Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-19
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Scraps and faets.

issued Friday show 105,1SS bales were
sent from the United States to Ger
many during the month, while the un-
tied kingdom, the United States best
customer for raw cotton. took only
64,490 bales and Japan's imports to-
tailed $1,000 bales. The second larg
est amount taken by any country dur
ing the month. Cotton exported to
Germany during the nine months end
ing March 81. has amounted to $780,
100 bales, valued ut about SS5.000,O00.
Prior to the war Germany took an
average Of 2.250,000 bales Of American
cotton annually.
- North Dakota was prevented by
''reactionary group in the legislature"
from carrying out her agricultural
and industrial program, which had
been approved seven times by the
people, Senator E. +. Ladd, of that
state, declared before the peoples
reconstruction league conference in
Washington last Thursday. The SEN
ator asserted that spectators and
gamblers" in the necessities ot life
have grown rich through q system OF
marketing $50 devised as to profit
from the toll Of the farmer Had it
not been for the continued rise in the
value of land" he added, "the farm
ed would have gone bankrupt. Tho
farmer, now. he added, is taking steps
that Should and will. believe, en-
able him within the next two years
to market his products under condi-
tions that will insure for him reas-
enable price. u fair return for his lab
ors, and at the same time furnish the
articles 10 the consumer at lower
price"
Representatives who made an un-
successful attempt last session to in
crease the size of the house to 4S3
members, have begun 4 compromise
movement to boost the membership
to 46O Chairman .Siegel Of the CEN
sus committee said Thursday there
was growing sentiment in favor Of an
increase and predicted that member
ship Of 46a would meet with approval.
A number Of representatives from
states that would lose seats if no in
crease were authorized and who voted
for maintaining the present size Of
the house. now favor compromise. he
added. During the last session the
house voted to hold its membership TO
1910 census. The bill died in the SEN
ate. Mr. Siegel said he probably
would introduce bill in n few days
to increase the number of represen-
tatives to 46O. He already has intro
duced a resolution calling for a con-
stitutional amendment that would per-
manently limit the size Of the house
to 500 members. Representative
Blanton, Democrat, Texas, has intro
duced a bill reducing. it's size to 30i
members.
The first execution of Il woman in
the strife between the discordant fac
tions in Ireland is announced. says a
Dublin cable of Sunday. She was TAX
Ell from her home in the Scotstown
district of Monaghan today and shot
and killed. on the bank Of the river. The
woman, whose name was Kitty Mac
carron, belonged to the farming class.
Kitty Maccarron, who was about 45
years of age, lived with her parents,
octogenarians, in a wild mountainous
part of the country. About midnight
knock was heard at the door, and
party of masked men entered and in
formed the victim they had come Tor
her. She struggled in vain; the ass;ss-
sins fastened her hands behind her
back and led her pleading pitifully
down a lane about mile to the Main.
by the side Of which the body was aft
erward found with Il bullet wound
tomary sign of Sim Fein executions
A card on the body: was inscribed
Spies and informers, beware. Tried,
convicted and executed by the Irish
Republican Army" Neighbors refused
to aid in the removal of the body; such
is the terror inspired in Monaghan by
the recent series Of terrible deeds which
have earned for the country the repu-
tation Of the worst in Ulster.
- One hundred persons dead, sever
nj hundred injured and properly dam
ages roughly estimated in the millions
made the toll of series of tornadoes
which broke late Friday in northeast
Texas and swept eastward Saturday
over sections of five states into Geor-
Gia. Arkansas, with 80 persons re-
ported killed in Hampstead and Miller
counties suffered the heaviest toll. In
Alabama, tho number Of dead was cs-
timated ut 10. seven were killed in
Texas and six in Mississippi. In Ten
nessce, the other state which felt the
effect OF the storm, no fatalities were
reported. Relief parties still were
searching the storm swept areas and
until they report the complete death
list will not he known. The storm ap-
.Inrcntly broke in Smith county, Tex
and Bowie counties, and passed into
Miller and Hampstead counties. Ark
;Lnsas. where the reported death list
Saturday night had reached 80. Six
of the seven persons killed in Texas
were crushed to death when their
homes in the village of Avingcr were
wrecked Another death WAS reported
at Atlanta Texas. Crossing into Ark
anSaS. the storm Skirted the city OF
Texarkana, and cut Il Swarth u half
mile wide through Il heavily wooded
section of Miller and Hampstead
counties. In the vicinity Of Hope
Hampstead county the list of report
ed dead had reached 20. Fifteen
others were said to have lost their
lives in the vicinity Of the town Of
Prescott. and Il like number north of
rcXHrkana. One fatality WAS reported
in Yellow county. Five persons werc
reported killed at Steen, 4 small town
near Columbus, Miss. The rainfall
in Mississippi was reported the heav-
lest on record.
London. April IS: Although the
strike of the coal miners continues,
distinctly favorable atmosphere is to
bc observed in London regarding n
settlement. Premier Lloyd George in
the house of commons today was verE
concilatory and declined to be hur
ried by recent happenings into lcSiS-
lation curtailng the privileges OF
trade unions. Indeed on this subject
he was pronounced in the expression
Ipclu pt hing VOlIl1 DrONukp