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

Ratification of the treaty of Yer
sailles by the senate with the excep-
ton of the covenant of the league Of
nations Is to be proposed by Senator
King OF Utah, who says he is draft
ing such resolution. He plans to
address the senate on the subject
Farm renting on the share basis
rather than for cash and curtailment
OF the purchase Of farm machinery are
advocated by the chief of the office Of
farm management. He recently made
this recommendation to the Farm Eco
nomic Association which held SEES.
sion in Washington lasting several
days.
A penal statute for the enforcement
of the woman suffrage amendment to
the Constitution has been proposed
in senate bill introduced by Senator
Jones Of Washington.
The murderer of John Berens, an
American mining man killed last
month In the state of Mexico, Mexico,
has been arrested and is being held
for trial in the state of Michoacan,
the American embassy reports to the
state department.
Authorization was granted by the In.
terstate commerce commission to the
American Railway Express company
to enter into contract with the vari-
GUS railroads over which the company
operates. The contract will supplant
existing contracts between the rail-
roads Of the Wells-Fargo, Adams, Amer
lean and Southern Express companies
the permanent merger of which into
the American Railway Express COM
pany was approved recently by the
commission.
After prolonged and at times heat.
ed debate, the senate sent the house
emergency tariff bill to the finance
committee. Whether the committee
will hold hearings remains to be de-
termined, but some members have ex-
pressed opposition to such a plan.
representatives of the Society for
the Advancement of Colored People
asked congress recently to cut down
the representation from the South in
the house on the alleged ground that
Southern election laws are so admins
tered and interpreted as to prevent
negroes from voting. Appearing be-
fore the house committee considering
congressional apportionment, they
emphatically declared that the laws
of the Southern states were so word
ed as to comply with the intent and
purpose of the federal Constitution
and the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to that Constitution, but
in their Interpretation and administra.
tion negroes were kept from the bal
lot box and consequently had no voice
in shaping the policies and destinies
of the homes in which they lived.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
Flower Boxes Instead Of Trees.

The shores of New England, all the
way from southern Connecticut, which
is almost suburban to New York city,
to the farthest reaches of the rocky
Maine coast, abound in villages whose
natural beauty, especially very near
the water, Is marred by their paucity
of foliage, for trees do not thrive
close to the ocean. OF late years there
has grown up, particularly in the COM
munities which have summer influx
of visitors, a determination to beauti-
fy the barren treeless spots by the
typically English device Of the flower
box. Hundreds Of summer cottage
properties which would, by reason Of
their lack of shade trees, look barren
and commonplace, achieve something
of real distinction by having their
porch rails and window sashes pre-
sent to the eye Of the beholder, lux
urlant growth of trailing ivy In green
box. studded perhaps with bright red
geranium, purple hellotrope, or multi
colored NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sci
ence Monitor.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
/. STARVING CHINESE
NEED AID QUICKLY
A STRONG APPEAL ISSUED BY
GOVERNOR BECKETT IN BE.
HALF OF UNFORTUNATE.
MANY MILLIONS ARE HUNGRY
1--WE Cannot Claim to be a Civilized or
Christian Nation Unless we Mako
an Effort to Avoid a Tragedy"
Raleigh.

Both humanity and good common
sense should move America to give in
response to the plea Of twenty million
starving Chinese says Governor Bick.
EFT in an appeal issued In behalf Of
the relief fund being raised in the ma.
ton to save the lives of the Celestial
republics slowly dying millions.
Giving will not only save the lives
Of these hard driven masses of hu.
manity, but will, through proper ad.
ministration, insure against recur.
renee Of the persent famine. the Gov
ernOr declares. He also urges Con-
gressional relief that will serve not
only to feed the Chinsse, but to relieve
the stagnation Of an over-crowded
American supply. The statement fol.
lows:
"The divinely appointed mission Of
America Is to save civilization. In
1917 we went into the world war and
contributed billions OF dollars and mil
lions OF men to save the civilization Of
Europe. Today we have the chance
to save civilization in China.
starvation stares a whole nation In
the face and unless America rushes to
the rescue twenty-five million people
are doomed to die for lack Of bread.
We cannot claim to be a civilized,
much less a Christian nation unless
we put forth heroic efforts to prevent
such an appalling tragedy.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
The NEWS or The SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The South.
land VIII BE Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Foreign

