Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-01
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Two hundred and forty persons

was due to oVerl2den conullioH III w
heavy seas Belief that all the
passengers and members OF, the crew
were drowned was expressed III d re-
port from the cruiser ChacaDucc. nv
f,hacobuco was cruising in the nelSh-
horhood of the Choros Islands when
the vessel sank The theory express
ed bv members Of the crew OF the
Chacabuco is that the bottom OF the
'Itata was scraped against rocks near
the island and torn completely OF. me
iItata was built in 1920 and registered
by I,Ioyd- Nachinal of Brazil. The snip
was of .59S tons. The Choros Islands
are off Couuimbo, which is a seaport
half way down on the coast 'ot Chlle.
rhe position of the islands is latitude
29.15 and longitude 1923 west.
No arrest has been made in con-
nection with the killing from ambush
at o'clock yesterday morning OF r.
M. Feaster and Reedy Booth, South
ern Railway special watchmen' on
duty at the Southern Railway yard
and repair shop ut Hamburg >: C'
lust across the Savannah river from
Augusta. A coroncr's jury has inVestl-
gated the killings, but have secured
no evidence on which to base war
rants. Solicitor General r. l.. Gunter
Mt Aiken, says that the authorities
have information which they are using
as clues and that there is some pros
pect of securing the assassliS. Inc
INQUEST was in progress over Fcasters
body when it became known that
Booth had died in hospital at Au-
eJsta. where he had been rushed Wheh
he was found fatally wounded in Ham
burg and the same jury which lnVestl-
gated as 10 the Feaster killing sat In
the Booth case. The juries were able
only to pronounce that the Killings
We're the acts of parties unknown.
Failing exports of raw cotton dur
ing July were reported Tuesday by the
commerce department. During the
month 373,742 bales worth S42,650,UO0
were exported compared with 5sS'962
bales worth $36,270,0O0 during July
year ago, while during the seven
months ended with July shipments
abroad aggregated S,254,261 bales worth
s316 600 600 against 3,365745 bales
worth $24S,00O,OO0 during the cores
ponding months ended with July ship
ments abroad aggregated 3,254,26l
bales worth $24S 900 during the cor
responding months last year. Exports
of cotton cloths during the month ag-
gregated 60,000,000 square yards worth
SIS. .O0O. 900, however, compared with 49,-
100000 square yards worth S5,OOO,OOo
during July a year ago, while FOR the
seven months ended with July the total
was 147,O00,000 square yards worth
$49,000000 as against S275OOO,0Oo
square yards worth $40,oO0,0OO during
the same months last year.
= Greenville, Miss, August 81: The
airplane has entered another war
against the boil weevil in tests near
, here today, under government super
vision, demonstrating its efficiency IN
the newest field il has set out to con-
quer Flying low over 100000 acre
tract Lieutenant Guy Mcneil OF the
army aviation corps, spread trail OF
calcium arsenate, recognized eXterlm-
nator of the pest, over several hundred
acres in the opening demonstration of
q series OF tests TO prove the practica-
bility and worth of the air machine
as a destructive agent against the
weevil. Today's test, undertaken un-
der the Supervision of b. X. COad, di-
rector of the government laboratories
1 at Tallulah. Ia. WaS 70 dem9n.Ss.s.riI'e obs.
CO ton planters
louisiana, Arkansas and MISSISSIPPI,
the newest method of combating the
insect. Inspection of the field satls-
fed the farmers, standing as Judges,
that the plan was u success. With the
use of the airplane from 200 to 25O
acres can be sprayed in an hour and
a considerable saving in the quantity
of the poison is claimed for the new
method Under a plan discussed to-
day the cost of equipment would be
solved. by community cooperation.
While the possibility of an enforc-
ed shutdown Of many textile mills
,,stf1
two or three weeks looms larger
daily, says n Charleston dispatch, most
of the mills in the Piedmont section
Of the two states operate exclusively
on hydro electric power and therefore
are net mcnaced by the growing
scarcity OF fuel, according 10 men ia
miliar with the situation. Many of
tie mills operated by hydro power use
some coal, but comparatively little, it
is pointed out OF this class is the
Chadwick Hopkins comTdny's large
chain of mills. r. c. DIV ellie, secretary
of this company, said Tuesday that
their plants have enough coal on hand
ID to last only two or three weeks Ac-
cording TO Winstone ID. Adams, seCre-
t2ry of the American Gotten Manu-
facturers' Association, this condition
is typical of that of the electrically
driven mills of this section generally.
1t was said by these officials that wiz
tually no coal is being received by any
mills in this section and unless the
situation is relieved somewhat In the
next week or two curtailmcnt of
opcr1ti on the part of many mills
will be necessary. Only one mill, the
Lancaster Cotton Mills, of Lancaster,
S. c., thus far has been reported clos
cd on account of the coal shortage.
This company employees around 1900
workers. II closed last Saturday. 1t
was pointed out that of the 1000 or
more textile plants Of all kinds in the
two Carolinas, 3i3, mostly in the
Piedmont sections, use hydro electric
power exclusively, while 2%5 use steam
power only, and 2G2 use both electric
and steam power. according to the
: latest available statistics. No general
shutdown Of electrically driven plants
is expected, according to loIal textile
workers.
- Columbia, August 90: Richard
Watson, negro wearing women's cloth
ing and known as Rachael Watson,
was arrested Saturday night ON the
1900 block of Banding street by
Detectives Shorter Nelson and Allen,
and in a short time it developed that
Watson had been working i'm several
homes in Columbia. Watson wore Il
white dress, black stockings, white
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