Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-02
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General John c. Bates, who In turn
will be followed by Major General
Henry c. Corbin and Major General
Arthur Macarthur, both within the
wear. After these three soldiers have
relinQuished their active duty the mil
itary head of the army will have to be
chosen from those officers whose mil
itary training has been on the western
plains, Cuba, Philippines and CHINA
No officer will be found on the list OF
the ranking lieutenant generals who
may claim the prestige and experience
of the great struggle between the
states.
- New York special of January 2S'
to the News and Courier: The Rev.
Thomas Dixon spoke today at the
Church of Epiphany on the subject
what Can we do With the NegroF
On the platform with Mr.. Dixon were
several negro clergymen, and fully a
fourth of the audience were negroes.
'I speak not as a southerner, but as
typical American" said Mr.. Dixon'
'I speak with no i'll feeling. 1 sim
ply desire to do the negro justice 10
help his terrible problem and point out
to you the solution which / believe 10
be the best. think that in 30 years
the 100000 OF negroes on this conti-
nent could be brought into some dis
tinct country, where they could have
law, literature, life and a flag OF their
own" Mr.. Dixon spoke Of the at
tacks Of negroes on white women ana
continued: You never hear OF a
white man assaulting negroes. Why?
Because assault implies resistance, ana
no colored woman knows what virtue
means"
Washington special Of Tuesday to
the Atlanta Journal: Both President
Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon nave
set the seal Of their disapproval In
plain terms upon the proposition OF
Congressmen Keifer Of Ohio, and
Crumpacker Of Indiana, to cut down
representation Of southern states In
congress for disfranchising ignorant
negroes. Keifer called at the White
House yesterday to talk with the pres
ident on the subject and 1t Is said ne
received an Arctic chill. On former
visit for the same reason the presi-
dent is reported to have said to keifer
that he would never approve any such
measure, but would use his influence
against 1t. Both Keifer and Crum-
packer have been told by Speaker
Cannon that he was in favor OF a pure
ballot and would never allow any bill
to come in the house Of representatives
which seeks to punish states providing
for a purer ballot. Cannon today told
a Louisiana representative that he
was looking out for the measure OF
Keifer and Crumpacker, and would
promptly throttle them at the first ap-
pearance.
The international automobile tour
nament at Armand-DaytoHa Beach,
Fla, came to a close last Tuesday
evening with a contest for prize OF
$1,000 offered by the Florida Times
Union for the best time under two
minutes. There were only two con-
testants, Marriott in an American car
and Demogeot in a French car. On
the first trial Marriott went first, but
the best he could do was one minute
and three seconds. Demogeot brought
the crowd to its feet by reducing Mar
riott's time to minute, l 20 SECONDS.
Referee Morrill, decided to give each
car another trial to see If the time
could be brought within the minute.
Marriott came first again, and this
time faster. He made the two miles
in So S-5 seconds. 1t seemed impos-
sible that the clumsy looking French
car should reduce this, but the Florida
Times Union $1,000 trophy was lost to
America a few moments later when
Demogeot thundered over the two
mile course in 5S 4-5 seconds, the fast
est speed ever attained by an auto
mobile. Demogeot was crowned with
a laurel wreath by Miss Mary Simrall
OF Ormand, Fla, while several thou
sand persons cheered. An automobile
parade followed and this ended the
tournament.
Washington, January 2s: The res
olution of Mr.. Tillman asking the COM
mittee on immigration to investigate
the facts of the Chinese boycott Of
American goods was laid before the
senate, the preamble which alleged
that WI Ting Fang, former Chinese
minister to the United States, had been
a leader in the movement was object
ed to by Mr.. Teller, Mr.. Lodge and
Mr.. Warren. Mr.. Tillman read from
the message on the harshness Of the
exclusion laws. Mr.. Dubois said he
would vote for the resolution, but
thought an investigation would not
show that the exclusion laws had been
too rigidly enforced. He said the boy
colt was confined almost wholly to the
Canton district which the Taft party
of which he was a member, was
warned not to visit. A few of the party
landed he said, and found that the Jap
anese were back of the boycott for the
reason that when American traders
leave, the Japanese take their places
Both Messrs. Dubois and Teller de-
clared that the students and merchants
were not back of the boycott and that
1t originated with persons interested in
getting coolie labor into this country.
Mr.. Dubois referred to the south and
the demand for Cinnamon to supp!ant
negro labor, which remark provoked
disclaimers from Mr.. Clay and Mr..
Tillman. The latter said the south
had conditions bad enough without
further mixing them up.
Director North of the census de-
partment. declared Wednesday that he
hoped congress would be good enough
to relieve him of all further respon-
sibility In connection with the COL
lection of statistics as to cotton gin
ming. He was referring to the criti-
cism Of Mr. Harvie Jordan, president
of the Southern Cotton association
He declared that although the statis-
tics were being collected for the espe-
cial benefit of the southern people, the