Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-27

SUPERVISORS. There Will De DetWeei
$500 and 1000 extra clerks engaged TO
the work of compilation. The super
visors, who will be appointed by tn
president on the recommendation OF TIT
congressional delegates, will be pait
$500 year and 81 for every thousan'
citizens enrolled. The enumerators ar
to get cents a name for every ont
they turn In. This method Of payment
1t is believed, will result in greater ac
tivity on the part of enpmerators. Th'
actual work in the field will be started
April Is, 1910. 1t Is estimated that th'
census will cost the taxpayers not less
than s14.000,000.
The final chapter In the litigation
of the state against the Waters-Pterc'
Oil company, the payment OF prooapi'
the largest fine ever assessed agains
a corporation, nearly two million DOL
lars, was enacted in a spectacular man
ner at Austin, Texas, last Saturday al
ternoon. FROM the American Nationa
bank one-half Of the total amount was
carried and delivered in two automo-
biles at the state treasury. Then' al
breakneck speed, the cars were driver
to the Austin National bank, and
. similar bundle of currency taken on
and similarly disposed of. In the tele-
scope valises, those in charge OF the
payments carried bills Of different de-
nominations up the capitol steps
When the fine bearers reached the
treasury department, doors were lock-
ed and Attorney General Davidson and
other officials were sent for and the
money counted. The fine. $1,S0S,76S.s5
was paid with 71S one thousand dollar
bills, 100 ten dollar bills and the re-
mainder in smaller currency. or the
total amount the state is enriched by
s1.71S,266.30 and prosecuting Attorney
Beady will receive the balance as his
fee.
"A conservative estimate now places
the number killed In the Armenian
massacres In Adana vilayet at 10000 to
10000. At the town Of Adana, more
than one hundred girls are missing. II
Is known that twenty-one native pas
tors have been killed. Fears are en-
tertained that other American mission
aries, than those whose deaths have
been reported have been murdered.
There are $4,000 refugees at Adana and
Tarsus, and 5000 at Mersina. Mar
asch and Aintav are quiet, but condi-
tions at Hadjin are becoming critical.
A messenger dispatched for relief by
Miss Lambert, the American mission
ary, who two days ago sent an appeal
to Constantinople. has been killed In
the streets. A second messenger, a
soldier, was shot at. The vail has CIV
en- assurances Of the safety Of the
Americans. Conditions at Alexandret-
Ia are unchanged. Beilan and Dortyle
are holding out. An appeal for help has
been issued from Latakia, as the mob
is nearing that city and the American
property Is threatened. Antioch Is
quiet, there being no Armenians left
In that town. No disturbances have
occurred In Beirut tonight.
Nairobi, British East Africa, April
%: After a brief hunting expedition
last evening at Kapiti Plains, EXPIRES
ident Roosevelt and his party broke
camp and started for the ranch OF Sir
Alfred Pease, on the Athi river today.
Colonel Roosevelt spent part Of yester-
day sorting his kit, while Kermit and
several of the men went to try their
luck with, the rifles. Colonel Roose-
yelt's first hunt was favored by fine
weather. He bagged two wildebeests
and q Thompson gazelle. He was some
what disappointed, however, as he had
been anxious to secure Grants ga
zelle, whose massive horns are much
sought after for trophies. Smallpox is
prevalent at Nairobi, and two cases
have developed among the porters at
Kapiti. These have been quarantined,
the strictest precautions being observ-
ed to prevent a spread Of the disease
among those in the Roosevelt party.
The police are still protecting the
Americans from annoyance. They will
not permit any except those designated
by Colonel Roosevelt to go with the
expedition. It has been definitely learn
ed that none of Mr.. Roosevelt's bag
gage has been stolen. Game was nu-
merous on the plains today.
New York, April "a: The scout
cruisers Chester and Birmingham left
Isl of
yesterday on their 1000 mile trip to
Liberia, whittier they are to carry the
commissioners Of the United States
who will inquire into the troubled af-
fairs of Africa's negro republic. On
board the Chester are the commission
ers, and on the Birmingham their mil
itary and naval attaches. For years
Liberia has had boundary troubles
with her French and English colonial
neighbors, resulting in loss Of terri
tory. The Liberian government has
been unable to meet its problems sat
isfactorily and last year it sent ENJOYS
to this country who appealed to Secre-
tary Root for assistance in preserving
the territorial status quo. Mr.. Root
believing that the future Of the Afri-
can republic was menaced, and re.
membering that the United States wa:
responsible for the founding Of Liberia
got from congress an appropriation Of
$4,000 to send commission to Africa
The members of the commission viii
confer with the Liberian officials ant
with the representatives Of other gov
ernments in Monrovia and will report
to the United States what measure:
are advisable One Of the commission.
ers Is a negro-Emmett ]. Scott, Book
er T. Washington's secretary.
Beirut, April 25: The situation IL
Asiatic Turkey is one Of extreme
gravity. How many thousands have
been massacred cannot be estimated
the disturbances having been so wide
spread. Latest estimates place the
number of killed in Adana at approx