Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
MERE M MENTIoN

sl.25 pound; steak, 81; milk. IS cents
quart. and other foodstuffs proportion
ately..........Mrs. J. W. Bogart OF New
port. O., gqve birth to baby girl
Tuesday. after her husband had placed
her in a skiff TO remove her from their
water bound home. Mother and child
are doing well Thomas A. Edison,
invited by the authorities Of the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania TO visit that
institution on WaShington's birthday
TO receive an honorary degree, replied
that he was too busy at his laDorator!
TO COME Canada now has a food
hoard of three members, instead OF a
single food controller................La .LaZzar"
Gutierrez de Lara Of Los Angeles, Cal.
was put to death at Altar. Mexico. a
few days ago. by order OF General Cal
les. Lara was a captain under Madcrc
..........Two Pennsylvania soldiers IN
France have been given the cross Of
war By President Poincare for meri-
torious ambulance serrice-...........Thous-
ands OF shipbuilders In the vicinity Of
Wilmington, Del, took the day OH
Tuesday because the employers de-
clined to pay double wages for labor on
a Representative Howard
of Georgia, has introduced a bill to re-
quire every person subject TO incoln"
| tax to register with county OFFICIALS.
He says that ut puts money on the
| same basis as manhood. "A man
who tries to dodge his tax VIII
| be known to the world-and TO the COL
lectors." THE Federal railroad wage
commission IL enlisting the aid OF
newspapers in ten cities in each state
to gather statistics on the cost OF liv-
| ing in order to secure some basis for
fixing wage scales In comparison TO
! 'Er6sts:..w.:.:.....Thg- ..:.:... Uud.ternfnstetr
,partment OF the United States ma
rine service. on Monday opened bids
for 900, 900 pairs of woolen socks. There
were six bidders for the order-........
The executive committee OF the Demo
cratic national committee by a vote OF
five to two, has formally indorsed tho
woman suffrage constitutional amend
ment and agreed TO urge its prompt
passage by the Senate.-........The lower
house OF congress has passed by una
nimous vote a bill appropriating $5O,-
600, 900 for the proper housing OF SNIP
yard workers at the various ship
building plants in the country. The
senate has already passed a similar
bill....A motor transport train, in
cluding So cars, loaded with clothing
and munitions. left Buffalo for New
York city Tuesday. student
flyers were killed at the aviation park
at Memphis, Tenn. Tuesday when
their machine collided and fell from
height OF 500 feet. The cadets were
making their first flights without in
structors Unless the freight en-
bargoes are lifted very shortly New
England shoe manufacturers will b"
unable to deliver their products
throughout the country for the Easter
trade...........Wa Washington's birthday will
be celebrated with unusually impress
sive ceremonies throughout the coun-
try this year. Wherever possible SOL
diers from nearby cantonments will bc
sent to various cities for parades............
Judge Thompson of the Federal dis
trict court of Philadelphia. has in
structed the grand jury to make special
efforts to locate the source Of supply
of !iuuor going to army camps within
their Jurisdiction. Other Federal
Judges will probably take up the mat
ter in relation to other camps..."...........
The French government has placed an
order for 100000 footballs for the use
of the soldiers OF France..--.-.....The
British destroyer Boxer was sunk in
the English channel on February 3. the
result OF a collision with another vcs-
| Sel..-....-.---irtOI6t LhihCit q hS6io
wayman. was shot to death, and Peter
Alefalies was fatally wounded, and
Michael Sares was shot through the
chest in a street duel at Farrell. Pa.
Monday night when the negro attempt
ed to hold up the two white men.
shooting Alefalies. Sares killed the
negro after he had been shot down..
The oil tanker ]. c. Donell arrived at
Point Breeze on the Schuylkill river.
Monday with a cargo Of 5,000,000 gal
Ions Of crude oil............The captain. five
other officers and twenty blue jackets
Of the gun crew Of the American
steamship Actaeon. torpedoed of the
coast Of Spain on Thanksgiving day.
have arrived at an Atlantic port.
The steel plants Of Pennsylvania are
turning out less than fifty per cent OF
their normal capacity because Of the
lack of coal and Of poor quality.
Mrs. a. T. Cox has been appointed
deputy state factory inspector by Gov
ernor Goodrich of Indiana. She Is the
first woman to hold such an office.
Three highwaymen held up grocer's
delivery wagon in Chicago. Tuesday.
and at the point OF pistols robbed the
driver Of two dozen eggs.--A conn.,
mission just back from Poland says
that there are 100000 Jews In Poland
and I.ithunia who are starving