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ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD. ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C. THE M0VE&1ERT FOR County Soil Su-veye Ti!inn TrnT!.inn if T and us the .V TEACHING wmm PUPILS IN OUR SCHOOLS MUST Be BETTER GROUNDED IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE M FCi! m KNOWLEDGE Develop the S tidy Gradually through Ttie Several Grades and Round It Out in The High Schools j Ranh i A movement to strengthen and org 11:1. if more efficient ly the teaching of ! North t'.t :: n.t history in the puhli.' j si bonis of the state has been 1. urn. lied : ut the 1'nlversdy of North Carolina ; toimtm r sc'ioul under f. n.w.ti 1 e 1 ! e rs U p i'f !! ot M C. S. N'l.ili', d-aa uf tile s. Ii ij.il ( f education. , One ii ii 11 ( I :-;(! ami twenty five teach eis who have joine.1 with prof Noble in thi turvi'iut nt have agreed that the liis'.(,ry SfT North Car,.;:i.i is worth more tu school e!iil l;-".i than it is get tins lit present and they say they are going t) s'tow the rising i,ener;tiotis a lit;!' mere if the glorv uf the Did North St i.e. "It is particularly a time when North Carolinians should know their own s'at." said Prof N.)hle. talking to the teachers, "and ! think we cannot heg.n fa) soon " Prof. Noble's plan is to he (tin tm State history in primary grades chieflv through the telling of North Carolina historical stories to the chil dren at their story nour (.'And there is plenty of material for good stories in our history." he said.) to develop it gradua'ly through the urn .'. and to round It out in the high schools. Hold Your Cotton See'J Cotnmenting on reports that cotton aeed prices had iinene I veiy low in Texas. Mr. Uans eu li:rt Ml. who al- wavs is a .vi ne le;t (.f e.'S , OUld tiio not il. ,- d tar.nei': set sat his ad', 'nouses said that if (.'rile-! -fa. lory price, for e to them wn !.: in.l hold n ' I'i'oiiu. i-r . es coahl lie 11, t unt I r- a- County Council I'ldl. atloiis :i nual Stat- and held .,! the I n at Univers.ty that the ei ond coun'y coiitied to .r-:!y of North C; l.na for wdl he v kett will 0:1 vat'i.)'. he week ." d att.-nde, he present, i plia.tes of alins,' August IT. Coventor Hi, and a t: iiorit O's social work wtll St'-'il'i iter Glass and Haitihride; in the prn'-rtim. State Senator Resigns liivertier Hi. Kett has received tho resignation 'f M. J. Hawkins, of Utdi" w ', ?ta;e senator from tile sxtientli i':.-tf. t. eff.vtiw :it Oh!'.', .a, the i-es inn. it .ion cm s too 'an- for tlie call tis: of ii spec al election. S-"a for Haw'mn sjar. it. ti:e special .-essioa will l va. at::. On Licensing of Engineers Dr. VV. C, Ridd.ck. !"'-:. it of thf nirineet s. Xi'ft.l Cai'o.ilia Soc'e tv an i.1 the pt'o.f.'-vt! society of the convetltio it for the anntt il 1 to lio held at iti Ash'Vihe. t ie H.ot.ey Park Hotel ih Aiiaiis' !.'. 1:1 and 1 ). Tiie mo it important ttiatt come Taes- lief, foil and -. ' he niav. of Stat-3 siirv. .vs. nt 'on v.-.l l 1. e the icensi.11; of ensmeerj Thinking About Suffrage Thorp are frw activities ju-t lew which are not affected in one way or another !' the stiff into Agitation. Mlu Mary P. Pi'tni'i'. secretary and direc : ir of tiie 1,'hrar;' Cotnnilssio:: it North Carolina, says that the Conmts sion hasn't escaped, hy any mean? Wottem all over the Suite a e '.hinkln.; about suffrji; and eussi'iir aid d. cussin? it. and s.nn" very er.t:'rp:'i.-ia ones are. actually studying It. Commutition cf Sentence K. W. Mini her, of Lenoir f..i'nry, and P.. K. Coleman, of Hurke. have r relvod coinmutationsi of sentence front th..' roads to fines at the hr.nd of fioi'-Tnor Hiakt 't. Mt.i :i"r was (-(nv.rted in April, If'l.S of lar'. r.v and sentenced to till"' -years in the s'af;'s pr.sia. Hi; cot mutation is a Cmp of $10 adn cost Wanted for Kidnapping Onvornnr ISIiket! has issicd a r reqiiis te.ti on the f 'vrnor of 3 aifi ("arol'na askitiR for Hie surrender cf W. H Ma'.'liehl, Jim llroedin ami Henry II. Similiter, wanted In Ansot (o'tnty, N. rth ( 