Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-29
Scraps aud fafts.


ped in towels and escaped with Il
diamond rings which they snatched
from trays in the display window.
The rings were valued at $4,000. The
robbery was carried out with the ut
most daring. Parking their expensive
looking car in the line of automobiles
which stood at the curb, two OF the
bandits, fashionably attired, strolled
nonchalantly toward the jewelers. dis
play window, leaving third COM
panion at the wheel. 4 dozen persons
were inspecting the jewels behind the
glass when one of the new arrivals
drew from under his arm what appear
ed to be a parcel-the brick wrapped
in towels. Before any Of the pedes-
tians realized what was happening,
the parcel was hurled at the window
shattering the thick plate glass, and
making the gems readily accessible
through the jagged opening &.
Gathering up two trays containing the
II valuable rings, the bandit pair
quickly withdrew to the curb, climbed
into their car and disappeared into the
streams of traffic along the brilliantly
lighted thoroughfare. Two customers
and eight clerks were in the store
when the robbery occurred.
- Senator Borah, Republican, of Ida
no. exploded a bomb in the senate last
week during the discussion Of the naval
appropriation bill. The recent arms
confe~o.,ce at Washington dealt with
the scrapping Of certain warships un-
de 10000 tons, and ten-year cessa-
ticn of further construction of such
vessels. Since then the nations have
been devoting their resources to the
construction of smaller craft under TO-
600 tons and increasing their aircraft
and submarine armaments. Senator
Borah took the position that there was
no way of restoring conditions to nor
NAL except by an international business
and economic conference. He said that
the reparations question has to be set
tied; that Europe is unable to pay or
buy our farm products and manufac-
tured goods, and the result is stagna-
ton. Further, unless something is
done by way Of relief that there will be
another war; and that will cost more
than we will lose by way Of giving up
d. the debt that Europe now owes US.
Senator Borahs proposition points in
the direction of the league Of nations,
of which he was one Of the most Yio-
lent opponents. He says there is no
use in spending money on a ship sub
sidy when there are no cargoes to send
and nobody to buy them, and with
American farm products rotting in the
fields because a starving world that
needs them has nothing to give in eX-
change. The senate farm bloc is be-
hind Senator Borah in his proposition,
and also the almost solid Democratic
party is in sympathy with his un6erly-
ing principles.
- There is seething situation in
and around Mer Rouge, La, that is
concentrating the attention Of the en-
tire country because of the conflict be-
tween the Ku Klux and the constitu-
ted authority. On the night of the
oath Of August last while large num-
bers of people were returning from
a good roads meeting, party Of five
was held up by a crowd of hooded,
men, taken to a point some distance
from the roadside and given severe
thrashings. While an old man of 70
named Daniel was being thrashed his
son Wat, pulled the hood from the
face of one Of che tormenters and call
ed his name loud enough to be heard
by Thomas Richards. The hooded
crowd, supposed to be Ku Klux, al
lowed three of the men to go their
ways and carried off Wat Daniel and
Thomas Richards, who were not again
heard from. AS the result Of detec-
tive investigations extending over sew
eral months, it became moral GER
tainty that Daniel and Richards had
been killed and their bodies thrown
into Lake La Fourche, loaded down
with wagon wheels. 1t was known by
the license tags of their cars that the
Ftu Klux came from Louisiana, Arkan-
sas and Mississippi. Governor Parker
invoked all the resources of the state
i'm hunting down the murderers, and
.rlcg making sure of what he thought
was >unlcient information, last week
sent Guops to drag Lake La Fourche,
and other lakes if necessary. 1t was
<nown that the other side was also
busy Co prevent the finding of the bod
rra and there was fear of danger from
sujpgrs with high powered rifles
While the military was making un-
@laIing search, on the morning of
december %, a fisherman discovered
two headless bodies floating near
boat landing. The boat landing had
been badly torn by dynamite eNplo-
sions, and people reported having
heard the noise. This was at point
several miles from where the troops
were stationed. The common theory
was that the Ku KluX had undertaken