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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

Washington.-To the native state
OF the secretary of the navy, Jo-
sephus Daniels, goes the honor OF
Boosting the first graduate of the Ma
rine Corps institute at Quantico. Va
Corporal W C Erwin, Durham, Is
the North Carolinian who will go down
in the history OF the Marine Corps
institute as its first graduate
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

problem of representation an un-
usually difficult one from the start.
Another feature was the unpre-
cedented number of outsiders and men
from other parties who were on hand
to influence the choice of the conven-
tion. Notable among these were VIII
liam ]. Bryan and William Randolph
Hearst, especially the latter, who
seemed to conceive 1t a patriotic duty
to do all In his power to assist the
Republicans In making wise selec-
ton.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

Wilmington. Eight hundred
pounds OF sugar are missing from the
warehouse OF a local candy company
and the police are puzzled in flndirg
out what became OF It. The sugar,
in 100 pound bags. was taken from
the warehouse between closing and
opening time and no trace was left
as to the manner OF its disappearance.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

Charlotte THE selection Of site
for the new Charlotte hotel is giving
the board Of directors great amount
OF concern.
While there are several OF the sites.
available that would make desirable
Nocations for the hotel, the consensus
OF opinion OF the directors is that the
figures on most of them are too high,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18
state traffic Assoc alton.

Forgetting past difficulties and diff
fsrences OF opinion, the North Caro-.
lima Traffic Association in annual
\ meeting here, laid out plans for con
tfuuing the work that brought the
shippers OF the state together into an
organization to fight for just freight
rites. conserving what has been won
through the recent decision by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
and broadening the efforts of the
body.
The association will retain a per-
sEnent whole-time secretary.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18
Treasury Enriched by $50. 1855

The State Treasury was enriched
to the extent of $6O135.35 represent.
ing the inheritance tax from the
estate of the late Clarence Milhiser,
70 New York. The settlement of the
claim was completed by the Corpora.
ton Commission, and the money
turned over.
Liability for the tax in North Caro-
lima arose through the ownership OF
shares Of stock in North Carolina
corporations to the value OF $3.50.
$50. mostly in the Roanoke Rapids
cotton mills, at Roanoke Rapids.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

Wnston-Salem.- County Commits
sioner W L. Boyles, Mocksvlle was
here boosting a proposed highway
from Winston.Salem to North Wilks
boro via Pennington and Hampton.
vile.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18
3, Thur OF investigation

Mr.. r. D. w. Cannon, secretary Of
The North Carolina Historical Com
safssion, is sn a two-weeks' trip in
ia northern states making provision
zof york to be done by the Historical
Eunmlssion and inspecting the equip
nras and methods Of the various
%Este historical institutions. He Wis
ND winchester. Va, on business con-
Hsrled with establishing a memorial
70 Generals Pettigrew and Ramseur
0thsg places visited BY Mr. Conner
<zp washington. D. O.. philadelphia,
m. New Haven, Conn.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18
President Rlddlek HonOred.

President w. c. Riddick, Of the
North Carolina State College of Ag
riruIture and Engineering, has just
BEEN signally honored by being APP
Hoiuted to the committee on educa
fion. OF the American Cotton Associa
tsya. representing North Carolina on
fhis committee.
six of the leading colleges Of the
Eowsh. at the request of the Ameri
can Cotton Association, have already
established complete commercial
sszrses in the business side Of cot
inn-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

Gastonia. The grand lodge,
knights of Pythias. selected Green's
boro by unanimous wee. as the next
place OF meeting, on the second Tues
day in June, 1921, when the golden
jubilee will be celebrated, CONNIE
morating the 5Oth university Of the
order in North Carolina
Whit r. Stone, Of Greensboro, was
elected grand master.at-arms.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

Agreement on the platform was eff
fected in the Republican convention
Thursday night without any of the
fireworks which had been predicted
and anticipated. The pyrotechncs oc-
Cured In the committee which framed
the platform and did not reach the
public nor the great body Of delegates
excepting through the press The
League of Nations plank was the great
exciting cause and the difficulty was
TO so frame it as to save the faces Of
the Republican senator's who had taken
such varying attitudes on the question
ever since President Wilson brought
the peace treaty and the league cove
nant back from Europe. The result
was accomplished In very adroit
compromise which abuses the admin
istratlOn rs un-Amerlcan IN its stub.
born insistence upon the league as
framed In Europe, pats on the back all
elements whether reServatlonists, mild
reservatiOnists or irreconcilables in
the senate majority who opposed the
Wilson league; pledges the party TO a
continuation of the policies of Wash.
ington, Jefferson and Monroe and to
an international association which
shall provide international courts, de-
velop international law and secure in
slant and general international confer
ence whenever peace shall be threat
ened.
To many this must look like an In.
dorsement Of the principle Of League
of Nations although nothing is said
about mandates nor the duty of Amer
lea to take part in foreign embroll.
ments. On the other hand the plank
specifically states that the United
States shall have the right to deter
mine In advance what is just and fair
without becoming involved rs particl-
pant or peacemaker In foreign quar-
rels. Much of this was gone over In
the senate debates and II always
caused division In the Republican ma
jority, but at the convention II seemed
to satisfy all parties. Johnson claims
a victory, Lodge claims victory, 9th.
ers who were opposed to both of them
claim victories and everybody is
happy with the opponents hugging
each other today whereas yesterday
they were enemies. with certain "ir.
reconcilables' threatening to bolt the
party. No such an example of the
oillng Of troubled waters has ever pre-
vlously been seen and the master hand
Of Elnhu Root is said to be the one
that penned the remarkable compro-
mise.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

