Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-07
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DR.. Hubert Work on Saturday took
the oath Of office as postmaster gener-
al, succeeding Will S. Hayes.....-.....-The
city hall Of Montreal, Canada, was de-
stroyed by fire Saturday. with loss Of
500, ,000. officials of
New York have seized large quantities
Of alcohol from the Fleishmann Yeast
company, and its branches, and the
Fleischmann company stands charged
with bootlegging on a large scale
through the diversion Of industrial al
cohol for beverage purposes. 1t ap-
pears that alcohol is produced as by
product in the manufacture of yeast,
and among the questions involved is as
to whether the Fleishmann company
must hereafter allow the evaporation
of it's alcohol, or be placed under con-
slant government supervision or pro-
hibited from doing business at ALL
The agricultural committee of the
house has again dropped the appropri-
alton of 100000 for free seeds; but as
to whether the item will be again re-
stored by the committee of the whole
as has been done heretofore, remains
to be een......-....Fourtecn people were
killed when New York express train
struck motor bus at a crossing at
Painesville, O., last Friday night, and
five others were SO seriously injured
that it was thought that most of them
would die. Some Of the victims had
been at Painesville, attending dances
and others had been attending lodge
meetings persons were burn
ed to death in a boarding house fire in
Norfolk, Va, last Saturday ay......-..~M Mrs.
Mollie Turner, Kentucky's first woman
~ nnF FaGl,fN nv hng
serve three months in Jail and to pay a
fine as the result of her conviction at
London, KY. Three persons were
killed and "a were injured in Il riot at
Tanta, Egypt, last wcek..-.....The next
Canadian parliament will have 245
members instead of 235 rs in the pres
ent parliament. The unit of member
ship is SO, ,100.~-.........T The department of
justice at Washington has recommend
ed the appointment of many women as
deputy United States marshals to COM
bat the growing number of women
bootleggers, smugglers, dope peddlcrs,
etc......~.The Virginia senate has pass
ed by a vote Of % to 8, law provid-
ing a fine Of 800 TO be imposed on per-
sons convicted of buying ardent spirits
from IAN illicit distiller or bootlegger"
...--......The fiuc epidemic in New York is
VII liie NttHe-...-lI w lS announced from
Burbank, Cal, that Jim Jefferies, the
former heavyweight champion pugilist
of the world may become an evangel-
ist.........-~ Mrs. Ellen Spencer Murray, q
veteran woman lawyer of Washington,
has begun a fight for the right of wo-
men to serve on juries the same as do
men......-.....F Four registered mail pouch
es were stolen from baggage room at
kankakee, Ill.,, Thursday....- Mrs. Ly-
dia c. French is dead at Westfield, n.
J. Had she lived until August she
would have. been 100 years old. -......
New York police captured. 1900 cases
Of real liquor, valued at $3v@ nm. Early
Friday morning. ....-..-....-H Henry Cafg VI. 81,
and his wife, "A, of Walnut Fridge,
Ark, became the parents of triplets, Il
boy and two girls, Friday. The trio
weighed 25 pounds....-r.r.....A London pa
per says that it is rumored in high dip
'omatic circles that President Harding
will soon ask for the resignation of
Ambassador George Harvey. Babe
Ruth. the home run king of baseball.
has signed a fve-year contract with
the New York AmeriCans.....~~.T The Rev.
J. G. Kellar. Catholic priest of SlatOn.
Tcy1s. was taken to Il lonely spot north
of town Saturday night. severely beat
en- and taTred and feathered bv DHrty
of masked men. No reason was assign
ed for this action. The Rev. Mr., Kellar
was ordered to leave town and stated
that he would do so. He says the men
tCld him they We're not members Of an
organization, but they were both Prot
estants and Catholics.