Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-13
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a Nhiskey raid and sold at auction by
the sheriff of the city. The sale took
place in front OF the city hall, which
is opposite the Jail. Bidding was
moving along slowly when voice
from the upper window of the jail
cflimed in. Then it became bit more
lively and stopped at $3.50, which was
the last figure called by Eanes from
his prison cell. It was finally Knock
ed down" to the prisoner, who paid
cash and ordered the automobile sent
t6.a garage to await his release.
= Beaumont, Texas, June 10: Tom
Garner, sheriff of Jefferson county,
W&s found guilty of official miscor-
diJct and ordered removed from of
ffpe in an instructed verdict returned
by jury in district court here today,
Jntige Robert G. Steel, in instructing
fSf a verdict for the removal of the
sheriff, said the fact that the officer
had become q member of the Ku kluX
Khan was in contraVention to the oath
hzs took as sheriff. Counsel for the
Sheriff protested that there was moth
ing in the Ku Klux's oath in conflict
with the duties of a sheriff, but the
cuurt declared the oath OF the KAN
SAs in effect to deceive the ignor-
ant and unwary. The case VIII DC
appealed, counsel said.
THE plague of seventeen-year To-
Gusts, predicted by government ex-
perts some time ago, says a Chicago
Hspatch, has reached Northern IL
lfnois. Residents of North Shore.
towns and cities and farmers over the
entire district say the locusts ere
swarming by millions. So far they
haYe attached themselves to trees and
haVd' made no serious inroads upon
grain and other crops. At Aurora,
great drive has been inaugurated by
the 'cftizens who brush them from the
trees to prevent them from laying
eEgs. Carloads of them are brought
down by sprayers and bRrned.
Throughout the Fox River Valley the
1ocusts are said to be SO thick that all
ordinary sounds are drowned out by
the din Of their wings. They are NOV
ing from west TO each bat experts say
the invaders will all be dead within
six weeks. The wings of all of them
bore the letter "W'' which formerly
was thought to be sign that war i'm
pfnds. '''''.
The last of the famous mounds,
which 9skirted the Mississippi river in
North st. Louis, and which gave this
city the sobriquet, 1.-The Mound City,"
Is being levelled to make way for an
ice plant. This last of the old mounds,
which. are supposed to have been built
ID prehistoric times, is about 500 feet in
length and about 800 feet wide. The
arrowheads and peculiarly shaped
pebbles are found in the mounds.
which in time past have been the sites
OF homes of early st. Louisians. When
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OF these mounds leading from the
lttle city on what was called by scien-
lists the second hank of the river.
They were striking parts of the land
sfape in the neighborhood, and i'm
pressed visitors to the place. The. city
became a SMALL town, the mounds
caused it to be called Mound City,"
although the growth of the town has
obliterated most of the traces Of the
artificial earthworks.
= Daily Trade Record '(New York;
carried n dispatch from Charlotte
datadJHer7 regarding a project for a
vast ReI aysteh of tott6h miffs, : as
follows: Tentative plans for the or
ganiZation of an enormous cotton mill
company, which proposes to build and
opeffte a chain Of mills having total
equipment of 100000 spindles, are
being seriously considered by q group
OF mill men and capitalists, according
TO persistent rumors here, the nature
of-the reports show that there is
enough basis for them to indicate that
the project has passed the dream
staSey-aIt is rumored that the proposed
company is to be headed by one of the
leadTg cotton manufacturers of the
south and financed through group of
capitalists. Charlotte is to be head
CHARTERS for the, chain, according to
the reports, While it can not be de-
flnitely asserted when the plans as
outlined above will assume definite
form or that they will be carried
through to conclusion, available infor-
matioas tends to the belief that there
are good prospects for the early or
ganiZation of the company The men
whose names are linked with the re-
ports are amply able to finance and
operate"a chain of mills of 1000. 600
spindles." ..i
= Columbia State. Sunday: The Ma
9onal Society Sons of the American
revolution hopes to awaken interest
In its aim and purpose in South Caro-
lima and at the recent congress OF the
society held at Springfield. Mass, Mai
John F. Jones, the collector of internal
revenue for this state, was unanimous
ly elected a special organizer for the
society for North Carolina and South
Carolina, according to information
reaching Columbia. The purpose and
objects of the society are declared to
De patriotic, historical and educational,
intended TO preserve the memory of
those who helped achieve the independ-
ence Of the American people. to unite
and promote fellowship among their
descendants and to inspire a profound
reverence for the principles of the gov
eminent founded by the forefathers of
the people. Any man is eligible TO
who is u years of age, of
good repute and lineal descendant of
an ancestor who rendered service in
the cause of American Independence.
MAJOR Jones said yesterday that while
ne halls from the state o" activity. he
fifSdS use for the most of his time in
MS new position. However, hi an
pReciation of what the society is doing
lW nearly every other state i'm the
union makes him willing TO devote so
much of time and effort as NAV be
called FOR and he hopes to get in touch
with sons. and others who would like
TO, know more Of the society and its
purpose, He said he would like Ia hear
from those interested by mail or TO
nave them call upon him at his office
or at the Imperial hotel, where he re
sides.s' "','''
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