ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD, ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.
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CAUGHT III RAIDS
AROUND THE WORLD WITH HERALD PHOTOG
Through an association with a number of other American newspapers Tha Roanoke Rapid Herald ii represented
throughout the world by some two hundred photographers, more than one hundred of them being with the armiei and navies
of the various warring nations. A number of the best and most interesting of the pictures taken by these photographers win
be reproduced on this page each week for the benefit of readers of The Herald.
CAMPAIGN OF
CONDUCTED
ARRESTS WERE
ENTIRELY BY
STATE
OFFICERS.
ONE OF THE SMALLER ACTIVITIES OF THE RED CROSS
WHERE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WILL BE HELD
STATE nTIOMIEf IS BITTER
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'I Do Not Believe That Nero or Any
Fiddler Can be Elected President
of the United States,
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This scene, during a recent fire In Hoboken which destroyed a church, a club and ten other buildings. kIiowh one
of the lesser activities of the lied Cross. Workers of the organizations are serving hot coffee to the cold and weury
firemen.
FRENCH PRIESTS COME TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES
'This pnrty of French priests Ims Just arrived In the United States for u visit. Left to rlht they tire: t'uther .Inn,
Father liloyet, who served In the French Infanlry, wag wounded and won the War Cross; Monslgnor Conniv urch
bishop of Haiti, and Father Tessel.
CARES FOR RAILWAY WOMEN
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CARDINAL UNVEILS MEMORIAL TO HEROES
Miss rauline Goldnmrk is manager
of the woman's service section of thf
United States railroad administration.
In representing the Interests of the
101.000 women employed by 'the rail
roads during the war and the 83,000
who have remained In the service since
then, Miss Goldnmrk has hud an op
portunity to make some Interesting
studios of women In Industry. She
Interested herself especially In seeing
that women dolus the same cln of
work as" men got equal pay, and she
bad women removed from positions
where their work was too heavy.
Admirals in History.
,Jhe first renr-ndmlrals In the Cnlted
States navy were commissioned In
1802. when that rank was created by
net of congress. David Fnrragut, for
hla valor In the Civil war, was made
Vice admiral In 1S04, and two years
later the rnnk of admiral was estab
lished for the purpose of honoring him.
The grade of admiral was revived In
1899 und conferred tjpon George
Dewey, the hero of Manila. The high
est tank of American naval officers In
active service was, up to a short time
ago, that of rear admiral. The title of
admiral was first used In France, and
the first French admiral was appoint
ed In 1284. A few years later the title
was adopted by the English, and the
rank of admiral of the English seas
was first given to William de Ley
bourne by Edward L In 1297.
Paralysla First Detected In Thumb
It Is a well known fact among nerve
specialists that by an examination of
the thumb they can tell If the patient
la affected, or likely to be affected, by
paralysis or not. ai the thumb will In
dicate this a long tlms before there (a
any trace of the dumta In any otter
aart of tha system.
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the church at Eden Grove, Holloway, England.
DESTROYER NEST ON THE PACIFIC COAST
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"Hornets" of the new Pacific fleet, the swift destroyers, photographed
from an airplane flying over them at anchor In San Diego harbor.
NAPOLEON NOT A SNUFF TAKER.
In a letter from Mile. Bertrand,
daughter of General Bertrand, Na
poleon's devoted companion at St.
Helena, Mile. Bertrand maintained
that, although the emperor was com
monly credited with being a anuff
taker, he detested tobacco In any
form. "Only once," aha wrote, "wit
Napoleon persuaded to try a pipe. At
soon at he placed the amber tubt la
his mouth he flung It from him with a
gesture of disgust and shouted!
Take the disgusting thing away.' To
soothe hla chronic Indigestion the em
peror had a mixture of licorice and
brown tugar made np, wljlch he car
ried loose In hla waistcoat pockets. He
frequently had recourse to this, and
when In company would convey a
pinch to hla nostrils at If It were
tnuS, but Instead of Inhaling It ha
would tilde It aurreptKlously Into but
mouth."
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Interior of the Coliseum In Chicago, where, according to the decision of the Republican national committee, the
convention of 1020 will be held.
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These young women, five native Americans and five born In Poland, are Roon to leave New York for Polnnd to
do Y. M. C. A. work In the new station. The American girls are all of Polish blood. Misses Anderson t.nd Wood
sman, on the right, will accompany the party to .Paris.
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Chicago. Raids resulting le arrestt
of 200 or more liifl isirial Worker ot
the World, roniinut.ists and other rad
icals were carried out under the di
rection of State's Attorney Maclay
Hoyne, who In a statement attacked
Attorney Genersl Palmer for the fail
ure of department of Justice agents to
co-operate.
At noon after receipt of a personal
letter from Attorney General Palmer,
asking him not to proceed with the
plan, federal department o f Justice,
agents withdrew. Mr. Hoyne declared.
"Apparently Attorney General rai
nier or some of his friends are play
ing petty politics with the situation
and are pursuing a pussyfoot policy,"
asserted the state's attorney. "Ex
pressing my opinion as a citizen and
democrat, I do not believe Nero or
any other fiddler can be elected pres
ident of the Cnlted States."
Edward G. Brennan, chief of tho
bureau of investigation of the depart,
ment of Justice, refused to comment
ARTICLE TEN OF TREATY
THE ONE BIG OBSTACLE.
