Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-27
Scraps and facts.

tom house was greatly damaged ana
other buildings also suffered severely.
A great number of people who came
within the zone of fire while passing
along the streets were slaughtered. A
panic set in and the people fled In
droves towards the groves Of Lebanon.
Columbia special Of February %
to the Spartanburg Herald: The UNI
ted States farm demonstration work
in South Carolina will be pushed rap
idly forward during the present year.
Plans were discussed at conference
here today between L. L. Baker, or
Bishopville, and w. H. Barton, OF
Greenville, the district agents OF the
work. The headquarters OF the dem
onstration work will be located at
Clemson college, and the state agent
Is yet to be appointed by Bradford
Knapp, the head Of the work. sci
entific agriculturist will be selected 70
take charge Of the state work. The
field work will be under the direction
of Mr.. Baker and Mr.. Barton. L. L.
Baker, the district agent for the cas-
tern section of tn state, said today
that a meeting OF Tue county agents
was soon to be held at Clemson col
lege when the plans for 1912 will be
discussed. He said that the Boys
Corn club work would be given much
attention by the officials. 1t was not
necessary for the general assembly 10
make an appropriation for the work
this year. The funds will be provid-
ed by the national department OF
agriculture and Clemson college.
The Colombian incident was clos
ed last Saturday, says Washington
dispatch, when the state department
received a letter from the Colombian
Minister Pedro Mel Ospina, saying
he had turned the legation affairs
over to Senior Don Roberto MacDou-
all, first secretary, who will act as
charge d'affaires. Similar word was
received from American Minister Du-
bois at Bogota, which in addition said
that the American legation there had
been officially informed Of Minister
Ospina's recall. The attitude Of the
press Of Colombia in the Ospina- Knox
incident Is Of especial qualification to
the state department. Minister Du-
bois reported that almost without ex-
ception the influential newspapers of
the republic Join in applauding the
governments action in recalling Min
lister Ospina. This Is accepted as in
dicative of the dawn of an era of
much better feeling toward the Unit
ed States and as the end Of the bit
ter feeling engendered by American
acquisition Of the canal zone. The
hearty invitation of Colombia to
Secretary of State Knox to visit its
shores has not yet been answered, so
far as the state department knows.
The decision lies entirely with Sec
retary Knox. to whom the invitation
was sent by wireless. He Is on the
cruiser Washington somewhere be-
tween Key West and Colon.
New York, February %: Il will
accept the nomination for president II
II Is rendered to me, and will adhere
to this decision until the convention
has expressed its preference" Is Col.
Theodore Roosevelts reply to the letter
of seven Republican governors asking
him to stand for the nomination. The
eagerly awaited reply was given out
tonight at Colonel Roosevelt's offices
here during his absence on trip to
Boston. 1t was Unexpectedly brief,
but definite. It follows: Gentlemen:
deeply appreciate your letter and 1
realize to the full the heavy responsil-
ity II puts upon me. expressing as 1t
does the carefully considered convic-
tions Of the men elected by popular
vote to stand as the head of the gov
ernment in their several states. / alb
solutely agree with you that this mat
ter Is not one to be decided with any
reference to the personal preferences or
interests of any man, but purely from
the standpoint Of the interests Of the
people as q whole. I will accept the
nomination for president If 1t Is ten
dered to me, and / will adhere to this
decision until the convention has ex-
pressed its preference. One Of the
chief principles for which have stood |
and for which / now stand and which |
houa andaa Vnrn6 ra1nnp /
to action is the genuine rule Of the
people; and therefore l hope that so
far as possible the people may be CIV |
en- the chance, through direct prl- |
maries, to express their preference as
to who shall be the nominee of the Re- |
publican presidential convention.
Washington, February "a: Deter |
mined that no more American lives |
shall be sacrificed as a result of fight |
ing on the Mexican border, the United |
States troops along the Rio Grande
were reinforced today and orders CIV
en- that firing into American territory
must be stopped, even though 1t be
necessary to cross the boundary line
to enforce compliance. The order, the
most sweeping that has gone out
from the White House in the present
situation, was issued after a confer
ence between President Taft, Secre-
tary of War Stimson, and Acting Sec
retary of State Huntington Wilson. In
addition to sending another regiment
Of infantry and three batteries Of field
artillery to the Mexican line, orders
were issued to division commanders
throughout the country to hold their
commands in readiness to move at a
moments notice. The acute situation
in Mexico has had the effect of put
ting the army establishment in high
state of preparedness. and mobiliza-
tion on the Rio Grande could be ef-
fected quickly if the occasion arose.
The Mexican government, II Is under
stood, will be advised of the intention
of the United States to prevent at all
hazards a repetition of the casualties
due to stray bullets coming across
the line, which marked the fighting
during the Madero revolution at sew
tral zone along the border will be in
sisted on in which fighting must cease.
This zone the United States intends to
have respected, as evidenced by to-
days White House conference and re-
sulting orders.
- Sharp criticism of a bureau of la
bor report on labor conditions in the
south was made in the senate yester-
day by Senator Overman OF North
Carolina He found especial fault
with a comparison of the bills of fare
of the mill men of South Carolina and
Georgia with the menus of the prison
ers in the Federal penitentiary at At
lanta, Ga, and after reading several
of these bills of fare, declared they
were equal to those of the average
senator. He did not know, he said,
why the mill operatives of the south
should be subjected to such an indig-
nifty, unless ii was TO meet the de-
mands of sectional fanatics. He de-
clared the report to he a slander on
good citizens. What Is the govern
ment going to do about it?" he de-
manded. rs it proposed to clothe and
feed these people and give them better
wages? If not what is the purpose of
the report?" Senator Gallinger said
that such reports ought to be stopped.
He declared the principal purpose in
preparing them to be the continuation
OF the salaries of the officials prepar-
ing them. No action was taken.
New York. February 25: The con-
tinuation Of the epidemic of robberies
and hold-ups in this city was accom-
nania6 nv repOrtS TODAY that DeDuty