'arollr.a. on the eharsj of kldlO'PPitlK. The fl.r r ''".i-l tie to the no ileret itidihK of Governor Hickett. av c'i.irm-d with comlac over into N'ort 1 C.irolinii anil forcibly taking hack sec nral m crons. rfqutsitions far whom hi had declined to honor Highway Engineering Course Tho North Carolina stn to college of agriculture and engineering ha jnM issued an attractive booklet descrtr tive of the course in highway ensipep; Inir now helng offe.rpil. This conrs wss givsn for the first time during tha 1019192fl session, and proved extremi ty popular with the enftineerinsr st; -dent.3. The sucress attendine: this If troductory course justified tho hoard of trustees in crp.iting a separata de partment of highway engineering uhlch Is expected to prove very ben eficial Governor Writing Message. Governor Bickett Is engaged in writ ing his message to the special session of the general assembly. The governor said that he would, as he had announced, recommend tie ratification of th federal suffrage amendment. A part of his message: will deal with this subject, but the bulk of It will be devoted to tax meas ures. '"- .s There will be several matters inor ported In the message which the gov ernor will not announce until the leg islature meet. '.:, the ,vl survey ,., tea more ; j .-- ;vjnv I l. a-:;:';, cut.:..-, l:,;s 1 ;. . cp,.... -fr; j and the rep..: I wdl '...rt: ! i-saed ' ?jJ )vWIi,v tJHV.w -'i V i- ? These coun-s ar 1! -rt e. Imraan, . tlaftorJ. Hoke. M.vre. o,-low. O- f f4-HiW : . N' A Soil survey of ,ae I -ll.nv,: ootM- Mit .ffiU s;Hr 4vti' f ! ti.s havo already !-.--. pai-lished a...!, j r- w ,.,;,,( ...:,.. rJytt'v 3 '-' $ charcp from tl-.e fnited St.s bur.-aa j ? S-W i' K" : 'ir-'Vn'tV.. 7 it? VI t) :i l $ ,f s,,ls. Wahin,t ,. 1). C: Ala f ittV ' "k VS !,,, Aievaad r. V.le.aatiy. Ans.n. 'ViW t 4 Jt lAheTl!lfl. A-he. lVuifort. Pladen. ! .S"-' i iVfe'f ? Afli'AiA ifeiV. I'V&Hii:' A ) 'f. 1 H'.ncoml-e. Iturke. Cilurnw ("lav. A'ea, Caswell. Chow land, l'ciu:u'as. Craven, !iv e, Duplin. Kli;e( cnilie, Hasten, Granville. Oiv-ne. IlNia tt. Hayw vd. Hvidc ford. Hiikorv, Averv, Hyde. Johnson, Jones. I.enoir. Lincoln, ! Howell. Madison, M kleiihur-,-, M tea ell, Mt. M.tchell Ar.a. Ne v llc'.oer 1'a -ipi .Hank. IVnder. 1 'e' i'i: iiKm I':". H il ds'l to Ne.vh.c-vi Ar-a. ill'! do.;. a. i; ( haioud. il ) !J ' .. Scotland. Stanley Stai '-vioe Ar 1 Ttanyla:ita. I naci. W ake, U a' n a; d Yi'ac v. TV' ve'iiii't prepared ioin'l,' !v the I'ni'ed States hareau of soils an th.' No; ri. tilt'in h Carolina d. partment of a Several New Postmasters. Krances Kller has oeen appointed posttna-ier at Ulna and Claude S Trip'utt at !)a:-hy. These four class post. iff ices have been advanced to presidential nr.ide; It. -ttie! 010. t'arolee'i. Cool-'eniee. Haw Itiver, Tlone Mills. J f;. rson, Lawmli'.e, Lowell, Moit'.t 1'lea-ant, New p. r:. rrinceton. Suuliurs', Va.1 k.nviile. Will Recommend Anti-Tick Law. CoVel'tlor Birkett ll.'S lio'ker.i"! -nf,-he ,-rv i.t Wi'l ani A M all' t. ar. '. enemy of the at).! satelry tic! ;. the m V- is 1 -Kit h empire n 'lins into a", d who it th.- c" : O.l-t li full '! 'v sn.val ne- ta. "'!! t( 'aw. il' ri. 11 It :". 1 ,:orv ietll'C es W. .1 : Kx 1 I st . Ive will wtdo ant pass Home For Aed Moose. N t'tli Cm.:. 11 1 :- v.::k .1 - llonc' !'.,, . ti . ul w ''.: Onler s Moose :t.-!-ls iti this e etniry. L. d 1 ottim'ttee iip;-o:nt -.1 hy a! a w-t W'ri lie Heaeh. e to the s.i;' to vis'; Nor: ita'ever s tes I'l'ouirement s riler it V : the 1 t .1 are to Oldest State Univers.ty. 1 to! 11 I al." t U'.liVel'Stty (1 ithiir fr ih til priiition f, r w.iiiit. is ahoiit ,'l'i ii iiu'i view, in iio.ntitii; sav. uii'l'-r tile In Culture:' 1:11:11 eLop its f 'G " 'At pr cents per ver-.ty ; lian.t.tnt i sent i itiha'. '. pert : :iv. st, ioi'th Caroli. 1a lia t.tiit itiiest :n I'ai ''. in s-and ,0 1 iti atit.'tnu "Li llh". yeiirs we have it;! I'ersil y ; hint worth. $1 .: ten years we have IdiiiC.U 11 uC'l woi'th of motor cars. .. noil. .?l.'iil' Rise in Gas Rates. An immediate inrreisp in pas ra'es ; in Haleluh. Durham. Gild'-horo, Winslon Salem. 