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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-14

John McDuffie. father of the present i Congressman McDuffie, near Myrtle
 wood. Burrows was lodged in the Lin den jail. but escaped, and under cover of morning mists, made his way to a store, in which Carter and McDuffie were sleeping, to regain his gun. He was armed, and Inquired the way of a negro. On hearing Burrows voice. Car ter seized his gun. and when Burrows
 opened the door, firing as he did SO,
 Carter shot him, inflicting the fatal
 wound.
 Carter himself bore to his grave
 wounds inflicted by Burrows. He was
 shot above the heart. and his left arm
 was always useless as a result of the
 gun fight with Burrows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-14
CONSTANTINE READY
Departure for Venice This Afternoon
 Will Be Informal
By Assosiated Press

DS Assoehdteu HrSsS
 Lucerne. December 13-The members of Constantine's suite, with their fami- lies and servants, will leave tomorrow for Brindisi, from which port they will depart for Athens. The departure of Constantine himself for Venice tomor- row afternoon will be informal and the same as that of ordinary travellers. According to additional details of the programme of the Greek government, telegraphed to Constantine today, the latter will arrive at Phaleron, four afternoon.
 The party will pick up the Greek council of ministers and Crown Prince George at the Island of Melos and they will join in the triumphant entry into Greece. Before landing at Phaleron. Constantine will don the uniform of a. genera1issimo in the Greek army
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09

NO Reply 10 tho ProsIoont.
Governor Beckett had not sent any
reply, and 1t may be that he will not,
to President Wilson's message sent
from Washington to the governor,
saying:
II am sure ] need not point out to
you the critical Importance Of the
action OF your great State in the
matter Of the suffrage amendment.
v WOODROW WILSON"
Governor Beckett may not send any
reply to the message, as 1t was not
In terms of question,
The governor, however, said regard.
ing the suffrage question:
81 sincerely hope that the Tennes'
see legislature will meet and ratify
the equal suffrage amendment and
thereby relieve North Carolina OF 1t.
We have neither the time nor the
money and such action on the part
OF Tennessee would sava this State
the feeling of bitterness that would
surely be engendeled by debates on
the subject that would come up in
our Legislature"
The governor Is not for woman suf-
frage. He stated to newspaper men:
81 have said al! intend saying on
the subject in behalf OF ratification.
While will take my medicine, | will
never swear that 1t tastes good, for
1t doesn't"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
REPLIES TO TRADES COUNCIL
Labor Organizations Should UnItedIy
and theoretically Fight Against
Rs-Establishment Of Reaction.

Nwe York.-A letter written by Will
liam G. McAdoo, In which he appeals
TO all labor organizations to exert
themselves "energetically, intelligent
ly and unitedly against the re-estab-
lishment OF reaction in America" was
made public here.
The latter under date Of June II,
was in reply to communication from
John J. Munholland, secretary of the
metal trades council of New York city
and vicinity, which informed Mr.. Nc.
Adoo that more than $4,000 wage
earners represented by the council
recommend you as the most popular
candidate for President that the Dem
ocratic party could possibly name"
After thanking Mr.. Munholland for
the unsolicited and unexpected en-
dorsement," the letter continues:
"The rights of humanity must be
put above the rights of property, but
the rights Of each should be protected
within Its just limitations"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
GIFTED SPEECH TO
THE PHON0CRAPH
SENATOR HARDING DELIVERED
A RECORD SPEECH IN WAX
ON "AMERlcANisM."
COOLIDGE DOES LIKEWISE
Speaks on Law and ORDER" Defines
Need Of America az "Broader,
Firmer Faith In People.

