Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-10-27
Domestic

Controversy over the religious affll1-
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. 81 am a 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 or
the times. 1t is the bank, tn" railroad,
the postoffice. 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 S25O.OO0
resulted from three fires which broke
ont October 81 in New Orleans, famed
bv n stiff wind, and threatened desiruc-
ton Of large Industrial and residential
sections before gotten under control.
Charles Bel!myer. of Bloomington,
Ind, on trial mt Nashville, Tenn,
charged with the murder Of w. c..
PuCkrtt, Of Atlanta, and Charles Stew
art of indianapolis, during the recent
state fair. recently gave mp the fi@ht,
pleading guilty to the Puckett muir
der, but claiming the Stewart killing
was accidental, and receiving a sem
;cnce of thirty-cieht years in the first
case and two To ten years in the other.
Use 0f "bIoOGlcSS surgery on the
face was described in rapeer5 read
recently before the convention Of the
American Academy OF OpathalmoloSy
and OtolarnygolUgy, at Philadelphia,
Pa.
Answering the warning click the
ant or he'll take your town." SelNlG.
Ala, recently started a war OF exter-
ninatinn.
CONGRESSMAN ]. NJ. Robinson, OF
Kentucky, in an address at the hicn-
NAL convention Of Tennessee Ken
tucky Union Mine Wort. rs at Knox
Vile. Tenn, declared that the strike
is always an evil. 1t is often nee.
cssary evil, but it is no less IN evil"
Ernest \. Cults. Savannah. Ga. inn
perial pOtcntatc Of the Ancient Arabic
Order, Mobiles Of the Ancient Mystic
Shrine. upon IN official visit to Pitts
burg, Pa, told Shriners of that city
the organization had pledged itself
TO the expenditure of $1p.o0O.O0O for
tho care and cure Of crippled children.
Rel orte from European capitals. and
from South America recently. indicate
the existence Of an international Com
lnuniSt pot to secure by intimidation
the freedom Of Niccolo Sacco ana Bar.
tOdOnreO VanZetti, Italian C0mnmnists
convicted Of brutal murder of a
pa, ,.rusrer and a guard at South
Bra 'rt:en. Mass. recently.
DR.. Livingston Farrand for two
years chairman of the American Red
Cross, and formerly president of the
University of Colorado, was recently
inaugurated president of Cornell uni.
versity, at an impressive ceremony
participated in by more than fifty
college and university presidents and
guests of prominence in the world Of
science, education and letters.
Two bandits held up freight train
Of The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
near McCOok, ILL.,, recently and carted
off the contents of one box car in q
motor truck.
The prohibition director for the New
York district has decided that if he
is To rid New York of bootlcgging he
must have "pruhibitiOn" assistants in
conviction. not in name. He has fired
sixteen men and six more are slated to
20. He says that when he has acuuir.
ed a 1000 prohibition force" he will
go after bootlcggors, hammer and
tOngs.
Fire at Jasper, Tenn. destroyed half
Il dozen stores, a livery stable. law Of
flee. lodge hail and the Nashville. Cat.
tanooga and st. Louis railway de-
pot.