoo
tccntInued from page one,

independence comes up. Lunn and
about a dozen upstate delegates are
against wet plank. If Governor Smith
or Chairman Farley attempts to cast
the entire ninety New York votes under
the unit rule Mayor Lunn will chal-
lenge the action and demand a poll OF
the delegation.
Will Force a Division
No matter which way Chairman Rob-
inson rules, the indications now are
that division of the convention will
be forced. Colonel Bryan has said
more than once that the entire conven-
ton will be polled on the issue of a
dry plank, so that every delegate will
be compelled to 60 on record
This is part of the general plan of
the National Anti-Saloon League to put
every delegate on record Wavne B.
wheeler general counsel of the league.
and other national officers of the or
ganlzation are here keeping tab or
every move of the vets. Lunn and
others in the New York delegation have
taken the side of the drys.
-hhtSh Vie UeClSlON OIL Lurn and
others to force a poll of the delegation
came the admission by Lunn that If
the convention nominates a good can
dldate, insuring fair chance of Dem
ocratic success in the Empire State
next fall, he, Lunn, will be candidate
IN the primaries for the Democratic
nomination for United States Sena-
tor. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistan.
Secretary of the Navy, also is an as
plrant for the Democratic nomination.
Roosevelt, while opposing Tammany
rather consistently. is not disliked by
Murphy, and is entirely acceptable to
the upstate Democrats. He made the
race for the nomination four years
ago, but was defeated by James W.
! Gerard.
Urged as Good Campaigner
II would not care to be a candidate
for the Senate unless the Presidential
ticket is strong one. If it is a good
ticket nothing would give me more
pleasure than to get into the primary
fight for the nomination." said the
Schenectady Mayor. The Mayor
friends say he would make a better
campaign before the people than would
Roosevelt. Of the two the state or
ganization would much prefer Roose-
welt.
State Chairman Farley said to-day
that the state convention probably
would be called for the first week in
August, either in Albany or New York
While Tammany has no particula1
liking for McAdoo, the leaders will dc
their best for him, if he is nominated
In New York City this fall several Su
preme Court justices are to be elected
1t is of vital interest to the Tamma n,
organization that the Democratic nom
nees In New York County be elected
The defeat of Tammany last year BY
La Guardia and Curran was a lessor
that organization has taken to heart
The demonstration for Governor Smith
yesterday in the convention was very
welcome to Mr.. Murphy and his lieu
tenants. Even if Smith is beaten, Mr.
Murphy figures that the Governor vii
poll so large vote in New Yorl
County that the organizations candi
dates for the bench will have bette
than an even chance of success.
The solicitude in the Tammany or
ganization for the maintenance Of ths
unit rue is very largely on account O.
the desire of the leaders to preserve {
solid front for wet plank said Mayor
Lunn to-day.
"At the caucus of the delegation
New-York tribune., 1920-07-02
Railroads Hard Pushed
10 Handle July 4 Crowds
Travellers Asked Not to Journey
on I'd. Sd or 4th if
Possible

Railroad officials are PREPARED to
transport the greatest number of In
aaependence Day pleasure seekers in
history thls year The fact that no
new equipment has been received in
.ae last three years. because of the
var, has placed the railroads in diff
.cult position, and they have appealed
10 travellers TO avoi0. if possible, wait
,ng until the last minute to get away.
= statement issued by the Lackawanna
reads:
All those who can possibly do so
sse s urged TO use trains operating on
aa'es other than July 2, 8 and 5, par
acuiar!y during the rush hours on
nose dates. Even coach seat facilities
VIII be limited on many trains, parlor
.als .sa Will virtually be out of the ques-
ssoh and only a limited number Of
s'eeping cars will be available.
y ror similar travel period over
decoration Day the railroads of this
eountry averaged approximately so per
vent increase in the number of pas
sengers carried over any former
period IN their history, and it is, there
.ote' apparent that with no additional
psssenger equipment available to take
.aie OF the abnormal increase in
uaVei' many will be disappointed in
aos a securing the accommodations they
New-York tribune., 1920-07-02
Irish to Fight
For Recognition
On the Floor
Continued from page one)