MISUNDERSTANDING the nation
requires no council Of foreign powers
to point the way Of American duty"
Senator Harding, republican nominee
for President, In his first campaign
speech, urged the preservation OF
Americanism as the first and highest
endeavor Of all citizens Of the repub-
lie.
The candidates first utterance OF
the campaign was heard by no audi
ence, being made for photographic
record to be released on the fourth Of
July and to be used throughout tho
campaign. A copy OF the senator's ad
dress was made public at his office
and with 1t a speech made last week
by Governor Coolidge, Of Massachu-
sets, the party's vice-presidential
nominee for similar purpose.
Senator Harding chose American
ism" as his subject, while Governor
Coolidge spoke on Law and Order"
America, Mr.. Harding said, does
not mean to hold aloof; chooses no
isolation and shuns no duty, but, he
continued, I'VE arrogate to ourselves
the keeping Of the American CONT
nent and every concept Of our moral
obligation"
In urging maintenance Of law and
order, Governor Coolidge defined the
need of America as a broader, firmer,
deeper faith In. the people-a faith that
men desire to do right, that tie gov
eminent is founded upon a righteous
ness which will endure"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
ACTION TAKEN ON
IRISH QUESTION
SUBCOMMITTEE PLANK ON THE
SUBJECT DlsAPPRovED BY
FULL COMMITTEE
SETTLED AFTER LONG DEBATE
Proposed Plank PiedeIng Diplomatic
Recognition Of Irish Republic 10
Decisively Voted Down

San Francisco.-Under a plank
adopted by the platform committee,
the Democratic party would express
sympathy with the aspirations Of the
Irish people for self government es'
pecially such action in the matter as
would be consistent with international
comfy and usage
The action was taken after long
debate during which the committee
rejected the subcommittee plank pro-
posing to leave the question to the
league of nations and voted down
the proposal for a plank pledging
diplomatic recognition OF the Irish
republic.
A plank merely to express SYM
patty for the Irish people in their as
plrations for self government then
was offered. but before the commit
tee acted on 1t, Frank p. Walsh, head
Of the American commission for Irish
independence was granted hearing
behind closed doors.
Mr.. Walsh advocated plank
pledging the party to diplomatic rec
ognition of the Irish republic. He
declared he had been instructed by
a caucus Of about 200 Irish sympathiz-
ers who are convention delegates to
say that any thing less would be con-
sidered an evasion OF the issue.
Mr.. Walsh was not permitted to
argue before the committee. however,
a request that he be given that priv
ilege being voted down after he had
gone into the committee room.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
MUST COMPLY WITH
THE SANITARY LAW
VIOLATIONS IN ONE COUNTY
OBSERVED AND OFFENDERS
CONVICTED AND FINED
SPECIAL INSPECTORS At WORK
Object Is to Prevent the Spread OF
Focal Diseases Such az Typhoid
Fever and Summer Complaint.
Raleigh.

Citizens of Laurinburg who have
allied to comply with the state SAM
tary privy law were indicted and tried
befort the local recorder as result
of Investigations by a special agent
OF the state board fhealth. Included
in the number was John F. McNair,
one Of the largest property owners
in Laurinburg, who has persistently
refused to sanitate his property In &C.
cordance with the law.
Special inspectors OF the state
board of health are operating In
number of sections Of the state check
ing UP cases where the law has not
been complied with since previous In
spections were made. Six defendants
were recently fined at Norwood. The
state health authorities are working
as rapidly as possible to bring about
a complete observance of this law
whose purpose is to prevent the
spread of focal borne disease, such
as typhoid fever and summer com
plant among babies.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
BOTH VETS AND DRYs ARGUE
Anti-Saloon League Paid Bryan for
"onIy -Four Months' of Service In
Behalf of Prohibition

San Francisco. open wrafare over
prohibition. the Irish question, and
other troublesome issues of the Demo
cratic platform began today in .
storm swept committee hearing while
in private the leaders continued their
negotiations for a settlement to keep
the hostilities from spreading later to
the floor OF the convention itself.
A momentary defeat was admins.
tered the Bryan dry legions In the
full platform committee when pre-.
llminary battle for position on the
speakers list was decided In favor Of
the vets by vote of 81 to rs. When
the drys were forced to 90 ahead, Mr..
Bryan took charge Of the time allot.
ted to that side. but divided all Of 1t
among other speakers representing
the Anti-Saloon League, church asso.
Citations and other prohibition organ.
izations.
For the vets, W. Bourke Cochran,
Of New York, was the chief spokes-
man during a debate in which Mr..
Bryan was called upon to explain his
connections with the Anti-Saloon
League. He denied that he ever had
received compensation from the
league. except for flour months of
last year, for certain public speeches"
The issue was argued in such mill
tant fashion that the crowded commit
tee room was in almost constant up
roar. Opponents of the proposal for
recognition Of the Irish republic were
kept under hail OF heckling and de.
rlsion from Irish sympathizers.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Ex.Postmaster Buys a Paper.

