Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-12-20
Scraps and facts.

ment which is going on to terrorize ne
groes and chase them out Of Jackson
and adjacent counties. 1t is stated that
a band Of unknown. men, operating un-
der cover of darkness, are posting no
tices warning al negroes to leave that
part Of the country under pain OF be-
ing flogged or lynched. 1t is asserted
further that the negroes, including the
most trustworthy and law-abiding, are
becoming terror-stricken and that
white citizens, who have discounte-
nanced and refused to have anything
to do with the secret movement, are be-
ing threatened. The white planters
complain that they will be deprived of
field hands, and urge the governor to
take steps to investigate and stamp out
the lawless movement. The governor is
looking into the affair to see whether
Il is a question that should be dealt
with by state authority, or by the sher-
iff of Jackson.
-Denunciation of the mail order Ii
quor business" as the enemy Of state
prohibition characterized the opening
last Monday of the fight in the senate,
for the passage of the Sheppard-Ken-
yon bill to prohibit the shipment of
LIQUOR across state lines into dry" ter
ritory. Galleries were thronged with
men and women identified with the ma
tional temperance movement. Consid-
GRAFTON of the bill was devoted to ad-
dresses in it's support by Senators San
ders of Tennessee, and McCumber of
North Dakota both Of whom had In
troduced bills similar to the measure
pending. Legislative rules threw the
bill back to the regular calendar when
the short debate was interrupted by
the convening Of the Archibald court
Of impeachment. Members will demand
that IL again be taken up, however, and
an effort probably will be made soon to
have II brought before the senate as the
unfinished business" insuring its daily
consideration until 1t finally is disposed
Of Interest In the constitutionality of
the proposed law was manifest through
out the days debate. Senator McCum-
ber declared efforts to give state gov
ernments power to seize liquor ship
ments as soon as they crossed the state
lines must fail, because the supreme
court invariably had held such lesisla-
ton to be unconstitutional. The Feder7
al government has entire right, ne des
clared, to prohibit the shipment OF
LIQUOR into prohibition states. Tn
measure pending, which passed the
house as the Sheppard bill; would pro-
hibit the present mail order and ex-
press order business in liquor in states
where local prohibition prevails.
= The Bankers association of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, has gotten behind
Congressman Levers bill looking to
the appropriation of s3.000,000 over a
period of ten years for the establish
ment Of demonstration schools in ev-
cry agricultural county in the United
States. The appropriation Is condi-
toned on the appropriation Of an equal
sum by the various states, or rather
each state to get the benefit. Of the
Federal appropriation. must make like
appropriation on its own account. Mr..
Lever made a speech before the Bank
ers association in washington last
Monday night, explained the purpose Of
his hill in detair and cited facts and
figures to show the practicability of
the idea and the tremendous. advan
tage that will certainly accrue to the
country. In a nutshell, the bill looks to
the employment of one or more thor
ough going agricultural experts In
each county, who will be competent TO
give the farmers any advice they might
need as to the fertilization and alter
alton Of crops, the treatmc mt OF plant
diseases, seed selection, plant breeding
and everything of the kind. Thesa eX-
perts are to occupy tha same relation
to the farmers and their crops as dc
the preachers as to spiritual affairs the
doctors to medica, affairs or the law
yers to legal affairs. except their ad-
vice and assistance are to be free. He
explained that the bill had already
passed the house without dissenting
vote. ard that II is now pending in the
senate. The bankers were so impress
ed with what Mr.. Lever said to then
that they appointed strong commit
tee to go before the senate committC e
on agriculture and urge the passage Of
the bill at the earliest possible moment.
w. r. Hearst was before the COM
mittee of the senate that is investigat-
Ing campaign expenses, on Tuesday,
having been summoned to testify as to
the Archbold letters that he has been
publishing, connecting number of
prominent men IN relations with Stand
ard OIL Among other things Mr.. Hearst
testified that he did not know how the
letters had been procured from Mr..
Archbold's office; but claimed that he
got them through a magazine writer
who Is now in London. Ex-senator
Foraker, of Ohio, was before the COM
mittee Wednesday and said in so many
words that Mr.. Hearst had misrepre
sented nothing when he had claimed
that he did not know how he had come
by the letters. He went on to produce
statement prepared by Gilchrist
Stewart purporting to be based upon a
description by w. w. WINFIELD of how
WINFIELD and Charles Stump got the
letters. WINFIELD is negro who is
now a waiter in Chicago, and he and
Stump were at the time employed as
servants in Archbo.d's office. Accord
ing to WINFIELD, he and Stump took
some letters from Mr.. Archbold's files
and wrote a letter to the New York
American offering them for sale. Next
day they were told to come to the Of
flee of the American. They went, eX
pecting to see Mr.. Hearst; but were
met by a man named Eldridge. They
wanted $4,000 for the letters; but
Eldridge gave them only $4,000. The
American people photographed the
letters and returned them. The repre-
sentatives of Hearst, then gave the men
a list of 200 senators and governors
and made an offer for any letters that
might be found Of any of them. The
two men went through Archbo'ds files
and got another big batch of letters.
for the letters they procured, and gave
them also $500 for the signature of Mr..
Archbold which they procured by get
ting Mr.. Archbold to write his name In
an autograph album. Senator Foraker
asked the committee to summon Wink
field before II and examine him as to
the whole matter.
Princeton, n. j., December 16: At
ter a months leisure and recreation in
the Bermuda islands woodrow Wilson
returned home tonight and took up in
earnest, the many tasks that confront
him in his dual role as governor Of New
Jersey and president elect of the Unit
ed States. Thousands of letters await
ed Mr.. Wilson's arrival and thorgh
most of them concerned his national
administration, the prCsident-elect
made it clear he still was governor and
intended to devote his energies now to
state business. Mr.. wilson said he
would defer office filling and announce
ments concerning his administration
until after he had cleared away, the ac-
cumulated details of his New Jersey
nRoa Mr Wilson NAV remain gov