Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-19
Scraps and facts,

tor, the receiving of four committee
reports and an address by Rev. Henry
Alexander White of Columbia, S. c.,
celebrating the emi-centennial mark
ed the first days session of the gen.
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States Church,
South. DR.. Cecil was elected on the
third ballot.
Jacksonville, Fla, May IS: A
movement which contemplates the
union of all Baptist missionary socie-
ties in an effort to Christianize the
world as speedily as possible was
launched at today's session of the
Southern Baptist convention, which is
in session here. The purpose of the
movement was outlined in resolution
which was offered by F. NJ. Mcconnell
of Texas and adopted by the conven-
ton. 1t provides for the appointment
of a committee of five to formulate
plans to be presented to the Worlds
Baptist Alliance which will convene
in Philadelphia in June.
Newton, n. c., special of May 16,
to Charlotte Observer: Among the
southern veterans attending the Little
Rock reunion is Mr.. ]. c. Warlick of
Lincoln county, father of Mr.. R. NJ.
Warlick of Newton, and he is there on
special invitation, whereon hangs
pleasing story. Just after the war
crippled soldier was cared for and
nursed back to health at the Warlick
home in Lincoln, and the war-worn
youth has never forgotten the Incl
dent. Last week he sent Mr.. Warlick
$50 and told him to come out TO Lit
tie Rock, his home town, and spend
the time with him, free of all expense,
saying that he guessed it could be
considered a partial payment of the
debt of gratitude incurred fortysix
years ago.
Secretary MacVeigh on Tuesday
invited popular subscriptions to
$50,000.00 issue of government bonds,
to reimburse the treasury general and
for expenditure on account Of the
Panama canal. Treasury officials ex-
pect the loan will be largely over sub
scribed and in distributing the new
securities the governments announc-
ed intention is to give preference to
smaller bidders. The new securities
will bear three per cent interest, pay
able quarterly, will be free from all
national, state or municipal taxation
and will be in denominations Of 800,
$500 and $1,000. They will be dated
June l, 1911 and will be payable in so
years. BY provision of law, the new
bonds will not be available to national
h. oCiC ~ nir q NJ
asmuch as they are the first the Unit
ed States has issued with such re-
striction, much interest is attached to
the price they will bring. According
10 law they cannot be sold at less than
par. Inasmuch as the postal savings
bank law fixes the par value of pos
tai bank bond bearing two and one
half per cent interest at 500, it is
agreed that the three per cent, Pan
anna canal bonds must bring more
than par. How much more, is the con-
lecture. The estimates range from
slightly above par to 103. Checks and
postal orders will be accepted for the
new bonds-something which has
never been done before. Although the
issue is designed for private bankers,
national banks which bid for the
bonds will be allowed to deposit them
as security for government deposits.
There were more than 10000 visi-
tors to Little Rock, Ark, this week on
account of the annual reunion Of the
u. C.. ", and they included between g.
900 and 1000 veterans. The people OF
Little Rock eXerted themselves to the
utmost to entertain their guests, and
they equalled the best efforts of any
of the hospitable cities that have pre-
Viously had the pleasure; but still the
accommodations OF the little city were
seriously overtaXed. A feature Of the
meeting was a pleasant letter from
President Taft carrying hearty greet
ings and renewing assurance of the
satisfaction he felt at the fact that
north and south, east and west are
now united under one flag. Each re-
union for a.. number of years past has
lost several old soldiers from sud-
den death, due to heart failure, caused
by over eXertion or excitement, and
the mortality this year has been still
larger, there having been at least four
deaths. On Wednesday officers were
reelected as follows: Commander
in-chief, Gen. George w. Gordon,
Memphis, Tenn. Department COM
manders, Army Of Northern Virginia,
Lieut.. Gen. c. Irvine Walker, Charles
ton, S. c. Army of Tennessee, Lieut..
Gen. Bennett H. Young, Louisville, KY.
Trans Mississippi department, Lieut..
Gen. K. M. Van Zandt, Fort Worth,
Texas. Seven cities sought the re-
union next year. Adult. Gen. w. M.
Mickle read invitations from Macon,
Houston, Jacksonville, Louisville,
Chattanooga, Fresno, Cal, and Allan
tic City, N J. When the vote was an
nounced Macon had a long lead, with
Houston second.
Springfield, ILL.,, May II: The re-
of the Holm tnrial pOnnn1ittpp
appointed to investigate circumstances
surrounding the election Of William
Lorimer to the United States senate
was returned to the senate today. The
most vital points are: A criticism of
Judge Petit of Chicago, for his ruling
in the habeas corpus case involving
Tilden, Cummins and Benedict, and
this expression: Your committee has
reached the conclusion that the elec
tion of William Lorimer before the last
general assembly would not have oc-
Cured had it not been for bribery and
corruption" The report says the COM
mittee went over all the testimony in
the Lee O'Neill Brown, Pemberton.
Clarke and Broderick trials and also
sets forth the summoning of H. H.
KohlSaat. publisher of the Chicago
Record Herald, and Mr.. Kohlsaats
disclosure of the fact that it was Clar-
ence r. Funk, secretary of the Inter-
national Harvester company, who had
told him OF a conversation which he
(Funk) had with Edwin Hines. in
which he is alleged to have informed
Funk that he had succeeded in elect
ing Mr.. LOrimer to the United States
senate at cost to him and other un-
named persons of about 100000. Re-
garding the habeas corpus decision Of
Judge Petit i'm the cases of Tilden,
Cummins and Benedict the commit
tee says: Such action was an unwar
ranted and unlawful interference on
the part of a member of the judiciary
with the legislative branch of the gov
eminent" Inability to make search
ing investigation when all documents
alleged to have been in the hands of
Tilden, Cummins and Benedict could
not be located is noted. The commit
tee also touches on the so-called Jack
pot" episode, but declares that so long
as no person publicly connected with
that matter is any longer a member
Of recommendations iC