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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-24
YOUNG MOTHER AND
WIFE SWALLOWS 18
MERCURY TABLETS
RESIDENT OF OPERA HOUSE
BLOCK ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
WHEN TOLD MAN SHE is SU-
ING FOR DIVORCE LEFT TOWN.

Rumor8 reaching Mrs. Lorraine
Hayes, %, at her apartment in the
Opera House block, that Earl Hayes,
defendant in divorce proceedings.
had left town to Cvade alimOny pay
ments, are believed to have driven
the young woman into such a state
OF despondency that this noon she
swallowed large quantity of bi-
chloride of mercury in an attempt to
commit suicide.
Walking into the apartment Of
Mrs. George Streky, neighbOr, Mrs.
Hayes, is said to have bade Mrs.
Stfeky a dramatic farewell and then
sWooned Suspecting what had taken
place Mrs. Streky called in others,
who summoned an ambulance and
the unfortunate young wife and moth
er of tWoycar old girl, was remOv-
ed to Ryburn hospital whore strcnu-
GUS means are being employed to
save her life
DIR. +. ?. Hathaway was summoueo
to attend Mrs, Hayes, who, under
questioning, said she had swallowed
eighteen Cf the deadly tablets in hor
determination to destroy herself. The
tablets she said. were given her on
prescription signed by Dr. hathaway
nearly two years ago.
After she was restored to conscious
ness at the hospital a stomach pum0
was used to rid her system of as much
of the poison as possible, after which
visitors were barred from her room.
Dr. Hathaway was the only person
permitted to enter the room and soa
the woman, who, according to author
tiles in such cases Of poisoning has
only a slim chance of COnQuCring tn
effects of the mercury and recovering
About two weeks ago Mrs Hayes in.
Stituted divorce proceedings against
Hayes, alleging infielity and naming
~, ~ and II as correspondents.
Hayes at that time was employed as a
waiter ct the Roy Butcher restaurant
on Madison street In the bill Mrs
Hayes stated they were married Oct
p, 1919, and lived together until Jan
?. 1922. One daughter. Shirley Eliza
beth, was born of this marriage. the
child now being in the mothers Gus
tOdy.
This morning according to the story
Of friends Mrs. Hayes received a tip
from another friend" that Hayes had
deliberately left town and that fear
OF having to pay alimony prompted
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-24
$4,000 FIRE SHUTS
DOWN AURORA PAPER

Aurora, July 24-After raging for
an hour and a half, fire in the heart
of the Aurora business district ap-
peared under control at $3.50 this
morning with an indicated loss of
100000. A number of industries. in
Guiding the plant of the Aurora Bea-
con-News were forced to shut down
when the fire, which first attacked
the top of the three story Silver
Plate building, spread to adjoining
buildings, one of them the headquar-
ters of the Western United Gas &
Electric company.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-24
NATIONAL BANKS Of
CITY GIVEN go YR.
EXTENSION OF INC..
LOCAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
NOTIFIED THAT LONG PERIOD
OF TIME GIVEN THEM UNDER
RECENT ACT OF CONGRESS.

The national banks in Ottawa have
been notified that their certificates OF
incorporation shall be extended for
a period of ninctynine years. In the
past every national bank has been
compelled to receive a charter every
twenty years
The notification informed the OF.
tawa bankers that all banking insti.
tutlons having charters at the pres
cnt time would be given ninety
nine years succession without extra
charge
The notification reads
July IA, 1922.
TO All National Banks:
You are advised that on July | d,
1922, an act was passed by the CON
srcss OF the United States, providing
that all national banking associations
in existence on that date should have
succession until ninety-nine years
from July /, 1922, unless such asso-|
citation should be sooner dissolved BY
owning two-thirds of its
stock or unless its franchise should
become forfeited by reason of viola
tion OF law, or unless it should be i
terminated by an act OF congress .
hereafter enacted.
Il is the intention Of this office to-
issue to all such national banks that +
were granted succession Of ninety
nine years by the act above referred
10. q certificate under the seal of the
office certifying that the corporate
existence Of the bank in question was
'Xtended for a period Of ninetynine
years from July /, 1922 i
These certificates will be issued as
'apidly as they can be prepared ami
igncd
No action is necessary on the part
'fthe bank in connection with this
extension of corporate existence and
{ is not necessary that any new
'lates be prepared for circulation.
Respectfully.
d f. Crissingcr
Comptroller Of the Currency
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-24

him to so elsewhere. Immediately
after getting this information Mrs.
Hayes, facing the world alone with a
child is thought to have become
despondent at her hopeless prospects
in life. and determined to end it all
by swallowing all the bichloride tab
lets she had in the house 1t is said
she even rinscd the glass out to
make sure that none of the mercury
escaped her.
Mrs. Hayes before and since her
application for divorce has resided
at apartment u in the Opera House
block
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-24
THE RAIL STRIKE.

