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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
3
On a liner bound for Gibraltar the rival Win Shute fights jealousies and a seaside romance with Miss Riley. A careless wireless operator, Jed Mansel, swindles the crew while Shute faces an uncertain future and a test of loyalty aboard the ship.
On a night near Genoa Win Shute tries to keep a low profile aboard a ship bound for Naples. He weighs accusations against Jerrold Mansel, fears exposure of his baseball past, and contemplates revealing his true identity to Miss Riley while seeking a hidden discovery through front names as Aristophanes notes slang in his era.
New York reports that U S seagoing tonnage is about 10,049,000 tons, up 600 percent since 1914, yet total world steam tonnage remains below prewar totals. Britain builds more ships but still sits about 2,800,000 tons under its 1914 peak as steel and wood vessel losses and wartime disruption persist.
Proceedings in the legislature focus on referendums and the process for vote Referendum topics and timelines examined by lawmakers during sessions with emphasis on rules and potential impacts on policy.
Amid a heated session in Raleigh, the house tabled a salary bill for state officers, while a tie in the senate blocked a divorce reform measure. The revenue act passed 38 to 6, pensions for Confederate veterans were moved to December, and a broad voting rights expansion for women progressed with the nineteenth amendment. The session also considered intrastate passenger rates, maintenance concerns for roads, and a call for a statewide poll tax provision related to ratification.
Demonstrations and exhibits mark the state convention of farmers at State College with talks on progress. Governor Bickett hails NC as rising nationally and internationally in agriculture while an insectary addition expands space for the entomology department under Professor Metcalf.
Attorney General Manning asserts no need for new laws as Susan B Anthony amendment would automatically extend NC voting rights to women. He notes the fifteenth amendment already removed race as a barrier. Women would register like men and paid taxes once they reach majority, with no poll tax this year. A separate salary bill fight threatens to derail state official and clerk pay raises as Governor Rut Courilton's finance panel favors deferring increases.
The article notes that revaluation is nearly finished with little change and that supporters expect broad approval at the polls for the amendment this fall. It reports divisions within the General Assembly on creating new voter machinery, objections to the school bill over funding for Home counties, and a committee amendment tying county tax levies to prior years. It also covers a rate-fixing substitute bill for intrastate passenger rates and census findings for Madison Union New Hanover counties, plus hints at a pending repeal effort for statewide primary law.
New Bern residents accuse the census bureau of omitting an entire city ward in ten year population gains. Citizens contend the city has 12,000 names on local lists, far above the reported 42 net gain. Telegram campaigns urge officials to correct the alleged miscount while the city weighs bonds and growth in nearby towns amid varied local events.
Rocky Mount faces a tax showdown as barbers raise hair cut prices from 40 to 50 cents and shaves to 75 cents, prompting aldermen to propose a graduated license tax per chair. The clash foretells a civil battle as barbers plan counter measures at the next meeting. In other items, the Chamber of Commerce weighs city county consolidation, women enter politics in Davidson County, revenue officers raid Stilllet distilleries, and tobacco markets expand in northern counties.
In Wilmington local opinion cites Governor’s broken promise and political expediency as the main obstacles to a statewide eradication bill. C Cashwell, a leading attorney, supports the eradication plan and attended the hearing. The report also notes murders in Durham, a postmaster selection inquiry in Winston-Salem, and a college rename in Greensboro confirming the carrier’s city news mix.
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