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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-04-15

them are reported to nave alsplayeo
14.an obvious air Of relief" j.. ~,
London, April 14.-Determined
efforts are being made TO reopen the
negotiations between the miners and md
mine owners for a settlement Of the
coal strike. A deputation from the
house of commons visited Premier
Lloyd George about midnight after
Frank Hodges, secretary ef the
miners union, had addressed mem.
bers of the house and explained the
miners points. i,
Evan Williams president of the
mining association announced, at
a late hour chat the. mine owners
would extend another invitation to
the representatives Of the miners to
deliberate both nationally and in the
various districts with the object Of
ascertaining what was feasible to
improve the lot of the lower paid
miners. The owners then again visit
ed Downing street in response to a
summons from the prime minister. 9
New hopes Of resumption Of the
negotiations, therefore, have arisen
through this offer Of the mine own
ers to meet the miaefs's leaders
around new conference table and
also the offer made by Mr.- Hodges
I'M his speech to meeting Of the
members of parliament. In this the
secretary Of miners union said
among other things.
Against District Basis
1--WE are prepared to consider. the
question of wages provided they are
not regardable as permanently on a
district basis, but only of a tempo
rarily character. ~ -.
Mr.. Hodges had friendly recep-
ton, according to the press asso-
cations. The large committee room
OF the house was filled with Union
ists, Coalitionists and Laborites. The
Conservative member, John A. r.
Marriott, presided. Mr.. Hodges ex-
haustively reviewed the situation
and on some points gained the SYM
pathy Of his audience.
Regarding his offer the press as
sociation says that It IS not without
promise OF a peaceful agreement
and will be conveyed to the premier
by. Mr.. Marriott.
The whole labor movement is
asigning itself solidly with the
miners against the government. The
workers seem TO believe that the
hour has struck for a final struggle
assinst what they rightly or wrongly
suspect to be an organized plan on
the part Of the employers to force
down wages.
The prime minister in two hour
conference in the morning with rep.
resentatives Of the triple alliance de.
clared the government would figh!
on refusal to grant a national poo
tef profits There is still some mys.
tsry sabout The actual offer the gov
ernmen made to, the miners. No de.
tails of the. financial assistance con,
tempalted have been given officially
and, according to some intimation:
from the miners side, the govern
ment has only promised assistance
for the period Of a month or sis
weeks, which the miners consider
totally inadequate. This way pos
sibly explain the miners accusation:
which the general public only dimly
comprehends, that the government
is acting solely in the interest of the
mine owners.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-04-15
INCREASE NOTED IN
!: COTTON CONSUMED
AHEAD OF ANY MONTH
SINCE SEPTEMBER. 4s7,sss
BALES UsED-THERE WERE
FEWER COTTON sPINDLEs IN
OPERATION LAST MONTH,
GREATEST DECLINE BEING
IN SOUTH. ... .-,

Washington, April 14.-'Cotton.
manufacturers utilized more raw
cotton during March than in any.
month since last September, total
of 437,sas bales having been con-
sumed during the month, according.
to the census bureaus monthly re-;
port issued today. There were few
er. cotton spindles in operation dur.
ing than in February, the largest!
reduction having been shown in the.
mills Of the cotton growing states
The months total, 32,104,s46, was
353, ,5s2 less than February, with the
mills of the cotton growing states
showing 317,794 Of the reduction.
Cotton consumed was 2O,325 bales
more than in February. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-04-15
BRITAIN IN 1HROES
Or PENDING STRIKE:
UNIVERSAL RESPONSE OF Ia.
/, .RoR TO CAUSE OF MINERS,
sst.ALREADY, SUPPORTED by
HRAILWAY AND TRANSPORT
ORGANIZATIONS. EFFORTs
BEING MADE TO REOPEN
NEGOTIATIONS. -. o."