The president of the Station
Agents union, numbering 10000,
ordered his men to remain at work
and adjust any grievances through
negotiations.
Secretary of Labor Davis return.
ed to Washington from Mooseheart,
IT,, where he conferred with strike
leaders and a member of the la
Dor group of the labor board
shops at Cedar Rapids, la, with
twenty nonunion men.
In Chicago a nonunion empIoye
was stabbed and another slugged
while on the way to work.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-24
SUES MAN SHE WE'D
TOO SOON AFTER A
DIVORCE FOR $4,000.
EARLVllLE WOMAN FILES FIRST
CASE OF ITS KIND IN LA SAlr
COUNTY COURT-TO APPLY FOR
DIVORCE LATER.

Believed to be the first case of its
kind on record in the La Sale county
courts. Mrs Iva l.. MayhilI Of Ear.
vile today filed the praecipe of a
$4,000 assumpsit suit against John s.
Kellar, wealthy Earlvillc farmer, with
whom she went through a marriage
ceremony in Indiana less than a year
after being divorced from her former
husband
Mrs. Mayhill in the suit uses her
first husbands name and. in the prao.
cipe, makes no mention Of the report
ed ceremony in which she and Mr.
kollar figured, although these facts
it is claimed, will he brought out in
the bin of particulars when it is flee
by her attorneys, l.. q. Browne ani
Buffers & Clark
While mentioning the mere legal
formula of 'assumpsit," the suit as
sumes some Of the features Of
breach Of promise for the purpose Of
testing out under the laws woman &
rights in legal proceedings as unusual
as this This is tho element Of dam
ages which will be injected into the
proceedings by Mrs. Mavhills coun.
sci ON the theory that following her
marriage to Kellar she suffered
through injured reputation and gave
to the defendant all her love and If
iGc''oh as "lle WhlIe III me law
SHo was H2I FecoIHi|'u as lle Ic2at
nGlnin'e,
me 1'Itsg" ceremony Ill Whlcn tho
wv p.i-i.l'u men '',,1.iT. Tue pIII oi
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-24
w EATHER

Mostly cloudy tonight
and Tuesday possibly
showers.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-24

Continued on page 81,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28
HooTCH STILL KILLS
Resouers Too Late to Save Whiskey
... Maker Trapped in Room.

I Maker Trapped in Room.
Locked in a room In the rear Of the
first soor Of q fve-story tenement at
No. 1876 Columbia Street, Brooklyn,
with seyenty-five gallon still, ON UNI
identified man, apparently an Italian
was killed by flames he inh'dcd when
the still caught fire yesterday after
noon relates the New York World.
Antonio Durango, a grocer, whose
store is on the first floor but from
which the room was inaccessible,
heard groans at 3 o'clock, and when
he and other tenants broke in they
found the body. The still was smok-
ing but intact.
= Police assert that beside the still
there were several bags Of sugar,
eight barrels of mash and other
whiskey making ingredients in the
room. The still was heated by gas
from the meter, which had been tap
ped below the supply pipe, the police
say. 1t is believed the victim ignited
the fumes from the still when he
struck match. 49,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28
STOLEN MONEY SHOWS UP
Notes Lost Sixteen Years Ago Appear
in Circulation

Somewhere in the United States
presumably in or near Southern CAL
ifornia, a former outlaw is enjoying
the fruits of his banditry, according
to Canadian police authorities. A few
days ago, they requested United States
police to seek a man who is spending
proceeds of bank notes stolen in a
raid on the New Westminster branch
of the Bank of Montreal, sixteen years
ago,
A parcel of bank notes totalling SILL
500 was recently mailed to the local
bank of it's New Orleans agents. The
exchange teller in the sterling bank, at
tracted by the crispness of the bills,
despite the early dates they bore in
vestigated, and found their NUMBER to
correspond with some of those on cur
rency stolen in the raid Is years ago.
Half of the batch of bills was identi-
fed as loot of the old robbery. The
bandits escaped with $3.50, 900 in. notes
and gold.
The raid was made by Bill" Minors
daring robber band. Miner was later
arrested and given a life sentence in
an American prison. The Canadian
police, however, knew that the leader
ship of the band was taken over by
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28
FIXED DATE FOR EASTER
Astronomer Says Moon Too lneonsis-
tent to Fix tho Time.

