Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02
Scraps and faets.

country Internal Revenue Commls-
sioner Blair said Yesterday. Assign
ment to New York yesterday or r. Z.
Yellowley, chief of the general pro-
hbition unit, Mr.. Blair saidi. was the
first step in the prohibition bureaus
program for checking the activities or
rum runnerss Illicit distillinS along
, the seacoast towns, Mr. Blair sald
was a minor problem compared with
smuggling, particularly between New
York and the Florida coast. Assist
ance from headquarters he said would
be extended to the prohibition officials
of the port cities and also along the
Mexican border where the smuggling
problem also was serious.
Chattanooga, August 81: At o. meet
ing of representative business men
here tonight it was decided to extend
an invitation to the United Confeder-
ate Veterans to hold their annual re-
union here this year. At the same
time pledges to cover large share OF
the expense Of extertaininging the Old
soldiers of Dixie were secured. IL was
announced that arrangements had been
made with the railroads by which
rate of one cent a mile would be
granted veterans attending the con-
vcntion. An invitation will be for
warded to Nathan Bedford Forest,
commander in -chief of the Sons OF
Confederate Veterans, to come TO
Chattanooga at the earliest possible
moment and outline the needs OF tne
convention. The 1dte for the conven-
tiof, will be arranged after the arrival
here of Commander Forest.
Federal investigation Of the Ku-
Klux Klan has oeen started in Chi
cago by John V. Clinnin, assistant
United States district attorney, an
nounced Tuesday. Numerous COM
plants have been coming to his, office
since the organization of branch OF
the Klan here three weeks ago, Colon
el Clinnin said Allegations that the
Klan is opposed to public policy, that
IL makes no accounting Of the money
it collects, that II makes q profit on its
regalia and therefore Is corporation
operating for profit and that lawless
acts have been ascribed to persons
acting in the guise Of the Klan will
form the basis of the investigation,
according to Col Clnnin. Il don't
wish, as yet to cast any reflection up
on the organization or its leadership
but If find anything wrong, I'll blow
the lid or" Col. Clinnin said He
said he had not yet decided whether
he would question Col. William Joseph
Simmons, of Atlanta, Ga, acknowledg-
ed head of the organization.
At midnight between August 81
and September / England became Of
ficially at peace with all her enemies
during the world war with the excep-
tion of Turkey. This date, formally
terminating the technical state OF war
which has prevailed since the cessa-
ton OF actual hostilites, was fixed by
an order in council on August 10. In
business and legal circles, this official
conclusion Of the struggle which actu-
ally ended two years Is OF much sig
niffcance, but the ordinary citizen Will
probably regard as its most practical
effect the extension Of the hours for
dispensing liquor under the new IL
censing act, which supersedes the de-
fense OF the realm regulations which
lapse with the end of the hostilites.
Some restrictions imposed by those
regulations have, however. been en-
bodied in other enactments, some OF
which are expected to be repealed
soon. Legal obligations held in abey-
ance for the duration OF. the war be-
came binding yesterday.
-Dirigible balloon Dc, the largest
American air craft of it's type and the
Blimp HI and the kite balloon A. p.
were destroyed by fire which also
razed the hangar Wednesday at the
Rockaway Point naval air station, near
New York. An explosion OF gasoline,
from an unknown cause, started the
blaze. Although a number OF men
were in the hangar. only one man was
slightly burned. Great tanks con-
tanning thousands Of cubic feet Of hy-
drogen were locked near the hangar
and the firemen played tons OF water
upon them to prevent possible, eXplos-
ions. The De was 19S feet long, car
ried a crew of four and had speed
of 60 miles an hour She was used to
patrol the coast. Secretary DENNY re-
rently ordered all activities at the air
station to cease Wednesday. 1t was
understood the Dc was being prepar-
ed for transportation to the new hang
ar at I.akehurst, \. j., built TO receive
the IL -fated ZR-2 recently destroyed
in England. Unofficial estimates placed
the loss at $500, 900. Besides the hang
ar the dirigible valued at 100000 and
the kite ballon valued at $4,000, num-
erous ballon parts and accessories
were destroyed.
The condition of the cotton crop
continues poor in most Of the states,
according to the natlOnal weather
and crop bulletin issued Wednesday,
Shielding was reported in Oklahoma,
Alabama and central North Carolina"
the bulletin says. IAN weevil activity
was retarded by dry weather in Flor
ida and Texas, but much damage con-
tinues, except in northern portions Of
the belt. Army worms are reported
in Arkansas. Cotton deteTiorated in
most of Oklahoma and much of Tex
as" the bulletin continued, "the pro-
gress during the week was rather slow
in other portions except in Tennessee,
northern Arkansas and southern North
Carolina, where the weather was fair
ly favorable The bolls opened rapid
ly and picking and ginning were in
progress in all the southern and some
central portions OF the belt, this work
made rapid progress in Texas. Little
or no rain fell in most northern, CEN
trail and western parts of the cotton
belt. Scattered light to moderate
showers occurred from central Texas
eastward to the Atlantic coast. The
temperature was below normal in the
eastern part of the belt, about normal.
or slightly above, in the central and
southern parts, and much above nor
NAL in the northwestern portion
Cincinnati, August 81: Commercial
and social leaders who scott a. the
prohibition law are aiding the cause of
anarchy and promoting mob violence,