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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
2
A compact roundup reports on various events across the Southern states. Brief paragraphs summarize notable happenings, from politics to society scenes, with emphasis on local impact and emerging trends.
Reports note the crown prince of Japan plans a world tour visiting Formosa Siam and India marking the first royal heir trip abroad. In Hu Pei Chang Chinese forces looted burned parts of the city while American and British gunboats rush to the scene and other international tensions rise across Greece Haiti Armenia and the League of Nations.
A December milk price cut of forty five cents per hundred pounds is announced by the Chicago Milk Producers Association. Milk sells at 1.8? cents a quart in the city. Southern points will follow with price reductions soon. A Crawford Mercantile building fire in Jasper Alabama destroys twenty houses and tem residences. damages reach five hundred thousand dollars. Secretary Colby delays South American trip until December end. Armenia mediation efforts rely on moral measures, no US armed aid without Congress. All war airplanes to be rated unsafe for flying by July 1 next per Major General Menoher. Proposals seek immediate sixty million dollar farm aid from government funds. Cabinet speculation includes elimination of Lodge of Massachusetts and New of Indiana as potential Harding appointees. Daugherty visits Washington with Indiana Senator Watson and Senator Penrose discussing revenue.
Federal agents seize most of Houston Christmas brandied cherries and mince meat as part of a nationwide drive. Alabama troops guard Glen Mary mines after a blast and fire. Sheriff Holcombe Jr. seizes fifteen cases of bonded whiskey aboard the steam ship McCreary. Ponzi case: five years given in Boston for mail fraud. Wilson thanks Senator Johnson but cites lack of power for relief. Bishop Rogers Caney resigns due to ill health. Bread prices cut in Cleveland while railroads operate in New York state.
President elect Handing says cooperation between White House and Congress is a goal in a brief senate floor address. He speaks after Lodge signals recognition, stressing team work without detailing policy. Also noted, North Carolina Supreme Court upholds below par bond sales by Goldsboro and other local notes.
All charges against William C. Jenkins, American consul ar agent in Puebla, have been dismissed by the superior court. Jenkins was arrested last year on charges of complicity in his own kidnapping. The court ordered his complete freedom and ordered return of the bail.
Charles G Blakelee, commander of the New York department of the American Legion, says soliciting $1 from war veterans for a national bonus drive is unnecessary and could hurt chances for the fourfold compensation bill in the Senate.
Rio de Janeiro discusses a proposal by the Minas Gerais state government granting favors to a Japanese firm planning to settle 200 or more Japanese families on 250000 acres and employ them in silk making, sparking renewed press debate.
The District Court of Appeals reversed a $264,000 judgment awarded to the Baltimore Federal League club by the major baseball leagues. The case centered on alleged anti trust violations and the court’s ruling challenges the leagues’ restraint claims.
Washington The Wenters Union Telegraph company lost the fight for an injunction to restrain the Lamia ville and Nashville railroad from moving its telegraph lines from the railroad right of way.
Four men were killed and Colonel Russel B. Harrison, son of the late President Benjamin Harrison, was seriously injured when an automobile carrying them was struck by a traction car in Indianapolis.
Rio de Janeiro reports that Brazil has recognized the government of President Alvaro Obregon of Mexico. The announcement came from the state department and confirms diplomatic acknowledgment by the Brazilian government.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves a 1,000,000 loan to the Trans Mississippi Terminal Railroad to meet the maturity of its 6 percent gold notes due December 1. The road must finance 2,000,000 more.
John Danoy once a wealthy planter and former collector of customs at Wilmington North Carolina died in this city. He was regarded as one of the wealthiest African Americans in the middle Atlantic region.
An unidentified Black man charged with assault on white women six years old was taken from Hughes County jail at Hold Fe on Rath Ret.
State board of canvassers releases district by district results for all ten congressional seats. Democrat leads in many districts with Republican challengers and rising totals. total state vote nearly doubles last paten year. Fire and public-safety notes include speed limits for fire apparatus and planned gate requirements at crossings. National Guard reorganization and officer appointments also mentioned.
Charlotte city commissioners are summoned to appear before Judge William Harding to show cause why they should be restrained from enforcing ordinances requiring removal of gasoline tanks from sidewalks. The order, signed by Judge James L. Webb, caps months of clashes between the board and residents.
The lesson outlines three parables from Matthew 13 and Luke 12, arguing Christ is not hidden but sacrificed for the lost. It identifies the field as the world, the treasure as Israel, and the pearl as the church, with the merchantman Christ seeking pearls and purchasing with his blood. The dragnet parable depicts the final gathering and angelic separation of the saved from the unsaved.
A reflective note urging faith in brief moments of gladness as divine minutes in daily life. The speaker, Dot Whitney, says happiness is God’s intended interruption to petty worries and invites embracing small daily joys as sacred moments.
Disjointed reflections debate whether true spirituality emerges naturally or through transcendent aims. The text laments failed life promotion methods and the opaque region hindering progress, suggesting frustration with incomplete understanding.
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