Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-06
TUESDAY, JANUARY s, 1914.
now Of Yorkville. was pastor Of the
two churches for a period OF ten
MERE MENTION

mEh6 MEN tON
A Cleveland, Ohio, girl, cripple
from birth, now 13 years Of age, af-
flicted with a deformed spine, has had
her back Strengthened by wonderful
surgical operation, involving the trans
fer of splinter from the shin bone
of her right leg and inserted on the
inner side of the vertabrae Of the
spine. The girl says she has been
"ironed out all straight and smooth
The operation promises to be entirely
successful. i. :. An English aviator on
Friday looped the loop in an aexo:
plane carrying himself and a woman
passenger. .....A Mt. Victory, o.,
school teacher on Friday attempted
to start fire with kerosene oil. An
explosion followed, igniting the young
woman's clothing. She saved herself
by running out Of the building and
rolling In the snow... "A. B. CAL
lahan Of Juneau, Alaska, charges that
more than 5000 salmon cannery
workers Of Alaska are virtually slaves
under the peonage system. A con-
gressional investigation Is likely. 80.
Geno Montani, a chauffeur, now serv-
ing a sentence Of eighteen years in
Sing Sing, for a taxicab robbery In
New York, last February, charges that
two New York police officials offered
to drop the case against him IL he
would put up a bribe Of $4,000 each
for the police. 49,. Andrew b. Nell
son, a master mariner, is held at San
Francisco, on the charge Of attempt
ing to murder a ships captain on the
high seas. The additional charge Of
piracy is lodged against Nelson. 80.
Hearings on the claims of various
southern cities for one Of the regional
banks to be established under the new
currency law, are to be held in At
lanta, Ga, February 16, II and 49,.
A drastic child labor law Is to be In
troduced at the next session OF the
Kentucky Legislature. 49,. In re-
port by the Thompson-McFadde
legra commission, read in Atlanta,
Friday, before the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of Science,
it is stated that pellagra is probably
mission does not place credit for the
disease on any special food. "A
Louisville, KY, widow Is asking the
Tennessee courts to give her 100000
as damages in breach Of promise suit
against q millionaire Of Memphis. 80.
Among Mayor Mitchell's first appoint
ments after taking Office in New York
on January 1st, was Miss Katherine
Bement Davis, who Is now commits
sioner Of corrections, having in charge
the various prisons Of the city,.
1t Is officially estimated that there
were $4,000 executions in the prov
ince of Sza Chuen, China, during 1918.
Most of those killed were robbers, but
a large number Of these were political
offenders. go The foreign trade Of
year 1913, approximated $1,750,00 In
imports, and s2,500, 100000 Of ex-
ports, leaving a balance in favor OF
the United States Of $740, 900, 900. 49,.
A recent estimate given out by the ag-
ricultural department, places the value
Of American farm products for the
year 1913, as $9,750,000,000 -. The
last issue Of the Jewish Year Book,
just out, places the number Of Jews in
the world at over 100000, Of whom
9,950,175 are residents Of European
countries and 2,294,061 live in Amer
lea. The remainder are scattered
throughout the world. -. An Of
iicial of one Of the large express COM
that the express business was approx
imately 25 per cent less during the
holidays Of 1913 than for the holidays
of 1912. Reduced express rates, ap-
proximating II per cent, are to be-
come elective early in February, by
order Of the Interstate commerce.
commission. ...... General Rosalie
Jones and her band OF woman suf-
fragettes, are making hike to AL
bany from New York city, to present
petitions for suffrage to the next ses-
sion Of the legislature Of that state.
The total foreign missionary contribu-
tions Of American Protestant church.
es last year was $16,398,000, accord
ing to a statement given out by the
secretary of the Laymen's Missionary
movement. During 1913 the Phil
adelphia mint coined 160,067,626
pieces of money from all metals,
amounting to $20,182,841. A good
portion Of the coinage was in buffalo
nickels. :. Diamonds and other pre-
cious stones imported into the United
States last year totaled $46,137, ,32S....
DR.. John Coulter, secretary Of the ru-
raj credit commission, Washington, Is.
authority for the statement that the
southern farmers pay exorbitaEt inter-
est rates because their land titles are
questioned and advocates farm land
banks such are to be found in Ger
many