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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09
Sea island bales included 430, COM
pared with 232 for last year.
JEROME GETS BY.
Canadian Officials Take Care Of New
York Lawyer.

York Lawyer. Y"
William Trayers Jerome was ac-
quilted at Coaticook, Canada, last
night, on the charg Of having gam
bled on Thursday last, on the station
property Of the Grand Trunk railway
there, while waiting for the immi-
grafton authorities to pass on the case
OF Harry K. Thaw. In discharging
him the court apologized for the hu-
initiation to which he had been sub
jected. .art.,.1 ~
A country lawyer, Joseph Beaulne,
and an S0-year-old justice Of the
peace, James Mckee, 30 mixed up the
hearing in the case against Jerome
that District Magistrate Henry Null
vena, who had come from Sherbrook
by automobile. 23 miles for the pur-
pose, refused to preside, and adjourn
ment was taken until last night. For
45 minutes counsel wrangled and
hurled suggestions Of crooked work.
Jerome smiled, the crowd In the court
room alternately stamped and Kissed
and Magistrate Mulvena declared that
he had been brought there under false
pretenses.
Jerome had come to Coaticook
from Montreal on an understanding
that his case, set for hearing on
Thursday, September IL, had been ad-
Fyanced and that the justice OF the
peace, Mckee. who signed the origi-
nal complaint, had agreed that Magis-
trate Mulvena should preside.
Accompanying Jerome was Samuel
Jacobs, one of the most eminent law
yers of the Dominion, who had been
retained by the state of New York
in the Thaw case.> When the crowd
jammed Its way into the little court
room about 4.30 o'clock neither side
was able to produce any formal state
ment from Justice Mckee that he had
authorized Magistrate Mulyena to sit,
the complainant. Milford Aldrich,
could not be found, and John An
drews, the constable who arrested
Jerome, was missing.
Complications arose as soon as
Magistrate Mulvena asked whether
Justice Mckee had formally author
lied the magistrate to preside.
mo, not formally" said Hanson,
joint prosecutor. Last night he said
he would sit, today he said he would
not" .s.sga - ~
Beaulne arose.
"This case cannot proceed" he said
emphatically. Il represent the COM
plainant, Aldrich, and he is not here.
also represent justice and the GRIM
inal CODE"
Attorney Jacobs urged that the trial
should proceed and demanded that
the missing constable and complain
ant be held in contempt Of court.
THAT. cannot be DONE" replied
Magistrate Mulyena, 'for the court Is
not sitting"
AS Baulne and Hanson could not
agree as to who was in charge for
the prosecution. the magistrate ad-
journed the hearing until z o'clock.
urging the lawyers to settle their diff
ferences In the meantime.
The trial lasted less than an hour
when the magistrate, addressing Je-
rome. said: "Sir, you are discharged"
Jerome thanked the court and spoke
flatteringly Of his reception in Cana
da, and added that he had not at
tributed his arrest to the thinking
people Of Canada.
Jerome's friends cheered and the
partisans of the other side answered
with cat calls and Kisses.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09
WITHIN THE TOWN

Mrs. Matte Jenkins Is having lum-
per placed for the erection Of cottage
on Charlotte street.
Up to Saturday night the Victor
Cotton Oil Co. had ginned eighteen
bales of the new cotton crop.
The J. M. Brian company has NOV
ed into its storeroom in the new Mich
OILS building on East Liberty street.
A number Of boys from Chester
came to Yorkville last Friday afternoon
to engage In a baseball game with the
Yorkville team. The Chester lads did
not play nearly so we'll as the famous
Chester Collegians, and the Yorkvlle
boys had no difficulty in winning 13 to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

Suppose your name was Summers
And you were to run for the legisla-
ture-
And get elected
And the newspapers should print
your name as Simmons
How would you like it?-Anderson
Daily Mail.
The Enquirer was among the Offend
ers. Inadvertently we clipped an An
derson dispatch saying that Mr.. n. c.
Simmons" had defeated Mr.. Thackston.
Mr.. Summers will please accept our
apologies.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

Gamboa dixie will leave only one such
obstruction along the canal route, the
dixie over which the railroad crosses
the Gatun locks and which can be re-
moved at any time. The last barrier
on the Pacific side, the Miraflores dixie,
was dynamited just a few weeks ago,
turning Pacific tide water into a chan
mel 5000 feet long, 500 feet wide and Al
feet deep. Dredges are now navigating
this channel, and on the Atlantic side
big suction dredge steamed on Gatun
lake up to point near the Gamboa
dixie ten days ago. Small vessels prob
ably will be able to pass through the
canal from end to end by Oct. 10, apd
the water way should be ready for
shipping proper early in December.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

