Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-03
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by about $1,000, 900 yards, according to
a statement issued Friday night by the
commerce department. Exports of
cotton cloth from this country to such
markets as the Philippine Islands, Cen
trail America and Haiti. however, show
ed greater activity. November exports
of cotton cloths from this country to-
tailed 53,000,00 yards, against $4,000
600 yards in October while similar ex-
ports from the United Kingdom during
November amounted to 364.00O,O0
yards as against S4S,ooo,oOO yards IN
october,
- The arms conference begins the
new year with most Of it's members
lookingyto a final adjournment
two weeks hence, despite the prospect
of having yet to, clear away several
troublesome issues. One of the Amer
lean delegates predicted Sunday that
the five power naval limitation treaty
would be, put into final form during
the coming week, and that in the week
following a settlement would be effect
ed covering the Far Eastern field. The
same, expectation was echoed in the
foreign delegation, most of whose
members already have made dennite
plans to leave Washington about mid
january. A tendency 10 press the
negotiations to conclusion. even II
some of the original hopes for accom-
plishment have to go by the board, IS
evident now in many quarters. The
delegates are said to feel that seven
weeks of discussion have quite fully
developed the national viewpoint or
all the powers and that little is TO be
gained now by prolonging debate on
points that have brought TO light seri-
Gus divisions of opinion.
George L.NOles, who. took office as
rmayor of Youngstown, Ohio, last Sat
lIrday night at midnight, issued an
open letter in which he warned wrong
doers that they had until January TO
.aoye up, drink UP, pack up and move,
or behave" The letter to the under-
world said in part: Il am going 10 give
the underworld of this city one weeks
notice to love up. drink up, pack up and
move or behave. am going to glVe
YOU this weeks grace because l teel
down in my heart that it would pc
shame to pull you all In and take the
last dollar from you in fines ana NIL ous
tails to overflowing. Therefore l am
going to give YOU this notice. want
To state right here that on the 7th day
of. January at IL o'clock the lid is going
on. II makes no difference who you
are. how much pull you have, how well
YOU know me or what you think you
can do. There will be no excuse ac-
cepted or leniency extended to any one.
This includes all parasites that live on
the proceeds of the underworld. In tact
this includes everyone that is not law
abiding citizen. Pass this word TO your
friends, as there will be no excuses
taken under any consideration.
- City and county authorities had
made little headway they reported Fri
day in an effort TO run down members
Of masked mob who iured w. T.
Tumlin, well known Birmingham at
torney TO Red Mountain. Tuesday night
and beat him until hood streamed
I, ON a score Of lacers tions on his body.
Tumlin was enticed rom his office by
a-youth who pretended that the lawyer
was wanted by a patient In a Red
Mountain sanitarium TO draw up Will.
When he had reached a lonely spot in
the hills, Tumlin reported to Solicitor
Tate he was seized by masked men,
who bound and gagged him. The
LAWYER reported to Solicitor Pate that
3 he was told he must promise to re-
marry his divorced wife, or death would
be immediately inflicted He refused
TO make such promise. according 70 MS
port, to the prosecuting attorney ana
the mob set upon him with laths.
After the beating, the members OF the
mob departed. leaving him too weak to
walk for some time. He finally found
his way back to a telephone, where he
summoned aid. AS soon as he was able
Saturday, he reported the matter toI
the authorities. Records in the chan
cery division of the circuit court show
ed that on October 10, 1921, decree
of absolute divorce was granted Tum-
lin on the grounds Of cruelty and VOL
untary abandonment.
- Father Knickerbockcr turned his
,pockets inside out Sunday to pay the
piper for piping in the New Year
amidst a Volstea -defying celebration
that overspreao Manhattan from Har-
lem to the battery. There We're many
casualties. Police records enumerated
four violent deaths attributable to
holiday overindulgence. 16 men and
women in hospitals with gunshot or
knife wounds, half dozen persons
poisoned by bad liquor and scores of
Summons served by members of the
dry SQUAD OF 200 who attempted to
make il the driest New Years eve
Broadway had even seen. Between mid
night and 9 o'clock IL raids by prohi-
bition officers were reported, includ-
ing a decent on Reisenweber's at Fifty
eighth street and Eighteenth avenue
and similar interference with the fes-
tivities at a half dozen Greenwich vii
lage tea rooms. Opinions differed on
whether the prohibitionists succeeded
The Evening Telegram described the
night as a celebration which rivalled
the widest pre- prohibition days.
William Fl. Anderson, head of the state
Anti Saloon league, however, said that
although wetter than the Sahara
desert, New York was far drier last
night than it has been on other hoN-
days" Prohibition agents, he added, !
followed the line of least resistance
and did not interfere with those who
carried their own" A more rigid en-
forcement of the law, he assured. |
would have caused too much reaction
against the law" Conditions" he
summed up. "in the freest place in the
country on the freest night of the year
showed a big Improvement over any |
previous New Years eve since enact |
ment of the Volstead act" Hundreds |
of churches held watch night services |
that drew immense audiences without
seeming to detract from the throngs !
that early took possession of reserved |
tables in thousands Of hotels, cafes
and restaurants.
According TO the records compiled |
at Tuskegee Institute by the depart |