Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-23
Swaps and facts.

The federal roads bill, appE6priat-
ing $75,OOO,OOO for construction, one
third of which would be Immediately
available was passed by the senate last
Friday, BY a vote of 2S to % the
senate adopted an amendment to the
federal aid road bill reducing from
500. 100000 to $75.000,000 the amount
available for construction in the next
year. Senator New, Republican, Of
Indiana, who offered the amendment
explained that the surplus now in hand
from former appropriations together
with the $2j,000,000 of the approprla-
ton IN! the bill which it is proposed to
make Immediately available, you'd be
sufficient for all improvements planned
for the next six months, at which time
S5OOOO,OOO, the remainder of the APP
propriation carried BY the bill, would
be available.
The new $4,000 ton liner, Majestic,
the largest ship in the world, will be
put into service on the New York
Southampton Cherbourg run NEXT
spring, the international Mercantile
Marine company has just announced IN
New York. The Majestic, which was
To have heen called the Bismarck by
her originate German owners, Is nov
being finished at Hamburg. The GianI
craft, which is 1000 tons larger tnah
the Leviathan and 10000 larger than
the Olympic, will carry crew 9l i'lop
and have passenger Accommodations
for 400 She is equipped with four
huge oil burning engines capable GA
deyeIoping from e. 000 to $4,000 horse
pOwer.2 Her normal speed VIII he
about % knots. The ships agents cStl-
mate that the space occupied by the
1.245 staterOOmS, engines and mAchlh-
cry eul1als that Of about 800 average
four room city apartments.
The Jury in the case Of Sidney
Kincaid tried at MOrgantOn last week
on the charge of the murder OF ms
wife at his home ON the evening OF
July Is, on last Friday returned Il YER
dict OF guilty of second degree murdci.
KinCaid ii appears, went nome ufuilk,
and a quarrel with his vile developed
into a struggle during Whlch hSi
throat was cut with a knife that She
had been using in Barring fruit. The
killing was not denied by the defend
ant who claimed to have had no rCcol-
lection Of the incident except as TO ms
return home that night and getting M
TO a duarrel The KincaidS were well
to-do people and Sidney had stood vel
in his county previous to th" tragedy
having held the Office OF county com
missioner The verdict of the jury III
the case seems to have met with gen
eral approval. kinCaid was sentenced
TO Imprisonment in the penitentary Tor
eighteen years, ana was fcISaSeu O'
bond of $4,000 pending an appeal.
While prices Of dressed beef IN
eastern markets this week We're down
m within two cents of prc-war prices
of 1913. the price decline during the
wear, having been nearY 45 per cent,
according to figures publisher Satur-
day by the American Meat PACKERS IN
stitute. Average wholesale prices "p-
DroXimated Il cents pound during the
week against 20 cents in the same
week of last year and - u cents IN
1916. il was stated. Ordinary grade
beef dropped - per cent. during i''
last two weeks in II" NCW YORK tl1t-
kets and the next grade, m6dium, ~
cents. only fancy beef prices n".alAE
"fairly firm" because of the limited
quantities available. 1t was stated
These figures should furnish con-
sinners with opportunity fOr bargains
i'm beef" the institute statement Sald
..narticularlv the consumer who does
not insist on fancy beef and the p"pu-
lar cuts thCr'irum
- CHEarcttCS nu,nirri.- 81 -" ,"'' "'n
were, manufactured in the lHItcd
States last year, the census bureaus
animal tobacco report issued Satur-
day shows. OF that number l5.h"i,-
600 900 were exported, Paving about
Al. 600, ,O0O. GEO factory made cigarettes
for consumption in the United S'attS.
Cigars manufactured numbered %.'-V'-
$4,000 and tobacco m1nuiac;Trcd, IN
Guiding chewing ahd smoking ana
snuff. totallcd 4l3.S9l.OU0 pounds. Tn"
,,r t,,lg,gn grDIllDi rI 10 -.
5OS. .OG4. 900 pounds, grown on 1871
600 acres. Leaf tobacco, and tobIcco
uroductS imports were valued at $3N.-
4G9. 900. Revenues collected on tobacco,
cigars. cigarettes ana Snuii amounted
to SDg4 .O00 600. Of which North Caro-
lima contributed SloS.iiI.00o. New
York SIG, ,G33.0oO; Virginia, $ZO,12l,Oo0;
PENNSYLVANIA, $20.lg5.00o; New Jersey
SIS.742. 900: ohio $lj,l5A,0ou, ana
Missouri, $l2.@l9,0o0.
a dry petition a mile and a haiI
long. hearing 7.jUu.0Q1 names from litE
different nations, WAS "N.ilb.tod I'Sl
Saturday at the Woman'S Christian
Tcmncrancc Union convention in ScS-
sion at san Francisco. 1t urges "l;aiS- |
ing the standard of The law 10 that OF
Christian morals. 10 strip away the
safeguards ana sanctions Of the stat" /
from the drink trade and the opium /
traffic" \ message was sent To IN" /
United States senate urging p2sS3ga
of the Willis Campbell bill with adc- /.
Uuate search warrant provisions before |
congress- rrcCSSeS." The Rev Mr.. |
William Il. Mccormick, Methodist /.
pastm' Of Springfield, Mo, has the DIS
tinctiOn of being the only man dele |
gate to the convention. He is an .
honorary member Of the organization
and was sent by his church. He Is /
known among the women delegates as .
the Fighting Pastor because of his
connection with the campaign against
alcoholic liquor in Springfield.
Bids Of s.. 100 each for 2o5 wooden
vessels submitted by the Ship Con
struction & Trading corporation OF
New York have been accepted by the
shipping board, it has been officially
\ contract for Il sale he
tween the corporation and the shipping
board has been drawn up under dr'c-
ton of Commissioner" Edward {.
plummcr and win bc approved 10y the /
board today providing the purchaser
completes tn" required bond. Under
its terms. the board will receive l. per
cent. Of Tho total sale price of Si30,"0O
in cash and 4 pro r'jtl portion Of The
balance upon delivery of each veSS-'.
Mr.. Plummcr said Sunday the board
had devoted q great deal oi tim" TO the
.F,,J,. ,f tIl IiNs u ,.ff,s tf II np tor .