Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-08-05
Domestic

The ancient and honorable game OF
golf is correspondent in divorce suit
in New York filed by Mrs. Rachel B.
Hayward of Montclair against Sterling
P. Hayward.
Bandits broke into the Colonial club
at San Francisco on Powell street,
lined up the guests against the wall,
took their money and escaped.
D. L. Flynn Of Elkhart, Ind, fireman.
was fatally hurt, and A. ]. Johnston,
engineer severely scalded, when the
New York Central train, No. %, struck
a heavy automobile truck at New Car
Isle, Ind.
Louisiana is in the midst of one OF
the greatest rent and building wars
in the history of the country, in the
view Of real estate men and contrac-
tors. Outside firms have entered the
field and giving estimates on building
far below those Of local builders.
Injunction proceedings brought by
the U. s. Mail Steamship company
against the shipping board because of
the seizure by the board of nine steam
ships that had been allocated to the
company were transferred to the fed
eral courts by New York State SUI
preme Court Justice Burr on applica-
ton of the board.
Elimination Of noon lunches and of
practically all meats and sugar foods
is the best means Of surviving the hot
weather Of July and August, DR.. Re-
becca B. Mayors of Detroit, declared
in an address before the twenty-fifth
annual convention of the American Os-
teopathic association at Cleveland.
Two unmasked white men held up
officials and employees of the Bank
of Bauxite (Ark.), forced the cashier
at the point of revolyers to hand over
all the cash on the counter and after
looting the bank, held up taxi driver
and made him drive to point outside
of town where they fled into the
wooded hills.
B. P. Crum and George w. Jones,
counsel for the American Railway Ex-
press company, have filed with the
Alabama Public Service commission a
tariff which will become effective on
one days notice, If approved.
Musicians In every leading yaude-
vile and moving picture theater in
New York have received two weeks
notice of discharge. The notice is be-.
cause the workers refused to discuss
a 20 per cent reduction in wages.
The Presbyterian church in this
country gained 55,456 communicates
last year; total membership now is
1,692,55S.
An explosion at the office OF the
Los Angeles Gas and Electric COM
pany on Also street near the bed OF
the Los Angeles river, blew the roof
off the building and was reported to
have injured number Of employees.
Pete Herman is richer by $22,330
as the result of his recent fight with
Joe Lynch, when he recovered the BAN
tamweight boxing title. Herman Is
now anxious to fight Johnny Kilbane
of Cleveland, for the featherweighe IT,
tie
Reports that Monticello, the home of
Thomas Jefferson near Charlottesville,
Va, Is on the market, were confirmed
by jefferson M. Levy former congress.
man and present owner of the historic
estate. Mr.. Levy says the upkeep has
become too burdensome, and he Ia
compelled to sell 1t.
Six great ocean liners, loaded with
Greeks, Turks, Poles, Italians and 9th.
er aliens. will loaf around outside the
three-mile limit off New York harbor
with nothing to do but watch the rum.
runners go by. for several days,
The United States government may
never catch that mysterious booze
boat which has been keeping this port
happily moist, but the summer visit
ors splashing Ia the well.behaved surf
at Atlantic City can't be blamed they
ihave done their best to help