The moon is too inconsistent plan
ct tor govern the date of Easter, in the
opinion of Rev. M. S. Brennan, astron-
omer- priest of st. Louis, Mo-, who has
expressed hope that the council of as
tronemcrs called by the late Pope
Benedict Nv for a meeting in Rome
next April will decide to eliminate the
moon as a means Of determining the
date Of the Paschal Feast
Father Brennan recently suggested
that a certain date be fixed or GER
tain Sunday, and suggested that either
April S. or the second Sunday in April
be designated the date, on which thn
churches celebrate Easter. The pres
ent method Of fixing the first Sunday
following the first full moon after the
vernal equinox, Father Brennan points
out, leaves range of "a days for the
Easter feast, and by fixing a certain
day or certain Sunday, he believed,
much confusion could be avoided.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28
FREEDOM FOR PRISONERS
BoIsheviks Wiling to Release Them
II They Go Away. ...

" They 80 Away 80. r.,
I'VE shall gladly turn over aH the
people in our prisons to foreigners
IL they will take them away" said
Leon Trotzky, Soviet war minister, In
an interview, at Moscow, with foreign
correspondents who asked If he knew
that prisoners were starving and dy-
ing of disease in Soviet 1aiis. %We
have our own way Of dealing with
prisoners be went on. "Yeu in the
United States electrocute them, Well,
we don't. Also Americans who wish
to realize what happens to prisoners
during the. revolutions should remem-
Der their own civil war;" he added, re-
ferring to Libby prison.
"As for freeing prisoners, we haven't
peace yet on our frontiers. Petlura,
the Ukrain leader is sitting in hotel
at Tarnoy, Galicia, plotting against us,
and there are many others. p. ,
Anyway, in or out Of prison, people
are dying of hunger. Our famine on
the Volga was partly caused through
the region being ruined by Kolchak
and the Czechs, financed by foreign
powers" ~. i... ~, ..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28
LONG FIGHT FOR LIFE
Man and Three Dogs Engaged in Great
Battle With Animal.

A man, three dogs and big cougar
engaged in n friShtful battle near Hu-
sum, Wash, in the foothills Of Mount
Adams, according to Gus Olsen, who is
under doctors care for several dozen
deep cuts on his body.
Olsen. seeking n cougar guilty of
robbing him of several calves, start
ed three experienced hunting dogs on
the trail and they intercepted the flu
rious animal in q hollow. The cougar
backed upward into low hanging
cedar and cody faced the dogs, which
went after il from all sides.
The first dog within range of the
sharp claws of the big cat had it's
head nearly severed and the second
dog to launch an offensive was ripped
open from end to end. The third
plucky dog was sailing into the flying
claws of the cougar when Olsen ar
rived and fired.
Thinking the animal dead, Olsen
reached for its tail to pull it from the
tree. The cougar, suddenly became
a dynamo of destruction and in few
minutes had torn Olsen's clothing 20
shreds and left him bleeding from
several dozen deep scratches.
Olsen was entirely exhausted when
the cougar fell dead from the slow CT
fects of the bullet in it's lungs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28
FOR RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
Commander of American. Legion II
. .,.l. Not at All Biased, p ~.

e. JNOI dI, fpl ptdo~S' 10 .H.. 30.
A plea. for religious tolerance has
been made by Hanford Ma.cNider, mat
ional commander of the American Le-
gion, in letter to the editor of The
Protestant, published in Washington
d. c., it was announced last week.
"This country" the letter said, was
formed by men who sought religious
tolerance and it is that spirit which
has made it free, fine and worth living
in. happen to be a Protestant ana
attend Protestant church, but as a
member Of many Masonic bodies, or
which have taken a more or less ac-
tive part, have great admiration for
that institution, the Roman Catholic
church. Its stand and teachings for
the preservation of the integrity of our
lawful government were we'll exempli-
fed In the heroic deaths Of men who
served in my own command. And
might add that the chaplains Of that
faith gave human touch to their
splendid service that made them be-
loved by all, Jew, Protestant and
Catholic alike"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28
GARNERED With SCISSORS
News From Within and Without
the County.
CosBESsED. FOR QUICK READING
Some Items of Fact, Some Of Comment
and Az Helping to Give an idea Of
What Our hsishbor. Are sayins and

