Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-08
Straps and facts.


Senator +. d. Smith of South Carroll
ma. A reduction from $4,000 to 1000
bales of cotton a year was caused IN
one county of this state by the boil
weevil, he claimed Representative
Dickson of Mississippi told the commit
tee that the boil weevil was producing
disastrous results in his district. lie
declared that in the past eighteen
months about 1900 families had left
his county as a result Of the visit or
the pest. Estimates were given TO the
committee placing the loss to the cot
ton crop last year, at from $25,OOO'oOO
To $35,O0O.OO0.
Charlotte. N. c., March 5: In broad
daylight and on one Of the principal
streets. negroes today held up. and as
saulted a white woman and child and
robbed them of their pocket books,
containing sums of money. These bold
robberies came as the climax to long
series of almost nightly nold-ups IN
which women have been invariably the
victims on the boulevard in Dilworth
this morning, an aged woman was
knocked down and severely hurt, the
negro escaping with the woman's pocK-
ct book. This afternoon on the main
street of the city child was knocked
down and robbed of purse Ihe po-
lice chased both criminals with blood
hounds and automobiles and made two
-lp fAlln
prisoner to the station, but no violence
was attempted. although for time
great excitement prevailed.
Dividing practically upon party
lines, the senate. at the close OF the
third session of the legislative day OF
March 8, on Saturday, passed the ad-
ministration postal savings bank bill.
OF the 72 votes cast, so were in favor
of the bill and % against. All the
negative votes were cast by Demo-
Gratis. Senator Chamberlain of oregon
was the only Democrat who voted for
the bill. As it goes to the house, the
bill authorizes the various money order
postoffices to accept sums of 81 or more
from depositors and to deposit these
sums in the local banks, where the
money is to remain unless Withdrawn
by the president in case of war or
other exigency. In case of this with
drawal the funds are TO be invested IN
government securities, but with the
proviso that such securities shall not
draw less than p per cent interest.
The control of the funds is vested in
a board of trustees, composed of the
postmaster general, the secretary or
the treasury and the attorney general.
The aggregate balance allowed to any
depositor is $500 and no person Is per-
mitted to deposit more than 500 in
any one month. The government is
required to pay per cent interest and
must exact not less than p per cent
from the banks, the extra quarter or
per cent being required for the pay
ment of expenses and losses. 1t Is
calculated that such law would bring
much money out of hiding and result
in a fund ranging all the way from
$500, 100000 to s1,OO0,0OO,OO0.
Kansas City, March 6: Finding
Jere F. Lillis, millionaire local bank
er in his nome when he arrived uneX-
pectedly at an early hour today, John
p. Cudahy, a wealthy packer and son
of Michael Codahy, the Chicago mil
lionaire, is alleged to have committed
an assault upon the man, which led to
his arrest on a charge of, disturbing
the peace. He was released on SlOO
bond. Lillis is in st. Mary's hospital
His condition is said to be critical.
Cuts said to have been inflicted with
a knife are on his face, legs and one
arm. The cuts have been made in
cross fashion. If he recovers he will
be disfgured for life, it is said by
physicians. Before cutting Lillis, Gu
daily is said to have bound him with
strong rope A woman heard Lillis
screaming and groaning in the Cudahy
home and called the police. Her iden-
tity has not been established. A pa
trolman hurried to the Cudahy home,
which Is in a fashionable residence sec
ton. The front door was open, so he
did not ring the bell. Screams came
from a parlor, and then groans and
cries for mercy. The patrolman said
of the scene: Three men were in the
room. Prostrate on the floor lay Lillis,
half nude and bound with a rope. His
legs were bare and mis- few remaining
clothes were bloody. Above him
stood Cudahy in evening dress. His
sleeves were rolled up, and blood was
on his hands. At his side stood a
chauffeur. None of the men noticed
me. l rushed to the trio and asked
Cadahy what does all this mean.
Hes ruined my home, he replied,
making no resistance to arrest. l al
lowed him to telephone to mis- attorney
while | called an ambulance for the
wounded man." Attempts to find eth
er Cudahy or Mrs. Cudahy today prov
ed futile, but Cudahy's attorney admits
the general facts in the case. Since
Cudahy's marriage to Miss Edna Cow
in, who was society belle Of Omaha,
on December 2S, 1899, the family has
been prominent in Kansas City socie-
ty. They have five children. Lillis is
a bachelor Al years old, manager Of
the Western Exchange bank, and
prominent socially.
- Scotland Neck, n. c., March .:
State Senator f. l.. Travis and Repre-
sentative A z. Kitchin. a brother of
Gov. w. W. Kitchn and Congressman
Claud Kitchin of the Second North
Carolina district, and Deputy Sheriff
G. w. Dunn, all of Halifax county, were
shot down on the main street of the
town yesterday by E. +. Powell, a
wealthy and prominent citizen. Travis
and Kitchin are seriously and Dunn
fatally wounded. Details of the shoot
ing are meager. According to the best
information obtainable, Powell met the
three walking along the street togeth-