Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-08
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"A bolt of lightning struck down
sturdy tree on the banks OF the Deia-
ware river, then leaped distance OF
10 feet to the porch of the summer
home of Mrs. Thomas A. BerEey. OIL
-Faston. Pa, and instantly killed her.
a friend to whom Mrs. Berkey was
talking at the time, seated but TWO
feet from her, had her shoe ana
stocking ripped from her loot ana
leg. but escaped with a burn on the
heel. The lightning bolt struck Mrs.
Berkey in the head. She was ~ years
old.
= Illness of Viscount Northcliffe,
feared to be dying from conplica-
tion of diseases developed following an
incoenito trip through Germany, mas
reached q critical stage. The famous
British publisher whose physicians re-
Z; main puzzled ut the strange turns
taken by his disease, is lying peril
{ onsIv near death. A general break
! down. due to overwork has been COM
plicated by a strange poison when
has Attacked the "thunderer's" SYSTEM
Is the belief of the country's leading
medical men.
The camp of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Il.
Ketchen, of Miami, Fla, en- route 10
New York, was invaded py -tnree
negroes at Southern Pines, N. ", iass
Er;dav morning. They had pitched
their tent by the railroad and spent
the night there Early in the morning
according to Mr.. Ketchen, the negroes
anpeared and demanded money. he
reached for his revolver and one or
tine negroes shot him in the breast.
He was unable to give further as
sistance to his wife to whom the
negroes then turned their attention;
The negroes were shortly afterWard
captured however. and the sherlh
succeeded in running them OF TO the
penitentiary at Raleigh. Shortly alter
their arrival at the penitentiary pur-
suing automobiles began TO arrive.
State troops were called out ana the
penitentiary was not attacked. Inc
condition of Mr.. Ketchen is very serl-
ous.N
a nnistrial was ordered Saturday
at Shelby, n. c., in the Southern
Power company rate case being hearu
on appeal from the corporation COM
mission before Judge Bryson in speclal
term of court, which has been under
way for TIVE weeks, after the jury hao
deliberated for twenty-seVen hours:
The iury was called into court at
O'CLOCK ana Wutll Ia oOh $1,000
ed from the foreman that they We're IN
a hopeless deadlock and each juror for
himself and others declared that fur
ther deliberation seemed useless, Judge
Bryson, after calling attention to the
inheritance of the case, expressed dis
appointment; for, himself and others
that the matter should still remain in
doubt. and made the mistrial entry.
The jury stood seven to sustain the
ID commission and five to overturn lts
order. This was the standing OF the
Jury on the first ballot soon after they
took the case Friday, and all subse-
uuent discussion, dcliberation and pal
loting failed to reveal any charge IN
, their standing. This is one of the big
gest cases to go before n North Caro-
lima Jury and one of the few rate
cases ever appealed from the corpora
tion commission. 1t is the first In
seven years that a Cleveland jury has
failed TO agree in a civil action. 1t is
presumed that the case will be re-
tried in Cleveland at a later date TO
be agreed upon by the % cotton mills
and the Southern Power company.
Belief that Governor Harding, of
the federal reserve board. had specu-
Eacdy personally sin cotton while di-
recting the alleged deflation policy Of
the board in 1920 was expressed in the
senate Saturday by Senator, Hefiin,
Democrat, Alabama, in another speech
against reappointment of . Governor
Harding. Lots of people, and I'm
one. OF them. said Senator Hefin, be
lieye that the governor of the board
was specializing himself in cotton at
the time of this defiation. What other
motive could he have had?" Senator
Hefiin also reiterated charges that
Nall street was behind the alleged
,defiation policy and that portions Of
the press were suppressing speeches
against Governor Harding. "a large
portion of the press is clean and L
respect it, but large portion can be
bought like sheep" said Senator
Hefiin. He gave notice that If Presi- |
dent Harding should reappoinr Gov
ernor Harding he would ask for open |
senate consideration of the nomina- |
tion and fight'Htto the last. Reap |
pointment, Senator Heflin said, would |
be endorsement by President Harding |
Harding, and added that senator's who /
should vote for confirmation should be |
defeated. Senator Hefln said he !
would make public q letter he had
written President Harding, making
charges and protests against reap
pointment of Governor Harding, !
should the governor be renoninated, |
together with other documents, in
cluding a statement of the alleged
dummy loan" by the New York Re-
serve Bank of $3,OO0,O0O to william |
Boyce Thompson Republican treasur-
er. That "a very wealthy man" had |
been advised in advance of the boards J
alleged deflaion policy also was
charged by Senator Heflin, who alsc,
said that he had reports that Cover
nor Harding had been offered a pos j.
ton paying 100000. Senator Hef lin
added that Wall street desired Cover nor
Harding retained and said he WAS in
formed that promises of large fius ncial
support had been made for an; Doliti-
cal party which would retain Governor
Harding.
- Secretary Hester's annual report
on the commercial cotton crop of 1921
%. announced in New Orkssus, Satur-
day, put the total commercial crop of
1922 at 11,G53,133 bales, an increase
of 277,S15 over 1920-21, and a decrease
under 1890 of 790,047 bales. The
commercial crop of Texas, Secretary
Hester said, is $4,000 bales under last
year. The group Of 10Th ,er states"
embracing Louisiana, Mississippi,