London, April 14.-The deputa-
ton Of members Of the house OF
commons left the premier's resi-
dence at 1850 o'clock this morning.
They declined tp talk, but many Of
them are reported to have displayed
ttan obvious air of relief" - ~
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30
CROWDING THE SEA SERPENT
Old Friend OF the Ocean Summer
Resorts Makes Way for Pirate
ship From Russia.

We believe but one sea serpent mas
been sighted so far this season. Per
haps II Is still little early, but the
weather has been hot enough to bring
our old friend to the surface, and no
doubt the frightened and delighted
visitors at shore resorts and those
who 60 out to sea in boats for
short distance will soon be rewarded
with a sight of his ugly head or fasci'
mated by the water churned up by
the swishing Of his angry tail. How
ever. It is possible, that the sight more
calculated to thrill will be the pirate
ship from Russia that is moving IN
such a mysterious way its wonders 10
perform. If this Is so, We are certain
that for every view Of the sea ser
pent that is recorded on the part OF
credible witnesses there will be ~
equally credible witnesses who caught
glimpse of the new terror of the
deep long, low and dark, either Just
before It submerged or at the moment
II came to the surface to cast IFS eye
about for n new ship to capture and
sink or to drag away the crew in irons
to Bolshevik Russia. To the elderly
skeptic who inquired where such
craft secured It's necessary fuel the
less critical young woman answered
that 1t probably operated by electric
ity. What could be more probablef-
Hartford Courant.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

Our esteemed neighbor, the
Roanoke Rapids Herald, came out
last week in a special educational
edition, and contained much val
liable information about the pro-
gress of Roanoke Rapids. The
new half million dollar school
building is now occupied. 1t is
two hundred aid twelve feet
square, has two hundred and
sixty windows. 1t has twenty
five class rooms, auditorium with
seating capacity of two thousand,
indoor swimming pool, gymna-
SUM, dining room, kitchen, mu-
sic room and sewing room, in
fact it is modern in every par
ticular. We believe that Roa-
noke Rapids is leading the State
in providing educational facilities
for its children, in sanitation and
in law enforcement, three essen
tials for good citizenship. -Roa-
noke- Chowan Times.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30
Elnmer Worth Small Fortune.

Ten thousand dollars Is an extraor-
binary price for single plant; yet II
was paid by English horticulturlsts
for an orchid raised in America, the
Catteleya gigas alba.
This Catteleya was lowered in l9lO
and exhibited at an orchid show In the
United States, where It was awarded
a gold medal. The plant was found in
1909 In a lot of other specimens OF
Catteleya gigas. 1t was only by chance
that the plant was not sold for dol.
lar or two. The only reason was that
after most OF its companions had been
disposed Of this one. with some others
that were not In very good condition,
was set aside. Finally all the speci-
mems were ported.
To the great surprise of the hortl-
culturists when, next spring, the plant
came up II was with pure white flow.
ers. The plant was sold in London
for perhaps the highest figure that an
orchid ever brought
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

Of an attorney pleading a case recent
ly before the Supreme court of the
state of Idaho. In front of him sat
the judges clothed with their judicial
dignity, listening intently to the case.
The attorney had erred. Judges
should be addressed as "Your honors."
"Gentlemen'--repeated the lawyer,
and the tiniest hint Of smile fitted
across the features Of the men In front
Of him.
Suddenly he stopped, realizing his
blunder.
Il apologize for calling you gentle
men," he blurted out.
Laughter in courtroom Is not
deemed exactly proper, but a joke Is a
Joke and Chief Justice Rice replied
simply, II hope you made no mistake"
Idaho Statesman.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30
MODELS SABER. TOOTH TIGER
Los Angeles Man Has Fashioned a Re-
production OF Most Terrible Pre-
historic Beast.