1 iei. l, t son. txfoni. I'iiarlotte. K'izahcth City. Wa -li:n- i ton and New H"fa was ai:t ho.-iz-'-d in i aa order issued hy '. ie corporation j iiauinlsston as aa emei-.rency tneiis- j ere. If. after an inv .-st .a.i: ion and j lina! hear'nit. tliese rates are found , too high, rebates w ill lie ordered by . the commission. j "No findings of 'act are made or j conclusions reached," says the com- 1 nrssion, in its order today, "th.C will t ,i;e;ud'ce a fair determination of j these quotitions 3 a final hearing.") Increases granted run approximate- ; ly as follow": K ile'e'a and Durham. ' 5S pe,r cent; Henderson and Oxford, j TP p-r cent; Kllzaheth City. l0 peri cert; Washington, 5 per cent; New- j hern, f,.i per cent; Gol lsnoro, .10 per rent; Charkitt", nil jier cent. Activity of Board cf Health The people of North Carolina hive become extensively and deeply inter ested In health work. As an iodic if ion of tiiis il may he pointed out that the board rec"ives and replies to a daily tnrrajp of H'l Individual letters, mails out a daily average of eHO iniiltigfaph letters, and re, e.vfl requests for an feinUii.'s ;i dally ::vr:i?o of 1 ,'hfi piei es of public health literal uie. Thin am nints annually fo TO.oftO indivi.luiil litters, and approximately ,",:0ft0il pieces cf literature, including 180 00.1 mukograph letters. Textile Department Busy. The textile department of North Carolina State college which is the textile school of North Carolina Is a l.usy plarp this summer. The United States governmmt through the office of markets is using the equipment of the textile department on which to make a number of important testa on all grades of cotton which will lie of the utmost importance to cotton manufacturers and cotton growers. The work Is in charge of W. G Blair of the bureau of markets. Two Boys Are Pardoned. Granting a pardon to Frank (Toby) and John M. (Boss) Fain, of Cherokee county, sentenced to serve seven and ten years, respectively, for holding up a messenger in the town of Murpny and robbing him of $2,000, Governor Bickett declared the surrounding cir cumstance led hint to believe that these boys were led astray by on ad venturesome spirit, probably develop ed by seeing William S. Hart in J'The Tollgab" or In' some ot hit wild western playt. -:':cl BSlimaSIS .3aiSMfl i Ktuga - -1 r. , 1 (fe I 'Hious;ii,i (if (',, lio Slovak In hon..r of Governor Cox. 1 'emoerat :c presidential nominee. H I'ol. American army, now chief uf the tank corps of the Lithuanian army. -NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Russians Overrun Po'and While the Allies Seek to Devise Ways to Stop Them. ENEMY CLOSE TO WARSAW League of Nations Council Adopts Basic Plans Railways Satisfied With Rate Increases Commu nist Labor Party Leaders Convicted in Sweden. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Susj.ici.ui that tl.c so-, ,et Ku.-sian iiiir not acting in uoo.1 fai to ul.cii tbc nl'tere.i to I,.-..!;:;!!' an aruoM'.-c with the I'o'es were uol! founded. No so. Her bad the l'o, cs iva.-heil the place of otr li. :. iiiocliiii: than the liiis-i.nis broiic the iic'ot ml ions and demanded t utiolhci discussion be opeiicd at Min-k. Ail the tunc then aniite con tinned the tier e attack designed to 1 cut oil' the Han.:;; corridor and to cup 1 tiitv Warsaw. At this vxntiiu the for- ls i incr part of that pro.-ratu has been i tc!iipor:i:-iy cheeked by I'olisli sui'- '! I cessev, but ih,. lutiei 01 rt is about to In- carried out. With the red army : within a few mile of Warsaw, the ! civilian inhabitants of that city were I in IliL'ht and tlie s-'ovornnieiit was pre paring to move to Cracow. Tin llus . siiius bad captured the -''cat fortress of 1',1'e-si l.it.osk and bad crossed the ! 