Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-19
Domestic

$40 men working in the shaft Eave
been accounted for.
Organization of the South Atlantic
States association with the object Of
developing the foreign trade interests
OF North Carolina. South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida was effected at
Greensboro, n. c., at conference of
business men and professional men Of
the four states.
Convicted OF manslaughter follow
ing the shooting of Will Higgins alias
Hudgins, in difficulty after the lat.
ter had been reprimanded for an al.
legged insult ttohe American flag in
October, 1917, Eugene Flowers OF Etc.
wah county, Alabama, was paroled
from the state penitentiary by the Ala
bama governor.
Petrie Kimbrough, alias Will Lock.
ett, convicted of Staying Geneva Hard
man, and confessed slayer of four 9TH
er women. died in the electric chair
al the Eddyville, KY, prison
EXtradition proceedings have been
started to bring TO New York City
Mary Tucci, eighteen years old. ar
rested in Atlantic City, on a charge
OF numbering her sister. Mrs. Ange-
lima Cont
Flooded streams have added a fur.
Their menace TO life and property in
southwest Missouri where tornado
killed at least thirteen persons injur
ed a number Of others and did prop
erty damage as yet unestimated.
Virtually the entire membership Of
the freshmen and sophomore classes
OF Clemson college Is. c.. comDr's
ing about four hundred students, left
the college and departed for theiI
homes on special trains following
disagreement with the college author.
tiles. This action resulted from the
refusal Of the college authorities to
reconsider the case OF two cadets sen
fenced to dismissal for their alleged
refusal to perform duties assigned
in the mess hall and kitchen.
Freda LASER, for whose murder
Harry S. New is serving prison
sentence of from ten years to life kin
ed herself, said an affidavi; BY Mis-,
Eda Clancy, News half sister. The
documet set forth what Miss Clancy
termed the truth told by New for the
first time, Its appearance followed
by a few hours the filing in the -
pellate court at Los Angeles a pet
ton to obtain new trial for Neu.
Advocates OF license added nearly
one hundred towns, dry a year ago,
to the met column in the town meet
tngs held recently in Vermont. Re
ports TO the secretary Of sac from
232 towns out Of the 24T cites and
towns received up to March 10 show.
ed that i25 towns voted yes, lQ1 voSed
no, two were tide on the Qeusion and
four took no votes.
West Virginia has at last ratified tho
federal suffrage amendment Final
action on the amendment vas taksz
By the senate in adopting the ra1ifk
cation resolution OF the house Of dshe
gates by vote Of Is to IL
The Central Federated uuiGR's threat
to recommend general ssrike q sSh..
300 union men in New York uxeSs
immediate relief is provided zgzaSs
he high cost Of living. especially rap
IDLY increasing rents. is the szessa
If series OF coufereaces between
Mayor Hylan and Z L Hannah zaa
Ernest Bohm, president and ssSre-zry
If the union, respectively.
Glenn Shockey. cashier Of the South
Side bank. Of Kansas City. akE<Euri
vas killed by enc of four hznaEfx waa
.ried to hold up the hsRk- An ok
icial Of the hank YES slightly Egma&
ID An attempt by the jxziErr 70
tssist in preventing the exrxznce sf
he men resulted in further xhotz be.
ng fired.
The United States erezit court n
.ppeals at ST Louis resersed rss VET.
lict by which Mira Rnre Pastor SazsRa
sas convicted IN Kansas City IN Ruus.
s1s. OF violating the espionage ags
nd remanded the ease lar new trial
fra. Stokes. q wealthy New York So,
ialist, was sentenced to ten yearx' im
Abolition Of the Cigarette In ths
United States by 1876 is tia aim cf
be International Cigarette League,
Thich has been organized NJ success
II to the Anti Cigarette League 10
'hicago' A campaign for Sla&s0o 10
AIRY on the work viii begin soon
An FL Paso. Texas. dispatch says .
90 passengers Of the Mexico CITY sx-
ress on the National Railway Of Mex. ,
20, Chihuahua City TO Mexico Cry,
Tere driven from their coaches at the !.
oint Of bandits rifles near Corrali-
d, Chihuahua. and we're stripped and
obbed in the name of Francisco villa
An order On the Bank uf Montreal
the bearer TO $l.ee0,nao in
abroad bonds was picked up in the
treet in New York in the financial {
istrict by Harry Kahn. I7-year-old !
oy. He was given . reward Of 81
Plans for the formation Of . csty-
ide organization Of tenants to fight
mt increases deemed to be cxorni !.
mt Is under way In Chicago. A sec
'tary and business agent win be at
e head Of the various district c0un-
Ii. There win be a central coun- :
composed OF Representatives Of ths I
organization.