Gone from the earth before the con-
tract was let for the Pyramids, the fe-
roeious and all-devouring sabertoothed
tiger that ruled the animal kingdom
100000 years ago has no secrets from
the scientists of today and a Los An
geles man even has gone so far as to
sculpture In concrete what he consld-
ers to be perfect reproduction Of
the terrible monster with the sabered
mouth.
The scientist, william Spalding,
has tho sculptured piece In the work.
shop at his residence. He was presi.
dent Of the Southern California Acad-
emy of Science for four terms, and In
that capacity he had occasion to learn
as much about the saber-t0othed tiger
as men of today are permitted to
know.
He was Instrumental In opening the
famous fossil beds at Brea, where the
remains of the tigers were found In
good enough preservation to recon-
struct the skeletons.
From the relics Of the skeletons
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

Carolina, on the 18th, day of April
1921, in Book No. 1924, at page No. 26,
default having been made in the pay
ment of the Indebtedness thereby secur-
ed, ana at the request of the holder Of the
note evidencing the said indebtedness, l
will, on the 9Th, day of October, A. d.
1921, at the hour of 1890 clock P. M,
in front of the Post-office, in Rosemary,
North Carolina, offer for sale at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash
that certain tract or parcel of land in
Roanoke Rapids Township, Halifax
County, State Of North Carolina, the
same being lot No. 20 twenty of plot
No. 20 (twenty-nine) of Patterson Town,
as shown by the map duly recorded in
Book No. 1886, at page No. 7, in the Reg
lister of Deeds office for Halifax Coun-
ty, State of North Carolina. This lot
fronts fifty (5W feet on newly opened
street and extends back towards the
North between parallel lines one hum
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

THE between-seasons wrap, like the
i between-seasons hat, is an acquisi-
ton to the wardrobe that proves to be
a very accommodating thing. 1t makes
Its appearance at any time Of the year
In weather that demands 1t, and
passes under the scrutiny Of the crit
ical quite sure of their approval. 1t
is made to suit weather conditions
rather than seasons.
Midsummer brought In and late sum-
mer is approving some very handsome
knitted garments, capes and coats,
along with tuxedos and sweater-coats,
that have promising future. They are
made In many colors and color COM
binations, and vailed as knitted gar
ments can be, by the use of different
kinds Of stitches In the process Of
making them. Many of the capes are
accordion plated and many both
striped and plated. For making col
lars, cuffs, borders and all trimmings
angora cloth Is used and the combina-
tion Of the two fabrics Is wonderfully
effective.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30
A FINE EDITION

Our neighbor, the Roanoke Rap
ids Herald, got out a very credit
able edition last week. The
main feature of the paper was
the completion of the half mil
lion dollar school building, which
will do credit to any city in the
State. When it comes to educa-
ton, sanitation and law enforce
ment, Roanoke Rapids is wide
awake. Roanoke News.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30
Mohammedan Law.

In the Moslem state Of Turkey the
laws of the empire rest in principle
on the basis of the Koran, the Hadith,
or tradltionsSOf Mohammed, and the
reported sayings of his successors. all
Of which are binding upon the SOW
ereign Of the state as upon all Mos
lens. Each successive sultan, how
ever. has enacted statutes as suited
his individual purpose and, by virtue
of his absolute authority, his laws
have stood until others have swept
them away. The nearest approach to
a Supreme court justice is the sultan.
He lnterprets ~ the law as he thinks
best for his people.-New York Trib-
une.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30
The Future of Cotton

The boll-weevil condition re-
ported in yesterdays Times is
serious this year, and a peril for
the future. It is SO serious that
it is a duty to confront it calmly
for a permanent campaign against
il, rather than to consider it as
q matter Of a single crob. If the
calamity were inevitable, it could
hardly have come in a better
year. There are years consider
ed by themselves when there is
as much complaint Of an excess
Of cotton as this year there ID of
q deficiency. Last year was not
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30
The Southern Railway nj

The Southern Railway now
protests that its taxes are I'M
fair and discriminatory due to
the action of many of the coun-
ties in reducing real estate valu-
atoms, leaving railway property
where it was placed under the
revaluation act. The other rail-
roads will probably promptly
follow suit, further to the con-
founding of those county COM
missioners whose common sense
gave way before the pressure of
a relatively few hysterical tax
payers.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30
British Museum overcrowded.

