Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-01-14
Domestic

When John Smith, 50, sought admit.
lance to the county poor house Of Ash
land county, Wis, he was told he could
enter, but could not bring his dog.
Smith suicided shortly after He was
found beside his dog, his hand still
grasping the gun that had ended their
| lives.
Channig H. Cox has been inaugural.
ed governor Of Massachusetts,.
The management of the Chadwick
Hoskins Cotton Mills, operating five
plants-four at Charlotte. N c., one
in Martinsville, Va.-announces re-
supmtion of operation January II after
an idlness Of six weeks.
A rigid blue law has been intro
duced in the Tennessee state senate
Sunday baseball, operation of trains
publication of newspapers, etc, are
among the things inhibited
Boston has put on policewomen. It
was found necessary to fix I'D room
where they could powder their noses,
and the department gladly did so.
In the court of general sessions at
Charleston, S. c., Judge Smith recent
ly decided that ships were made to
plough the seas and not for arresting
people.
Shielded by barrage fire q Mex
lean woman struggled of whiskey
across the Rio .Grande river and de-
posted on the United States side.
She was wounded but reached her des-
tination.
A powerful dog, afflicted with ra-
bies failed to throw James Reeves of
Bessemer, Ala. into flight. The fero-
cious dog attacked Reeves, but the lat.
ter, unarmed held his ground and
choked his assai.ant to death. He suf-
fered severe bite upon the hand
and is undergoing the Pasteur treat
ment in Birmingham
In Knoxville, Tenn, the other day,
there was a peculiar hold.up. A man
went into a drug store and asked the
clerk to take him back to the pre-
scription department. Then he drew
a pistol and demanded "a drink" The
clerk finally convinced that the store
had no liquor, and the man went on
his way without further ado
The number of guards policing Ken
lucky whiskey warehouses will be in,
creased. The total cost of guarding
whiskey in Kentucky will be $4,000
a year.
An is months old Yonyers, N. Y.
baby discovered how the German toy
makers hid their pride and circumvent.
ed prejudice in the American doll mar
ket this year. The doll was dropped
and one arm broken. Out dropped
a roll of paper upon which was print
ed Made in Germany
William H. McGanonn, chief justice
of the Cleveland, Ohio, municipal
court, faces trial a second time on
the charge of Staying Harold c. Kagy.
The jury in the first trial was dis
charged on the 3lst of December at.
tef having been deadlock practically |
4S hours.
John L. Hyatt, vice president of a
wholesale grocery company, died at
his home at Memphis, Tenn from a
bullet wound said to have been self.
inflicted. He had been in ill.health
fro several months, and dependency
over his conditions is the alleged
cause of his self.murder.
Angered at a policeman and news
paper reporter because they had par
ticipated earlier in the night in a raid
on questionable cafe, several sailors
attacked the two, the ensuing fight
developing into riot which resulted
in number Of persons being injured,
one seriously, at Los Angeles, Calf.
About fifty New Year merry.makers |
were injured, several seriously, when
a temporary sidewalk over an exca-
vation for new theater building at |
Market and Taylor streets, San Fran
cisco, collapsed.