Roanoke Rapids herald., 1921-10-28
Domestic

Controversy over the religious affili.
alton Of David Lloyd-George, who has
been claimed at Springfield, ILL.,, by
both Disciples Of Christs and Baptists,
has been settled by Lloyd-George him.
self. He wrote. II am member OF
the Disciples of Christ, but attend the
Baptist chapel" Thus the British
prime minister nominated himself to
the electorate Of Solomon.
"The upward swing Of the business
pendulum is clearly. defined to those
who can read the economic signs Of
the times. 1t is the bank, the railroad,
the postofflce, the mill and the field,
and It calls for spirit OF optimism
and an attitude Of self-reliant, forward
looking confidence on the part OF the
business men of the country" wrote
Vice President Coolidge, recently, to
the Boston chamber of commerce.
Property damage exceeding $25O,OO0
resulted from three fires which broke
out October 81 in New Orleans, famed
by stiff wind, and threatened destruc-
tion of large industrial and residential
sections before gotten under control.
Charles Bellmyer of Bloomington,
Ind, on trial at Nashville, Tenn,
charged with the murder of w. C.
Pickett. of Atlanta, and Charles Stew
art, of Indianapolis, during the recent
state fair, recently gave up the fight,
pleading guilty to the Puckett MUIR
der but claiming the Stewart killing
was accidental, and receiving SEN
tence of thirty-eight years in the first
case and two to ten years in the other.
Use of "bloodless surgery ON the \
face was described in papeers read
recently before the convention of the
American Academy of Opathalmology
and Otolarnygology, at Philadelphia,
Pa.
Answering the warning click tho
ant or he'll take your town." Selma.
Ala, recently started war of exter-
mination.
Congressman j. NJ. Robinson, of
Kentucky, in an address at the bien-
nial convention of Tennessee-Ken.
lucky Union Mine Workers at Knox
vile, Tenn, declared that "the strike |
Is always an evil. It is often a nee.
essary evil, but 1t is no less an evil"
Ernest A. Cults, Savannah Ca, i'm.
perial potentate of the Ancient Arabic
Order, Mobiles Of the Ancient Mystic
Shrine, upon an official visit to Pitts.
burg, Pa, told Shriners of that city
the organization had pledged itself
to the expenditure Of $10,O00,000 for
the care and cure of crippled children.
Rel orts from European capitals, and
from South America recently, indicate
the existence Of an international Com.
nunist plot to secure by intimidation
the freedom Of Niccolo Sacco ami Bar.
todomeo Vanzetti, Italian Communists
of brutal murder of a
pasr,ester and guard at South
Bra.nt-ea. Mass. recently.
DR.. Livingston Farrand for two
Years chairman Of the American Red
Cross, and formerly president of the
University Of Colorado, was recently
president of Cornell uni.
gersity, at an impressive ceremony
In by more than fifty
college and university presidents and
yuests of prominence In the world of
cience. education and letters.
Two bandits held up freight train
Il .he Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
lear McCook. ILL.,, recently and carted
VI the contents Of one box car in a
motor truck
The prohibition director for the New
fork district has decided that IL he
) to rid New York of bootlegging he
must have prohibition assistants In
onviction, not in name. He has fired
ixteen men and six more are slated to
o. He says that when he has acquir-
d a "10O% prohibition force" he will
0 after bootlcggers, hammer and
ongs.
Fire at Jasper, Tenn. destroyed half
dozen Stores a livery stable, law Of.
CO, lodge hall and the Nashville, Chat.
'nooga and ST. Louis railway de-
ot.