Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-26
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1914.

tives Lee and Donehoe in seeking votes
in a primary election. "A German
dirigible landed at Potidan, Friday, af-
ter a trip Of "a hours in the air. during
part of the time making 80 miles an
nour and averaging so miles an hour
for the trip. Mrs. Caroline Moore,
grand niece Of Commodore Perry. aged
Sc, died at her home In Buralo, ~ l..
Friday. The state Of Kansas needs
AZ. 600 men from outside the state to
help harvest the 1914 wheat crop. go.
Oklahoma wants 10000 harvest hands
go. The lightship Halifax, No. 19.
was wrecked on the rocks on Liscomb
| Island off the coast OF Nova Scotia,
Saturday morning, during dense fog.
| The crew Of 25 Scotchmen was lost. A
| number Of bodies washed ashore.
I! The quadrennial general conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
in session at Oklahoma City, Okla, has
adjourned after a session Of eighteen
days. .... w. J. Roberts was on Satur-
day selected for the postmastership OF
| Shelby, n. c., in primary election,
Congressman Webb agreeing to recon-
mend the choice Of the primary. "A
lumber plant at Newbern, N. c., was
destroyed Saturday afternoon, with a
loss Of $125, 5,0O0......lt is reported that
the party Of negro colonists under the
leadership Of Chief Alfred Charles
Sam, will sail next week from Port
land, Me-, for the gold coast Of Africa,
stopping at Norfolk, Va, and Calves
ton, Tex. 80. The formal opening date
Of the Panama canal has been fixed for
January l, 1915, by an executive order.
..... Cleveland, o., through municipal
owned electric plants, Is furnishing
it's citizens electric lights at cents per
kilowatt hour. and its operations for
| ha rnnnfhQ IN Nav 1af Qhnw a
profit of s35.503. 3..... Chief OF Police
Harry Shiretski, Of Anniston Ala. was
shot and killed last Saturday during
raid on a blind tiger establishment: ...
Princess" Juanita Griffin, daughter OF
Chief Big Tree, Of che Commance In
dian Tribe Of Oklahoma, was held In
| $500 bail in Boston last Saturday on
the charge Of killing 17-year-old MI
| chael F. Gavin in a William Tell act at
Boston theatre. The princess was to
shoot potato off Gavins head, but her
aim was poor and she pierced his brain.
.. Eighteen firemen are In a Chica-
go hospital as the result OF Injuries
sustained in a fire in that city on Sat
urday. 900. The largest winter wheat
crop in the history Of the United States
Is predicted for this year by the crop
reporting board Of the department OF
agriculture. King Ferdinand OF Bull
garia, has taken up new fad. He
spends many hours each day in train
ing elephants. 49,. An attempt to stop
Sunday baseball failed at Clarksburg.
w. Va, last Sunday when Sheriff Ross
and two Of his deputies were chased
from the park by a crowd that swarm
ed on to the field when the officers tried
to stop a game between Clarksburg
and Uniontown, Pa. Fire in Mem
phis, Tenn, Sunday. destroyed the two
Let h,,;1 ~ Tohn 7. arbarn
Hat company. The loss Is estimated
at $4,000. United States Senator
w. o. Bradley Of Kentucky, died in
Washington, Saturday evening, follow
ing a long period Of Ill health. The fu-
neral was held today at Frankfort KY.
.. Robert Fitzsimmons, former worlds
champion heavy weight pugilist, Is
being sued for divorce at Chicago, Ill,
by his wife. Mrs. Julia Fitzsimmons,
court Of the United States convened In
Washington yesterday after a recess Of
| two weeks. More than 100 cases are
awaiting decision. Poor Dave" Kel-
| ly, an old time darkey, and for 80 years
a hack driver and student servant OF
University Of North Carolina boys. Is
dead. The negro was well known to
hundreds Of "old grads" Of the univer-
sity. .... Being grief stricken because
or the suicide SATURDAY OF Wllualn M
ley, aged "a, who was to have married
her Sunday. Miss Laura Little, aged 20.
Of Bluff City, Tenn, cut her throat
with a razor, Sunday morning Riley
had already obtained his marriage IL
cense before he shot himself. -. The
annual championship tournament OF
the Womans' Southern Golf associa-
ton, began at Knoxville, Tenn, yes
terday. :. :. . The department Of agricul-
ture has found that the cotton growing
states averaged 1872 pounds Of lint cot
ton to the acre last year. The thir-
ty-first anniversary Of the completion
and putting into service Of the Brook
lyn bridge, was celebrated in New York
Saturday. .....A tablet to the memory
Of Ferdinand ]. Kuehn, the young wire
less operator Of the steamship Monroe,
who went down with the vessel Janu-
ary 30, was unveiled in New York, last
week. Kuehn gave his life to save
lady passenger. Med Davis. farm
er living near Ludowici. Ga, was found
not guilty Of peonage by a Federal jury
at Savannah, last week. Davis was
charged with holding Ben Rogers, a
negro in peonage. The three mast
ed brig, Marie, was ground to pieces by
ice foes off Newfoundland last week.
Five members Of her crew were res
cued.