The British museum, says London
writer In the New York Post, has
reached the end of Its rope, so far as
space is concerned. BY the law Of
1880 every English author, whether
domiciled at home or In the domlnions,
is obliged to place two coLles Of his
books with the museum, which in turn
guarantees to keep them in good con-
dltlon and make them accessible to the
reading public. The same applies to
newspapers. Space for the latter was
exhausted some time ago and spe-
clal hawdcks was built to store them.
II is row feared that the same plan
will hsve to be adopted for the booka
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

One way of limiting ornaments
would be to require every nation
to place ten times the funds it
spends on ornaments annu-
ally in the hands of an interna-
tional commission to be used in
the work of promoting peace.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

The New York World prints
the interesting information that
the principal grand lady Ku
Kluckeress YVES landed in the
hoosegow in Atlanta in 1919 on a
charge of immoral and disorder
ly conduct. This is the tribe
that is out to protect the pure
womanhood of the nation, etc.,
remember.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

The boil weevil is a distin-
guished but by no means welcome
visitor to Wake county, and the
probabilities are that it will not
be long before Halifax farmers
make the acquaintance of this
insect.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

We wonder how much of that
unemployment is due to unwill-
ingness on the part of the unem-
ployed to recognize the fact that
while the laborer is worthy of
his hire, he can't get any higher
pay than industry will bear.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

exactly one Of the excess years,
but it is the record that the un-
consumed cotton equaled the
consumed, and that the excess of
the carry over" above the nor
NAL carry over" was three
million bales. That was due to
the worlds inability to supply its
wants from our stocks, and is a
large credit against the boil
weevil debit. The pest can be
stamped out, and the necessity is
so great that it must be. 1t
will not be many years before we
shall hear as little of the boil
weevil as now we hear of the
grasshoppers, which used not
seldom to ravage the prairies, or
the rust, which still imperils the
wheat crop. There is nothing
invincible about the boil weevil.
The saying that cotton is
king" arises from its being our
best cash crop, particularly for
export. Corn has become our most
valuable crop because of its i'm
mense volume, and it is develop
ing new Importance as a cash ex-
port crop, but seemingly can
never threaten cotton's throne in
that respect. Cotton is setting
itself up as a rival to steel and
iron as a waverer between con-
ditions of princedom or pauper-
dom. Probably the greatest
fluctuations in the value of iron
and steel were never greater
than in cotton within the past
quarter century. The planters
price has ranged between 4.6
cents a pound and 1856. In 1920
it dropped 81 per cent. That
is ruinous. The planters thought
they suffered from lack of credit,
although the five Reserve banks
of the cotton States were lending
member banks $457, 900, 900, or
26 per cent. of the loans of the
entire Reserve system. In some
of the cotton States Federal
banks lent to member banks
fourfold their reserve deposits,
and more in some cases.
This extension of credit, which
seemed excessive then, has turn
ed out happily so far as it has
enabled planters to recoup on the
old crop their losses due to the
boil weevil. AS the case stood,
the crop for the year ending
August l, this year, was worth
only $94O, 537, 800 against So, IT,
1924, 1868 for the 1920 crop. The
price broke because the world
could not pay that price for cot
ton. If the planters had raised
it, they could not have sold it,
credit or no credit. The estimat-
ed value of the 'carry-over"
was $500, 900. 900, or less than
half the 'carry-over" of either
of the two previous years. That
is now enlarged enough by the
boll-weevil threat to make it
possible that the old value may
return, so far as the world is able
to pay it. There is no telling
how much the world can pay, or
may pay, if there is real scar
city. 1t is certainly more than
it would have paid with an alb
normal stock in sight. New
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30
The Roanoke Rapids Herald

The Roanoke Rapids Herald
cameto our desk this week as a
special school edition of Is pages
and is a very creditable edition
for Brother Stainback and his
corps of efficient workers. On
the front page of the paper is a
large picture Of the new half
million dollar high school build
ing Just completed in Roanoke
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

