Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-22
Scraps and faets.

Boston, Mass. Wednesday by Frank
Zuna. of Newark, n. j. He made Il
new record for the event, his time be-
ing two hours, Is minutes, 81 80 sec
onds. The previous record was two
hours, 81 minutes, 10 is seconds
made by Mike Ryan of New York IN
1912 } Zuma was fresh as daisy
after: the long hike. Charles Melior'
of Chicago, who had raced with the
winner almost from the start, finished
second. His time was , hours - min
utes II seconds.
A! meteor or series Of meteors that
passed over middle and southern
Georgia about o'clock Wednesday
morning, exploding and showering hot
metal as heavy as iron, frightened
people in the sections of the state
where the phenomena We're visible.
The; meteor was seen in Macon. 1t
exploded over Cordele and also at
Pitts, some distance east Of Cordele'
and also at Albany. southwest OF Mac
on. At Pitts, in Wilcox county, more
.han.a dozen heavy explosions were
heard, then, as ii machine gun had
been pressed into action, there was n
sharp crlcking in the air for several
minutes and red hot metal. some
pieces weighing six pounds, began 10
fall to the earth.
=. The effect Of carbon dioXide upon
q person in close proximity to the wall
of q room as compared with its eltect
upon one nearer the center OF the room
is being considered at MartinsDurS'
w. Va. by Judge j. NJ. Wood, of the
circuit court. Upon the courts decls-
ion rests the title to an estate. some
time ago George saeiS and his wlie
were found dead in a room or thelF
home. They were asphyXiated ny car
hon dioXide from hard coal. Sheiss
hodv when found was resting near
wall, while the woman's body was IN
the center of the room. Mrs. Sheig's
beneficiary instituted the court pro
ceedines in an effort to gain title to the
estate: claiming that Sheig died before
his wife. The case is against the "un-
known heirs" Of Sheig. In presenting
the argument for the benehclarE.
council submitted 4 written OPINION OF
/. J. Deash. Of Lexington, L." =
chemist, in which it was held that
carbon dioxide emitted from a stove
risesEto the ceiling and IN coollns lo!-
lows the walls when dropping D! us
natural weight to the floor. Ihe
chemist suggested that 4 person near
the wall would be affected sooner
than a person in the center Oh 'he
room.
Albert Dameron. 25. descendant OF
nioneer Virginia settlers. who works
on his uncle's mountain side farm near
Salem, Va, from sun up to sun down
at $40 a month, often dreamed, he
said of finding Il treasure and buying
q farm of his own. On the AFTERNOON
of April s~-Yhile plowinS near the
foot of Brush's mountain his pio"
unearthed peculiar looking ohoec1
which attracted his attention. IN,
yestigation revealed that ne hau
found q small metal pot wrapped IN
buckskin containing gold ana sllFcr
coin valued at s1+,9O3. About Sl"'o"o
was in gold, 5000 in silver and the
balance in papcr money, so badly dis
inteerated that the denominations
could not be distinguished. The lat
est date on any Of the coins was 1878
yornp Dnmeron. first bcwildered, was
fearful that his fortune might he taken
from him and kept his discovery Sc
cret until today when he tod MS
mother. albert dreamed for Il week
that, he was going ,iQ1tind 2 treasure,
declared Mrs. DaInefon, :: haru!
mountain woman, land now ne 5 So!lG
and done it." The fortune was stiil
in Dameron's keeping with no lnten-
tion on his part, he said, of depositlnS
II IN Il Ddilh.
DR. j. r. Dedge was convicrcd ol
murder at Alma Ca, eunesua:
night in connection with the killing OF
Instice G. j, Nedders on July 10. last
YEAR. The jury recommended mercy
and Dedse was Immediately sentenced
IN life IMPRISONMENT. Dedge and Med
ders were former partners III inc
show business. They hit upon the
nlon to put horns on Il negro ana lout
The country with him as the only
horned negro in capacity. An opelr
otion was necessary to insert palr OF
horns in the negro's head and the SKIN
grew into place and made them appear
like real horns. The show business
thrived, it is said until lhe heEl'
,vhile on 4 spree ut EAldoSta, t.a''
ro',a,.cl ycors ago. disclosed the fake
Dodpe and Mrddcrs had made ior-
tnne and returned here, MedderS pc
comm" an oversccr OH lhc DcoSc
nlortntion, 4 year ago because VI
personal difficulties Mcdders leit the
farm and opened Il law office ana De
came Il justice Of the peace re "'n
shot down in front nf his ollice ohr
night and Dcdgc WAS aInonE the NE"
arrested in connection with the Slloo'
in, the automobile from which tne
shots were fired being traced 10 Ills
home.
The Colombian treaty growing ouL
of the parttioning OF lHnlmit "'iH
ratified "Wednesday by the senate. IL
provides for the payment by the Unit
cd States of S25,00O.O00 to the South
American republic. hut has yet TO DC
npproycd by the Colombian itSSeinhlS'
The vote on ratification WAS ~ TO ~
or IL more than the necessary TWO
thirds minority. The Harding Hh-
ministratiun. through ratification o'
the treaty, won its first fight III tle
senate. The president in Il message
to the special session OF the senil'P'
March ., five days after his lnau@u-
ration, recommended ratification us
Every helpful at the present liIle III
promoting cur friendly relationships.
This recommendation was supple
mented today by Senator Lodge OF
Massachusetts. Republican leader VINO
in reply TO attacks OF Republican sen
ators of the Progressive group oe
clared ratification of the pact WAS
..part of a great national foreign n"-
licy," contemplated by lreSldchi
Hnrding toward our neighhors IN INC
Southern and Eastern hcmisphcreS:
Forty Republicans were joined by ~
Democrats in voting for r1Itltlc;,iloh:
One Republican. Page, Vermont ana
three Democrats. Shields. Tennessee:
owen Kentucky. and Walsh. Montana
IN fI TWO l.C-