Mount Airy.-Attorney ]. H. Carter.
who for the last seven years has been
postmaster of this city, has purchased
the entire plant OF The Times-Leader
intending to enter the newspaper
field when his resignation becomes et-
fective
Mr.. Carter will rename his paper
The Renfro Record, the first issue Of
which will appear on July IA. Tho
sheet will be published as weekly at
first, later increasing the plant to
semi-weekly, covering the news Of tAs
entire county.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
'ORPHANAGE DAY.
At BROWNSVILLE
DIPLOMAS WON BY n GIRLS
AND ONE BOY AND MEDALS
WERE PRESENTED THEM
fine REPORT BY TRUSTEES
II was Learned Privately a Fund of
$4,000 10 In Sight for Erection
Of a Girls Building

Townsville. - "Orphanage Day
rev large crowd, and the spacions
auditorium was filled with Interested
spectators when the exercises began
The first hour was devoted to exsr-
cises by children of the orphanase-
The next hour was given to the all
nual address, which was delivered BY
Raymond Dunn, Of Enfield. The
speaker expressed the opinion tina.
Thomasville Baptist Orphanage is ths
greatest institution in North Carolina
General Manager M. L. Kesler than
announced the winning Of diplomas
by 81 girls and one boy. The medals
were presented in neat speech by
Gerald Johnson, of the Greensboro
News.
Afterwards the trustees made their
report through their president, +. r.
Hobgood, who stated that $l6 per
month Is now required per capita.
whereas about Ave years ago 1t was
Just half this amount. He stated fur
Their that the general contribution
fund has run $4,000 more the past
year than the year previous, which ~
as it should be, in view of increasing
expenses. DR.. Hobgood further stat
ed that Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Haywood
Of Durham, had given $4,000 for the
equipment of a kindergarten for the
Miles Durham Nursey.
It was learned privately that a fund
of $4,000 is in sight for the erection
of a girls building, the donors Mans
being withheld.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
To Accommodate State Teachers.

In order to accommodate approx
nately 1000 teachers who wish to
raise their certificates to become ben.
efciaries of the new scale of salaries,
the State department of public in
struction, working through A. r. Allen.
will open two additional summer
schools in North Carolina. They will
open somewhere around July IL. One
will be located in the eastern part Of
the State. the other in the western
section.
Besides that at Chapel Hill, summer
schr OILS are being conducted now at
the State College, Raleigh; the State
College for Women, the East Carolina
Teacher Training School, Lenoir Col
lege, the Collowhee Normal and the
Appalachian Training School, All
these institutions are crowded.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
oteon Hospital Is To Be Known
Hereafter as o'Reilly Hospital

Asheville.-The United States gen.
eral hospital No 10 at Oteen will be
known hereafter as the 0'Reilly gen.
eral hospital in honor of the late Ma.
jor General Robert Maitland O'Reilly,
surgeon general of the army from
1902 to 1909, according to advices re-
ceived in this city from Washing
ton. change in The mans of this army
hospital is In line with a general pol.
icy Of the war department.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Date Of Special Session.

The special session of the North
Carolina legislature will be called by
Governor Beckett to meet either in
the last week Of July or the first week
in August.
That the session will not be called
earlier is due to the fact that the state
tax commission will not have its work
completed ~ its report ready before
about August /. Two months ago 1t
was thought that the commission
would have its report ready for the
governor by July Is.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Railroad Conductor klllsd.

Spencer.-G. e. Fraiey, a conductor
on the Southern railway yard at Spep-
Ger for seven years, was killed by be.
ing caught between two box cars be-
ing sideswiped on the yards.
He was mashed about the hips aaS
was otherwise bruised, living an hour
after the accident at the hospital
whore he was rushed for treatment.
An operation failed to bring relief.
Captain Fraley was we'll known ana
popular. He is survived by wife
and one young son.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Cost Of Race for Senator.

