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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1921
Page
3
The Raleigh Richmond Bridge 15 opened on February 23, marking a new connection between the two cities. Officials praised the span for easing traffic and improving regional transport.
The February 28 opening of the South Hill Henderson Bridge shortens the Richmond to Raleigh travel by twenty miles via the South Hill Trender son route through Henderson and Oxford. AAutomobile groups plan new strip maps for a direct North to South route through Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. Provisions for better conditions in the Carolinas and Georgia are cited along with highway improvements in Virginia.
Governor Cameron Morrison calls a conference with heads of state institutions to plan completion of building projects halted when the building commission and state architect offices were abolished. Engineer H A Underwood will lead pending matters and may supervise the new program after the meeting in early April.
Winston D. Adams, secretary of the American Cotton association, warns that if cotton production is not reduced by at least 40 percent, prices will remain far below production costs. He says manufacturers back the move, linking farmer prosperity to mill health and vice versa.
The state corporation commission cleared a calendar of gas rates cases and began preparations for hearing the Southern Bell Telephone company and subsidiaries with exchanges in North Carolina. The hearing may last another week as all cities including Charlotte Asherville Raleigh Wilmington Greensboro Winston Salem and Durham plan to oppose the proposed rate increases.
The War Department lists appropriations for North Carolina waterways including Manteo Shallowbag Bay four thousand five hundred dollars and Neuse River fifteen thousand six hundred, plus funds for Pamlico Tar rivers and several creeks. Raleigh prepares for April State Sunday Convention with Tabernacle Baptist Church hosting general sessions and lodging arranged for out of town delegates. Interracial Amity efforts expand across counties, with sub-committees to plan statewide outreach. Dr E C Brooks cites improving educational rankings, suggesting North Carolina may move up fifteen places federally. A manuscript memories of World War by Charles L Coggin, UNC Law graduate and 22nd Infantry officer, appears from the North Carolina Historical Commission.
The newly appointed members of the state highway commission are unsettled as the initial meeting is delayed. Pressure from home and Raleigh grows while no call from the Governor's office is issued to convene the enlarged body.
A long review notes the German revolt centered in Saxony and Westphalia, with red forces capturing a plant and clashes with allied troops. It reports mixed outcomes, German government caution, and rising tensions as Britain and France urge stricter enforcement of the Versailles terms. It also covers Greek-Macedonian strife, Irish questions, and U.S. railway labor and policy efforts under President Harding.
A denial from Japan's tourism bureau counters U S reports of mistreatment of travelers. Inomata writes from San Francisco that travel in Japan remains as safe as ever and warns against misrepresentations that could harm tourist trade and Oriental tours. He urges Americans to judge Japan by personal experience and notes Americans are assured of courtesy and goodwill.
United States Department of Agriculture reports at Toltsville Mil and Middlebury farms show specialized grazing methods using forge rope pastures and forage crop rotation improve ewe nutrition and lamb growth. Findings indicate sheep help weed pastures but cannot be the sole reason for sheep raising. nutrition during breeding season boosts lambs by up to about 58 percent in Middlebury and 204 percent elsewhere.
The Department of Agriculture reports new livestock types under study. In Clark County Idaho a hardy slop brand signals a mutton and wool oriented breed. At Buffalo Wyoming a versatile American utility horse is being established with traits of activity and endurance. Poultry at Testaville Maryland shows progress toward a white plumage breed with yellow legs and skin, though color variation remains.
In the Better Sims-Better Stock movement, a live block owner in Fillmore County lists joint ownership of a bull, three bovines, five cattle, and a half interest in a purebred, alongside female stock. The Department of Agriculture notes many breeders lack sufficient female animals to warrant purebred ownership in all classes. Practical ownership of one purebred male is seen as more desirable than multiple scrub or grade animals.
Farmers learn that orphan pigs can be raised with Atde di Meutty but may not be economical. Corn alone fails as a ration for brood sows in winter. Sheep require protection from cold rains after shearing to stay healthy.
A reader laments the poor state of rural roads across the county noting frequent ditch and cave risk near shoulders and bridges. He urges better pathing, guard updates, and road maintenance to prevent skidding and accidents in all weather.
The report notes rapid progress in building a national road system with 2 985 road projects underway and over 50 000 miles approved. It estimates construction costs near 40 million dollars, and by June 1920 the government had completed 2 116 projects totaling about 1400 miles, as recorded in Boys’ Life.
Most roads were not built for heavy modern traffic and new roads seem unable to meet the change. The piece notes the difficulty of the problem and points to the splitdog King drag as a practical aid, effective with horse power and capable of handling heavier loads when drawn by a tractor.
A description advocates a road built with a four inch concrete base and a top surface of black brick claiming this method to be the most permanent and satisfactory, intended to endure generations without repair or replacement.
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