Morganton Miss Rachel Corpen-
ing, young daughter Of Mr. and Mrs
Homer Corpening. Of dorgaAton, met
most tragic death by drowning al
the lake OF Bridgewater.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

An unique feature Of the convention
was the maverick character OF
the delegations. Never. at least
In recent times. has such an as
semblage OF Embossed and UNI
branded individuals come together
for the purpose of nominating can
didate for president. Many old-timers
who had taken an active part in for
mer occasions of the kind, were forced
into back seats or were passive on
lockers from the side lines. New faces
and younger men were everywhere in
evidence. Probably larger proper
tion than ever before were unacqualnt-
ed with the game of politics. This fact
prevented the huge body from getting
into customary grooves and made the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

Turkish nationalist forces defeated
government troops and advanced to
within five and half miles of Ismid,
which caused the British to close the
Gulf Of Ismld which controls the APP
proach to Constantlnople of all craft
from the Black sea. American wom-
en- relief workers who recently evac-
uated the Caucasus to escape being
caught In the red drive are returning
TO Batoum. Hopes are entertained for
the resumption on a limited scale Of
relief work in Armenia, which country
is reported to be combating the inter-
Tor bolshevik movement Fighting
against the French in Cilicia has
stopped In accordance with an armls-
tlce pact. The French troops evacu-
ated Thrace where the natlonalists,
the Turkish government and the Bull
garians are uniting to oppose Greek
occupation.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

Reports of operations on the long
battle line of the Poles and Russian
bolshevlki extending from point
north of Dvnsk on the Latvian from
tier to the Dnlester river and the Rou.
manan border show series of at
tacks and counters with the net result
somewhat In favor OF the Poles. Their
campaign is strengthened by the fact
that they are more than holding their
own. Moscow admits an additional
reverse suffered by the bolsheviki near
Perekop at the neck Of the Crlmean
peninsula. but claims TO have recov-
cred some Of the lost ground.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

Winston-Salem. There are Is capt
tai cases TO be tried before Judge
Shaw in the special term Of criminal
court here Three new true bills Of
indictment were returned by the
grand jury.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18
Politics Dad for Women

The anti-suffragists have emerged
from their modest retirement Warn
ed. perhaps by the temperature Of the
weather recently that July is fast APP
preaching the Women's Rejection
League has opened unmistakable
headquarters in the dining room Of
the Raleigh hotel. Here, surrounded
by emphatic anti-lIterature and un-
der a banner proclaiming the poll
ties are bad for women and women
are bad for politics. sits Miss Carrie
Preston Davis, the Virginia represen-
tative nf the league.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

Women will from now on have an
equal voice with men In planning and
managing Republican campaigns. This
is assured through the adoption by
the convention Of the report of the
committee on rules, the chief recon-
mendation of which was that the
executive committee shall have mem.
bership of fifteen instead of ten as
heretofore. The makeup Of the COM
mittee will be seven men, seven won.
en- and the chairman. In addition the
committee will have woman vice
chairman. ranking next In dignity to
the chairman. There will also be an
assistant secretary who will be
woman. The women of the majority
got everything they asked for from the
convention Notwithstanding the fact
that a strong delegation Of their sex
who are opposed TO suffrage was on
hand. These latter were disappointed.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18
irreconcllable elements, will be in