1 1 11; rier iioribwe-i that place, ad ; vain itH in echelon 111 such a way as to tune the Coles to evacuate the , strong torts u,si uf C.resi-l.iinvsi; and ' eventually to drive them out of W ar j sou if succor did not come. I'ltriher j north, souet troops that hud cros.,,..! j the Naicu ricr were defeated, and In Ibe south where they threatened I l.i-tiilierg. tliey were beitm held and ; even pushed hack In some places. ; Since it was a-r I that only nut- sole aid could save I'oland from he lm: cruslied liv the bolsbei ikl. the ma :n q.lestion was tlie source and tut- Hire of that aid. Cremler I.lovd ! Ceorge, placed in 11 most i:iieotufo,-t nl.lc position, ivus said to have called Krassin and Kaiuineff. llie soviet rep reseiiiiitivi's, to conference and to have demanded tliat the advance into Poland be Inimciliiitcly iind nncondi- ; 1 1 1 1 1 1 ; 1 1 1 v stoppeit, even tiitore the sign j ing of an armistice, or els,. Great Crit niti would deehire war. If this was his determination, It was leached despite 1 the liews of n considerable part of 1 his cabinet, including himself, that i peace with liussia must be forced by j economic rather than military mens j ores, others of the ministers, lead by I Winston Churchill, were said to favor j unrelenting warfare on the liolsheyikl I Htid the extension of unlimited aid to : Poland. There was a rumor In l.on I don that tlie allies had determined to j send six divisions to Poland, presutn I nbly some of the occupntional forces I from Germany. Also, the members of the supreme council of allied atnbiis I sudors were hurriedly called frotn j their vacations to meet In Purls. I The reply of .Moscow to I.loyd George, according to the London : Tiines, was n refusal to Imlt the Iml i shevik ndviince on the ground that j the army hud been promised the loot . Itig of Warsaw. The Ititssliins said I they were prepared to offer Poland I complete independence iind w ider ! Iiiuindarles. but Unit they Insisted on separate peace with tlie Coicx. The allies realize that In sending an army to tlie rescue of the Poles tliey may lie couipi lied to violate the mil trullty which Germany has proclaimed, and the sincerity of P.erlin Is so ques tionable that this may be done with out much compunction. A sinister as pect Is given t!:e stand of the Ger mans hy the report hat before the Polish offensive begun they made a secret treaty with the Moscow gov ernment. The treaty. It Is asserted, contained the following provisions: Kussla, without Interference from Germany, would he allowed to appro priate all of Poland's arms, munitions, rolling stock mid foodstuffs. After the conquest of Poland pennls- AUSTRIA IN DIRE STRAITS Visitor Paints Pathetic Picture of the Misery Prevailing in the Former Dual Empire. New York. The food shortage In Austria Is still acute. The death rate ls rising alarmingly nnd there is a general migration of Anstrlnns. Rudolph Schlldkraut, famous Austrian-German actor, gave many details of the sad condition1 of Germany's for mer ally. wonien niMUt; pai l in the iikiiiikI w slon would .e clven Kussla to send n iiuinl.er of luil dio ist coniniissiuiicrs into that country to control the export of I'olish supplies of all kinds. liiissia would tlieli iiiidertake to eaiiiate I ' lii lit cotiiplelely In favor of (Jertiuiny, which would hold the country as a ejiarnnty nitaiti-t future I credits to liussia in reiurn for (ler- 111:1 n goods mid Ceniiau lahcr. Then" lias been a lot of sarcastic criticism of the League of Nations be cause it lias nut taken cognizance of the l;u-so Polish war. In a letter to Lord liobcrt Cecil, Viscount Grey, for mer foreign minister, has tins to say: 'Tl.o league had nothing to do with the Itiissian-Colisli war and it is a crime tigain-t I he league and its mem bers to charge it with responsibility when the responsibility clearly did not i-e.