Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-12
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cords show ALIASES gallons Of whisky
we,e withdhwn as against Ts4S7,3O
gtabns, daring the corTeSperding ne-
rkdd of this year. Decreases in with
diaKals during the first three months
or this year were explained by thS. ban
closing warehouses and 'diStillerles,
which was modified in, April. To permit
Withdrawals Sy .feEil druggists and IN
May to aHo& Wholesale druggists to
ythdrawwhtsky -s : 80
= Birmingham. August IL: Father
Jaries E. Coyle, for many years pastor
of St. Paul's Catholic church, died at
a; hospitar 'torffcsatr after <haying. peent
shot three times by Rev. 4. X. Sieph-
enspn, Methodist minister, early to-
night. Immediately after the shooting
Stephenson went TO the county Jail and
surrendered, admitting according to
deputies, thatthe shot the priest. Of
ficers quote Stephenson as declaring
he shot Father >COyle' because the latter
had performed a marriage( ceremony
between Stephenson's daughter and +.
Gussmap, a CATHOLIC. In statement
to,newspaper mkh, tonight, Stephenson
declared he iot~Father Coyle in self
defense. sfterI the priest had struck
him twive, knocking him ohis knees.
He, stated that he was passing the
rectory when Father .Coyle called him
int hnA that in an argument which
deE&D bed he called Father Coyle a
dirty dog" Father COyle then at
tacked ,him,, according. to stephenson,
and he pulled his revolver and fired
three shots.
.AWashington,. August 8: The state
department was advised by the Ameri-
DAN charge at Toxic today, that Japan
'iglAdly accepts November ~ as the
date for the opening OF the disarma-
1heht conference in Washington. Un-
animouS agreement on ArmiStiCe Day
for the opening Of the conference was
reached in the. informal negotiations
among the powers that are to be repre-
scented. Japan, the last Of the partici-
pants to give her consent, informed. the
state department through the Ameri-
can embassy at Toxic, that she would
GLADLY accept. the American suggcs-
ton to begin the conference on the
fourth anniversary of the cessation of
the world war. Thus. the assembling
of the delegates here on a, dGy definite
becomes an ASSURED fact, although the
diplomatic formatities require that
there be now a formal exchange Of in
Vitations and ;accept9nces, The invi-
tatiors are exllected TO go. forward
from Washington without delay, and
OlllNldlof DtIlSNS lIlelL III OlliPl lNB4i''
will hasten the negotiations into their
second phase++a consideration Of the
list Of subjects that are to be dis
cussed around the council table.
- Six American prisoners in Russia
have been released by the soviet au-
thoritieS and haze arrived At NarVa,
Esthonia, in fair condition, according
to n dispatch from Riga, Russia. The
six We're Emmet Fitzpatrick, Weston
p. Estes, William Flick, y. B. Kalma-
tiano, II. ]. LeMarc and Russell Dat
tinger. The prisoners We're released
under the promise made by the soviet
authorities at the time help was ac-
Gepted from the American relief or
ganizations for famine shfforin" Rus
Sia, OF the released men E1pt.H ~ En-
Ihett Kilpapek, Of Lnlontown Ala.
&as captured while on duty with Gen.
Wiangels forCes in South Russia.
William Flick and Dr.. Weston B. ES-
tes of New York, arc moving picture
photographers VINO went into Russia
and We're imprisoned last year. Men
Ophon Blumenthal Kalmatiano Gf Ra-
cine, Wis, has been in Russian pris-
ons for nearly three years. Henry j.
LaMarc is New York man, and Rus
sell DattingcrS home IS at Csc West
18th street, S;h Frnncisco.
Newton, NJ. G.. August 10: Jabe B
Honeycutt, we'll known barber, was
found dead 1saT the street in North
Newton at o'clock this morning. and
Jesse Combs, the last man with him
last night, feil from a motor truck
while en- route from North Newton to
attend the inquest ut local under
taking establishment and s4Staincd Il
fracture o6'thd SkuAi from which ne
died a few minutes later. HbncyCUtt,
who was 81 yc;uS al age, was well
known in this section. re is survived
by d wife and four children, ana also
10y his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Rcy-
nolds. Coroner :. W. ShufOrd of
Hickory. was summoned. and the jury
found that Huncycutt came 10 his
death from alcoholic and drug poison
ing. Combs, aged II. and unmarried.
had been sllmpQned 10 attend the in
Quest. He boarded Il motor truck
driven by ESl RiCyrill CUlorcd, for the
undertaking establishment. About
half way from the place the driver
made u quick turn and Combs fell off
and struck 4 hard pavement with his
head, causing akbqcturG Of the skull.
Death was almO3 Instantaneous. PER-
sons in a passing automobile heard
the heavy thud
- Attorney General Daughcrty is
lrging the hOu2c judiciary committee
TO recommend enactment of law TO
prevent former government employees
and officers prosecuting claims against
IL until they had been out of Office at
least three years. "ln urging this step
] want it understood that tn" Depart
mCnt of Justice is making no political
drive on anybody the attorney gen
Cral declared. In considering the
merits of the bill | haze no person in
mind to whom it might b" directed
A large number'Uf former government
officials including President Wilson
recently have been admitted I" p.Hc-
1icc in the courts here. Mr.. Daugh"rty
said he was not prepared to state
whether prosecution of claims by for
mCr government employees were more
frequent or aggravated at this tIm"
than hcrctOfOre,' but claims now pend
ing IN his department exceeded Mi-
lion dollars Government agents Wn"
had obtained confidential infolm"tl"n
had been offered nigh pay Ey out
SidCrS, said the attorney general, vino
insisted employees should not be placed
within reach of temptation. The nam"
of Robert Lansing former seer, il.E o.
state. ard now 81 praCtCinG attorney M
WASHINGTON was mentioned at. the
hearing in a letter presented 10 the
committee by Representative EGmonds.
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