Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-24
MERE. M ENTION.


is to be dedicated at Augusta, Ca, on
April IA. Ex-President Taft will prob
ably be one Of the speakers Of the oc-
casion. 80. John w. Parker, mayor Of
Meridian, Miss, was convicted by
jury Saturday Of assault and battery
on B. B. Pierce, a newspaper editor....
The Shoshone Indians OF Nevada, are
said to have abandoned their tribal
dances for the tango. The route Of
march Of Washington's army from
Trenton to Princeton, NJ J., on the
night Of January Q, 1877, is to be mark
ed by series Of twelve obelisks, each
twelve feet high. 800. Mrs. Henrietta
Nichols Smith, widow Of the late Chas.
Emory Smith, former postmaster gen.
eral, is to become a nun in q Catholic
convent. -. Henry Harbuch, died at
Higginsville, H., Saturday, aged LOT
years. ......A Kansas City. Mo-, child
reached San Francisco, Friday night,
after a walk Of 5000 miles with her
parents. The distance was made in
200 days.. Thomas B. McNabb, a
Boston blacksmith, aged "a years, is
soon to marry Mrs. Alice Clark, aged
"A years. :. Florida pays its Confeder-
ate veterans and their widows $1,000
q year in pensions. ..... William Will
son, a white man, 35 years old, was
convicted Of numbering his wife at
Gadsden, Ala, Saturday, and sentenced
to life Imprisonment. His second wife
Is still loyal to him. Minnesota coun-
ty, Mimi, has record Of IS homicides
in four years. The population OF the
county Is 10000. :. Thomas Sharkey,
at one time well known heavyweight
pugilist, has been sentenced by a New
York court to 80 days in prison and a
fine of $500 for keeping a disorderly
house. The agricultural department
estimates that during the past sixteen
years, chinch bugs have done $780,
100000 worth Of damage to growing
crops in the United States. ..... Rev.
Billy" Sunday closed an eight-weeks'
evangelistic meeting in Pittsburg, Pa,
Sunday night. The tabernacle, seating
$1,000 people, was crowded at every
service. The number Of converts is re-
court of the United States has ITO
cases on its calendar awaiting decision.
The cotton crop Of India, last year
totaled 4,352,301 bales Of 500 pounds
each. Southern products, including
cotton, exported during the first seven
months Of the present fiscal year to-
tailed $738,607,7 ,719; last year for the
same period the total was $694, ,905, $50.
..... Col Geo. w. Goethals, chief en-
gineer Of the Panama canal, Is in
Washington to confer with President
Wilson on canal affairs. 80. "A single
screw iron steamship, name unknown,
was sighted off the Grand Banks, by
passing vessel few days ago. -. The
body of a new born infant was found
Saturday afternoon in the millpond Of
the mill at Caroleen, N. Co.. Jas. L.
Bolejack, a white man, in the superior
court at Charlotte, N. c., was sentenc-
ed to electrocution April "a, for the
murder Of his wife. 49,. .Unprecedent-
ed floods in southern California last
week, caused property losses Of s4.500.-
900 or more. Seven lives were lost
and hundreds Of farms and ranches
destroyed. -. Three bandits held up
a train on the Queen and Crescent
railroad near Birmingham, Ala, last
Thursday night and got away with
sum Of money estimated at 100000.
49,. Marines from an American bat
tleship were landed at Cape Hatien,
Hayti, last week. on account OF the
revolution now in progress on the is
land. -. "A Washington dispatch is
to the effect that John T. Boifeuillet,
secretary to the late Senator Bacon,
Is to be appointed United States sena-
tor from Georgia, until an election can
be held. 49,. General Felix Diaz, for
merly of Mexico, but who had to flee
from Huerta, arrived in New York
from Havana, Friday. "A state
wide prohibition bill has been intro
duced in the Maryland legislature. The
bill provides for a referendum to the
people and a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the manufacture and
sale OF liquor as beverage. ;. Brem-
en-, Germany, has received information
to the effect that the German fishing
steamer Ferrelle, with its crew Of thir-
teen members, was sunk in the Arc
tic ocean In January. Senator Ba-
con Of Georgia, left an estate of $780,
900, most Of which goes 10 his wife
and daughter. "A New York judge
last week sentenced Jos. A. Sheridan,
president Of the Independent Ice Deal
ers' association, to seven and half
years of total abstinence, instead Of
sending him to prison for attempted