Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-12
Scraps ard facts.
washington. November 10: Presi-

VISION OF the issue VI stoChS dhu ooheS
by interstate corporations. 2. Read
justment Of the duties and powers oi
the Interstate Commerce Commission
8. Expansion Of the duties OF the Bu-
reau of Corporations. 4. Creation OF
a new bureau, Department OF JUS
tice, to deal with violations Of law by
interstate carriers. s. The establish
ment of a so-called Railroad Court y
6. Amendment Of the Sherman anti
trust law. z. The creation OF pos
tai savings bank. 8. Ship subsidies
9. Amendment of the procedure re-
garding the granting Of injunctions
10. Conservation Of natural resources
New York, November 6: A lit
tie less than sS0.000,0o0 is left to
religious, charitable, benevolent, and
educational institutions by the will OF
John Stewart Kennedy, the banker
who died on October 81. Mr.. Ken
nedy's estate is valued at about $780,
100000. About one-fourth goes to
his wife, Emma B. Kennedy, and
about the same amount to relatives
and friends. All his servants and
other employees are provided for.
The Presbyterian church gets over
$10,000,O00. Two nephews, however
are cut off, Nothing Is left to them
"for special reasons" The WILL
which was signed last March, was
filed yesterday. The executors are
the widow, two Of Mr.. Kennedy's
nephews, William Stewart Tod and
Robert Eliot Tod, and his friend,
Robert w. de Forest. Mr. de For
est drew the will. Mr.. Kennedy's
Ss0,00O,000 to charity and education
is the largest lump sum so disposed
of by will in many years. although
II is exceeded by some Of the dona-
tions Of the very rich to these objects
In their lifetime. John D. Rookie
feller has given away already about
s11s.OOo.000. Mrs. Russell Sage has
disposed of more than s20,000,OOO,
and says she has just begun. Andrew
Carnegie has given $51,ooo,ooo to IL
braries alone, and about the same
amount to other public purposes.
In his speech in Richmond
Wednesday. President Taft said
among other things: I'VE have
reached a point in this country when
we can look back, not without love,
not without intense pride, but with
out partisan passion, to the events
Of the civil war;" continued the
president 1--WE have reached a point,
I am glad to say, when the north can
admire to the full the heroes OF the
south and the south admire to the
full the heroes Of the north. I am
glad to say that in my own alma
mater of Yale we have established
an association for the purpose OF
erecting within her academic pre-
cincts a memorial not to the north
ern Yale men who died, not to the
southern Yale men who died. but to
the Yale men who died in the civil
war. And so 1t is that venture to
hope that the project suggested by
my predecessor. President Roosevelt,
may be alluded to by me with ap-
proval and the expression Of the hope
that 1t is coming to fruition, to wit:
that there should be a great memorial
in honor Of Gen. Robert e. Lee In the
establishment of what he himself
would value most highly, a great
school Of engineering at Washington
and Lee university, and I take this
opportunity to express deep sympa-
thy in that movement, and my desire
to aid it in every way possible and
proper"
Washington special Of November
10 to Spartanburg Herald: TAFT,
William H, president Of the United
States" appears in four city direc-
es-Washington, Cincinnati, Bev-
erly, Mass, and Augusta, Ga. Gin
cinnati. of course, is his permanent
home; Washington is his official
home for a season; Beverly Is his
summer home, and Augusta was for
a time his winter home. The d.
rectory-makers are anxious. always,
to be very thorough and accurate In
their work, and so they give the
presidents name and address in each
Of these cities. He can't be in all OF
them at once, and he hasn't been In
any of them except Washington and
Cincinnati for anything more than
vacation period but they all put him
down as a resident, just the same
1t seems that the president stands
in a fair way Of getting himself con-
sidered as a citizen Of the United
States and a citizen of each Of nearly
all the states composing the union,
IL he continues to travel around and
spend the nights at various points.
There is a traditional idea that the
location of a mans home and the OBJ
legation that he Is under to pay taxes
and work the roads, are fixed by the
place where he sleeps and has his
washing done. Each of the above
mentioned cities thus has probably a
Just claim upon the president as
citizen of the town, at least so far
as the location Of his home Is con-
cerned. AS to the obligation to pay
taxes and work the roads-well, that
question has not been taken up as
yet.
Washington, November 10: After
an absence Of more than three
months, during which he made 49,
900 mile trip through the west and
south, President Taft sleeps in the
White House. He left the capital
August 6, last, with the cheers Of the
crowds ringing in his ears. He re-
turned tonight to the tune Of the
same cheers, but he tarried only a
moment with the various welcoming
parties. His objective point was
the White House and Mrs. Taft,
and as quickly as he could get away
from the brief speeches Of welcome
he climbed into his big automobile.
The chauffeur broke all the speed
records of the district on the last leg