Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-14
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1929 crops of wheat, corn and cotton.
The measure would give the commits
sion authority to revive the United
Stetes Grain corporation and include
other farm products which in its Judg-
ment needed stabilizing. The life OF
the commission would be limited TO
one year, with the expectation, how
ever, that it might be continued II lts
work proves beneficial.
= william Redd, aged about 35 be-
lieved to be resident of Columbus,
Ca, was struck and instantly killed
about $3.50 o'clock Saturday morning
by southbound Southern! pa 5senger
train No Is at point near the Mutual
min Just west of Gastonia. Redd's
travelling companion, William Bate
man, aged 90, had a narrow escape
from. death, jumping from the track
lust in time to save his life. Redds
head was bcdly crushed, his right foot
was amputated and bis body was,
otherwise badly mutilatcd. Redd and
Bateman, it was stated by the latter,
arrived in Gastonia Friday afternoon.
They are cotton mill operatives and
were looking for work. Bateman had
fallen in with Redd somewhere along
the line and knew nothing about him
except that he was from Columbus,
Ca, and that he was also out looking
for job.
People who find themselves clam
oring now and then for laws with
teeth in them" should be well satisfied
with that Georgia law recently affirm
ed by the Supreme Court of the United
States, which says that the burden OF
proof shall be upon the owner Of the
land involved to prove that the moon
JIrifh
knowledge or consent, when said still
has been raided thereon. That's a
sure little provision of the Georgia
prohibition law-which may look
somewhat hard upon the surface of
things, but has been legally and finally
Qualified to stay putt nevertheless!
Whatever is the matter with the pro-
hibition law. If anything, by way OF
enforcement, it can not very Wei be
said that the law itself isFat fault. The
laws all there. State, and federal
and the courts Of review continue to
uphold it, whenever theylget a wliack
at il.
Appeal of the Fleiscbmann com
pany, Inc, of New York from orders of
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes can
ceiling it's permits for the distilling OF
alcohol in connection with the manu-
facture of yeast at its Peekskill, n. Y,
and Langdon, D. c., plants has been
sustained by Internal Revenue Com
missioner Blair. At the same time Mr..
Blair upheld orders by Mr.. Haynes re-
voking permits for the sale of alcohol
by the company's agencies at Phila-
delphia, Scranton, Pa, Yonkers, Brook
lyn, Jersey City Bridgeport, Cam
bridge and Cincinnati. While Mr..
Blair absolved the Fleischmann COM
pany from knowledge OF diversion OF
alcohol TO Illegal purposes by its agen-
cies, he declared the agency method of
distribution was in violation Of treas
ury regulation, but was adopted in
good faith and according to the un-
contradicted testimony of witnesses,
with the full knowledge and content
of certain officials of hetprohibition
unit who have since resigned or been
transferred from that unit"
= The plesiosurian monster seen in
Patagonia according to reports from
the Buenos Aires geological gardens
is--2aot,'S;n myth, : snake. On a:'turtle. in
the belief of Lieutenant Commander
O. Beyilaqua, now at thesPhiladelphia
navy yard. The navy officer said Sat-.
urday that he had seen a monstroHs
animaif,of the coast Of Patagonia six,
teen years ago that resembled descrip-
tiQns. Of that reported seen recently by
an EngAshman named Sheffield in the
same locality. Lieut.. Bevilaqua, who
is commander of the u. S. S. Kaweah,
said that during 1906 while in the
Straits of Magellan about 500 yards
Off the coast OF Patagonia lie saw the
monster one afternoon. The visibility
was high and do not believe could
have been mistaken, he said. II was
scanning the skyline toward the shore
and heard splash into the sea from
the Rocky shore. A moment later
large ianimal appeared at the point
from which the boulder had dropped
and looked out toward me. Tie head
was like that of a horse, and the neck
was fully 80 feet long. 1t was not
turtle because turtles do not have
necks of that length. 1 am equally
sure that it was not a snake because
snow"
Eighty persons were killed and $40
wounded in heavy fighting between
striking diamond miners and the po-
lice in the streets of johannesburg,
South Africa last Friday, was an
nounced at johannesburg police head
killed and IS wounded when a detach-
ment of Transvaal Scottish guards
were ambushed by strikers concealed
in nine houses. Both places have
been under strict martial rule for sew
eral days and armed forces of miners
and police are barricaded in various
sections of the city. Telegraph and
telephone communication has been
practically suspended out of Johannes
burg and but meager reports have
been received from other sections of
the Rand mining district during the
past few days. According to agents
of Reuters bureau it is estimated that
80 persons have been killed in fighting
here between 10 o'clock last night and
noon today The main streets resem-
bled the front line trenches of bat
tleground during the day. There were
violent fusilades of shooting and rifles
and pistols were freely used by both
the miners and police.
= Announcement of the personnel
for the coming summer of the floating
court which operates in Alaska
waters, has been made at the treasury
department. Arrangements nave been
EIade with the justice department, The
treasury said, for the appointment of
five coast guard officers as United
States commissioners and special
deputy United States marshals III con-
Tection with their duties in Alaskan
w2ters during the summer patrol of