Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-10
Domestic

E. Lee Trinkle, of Wytheville, was
inaugurated governor Of Virginia re-
Gently, succeeding Westmoreland Da-
Wis. Judge Joseph l.. Kelly, president
of the state supreme court, admins
tered the oath of office.
Discovery of tellumirm gasoline
compound, which increases automo-
bile mileage one hundred per cent over
present gasoline fuel, was announced
at the research laboratories Of the Gen.
eral Motors company at Dayton, Ohio.
Nine bodies, crushed to an unrecog-
nizable mass by fall of slate fol-
lowing an explosion in the Gates
mine Of the H. C. Frick Coke COM
pany few miles from Brownsville,
have been brought to the surface.
Counterfeits of the familiar 2-cent
postage stamp have appeared for the
first time since 1895. One of the new
counterfeits came into the hands of
New York collector.
Wilbur Burr Voliva, successor to
John Alexander Dowie as overseers of
Zion and head of the Christian Apos-
tolic church. Zion, ILL.,, has completed
the fixing of dimensions of his flat
world, existence of which is now
taught in the Zion schools.
Fifty tons of Birmingham Stag from
iron furnaces at Birmingham, Ala, Is
now being shipped to Florida for the
foundation of 33 miles of standard
asphalt roads, which will be built in
that state at cost of 100000.
Jonas Marsh Libbey, editor and In
ternational authority on Industrial
matters, plunged to his death from a
point high up on the twenty-five
story Municipal building at New York.
The Southeastern Express company
has extended its lines to take in Nash
vile, Tenn, according to a wire re-
ceived at New Orleans, La, offices
recently from Atlanta, Ga.
Evelyn Nesbit, once one OF the most
beautiful leaders of the gilded life of
ANS" VI NJ iNhti iiBuit Ill lHt h1IilHR
of Stanford White by Harry Thaw, but
more recently one of the tragic fig.
ures OF Broadway, is missing, accord
ing to published reports at New York.
Twelve companies of Kentucky ma.
tional guardsmen were ordered to New
port, KY, where strike in the New
port Rolling mills has been in prog.
ress for sometime. The tank corps of
Covington was ordered to move In
and take control of the situation.
Scion H. Borglum, nation wide
sculptor and head of school OF
sculpture at Stamford, Conn, Is dead
His most recent work was at Stone
Mountain, Ga.
New owners of the Tennessee Cen.
trail railway have agreed to take over
for $l45,000 rolling stock and prop
erty which was not included In the
terms OF the sale of the road for ST.
100000 recently confirmed by federal
court at Chattanooga, Tenn.
william ID. Taylor, director Ia CALI
fornia for one of the largest film com.
panies in Los Angeles and nationally
known in the motion picture industry,
was found dead at him home under
circumstances that the police said in.
Dictated murder. He had been shot
through the neck.
A mine explosion killed four per~
sons and may have killed or entombed
many others at Layman, twenty miles
from Pineville, Ky. How many per-
sons were in the mine has not vet
been determined.
A woman bandit entered a Chicago
butcher shop run by Mrs. Rebecca
Bell, felled her with the butt Of
pistol took 1910 from Mrs. Bell and
escaped. The robber threatened her
with death il she made an cutlery. then
struck her down and calmly walked
out Of the store to freedom. There
Is no clue