Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-25
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mERE.MENTIoN
R,rorts received Al Washington IN
dtcate that fuvlless Monday WAS oh
served 10y practically -" per cent OF
the business concerns affected by the
order Of pr. Garfield. Most nf the m
fractions OF the order are said 10 hNe
been due tu Observation-Disclosures rather
than 10 wlliul disobrdtcnce............
ing the past few months revenue OF
iicCrs hIN" DESTROYED 400 moonshln'
stills IN Tennessee. II Is said that
there are more Illicjt stills III Alaha-
ma. Tennessee and Georgia now than
ever btiur-. The product Of the
stills sells at around $lh - gallon
During the week ending Tarslay there
were llu steamers bUnkvrea with coal
in New York harh"r. There were los
other ships waiting for coal Tn"
American gunboat Mrnocrac> was
fired upon near kirn-l.ih- Sicn last
Monday. The attack came without
warning and the cunboat returned the
fire one sailor was killed and two
wounded on the gunboat...~......The
London Daily News says that Prcsi-
dent Wilson has recently urged upon
the British cabinet the desirability OF
an early settlement OF the Irish Ques-
ton .. Packing house employees OF
Chicago are urging the Washington
government 10 take charge or the
packing houses Of the country until
h., end of the Wharf.-The city schoois
OF Chicago have been closed Tor sew
cral days and will remain closed until
next Monday ON account of short
age OF coal for heating the school
buildings. ...........Thr health officers or
Charlotte, y. c.. have issued an order
recurring all places selling SOFT drinks
in that city 10 use paper cups. instead
OF the ordinary slass........Two young
white men were arrested In Shariottc
on Tuesday. charged with robbing u
local dry goods store OF goods valued
at $500. The goods were recovered
and the men are said TO have con-
frssrd the crime......-..Scorcs OF pas
Srngrr trains In northeastern states
were eliminated on Tuesday on ac-
count Of heavy snow falls and IN order
TO put engines and crews to work NOV
ing Coal............Thr annual report OF the
Federal Reserve board shows that the
twelve reserve banks in 1917 made
gross profit OF Sl5,S00.00O. and net
profit OF Sll.2O0.OOO. y dividend To-
tuling S6.SO0.OO0 was dcclared............
Twenty one hundred cars OF coal left
Reading. Pa. during the twcnty-four
hours ending Sunday night. This was
the largest amount OF coal ever hand
led 10y the Reading railroad in one
ay............ Secretary McAdoo has Issued
a warming TO holders OF Liberty bonds
not TO exchange them for other Sc
curitics that promoters are trying 10
dispose of. He says that n large per-
centaEc Of the so-called securities Of
fcrcd in exchange are worthless.
Three children were burned to death
i'm tenement house fire at ionkers.
y. Y, Sunday.........-Gcncra Sir Bcau-
Champ Duff. commandment -chief ol
the British forces in India from 1913
to 1916. was found dead In his bed In
London. Sunday.......The new Finnish
republic Is said to be on the verge Oh
civil war.............The American Red
Cross, through its department OF nurs-
ing. although enrolling something like
| | 900 war nurses per month, Is call
ing for 10000 to 10000 nurses at once.
There are now l6.50O nurses In Red
cross service. .........T The British lost
only six vessels of 800 tons and over
| last week, same as the week before.
The sallings and arrivals were UP TO
the average. 2,255 coming and 2,2i"
i-go,ng - n;ncsc TROOPS have cup
turcd the Manchurian city Of Harbin.
........... Director General McAdoo on
Tuesday night placed temporary
embargo on all freight shipments ex-
the eastern states After January
2g. the bread rationing system will b"
applied TO the territory included III
the city of Paris. France Despite
the closing Of hundreds of industries
of New York city OH the Garfield fuel
order. the situation has been helped
but little because of weather con-
ditions that did not permit even the
normal amount of fuel to reach the
,.,t,, m f.lt ti,n
broken down in northern Russia and
the people are said to be In starving
condition In the larger cities. Such
food as Is obtainabln liz So high IN
price az to he practically out of reach
Of the poorer classes. ..........Thrce lrish
wceklies OF New York. supporters OF
the Sim F'ein movement in Ireland.
have been barred from the mails.
Bandits attempted to hold up ~.
Louis. Mo-. saloon Tuesday night. Two
OF the bandits were killed and To-
cal politician wax killed by the third
bandit, who escaped in an automobile.
No loot was secured ...... Complete
prohibition will be q fact TIN oughout
Canada after May ], az result Of an
election i'm Quebec ...........cOl. Roose-
welt is being boosted as candidate
for the Republican nomination for
governor OF New York......-....In reply
TO an inquiry from Secretary or War
Baker. General Pershing says that
there has never been n similar body
Of men to lead as clean lives as our
men in France Thirty German
ships. seized by Brazil when that
country entered the war. have been
chartered by the French govern
ment for carrying supplies to France.
........... Sir Edward Carson has resign
ed from the British war cabinet..........
The value Of farm products produced
in the United States in 1917 totalcd
the unprecedented figure Of Sl9,443.-
S49.3Sl. an increase Of more than So
900. 900. 900 over 1916. according to
figures prepared by the department OF
agriculture at Washington. Eighty
Dutch ships have been chartered by
the United States TO carry supplies to
England and France Most Of the
vessels are now tied up In American
ports. Three vessels. one an Amer
lean. were torpedoed In the Mediter-
ranean sea. of the coast OF Spain. a
few days ago. Frederick l.. Wood
ward. private in the army quarter
masters corps. confessed i'm Washing
ton. Monday, to having set fire to the
Guartermaster storchouse burned in
Washington last week. in which 35O,-
900 worth Of supplies were destroyed
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