Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-12-11
Scraps and facts.


war, spending his time ct the eastern
or western front, as circumstances
seemed to make most desirable. He
continued to receive reports and issue
instructions during the first few days
Of his illness; but the information pub
lished was to the effect that because OF
high fever and weakness, he was una
BILE to give a great deal Of attention to
reports. The understanding Is tha' his
condition Is quite critical.
Washington dispatches say that the
president has reached the point where
he does not propose to put up any
longer with the conduct Of the warning
Mexicans who are so careless about
firing their bullets across the border AT
Naco, Arizona Quite number OF
Americans have at different times been
struck by stray bullets. fired across the
line by the belligerents Of one side or
the other and the people down that
way have expressed their impatience IN
a manner that indicates that they are
about ready to take action that Will
shake things up. There has been seri-
Gus talk Of invading Mexico. Within
the past few days additional regular
United tates troops have been sent TO
the Mexican border, and the president
Is quoted as saying that while ne mas
no idea Of taking any aggressive action
in the sense Of invading Mexico, II the
Mexicans fire across the border again,
troops will be ordered to return the
fire.
West Orange, N. j., Dec. 10:
Thomas A. Edison last night watcnea
the destruction by fire Of the greater
part of his immense manufacturing
plant on Vallery road, West Orange,
which bears his name. The several
buildings house his companies which
make monographs. moving picture
films and other things Of his inven-
ton. The fire started early In the
evening by an explosion in the film
room OF one Of the largest Of the
eighteen buildings which constitute the
Edison plant. Explosions OF chemicals
and other substances used In hlm max
ing and other work followed each
other rapidly and the flames spread
from one building to another. Al
though am more than 81 years OF age.
I'll start all over again tomorrow,
said Mr.. Edison. II am. pretty well
burned out tonight but tomorrow there
will be a mobilization here and the
debris will be cleared away II 1t Is
cooled sufficiently, and I will go right
to work to reconstruct the plant The
inventor expressed himself thus as ne
stood watching the flames lick up
building after building Of his mammoth
electric plant. Sixteen Of the eighteen
buildings Of the plant were DESTROYED,
entailing a property loss Of $7,OoO,-
600.
Leo M. Frank, the Atlanta man.
who was convicted Of the murder OF
Mary Phagan, the 14-year-old pencil
factory girl in April. 1913. and sentenc-
ed to death, and who has been since
fighting for his life through appeals 70
the Georgia supreme court and the
United States supreme court, has after
the exhaustion Of all legal procedure,
again been sentenced to death. This
last sentence was imposed In At
lanta on last Wednesday, and Friday,
January %, 1915, was fixed as the date
Before receiving sentence Frank made
a statement in which he denounced the
mob violence that pervaded the court
room upon the occasion Of the trial. He
again declared that Jim Conley the ne
gro on whose testimony he was con-
yicted was a liar, and said that al
though II was sweet to live with the
love Of wife, mother and friends, ne
was not afraid to die. He declared also
that the time would come when his IN.
nocence would be vindicated. and IL
was too late to remedy the terrible
mistake that had been made the peo-
ple Of Georgia would realize the hor-
rible crime that had been commltted
against innocence and justice. Those
people who believe that Frank Is inno-
cent will now redouble their pressure
on the governor in behalf OF a pardon.
More cotton than ever ginned In
any season prior to December l. Is
the record for this year, as indicated
by census bureau statistics, issued
last Tuesday, she wing 13,066.105 bales
had passed through the ginners
hands. That was 249,29S bales more
than ginned to December l, In the
record year, 1911. From November
IA to December /, there were ginned
1,394,Ss5 bales. That Is less than
ginned in the same period In the
past three years, but more than In
1909 and 1910. In Florida and OKLA
homa, the ginnings to December l,
exceeded last years entire crop IN
those states. The report compiled
from reports of census bureau corre-
spondents and agents throughout the
cotton belt and issued at 10 a. m, on
Tuesday, announced that 1906, 1O5
bales Of cotton, counting rounds as
half bales, Of the growth of 1914. has
been ginned prior to December l. This
compared with 12,0SS.412 bales, or
86.5 per cent of the entire crop ginned
prior to December l, last year. H.
S54,541 bales. or S7.9 per cent IN
1912, and 122,S16,S07 bales, or S2.4
per cent in 1911. The average guam
tity Of cotton ginned prior to Decem-
ber l, in the past four years was H.
724.S6S bales, or S6.1 per cent OF the
crop. Included in the ginnings were
o
S6,S7S last year, 73,030 in 1912 and
1896 in 1911. Sea island cotton
included numbered 62,991 bales, COM
pared with 61.049 bales last year, ST.
275 bales in 1912, and 1855 bales In
1911.
The following is from the Detroit.
Michigan, Free Press, of December
8: In the middle Of lecture by
Speaker Champ Clark of the national
house Of representatives, after the
speaker had shown evidences in his
actions and words Of being under the
influence Of liquor, the board of di-
rectors of the Detroit board Of COM
merce, Wednesday night, suddenly
terminated the address by turning out
the lights. Mr.. Clark had been in
yited to leave the lecture platform
by Secretary Byrfes H. Gritchell OF
the board, out refused 10 uSteH "
him. The lights then were turned of
and relighted, but the speaker con-
tinued in his rambling talk. Finally
the lights were again turned off and
Mr.. Clark was led from the platform.
One-third of the audience of more
than 1000 had left their seats alb
ruptly and walked from the hall be-
fore any attempt was made to silence
the speaker Most of those who left
were women. From the first 1t was
apparent that Speaker Clark was not
natural in his demeanor. His ges-
lures were unsteady and halting.
The greater portion Of the time his
hand dropped. palm inward, and his
chin was sunk low on his chest. His
voice. too, broke noticebly after the
first Is minutes and became hoarse
growl The longer he spoke the less
coherent his speech and thought be-
came. After Speaker Clark had been
taken from the building, Mr.. Criticized
apologized to those Of the audience
who remained and stated that any
who had purchased special tickets for
the lecture could have their dollars
refunded at the door.
The German cruisers Scharnhorst
Geneisenau and Leipsig, were sunk on
II.