Washington. (special) During the
primary campaign In North Carolina
all candidates expended total Of
$26,71S. ,N
The two candidates for the senate
spent the largest sums, totalling 49,.
ESQ. A. L. Brooks: campaign cost
him $4,979.S0, as against $4,302,61
spent by Senator Overman. Brooks
reported $2,155.02 before the primary
and $2,S2S.7S after. Overman reported
s2,496.S4 before the primary and ST..
S05.77 after.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
1000 Prisoners Of War to The
BoIshevIk Drown in Neva River

London.-Two thousand British,
Austrian. German and Finnish prison
ers of war were drowned when boil.
shevik steamer was sunk recently in
the Neva river, according to Helsing-
fors dispatch to the Central News. A
Reuters report from Stockholm would
seem to confirm this dispatch.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Allotment for Vocational Work.

Washington, Especially A tentative
allotment Of $4,000 as a total for
four years, has been made to North
Carolina for vocational rehabilitation
work under a recent act Of Congress
This sum can be spent in the State for
training persons injured in industry
provided that the State government
appropriate an equal sum for expen-
diture in the work, The allotment Ia
made on basis Of population, and for
the first year North Carolina is allot.
ted $4,000 from the federal treasury.
The next three years calls for $4,000
each year.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Capital Stock of $50,ooo,o 900 10
Provided For In Recent Charter.

Boston.--Capital stock Of s5O,0Oo,-
900, the largest amount authorized in
this state, is provided for in the
charter of Liggetts International lin.
tied, Inc. granted by the commission.
err Of corporations. The company,
which is given the right to engage in
many lines from drugs to livestock.
and real estate, is to
be holding company, It Is under.
stood, for the United Drug companyh
foreign subsidiaries.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Road Work at a standstlII.

Construction work on upwards OF
200 miles of hard surfaced highways
in the State is at standstill as re-.
suit of the order issued by the Inter
state Commerce Commission against
hauling anything in open top freigh
cars except coal, No crushed stone ia
available, and most of the quarries
have shut. down.
Frank Page, chairman Of the State
Highway Commission, said that the
situation is most serious. Contfac
OTIS at work on roads are unable 70
hold their workmen together.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Flour Declines In Price Thirty
to Fifty Cents In Minneapolis

Minneapolis.-Flour dropped 80 to
so cents a barrel at the mills here. The
decline was due to sharp break in
the wheat market.
Quotations at one representative
mill for family patents were lowered
to 1880 from $14.00 a barrel.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
CASTOR Means Renews His Fight
For the Millions Of Mrs. King.

Chicago.--Gaston B. Means and
Mrs. Mary C. Melvin renewed their
fight In the courts for the millions of
the late James c. King, millionaire
lumberman. Mrs. Melvin Is a sister
Of Mrs. King, who died of bullet
wound at Concord, N. G. Means, her
attorney, was tried for her murder.
Their case Is based on an alleged
will leaving Kings estate to his wife.
The will was declared spurious by the
Conk county probate court.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
A Request For Exemption.

Resolutions passed by the executive
committee OF the North Carolina Good
Roads Association here commit the
association to requesting the 1921 ses-
sion of the General Assembly to sub
nit constitutional amendment ex-
empting public improvement bonds
from taxation, as one of the first steps
toward floating an eventual bond issue
for the construction of state sys-
tenn of hard-surfaced roads. The mat.
ter was first brought up in the re-
cent meeting of the association in
Asheville.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
School Teacher is Convicted and
Fined For Teaching Hun Language.

Aurora. Neb.-Robert T. Meyer was
found guilty in district court on a
charge of violating state law de-
signed to regulate foreign language in
struction in Nebraska schools. Meyer
was charged with teaching German
during school hours. He was fined SIS
and costs.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Protest Entered Against Summary
Discharge of 20 Year Old Employees

