Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06
Straps and facts,

livered a purse of $40O. contributed by
citizens.
- Harry Levenson, one of the trio ar
rested in New York last week on
charges of being engaged in the white
slave" traffic, on Tuesday entered
plea of guilty before a United States
commissioner and gave details of the
whole horrible business, together with
the names of the principal operators.
According to Levenson, the nefarious
business has connections in nearly eN-
cry one Of the larger cities of this
country and also in Canada and France.
Levenson'S arrest was brought about
by brilliant detective work by two
young women college graduates who
worked on the case for months.
- Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt, was
married at Lincoln, Neb., last Tuesday,
to Lieutenant Reginald Owen of the
British army. The bride is the daugh-
ter of Hon. VIM. ]. Bryan. She was
first married some years ago to w. n.
Leavitt, an artist. The couple did
not get along very well and after TWO
children had been born to them, they
separated There was story at the
time of the marriage to the effect that
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were opposed.
Leavitt claims that this is not true:
that both Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan asked
him to marry their daughter. He also
claims that there mas been no legal
divorce, and insists that he is going TO
have the two children.
- Pittsburg, Pa, May 4: Thirty
two awards of medals for acts of he
roism were made by the Carnegie
hero fund commission at its spring
meeting today. Seven silver and
twenty-five bronze medals were order
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while monthly pensions aggregating
S196, death benefits of $4,SS0 and spe-
cial awards totalling $1S,10O were
made. The cash awards were to Ii
quidate mortgages and other indebted
nesseS and for educational purposes.
In thirteen instances the heroes met
death either in the act or as result
of injuries received. Five reScues
were made from injuries or death by
trains, two from fires, one from cleo
trocution. IA from drowning. four
from suffocation in wells and tanks.
five in a mine cave-in and one from a
runaway The awards were made
among others to the following: John
Adriance, Jr., Galveston, Texas; Geo.
F. Hemphill. Anna, Texas; Harley
Tomlinson, Norwood, y. c. (died);
Frank Forrest, Norwood, \. c.; Wylle
Looney Duncansville, Texas, (died);
A. Albert Richards. Denton, Texas,
(died)
Charlotte Chronicle: Gov. Hadley
of Missouri, has hit upon novel
plan to entice population from the ci-
ties to the farms, and at meeting in
st. Louis Wednesday, his plans are
being discussed. Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wilson is on hand to aid him in
the organization of what is to be known
as the National Farm Homes associa-
ton. The philanthropists of the coun-
try are expected to finance it. Accord
ing to tine plans, each group OF thirty
two farms will cost complete, 1t is fig
ured, $4,000, thus allowing twenty COL
onies, or $50 farms, on the original in
vestment, the number of farms to con-
stantly increase as the tenants pay on
their Indebtedness. 1t is proposed 10
locate colonies on model farms in Tex
as, Missouri. Alabama and other states
where land is cheap and fertile. Each
farmer will be allotted forty acres: a
home will be erected for him. and
fences, utensils and live stock furnish
ed Thirty-two of these 40-acre farms
will constitute a colony" That forty
acres" has a familiar sound, but we
are wishing Governor Hadley's enter
prise a successful launching. Anything
that draws out the money of the phil
anthropist and sets ii going, should
be encouraged.
New Orleans, May 4: Secretary
Hester's New Orleans Cotton Exchange
statement, issued today, SHOWS the to-
tai for April was 51.403 against 6l3,2O1
last year. The movement from Septem-
Der / to April 30. inclusive, shows re-
ceipts at all United States ports g.
762.7S7 against 9,223,702 last year.
Overland across the Mississippi. Ohio
and Potomac rivers to northern mills
and Canada 711,141 against 1,O77,372
last year. Southern mills takings, eX-
elusive of quantity consumed at south
ern outports, 1921, 500 against l,S96,OOO
last year and interior stocks in excess
OF those held at the commencement OF
the season 27S,91l against 35S. l5S last |
year These make the total movement
OF the cotton crop brought into sight |
during the eight months ending close
of April 9,574,339 against 12,555,232 last
year Foreign exports for the eight
months of the season have been 5.245,-
4O3 bales. Stocks at the seaboard and
the twenty nine leading southern in
terror markets on close of April were
S9S.363 against 1,0S0,35O. the same date
last year Including port and interior
town stocks left over from the pre-
vious season and the number of bales
of the current crop brought into sight
during the eight months, the supply has
been 9.S26,665 against l2,S36.5I9 last
year The amount of the crop brought
into sight for the eight months from
September to April, inclusive, is 2.9S1,-
600 under last year.
Charlotte Chronicle: 1t is csti-
mated by DR.. L. +. Kebler, chief of the
division of drugs in the agricultural
department. that there are between l.
O0O.O 900 and 100000 cocaine and NOR
phine users in this country. This is a
small estimate. but even its significance
can be appreciated when it is known
that 100000 "fiendS" indicates one
victim in every group Of fifty or sixty
people over fourteen years of age. This
statement. together with the number Of
arrests recently i'm Philadelphia. has
drawn the attention of the Press to the
subject of the cocaine evil. 1t quotes
DR.. Kebler as saying that cocaine has
taken the place Of morphine. This Is
because a heavy duty shut out opium
of the cruder grades Coca leaves
come in by the ton. under a rate of
duty so low that enormous profits are
feasible. In no country have the I'M
ports of coca leaves grown as rapidly
as here. In none is import 50 easy and
the manufacture of cocaine prepara-
tionS so free from supervision, and in
none is the habit so taking hold OF
great numbers of the population. The
Press says that arrests of dealers and
cocaine users are useful. but this does
not touch the Origin-the import of
coca leaves at a low rate of duty. far
lower than opium. A duty should b"
levied so high that coca leaves can
only be used for medicinal prepara-
tions. So little is used that this will
be no hardship. or restriction. 1t is
not medical and surgical use when
consumes 10000 ounces of cocaine
yearly in this country. In 1909 there
were imported 1926 tons of leaves.
costing $4SS.545. an increase of over
ten-fold in ten years. The great bulk
Of this was used in soft drinks and
noStrumS.
- Washington. May 4: In a speech
delivered in the senate today, Senator
Simmons Of North Carolina attacked
the methods of the department of jus
tice in the matter of its prosecution or
the cotton pool He did not complain
because of the suit. hut because the
cotton producers and SpinnorS had been
;p,.ply.I in matter ('pmpla inlny