Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-11
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sale intoxicating liquors in communl-
ties where state or local laws forbid
the sale of such liquors. The other
bill would make it unlawful ito collect
or receipt for a special tax for carry
ing on wholesale or retail liquor busi-
ness in states where the laws forbid
the sale of intoXicants."
Twenty five long term convicts,
employed on railroad construction
work four miles north of Elkin, n. c.,
after giving their word OF honor that
they would not attempt to escape, Kept
faith with guard Lewis, who rode the
distance to obtain medical assistance
for two fellow guards who were struck
by lightning during a severe electrlcal
storm. Guard G.. r. McGrady was kill
ed instantly by a bolt which hit the
camp and Guard Walter Simmons was
probably fatally injured. Lewis, the
third and last guard in charge or the
prisoners, was unhurt and the con-
victs urged him to go to get aid, prom
ising that they would not take adVan-
tage of the tragedy. Lewis rode the
four miles on the back of mule and
returned with a physician, finding his
prisoners intact. McGrady leaves a
wife and two children. Simmons is not
expected to recover
Dominick Fanelli young ice deal
or who with q score of his fellow coun-
trymen had gone to the wharf on the
East river at the foot of seth street,
New York last Saturday, to get his
supply of ice from a barge there, lost
his balance and fell overheard. Will
liam Schultz sprang into the river ana
after a struggle succeeded in bringing
Fanelli ashore. The latter was then
unconscious and some or mis- lrlenos
began working over him. Just at this
IN -loJu nf EQnplll SAW
Schultz's wallet which had slipped from
his pocket floating down the river He
insisted that the wallet was Fanellfs.
Schultz swan out to ii and recovered
it. After Schultz had been hoisted TO
the pier the unconscious mans BROTH
er-in-law insisted that he surrender
the wallet. The demand was retuseo
and a general fight started which did
not stop until the police reserves were
called out. Meanwhile, Fanelli, who
had been utterly forgotten by the COM
batants, died. An ambulance surgeon
said that his life could have been saved
II the men had continued the work or
resuscitation.
Following disquieting rumors
Thursday Of projected uprisings in
the provinces of Oriente and Pinar del
Rio, the city was thrown into intense
excitement early Friday when drums
beat to quarters in Castle Ia FuerZa,
opposite the presidential palace, and
the garrison of 200 men sailed forth
and threw a Gordon around the eXecu-
tive home. The soldiers stood on the
defensive apparently to repulse an at
tack. Soon afterward, when nothing
else had happened, the troops marched
backed to their quarters. President
Gomez watched the movement from an
upper window in the palace and later
explained that the maneuvers had
been ordered merely for the purpose Of
seeing how quickly the garrison OF Ia
Fuerza would be able to surround the
palace in case of emergency. The in
cident gave rise to rumors that rev.
olution had broken out in Havana and
caused much alarm in the still hours
of the morning. There was some ad-
verse comment on the action of the
president in ordering the maneuVers
at the time when so many alarming
reports were abroad.
The 100000 odd rural free delivery
carriers in the United States are to re-
ceive salary increases as result OF an
order issued today by Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock. The order provides
for the disbursement during the cur
rent fiscal year of $4,000,000, which
will mean an increase OF 500 over the
present salary OI SSUU lOT dll
on standard routes, with proportionate
increases in shorter routes. Congress
provided last session for the eXpendi-
ture of this extra $4,000,000 but left it
to the discretion of the postmaster
general as to how much Of it should
be expended. Mr.. Hitchcock decided
today to authorize the expenditure
of the full amount. His desire. to COM
pensate the carriers for any additional
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If the parcels post system he has rec
commended for rural routes is approx
ed by congress, was the important
consideration, Mr.. Hitchcock declared
today, which led him to make the au-
thorization. The rural delivery system
was started fifteen years ago with SO
carriers, who were paid only 5000 a
year. On July there were 1852 car
riers, their aggregate salaries being
$35, $4,000.
Although New Orleans eluded the
recent heat wave, enjoying instead
shower-cooled breezes from the gulf,
says a New Orleans dispatch of July
Z, the almost startling discovery has
been made that the temperature Of
the water in the Mississippi river near
this point has for the past two weeks
averaged 81 degrees, 6.2 degrees
warmer than the maximum tempera-
ture recorded here yesterday by the
weather bureau. The matter attract
ed the attention of the photographic
office and a series of tests were made.
The highest temperature in the river
was "a degrees recorded July 2. These
observations were taken from the jet
ties to the city, 107 miles. Lieu
tenant John c. Soley Of the hydro
graphic office, in explaining this fact,
says that water from the gulf stream
coming from near Tampico, Mexico, is
exceptionally warm, and has recently
been running closer to shore. This
warm stream, reaching the passes,
runs over the cold sluggish river water
with little resistance. 1t has rarely
been known, however, to come up as
far as this city. The gulf stream on
June IS, between Dry TortugaS and
Galveston, showed a temperature of
SS degrees.
Washington, July s: Wide inter-
est was created by the publication in
Daily Consular and Trade Renorts for
March Is and June s, 1907, of reports
from Consul General Bray on the Car
avonica cotton tree of Australia. A
further statement on the progress be-
ing made in growing this perennial
tree fibre is contained in the following
from Cotton, the official journal Of
Manchester Cotton association: The
Caravonica cotton plantation at
Cairns, North Queensland, has been
extended and Mr.. Campbell, the man.
ager, writes: The best results | OBJ
tanned during 1901 were from a =
acre block at Caravonica Park from
trees IL months old. Here the yield
from the acres was 1896 pounds of
boil cotton, or CPS pounds per acre.
The cultivation of this cost pounds
($l9.47) per acre per annum, includ-
ing managers salary, and the picking
costs Cd. (13cents) per pound, and the
ginning and baling Id. q cent?; total
Id. g cents). The yield of lint was SO
per cent, and this lint is valued in Liv-
erpool at Is. sd. GA cents) per pound
and in Germany as high as Is. sd. (42
cents). Freight to London is 9Os.
($219O) per ton. The seed for oil and
oil cake is worth locally POUNDS
($24.33) per ton, or pounds los.
(s36.5O) in London; freight 30s. ($7.3O
per ton"
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