Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-29
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Three hundred and thirty Eight state
banks of Georgia for the year 1909,
show a net profit of $2,335,521.43, or
1872 per cent on a capitalization Of
SIS, ,347, ,05S05, and a surplus of $6,50S,-
1927. The deposits Of these banks
total $66,775, ,714.57. 80. AT Bruxel, La,
Friday, Alfred F. Mitchell, aged so, IA.
tally shot his wife, wounded a son and
daughter. and committed suicide, all
the result of a trivial family quarrel.
......A red-hot stream Of lava, 1900
feet wide and "a feet high, swept down
the slope of Mount Aetna on Friday,
destroying all life in its path. Several
villages have been destroyed, a large
number of lives lost and more than
5000 persons are homeless as the re-
suit of the disaster. A party of Amer
lean tourists, approached the danger
zone Friday in automobiles, and had
very narrow escape from being burn
ed to death. .....A new oil field has
been discovered in eastern Texas, just
across the Louisiana state line. .....A
Kansas City, Mo-, woman Is suing the
second wife Of her first husband, for
100000 damages for alternating the af-
fections of her husband. 80. Jim Pow
ell and Joe Rodgers, negroes, were
hanged at Ensley, Ala, Friday, on the
same scaffold, for murder. $3.50. Twenty
or more girls and three men were
burned to death in Chicago on Friday,
by fire which destroyed a six-story
furniture plant Several girls were
killed by jumping from the windows Of
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be of incendiary origin and credited to
the Black Hand society. did 100000
damage at Morganfield, KY. Friday.
The expected election on the local OPP
ton question in Chicago, has been CALL
ed off on account Of the fact that the
petition asking for the election on
April 5, did not contain the names Of
q sufficient number Of qualified voters
to call the election. The Anti-SaloOn
league mas gone to work on a state
wide campaign. "A colony or Jew
ish farmers will be established on
750-acre tract Of land near Tryon, N.
c.. Thousands Of negroes along the
Mississippi river below New Orleans.
were panic stricken Friday night and
Saturday by the redness of the moon
and the obscurity Of tho sun, caused
by the dust blown from the craters of
smoldering volcanoes in Mexico and
Central America. ..... The fire insur-
ance scandal investigation in progress
in New York, has brought out the
statement that the insurance companies
put up 100000 a year for five years, to
influence legislation favorable to the
companies. The bribery fund was
known as the yellow pup" fund, and
was distributed to legislators and poll
ticians as thank offerings" -. A Wash
ington dispatch Of Saturday, says that
the war department Is uneasy about
the situation in the Philippines and Is
expecting trouble. 80. Agnes Guirman,
II years old, and her 3-months- old in
FAINT, were burned to death in Chicago,
Saturday, by a fire caused by a lamp
explosion. .... AT Bowden, Ga, Satur-
day. runaway couple were married
by long distance phone. The ceremony
was performed by a county judge, who
was at the other end of the wire at
Carrollton. The officer read the cere-
mony to the phone central at Bowden,
who repeated ii to the runaways and
they made their answers to the judge.
...... The chairman of the congress
sional committee on poStoffices and
postrOads, says that the postal savings
bank bills will probably be reported In
the house the first week of April. ......
Thirteen Of the railroads entering Chi
cagO, nave promised an increase Of
three cents an hour to it's switchmen
.. The Wright brothers are offering
airships to the public at $500 each.
.. Forest fires are doing cOnsidera-
bic damage in northwestern Pennsyl-
vania. .... Mr.. Roosevelt rendered
reception to 300 American tourists at
Cairo. Egypt. Saturday. .... The graft
investigation Of Pittsburg, Pa. has
brought out the fact that the six banks
which held the deposits of the city
government. had paid to the grafting
cOuncilmen the sum of $l025GO that
they might be named repositories Of
city funds.