Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-07
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Record Of Current Happenings Col
Ieeted from Various Sources.

IeSteQ from various 1Ou'SSs'
Cadet George Q. Mills Of Jersey Ci'y.
y. j., was instantly killed Tuesday all
crnoon when his flaming plan" i"ii =
900 feet two miles from Taylor field.
near Montgomery, Ala.
West Virginia is the dri"st stat" in
;hc Who'll" Union. according 10 - state
mcnt by j. W. Been. chief .puty
prohibition commissioner. .\s AN m
dicatiOn OF how effective prohibition
has bccomc he said that Will" th"r" ~
some pocket selling" going on III" re-
tail price of liquor is sii a quart.
Adam Johnson. Il farmer living near
East Bernard, Texas. presented tw"
FLOODED pigs Ia two army aviators who
came over from Ellington field, n
Houston, and landed on the farm. The
pigs got a ride back in tho airp!an"
and will hc auctinn""rcd off for IN"
benefit Of the Red Cross.
Civilian Instructor Stanley cnylc
was killed and Flying Cadet Elwyn
Chapman was badly injured last Tues
day when the airplan" IN which they
were flying colli,lcd with another ma
chine about 100 feet ahOv" Rockwell
field. North Island. Cal, and fell spin
ming to the ground.
The average savings tn the govern
mcnt pensions of each southern state
would hc So .UU0 under hill introduce
cd in congress 10y Representative" I. w.
Sims of Tennessee. providing that the
franking privileges of tn" government
he extended To the stat" Confederate
soldiers. At present the postage. which
Is three cents on each check. - de-
Quoted from the Confederate pension
appropriation in each state.
John Thomas of NokomiS. ILL.,. G"-
Gently went To -. Louis, Mo. for m"'ii-
cal treatment. He went to In" ollie" o'
a physician" He DOES not recall the
address. Tho doctor diagnosed 'h"
case as stomach trouble and Thomas
WAS pat 10 lrd at the Morgan hotel.
\ wet cloth WAS placed over his eyes
and when he removed the cloth iINc
minutes later his purse. containing 81"
and the physician were missing.
Prohibition leaders in Con"rcS" ar
indignant at the expose hy n"wSln-
per of the use of intOyiCan,S IN tho
house ollie" building. .A!nn:-id" - pho
iograph OF 20 whisky bottles taken
from onc floor of the building. il prints
a story contrasting this find with re-
pcatr,l maioriticS in congress in favor
of prohibition. HcIrcs"ntaiiv" Ran
dali of California. and Representative"
Foss of Ohio. both "dryS." agreed that
an inquiry should hr made. Til" mat
ter of how To proceed is uncertain.
Always on the qui viz" for an open
ing. suffrage leaders in the svnat" are
now planning to take adNantag" of th'
slack season in that body this summer
to try TO put over" the Susan H.
anthony amendment. II was rIInor"d
Monday that when the time for Il re-
cess ncars tho suffIaG" captains will
cndcavor to hold the body i'm session Il
few days. With nothing of importance
upon the calendar. they feel that they
will. at least, hc able tn bring the
matter to some sort Of an Indicator
vote.
Good prospects for a cotton crop of
record proportions this year is indicat-
cd in the department of aSrcultur"'S
cotton report. made public TucSdaE.
showing the condition Of tho growing
plant to he S2.3 per cent Of a normal
rui MAJ 3: fms n j. tAc fsAtst eoh-
dition on May 25 in the last ten years
except in 1911 when 1t was SIS and Il
record crop was produced. Th" high
condition. coupled with private reports
that this years crop acreage is much
larger than that OF last year. and oili-
cial statements that the stand is good
and more fertilizer has been used than
the season before seemed to indicate
that the production will he large.