Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-12-12
M MERE- M ENTION.

A Boston man offers a reward Of
$1,000 to any one who can prove to
his satisfaction that the earth is round.
He maintains that the earth Is fiat and
that the habitable portion Of the earth
Is surrounded by an immense Ice bar
rier that keeps ships from falling on.
-. "A bulletin issued by the treasury
department gives the information that
there was $3,270,5S2,000 in circulation
in the United States, or just $34.34
apiece for the ninety odd millions OF
the population. More than 100 fish,
ermen were swept away on an Ice hoe
on Lake Pelpus, Russia, In a sudden
storm, Friday. Gladstone Dowie,
son of the founder of Zion City. has
forsaken the religious faith of his
father and entered the Episcopal min
istry. Mrs. Louise Vermilya, the
Chicago woman who Is charged with
the murder Of at least nine persons,
is slowly dying in the Cook county jail
hospital, supposedly from poison
taken with suicidal intent. Mrs. w.
o. Scott Of Augusta, Ga, and her lit
tie girl, are desperately i'll, and son
is dead, from ptomaine poison caused
by eating stewed oysters that were not
fresh when purchased Forty per-
sons were injured, three seriously, In
a. collision between a work train ana
trolley car near Clark's Station, Va,
Saturday. Rev. Frank w. Sanford,
the head of sect called the Holy
Ghost and United States society" was
convicted Of manslaughter at Port
land, Me-, Saturday. Several members
of the crew of a yacht controlled by
Sanford starved to death while on
cruise. THE next Republican Ma
tional convention will probably be
held in Chicago. The Democrats will
probably hold their national conven-
ton in Baltimore. 1t Is stated from
Indianapolis, Ind, that H. S. Harkin,
successor Of John ]. Mcnamara as
secretary Of the Iron Workers union,
is negotiating with District Attorney
Miller to make a clean breast Of all
he knows about the alleged dynamite
syndicate" in consideration Of get
ting a square deal' for himself. -.
E. S. Osborne and E. 7. and Hugh
Pugh, farmers, engaged In a pistol
duel on the streets Of Milledgeville,
Ga, Saturday. Osborne was perhaps,
fatally wounded. The shooting was
the outcome Of a quarrel over dog.
IA dispatch from Smyrna brings
the story Of the killing Of famous
brigand named Tchakidjiali, near
brigand is said to have committed
not less than 600 murders and col
lected fully $1,50O,000 as ransoms.
In the home of Mrs. Salome koerner,
who died a few days ago at Feru,
Ind, supposedly penniless, leather
bag containing $4,000 was found,
Friday. &. q. The International Hotel
Workers union has been organized In
New York. 1t Is said the union Will
endeavor to put an end to the tip
ping evil, and demand living wages.
Secret service men are looking for
the counterfeiter who has just begun
putting out spurious $40 gold certif-
Gates. Five United States marshals
and ten Illinois Central guards had a
battle at Nonconnah Creek, Tenn.
Friday morning. The marshals mis-
took the guards for strikers and fired
on them. In the fight that followed
one man was killed and two fatally
wounded. The voters of Pike
county, Ohio, are facing prose-
cutions similar to that which the
voters of Adams county In that
state, faced few months ago,
in which $500 voters were disfran-
chsed. Wholesale charges Of bribery
are being made. :. The American To-
bacco company last week bought the
remainder Of the 1909 crop Of hurley
tobacco, 100000 pounds, paying 163
cents a pound for the tobacco. This
tobacco was pooled and warehoused
in 1909, and many Of its real owners
have faced starvation awaiting the
time when it could be sold at fair
price. With the inauguration of
Joseph M. Brown as governor of
Georgia on January "a, that state will
have had four governors within pc
riod of seven months.