Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-24
Scraps aud Saets.

ecutive committee, E. S. Dreher, SUI
perintendent of city schools OF Column
bia: first vice president, E. c. McCants,
superintendent Of city schools or An
derson; second vice president, MISS
Will Lou Gray, Laurens. The terms OF
L. T. Baker of Columbia, secretary and
C. V. Neuffer of Bennettsville, treasu-
rer. have not expired.
- Mr.. Pringle T. Yeomans, well
known citizen of Columbia and mem
ber of the house of representatives
from Richland county, was killed In
Columbia last Saturday night by be-
ing run over by an automobile orlven
by Harry L. Davis, owner OF the CO.
lumbia garage. The tragedy occurred
at Main and Washington streets. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Davis he was driving
along at a rate not exceeding 10 or IL
miles an hour when, Mr.. Yeomans step
ned out from behind cab in front ol
him, and although he applied the
emergency brakes at once, he found II
impossible to stop his car In time 10
avoid striking the unfortunate man:
Mr.. Yeomans fell under the car, ana
died within a few moments a1ter ne
had been taken to q drug store. Inc
deceased was a son Of the late Leroy
F.. Yeomans, and was born in Beaufort
county in 1858 He attended the King
Mountain Military school in Yorkville.
during the early SOS, and soon after
ward was admitted to the bar. He
served as q magistrate for NUMBER OF
wears. He was married about three
weeks ago to Mrs. May Bronson OF
Columbia.
Preliminary steps were taken by
the postoffice department to perfect its
plan for reducing the cost OF living py
having parcel post carry farm products
direct to the door Of the consumer. Ten
cities were selected to begin the work
of establishing direct connection be-
tween producer and consumer, Post
master General Burleson already hav-
ing issued an order permitting the use
of crates and boxes for butter, eggs,
poultry, vegetables and fruit shipped
by parcel post. Orders have been sent
to the postmasters at Boston, Atlanta,
st. Louis, San Francisco, Baltimore, De-
troit, Lacrosse, Wis, Lynn, Mass, ROCK
Island, ILL.,, and Washington, directing
them ito receive the names of persons
who are willing to supply farm pro,
duce in retail quantities by parcel
post" Printed lists of these names will
be distributed among town and city
patrons. by the use of the lists" said
First Assistant Postmaster General
Roper Saturday. ''the city consumer
can get in touch with farmer, who
will fill his weekly order for farm pro-
duce. The consumer will receive the
product fresh from the country ana
the farmer will be relieved of carrying
his produce to market, as the rural
carrier will make daily collections at
the farmers own door OF the retail
shipments to city consumers. The
point has been raised that difficulty
will be experienced in the return OF
hampers and other containers. The
farmer may use inexpensive hampers
whose value would not warrant their
return or he may use the higher grade
hampers for which he may include an
additional charge to be credited to the
consumer on return of the hamper by
parcel post. The postmaster general
is convinced that this plan Is the one
thing necessary to enable the people OF
this country to enjoy the potentlai
benefits of the parcel post. The post
master generals plan is designated to
provide for the most economical dis
tribution Of those products which are
consigned in the form and condition In
which they are produced"
How the American people failed to
recognize the Importance OF radium as
a cancer cure until European countries
had obtained virtually all Of the pres
ent available supply, is graphically told
in the annual report Of Joseph A
Holmes, director of the Federal bureau
of Mines, Just made public. The re-
port tells in detail Of the bureaus un-
successful efforts to obtain quantity
Of radium sufficient to supply the TWEEN
ty or more hospitals Of the public
health service and serve, in part to
meet the needs of various cancer hos
pitals of the country" Director Holmes
estimates that "in the United States
$4,000 persons die each year from can
GER" Explaining that radium is con-
sidered the most promising cure FOR
certain types of cancer, the director
SAYS the most serious barrier to pro-
gress in demonstrating this is the scar
city Of radium. The report attracted
unusual interest as congress is pre-
pairing to enact legislation to develop
and conserve the country's radium re-
sources There probably is not more
than 80 grams Of radium now available
for use in such treatment in all coun-
tries" the report says: "Of this
amount there probably is not more
than two grams Of radium bromide in
the United States, in the hands OF
few surgeons. Probably Is grams OF
radium bromide was produced during
1912, and of this lis grams was eX-
tracted in various European countries
from ores shipped to them from the
United States. During 1913 there was
a total production Of 2,149 tons OF ra-
dunn bearing ores in the United States
of which more than so per cent Of the
radium content was shipped abroad.
Meanwhile American hospitals are
vainly endeavoring to purchase for
their own use some small part OF this
radium, even at such prices as S12O,-
600 to $780, 900 per gram, or s5OO,O00 to
$500, 900 for the five grams of radiuE
that a large hospital should have or
have access to for special cases. No.
detailed information concerning the
methods Of treating these rad'um-
bearing ores being obtainable, the bI
reau Of mines has endeavored to de-
yelop a process of its own, which, If
successful, will be made public for gen.
eral use. 1t is believed that with large
facilities made available the bureau
can extract from ores already belong
ing to the government quantity or
radium that will, in part, serve to meet
the needs Of the various cancer hospi-
tails Of the country" The director es-
Inmates the unnecessary waste OF coal
at $50, 10000 tons annually and Of nat
ural gas $50, 1000, 900 worth each year.
Mexican Federal soldiers who at
IeTnpleQ 10 Will IiuS q
defeated Constitutionalist force escap-
ing to the United States and safety,
says an Eagle Pass, Texas, dispatch,
met sharp resistance Sunday from
United States cavalry on border patrol
at McKee's crossing above Del Rio,
Texas. When three horses held by the
American troopers had been shot down
the Americans returned the fire across
the Rio Grande and after the exchange
Of shots, the MeXicans withdrew bear
ing with them several dead and wound
ed. No American was hurt. How many
Of the Mexican soldiers were killed or
wounded is not known. Official reports
of the occurrence to Colonel Sibley,
commanding at Fort Clark here, caused
orders for all available cavalry of the
border patrol to proceed to Del Rio.
One troop and a machine gun platoon
left Eagle Pass today. Another en-
gagement between Mexican Federals
and Constitutionalists is expected to-
morrow in the same territory. The
clash across the international line was
precipitated according to official re-
ports by persistent firing of the FEEDER
ais at the fleeing Constitutionalists
who had gained American territory
and surrendered to United States
troops. Three horses, held by Ameri-
can cavalrymen, were killed. For ten