Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-18
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]. NJ Morgan, q white man, was ar
rested in Charlotte, Saturday, charged
with using the United States mails In
an attempt to defraud. .....A Perch
eron stallion which cost $4,000, and
which was owned by a stock company
Of Pasquotank, N. c., farmers, was
killed by lightning near Nixonton, N.
c., Friday night. .... Bodies OF nine
of the Lusitania's dead, including that
Of Charles Frohm@n, the theatrical
man, are being brought to the United
States on the steamer New York,
which left Liverpool Saturday night.
The North Carolina anti-liquor
shipment law, limiting receipts Of liq-
uor to one quart every two weeks
to any Individual, has been upheld in
two decisions handed down by the
superior court at Raleigh, N. G. The
cases will go to the North Carolina
Supreme court. &c. o. Olsen OF
Brunswick, Ca, was struck by light
ming Saturday. He is speechless. -.
The Danish steamer Marth was tor
pedoed and sunk off Aberdeen, Satur-
day morning by German submarine.
The American yacht Ramona
was wrecked in a storm off the west
coast of Mexico last week. No lives
were lost. 80. William Thaw Of Pitts
burgh, Pa, who is serving as pilot
in the French military aviation corps
has been commended in army orders
for his brilliant services and has re-
ceived the recently founded military
cross. Three men and two women
died in Atlanta, Ga, Saturday, after
drinking wood alcohol, which they
thought was liquor. The estate OF
the late Samuel NJ. Inman Of Atlanta,
Ca, was appraised Saturday at $685.
,oL Of
Sc, 300 was levied on the estate. .....
William E. Crawford Of Hanover, Pa,
was killed by a pitched ball In an
amateur baseball game, Friday. .....
Henry B. Spencer has been elected a
member Of the board Of directors Of
the Southern railway to succeed Col.
A. B. Andrews, deceased. 80. Edward
Payton Powell Of Clinton, n. Y, au-
thor of many novels, died Friday. .....
Marquis De Ganay Of France, propos-
es to soon sail for America on mis-
sion for the French government. .....
Two coast defense guns were shipped
to Tacoma, Wash, this week from
whence they will be put on shipboard
for the Philippines. The two guns are
each forty feet long, are of 14-inch
calibre and are said to shoot further
than any other known gun. Be
cause he wrote an insulting note to
a young white girl, negro farm hand
in a remote section Of Kemper coun-
ty, Miss, was lynched by mob Fri
day night Two thousand students
made a demonstration in Naples, Italy,
Saturday, in favor Of war. The police
tried to disperse them and in the fight
that followed, several on each side
were wounded. -. "A heavy snow fell
in Monroe county, Pa, Saturday. Ice
formed half an inch thick in some
places. Seymour II. Knox, vice
president Of the F. W. Wolworth COM
pany of New York. and one Of the
wealthiest men in the country, died
Sunday. Knox began life without a
penny and made his fortune in ope-
rating and 10 cent stores. 49,. Gov
ernor Hunt Of Arizona, in statement
issued Saturday, severely criticised
the Arizona board of pardons for
sending five men to an orgy Of death"
on the gallows May %, by failing to
recommend the case to him for exc
cutive clemency. Under the Arizona
law, the governor cannot interfere
with a sentence unless the pardon
board so recommends. The Ameri-
can liner st Louis left New York for
Liverpool, Sunday, carrying 715 pas
sengers. 1t is reported that 5000
Armenians have been massacred by
the Turks. =. A revolution has brok-
en- out in Portugal and the revolution
lists seem to be in complete control of
affairs. Jose Chagas, the head of the
recently formed ministry, was shot
four times yesterday by Senator Frei-
tas, who in turn was shot by soldiers.
Warships are bombarding the city of
Lisbon and it is stated that hundreds
nave been killed. Several Spanish
warships are in the harbor of Lisbon.
Gen. Antonio Villa, brother of
Gen. Francisco Villa, was shot during
a political dispute in Chihuahua City,
Mexico, last week. Several other SOL
diers were shot, most Of them Villa
officers.