irreconclable elements, will be in a
difficult position.
Indications are that the coalition
Will be obliged to continue at the helm
In order to make an appearance Of
stable government before the allied
powers which will meet at the Spa
conference to settle the amount Of
German PREPARATIONS and other impor-
tant questions. After that confer
ence new elections appear to be
necessity to remove the ambiguous
complexion of German affairs. One
seemingly bright ray from the recent
elections was the small vote polled
by the party Of the extreme left-the
communists or German bolshevists as
they properly may be termed This
happy result, however, was somewhat
vitiated by the extremely heavy vote
polled by the independent socialists
who undoubtedly number in their
ranks many extreme radicals.
The Spa conference at the insist
ence Of Germans and Italians and In
the hope that the United States will
send a representative, has been post
poned until July 3. One of Germany's
big protests at the conference, aside
from the PREPARATIONS bill. viii be
against reimbursing the allied nations
for the expenses of the armies of &C.
cupatlon and of the several control
commissions. These expenses are said
TO amount to upward Of 100,000,000
marks or normally about $25,000,0O0
day. If the conferees can be con-
WINGED that German resources will
stand this big sum In addition to the
huge reparations. the money will be
very acceptable In tightening the mill
tary budgets of England, France, and
even the United States, unless our al.
trulsm prevents the acceptance of q
portion Of 1t.
In spite of the uncertain political
situation In Germany tae problems
with which the Spa conference will
wrestle, the state Of affairs In Russia
and IN the near and far East. a note
Of distinct optimism comes from Eng
land and from sources close TO Prime
Minister Lloyd George. The word Is
that the whole world Is settling down
and that nations gradually are return
Ing to sanity. Ireland is said to show
definite signs of returning to peace on
a basis of permanent connection with
the British empire; Egypt is ready to
abandon Its claim to complete indie
pendence and to accept progressive
constitution; pan-Moslem agitation In
India Is said to be dying down and
the Turkish situation Is clearing. In
this optimistic condition of mind II Is
impossible TO say 10 what extent the
wish fathers the thought. But II Eng
fish problems really are clearing II
argues well for improved conditions
all around. That the principal coun.
tries Of Europe are achieving better
basis, materially Mt least, Is evident
In increased production, more ship
ments to the United States and
slight amelloratlon Of exchange condl-
lions. Past history has shown France
and England at least, TO be wonder.
full In the comeback sense.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-18

The Supreme courts decision up
holding the prohibition amendment
and the Volstead act came at an OPP
perfume time TO relieve the platform
trainers of embarrassment on the
question. The hopes Of antl-prohlbi-
ti0nlsts which went from wet to meist
are now scarcely humid Their only
recourse is In the election of n CON
gress which will repeal or amend the
VolStead law.
Gov. Edward I. Edwards of New
Jersey. who is making the race for the
Democratic presidential nomination
largely on the question Of personal lib
erty, advocates a nationwide refer
endum on the question Of prohibition.
He believes that the sentiment of the
people so expressed. will force an
amendment to the law. His conten-
ton Is that the act goes too far In
attempting to regulate the habits of
millions OF citizens; that II places In
the lawbreaking and criminal class
millions of women all over the coun-
try who make light wines from home
grown fruits for domestic use and
millions Of farmers who make and ma
ture cider from their own orchards;
that by the prohibition of beverages
of light alcoholic content, II has in
creased the Illicit dlstilatlon Of harm
full liquors to twentyfold their former
production; that many Of the agents
OF enforcement both state and fed
eral, have become either blackmallers
of the lawbreakers or partners In
crime; that II Is the main impelllng
cause why 100000 men Of foreign
birth have returned to their native
lands and that 1t menaces the whole
industrial fabric, and millions Of work.
ers are filed with resentment on &C.
count Of the invasion Of their personal
liberties.
The New Jersey executive attacks
the law on several other counts and
one easily discerns that the question
Is going to cut much larger figure
at San Francisco than II has at Chi
cago. In the Republican convention
the only entry similar to Governor Ed
wards was Senator France of Mary
land, and he never had chance, for
at no time was there any prospect of
wet track.
The mirror., 1920-01-08
Magnetism

CONTINUED from page y
with natural magnet, the steel will
likewise become permanent magnet. In
the case of untempered or malleable iron,
it will become magnet only so long as
it has contact with either pole of a per-
manent magnet, and loses its power on
being Withdrawn.
In the case of an electro magnet or in
duction coil, the writer feels himself
obliged to defer full explanation, since
the subject is too vast to permit its being
done justice to in brief synopsis such
as this paper is intended to be. If bar
of malleagble iron be thoroughly insu-
lated and then wound with two or more
coils of copper wire, the primary coil of
copper gage wire than the secondary, and
the tertiary coil still finer and so on, and
then, if an electric current from batteries
or dynamo be passed through the coils of
wire, we have in the core or bar of iron
a powerful magnet. In this sense the
magnetism is inducted into the iron core,
from which we get the term induction
coil. This is the most simple form of an
electro magnet yet the principle is the
same, whether the magnet be used to ring
door bell or to make large and power
full electric motor.
The mirror., 1920-01-08
When Crossing the Equator.