Lancaster News, Feb. "a: The clos
ing exercises Of the Lancaster night
school which has been taught here with
unusual success during the past three
months In school No. 2, at the mill
were held last Friday night in the au-
ditorium of the Lancaster cotton miifs
club building. This program was seen
and greatly enjoyed by large and ap-
preeiatiye audience, many of whom be-
ing so well pleased and entertained by
the various fine features of the even
ing's entertainment, have asked that
the, exercises be repeated next week.
but the teachers and pupils alike, hav7
ing worked hard together and with un-
tagging perseverance throughout the
school term Of three months feel too
tired to do more just now, and the re-
quest for repetition Of the schoors
closing event, however much /appre-
ciated, cannot be granted this year..
Anzi McNinch, who was found on the
street in Columbia, last Thursday
night, suffering from an injury in the
throat, was dismissed from the Colum-
bia hospital Tuesday
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28

There was n sensational holdup OF
the guests of a dinner party at the
home of Mrs. Sarah II. Robinson, a
prominent woman of Long Branch, N.
j., last Saturday night. a young man
appeared wearing mask and present
ing pistol demanded valuables. The
guests came across with such money
and valuables as they had about them.
Mrs. Robinson reported 10 the police
that she had lost jewelry, ETC., to the
value of $4,000. The stuff was insured
and the insurance company becoming
suspicious, investigated, with the result
that a young man named John Bailey
was arrested He told the police that
Mrs Robinson had hired him with
$1,000 to pull off the hold up; that he
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28
SHARON news BUDGET
Hope Byers Post Of the American
Legion Organized Friday.
CLYDE PLExIC0 IS COMMANDER
Boy Shocked by Broken Electric Wire
Will Survive-cholera Takes Tol! OF
Hoas-other News and Notes of the
Metropolis of Western York.
(By n Staff Correspondent.)

meITOpOIio OF "eStSiu' Ioi u.
(By Staff Correspondent
Sharon, February 27.-Hope Byers
Post No. 90 of the. American Legion,
was organized at a meeting Of ex-ser-
vice men of Sharon and the vicinity
held here Friday evening. Officers
were elected as follows: j. Clyde Pick
leo, post commander; H. J.. Mickle,
vice commander: Joe w. Sims, adju-
tant; Ralph Fl. Cain, finance officer;
Brown Baird, service Officer; Palmer
Hope, sergeant at arms; Sidney w.
Sherer, Carl Jones, Bratton PleXico, c.
H. Jenkins, Glenn Blair, executive
committeeman.
Organization of the post followed n
delightful banquet for ex-service men
furnished by ladies Of Sharon, and
served by ladies Of the Sharon Sewing
club, with, Mrs. o. NJ. Spurlin as chair
man of the committee on entertain
ment The banquet was served IN the
hall oyer Shannon & Plexico's store,
and covers were laid for thirty-two
soldiers. The menu was O most tempt
ing one and after grace was said by
Rev. Carl McCully, pastor of Wood
lawn Presbyterian church, the vete-
rams fell to with much more zest and
enjoyment than they did in the old
days of army chow Following the
banquet a number of short talks were
made. Jas. d. Grist Of Yorkville, pre-
sided. and made a talk outlining the
aims and objects of the American Le-
gion. s..u.5F
What the Legion Means to Me-"
was the subject Of a talk by Ralph H.
Cain, and ]. Clyde Plexico told why
l Want That Bonus" -
Brown Baird made an interesting
talk on the subject, "Some Of My Ex-
periences as Military M. p"
The principal speaker of the occa-
sion was Rev. Carl McCully, whose
subject was: what the Legion Stands
for; or the American Legion as a Com
m,Inity Asset" The speaker said that
while he had never been known as a
finer" he was of opinion that the
American Legion, the organization of
ex- soldiers was an organization worth
while and of value to- the country, in
that it represented the best thought
and highest ideals of the more than
100000 men who served overseas and
in this country during the war. He
took it that one of the aims of the Le-
gion was to project the government
against fraud as well as to look after
the interests of the veterans, and he
took occasion to point out that II was
as important to protect the govern
ment as 1t was the ex-service men. In
the course Of his address he made ap-
peal to the eX-soldiers to still remain
soldiers--soldiers OF the cross and
thus serve under the greatest of COM
manders-Jesus Christ.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28