The population OF France was re.
duced by four million during the war,
said the director of public assistance,
recently, In discussing measures to
be taken by the Seine departmental
council to reduce infant mortality.
Twenty two nations have already
signed the protoco lof the permanent
court Of international justice consti-
tuted by the league of nations. The
protocol provides that the statute of
the court shall become effective as
soon as majority of the nations
represented in the league assembly
shall have signed and ratified 1t by
their various parliaments.
Formal notification has been sent
Lithuania that the railway between
Wilma and Dvinsk will remain Polish
and that the proposed plebiscite will
be held only in territory west Of that
line.
American aviators flying from the
northern frontier Of Mexico toward
Panama may land on Mexican soil, If
necessary, official permission being
given. This permission was In re-
Spouse to request from the United
States government, 1t was announced
at the foreign office at Mexico City.
Calls for the United States, Great
Britain and Japan to curtail naval ex-
penditures by mutual agreement were
featured by number of London news
papers. In following this course the
journals give expression to the anx-
iety which has prevailed here since
the receipt Of reports of the new
American naval program-an anxiety
which may be traced to the assump-
tion that if the United States builds
a big navy, Great Britain must do
likewise.
News papers of this city expect to
give much publicity to the expected
arrival at Mexico City Of William G.
McAdoo, who is said to be represent
ing stockholders of the Mexican Ma
tional railway. Some journals assert
that Mr.. McAdoo will play an i'm
portant part in the contemplated re-
turn of the national lines by the gov
eminent to the original owners.
William T Tilden. III. worlds cham
pion tennis player for 1920, defeated
Norman L. Brookes of the Australian
team at Auckland, New Zealand, in
the first event Of the Davis cup cham
pionship tournament.
Germany has announced that she
has reduced her Effective army to one
hundred thousand men, in accordance
with her agreement with the allies.
The PHILIPPINE department of justice
will soon investigate the cause Of the
recent riots, it is announced by the
governor general.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
Major Graham's s1st Birthday.

Major w. A. Graham, for the past
90 years Commissioner of Agriculture
for North Carolina, celebrated his
eighty.first birthday at the home OF
his son, w. A. Graham, Jr. All OF his
children were present, Misses Carrie
and Evelyn Graham. Major Graham
received hundreds OF congratulatory
letters and kilograms from friends
over the state, and many from other
states.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
REMOVING SNOW FROM ROADS
Becoming increasingly Important Be-
cause Of Large Amount of Travel
During Winter.

Snow removal from highways Is be-
coming increasingly important be-
cause of the large amount of travel by
motortrucks and automobiles. Sew
eral states have made appropriations
for removal of snow from the main
highways hut in other states there has
been no appropriation of funds for
this purpose. Vast quantities of COM
modities must be hauled over the high
ways next winter because Of the lack
of sufficient railway cars to move them,
and state money, rather than local
funds ought to be used to keep truck
highways open.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07

sidewalk together, putting a flight Of
short steps, two and one half feet
wide, between the driveway strips,
making the whole a solid piece of ce-
Ihent work. At each side he built
a retaining wall to hold the lawn
earth In place.
AT the top Of the steps a narrow
walk branches off, leading to the front
porch Of the house.
The general scheme Is decidedly
effective, and the owner says he saved
considerable money in labor and ma
terlal by building in combination rath-
er than by putting In a separate drive
way and walk. picture Of this drive
way with steps in place of the usual
grass strip Is shown aboye.-popular
Science Monthly.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
worklnomen,s CONDENSATION Act.

