Roanoke Rapids Junior Legion Crowned State Champions
Roanoke Rapids youths under 17 form a local Junior Legion baseball team that recently won state championships. Despite limited substitutes and relief pitching, they defeated city teams with greater resources and will face top teams from other states this week. If they win or lose, they are urged to play with grace and without alibis, maintaining hometown pride.
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Roanoke Rapids Junior Legion
Lins Caty
Cotton Crop Report Sparks Global Price Decline
The August 1 cotton production forecast from the Department of Agriculture drove prices lower worldwide and in the U.S. to a 30 year low. The report projects 15.5 million bales, about two million more than last year, with an average yield of 185 pounds per acre. The piece criticizes the Farm Board's price pegging and argues the report worsens a depressed economy while cotton manufacturers face losses from hedging and prior purchases.
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Department of Agriculture
Farmers Seek Board Buy, Not Sell Cotton Surplus
The Richmond News Leader quotes farmers criticizing the Federal Farm Board for selling cotton surplus to Germany while asking the board to buy it. It says the tangle worsens as farmers refuse to reduce acreage and instead plant more, hoping high yields compensate for low prices.
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Richmond News-Leader
Federal Farm Board
Germany
News-Leader
Lower tax rate eyed as county budget cuts explain
The county budget shows a drop from 1.25 to 85 cents in the general tax rate, with bond interest and sinking fund fixed. General fund, school fund, and county home costs shift, while city and special district taxes rise or stay, prompting concern that tax relief is offset by government costs and business pressures. A Prohibitionist skeptical of enforcement cites the Wickersham report and vast spendings on prohibition and taxation.
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Ax County
County Commission
General County Schools
Government liquor business shift eyed for revenue relief
The writer argues for modification of prohibition to cut enforcement costs and raise tax revenue. He notes government involvement in liquor, from manufacture to medicinal sales, as a model for funding state, county, and local governments. He suggests revenue needs justify earlier change rather than continued prohibition.
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Virginia
Feast of the Assumption Services at St John’s Church
St John’s Catholic Church invites worshippers to the Feast of the Assumption with a 10 A M Low Mass Holy Communion and Benediction on Saturday August 15 confessions offered. Sunday August 16 at 11 A M a second Mass and sermon Our Blessing Not Appreciated followed by Benediction and Sunday School. Additional Masses listed in Rocky Mount Tarboro with morning times.
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St. John's Catholic Church
Hamilton
Ninth Streets
F. J. McCourt
Rocky Mount
Tarboro
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