Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-09
Scraps and faets.


once the casualties will be proportion
ately higher .than3in the late war, c. X.
Forbes, director of the bureau OF war
risk insurance told senate committee
the other day Director Forbes brought
with him VI. T. McInerny, who secret
" conducted an investigation for, the
bureau. The latter told the commit
tee that he bought moonshine whiskey
and extract of ginger containing 30
per cent alcohol "on the reservation,
declared that intoXication was COM
mon among the 6-fnmates and that I'M
moral women oVerran every section OF
the grounds. Many of the patients
NIcInerny said, carried guns and de-
fed the guards to take,thc arms away.
Vendors of all sorts Of narcotics,
the witness testified, frcqucnted the
grounds and sold freely to the inmates
drugs of almost every character.
Loaded dice and marked cards, he
stated, were supplied by parasites
from outside and patients We're drain
ed of the money from the government.
During the last year the people OF
the British Isles, writes a London cor
respondent have spent for liquor about
half the sum Great Britain owes the
United States. George Wilson, sec
retary of the United Kingdom, al
lance, estimates the amount spent by
the British people for drink last year
at 469,713,O0O pounds, or approximate
" two billion dollars. John Bull owes
Uncle Sam $4,277, 100000 for money
borrowed during the war. Not even
the interest has been paid on that, I"
say nothing of the principal sum. OF
this vast sum spent in drink, Wilson
said he estimated 143,96i, 900 went fur
spirits, f29i,159,O00 for beer, f3O,3lS,-
900 for wines and f1,275,000 for other
jntoXicants. There were 5,94S cOnNic-
tionS for intoXicatiOn in 1919 ana 3D.
763 last year, of whom lj,425 were WO-
men. And British police are far more
lenient than our police were with
drunken people. For over year now
many of the newspapers have been
agitLting for longer hours of opening
of the saloons and drinking places.
Under the present restrictions saloons
may be opened only eight hours day.
If YOU want to qucnch your thirst al
ter at night the only place you can
do it is in u saloon or restaurant or
hotel You can't buy any soft drinks
Aelsewhere, nor ice cream soda. You
can get fruit or candy. All these
shops are shut by law at o'clock.
Self defense is the claim of c. +.
TiveIv baldwin FeltS detectlVI, held
ilnder bond in connection with the
Shooting and killing OF Sid Hatfield
and Ed Chambers, MinSo noun
.taineers, in Il statement TO nCwsp2p y
men at WeIch, w. Va, Saturday. Il
.Segret laving had to shoot either OF
these men" lively said, "but il is Il
case Of self defense pure and simple.
Lively said he had been told many
times that following his testimony Civ
en- in the Matewan trill last FEBRUARY
Hatfield had threatencd L. Jano his
life. Speaking of TIE Wclch hgnt, III.
detective said he WaS SUln" %. q
gBalustradc outside H., c'u.,'lHu-.
when Hatfield, q Cha mbers and their
wives approached 81 happened L"
look down the-stepS and there stood
Sid Hatfield, and Ed Chambers with
their wives on the FIRST landing. they
were looking at me. ana exchanged
glances, nodding their heads. sd Sild
something to Ed | couldn't near sad
denly they stepped apart | could see
Sid's Jaws set Ike a S-e"i trap. E"th
men pulled their guns. As they did SO,
] Jumped to my feet and pulled mine.
sid fired at me and | Immediately shot
back" Lively continued: Il had two
pistols and was using both. Sid stag
gered and fell, as did Chambers inn
mediately afterwards, then Mrs
Chambers attacked me with h"r UNI
brella. threw it away and then walk
ed over to the Office OF y. {. nuil"rd,
parties of the pcaC" and surrendered.
The report that | Shp- into Chambers
body while hc was wing on the steps
dead is all ahsolutr faischood.
- State Legislation converting more
t1au S375. 900. 900 to the aid of world
war veterans has been passed or IS
awaiting pupu az referendum. tH'
Bank of America. tNcW York; an
pounccd Sunda@Nnight at the c"nclu-
sion Of nationwide survey OF IN"
bonus situation. Veteran" IN u states
already are receiving cash bonuses
totaling $lS4,OOO,00O and in eight more
states legislation providing for cash
bonuses Of $lyl.OJ0OV0 now is pending.
Only AlabamI, Georgia and MISSISSIPPI.
have failed to pass legislation author
iZing aid to veterans in exemptions on
benefits Of some kind, the report de-
clarcd. The bonuses range from SO
month for service i'm u number "l
states to So month in North Dakota.
Several states set maximum rates,
ranging from 800 i'm New Jersey I"
$500 in Oregon. North Dakota claims
the honor Of having been the first state
10 pay the bonus. ana Illinois heads
the list for amount with $5j,OOO,oou
provided the bonus law passes pupu-
lar referendum. Many states which
have given cash bonuses a'$D ave pro
Viding aid Of practical nature. ~ -
states aid is offered for vocational
education and in California Il bill has
been adopted providiu" for vocational
education of veterans dcu,ndcnt#. Ari-
Zoma. California, Oregon and South
Dakota provide aid in buying homes,
and i'm Oregon the bonus is made "l'-
tiunal. with the privilege q, hurr"wInG
lIp to $1,000 ON real estate from tn"
state. Nine Western states uli"r as
SistanCc in settling on farms ana IN
eight more Western states special
boards have been established 1" l'"I,
after the interests Of former SrIyir"
men. In Connecticut. iowa. Mas~.r-
chuscttS. Michigan. New Jersey. North
Dakota, ToNuS uud Wyoming veterans
:tre exempted from taxation. SN''cr
states provide for civil service pref