Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-30
Friday, December 80, 1921. ~s'

Morrison of the Methodist church, died
at the home of his son at Leesburg,
Fla, on Wednesday OF last week.-...---.....
Lieutenant Colonel James Franklin,
Civil war veteran and officer cf Cen
eral Forests cavalry brigade of the
Confederate armies, died in San Fran
cisco last Monday......-..-There has been
considerable rioting during the past
week against the authority Of the Brit
ish government in Egypt...........The an
nual joint maneuvers of the Atlantic
and Pacific fleets, which were TO have
been held in Panama Bay in February
and March, have been abolished.........--.
c. S. Tucker, president of the Con
struction Company of America" says
he will take up tho Muscle Shoals
proposition with Secretary Weeks on
January and s in competition with
Henry Ford....--.......Henry b. Cross, OF
the Rockefeller institute, died at Vera
Cruz, Mexico, last Tuesday of yellow
fever.The Ingersoll Watch company
Is in the hands of a receiver, with la
billties amounting TO $3,000000 and as
sets of $4,000, ,000..........lt is claimed that
80 per cent of the people in South Ire
land favor the ratification Of the peace
treaty with Great Brltain..------.--..Most Of
the leading London newspapers sus-
pended publication for the Christmas
holidays. .--...Ex. Governor Thomas w.
Beckett, of North Carolina, died at his
home In Raleigh, at 9:15 o'clock We'd
ncsday morning following a stroke OF
paralysis....ln q message made pub
lie Tuesday night, Eugene V. Dcbs de-
clared his release from the Atlanta
peniten. .iary on Christmas was due to
the loyal support he had received from
American socialists. 81 am an enemy
OF the capitalist class and in me they
shall find no comfort as long as there
In breath in my body. said Debs......-...-
Shot from behind by Sam Melvin, H.
year-old youth, Frank Halls skin
proved an effective armor, for five OF
the seven bullets Of 22-ca'ibrc revol-
yer, failed TO penetrate. Two bullets
took effect but five others bounced OF
HALLS back and were picked up in the
Proximity drug store at Greensboro. n.
c., where the shooting took place We'd
neslay. Sergeant Alvin G. York,
greatest hero OF the World war, is hap
ny over the fact that the mortgage on
his 4l0 acre FentresS county, Tenn,
farm has been lifted by the contribu-
tions Of his many friends.--........-.Neariy
$4,000 worth Of radium or about one
third of q quantity missing from n nos
pitnl at Newton, Kan, has been recov-
cred from 3UU pOunu.S Oi dSHeS ny t'St-
crn chemists .....Sir John Hare, noted
English actor and manager, diedTWed-
nesday in London, aged 77..-..."-.The
Alabama supreme court has declared
unconsti. utional an act Of the legisla-
ture prohibiting the making of wagers
on horse ccs...........Germany has fall
ed 10 meet her 1924 peace obligations,
and her leaders insist on the impossi-
bility of doing So....LraThe Ohio river
reached q stage Of five feet over the
flood line ut Louisville last Tuesday.
The river was 55.S feet at Louisville,
Ky....... ChicagOfs lakc-borne traffic
broke all records in 1921 with net
tonnage OF 5,S21,981 tons clearing from
the Chicago and Calument rivers. The
duties on imports amounted to S9,42G,-
201.42. There were exported altogeth-
er 7S,37S,970 bushels of corn.........Pres-
ident Harding has appointed Dr.. c. NJ.
Moates. negro physician of Leaven-
worth, Kan, as minister TO HATH.
DR.. Chas. Little, a Presbyterian clergy
man OF national reputation in his de-
nomination, died at Wabash, Indiana,
Tuesday, aged rs years woodrow
Wilson celebrated his 65th birthday at
Washington last Wedncsday-....,.--.On
Il basis OF prices paid on December l,
the agricultural department at Wash
ington values the S,340,000 bales OF cot
ton raised this year at $67+7Ss,oOO.