Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-12-21
Friday, December 21, 1905.

according to a special received here
| today: There have been so many
malicious and untruthful statements
made In regard to my shirking the In
| come tax, that / want to let my fell
low citizens who are interested UNDER
stand exactly what the facts are. Il
have done comparatively little lee
turing for several years past, and
| those newspapers who have howled
most are entirely familiar with the
severe spell of Illness which / had
| with my throat In the winter OF 1903,
as well as with another dangerous
| Illness, which caused me to be absent
| from my post in Washington during
the entire season Of 1904. During
this year have filled many engage
| ments, and will, at the proper time,
! make return on the income received.
The income tax which is now begin
ming to be collected is for the year
| 1905. At no time since the income
tax law has been in operation has my
| income from all sources, including
my salary as senator, after deducting
the expenses and exemption, caused
me TO be subject to the income tax.
Il am informed by good lawyers
| that my salary as United States sem
ator does not come into the rule. l
have never lodged taxes Of any sort,
and have never1 lodged any men or
missiles they have hurled at me, and
nothing but the envy and hatred OF
few irreconcilables In South Caro-
lima has brought >his matter into
prominence. The yarn about my
making $4,000 this summer is alb :
surd, as a moments thought would
easily show. There have been only
four months since the South Caro-
lima m pai0f1 nlnQaH Tho anytnnQ
ours, who have had so much to say
about my lectures, would like to help
the negroes in Chicago and other
northern cities gag me, II they could"
= Chester special Of December 10, to
the Columbia State: Yesterday was
Rebel Rally day" in Chester. Early
In the morning the veterans began to
collect and by IL o'clock from 200 to
$50 had gathered at the opera house,
including large number Of visitors.
Gov.-elect M. F. Ansel was presented
by Col. j. w. Reed, the presiding on
GER of the exercises. Mr.. Ansel was
most cordially received and for 45 min
utes held the attention Of his audience,
while he paid eloquent tribute to the
cause Of the Confederacy. Southern
women were especially praised for
their loyalty and self-sacrifice during
the four long years of the struggle be-
tween the states. At the conclusion Of
Mr.. Ansels speech the vets were ush-
cred into the armory, where q banquet,
not made up Of hard tack and raw
corn," was provided by the good wom-
en- Of the city and county. After din
ner the crowd again assembled and
listened to an interesting address by
Cen. Robert r. Hemphill on "The
True Cause of the War of 1S61-1965,"
'ustifying the south in that great
struggle. He sharply criticised the
rse cf histories, whose truthfulness In
regard to the civil war has been ques-
toned. Last night, Rev. DR.. II. M.
Wharton delivered q lecture on THE
Confederate Soldier and His Charac-
teristics' DR.. Wharton Is distin-
yuished Baptist preacher Of Baltimore
who. as lad. fought In the ranks Of
Zen. Lees army In the closing years
VI the war. DR.. Wharton's lecture was
yreatly enjoyed by all present and jus
tified the reputation his sermons and
platform utterances have won for him
throughout the country. The money
taken in as the proceeds of the nights
entertainment will be used as a fund
for defraying the expenses OF needy
Confederates OF Chester to enable them
to attend the reunion In Richmond next
June; The vets" enjoyed their day
In Chester immensely and their stay
in this city win be remembered with
pleasure.
= Commissioner of immigration Wat
son is quoted as follows with reference
to the ruling of the department Of COM
merce and labor on the question Of the
legality Of the methods he used In get
ting up and bringing over the Witte-
lind cargo: During the last four
months have had good many gray
hairs to come In my head, but none
was due to worry as to what would be
The outcome of the decision in this
matter. had for q long time desired
to have the point which has now been
snally determined ruled upon by the
department of commerce and labor.
brt II was impossible to get such
tire genuine case-was made on my ar
rival In Charleston with the Wittekind
'assengers. I deemed 1t best to let the
matter go on its merits and did not at
the hearing there present the cable
gram I had from the department Of
state at Washington constituting the
law upon which construction had
been acting. I feel that the south
owes much in this whole matter to
Commissioner General Sergeant, who
has long been endeavoring to see
tide Of desirable immigration turned to
the south, where 1t Is most needed,
and throughout my course I have been
guided largely by his oft-publicly ex-
pressed opinions. This decision means
mSre for the southern states than any
of us now can see. II puts immigra-
ti,n work in the south on high, clean
and practical plane, and at last puts
the different states In q position to do
real selective work and to give care
to the prospective American citizen
afer his arrival on our shores. The
deision makes very clear the position
Sdith Carolina has taken. that the only
ppctical way to handle immigrants Is
BY means Of full state department
cf government; 1t is indeed the only
mans. This decision comes at the
oportune moment, while through the
influence and efforts Of the recently
fotned Southern immigration and In
dutrial association, It Is most likely
tht a number of our sister states Will
fobw South Cardinals lead In the es-
Enlistment Of state departments un-
del acts containing the essential pro-
visions of ours This action Of the
Feeral authorities portends not only
animmediate, brighter day not only
for South Carolina, but for all the
solhern states"