-l with the league, but will: indi vidual gm eriuneiit.s. "The league was not invoked to ro stra, n I'olnliil, 1 me of its own lllelll bta's, from ;iggtesi. -o ,ir. as the i"i:ue minister calls it, reckless and foolish ao'iiin, as it should have been, l'o in voke the league now 10 support Poland by anus against the coiisequeiu cs of her action is not tneieiv illogical: it ts in mot, a great misuse of tlie league." The council of the League of Na tions, in session ut San Sehust inn. Spam, is busy with plans for the uv iciiluiii o? tiiiine wars, and during the week d to"', scleral important steps. Hirst it iidopieij the l-'reiuh plan for an internal iolial li.al stall of mili tary experts to deiisc plans of oper ations in eietd any state makes war or violates tin agreement. This notion, which was opposed hy the I'niied State- last year, is thought to be pre liminary to eonihiticil action against bolshevik llussin mill against Germany il she unites Willi the bolshcvlsts. An other French plan, though presented by Italy, also was adopted, for the es tablishment of an international block ade committee and justifying the blockade principle. The plan of the advi-ory jurists' committee for an Iti leranl iotiii I court of justice was adopt ed as submitted. This was almost en tirely the w ink of lllil.ti Kool. ! As had been i pretty much el I is), nationalist expected, the Greeks aired Thrace of Turk , but ketual Pasha and opened u strong it the Greek forces in g the Hagdail railroad. was nut boa; 1 1 nactisivc again Aia .Minor aloi At Simav, iiorl beast of Smyrna, which Is outside their area of occupation, the Greeks were defeated in a 1M hour bat tle and iorce.l to retreat. Ill order to p. went Greek occupation of Constan tinople the Turkish cabinet was hur riedly reorganized, prnoiica'ly till the new members being friendly to Great I'.rilain, and preparations were made for the signing of the peace treaty. I!ut Constantinople is threatened from another direction, according to reports from Sofia. It Is said 11 strong Communist party is doing organized in Bulgaria by iladjarofl', a ltusse. pbile; Hint all Its men members; 1 n tin twenty to forty-live years of ago, are being given arms and trained secretly, mid that the purpose is to co-operate witli the Hussion soviet troops in a drive on Coiistuiitinoi le. The strike of bituminous coal min ers In the middle Western stmt's, be ing unauthorized and disapproved by the union, is petering out and the fear of 11 fuel famine is decreasing. Presi dent Wilson ashed the men to return to work pending adjustment of their complaints, aiol President Lewis of 'he I'nited Mine Workers of Amerlcii gave the same ndvice, making It 11s nearly mandatory as he eoubl. The strikers p Illinois and Indiana slow ly lelionc.l to il.. j.ili'.i.-.. 'H.ie o' Kansas were more stubl urn and A. M. Mount, president of the mute union, bit'erly iiltncked Lewis Mid rfuse(l to abide by his Instructions. So tur as Illinois mil Hie Chicago region are concerned, die Illinois pub lic utilities I'oniiiiisslfi!) took action Hint should relieve the situation there very iiiat ke.liy. This was an order forbidding the recoiislgutnent of cars of fuel after they have renched their d estination and providing that on all carload shipments of coal, lumber, or other shipments In open top curs the railroads shall ninkp a charge of SKI a day for each day or fraction 1 here of that a oar Is held beyond the "frep I line" ullowed hy flip- ronds. In this way. It Is helleved, the evil of gnm- "Underfed actors swoon In the midst of their performances." snld Mr. Schildkriint. "An understudy takes their places nnd the play goes on.. The papers are tired of this type of news and give It no space. "Actors throw their eyes longingly toward America. Some have said to me they would rather hlnck hoots In New York fhan play Shakespeare In Kurope. Some of tliein were great actors, too. "To the casual observer Vienna wears an air of gaiety.' The women 2"1 iuacai:: kol at I'racui' - - I 'ii raoc in iiuyioti. Johi. tj. Ispfll, fonm-i'ly a cuplaui in ' Idlnc ty iiilddleinen v III lie greatly Ii died. The railways appear to he fairly well satistied with Hie rate increases author:;'.'! by the interstate eomineret commission, un.l announce that they are preparing to spend STiNi.Ono.tKKi Ibis year for Improvements iind bel tcruictits. The Increases granted are in freight rates, nn average of :io' per cent for the entire country; foi passenger, excess baggage and milk rates. 