Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-28
Straps and fatt5.


drastic measures are needed 10 put US
in working condition. We must give
the situation frank recognition. We
are blindly following the fetish OF
business at the expense of fraternity
Even the pathetic public is recogniZ-
ing the possibility of race suicide
There are exactly $50 cold blooded'
premeditated murders of defenseless
innocents for every 500 children
brought into the world. Think OF It.
And the large majority of these hor-
rible crimes are perpetrated by So
called Christians and intelligent wives
who thus from their vaunted social
height give an example for a doctrine
of convenience and selfishness. van
ity, social aspirations, fashion, ignor-
ance and fads all conspire against the
unborn"
Tampa. Fla, October 26: Fur
ther details today Of the last week
hurricane raVageS in a portion OF the
Everglades and Ten Thousand Island
section of southern Florida indicate
that many square miles were mum!
dated by a tidal wave OF tremendous
force. The captain OF the Everglade
schooner Eureka said today that the
tide during one period of the storm
rose twelve feet in one hour. This
thrush in many cases swept inhabited
points bare of every vestige of human
habitation, depositing in accessible
swamp homes, household goods and
what little food the water did not
ruin. A few cabins which were swept
inland on the crest of the wave, were
carried out to sea with its outflow
The outrush of water was even more
dangerous than it's inflow, for it often
travelled with mill lace force carry
ing its victims straight toward the
open sea, where the possibility OF res
cue was almost nothing. Sailing yes
sells form almost the only means OF
communication with the stricken sec
ton. making it slow work 70 secure
details. Supplies for the destitute,
who are said to number hundreds,
were today rushed aboard the Eureka.
The board of trade began business
canvass to raise both money and sup
plies to follow the Eureka in other
vessels. The Eureka will stop hrst
at Marco. There are no new figures
here on the number of dead, which
is said to be at least twenty.
THE old United States 81 note
which disappeared from circulation IN
1885 is to be called into service again
Secretary MacVeagh has decided that
the enormous demand for bills OF
issue. which was authorized in 1917
but until now has never seemed real
ly necessary. The plates which have
been preserved in the bureau OF print
ing and engraving, will be pressed
into service and beginning tomorrow
the notes will be issued at about the
rate of $1,200,000 a day until the de-
mand for smaller bills is met Banks
all over the country have been com
planning that there we're not enough
silver certificates to meet the demand
In the face of steady decline IN
the price of hogs and corn on Whlch
they are fed. says a dispatch, Chlca-
goans who desire to eat bacon, on
Tuesday discovered that they were
compelled to pay the highest price
ever obtained for the salt meat in
times of peace-35 cents a pound
sliced. II the housewife was willing
10 cut it up herself she might nave
reduced this figure to three poundS
for 81. but that was the best she could
do, It was up, and to all appear
ances. would stay at this record
smashing figure for some months.
The sole reason for this situation, ac-
cording to -. w. Foster, the veteran
provision dealer. lies in the shortage
Of bacon producing hogs. No matter
cate, said he, the difficulty lies in the
ability of the packers to buy the
porkers.
"A unique swindling game, FAR
reaching in operation and working
prominent diamond importers, was
laid bare in Charlotte last Tuesday
when ]. W. Napier and w. P. Duke,
from nobody knows where, We're ar
rested on warrants sworn out by
United States Post Office Inspector
Bulla, of Washington and bound over
by United states Commissioners COOP
Of the Federal court. Duke collapsed
following the arrest. turned state
evidence, and unfolded the operations
of the gang to the commissioner WITH
ont restraint. Briefly the scheme
was to order diamonds from respoh-
sible concerns C. o. d., subject to eX-
animation, substitute limitations for
the real diamonds and return the
shipments to the importers with hlm-
sy excuses as to flaws in the stones.
The gang operated successfully IN
Rock Hill, 5. c., Branchville, ). g,
Westyllle. S. c.. Charlotte and other
neighboring towns and cities. using
James Paris. an unsophistcateo
country boy as a decoy. Asking eX-
animation of the gems the importers
were led to ship the precious stone
TO Paris On arrival at the express
office. Duke, who professed TO be a
jeweler would show up. with probes
sional care examine them, and with
some fimsy excuse turn them back or
the express company TO be returned
taking care, during the examination
10 substitute the fake gems for the
originals. The imitation stones We're
supplied by a house in Terre Haute
Ind. Paris, whom the swindlers useo
as a tool, is an ignorant country boy
who can neither read nor Wrl'e. ne
was discharged by Commissioner Cobo
while Duke and Napier were held in
bonds of $2.5O0 each. Duke made q
full confession Of the affair. The only
victim Of the Pair disclosed during
the preliminary examination was thai
of Daniel Love and company, Salem
Mass.
After a trial lasting but a few
hours in the New Bailey crimlna
court, London. last Tuesday, a jury
found Ethel Clara Leneve not guilty
as an accessory after the fact in the
murder of Cora Belle Crippen, tol
whose death her husband. DR.. Grip
pen, will die on the gallOws on Nov
S. Miss Leneve was in love with Or
Crippen and slept in his house on the
upon which the doctor murdered nj:
wife and buried the dismembereC
parts in the cellar of his Hilldrop.
Crescent home. She accompanied
Crippen in his flight TO Canada. anC
with him was arrested and indicted
From the first she has maintained in
nocence of any knowledge of the
crime. but the crown alleged that hel
behavior subsequent to the disap'
pearance of Mrs. Crippen, or Belle
Elmore as she was known on the
stage, was such as to betray guilty
knowledge of the murder. When ar
raigned today Miss Leneve pleaded
not guilty and witnesses were intro
duced by the prosecution to show tina
she had experienced great mental dis
tress following Belle Elmore's death
The crown prosecutor, Richard Muir
introduced only such evidence as hao
been brought out in the earlier hear
ings. Miss Leneve'S counsel. Freder'
ick +. Smith. NJ. P, asked the jury tC
bear in mind that his client had beer
under the influence of Crippen. one
of the most dangerous criminals OF
recent years. since she was l6 years
of age. This he asserted, accounted
F,r h.,. Higbt ~, tho lnrtnr'S many