lectiors by the American Legion
A feature of the program In the
banqueting hall were several vocal Sc
quartette of Sharon, Mcssrs. Clyde and
Bratton Plexico, Palmer Hope and r.
H. Cain. Before leaving the hall to
proceed with organization, the veterans
expressed their appreciation to the la
dies with rising vote of thanks.
Commander Plexico estimates that
there are about forty or more white
cX-service men living in the vicinity
of Sharon and it Is hoped to enroll
them all as members Of Hope Byers
post. The post is named in honor of
the late Hope Byers, son OF Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Byers of Sharon, who
died in the service during the war.
Little Boy Is Better.
Mrs. John s. Hartness returned to
her home here Saturday afternoon
from Great Falls, Chester county,
where she was called on account OF a
serious accident that befell her grand
son, Hartness DuBose, aged 5, son OF
DR.. end Mrs. l.. III. DuBose, on Thurs
day. The little boy was struck by q
broken electric wire of the. Southern
Power company, which burned hole
in his head near his left ear and in
his right hand. He was rendered, ua-
conscious and had 1t not been for the
presence of mind of his father, who
was near by and managed To grasp
him by his clothes and pull him away
from the wire, would have lost his
life. Latest reports ore that he is get
ting along nicely, although 1t is est-
mated that it will be three months be-
fore he RECEIVERS from his burns. The
boy was In the yard of the home where
hig parents are living and was prepar-
ing to get into his fathers car with a
view to going down town when the
wire suddenly snapped in two, and a
portion of it fell back striking him. 1t
is said that the power company has
been repeatedly warned that the wires
were in an unsafe condition and had
been asked to repair the line, but no
attention had been paid the requests.
Hog Cholera Raging. 80
Hog cholera is raging here and it
Is understood that quite number of
people have recently lost hogs on ac-
count of cholera. Whence came the
cholera is not known certainly al
though the theory is that it was
brought into this section by hogs ship
ped from other sections.
Hayes Not to Leave.
Walter G. Hayes will not leave Sha-
ron as was reported in The Yorkvillc
Enquirer of last Friday. Mr.. Hayes
has shipped a part of his furniture
stock to Great Falls and the report
had it that he would make his home
there In future.
Basketball Games
The girls basketball team of Filbert
school defeated the girls Of Sharon
school in q game here Friday after
noon, 81 to II. Good goal shooting of
Miss Pursley featured the game from
the Filbert viewpoint. while Misses
Elizabeth Bigham.t Linder Hope and
Lena Whitesides were the outstand-
ing stars for Sharon. Sharon boys de-
feated Filbert boys in aIgame played
here the same afternoon, Z to 6.
Blairsville school defeated Tirzah
at basketball in game at Tirzah the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28

Gastonia Gazette, Feb. ~: Jacob
whisonant. sixteen-year- old boy Of
South Gastopia, met instant death.
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock when
he was. killed by electrocution. Two
other boys, with Whisonant were
shocked. The boys were swinging on
a guy wire that ran up between two
live wires. Whisonant was standing
on the ground swinging the wire and
the two others were clear of the
ground. The guy wire touched one of
the live wires and bolt of electricity
shot through the ground. Whisonant
was killed instantly, while the other
boys were stunned...---....-The women Of
the city are interested in the campaign
for city beautiful. At the next meet
ing of the Woman's Club a definite
program will be presented, by which
the ladies of the town hope to aid in
the efforts of the chamber Of commerce
to make city beautiful.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28

one Of Minors heutenants whose name
is unknown to them. He is the man
sought. He is believed to be exchang-
ing the bank notes in small amounts
for American coin, having disposed OF
the gold taken in the raid.
The Canadian police say they have
traced the bills to the Liza Juana race
track.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28
WASHINGTON RED HEADED
Harvard Professor Discovers Color oi
Hair of First American.

Albert Bushnell Hart, professor Of
government at Harvard university, ad-
dressing a Washington's birthday
celebration in Boston, last week, de-
clared that the first president of the
United States had red hair.
Although it has been ignored by
posterity" he said, Washington had
red hair, covered by his wig"
Washington's spelling was devoid of
embellishments, the professor said, re-
marking:
HE never learned to accept the
canons of spelling, preferring to spell
glue 'glew' and window 'winder."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-28

Promising.-Casey: "Ah how is
your boy, Mickey, gettin' along in
school?"
Flannery: "Foine, foine. Sure the
teacher licks him livery day f'r fight
In" f'@'. ~ '' '-'' '