'Jtl per cent; for Pullman rates, "0 per cent. It is (tiiiiii'ed the In crease In earnings will amount to 1.-.-,s.'.( k n 1.1 Kin, mid that the net operat ing Income of the roads will now be SI, lo 1. 1 ioo.t mi'--about ? lOtl.iKiH.iMVI less than tiie roads asked. As to the effect on the general pub lic, there is .lilTci'ci'ce of optic. .11. Some experts figure that the Increased rates will moan the lidding of more than S'l a day to the cost of living of the nveiaao family. Others, equally expert, insist that tlie resulting better transportation and higher rate of pro di'itioti will bring lower prices. After 11 trial lasting many weeks, a .iry in Chicago convicted William Cross l.lo.id, millionaire sergeant at arms of the Communist Labor parly, and C other members of that party, of sedition, and all of llieiu were sen tctieeil to imprisonment. In addition Lloyd was lined SJ.iHm and two others Sl.ino each. Throughout the country general satisfaction was felt In this result of a ease that was considered one of the most Ituportent ever held in tin American court. As Special Prose, cut.ir Comerford expressed It: "The verdict convicts the movement lis well as the men behind it. and establishes a precedent which makes criminal the meeting of men for the purpose of ndvooat in; eminent. " the overthrow of the gov- Something I gatlieied In Ih hear Goiei'iior he Is the party' ikc "iit.ivnt Democrats .jton. O., Saturday to Co told formally that s nominee for the pres- Iilency. The took place in fair grounds 1101 1 !i. 11 ' ion ceremonies the Montgomery county where a temporary 11 01 1 .li ; t li 1 ; 1 1 T was creeled. They were preceded by a parade in which about L'o.oiKI persons took part. The town was handsomely decorated and the residents visitors. In bis nor Cox States sli opened their homes to the peech of acceptance Gover ileclared that I he I'nited 11 lil enter the League of Nu- t ii his. InimediaT treaty and stall the covenant as dy ratify the peace our interpretation of 1 matter of good faith and as a precaution against misunder standing in the future; the interpreta tion clearly to show that the league Is not an alliance and that its basic purpose is peace and not controversy, tm the matter of prohibition lie said that any candidate for the presidency who says he docs not Intend to en force the law Is more unworthy thdn the (aw violator. He declared he fa vored the repeal of war taxes 11 1 1 1 1 the reduction of federal taxation, and sug gested a volume of business tax In stead of the excess profits tux. In dealing with other Issues he followed along the lines of the San Francisco pint form. In the Missouri state primary Breck inridge Long, wlio campaigned on a League of Nations nod law enforce ment platform, won the Democratic senatorial nomination, and tlie Iteptib Montis renominated Senator Spencer. In Kansas the llepublicans renominat ed Senator Curtis nnd Governor Al len. According to Inconipleie returns. I'cproseiitiillve Scott Ferris was lead ing Senator Geo for the senntorial nomination In Oklahoma. Fonoei Si 1 1 11 1 or liailey was an easy winner in Texas. New York's niiolllclal DemncrHtlc contention put lip a suite ticket head ed hy Gov. Alfred K. Smith and select ed Lieut. Gov. Harry C. Walker f..r senator. Its platform calls for modl tl.'tition of the Volstead net to permit 2, 75 per cent beer and urges recogni tion of tlie Irish republic. In aviation the week's triumph was the successful opening of the New York to San Francisco air mail route; Its tragedy was the death nf Lieuten ant Loikieiir. noted "stunt" aviator, when his plane fell l.OtKJ feet at Ios Angeles. dress loudly, wear extravagant styles, nnd the sidewalk cafes ring with merriment There are balls nnd fes tivities of all kinds. "But those who know the city de tect the strain nnd know it Is running on Its nervous energy. The gaiety Is a mask behind which lurks the misery accumulated by war, revolution and a drastic peace. "Everybody Is going away. Tt Is I've a pest