Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-22
Official:
Francis NJ. Hinkle.
Major. N. A.. Adjutant.
MERE. m ENTION

Negroes from the Bahama islands
are To get passports Ia help harvest
the crops in Florida ........ II ~ prob
able that all postoflice employees ex-
cept postnastcrs down to the fourth
class. will get un Increase Of l5 per
cent pay. Mai. George r.. Aims of
Washington. ID. g., has sold the Appu-
mattox farm on which Lee surrender
ed Ia Grant To :. l.. Ferguson, who is
To try TO have congress convert II
int" u national park. I5ayard Gray,
a negro, whose rcputed age was ll6
years, died at Laurel, Del, Tuesday.
............. Inhabitants OF Pctrugrad are
leaving the city in panic Because Of
poor railroad facilities and passport
red tape, thousands are leaving on foot
and IN any kind Of conveyance obtain
able. None wish to remain to starve
or be caught by the Germans ...............
Outr;iges by Bolsheviki since the rati-
tication OF the peace treaty at MOSCOW,
are reported from Siberia. Japanese
merchants are being attacked, but VOL
nntecr Japanese rc-inf0rccments are
reported to be on the way...............A
gang Of ycggmcn made an unsuccess-
full attempt 10 rob the bank at Zephyr
Hills. Pa. Monday night. The first
explosion alarmed the town and the
citizens who Investigated. had n bat
tie with the thieves. The mayor Of
the town was killed, and the gang es-
capped in an automobile. Western
senator's began fight I'm the senate on
last Monday for higher wheat prices.
Senator Gore proposed to fix the mini
mum at $3.50. Senator Nelson pro-
posed that the price be left open. al
lcging that price fixing had been "a
Il N
William have been expurgated from
the school books Of Waterbury, Conn.
on orders from the local school board.
............The $4,000 employees Of the In
ternatiOnal Harvester company are to
be given 10 per cent wage increase
on April l......... Confidential informa-
tion reaching Toxic, Japan, from
Christiana, says that ex-Premier Ke-
rensky OF Russia, is safe at Christiana
and has been there for some time.
An attempt was made to wreck O pas
senger train on the Burlington road
near Aurora, ILL.,. Monday night. II IL
believed the plot was aimed at soldier
specials going to Camp GTant..............
Mrs. Ann lawson Berry. the mother Of
Bishop Berry OF the Methodist church,
died in Philadelphia. Monday, aged 80
years ........... Berlin claims that % Allied
airplanes were brought down on the
French Belgian front last Saturday
They also claim that they brought
down ~ captive balloons and 1873 air
planes during February ........T The gov
ernment has begun the preliminary
work Of erecting one Of the worlds
largest shell making plants at Port
Penn. y. j. The plant Is to employ
8, 900 workers ....,..... a delayed dispatch
tells Of two violent munition factory
explosions at La Courneuve, near
Paris. last week. Thirty or more peo-
pie were killed and many injured. The
explosion was caused by the careless
dropping Of box of percussion fuses
by a workman. ......... Two boys, aged 9
and IL. were burned to death In their
fathers barn near Uniontown. Pa, on
Monday. 1t Is believed that the bows
were drunk on liquor given them by q
farm hand who was also drunk, and
who set fire to the barn ............The agri-
cultural department Of Pennsylvania
says that the farmers OF that state
hold 5.796.414 bushels Of wheat on the
farms. II Is believed the farmers are
holding the grain for higher prices.
despite the fixed price Of 1920 a BUSH
ELL. Major Bohme Of the Canadian
army. now In the United States, ap-
peals to American women knitters to
turn their needles TO the production Of
socks. saying that there is probably
more than enough sweaters, helmets.
wristlets. etc. now on hand, but that
unless more socks are produced the
boys will be barefoot before another
12 months.