Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-20
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914.
MERE-M ENTlON.

MERE-MENTloN.
Bottled liquor was literally sold by
the bushel in Youngstown, o., this
week, when 200 saloons and wholesale
liquor houses went out Of business.
Bottles containing all kinds Of liquors
were thrown into bushel baskets and
placed outside saloons Some or the
baskets bore placards which read:
Last chance; only $1.50 a bushel.'
Horses and mules valued at w.
900 have been shipped from the
National Stock Yards, East st. Louis,
Ill., to the French and British gov
ernments up to November 17.......
Up to last Friday the epidemic Of
foot and mouth disease among live
stock, had cost the Federal and several
state governments a total OF S75O,OOO.
..... DR.. Scale Harris, representing
the Mobile Chamber Of Commerce, on
Tuesday invited President Wilson to
visit Mobile and other Alabama cities
this winter. The president said he did
not know whether he would be able to
make the trip or not. .....One hun
dred and ninety-five men were killed
in and about coal mines in the United
States during last September, against
173 a year ago, according to a report
issued by the Bureau Of Mines, this
week. go. Miss Anna A. Gordon Of
Evanston, ILL.,, was on Tuesday, elected
president Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, which held its an
nual convention in Atlanta, Ga, this
week. "A Pittsburgh, Pa, manu-
featuring company this week received
all order for more than $4,000 tons or
steel bars, to be converted into shells
for use in the European war. The
bars will make 1,000,000 shells for
projectiles. The English admiralty
has announced that the English loss
es incurred in the sinking Of the Ger
man cruiser, Emsden, were only four
men killed, among whom was one Of
ficer, and fourteen wounded. 80. Char
ter amendments presented to the city
Of Los Angeles Cal, this week, pro-
pose to claim a special election on
December %. to provide for a city
manager and board of eleven direc-
tors in addition to the mayor and reg
ular council. . :. The American steam
ship, Carolyn, flying the American
flag, Is expected to sail for Bremen,
Germany. within the next few days
with a cargo Of cotton. This will be
the first shipment Of cotton from Sa-
vannah, Ca, to Germany, since the
outbreak Of the war in Europe.
John Burcell Glass; advertising man
ager Of the Montgomery, Ala, Adver-
tiser has been missing since Novem-
Der Z. A countrywide search is be-
ing made for him. "A meeting OF
the Carnegie Foundation Peace trust
directors was held in New York, We'd
nesday.. 80. The Washington state
Good Roads association held its an
nual convention in Spokane, Wash,
this week. Hundreds Of delegates at
tended the sessions. "A Louisville
and Nashville passenger train was de-
rallied near Goodletsville, Tenn, Tues
day, the accident being due to brok-
en- rail. Several passengers were more
or less seriously hurt. President
Wilson said Tuesday, that questions Of
neutrality Of South American coun-
tries did not concern the United States
in a strict sense The president ex-
pressed the hope that assurances Of
neutrality by Ecuador and Colombia
would be sufficient to satisfy Great
that the German fleets have been re-
ceiving aid from parts Of the two
countries. go. Tolls amounting IL
$735,1S2 were collected from vessels
using the Panama canal from August
Is to November l, the Federal gov
ernment announced this week. .....
Mrs. Sarah Brandon, known as the
Mother of the Civil War;" died at
her home in Belmont county, Ohio,
lHlS "tch, d6Su llo years I1cI
resulted from a broken hip received
several days ago. Nearly $4,000 was
several days ago.. Former Con-
gresham W. G. Sharpe will on De-
cember /, present his credentials as
American ambassador to France, to
President Poincare Of that nation.
Sharpe succeeds former Governor My
ron T. Herrick Of Ohio, present am
bassador to France. ..... The Ameri-
can four-masted schooner Massasoit
went ashore off Smith Island, Va,
this week. The captain and crew Of
nine men were rescued. A San
Antonio, Tex, jury has acquitted VIC
tor E. Innes and his wife, Of Eugene,
Ore, charged with murder and con-
spiracy to murder, in connection with
the disappearance Of the famous
Nelms sisters Of Atlanta, Ga. The In
neses are wanted in Atlanta, but will
fight extradition.. The United States
supreme court has refused a new trial
to Albert Freeman Of New York, who,
with Julian Hawthorne, son Of the
famous author, and DR.. w. G. Nor
ton, was convicted Of using the malls
for fraudulent purposes in connection
with the sale Of mining stock. Haw-
thorne and Morton have served their
terms. ..... The governor Of Arizona
has sent kilograms to Secretaries Bry-
an and Redfield urging them to do
all in their power to have Great Brit
ain remove copper from the restricted
list Of contraband articles Of war and
to allow the shipmen Of the
metal to neutral countries. Stock
holders of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad this week voted to place Il
general refunding and improvement
mortgage Of $500, 900, 900 on the prop
erty and to purchase subsidiary lines
in Ohio. The Sunset grain eleva-
tor in Galveston, Tex, valued at $2,-
900, 900, and containing 100000 BUSH
els of wheat, was destroyed by fire
Tuesday. The elevator was owned by
the Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany, and was leased to the ]. Ro-
senbaum Grain company of Chicago.
. Herbert w. Lewis, aged 55, head
Of the Children's Home Aid society OF
committed suicide in
park in Los Angeles, this week, fol-
lowing his arrest on a San Francisco
warrant, the complainant being a Is
girl. 49,. The body of Field
France, was inferred in st. Paurs
cathedral. London, yesterday with
great pomp and ceremony. Judge
w. S. Pryor, for many years chief
justice Of the Kentucky state court Of
appeals, died at his home in Newcas-
tie, KY, this week.. Lewis, Johnson
& Co.. one Of the oldest private bank
ing institutions of New York, have
filed a voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy. Four persons were kill
ed and six injured at Superior, Pa,
Sunday morning by a dynamite ex-
plosion, supposedly intended for Noah
the proprietor Of the store
which was blown up. Fire following
destroyed property to the value OF
s25, 900. ......A drought Of S5 days
duration throughout eastern Pennsyl-
vania, was ended with heavy rains on
Sunday :. The American College Of
Surgeons convened in its third annual
session at Washington, D. c., Monday.
More than 1000 delegates from all
parts Of the United States and Can
ada, were present. "A large toy
at Binghampton, n. Y, is
working twenty-four hours a day try
ng to take care Of the large business
20 1oal 80 too