city. Death Is around the crner and Is always laying bia baud on your friend or relative." ii mmm It U!!rt!!:ii!i III I mil SEVENTEEN MEMBERS MACHINE GUN COMPANY TESTIFY ON THEIR CWN BEHALF SIS MM 15 FEMES Private Thompson Makes Oath that He 1 Mixed w th The Grah3.11 Crowd and I Heard Them Make Their PUrts linrVam Seventeen member of the Durham Machine Gun company, test.fyitig before the commission ap pointed by Gn.ernor Bickett t in vestigate the facts surrounding tho killing of James Kay and Hie wou.id- ag of two ot ter men miring a gun o.ittle lvfven the mil.t iam n wl... were guarding the Alamance county jail at Graham as.iln.-t possible at tack on Monday night. July H'. and an alleged masked mob. emphatically justified their every action, and build ed up a chain of evidence declared hy many observers to he "well nig!) impregnable." The feature evidence submitted by the machine gunners came in the form of a sworn statement signed tiie presence of the court of investiga tion hy a member of the company who claims to have mingled with the citizens of Graham on the night of the stootin in citizen's clothes, and to h-.ve heard their plans for gaining entrance hy force into the Alamance county jail. The statement was made hy Private John Thompson, who was In Graham visiting his sister at Hip time the militiamen were ordered out. and who did not join his company not having the necessary equiptntnt. Mooresvills.-Damage ti property; and crops estimated at j5.0n marks: the path of 11 tierce rain and wind storm whiih swept through Mooies-I ville. . i Winston Salem It is learned 'h it the piope-ty tax valuation in Forsyth county totals about $i:!a.h'o.'h'il. this not including railroad pronertv. bank stock and corporation excess. This is belicvid to lie the largest ot any county in the state. Raleigh A number of additions and improvements in housing and equipment are announced by Hie au thorities of Meredith college. The Myntt house on North Blount street, across from the college has been se cured on lease, and will be usu! us ,1 dormitory for students dating the coming year. Charlotte. A total of af.fl hihs and Hi- deaths in Mecklenbur-. coun ty, outside the incorporated towns, ; and an additional Hl births and 1T.4 deaths for the city cf Charlotte for i the six months ending Jul v 1 have been reported, by the vital .statistics , registrars, reported. j Salisbury. A married man and a j 17 year old girl, with tickets reading: from Toct'oa. G.t.. to Washington. ; wore taken WT of a northl.nutd train ; by Salisbury of'.icers upon advice j from officers at Tocc.";i. j The girl's brother arrived hero tn toi,n Vioi- hne khome and an officer 1 came along to take the man hack. AsltPvllU'. Despondency over his fast failing her.l:'.i drove J. V. McCue a traveling salesman for til" local branch of the Armour Packing com pany to commit suicide in Ids room at the Cherokee inu by drinking near ly halt a bottle ot bichloride of m. r cury. severing the arteries In both his wrists, and attempting to slash the jugular vrin. Durham-City alderman In their regular meeting hacked water, and re duced public utility taxes recently provided for to one half the former provision. The privilege tax of the Durham Traction company's electric light plant was reduced from 2.0nO to $1,000. while the tax on the street railway was reduced from $1,000 to $"50. The reduction was given he cause of the present condition of the public utilities. Conference of Union Leaders Greensboro. K. W. H. Stone, presi dent of the .North Carolina Farmers' union, hack in Greensboro frotn a trop ''down cast", announced plans for a big conference of union leaders and others opposed to the revaluation law which will be held in Raleigh on the morning of August 12. The chief purpose of the meeting will he to agree upon a line 01 attacK agunst ; fie revaluation act whille the legis- I lative Is In special session. Over e'.l , men, representing every county, will J be there. Public Service Driver Killed Aslievllle - Piney W. Barrell, apuh llc