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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1920
Page
2
Roanoke Virginia reports Norfolk and Western Railway issues a 20 percent shop force cut starting October 16, focusing on laborers and helpers first. Officials say reductions will be gradual, carefully planned, and will not impair efficiency, with clerical and mechanical departments urged to study and seek economies.
Harrisburg Pa August Pasquale known as the Crank confessed to Major Lynn G Adams that he abducted Blakely Coughlin from a Norristown home and smothered the child under his coat. He said he buttoned the coat about the baby when he heard a noise while descending a ladder and later found the infant dead.
In New York the arrest of leaders of a whiskey ring, said to ship carload lots of liquor to Chicago and other Western cities, along with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employees, was promised by M. J. Murphy, superintendent of the B and O police.
The Prince of Wales arrived in London after a six month tour of the empire. Hundreds of thousands greeted him, marking one of the greatest welcomes in the country’s history.
Delegates at the Purchasing Agents Association convention in Chicago predicted a price drop of up to fifty percent in many items within the next six to seven months. The forecast reflects anticipated market softness and widespread cost reductions across sectors.
Edward H. Bonzall of Philadelphia was reelected president at the closing session of the Episcopal Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The convention settled on Norfolk Virginia as the 1921 meeting city.
London reports a cautious update on King Alexander of Greece who has been ill after a monkey bite. An Athens bulletin notes his condition shows slight improvement with no further complications disclosed.
Harvard University announces fall enrollment of 5481, a gain of 459 from last year, per the registrar’s office. An official investigation continues into a fire at Cameron Compress Company that destroyed the compress facilities and bales of cotton.
Former premier Herbert Asquith reacts to Lloyd George Canarvon address calling it a declaration of insolvency of the coalition government. Paris reports the Polish government disavows occupation of Vilna by General Zergouski and his troops per foreign office advices.
Governor Cooper received warnings from Bishopville in Lee County about a gin house near town marked for burning as threats from night riders spread across the state.
Washington reports the Supreme Court declined to revisit its June 7 ruling upholding the prohibition amendment and portions of the enforcement act. In Philadelphia, Miss Eather Rogers, daughter of Samuel L. Rodgers, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, died in a hospital under circumstances that ended her life.
Widespread warnings from Night Riders sweep Texas Arkansas and South Carolina with menacing threats to destroy cotton and property if prices stay under 40 cents a pound. Alabama Governor Kilby offers 250 dollars for arrests and convictions. Morgan County Cotton Association adds 200 dollars. Guns and guards appear at plants as warnings spread.
Gen. E. M. van Zandt announced a decision on the 1921 reunion city within a few weeks. Cities like Louisville Memphis Chattanooga Little Rock and Savannah invited veterans.
Rube Marquard, Brooklyn pitcher, was arrested in a downtown Cleveland hotel on a warrant from Assistant Prosecutor Edward Staunton. He faced charges of attempting to sell eight World Series box seats originally costing $52.80 for $350.
In Tokyo and Manila remarks, Rev Dr Charles E Lock says the Bible is the top seller in the United States England and Japan. He notes that seven tenths of the world’s people now have Bibles in their own language and cites World Sunday School Congress talks. The census bureau reports figures compiling the 1920 census data.
A collage of figures shows continental US population at 105 682 108 with 12 250 000 in outlying possessions. Internal revenue receipts are listed for southern states. Reports cover appendicitis cures, Alaska and Yukon river freezes, moonshining cases, bank capital increases, and a bomb plot in Hutchinson Kansas.
The census bureau reports 6 459 098 farms in the United States, up 98 496 in a decade but down 94 percent from the 1910 rise. South states mostly gain. Alabama Florida Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia show varied changes. More than half the population now lives in urban areas, with 64 816 209 in cities and 50 888 899 in rural districts, as preliminary figures.
Farmers in the eastern tobacco belt anticipate a better crop year than 1920 with earlier operas and a shift from tobacco to corn small grain pastures and hogs. Department agents advise diversification as cotton prospects weaken. Lincoln area reports strong grain and seed shipments while some farmers expect lower tobacco prices and raise cattle and hogs to balance income.
Alan W P G Harding, president of the Federal Reserve Board, and D C Wells met Atlanta branch leaders to back holding cotton at 40 cents a pound. L B Jackson, Georgia markets chief, claimed 90 percent of banks back easier credit to planters to pay debts from the current crop and urged broader discounting for wages, fertilizer, and supplies as many farmers cling to unsold cotton.
London reports the engagement of Hon Luis Chandos Francia Temple master of Kinloss to Miss Katherine Jackman daughter of a village blacksmith. In Alabama Albany Morgan county offers 209 reward for convicting arsonists burning cotton gins or stores. Jacksonville Florida issues strict quarantine blocking Pensacola freight unless rat‑proof warehouse origin.
At least thirty persons killed and over fifty wounded when the Paris to Nantes express crashes into a standing freight train. Night riders have appeared in Jasper county Georgia to hinder cotton ginning and warnings are posted on rural gin and store premises.
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