Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-07-01
Domestic

The steamer PlelaQeS vi the Mopho
liners arrived in Mobile, Ala, from
New York. to inaugurate the Mobile
to the Pacific coast service via the
Panama canal. The steamer will carry
a large consignment Of Alabama made
steel and iron products to the Pacific
coast cities.
Seven persons are reported to have
been killed and many injured in the
collapse of the Grand theater at
Barnesboro, Pa, recently. Nine per-
sons were rescued from the ruins and
sent to the hospital.
President Harding, in letter to the
National Association for the Advance
ment of the Colored Public in New
York City, recently, said he planned
to proceed as early as possible to study
the race question with view to anne
liorating the treatment accorded to
negroes. as outlined in his message to
congress.
Clarence Hodge, who, 1t is alleged re-
Gently killed a negro at Clarksville.
Tenn, was himself shot and killed by
a negro named Alvin Boyd. 1t was
necessary to remove Boyd to Nashville,
Tenn, to prevent violence. Boyd shot
Hodge in retaliation, the officers opine'
Peoples from the battlefields OF
France will be grown at national head
quarters of the American Legion in
indianapolis, Ind, in memory OF the
late F. w. Galbraith, Jr., national COM
mander of the Legion, who was killed
in an automobile accident in Indian
apolis some time ago.
A new station for watching hurri-
canes on the gulf coast, is planned for
Mobile.
W. "A. Elliott, for the past seven years
business manager of the Jacksonville
Times. Union, was unanimously elected
president of the Southern Newspapers
publishers Association during the
third day of its annual convention at an
Asheville, N. c., hotel.
Recently there were terrific winds
with rising tides around and along the
Teyas gulf coast. A sixty mile gale
swept Corpus Christi. Wind of max
mum velocity of rs miles was reported
from Point Isabel.
Mrs. James A. Stillman will be ar
raigned in Railway, N. j., police station
at an early date for violating the speed
limit in an automobile. She was ar
rested as she was driving from New
York to attend the commencement OK
ercises at Princeton university, 1t has
been learned.
Lieut.. w. A. Dillon, navy, and Lieut.
A. ]. Miller, U. S. M. c.. we're injured
when an No type seaplane which
they were flying, crashed into the
bay at Pensacola, Fla, while they
were making landing. The plane
was wrecked.
Strenuous objections on the par
of Canadians to the advancing OF the
election day at the international XII
wants convention in Cleveland from
Friday to Thursday caused the trus
tees to rescipd the action. Atlanta
Ca, is the efy most prominently men
ton for nsst years convention.
More tpsn four hundred citizens o.
Gulfporty Miss, sent Senator Pat Har
rison Telegram protesting against his
criticism of Admiral Sims recent Lon
don speech.
Five houses were destroyed and two
were unroofed by tornado which re
Gently struck the town of Jacksonville
All, The wife of white farmer i;
tHe only person reported injured.
Every Kiwanian in Cleveland was
OWEN taste Of Georgia watermelon
Ana this is said to have gotten manJ
\ votes for Atlanta as the 1922 conven
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