service driver, was instantly killed hy the machine In which he was driv ing striking a buggy and turned turtla three times. According to tlie pohre. Barrel was driving at a high rite of speed when the accident occurred. The car ran headlong inta a steep em bankment and fell back across the street car tracks to West Asheville, closing traffic for sometime. The other ocrupanta of the car and the driver of the buggy were not injured officers state. Concrete Laid at Caswell Klnston. First concrete has been laid at the Caswell training school at Mines Junction on a $300,000 building program. Two large dormitories, a power house and other buildings are to be erected. It will probably be 1922 before the work ls completed. Shortage of labor has held up the work some months. The buildings will help to complete the first unit of the state's Institution for the fee ble minded. Completion of the unit will give the Bchool a capacity for 1,000 patient, i r :' Cf 11 ! i THE MORE THE MERRIER. "Maybe," mused Senator Sorghum, "It would he a good thing to have hun dreds of thousands more government employees." "What for?" "So that statesmen who specialize on cutting down small salaries could make a more impressive showing as to the amount saved In tlie aggregate." Serious Blunder. "Did you ever hear such nn abjevt apology In your life?" "The salesman realizes that lie was at fault." "How so?" "lie tried to sell a bricklayer the kind of shirts clerks, bookkeepers, ed itors and college professors wear." 1 u- UXPEUSEA WIT. "Who has old Shark been flecclnsr now?" "Why tho poor suckers, of course!" Spoiled It. To tin tt cry susceptible, A laity once we knew, n.'ing told she hart a pretty chin Started ttequiriug two. Papa's Opinion. "Marry that .voting snipe? Certainly not. lie Is only after your money, and he Is, in my opinion, a fool." "You are unjust father. Harold swear he would marry me If I had not a penny." "Hun! Then he is even n greater fool than I thought li I id to be!" A Warning. "If yo'-nll fools around tnuh gal nry nudder time, sail, I'll " "Ca'm yo'sel'f, sail, cn'm yo'se'fl Fust thing yo' knows yo'll he making threats iig'ln me, and I won't pay no 'tentlon to 'em. And then dess loogy at de "bnmissmont yo'll feel 1" Hard to Judge. "Has Pdlthcrsby n sense of humor?" "I don't know whether he lias or not." replied Jobson. "But I 11m Con vinced of one thing." "What Is that?" "He's never laughed enough nt one of my jokes to justify me .in asking him for a loan." Financial Follow-Up. "Didn't you say old Mr. Wadlt'Igh had a turn for thrift?" "It's worse than that. It's a gift." "Yes?" "Why, he pun take' a dollar out of his pavket and tell you what It will be doing lit) years from now." LITERALLY. Look at old Monk: kangaroo. he's Just hopping mad. On Strike. We all keep learning more or less Beneath experience's rule. Just now some take too much recess, And don't mind blr. late for school. Force of Habit. "He came here from Pittsburgh." "Yes." "Can't get used to daylight." "No?", "Dvory time r lenves the office ha looks for a switch with which to snap off the sunshine." The Logic of the Case. The Young One The old man he wanted to get her off his hand: said and yet he wouldn't listen to me when I spoke of r.t.rrying her. The Whe One Probably that's the renson he wouldn't listen to yon. Sure Enough. "Oh, Clara;" exclaimed the young man sin the sofa ; "you have broken those two cigars I had In my pocket." "It's really too bad, George," replied the sweet young thing, "but why don't you buy stronger cigars?" Tneir Practice. 'They nsed their club dehate meth ods In their home." "now so?" "Whenever he would propose a res olution for a good dinner, she would table It." The Main Attraction. "I wns astonished when I hearo Maude had gained the position of lec turer. Do you think It was because she wns such a good psychologist?" "I fhlnk It was because she was a blonde." m t ai r 11 ii k iWMffla r 1
Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.)
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