Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-02

and balls are being held at the Ducal
houses daily. The coming three weeks
will be a whirl of social excitement.
The Duke and Duchess Of Norfolk gave
a dinner and reception tonight in hoE-
or of the Colonial Premiers.
- Cambridge, Mass, May 81: Chas.
K. Hamilton, the aviator, who has re-
turned here from the scene of the
Mexican insurrection, is firm advo-
cate of the aeroplane as a dangerous
weapon Of war. He declares one aero
plane is worth a thousand soldiers
"At Juarez / took an active part in
the warfare" said Mr.. Hamilton. In
nv machine I rode about in easy
range of the army Of both combatants.
/ know from my own actual expert
ence above the fields where battle
was held that 1t Is possible to estimate
the number of troops. AS far as drop
ping bombs from aeroplanes is con-
cerned suppose that would be debar-
red by the rules of international war.
Were 1t permissible, however, single
aeroplane could do the most deadly
work and without any chance Of being
injured. The aeroplane will revolu-
tionize warfare. 1t will make 1t so ter
rible a thing that 1t will be stopped
altogether. Flying over the troops at
the time of the battle at Juarez /
could have destroyed all the forces,
federals and insurrectos alike, In a
single day had l been provided with
bombs"
picturesque finish today for the al
legged corner in May wheat, but the
scene was not Of the sort that was
expected. Instead of hundreds of ex-
cited brokers shrieking at each other
in the trading pit on change, the close
was of such a different kind that some
traders sat down comfortably on the
steps and whiled away the time
laughing and joking. Instead OF shorts
being squeezed without mercy, the
final for the May delivery was 104a, a
rise of only IL cents compared with
the figures at the close Of the pre-
vious days trading. What kept the
market from soaring was the fact that
the representatives of the interests be-
hind the socalled corner let go Of
enough wheat to supply all demands at
a very moderate advance. Recent ac-
tivity of the government in prosecuting
illegal combinations Of all kinds and
the action of the board of trade direc-
tors in appointing a committee to in
vestigate all irregularities in the trade
here were ascribed as the principal
reasons why the men who controlled
the market were willing to relent and
show that even in the wheat pit there
is such a thing as the rule Of reason"
and mercy.
There is a famous quotation in
the Book of Micah about beating
swords into plowshares and spears in
to nruning hooks. But a Georgia
farmer boy, says an Atlanta dispatch,
has beat that. He has beaten a gaso-
lene engine into plowshare, and It
will rlow without the necessity Of
hitching a mule to It, The boy Is j.
V. Boyett, 20 years of age, Of Morris
Station, Quitman county, now stu
dent apprentice at the Georgia Tech.
His invention is so simple and built on
such practical lines that experts who
nave seen the model declare it will do
the work. AS for the boy himself, he
has tried it in the fields, and knows 1t
will. He has applied for a patent.
The motor plow, of one-mule power
for that is what it is, consists simply
Of a single broad. lugged traction
wheel, to which the power is communi-
Gated by small engine like those used
on motorcycles. The clutch and COM
plete control are in the plowhandles.
Boyett was assisted in perfecting the
invention by his 1S-year-old brother
Eugene, who is his partner in the ven-
ture. He declares that the machine
can be built for less than the cost OF
a mule, and will cost less afterward to
operate and keep up. That 20-year-
old farmer boy invented this motor
plow is a source of pride to all Geor-
gians who have heard of it.
- Christopher Columbus Wilson,
president of the United Wireless Tele-
graph company, and four of his asso-
ciates were convicted in the criminal
branch of the United States circuit
court in New York last Tuesday, for
fraudulent use of the mails in obtain
ing subscriptions to wireless. They
were sentenced as follows: President
Wilson, three years in the Federal
prison in Atlanta; Geo. H. Parker and
F. F. Butler, two years each in the
same prison; w. A. Diboll and w. w.
Tompkins, one year each in some New
York prison. Following a sensational
charge by District Attorney Wise, that
one of the jurors had been approached
Sunday night in the interest of the
defendants with the offer of bribe,
"even if it ran into five figures" and
his charge that the men on trial were
desperate prisoners who would flee the
Jurisdiction of the court, if admitted
to bail" the judge committed the five
to the TombS to allow an appeal to
he taken. In summing up, District
Attorney Wise declared that it had
been shown Wilson netted 100000
from the sale of 10000 shares of stock,
hut in all, $1,500,000 went into his own
pocket" Each of the defendants was
convicted on four counts, three in each
case charging misuse of the mails, and
the fourth, conspiracy. The maxi
mum sentence might have been six
years in prison and fines of $4,000
each.
- The Popular Mechanics Magazine:
The greatest naval pageant in the his
tory of the world will be the most
spectacular feature of the ceremonies
incident to the opening of the Pana-
ma canal. The president has been au-
thoriZed by congress to invite all for
eign powers to participate in great
naval parade. which will insure not
only representation of every navy IN
large numbers, but each country will
send it's largest and best ships. The
spectacle will be the sight of life
time The fleets will assemble in
Hampton Roads and proceed up the
Chesapeake bay and Potomac river TO
Washington, where a formal call Will
he made upon the president of the
United States. On their return the
president will review the fleets from
his yacht. which will be stationed at
mada will sail southwark and pass
through the Panama canal as part of
the official opening programme. BY no
means the least interesting part OF the
announcement is the continued cruise
of the combined fleets to San Fran
cisco. during the Panama Canal Open
ing Exposition. This will furnish an
attraction which no international eX-
position has ever had, and will ena-
BILE thousands Of people who cannot
get to the Atlantic coast to enjoy the
inspiring sight Of the greatest assem-
bage Of fighting ships ever brought
together i'm the history of the world.
Medicine which is nothing but
sweetened water, or pills composed of
Coored mud may be labeled cures"
and sold as such with impunity un-
der the national nure food and drugs
act. according to a decision rendered
last Monday by the supreme court of
the United States in the case of DR.. A.
O. Johnson of Kansas City, Nc. Pro-