Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-19


throughout the world have always
kept revenue officers guessing The
latest successful effort of the revenue
tax-dodger has recently been discov-
cred by revenue officers in London
England. There is gigantic distil-
lery over there, and nearby Is located
the governments duty paid ware
house. The distillers hit on the idea
of conducting a goodly portion OF
their product through underground
pipes to the tanks In the warehouse
thereby saving a revenue tax OF $2.75
per gallon, and to allow only enough
LIQUOR to pass through the regular
channels to keep down suspicion. The
scheme worked nicely for time, but
finally the revenue department be-
came suspicious, as the tax-paid liquor
did not appear to pan out In proper
ton to the raw materials consumed.
They quietly began search for the
leak" and finally unearthed the un-
derground pipes. The revenue depart
ment is now demanding a fine OF
SSOO,000 from the distillers.
Henry G. Hester, secretary or the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange. and
consulting statistician of the census
bureau at Washington, said that there
is far more danger to the legitimate
cotton interests Of the south in the
current tendency Of legislation In
southern states than there Is in bump
er crops and market manipulations,
because laws such as those now pend
ing in Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and
Tennessee, which do not discriminate
between the necessary trade facilities
and unnecessary bucket shops cannot
fall. II enacted, to adversely anect
both the farmer and spot cotton mer-
chant by permanently placing both at
a disadvantage in marketing the crop
Safeguards can be enacted, SAID
Hester, ito effectually prevent indis-
criminate gambling by irresponsible
parties who idle their time daily
watching for telegraphic dope in
bucket shop. and which will prevent
others who have no cotton, and never
expect to have any, from using an I'M
mensely valuable trade adjunct as
medium for pure gambling"
Chicago, February l6: A PROPOSE
ton to establish a state owned rail-
road from Chicago to Savannah Is
suggested to Corporation Counsel
Lewis by Governor Smith Of Georgia,
in a letter received yesterday. The
letter says: 'T am much interested in
railroad rates from the Lakes to Geor-
gia. Our state owns railroad from
Atlanta to Chattanooga and there Is a
strong sentiment in favor Of extend
ing 1t to Savannah. If Cincinnati
could reclaim the line built-by Its
citizens from Cincinnati to Chicago,
and Cincinnati and Chicago would
Join in the movement for the con-
struction Of a line from Chicago to
Cincinnati, there might be made a
through trunk line from Chicago to
Savannah operated solely for the pur-
pose Of paying the expenses and In
terest on the actual cost Of construc-
ton without the burdens Of watered
stocks and bonds. Such line would
benefit not only the great cities
through which II passed but to the
broad territory adjacent to the line.
1t would reduce freight rates more
than 20 per cent. 1t would have a
most marked influence on our trade
relations"
Anthony Comstock. the head Of
the Anti-Vice society Of New York. and
probably the best posted man on vice
In that city, has given an interview to
the Evening World relative to the
Thaw trial and more especially to
Stanford White. In part he said: Il
know that Stanford White was hu-
man monster. I know that much Of
what Mrs. Thaw stated as a witness is
true. / know that Stanford Whites
den in the tower of Madison Square
Garden was as she has described 1t. /
know that White made a business Of
running young girls. I know of at
least one specific instance. And what
1 know I learned after I had been
given the first clue by Harry Kendall
Thaw himself My first knowledge of
this case dates from the summer of
1905, about a year before the killing
I should say. One day. tall, we'll
dressed, well-bred young man came to
my office. He opened the conversa-
tion by asking me If my society gave
special attention to the arrest and pun
ishment of men who preyed upon the
chastity Of young girls l told him
that we did. He jumped up abruptly,
said he would see me again. and left
without telling me his name. AT the
door he stopped long enough to say
he would see me again. A few days
later he came back. AS nearly as
recall, he said: II am Harry Kendall
Thaw Of Pittsburg.. You may have
heard of me. l want to tell you man
who has ruined more young girls than
any man in New York. He is partic-
ularly given to pursuing young girls
of the stage. 1t Is q debt which soci-
ETY. owes to itself to halt him now, be-
fore he brings shame and sorrow to
any more victims. That man is Stan
ford White"
The Thaw trial was resumed in
New York yesterday morning. Juror
Bolton, whose wife died on last Thurs
day announced on Saturday that he
felt II his duty to place his respon-
sibility to the state above his personal
griefs and would undertake to go on
with the trial. Neither side could OBJ
ject to such a position. The principal
witness Of the day was DR.. Britton d.
Evans, expert on mental disorders. DR..
Evans was on the stand when the trial
was interrupted. He had not been al
lowed to testify to certain things Thaw
had told him. After, however, the
doctor expressed the opinion that
Thaw was insane at the time of the
killing he was allowed to tell things
that Thaw said. He gave Thaws
story in full A part of it was to the
effect that Thaw had not desired to
kill Stanford White: that he looked
upon White as human monster. but
felt that public degradation and hu-