Murphy, the Tammany Hall leader, and
Governor Alfred Z. Smith, were ap-
pointed on the committee
Mr.. Murphy paid a visit to the
caucus room just as the delegates were
assembling, but he did rot remain for
the meeting. Governor Smith was not
present.
When Frank P. Walsh returned to
the caucus he reported that the Irish
group had the sympathy of strong
fighting minority" within the Platform
Committee. He urged the delegates to
get busy and strengthen their hands
Appeal to them to put their minor
lty report before the convention" he
said, land then we can take it up
there"
He made public this statement of
what he had intended to say to the
committee:
Walsh's Proposed Statement
The delegation of this outstanding
American question to the proposed
League of Nations we deem an at
tempted evasion cf a clear political
duty which must react destructively
upon our party throughout the nation.
Those who have favored the plank
presented to your committee by the
Friends of Irish Freedom and the
American Commission on Irish Inde-
pendence absolutely repudiate it and
declare it to be a cold and arbitrary
denial of the appeal of millions Of
your fellow citizens, regardless of race,
to uphold the finest traditions of
America, by unequivocally declaring
in favor of the recognition of the ex-
isting Irish republic"
The caucus of the sympathizers with
Ireland was announced from the
speakers platform at the convention
session to-day John J. Fitzgerald, of
Rhode Island, presided. Through Sena-
tor Walsh, of Massachusetts,, a request
that Frank P. Walsh be heard by the
Resolutions Committee was submitted
Principle of Determination
Senator Walsh later came out of the
Resolutions Committee and addres ssed
the caucus.
There is no secret about the fact
that the committee has voted not to
accept the plank on Ireland offered by
the representatives of the Irish people
gathered here he said. "and that it
has adopted substitute.'
Under the principle Of self -determi-
nation, voiced by President Wilson, he
continued, he would continue to support
efforts to get the convention to declare
for recognition of Ireland.
The finest speech before the Reso-
lutions Committee" continued Senator
Walsh, was made by a Filipino, who
said the Philippine Islands wanted in
dependence. even though the United
States could do more for them than
they can do for themselves. When
left the committee it was discussing
what America can do for the suffering
population of Armenia"
New-York tribune., 1920-07-02
Town Claims Harding

WASHINGTON, Pa. July 1.-1f Sen
ator Warren G. Harding is elected
President of the United States, this
pretty little university city in the hills
of Western Pennsylvania will be bound
up closer than ever with the White
ouse, for not only did Senator Hard
ing's ancestors live here but the father
OF President Wilson also was a resi-
dent of Washington.
Senator Harding's great-grandfather
William Van Kirk, was one of the earlv
settlers Of Franklin Township and he
and his wife are buried in the family
graveyard on the Charles an Kirk farm,
near Point Lookout. Senator Harding
is honorary president of the Van Kirk
Family Society and frequently has at
tended the annual sreunion here.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-02
Say Seeress Picked Smith
Aneged Fortune Teller Accused
OF Predicting Governors
Nomination

,;,rs sirs Annie Criswell, of the Hotel Ar
,w,as'on, Is West Twenty-hfth Street,
as arraigned before Magistrate Marsh
sa. ~ Jefferson Market Court yesterday
so s"a charged with fortune telling. The
7Tyhnplalnt was made by Miss Hortense
tbn in'n pson and Mrs. Sarah Ahearn, of
n.'. se stan of Ellen O'Grady, Fifth Dep
~ folice Commissioners
,,. one predicted that Governor Smith
=. 'a,d be nominated ror the Presidency
~ ene Democratic convention" one Of
police women told the court.
!, Magistrate Marsh held Mrs. Criswell
" sooO bail for examination to-day.
ATS. Ahearn added in her testimony
s 10y the accused woman told her she
'0uid marry wealthy widower."
New-York tribune., 1920-07-02
Dry League Heads Seek
A Liquorless World
Only Then Will America Be
Safe, say Resolutions Adopt.
ed bv Trustees

Until the whole world is dry the
board Of trustees of the Anti Saloon
League Of New York Will not be con-
tent. A resolution to that effect was
adopted yesterday by its annual
meeting at the league headquarters,
sO6 Broadway. This resolution said,
in part;
We also recognize that prohibition
IN the United States can never be fully
secured so long as any other nation
permits the liquor traffic to exist. We,
therefore, heartily indorse and pledge
our support TO the efforts of the ma
tonal organization to extend the prop
Uganda Of prohibition throughout the
world believing tnat with the liquor
traffic removed from the face Of the
Earth the coming of the Kingdom Of
God. toward which all our efforts are
directed. viii be Yrstly accelerated"
The Re-. DR.. David James Burrell,
OF New York, was elected president Of
the organization. Vice presidents cho-
sen were the Rev. DR.. F. H. Conan, of
buffalo; the Rev Dr. W C. Spicer, of
SSloyersville; Edward c. Miller, of New
!ors, md the Rev. j. H. Mcconnell,
u Norwich. Coma.
Inc Rev. Dr.. George Caleb More,
o. New York, Was chosen secretary and
D. II. fancher, Of New York, treasurer.