- Columbia special Of September
8, to Greenville Piedmont: The su-
preme court today declared the act of
1912 provided for the refunding of
the $5,500,000 bonded debt Of the
state, constitutional and legal and de-
clared that the sinking fund was at
liberty to carry out the provisions Of
the act. The suit was brought by w.
w. Ray, a tax payer, to test the vail
dity Of the act and Governor Blease
in his return asked the court to set
the act aside. All Of the points raised
by the governor were overruled. The
court said that membership In the
sinking fund did not constitute a sep
arate Office and declared there was
no fraud or Irregularities In the re-
funding act Of 1912. The effect Of the
decision is to sustain the contention
Of Comptroller General Jones and
former Attorney General Lyon and re-
jects the contention of Governor
Blease in the position he has assumed
on the actions Of the last sinking
fund commission.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

that Jerome's offense is common, even
in Canada; but as to that we do not
know; but whether or not 1t is common
1t is right and proper that he should
have been arrested. He had no right to
violate the law and there Is just as
much reason why he should have been
arrested as there would have been why
a negro crap shooter should have been
arrested under the same conditions.
The man who will violate law himself,
whether he be lawyer or layman, has
absolutely no regard for the rights of
others and he should be brought to
book whenever possible.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

It may be that the tax on cotton
gambling will depress prices. but we
are inclined to think that If it does so,
it will be the fault Of the farmers. It
seems to us that in the absence Of the
daily game of bluff on the exchanges,
If the producers will now really make
an honest effort to hold their cotton,
the buyers will have to keep bidding
until they make a price calculated to
tempt the producer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

The arrest of Attorney Jerome at
Sherbrooke, Canada, on the charge Of
gambling has come up for good deal
Of newspaper comment. some Of 1t Sc
rious, some of it humorous. AS to the
motives of the arrest, we know moth
ing. Although a great deal has been
said on both sides it is impossible to
decide what to believe, whether the
man who swore out the warrant was
actuated by zeal for the law, or was
merely trying to embarrass the other
side. But according to our view this
begs the question. We belong to the
school that believes that law should be
enforced for laws sake. 1t is possible
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

When the news that the senate had
agreed upon the Clark amendment to
tax cotton gambling contracts at the
rate of one-tenth Of a cent a pound. the
gamblers pitched in to selling cotton at
a rate that soon put the price down 81
q bale. At least it was claimed that
the decline was because of this Clark
amendment And we would remark
that If this is really true. 1t would
seem rather an argument in favor of
than against said amendment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09
FIRST GINNING REPORT.
Breaks all Records for Cotton Up to
/ q Date.

/ q Date.
The greatest quantity of cotton
ever ginned In the period prior to
September /, was reported by the CEN
sus bureau yesterday when II was an
nounced 5794,006 bales eof the growth
Of 1913 had been put out from the
ginneries throughout the south since
the beginning Of the ginning season.
The heavy ginnings for this period
Of the season are the result Of an ear
ly maturing Of the crop and of an ef-
fort Of the farmers to beat the boil
weevil, in the opinion of census bu-
reau officials ..osal
All states reported an increased gin
ming for the period over last years
totals for that time with the exception
Of Texas and North Carolina. Last
year to September J.. there had been
ginned ga per cent Of the entire crop;
in 1911 the quantity was per cent.
! Cotton from the growth of 1913
ginned prior to September 1, amounted
to 794,006 bales, counting round as
half-bales, the census bureau an
nounced today In its first ginning re-
port of the season. tA'
{ This compared with ,730,935 last
year to September /, 771,297 bales In
1911 and 353,011 bales In 1910.
+ Round bales included in this report
numbered 1854, compared with 7,434
for last year. n $50 M,
! Sea island bales included 430, COM
pared with 232 for last year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

= Columbia, September 8: Three
men, each armed with two revolvers,
late today held up deputy sheriff and
two employees Of the ]. G. White
Construction company at Parr Shoals,
twenty miles from here, and took
from them $4,000 In currency which
had been intended to meet the pay
roll of the company. which Is build
ing a huge power dam there. To-
night 700 employees Of the company,
together with the sheriffs and depu-
ties of four counties, with bloodhounds
are hunting for the robbers. ]. c.
Joyner, the deputy sheriff. resisted
the bandits and was shot, the bullet
taking effect in the thigh. His wound
Is not serious. The robbery occurred
just after Paymaster Mahar, with
Fred Bultman, assistant cashier, and
Deputy Joyner had taken the money
from the express office at Parr Shoals.
To reach the construction company's
office, where the money was to be dis
tributed, they had to go down the rail-
way track through rather deep cut.
AS the three were passing box car
which was standing on, the railway
track, q trio of men, their faces
blacked to disguise them, stepped out
and covered the money bearing par
ty. Deputy Joyner reached for his
gun and the robbers opened fire. Joyn-
er fell, shot through the thigh, and
the others, realizing the futility OF re-
sistance with their assailants In so
strong a position, yielded. The rob-
bers took the sack containing the
money and made of into the woods.
The White Construction company has
offered a reward Of $500 for the cap
ture Of the three bandits, but so far
the officers are without q clue. Sher-
iff Miller, Of Lexington county, who
returned to Columbia at IL o'clock
from the scene Of the chase, said that
the bandits had not been captured.
The bloodhounds, he said, lost the
trail in small creek near the con-
struction camp. The fund stolen was
made up Of $4,000 in gold, about $1S.-
900 in currency and $500 In small
change Columbia police were noti-
fed tonight to watch for an automo-
bile stolen this morning at Spartan
burg. There was a rumor tonight
that the robbers had escaped by ma
chine and there may be some CON-
nection between the two instances.
The package containing $4,000 left
Columbia at 1 o'clock on train No.
l3, arriving at Parr station about
o'clock. The robbery occurred hard
ly twenty feet from the station. "The
thing was pulled of like IL had been
planned for 80 years." said one Of the
officials of the company over the tele-
phone tonight.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

