Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-28
Scraps and facts.

once, the chairman raped for order
and I'D Jumped Kusterman, of Wis
consin. 1t was his maiden effort. Mr..
Chairman" he fairly roared in the
finest Swedish dialect heard in these
parts in many a day, at seems to me
that the trouble is there are too many
LAWYERS on the floor Of this house. II
they can't proceed faster they ought
to keep quiet and give the merchant
and farmer members a chance to en-
act laws for the courts to declare un-
constitutional"
Charlotte Observer: bill has
been introduced in congress which
proposes to give to ex-presldents
membership for life in the house.
without privilege Of voting. Accord
ing to the provisions of the bill he
would receive the salary of congress
man and have full privilege of the
floor. Why a seat in the house? If the
purpose of the bill is to give the ma
ton the benefit of the wisdom and eX-
perience of ex-presidents through dis
cussions, why seat him in the house
where discussion amounts to little
Can some one suggest suthclent
reason for seating Mr.. Cleveland In
the house rather than in the senate?
Augusta, Ga, January 26: John
ID. Rockefeller occupied his first Sunday
morning in Augusta this winter in lis
tening to a sermon in the Tabernacle
Baptist church (colored) by Rev. c. T.
Walker, the "black Spurgeon." Walker
got out Of a sick bed to preach when
Informed that Mr.. Rockefeller would be
one Of his congregation. The oil king
was accompanied by his physician, Dr.
Biggar. After the sermon Rockefeller
held a conference with Walker in the
latter's study, when he made gen.
erous donation to the church." When
here last winter Rockefeller attended
this church before going to any other.
and at that time gave Walker neat
sum.
The worst storm in many years
broke over the New England and Mid
die Atlantic states last Thursday night
and Friday morning and as the result
there is much suffering, especially IN
the larger cities among the very poor
In New York city fifteen inches OF
snow fell, and all street traffic was bad
ly handicapped. The surface car lines
were practically put out Of business
and all the subway lines had more
business than could be handled. About
$4,000 men, many Of them only hall
clad and hungry were engaged IN
cleaning the snow from the streets and
car tracks Many accidents and four
fatalities were credited to the storms
account in the city during Friday. All
steam trains were running from one
to six hours late and in some instances
schedules were abandoned entirely
Several train loads of passengers were
lost in the snow drifts on Long Island
The poor of New York city are suffer-
ing intensely. Thousands of men have
been out of work for weeks, and to
add to the misery the price Of coal has
been advanced fifty cents a ton' and
in smaller quantities the advance Is
much greater. Along the Atlantic coast
much shipping has been badly dam
aged and in some instances lost as the
result Of the terrific storm.
Some interesting figures concerning
immigration to the United States dur
ing the past year and the amount OF
money carried out of this country by
returning immigrants have just be-
come available. During the year 1917
there was a total increase Of 95,35o II
steerage passengers to land in New
York, compared with 1906, while there
were 1O,526 more first cabin passen-
gers and 22,1S5 more second cabin
passengers. This is a total increase o1
12S,066. One of the most interesting
features of the year was the very large
number of immigrants returning tc
their homes in foreign countries. II Is
estimated that these returning imml'
grants carried back with them to thell
homes not less than 100000, 600. This
estimate is made from those who have
made a careful investigation in bus
mess and immigration circles in New
York. It is believed that last veal
about $1,000 immigrants returned tc
their homes, and it is believed thai
each carried back not less than $500
That would make the total amount
carried out of the United States S1lO'-
100000. At the same time 1t cost these
immigrants possibly $15,OOO,OOO tc
get from the interior of this country
10 their far-away homes in Europe
which includes railroad and steam
ship fares, and other necessary living
expenses while en- route. This would
make the total $125, 100000. 1t must
not be thought, however, that the i'm
migrants brought nothing into this
country when they came here. Com
missioner Sargent, of the bureau o1
immigration, an expert on the subject
gives it as his opinion that $40 fol
each person, regardless of their ages
would be a fair estimate. On such
basis 1,O36,1S6 steerage passengers
landing in New York last year brought
with them S20,723,72O.
SAYS an Albany dispatch to the
New York World: That the Demo
Gratis of the state are beginning tc
wake up and lake an interest in tn.
campaign was established to-day by q
poll by The World of the Democratic
members of the Legislature regarding
their preference for presidential can
didates The most significant discovery
was that the Bryan influence in this
state, as reflected by the legislators Is
waning. Even those who expressed the
belief that Mr.. Bryan would be nomi-
mated appeared to deprecate the prob
ability of it. The next significant fea-
ture of the canvass was that the SEN
ators and assemblymen interrOgated
inclined to the belief that man OF
more conservative tendencies than
Pr1-on Cboul6 he nominated. Hheil