The Cotton Manufacturers associa-
tion Of North Carolina will ask the
coming session OF the general assem-
bly, to pass a workingmen's compensa'
ton act for the state, according to
Hunter Marshall, Jr, secretary of the
association. The association. Mr.. Mar
shall said, will have a meeting at Raj.
eigh about January IS, this to be It's
mid-winter meeting, and will then
bring pressure to bear upon the men,
bers Of general assembly to enact
such measure.
In this connection. It was learned
that James L. Delaney. state senator
from Mecklenburg county. is drawing
a bill for presentation to the general
assembly which probably answer the
request of the association OF cotton
manufacturers.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
"Fsclng The Facts"

Facing the Facts. is the story that
the Association for Production Of Ed.
ucation In North Carolina proposes to
carry to the people of the state; and
the first series of facts bearing on the
situation relative to North Cardinals
equipment for higher education are
given In broadside that would seem
to be startlingly convincing, dis.
closing situation that can be cata.
logued as nothing short OF desperate
1t has been previously given out that
some 1890 of the young men and wo.
men Of North Carolina seeking an op-
portunity for higher educational de-
velopment were this year unable to
find accommodations In the colleges
OF their state; but the association
gives fret detailed, authentic infor
nation covering the whole ground on
this point.
The figures show further that with
a total Of 1893 making application
for entrance to the various institu
tions, approximately one out of every
five had to be turned away. Point is
made further that $500 fortunate in
finding accommodation at all are now
working under the severe handicap OF
Over-crwding, the instances being
not few where these students are
packed three and four to room--a
condition that is a menace to health
as we'll as bar to comfort and fruit
full work.
The association evidently feels no
part of the misgivings held by certain
of the politicians, as recently reported
from Raleigh, relative to the mention
OF money In a loud voice. 1t goes
straight to the heart of things--that
these institutions, the remaining as
sets of a state educational bankrupt"
need, and are asking for, the sum
Of 100000 to be devoted to execu'
ton of building program extending
over period of six years.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
Washington

Joint stock agricultural banks for
making loans secured by staple agri.
cultural products stored in warehouses
licensed under the United States ware
house act and secured by warehouse
receipts, would be authorized under
an amendment to the federal farm
loan act introduced in the senate by
Senator Harrison of Mississippi.
President Wilson celebrated his
Saith birthday December 2S, receiving
numerous messages of congratulation.
Two of the presidents daughters,
Miss Margaret Wilson and Mrs. w.
G. McAdoo, were with him for the oc-
casion, as was DR.. Stockton Arson,
brother Of the presidents first wife.
AT night the president and Mrs. VIII
son attended the wedding Of Miss Mar
jorie Wilson Brown, cousin of Pres.
ldent Wilson's first wife.
Agencies to protect the rights of
Mexican workmen in the United States
will be established by the Mexican gov
eminent at Laredo, Piedras, Negras,
Mexicalo and other border towns, be-
ginning next January, 1t was announc-
ed recently at the Mexican embassy.
The mess room and several state
rooms In the officers quarters on the
presidential yacht, Mayflower, were
burned out while the yacht was tied
up at the navy yard in Washington.
A board Of inquiry was convened to
determine the origin Of the fire.
Admitting interference with the land.
ing on American shores of the West
srn Union cable from Barbados and
stating that they acted under direct
orders of President Wilson, Secreta-
ry Colby, Baker and Daniels filed in
The district supreme court their an
swers in the suit brought by the tele-
graph company for an Injunction re-
straining them from preventing the
landing of the cable line.
Declaring there would be no force"
bill passed to reduce Southern repre-
sentation in congress, Representative
Aswell, Louisiana, ranking Democratic
member of the house census commit
tee, predicted the Siegel bill, which
would make the membership of con-
gress under the present census, 4S4,
will be reported out by the committee
and passed at this session of congress.
THE Siegel bill will pass because it
is fair and non-partisan," Mr.. Aswell
declared in statement following the
beginning of hearings by the census
committee on the bill.
Dan w. Simms, who was engaged by
the department of justice as special
prosecutor in cases brought against
coal operators and miners in the fed.
eral court at indianapolis and who re.
signed after differences with Attor.
ney General over the evidence to be
used, has been summoned to appear
before the senate committee investi,
eating the coal situation.
Passage Of the soldier bonus bill
would cost the government approx
mately $4,000, 100000, Secretary Hous.
ton estimated before the senate ii.
nance committee, considering the sol.
diers' aid measure.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07