Every sailor who crosses the Equator for
the first time, in the British Navy, has to
go through a certain tsinitiation cere-
mony," wherein he is christened by Nep-
tune. The "Gob" who receives the ini-
tiation is brought before the court, under
goes certain rites, and is then tipped over
backwards into large tank of water. This
equator is the geographical equator
shown on maps and globes-and is quite
different from the magnetic equator, which
is not a straight lire, but Auctuates and
curves. AS soon as one is across the mag
netic equator the compass needle does a
right-about-fac and points to the South
Pole, instead of to the North. There are
two magnetic poles, the north and south,
located at different spots on the earth's sur
face from the geographical poles.
AT the magnetic equator the compass
needle lies horizontally, registering 0 de-
gree. The magnetic equator is irregular,
and crosses the geographical equator in at
least four places. Lima and Bahia I'm
South America), the mouth of the river
Niger Tin Africa, Alden I'm Arabia) and
Madras Qndia), may be named as places
in the vicinity of the earth's magnetic
equator.-Ex.
The mirror., 1920-01-08
What Pep" Is

Vigor, vitality, vim and punch
That's pep!
The courage to act on sudden hunch-
That's pep!
The nerve to tackle the hardest thing.
With feet that climb and hands that cling,
A heart that never forgets to sing
That's pep!
Sand and grit in concrete base
That's pep!
Friendly smile on an honest face
THAT'S pep!
The spirit that helps when another's
down,
That knows how to scatter the blacklist
frown,
That loves its neighbor and loves its
That's pep!
To say "I will'-for you know you can
That's pep!
To look for the best in every man
That's pep!
To meet each laundering knockout blow,
And come back with laugh, because you
You'll get the best of the whole darned
THAT'S PEP!
-AshviHe Push.
The mirror., 1920-01-08
Porto Rico


tOOHs"Ue@ from page ~
total head of 32S feet, power and light
for San Juan and other small villages
twenty miles away.
And with these trips, you have only
begun. did not manage to reach the
Western end of the Island, but heard
much of its beauty and charm. Roads
are the same !: j. e. all you could ask. 1t
is possible to make complete round-the-
island tour, and there are innumerable
cross-paths and side-trips which will oc-
cur as the days pass. On the south is
Guanica, noted for three things, at least
duck hunting, the greatest sugar central
in this part of the world, and as the port
where American troops were first landed
in 1898.
In San Juan you will wish to see Moro
Castle and the other forts. 1t is not very
generally known, but the city is quite un-
dermined with passages, long unused,
which lead from one place of defense to
another. Perhaps you can get permission
to wander through some of these, but that
is unnecessary: the smell of the city abat-
toir is quite as pungent and not so dark.
If you can find West one of the old
colored men at Moro, he may show you
how to catch shark from the great wall
that is fast crumbling to ruin about the
city. AT least, if you have any patience
at all, he will show you the fins of one
within sixty yards of where bunch of
naked boys are playing on a makeshift
raft.
If it is of interest to the Prohibitionists,
Porto Rico is dry. That happened long
before it did in the States. If the enc
mics of Prohibition care to know it, there
are places where drinks can be obtained
at ten dollars the quart and up. Human
nature in Porto Rico is no different from
that of other climes, but bit more color
full.
Really, the best thing to do is to load
your own car on the lower deck $3.50
freight at pre-war prices) and see Porto
Rico at your own leisure. 1t is possible
to see much of the Island from somebody
else's car, or public line which crosses
to Ponce, but there is no comparison in
satisfaction. And if you attempt to hire
car for your own use, with or without
driver, you will find that the American
tourists" fame as spender has reached
even our own little brown brother of the
Caribbean.
One warning only: don't stay too long.
There's lassitude which comes shortly,
proving that it's great place to rest. If
you stay two years, you'll spend the rest
of your life there doing nothing else.
The mirror., 1920-01-08
Making Shoes Last

Shoes are tremendously important sub
ject considered from the standpoint of
health, comfort and the pocketbook, but
mighty few of US give it much consider
alton beyond making sure that those we
purchase are the latest style. Doubtless
our returning soldiers have learned some
valuable lessons and will prove mission
aries in this regard, however.
Gently jokingly-or maybe not so jokingly
accused of having put on the market a,
least one pair of ''rotten'' shoes and the
friend making the charge offered in evi.
dence the pair he was wearing. The man
ufacturer glanced at the shoes and smiled
"Now, bend an attentive ear" he con-
tinued, "and you will learn something tha,
will save you money and me my reputa.
ton. If, when your shoes are the leas,
bit damp. you put them near a fire, or q
heater, they will steam heat and destroy
the fiber of the although you may
not notice any change in the material.
Later the leather will become crisp and
brittle. soon breaking all to pieces and
then you say the material was rotten.
Why it would be just as impossible to
build house out of rotten lumber-res,
assured that the shoe came to you sound.
If the brittle condition appears, the shoes,
while damp, have been near too great 9
heat, although you may not be able to re-
call the time or place. Perhaps they were
jammed against the heater under a trolley
seat, for instance. If shoes are cleaned with
a slightly damp cloth and dressed. once
every week, they will last twice as long q.
If neglected. Selected.