Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-15

the world to pass the 5.OOO,OOO marx
in population. The margin by which
this record was gained this week was
not a wide one since according TO the
figures of the board Of health the
greater city now contains exactly o.
OO0,407 people. This estimate is based
on the official census taken In April
of last year, which gave New York
population Of 4,766.S33, so that with
in a period of fifteen months there
has been an increase Of 233,574 equal
to the population of a large sized city:
Since 1898 when the population or
New York was but 3.272,41S there
has been an increase OF ffty-three
per cent. a striking record in itself
The great concentration OF population
has not been injurious to the health
of New York's citizens, however On
the contrary figures for the last thir-
teen years show a falling off in the
death rate. According to the figures
Of the health department for the past
week the death rate was only frac-
ton over fourteen to each one thous-
and inhabitants, which Is one per
cent lower than the lowest record OF
the last thirteen years. The infant
mortality among children less than
one year Of age was 156 In 1000 as
against 235 in the corresponding week
for 1910. At the present rate of in
crease 1t Is figured that New YORK
will outstrip London and become the
largest city in the world within the
next twenty-five years.
DO you wonder it's hot when
there is a belt of sitting, stagnant air
5000 miles wide. forty miles high
and $4,000 miles long gripping the
earth on both sides Of the equator?
It's q fact. and the weather bureau
folks have their Eskimos and all 9TH
er necessary data to prove their con-
tention. It'll be cooler as soon as
another belt of air extending to the
pole Is able to break through the
high pressure barrier and spread it.
self over the torrid area. Just as soon
as this second belt comes through"
the hot wave that has been sitting
the whole world will slide off into
nothing. All Of which constitutes the
weather bureaus answer to queries
as to why it's so all-fired hot every
where and when said heat wave will
disappear. In the words Of Prof. Har-
ry c. Frankenfleld, forecaster for
Washington, the story runs this way:
This hot wave is due to some peculi-
ar distribution of atmospheric pres
sure. It is peculiar in this respect.
that there is and has been persistent
high pressure over the southern lati-
tude Of the northern hemisphere.
This more particularly applies over
the Atlantic ocean and southern and
southwestern Europe. This high pres
sure causes warm southerly winds on
account of the relatively low pressure
northward Of the high pressure area
This wave Of high pressure operates
as a bar to the eastern and southern
movements Of the low area over the
extreme north. In other words there
is a stagnation OF low pressure north
and Of high pressure south, and this
means hot southerly winds"
Glad in a uniform of Confederate
gray the body of Gen. George w.
Gordon, commander-in-chie Of the
United Confederate Veterans and
member of congress from the tenth
Tennessee district, was laid to rest in
Elmwood cemetery, Memphis, Tenn,
last Saturday afternoon. Gen. Gordon
died Wednesday after an extended ILL
ness. Veterans of the Confederate
and Union armies and representatives
of the nation and state Joined in pay
ing tribute to the memory of the
dead. Former foes marched side by
side in the military procession that
formed a conspicuous part Of funer-
The procession passed from the court
house, where the body has rested at
the headquarters of the United Sons
Of Confederate Veterans since Thurs
day to the Second Presbyterian
church, where a brief service was
conducted by the Rev. R. Lin Cave, Of
Nashville, chaplain general Of the
Confederate Veterans organization.
The general procession ended at the
church, the military guard Of honor,
pail bearers and Gen. Gordon's official
staff accompanying the body to the
cemetery. The active pail bearers
were all close friends of Gen. Gordon,
residing in this city. They were
named by him several months ago.
The delegation from congress includ-
ed Representatives Padgett, Houston,
Garrett, Hull, Byrns, Austin and Sells
of Tennessee; Richardson, Alabama;
Lamb and Slemp, of Virginia; Cra-
vens, Arkansas; Thistlewood, Illi-
nois; Tilson. Connecticut; Kahn, Cali
fornia; Bradley, New York, and An
thony of Kansas.
All the property nd franchise of
the Toxaway company at Lake ToXa-
way, including about $1,000 acres of
Sapphire hotels, was sold in Asheville
on Monday about twelve o'clock, un-
der a decree of sale by the United
States circuit for the western district
Of North Carolina, to satisfy a deed
Of trust or first mortgage for bonds
to the amount of $272,000 held by f.
II. Jennings Of Pittsburg. The prop
erty was sold at the door of the Fed
eral court house and was bid in for
100000 by a representative of Mr..
Jennings. The decree of sale was
made by Judge James E. Boyd Of the
western district Of North Carolina, on
May 4th. 1911, and it was made on
the motion of ]. G.. Merrimon, attor-
ney for the Colonial Trust company.
the trustee in the action, and by
whom the sale was made. A mort
gage was executed in 1902 by the
Toxaway company to the Pennsylva-
mia Trust company, as trustee. cover
ing the property Of the company and
this was turned over to the American
Trust company and by them to the
Colonial Trust company. The mort
gage was to secure the mortgage
bonds. In 1908 a second mortgage
was executed to cover coupon bonds
to the amount of 1912, 900, the owner
and holder being f. II. Jennings. The
defendants made default in the pay
ment of the interest as ii came due
and also made default in making pay
ments to the sinking fund, thereupon
the holder of the bonds demanded of
the trustee that the property be sold
to satisfy them. The report Of the
sale will be made soon and motion
asking for a confirmation of the sale.
Victoria, B. c., August 49, More
than 500 lives were lost and great de-
vastation ashore and afloat resulted
from a typhoon and tidal wave which
swept over Japan July 26, according
to advices brought here today by the
Empress of Japan. The fishing fleets
from ShidZouka suffered severely. Sew
eral hundred fishermen were drowned.
At Tokyo a tidal wave swept away
many houses, including a large tea
house with thirty three persons. The
noted Shirwiga inlaid work factory
collapsed and fifteen employees were
killed. A torpedo boat was swept in
shore at Tokyo and several steamers
foundered, while big liners dragged
anchors. Eight of forty men on the
Acamori Maru survived when she
went down in the typhoon off Buno.
and 100 fishermen were drowned off
there The Japanese naval training
squadron was cruising off Tosa and
two seamen were killed on the Hasha-
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