and cities and all items of slnklng-fund
payments or the redemption and inter-
est payments on road and bridge
bonds have been excluded.
The road and bridge expenditures
for 1919 show an increase Of approx
mately 33 1-3 per cent over those OF
1918 and 70 per cent over those OF
1914. More striking, however, Is the
increase in the proportion of the total
funds supervised by the several state
highway departments. In 1913 the eI-
penditures by or under the supervision
Of the state highway departments
amounted to $l17,2S5, 26S, while the
local road funds, over which they exer-
cised no control whatever amounted to
$16S,S12,925. In 1919, however, the
state highway departments supervised
the expenditure of 5000, 292604 as
against the total of S189, l63,237 ex-
pended by the local road and bridge
authorities.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
Alrplanes Bring Trouble.

So many continental airplane lines
now cross Holland that some of the
Dutch cities have adopted ordinances
to prevent the air liners from flying
so low as to become source of dan
ger. France is confronted with other
difficulties arising from the use of the
airplane. Innkeepers have protested
that patrons who arrive by plane have
been in the custom Of flying off again
early in the morning without paying
their bills. They demand an air police
to take care Of the dellnquents.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
Solicitor 10 Unconvlnced.

Unconvinced that the whole truth
has been told about the killing OF
James Purvis Peasants four miles
from Raleigh on the Fayetteville road
Solicitor Hebert E. Norris will begin
a through examination Of the two
white men who accompanied Pleas.
ants on the fatal journey, Leslie Mes
ser and Percy Barbour, and of others
who may have had some knowledge
OF the tragedy.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
IMPROVED ROADS WOULD AID
Many Counties Rich In Agricultural
Possibilities Are Burdened
With Poor Roads.

Fluctuations in market prices may
have several explanations. They fire.
quently take place in regions where
the local production does not equal
the annual consumption. There are
counties rich In agricultural POSSIBLE
tiles, burdened with bad roads, where
the annual incoming shipments Of
foodstuffs exceed the outgoing ship
ments in the ratio Of four to one.
Many such counties with improved
roads could not only become self-sup-
porting, but could ship products to
other markets.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
TREES DO NOT lNJURE ROADS
Instead of Taking All Out It Woultk
Be Better to Thin Out to
SO or rs Feet.

Why cut down all trees along the
highway being graded? We recently
saw two or three dozen large naples
along road taken out entirely. It
would look much better and be as
disable If the row had been thinned
TO so or even rs feet. If the road
were well made the trees would not
lnjure 1t at all. Let's have some shade
on our new roads.-LeRoy Cady, as
sociate hortlculturist, University Farm,
st. Paul.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
HIoh Frejuht Rates Stand.

Washington, Especially The inter
state commerce commission announc'
ed that It had further suspended IN
I'll January %, the operation of GER
tain schedules appearing in tariffs OF
the Atlantic Coast Line, Norfolk &
Southern and Seaboard roads, provid
ing for increases of one cent per hun
bred pounds in the rates on lumber
and other forest products from points
in North Carolina and Virginia to Nor
folk. Portsmouth. Primers Point Port
Norfolk and Suffolk, Va.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
NAV RedIstrIet the state.

washington, Especially Tar Heels
here especially members of the con-
gressionai delegation from North Car
DINA manifest more interest In the
redistricting plan for the state than
ANYTHING else right now. It Is true
that some have indicated that proba'
bly, Il would be safer to allow the dis
tricts to remain as they now exist and
have two congressman from the state
at large, as would be the result II the
legislature should fail to act, but
others contend that 1t would be better
for several reasons to redistrict
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
Home b|uIl
7 Hell W Y
DRIVEWAY AND WALK IN ONE
Effective Combination Shown Here 10
the Idea Of Wideawake Los
Angeles Man.

Once a Los Angeles man bought n
new colonial house with small ga
rage at the rear. There was neither
a driveway leading to the garage nor
steps leading to the house entrance.
The house was so new that only the
lawn In front had been finished.
1t was up to the owner to finish
the Job. But labor and building ma
terlals were costly, the owner was not
a rich man, and he had already spent
several thousand dollars on the ven
ture.
So he developed an entirely new
scheme. He built his driveway and
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
To Extend piaqnostlc Clinic.

