Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-11
Scraps aud fatts.

IuSl. SOIn dI ~ CSulS- lOL iuSi, tA~
said, gNNould be equivalent to fuel
coal at SO a ton. In districts where
corn is very cheap now the coal is
rather poor grade and is selling at high
prices" he continued. Under Such
conditions it will pay both farmers
and people in country towns TO use
corn instead of coal. Undoubtedly
large~quaAtities of corn will be burn
ed on western farms this winter unless
the prices should materially advance.
Gold holdings of the United States,
the worlds sole creditor nation mount
ed to q new high record last month,
approximately S2,500,00O,OO0. Statls-
ticians estimate this to be 80, to 4O
per cent. of the worlds visible supply:
Of this amount the twelve Federal
Reserve Banks hold about S930,000,-
900, the bulk being in the vaults OF the
local institution. Metal, pouring into
this country ever since the close OF
the war. { has averaged S75,OOO,OOO
monthly. Some of the gold bears the
stamp of nations born after the Euro
pean cataclysm and some OF the mint
ed metal is almost as rare and strange
TO the average observer as an old time
Spanish doubloon. Part of the gold
cert here by Germany TO meet repara-
tion payments to the Allies was SAID
to be trenCn COIN NLOulS W Va
tracted by Germany from France as
indemnity in 1870.
The New Orleans limited passen-
ger train of the Illinois Central rail-
road was held up by armed robbers
south of Paxton, Illinois, last Mon
day night and looted of all registered
mail and the contents of the safe,
which was blown open after the band
its had forced the engineer and hre-
men to disconrect the mail and bag
gage car and run them to a bridge
cross a street farther south. The en-
fineer and firemcn ut first hesitated 10
comply with the demands or the roD-
bers, who crept over the tender INTO
the cab, but when pistols were thrust
into their faces, the trainmen COM
piled and escaped injury. In dynamit-
ing the safe the robbers set fire TO the
.-irterior of the mail car. After the
bandits had fled in a waiting automo-
bile. the engine crew returned to the
rest OF their train, cut out the naming
mail car and proceeded 10 Champaign;
the next division point. The all-steel
train, left Chicago loaded with pas
sengers at $50 Monday night, and pass
ing through Paxton at high speed, had
gore some two miles when the hre-
=inan saw masked men sliding down the
fire box. He stepped back hurriedly,
dropping his shovel. The noise at
tracted the attention of the engineer
who took his eyes from the rails
moment to ascertain what was the
matter.
Known casualties in Kon.uckyS
election stood at 10 dead and seven
wounded, Tuesday night. Nine men
eayere killed in two Gffrays in Brealhlt
county: o man and woman were
\yuunJled in Louisville and one man
..was killed and two others seriously
wounded in Estill county. The nrSt
-nf the killings occurred MONDAY n'tAt
Fin Breathitt county when sylvester
Howard. Jr., was killed by MARI fItta.
ynre second affray in Breathitt county
Sccrrred Tuesday when Cleveland
Combs Is said TO have made efforts 10
serve as election clerk in place OF
man previously appointed. COMBS
his brother. Leslie, Ephern and George
ALLEN and John Roberts and George
cNIcIntosh were Killed outright ana
five other persons were wounded t"o
Sof them. Asbery Combs and Tom Cen
ters. diving later. In Louisville IA
rtrolman Bennett Gardner, IN quar-
srell with Harry Ross, fired seNeraI
shots. One struck ana seriously
wounded Ross and another s'rnLn ,,.
Mrs. Lillian Collins. aged Ga Inc
fonrtb ARRAY was in Estil county
where p. F. Wolfnbarger Rcpubh-
can candidate for sheriff, was SER
iouslyL,.wounded by Llovd Winkler
WinlAsr was shot and killed by wolf
inharper's son, Jeff. Phant Rlchard-
son, a by-starder, also was wounded
Another death was added late 1ues-
dov when X. X. Spencer. a Democratic
e}ection' clerk was killed at simpson
nrecinct on Frozen Creek IL Breathltt
county- His murderer has not oeeh
captured.
New York November S: Mayor
John +. Hylan, Democrat. was reflect
ed today by the largest pluraltY ever
given a mayoralty candidate IN lhlS
city. The vote, with 2S9 districts ouI
of the 2.7O9 in the city missing was
Hylan 6G5,77O; Henry :. Curran: ne
publican, running on coalltion ticMe.' Ci,e.
5ee oSS and Jacob Panken, Socialist
755Ss, Ii Hylan's ratio of gain IS
m5infSined in the missing districts, MS
nIuralitv will be about 413OOO. Mayor
Hvlen swept into office with him the
Democratic candidates for city comp
+roIIer president of the board OF
aldermen and the fire borough presl-
dancies The ticket elected was as
follows: Mayor, John r. HSlan'
COMPTROLLER. Charles l.. Craig. Presl-
dent OF board of aldermen, MURRAY
Tnlbert. President of borough OF
Manhattan, julius Miller. Preslden'
Of borough of Brooklyn. Edward +:
Reigelmann. President of borough Oh
Bronx. Henry Bruckler, President OF
borough of Queens, Maurice r. Con
molly. President of borough OF klGh-
mcnd, Matthew J. Casill. Mayor ny
lon's plurality over John Purroy
Mitchell. fusion candidate in 1917, was
15S,466. President Harding carried
New York city by a plurality OF 4SS:-
All over James NJ. Cox in the presi,
dental election in 1920. Women Toteu
in a municipal election here for the
first time this year. OF the total OF
1263.94O voters, 447,O15 were women.
The Socialist vote for mayor was
lighter than that of 1917 when Morris
Hiilauit polled 144,973 votes. In lhe
statewide contest for associate Judge
of the court of appeals, the vote, WIN
339 districts missing was: William -
Andrews, Republican incumbent so
64S: Townsend Scuddcr, Democrat
556,952. Mayor Hylan carried all fiVe
boroughs. leading the ticket through
out the city.
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