Washington Representative Lehl
bach, Republican, New Jersey, IN a
letter to President Wilson, protested
against Postmaster General Burleson's
ruling that all employees in the postal
service who have reached the age Of
70 years must retire under the civil
service retirement act.
Mr.. Lehlbach, who was one Of the
authors OF the act, called attention to
the laws provision permitting EN-.
ployes 70 years old to remain
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Students Of the r. o. T. c. to Be
Taught Life-Savlng and Swimming.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps in va
rious camps this summer will be in;
structed in life-saving and swim.
ming by personnel of the first aid
bureau of the American Red Cross, it
was announced. The suggestion was
made by secretary OF war. Colonel c.
H. Conner, medical corps, U. S. A.,
in charge of the first aid bureau, will
represent the Red Cross in working
out the details of the project. Courses
will begin July 25.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
American Delegates to Suffrage
Convention at Geneva Come Back

New York-American delegates to
the International Suffrage Alliance
Congress, held in Geneva last month,
headed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
president of the National Woman Suf-
frage Association, and Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, wife Of the secretary Of the
navy. returned here on the steamship
Lafayette.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
PuddIers Strike at Steel Mills
} In Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Pittsburg. Pa.-Five hundred and
fifty iron puddlers failed to report
for work at the mills Of the A. NJ. By
ers company and the Brown Incorpor-
ated company here. H. s. Reese,
vice president of the Amalgamated
Associated Iron, Steel and TIN Work
ers, announced. They will remain
out, he said, pending settlement Of
the wage controversy at Columbus
between representatives OF the union
and employers.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Bringing MannIng's Body Home.

Washington, Especially. THE graves
registration service of the war de-
partment informed Senator Simmons
that the body Of Lieutenant Frederick
Manning, son of Attorney General
James s. Manning, was on board a
ship that sailed from Brest on June n.
It Is expected to arrive at Hoboken
around July Is or 16.
Lieutenant Manning was attached
to the fourth trench mortar battery
when he died. He was stricken with
pneumonia soon after reaching
france.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
A Woman Delegate From Kentucky
Throws Bombshel Into the Camp.

San Francisco.-A declaration OF
Miss Laura Clay, a descendant of
Henry Clay and delegate-atlarge
from Kentucky, that Chairman Cum
mings' speech should not be endorsed
threw caucus Of woman delegates
into an uproar Eventually the speech
was Endorsed. All seemed serene and
the chairman's speech was being com.
plimentsd, when Miss Clay suddenly
arose and launched an attack on the
league of nations portion
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Want Ten.cent Car Eares.

What is said to be the beginning OF
a movement for 10.cent street car fares
all over North Carolina was launched
before the corporation commission by
the Durham Traction company.
Representatives of other power com
panies were there to hear the argu-
ment. The commission took the mat.
ter under advisement.
II the 10-cent fare asked by the
Durham company is granted a gen.
eral filing of petitions by companies
operating in every North Carolina
city is looked for.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
congregatfonaIists From Many
Lands Attend Decennial Council

Boston. - Congregationalists from
many lands were here for the fourth
decennial international Congregation
al council. Nearly 5000 delegates,
representing $4,000 Congregational
churches in all parts Of the world have
registered.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Bandits Raid Port au Prince and
Set Fire to Several Buildings

Kingston, Jamaica.-Bandits haev
raided Port au Prince, the Haitian
capital, according to passengers arriv-
ing here from that city. Several
buildings were set on fire by the at
lacking party.
1t Is reported that d secret effort to
overthrow the president of the Hal
tian republic is being directed from
abroad. Revolutionary sympathizers,
however, are said to be in fear Of
American vigilance on the island.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Iennessee Governor Wired To.

The Southern Rejection League OF
North Carolina has sent the following
telegram to the governor OF Tennes
see:
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
A Strike Of Textile Workers Has
Broken Out In the State Of Mexico

Mexico City.-The council OF spin.
ners has declared a strike to be called
within " hours and to involve $4,000
workers employed in 80 mills in the
federal district and the State Of Mexi-
CO, says The Universal.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09
Foreign Count Makes Bequest
Which Is Unanimously Rejected.

Providence, r. l. = The common
council by unanimous vote concur
red with Mayor Joseph H. Gamer, re-
jecting a bequest to the city by the
late Count Paolo Bajnotti Of urin.
Count Bajnottis will contained a
provision creating trust OF $4,000,
the interest OF which was to be de-
oted annually to a young lady Of
Providence who, being 20 years old.
and a daughter Of the
common people, will best deserve it,