Construction of the Parr Shoals
Power company's hydro electric plant
on Broad river, 13 miles above the
confluence at Columbia Of the Broad
and the Saluda, is being rushed night
and day by the contractors, the j. G.
White Construction company of New
York. The substation at Columbia
Is nearing completion. Designed to
impound water sufficient to form
lake l2 miles in length and 2,400
acres area, the dam is to have a crest
length of about 1900 feet, is to rise
35 feet above the mean low water
stage, and will have thickness at
the base Of 45 feet, battered on the
down stream face to 10 feet.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09
EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS.

Superintendent Of Education Carroll
has recently completed his annual re-
port to the state superintendent. giving
details as to the status Of the public
schools for the year ending July 1,
1913. Statistics in this report show
gratifying progress as compared with
the year ending July 1, 1912, and this
is especially true as to financial con-
ditions, which are as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

The Anderson plan Of having big
blackboard on which to announce sale
offerings is a good one; but 1t is back
number as compared with little no.
tice In The Enquirer for this county. OF
the Daily Mail or Intelligencer for An
derson. 1t is not a bad idea, however
to use both methods. Is ...s..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

The Charlotte city council still has
that one thousand dollars 1t offered as
q reward for the arrest of people whose
incog is being generally respected. No
body wants that reward.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09
The lJurkuills Gaq'lirsr.
Entered at the Postoffice In Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Class.
YoRKvILLE, o. O.,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1918.

And now 1t is beginning to look as
If Japan is going to provoke another
war with China.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

purposes :. :. 1856 SO 22,2S1 81
The figures as to the creation of new
districts, enrolment, average attend
ance, ETC., are no less gratifying. These
figures are included in the following
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

Moses Bryant. a well known negro,
who has been renting from the Hon.
D. e. Finley, died at his home near
Yorkville last Thursday, aged SO years.
Moses was born a slave of the late
Sheriff Brian, and lived In the COM
munity all his life, on good terms with
the white people, who generally held
him in good report.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09

through zeal as a citizen. Had 1t not
been for the delay caused by the ar
rest, Thaw would probably have been
taken at once to Vermont. There Is
row in the town council Of Coaticook
the aldermen being divided on the
question as to whether John Boudreau'
the officer who had arrested Thaw In
the first place, and who afterward sued
out the writ Of habeas corpus had any
right to do so.
Completion of dry excavation on
the Panama canal last Saturday just
ten days ahead of scheduled time, ad-
vanced the work on the great water
way almost to the final stages. Much
digging and cleaning out remains to be
done in Culebra cut and along the
route, but this will be accomplished by
mammoth dredges floating on the sur
face Of the canal. An army OF men Will
be busy during the next four weeks re-
moving steam shovels and other equip
ment and material including thirty-six
miles of railroad track from the nine
mile channel in Culebra cut between
Gamboa dixie and Pedro Miguel locks.
This is preparatory to turning water
into the channel from Gatun lake, on
the Atlantic side on Oct. 5, five days In
advance Of the date set for dynamiting
Gamboa dixie. The water will be intro
duced through four twenty-six inch
pipes extending underneath the dixie,
and although the five day period hard
ly will suffice to fill the channel to one
third the canal level, enough would be
let in to act as a cushion against the
explosion when the dixie is destroyed.
While the cut is being cleared of rail-
way and equipment, drilling and blast.
ing will be going on at the bottom OF
the channel, loosening up rocks and
earth for the dredges that soon Will De
clawing away through water. On Au-
gust /, $4,000 cubic yards remained to
be taken out of the theoretical canal
prism" and since that time the steam
shovels have reduced the amount to ap-
proximately 650,000 cubic yards, which
is left for the dredges. Six of the
shovels will be continued, however, in
removing material from the east and
west banks near Culebra to lessen the
danger from slides. The destruction Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
Already Many Towns Are Inundated and
Menace to Life Grows
Greater Hourly.
GREAT WALL OF WATER SWEEPS
LAURENCEBURG, LEVEE BREAKING
Feared Many People Have Been Drowned
and Indiana Death Toll Esti-
mated at 500.

