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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
1
A wide survey of legendary and reported sunken treasure from Vigo Bay to Tobermory and the Wash, detailing ships like the Lutine and Dorothea, historic salvage attempts, and the enduring allure of gold, precious stones, and relics pursued by explorers, insurers, and treasure seekers across centuries.
Veteran Captain Samuel Chapman recalls a Mosby cavalry charge in northern Virginia January 1864. In near zero conditions after a short three minute fight, soldiers sweated as they rode, jackets open and bare chests exposed to the icy wind, heat of battle proven by physical exertion.
The Charlotte Observer notes reactions of South Carolina editors to Norman Hapgood of Collier's Weekly, who faced bans in North Carolina over his Wilmington editorial endorsing ejecting Manly for insulting southern women. It argues for inviting Hapgood to speak in homes to show Americans the true South and his reported repentance.
Governor Cole L. Blease writes to President Wilson urging the U S to instruct the internal revenue service not to issue liquor licenses in South Carolina except for legally authorized dispensers. He asks Congress to fix any federal-law gaps and pledges to push a bill in the Senate. The letter argues federal licensees violate state liquor laws and calls for federal aid to enforce them.
A discussion asks which single catastrophe caused the greatest loss of life in historical records. The reference cites the 1887 Yellow River flood in China as a leading example, noting it began in late September and devastated about 60,000 square miles of fertile land before waters subsided.
A vintage tale contrasts Houdin's Algerian demonstration with electricity and a magnet to conquer a nation. An elderly narrator recalls how the French conqueror used a simple box to awe a crowd and outmatch local Marabouts. The piece ends with a humorous epitaph about gratitude and a buried cucumber monument.
A century after whaling revived in South Georgia and the southern oceans, new hunting methods threaten the industry’s future. The shift from hand harpoons to powered bombs and inflated, surfaced whales multiplies catchable species and byproducts oil, meat, fertilizer, and whalebone, pushing whale hunting toward near total commercial exploitation and potential collapse.
Brief dispatches recall Jean Lafitte, the patriot pirate of the Gulf, who held a privateer commission from Carthagena to plunder Spanish ships. In New Orleans he ruled a small outlaw realm, gathering a mixed crew and trading silk and gold while maintaining order and avoiding coastal looting.
The article discusses Oregon’s Mount Hood at 11225 feet and compares it with California’s Mount Whitney and Mount Rainier in Washington. It explains that Oregon once hosted a colossal volcano, Mount Mazama, far taller than Hood, which collapsed to form Crater Lake. The rim walls reach 4000 feet, the lake depths reach 2000 feet, and the missing apex would have neared 16000 feet, making Mazama one of the nation’s loftiest peaks.
A German survey ship recently located the deepest ocean depth near Mindanao in the Philippines about forty miles off its north coast. The sounding measured 9,780 meters or 6.08 miles, higher than the previous record by the US Nero found south of Guam at 9,685 meters.
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