Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-02
MERE.ME NTlON

Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo BID
celebrated his 10th birthday at Cody,
Wyoming, last Friday American
aeroplane pilots operating with Gen.
Pablo Gonzales, q Carranza leaoer'
dropped several bombs on residences
in Monterey, Mexico, last Friday..:..
The Mattingly & More Distilling CO.,
and the F. G. Walker Co., two Of the
oldest distilling oncerns or LOUIS
Vile, Ky, filed voluntary petitions In
bankruptcy last Saturday.....T Cole
man Dupont, president Of the uPon
Powder company, has sold his nolo.
ings in the company for n sum OF
$40. OOO, 900. His retirement from the
business is assigned to i'll health.
Lieut.. Samuel Peacock OF n oas
guard ship Miami, at Key West fla.,
has resigned from the service a
he refuses to be vaccinated against
smallpox. G. PeaVler, n Oh
the wealthiest farmers In central Ken
lucky, was shot to death at ms nome
near Harrodsville, Kentucky, Saturday
night. His wife has been arrested and
charged with the killing. D. Res
ia, IN Italian driver, engaged IN MS
first American speed struggle, won
the Grand Prix automobile race at
the Panama-Pacifc exposition, Satur-
day. Emmett R. Wooten, speaker
of the North Carolina house of repre-
sentatives, who was injured in an au-
tomobile accident several days ago,
died as the result Of his injuries IN
Raleigh, n. c., Saturday. 80" conn
Mcintosh, q moonshiner, was killed py
officers on the line between North
and South Carolina, six miles from
Hamlet. n. c.. early Saturday morn
ing. A brother-in-law Of Mcintosh
was captured. j. F. Freeland,
chief of police Of Durham. n. c., died
Friday, aged 70 years.......F1re In
Salem, n. J., Saturday, caused a prop
erty loss Of $250,000. One man was
burned to death. The first woman
to register in Butte, Mont, as a quail
flied voter Of the state under the con,
st%itutional amendment granting equal
suffrage, was an anti-sufragist, MRS.
w. j. Chritie, who registered SATURDAY
morning. The second to register
Mrs. David Dickson, was also an anti.
suffragist. George LaWiey, n OF
the best known yacht builders IN the
world, died in Boston, Mass, Satur-
day, aged 80 years.......A squadron
of German a~eroplanes, dropping
bombs in the district behind Newport,
France, Saturday, killed an old mar
and a woman..-.... a meeting VI
the executive chiefs held Saturday In
New York, it was decided to hold this
years convention of the National m
proved Order Of Red Men In Chicago,
beginning September 13.......E1ght
members Of the crew Of the American
steamer Evelyn were drowned when
the vessel was sunk by a mine IN the
North sea week before last. .Bish-
Old Raphael Hawaweeny, head Of the
Sydian and Greek Orthodox church In
North and South America, died or
heart disease in Brooklyn, n. Y, Sat-
urday, aged 81 years..
inspectors on Saturday killed. a herd
of twenty Guernsey COWS on the farm
Of Josepr Speidel, a wealthy farmer
of Wheeling, w. Va, following the
discovery of foot and mouth disease
among them. The herd was valued at
s25, 600. 80. The Spanish government
is endeavoring to purchase $4,000 tons
Of wheat in the United States.......
The British steamer Daventry sailed
from Newport News, Va, Sunday for
Rotterdam, Holland, with a cargo OF
foodstuffs for destitute Belgians, the
cargo being valued at $3.50,
Asa Goodwin, the oldest man in Ala
bama, died at Bessemer, Ala, Sunday,
aged 10S years. He was born in Hen
ry county, Ga, in 1907, and is surviV-
ed by one son, "A grandchildren, 227
reat-grandchildren and Is great
Observation-Disclosures. ......A dispatch
from Venice, Italy, says that on ac-
count of their inability to obtain flour,
$50 out of a total of 10 bakeries in
Vienna, Austria, have closed their
shops. Frank T. Bullen, a fam
Gus English author and lecturer, died
at Madeira yesterday, aged go years.
Ambassador Gerard cabled WASH
ington yesterday, that good middling
cotton sold at II 10 cents per pound
in Bremen, Germany, February 3D..
Governor Alexander of Idaho, on yes
terday signed a bill making h state
of Idaho dry after January l, 1916.
..... Miss Sarah Knox Wood, q
granddaughter of President Zachary
Taylor, died in Winchester, Va, yes
terday.