Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-03
Scraps and faets.

existence of which is now taught IN
the Zion schools. According to Voli-
Was latest pronouncement the sky is
a vast dome Of solid material from
which the sun, moon and stars are
hung like chandeliers from ceiling.
The edges Of the dome, he explained
to the congregation at Shiloh taberna-
Gle. rest on the wall of ice which sur
rounded the fiat world to keep fool
hardy marines from tumblinG over the
edge into oblivion. THAT is the plain
teaching of the whole word OF God,
Mr.. Volivia said. At the same time ne
Announced the world was fiat plane
surrounded by ice, Mr. Volivia also
fixed the sun as being a small body
about 40 miles in diameter and located
only 5000 miles from the earth.
= Chicago police announced Tues
day that Scott Burnett, an inspector
In the Department Of Internal ReVe-
hue, had confessed to participation IN
whisky robberies totalling $5OO,OOO
within the last year. Burnett is sald
10 have confessed implication in the
robberies of homes of many OF the
most prominent citizens in Chicago
and the North Shore suburbs in
cluding the recent robbery at the
home of Maurice l.. Rothschild when
500 600 worth of rare liquors were
stolen, Working on the theory tnal
the Rothschild robbery was an IN
side lob" detectives learned that Bur
.nard Hackney, houseman for Kotns-
childs for fourteen years had lett the
house fifteen minutes before the rod
berry. They said they learned OF ms
connections with q burglar gang anu
last night arrested fourteen men,
whom they said were implicated in the
nnnfaGGp6- 1CcOl0-
iny to the police, that he told Burnett
of the size OF the stock in the Roths-
child home, Burnett was arrested,
and the police say, told how ne haa
been detailed to check on the inVen-
tories of LIQUOR in the homes OF the
rich in Chicago and how he was IN
duced by a band Of notorious CROOKS
TO enter into q conspiracy with them
TO rob these places.
Renewal of efforts to form an ALL
ance of coal miners and railroad wcrK-
ers, the two largest labor groups In the
United States, says {. chicago ois-
patch, by John L. Lewis, presloent vi
the United Mine Workers or America
for the avowed purpose or bringing q,
400. 600 workers together "in resistance
10 proposed attacks on wage scales.
In letters sent to officers OF sixteen
rail unions. Mr.. Lewis invites the rail-
road men to confer with TIE miners
officials lat the earliest possible date.
Resides the invitation, Mr.. Lewis is
sued a formal statement asserting
that the railroad men were facing ell
forts "to enforce further unwarranted
wage cuts on them," and That certain
interests are seeking wage Reductions
in the coal industry" In order 10
cope with this situation ana 10 sue
iy e.
ria" the statement adds. the mine
workers are willing to pool tn"ir inter
ests with the railroad organizations,
and stand with them in resistance tC
the proposed attacks on wage scales. 1
Al least 100000 workers would De
ioined together by the alliance, MT.
Lewis SAYS. He placed the member
shin of the railroad unions at l,5Oo,- 4
600 to 1,750,000. i
The General Education Board now
has available $S4 4,655,652 which 1t may
.use in any way it sees fit, ACCORDING
to the annual report fpE 1s2Ql2ls Hat.e
public Monday With the report was
a letter from John D. Rockefeller re-
s3easings the board from any oRligation
to retain gifts Of his in perpetuity.
irThis means that the board may dis
pose not merely of the interest OF its
Investments, but of the capital itse1:
Mr.. Rockefeller's gifts to the board
have totalled $126,7SS,094 to date: "
sthis the entire income and S42,lS2,44z
of the fund have been expended, Last
wear s33196,706 were expended, as tol-
lows: To colleges and secondary
schools. s19,9S1.534; for medical edu-
cation, s11,S59,513; for negroes: Sl,-
i212,659, and the remainder Tor misCei-
Tlaneous purposes. John d.. Rockelel-
Ter, Jr., spoke of his fathers start 10
ward his immense fortune before his
tRihla class in the Fifth Avenue Bap-
fist church, at 46th street, New YORK
last Sunday. He told the familiar
story of how the great oil king started
as a Young man, paying 81 q week LOT
hoard and lodging and having 10 make
his other expenses conform 10 ms
modest income. Mr.. Rockefeller told
of two items found in his fathers ex-
nense book of that day: Foreign ms
;sions s cents" and For the poor, 8
cents" Wealth honestly acquired Is
a great possession" he said, "for II en-
ables one to render great service 10
fhe world. OF course, 1t entails greaI
responsibilities
r Senator Kenyon Of Iowa, leader ol
ahe much discussed agricultural ploc
and chairman of the senate LABOR com
-mlttee, WAS uCSN''J
dent Harding to be circuit Judge ior
the Eighth circuit. Immediately atter
receiving the nomination, the senate
Gonfirmed it unanimously in open ses-
Aion. At the White House, 1T was said'
4he president had appointed Mr.. Ken
Won to succeed the late Judge Walter
I Smith because of his high regard tor
the senator's ability and because OF the
latter's known desire to have n pace
ON the federal bench. Senator keh-
Won. in q formal statement later, also
said the president when MEMBER Oh
the senate knew Of his dislike for poll
4ics and his love for the law In the
senate, Senator Harrison Democrau,
of Mississippi, after confirmation had
been voted, said that while ne was
confident that the appointment OF MT
KENYON was because of the latters
eminent qualifications, the question
would arise throughout the agrcuitu-
Irl sections as to whether the sclec-
tior was not intended to drive wedge
into, and ultimately DESTROY the aSrl-
cultural bloc. Senator Hefin (Demo-
craft of Alabama, declared that VITA
the Kenyon appointment the drive TO
break the agricultural bloc had peen
started" Senator Kenyon does not
pipn to quit the senate until probably
TIE middle of February. BY that time
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