upper sections OF Indiana
the toll of lives floods which have ragged that section
the lower Ohio and
fleeing hills The to life from
flood waters along Ohio and Mississippi grows hourly
the angry creeping slowly higher and higher Already great
damage points along the Ohio in Indiana and Ken
tuckv being inundated
Late great which protects the city OF Law
rncebrg down and wall OF water swept through
they egghells Thousands
damage wrought and feared that
people caught and drowned the maestrom
The dead Ohio and Indiana
placed although generally conceded that this number will
eceded
searce NAV explore regions New bodies
found hourly
the Portsmouth, Ohio, late yesterday
fire several different sections and
facilities with which combat the flames The city
what damage has been done
being felt the fate of Parkersburg and Hunt
kngton Va night the reported to be
rising rapidly being up story windows the fore
Huntington entirely isolated and but known
TO have come from Pakersburg the past eighteen hours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
DEBARRED FROM LANDING.
Florence Ward, English Suffragette
Held Up at Boston.

BOSTON, March 29.-Miss Florence
W. Ward, an English suffragette who
served four months in Jail for partici-
patton in a window smashing crusade
in London, is in the custody Of local
immigration authorities and has been
debarred from landing.
She reached Boston yesterday as a
second cabin passenger on the Cunard
liner Ivernia, and was given a hearing
today by board Of special inquiry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
PRESIDENT JOINS CLUB.
Accepts Honorary Membership in
Chevy Chase ORGANIZATION.

President Wilson has accepted
honorary membership in the Chevy
Chase Club.
In a letter to the club officials the
President explained that his earlier
declination Of an honorary member
ship in the organization was sent un-
der a misapprehension. and that he
was now pleased to accept a card ad-
hitting him to the clubs privileges.
The invitation was rendered in ac-
cordance with the bylaws and the
custom of the club to elect the Presi-
dent of the United States to honorary
membership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
Wall of Water Sweeps
Down on LaWrenceburq;
Thousands Flee Homes

CINCINNATI, March 29.-With nearly
1900 persons in the towns on the Ken
$Isky side Of the Ohio river driven from
their homes by the rising yellow tide that
is sweeping down the Ohio valley, and
with more than 3 500 homes altogether or
partly submerged, the flood situation in
this vicinity is assuming graver proper
tions hourly. Here the water front build
ings are all partly under water, and much
damage has been done.
The south levee at Lawrenceburg, Ind.
broke at $50 this afternoon. A wall of
water poured through the opening and
went raging through the center of the
town. tearing up all before 1t.
Houses were crushed like egshells and
the wreckage was carried four miles
along the Miami bottoms to the fill on
the main line of the Big Four. The num-
Der of dead has not been estimated.
City Will Be Isolated.
An increase in the river stage at Gin
cinnati will mean the complete isolation
of the city from the Kentucky side and
the stoppage Of train service in this direc-
ton. Late today the government gauge
srowed sixty-seven feet and according to
the weather bureau the indications were
that before many hours there would be
sixty-eight feet in the river here.
So far only one life has been lost as a
direct result Of the high water here.
Miss Anna Smith, the first victim.
drowned in an attempt to reach Newport
in a skiff that capsized in midstream. Her
three man companions were rescued while
ington, opposite, virtually are surround
ed by water.
Conditions there are worse oan else
where and nearly 10000 persons ..Ave been
oa1{a 90
ures, however. are adequate. Manufac-
turing plants in the lowlands have ceased
operations.
General Health Menaced.
In these two cities the only fear is that
health conditions would be seriously af-
fected because Of the clogging OF the sew
age system and the stagnation of back
water. AS yet the water works have con-
tinued In operation. The electric light
plants already have had to cease opera
tons, but the gas plants are not inter-
rupteG.
In Kentucky towns of Dayton, Ludlow,
Bellevue and Bramley identical conditions
exist, but in their cases all communica-
ton with Cincinnati and Newport and
Covington has been suspended. These
towns will be isolated until the water has
fallen sufficiently to permit the operation
of street cars on the south side of the
river.
Property Damage Great.
| In these towns there are a total of
| 700 persons being cared for by relief
committees. and more than 500 homes
| nave disappeared under the flood waters.
property damage will be immense. es-
| peciaily as this is the second time within
three months that the Ohio valley has
suffered from high water
| Street car officials here announced that
When the river has reached sixty-eight
/ Ieet the power plants which operate the
F., car lines to the Kentucky shore will be
OUT of commission and communication
| with Cincinnati will be cut off,
Railway service into and out of Gin
| cinnati virtually is at standstill.