All cards of thanks, resolutions of re
spect etc., ETC., will be charged for
the rate of ten cents per line. cash
must accompany article in all cases ex-
cept where customer has regular &C.
uont No insertio rs made for less
than Is cents.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30
Our Contemporaries and Our
Special Edition

Brother Stainback, your last
weeks educational edition of the
Roanoke Rapids Herald was a
credit to you, your town and
your office force. -Littleton News
Reporter. -
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

Were you~one of those who
went to take the children" or
did you own up that you wanted
to see the circus?
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

The Chicago Police seem to
have carried bootlegging to a
fine art, even delivering their
wares in patrol wagons.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

All communications should be
addressed to the Herald Publishing Co.
Persons wishing return Of mss, must in
all cases enclose stamps.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

There is something suspicious
about the rise in "all-woo"
suits produced by the advance in
cotton.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

The cape pictured is handsome
wrap for present wear and for fall.
II is shown In plain colors and IN
stripes In a considerable variety OF
colors. In white with a stripe Of or
ange and trimming Of light gray an.
CORA II Is a beautiful wrap but not
without rivals, In vivid green with
white or gray angora. in blue and
white stripes, In tan and brown ana
all the sweater tones"
Duvetyn will assume the responsible
ity Of providing many wraps for au-
tumn. 1t Is made In all colors ana
its texture softens and enriches even
the most vivid Of them. Among the
smartest Of the materials for fall ana
winter appears the reliable and time
honored cheviot, showing vagaries In
its weave as well as plain patterns
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

Present Senatorial activity for
and against the new Harding
treaty must recall old times to
Mr.. Wilson.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

Blackmailing Arbuckle seems
to us about the limit of impossi-
bility.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30
Friday, September 80, 1921

Congress'sins seem to be chief
ly those of omission.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

Rapids, and considered the finest
building of its kind in the State.
-Norlina Headlight.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

In China 1t Is the custom to drink
wines hot. The thrifty Chinese be-
lieve that heated wine intoxicates
more expeditiously than cold wine
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

dred and sixty-five Q65) feet,
This the 9th, day Of September,
A. d. 1921.
E. 7. Clark, Trustee.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-09-30

Looks like a hard winter for
fat moving picture comedians.
The New York herald., 1921-07-10
EAR EAST CRISIS SHAKING EUROPE'S EQUANIMTTY

And in the background there is always
Russia Even il the Soviet alliance, the bar
gain between kema and Lenine, leads TO
nothing. It is certain that in the future. when
real Russia emerges from the present
chaos. the first objective Of that Russia will
be the possession of Constantinople and the
Straits, which were promised to Czarist Rus
sia as reward for Russian effort during
the world war And the nation which holds
these southern gates TO Russia, when that
time comes whether it be Greece, Turkey or
Great Britain, will find itself confronted with
prospect of new struggle.
To-day the whole of the Near East, indeed
of the Mohammedan world, is in ferment.
No man say what will be the limits of
this Greek campaign, which represents a des-
perate effort of Constantine to keep his
throne by retaining the lands which Veni-
zeos by diplomacy won for Greece and the
King by returning placed in jeopardy We
may have a brief campaign ending in fiasco
on one side or the other or we may have
a conflict which will light fires of fanaticism
from the Indian Ocean to Morocco. Both
possibilities are unmstakable.
AS the condition of the opposing armies,
neither seems very attractive. Constan-
tine by banishing the Venzelist officers and
recalling his favorites reduced the army to a
condition in which the defeat of Eskisher
was an inevitable consequence Both the
Greeks and the Turks have been at war,
with very brief Interruptions for many years.
the Greeks since 1912, the Turks since t9l1
Numerically and in the matter of arms and
ammunition the Greeks plainly have the bet
ter. But in fighting capacity the odds seem
to be on the Turk
In any event we seem in for another war
minor war, measured by recent standards,
but a war which may have almost incal-
culable consequences both in Europe and in
Asia.
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