Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

sions Tightening those of the original
measure, passed the Georgia house
Wednesday after several days of fight
ing. The vote was passed 12s to AZ.
This vote, If held, is sufficient to re-
pass the bill over the governors wish,
if he vetoes it. The house also voted
down an amendment providing the ref
ference of the measure to vote or the
people. The Alexander -Tippins bill Is
especially drastic toward locker CLUBS
and provides ways by which the gov,
ernor practically controls them ana
carries provisions for prosecution Tor
perjury If the officials OF such ciups
swear to falsehoods in testifying. The
bill is yet to go to the senate.
Corning, N. Y, July 8: That William
Schroeder. engineer of the express
train which ran into the rear end Of
Lackawanna passenger train NO. .
here last Thursday, causing the deatn
of forty persons in the resulting wreck,
was apparently intoxicated within four
hours of the time he boarded the en-
CINE which he guided to destruction
was the testimony given at the coro-
ner's inquest here today by Charles
Klapproth Klapproth testified that at
1890 on the morning Of July he was
at his business in Elmira, and that ne
saw Schroeder walking toward him
staggering. He remarked to friends
who were with him that Schroeder
seemed intoxicated. Schroeder went on
towards his home and Klapproth saw
no more of him, Engineer Schroeder, 1t
was learned today, was late in report
ing for duty on the day of the wreck
The train was held for him and he
started out without testing his engine.
Little attention has been given the
chemical schedule which the senate
killed, yet the industry which would
have been affected Is one Of the largest
we have. According to the New YORK
Commercial, there were $500 estab-
lishments so classified in 1900 and H.
S63 in 1910, and the capital invested
rose from $1,1S0,000 900 in 1900 to 81
product of the factories has grown
from $751;, 100000 in 1900 to $1.479,0O0.-
900 in 1910; the number of salaried Of
ficers from 34,566 in 1900 to 63,756 in
1910 and the number Of wage -earners
from 1855 to 242,961 in the same
space of time. Wages have gone up
much faster, the amount so paid in
1910 being $116.214,000 as compared
with $73,349,000 in 1900. The public has
little idea Of the Importance of our
chemical industries.
The "lie" was passed without
bloodshed in the house last Tuesday
Representative Buchanan OF Illinois.
Democrat, criticised Minority Leader
Mann sharply for his alleged hostility
to labor legislation, adding that Mr.
Mann had resorted to filibustering and
other methods to block the appointment
of a committee to investigate the ray
lor system of scientific shop manage
ment. Mr.. Mann retorted that he had
fought it only because Mr.. Buchanan
sought the creation OF a packed
commission, the leadership Of which
he was seeking himself. Mr.. Buchan-
an made no immediate reply but later
rose to q question of personal privilege.
"The charge is untrue" he said. "1'
my colleague does not wish to correct
1t he will show a desire to separate
himself from the truth, which he fire.
quently does on the floor Of this house."
There were cries of mo, no" and sew
eral Kisses from both sides of the
house. Mr.. Mann declined to even
look in Mr.. Buchanan's direction.
Two persons were killed and seven
teen injured, three fatally, by lightning
yesterday at Camp Fettus, near An
niston, Ala, where three the man
oeuvers of organized militia of several
southern states are being held. Charles
Kirby and H. Rape were killed and
seventeen others seriously injured
when the mess tent of Company B,
Second Alabama Infantry, was struck
by tightening early last night. Three OF
the injured troopers are not expected
to live The men were taken to hospi-
tails Immediately and placed under
treatment of the surgeons of the reg
ular army. All are from the Birming-
ham district. Pandemonium reigned
e.. l. oft ha hn1
struck. The mess hall was not demol-
ished, although nearly all metal in the
structure was melted, including sever
al metal cups. A metal artillery flag
pole, against which one of the members
of the camp was leaning, was melted,
without injuring the militiaman. The
men were just in the act of signing
their pay slips when the stroke came.
A sensational attack on President
Taft, Colonel Roosevelt and the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties marked
the beginning of the prohibition ma
tional convention at Atlantic City. n.
j., last Wednesday. Clinton N. How
ard, of Rochester, N. Y, temporary
chairman, spoke Of the "boss-ridden,
liquor controlled old parties" and de-
clared that no real reform was to be
gained from either or from Roosevelt's
third party. mo president" he said,
has surrendered more abjectly to the
liquor interests than has Taft. His
record is too recent, familiar and odor-
ferrous to require review" Howard
said it would be criminal waste of
good man, but to kill the liquor traffic"
could be stamped out through the Re-
publican party "by it's silent platform,
its present unworthy leadership, it's
long consistent liquor record, it's pres
ent monopoly -nurtured candidate L"
who more than any of his predecessors
has become a wet nurse for the saloon
What better results can be expected
from the Democratic party? Not only
as little but less than nothing at ALL"
Howard said that while Woodrow Will
son was known as a good man." the
prohibitionists are mot here to elect a
good man, but to kill the liquor traffic."
Speaking on Roosevelt, Howard said
that Roosevelt, from the standpoint
OF prohibitiOniSt, by his recent public
utterances and confessed personal hab-
its, is the least desirable of them ALL"
j. b. Cranfill, of Dallas, responding to
the welcome, said: IF we do not win
next November, Wilson will be presi-
dent"
Claiming to be Mrs. John d. Rookie
feller's butler and personal representa-
tive, Joe Wright, a negro get-rich-
quick Wallingford has duped innumer-
able Atlanta servant girls during the
past few days, extracting the sum of
"a from each on a promise that he
would recommend them to Mrs. Rookie
Teller for employment as her maid.
Wright's story was very simple, and he
never varied it. He told each girl that
Mrs. Rockefeller had sent him south to
find her an ideal southern negro maid,
and pretended that each victim was
the one sought. The four dollars was
to arrange the preliminaries for the
transportation to New York, etc.
Wright would probably have been still
working his game successfully if an
employer of one Of the maids had not
recognized Wright as well known
dog trader, and turned him over to the
police. Wright is known in pretty
nearly every town south of Mason and
DiXon's line as dealer in dogs. He
never pays licenses, and is usually fin
ed before he leaves town. The do"
business must have slumped," was Re-
corder Broyles' greeting when the ne
gro was brought before him. He recog-
nized Wright Immediately.
Columbia special of July 10 to
Spartanburg Journal: Albert Sottile
was the only one of the witnesses who