Washington. Getting down to
cases in their discussion of a peace
tieaty compromise, republican and
democratic senators find that article
ten still presents the biggest Btum
bling block in tha way of an agreement.
GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD LANE
WILL BE A BANK PRESIDENT.
Baltimore. It is generally accepted
here in financial circles that Mr.
Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the in
terior, will succeed former Governor
Edwin Wartield as president ot the
Fidelity and Deposit Company of
Maryland who resigned.
FAMOUS WRITER-PREACHER,
EDITOR CHRISTIAN HERALD
New York. Rev. Charles M. Shel
don, one of the n'ost widely known
preachers In America, became editor of
the Christian Herald. Since 1889 Mr.
Sheldon had been pastor of the Cen
tral Congregational church ot Topeka,
Kan.
Mr. Sheldon Isthe author ot "In
His Steps,' which holds a record sale
of 10,000,000 copies.
EIGHTEEN MORE LYNCHINGS
OCCURRED 1919 THAN IN 1918
Tuskegee, Ala. The department of
records and research of Tuskegee Uni
versity issued its annual report of
lynchings in 1919.
According to the report there were
82 lynchings in 1919, of which 77 were
in the South and five in the .North and
West. This is 18 more tnn the num
ber, 64, for 1918.
AMERICAN FOREIGN COMMERCE
HAS ASSUMED FABULOUS SIZE
The beautiful tiihlet to be placed on the grave of Iiessle ErtwaiiiN unulv
ter of General Kdwnrds, commander of the famous Yankee division. Miss
Edwards died while doing service In one of the camps over here.
Memorial erected at Cliuens-Mont-reux
to the allied soldiers who died
during their Internment in Switzer
land. The monument was recently un
veiled, the ceremony telng attended
by all the diplomatic representatives in
Switzerland. The French cock is
perched on the top of a thick square
pillar on the forward face of which Is
Inscribed in bronze "Pro Patrin, 1914
1i)1U." A poilu lies on a block of
stone and presses to his lips the folds
of the tricolor.
Washington. Secretary Alexander
of the department of commerce sums
up the commercial outlook for tho
year 1920 as follows:
- "The closing year witnesses a fabu
lous growth of American foreign com
merce, far beyond the dreams of busi
ness men five years ago. Our trade
balance for the yer 1919 will be ap
proximately four billions of dollars.
A great fleet of merchant ships, nw
Industries, new sources of Bupply and
increased knowledge of our own re
sources are some ot the assets gained
from our war experience.'
CAPTURE OF BANDIT WILLIAM CARLISLE
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Traveler's-Joy.
Trnvelor's-Joy Is conspicuous In the
hedges of Kngliind In the autumn of
the year. This clematis and the sweet
scented wl'il mi riot y adorned tho coun
tryside of 1.,. ojie long before the Chi
nese find .Tnpnnew elemntln were In
troduced from the Fast. Trmolcr's
Joy t'lemntis vltalhul Is the "vlonie"
of France. And no plant In the French
language Is richer in popular names.
Their number Is vcritnbly legion. Tlie
more attractive nre composite words,
such as barlie nu lion Dleti, cheveux de
la Vierge. cbevleux do In Ronne Pame,
consolation des voyageurs. Tills last
Is the English "trnveler's-Joy," and
Uemy de Gourmont In his "Esthotlone
de la Friitienise," bus this Interesting
little footnote. Tlie plant wns thus
named, he says, 'hern use It presaged to
the traveler his near approach to a
village.
INCREDIBLE RICI.ES OF
NORTH CAROLINA SHOWN
Sheriff Roach, and members ot his posse helping the wounded bandit
William Carlisle, onto a horse after he had made bla last ttand la a little
mountain cabin.
Bee Stings Cure Rheumatism. .
Of the "cures for rheumntlcs" there
are some very curious ones on record j
and one or two which have come un
der notice nre perhnps Interesting,
t ough the writer has not yet tried
these "cures,"
The "bee sting cure" was a common
treatment In the Isle of Malta. It
originated there when It was discov
ered that people, having been stung
accidentally, were rendered Immune
from rheumatism which had previous
ly troubled them. The "bee ttlng cure,"
It la Hid, wat also practiced among
some Indian tribes, who admitted that
It wat a painful processExchange.
Raleigh. North Carolina's incredi
ble riches at the close of the most
prosperous year in the history of man,
consist, of ?5,000 .000,000 in taxabla
properties, $(500,000,000 in harvested
crops, $400,000,000 in banking re
sources, $200,000,000,000 in govern,
ment securities. i
The taxables rest upon e stiVnates ot
tax experts who believe the revalua
t ion of all property will result In ft
gain of nearly 60 per cent.
THE SUGAR CONTROL BILL
IS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT
Washington. President Wilson hat
s!gned the McNary bill continuing the
United States sugar equalization board
through 1920. It was announced thr.t
bin signature had been attached be
fore midnight.
Secretary Tumulty, In making tbe
announcement, Issued this statement:
"The president has signed the sugar
control bill. The bill confers discre
tion on the president In the matter ot
purchasing sugar from Cuba.. v .
PRICES WILL BE REDUCED,
AND THE CLOTHES, WELL
New York. -The cost of woman's
dothea may be reduced considerably
fcacanse there will be lest of them, ll
the predictions ot a fashionable fifth
Avenue mala mllMner and dressmaker
are correct. The latwt modet France
It tending to tht United State, H
said, am: ' '
No atocklnRt.
Extremely thort trVrta. '
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