DR.. l., B. McBrayer, superintendent
Of the State Sanatorium for Tubercu-
.losis, has announced that the State
Board OF Health, the American Red
Cross and the North Carolina Tuber-
culosis association have arranged to
carry the services of the free diagnos-
tic clinic, which has been conducted
at Sanatorium for some time, to vari'
Gus parts OF the state.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
Chilean Nitrate Fields.

The nitrate fields, the principal
source of Chile's wealth, are limited
to narrow strip Of arid desert 10
Gated on the eastern slope Of the
coastal range. west Of the cordlllera
of the Andes at an altitude of from
1000 to 5000 feet above sea level, and
inland n distance varying from 1e
miles in the northern part Of the zone
to 90 miles in the southern part.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
andy,s Territory Enlarged.

AS an appreciation OF efficient work,
the territory assigned to F. G. Handy,
,gent in charge Of the Department Of
Justice. has been considerably enalrg-
ed. In addition to the state Of North
Carolina, Mr.. Handy's territory now
includes the eastern district Of South
Carolina.
The office Of the Department OF JUS
tice at Columbia, s. c.. has been
closed. the eastern district being
placed under the Raleigh office and
4, c-tsrn district under the ATTAIN
=. 49, AA.za.A-saaA&---s.-I--s4. ialazzs n 4
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
Improved Roads
IMMENSE SUM FOR HIGHWAYS
During Year 1919 over $500, 600, 600
Was Expended for Rural High
ways and Bridges.

During the calendar year 1919, 48
states of the Union expended over
100000 on their rural roads and
bridges, the bureau of public roads Of
the United States Department of Agrt
culture recently announced. This to-
tai is made up Of the actual cash ex-
penditures for such items as labor,
materials, supervision and administra-
ton, amounting to $3.50, 455931, and
convict labor and statute labor, the
value Of which, not definitely known,
Is estimated at about $132, 100000. So
far as possible, all expenditures on
city streets within incorporated towns
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
Effort In Aid OF Chinese.

Following talks by Prof. G. M. Heck
of State College. and Governor T. w
Beckett, an assembly Of Raleigh bust
ness men at the Y. NJ. G. A. appointed
committee to conduct campaign
in this state for the relief Of the fam
inc stricken Chinese and recorded the
demand that the Government of The
United States act at once in regard tc
China.
The committee, headed by Governor
Beckett. is composed Of Judge w. A
Hoke, DR.. W. C. Riddick, Major w. A
Graham, Mr.. p. B. Crow, Prof. G. M
Heck, DR.. T. w. O'Kelley, Mr.. Joseph
G. Brown. DR.. w. McC. White and Mr.
r. B. Haywood.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
MIdwlnter Press Meeting

Preparations are being made for the
midwinter meeting Of the North Caro-
lima Press association at Charlotte on
January s and 6, 1921. At the same
time the North Carolina Daily associ
alton will hold quarterly meeting at
Charlotte.
Prominent among the topics appear
ing on the program are discussions
of the newspaper situation. the labor
situation, and the costs OF producing
a newspaper Newspapers are moi
getting the benent of price declines
to amount to anything.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07
Praise for Or. Henderson.

DR.. Archibald Henderson. professor
Of mathematics at the University Of
North Carolina, and author of half a
dozen or more books on subjects rang
ing from mathematical works to a crit
,oue of Bernard Shaw, has recently
come in for praise at the hands OF
english literary figures. Edwin Mark
ha mhas pronounced him as zone OF
the most striking present-day figures
in international culture and literary
attainment"
DR.. Henderson Is native OF Sails
bury.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-07

all over and was
covered with .
cold sweat"
"And yet, under
other circu m .
stances, Kersmlth
might show all
kinds of courage
said the hotel.
keeper. ut isn't
safe to jump to
conclusions about
such things. A
woman will climb
a tree, and shrek
for the police If
she sees a mouse,