Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-18
Scraps and faets.

Columbia, October II: In replying
to President Taft's letter on a propos-
ed cooperative agricultural credit,
Governor Blease said, 1T will give me
much pleasure to read and study the
question therein mentioned by your
self and to cooperate with you In any
manner that will bring relief to the
agricultural people Of my state and our
nation" The governor told the presi-
dent that he intended to be present at
the governors conference. In response
to telegraph request from Mrs. Jane
Scott Woodruff, of Jackson, Tenn,
chairman of the southern league of
woman's national Wilson Marshall or
ganization, Governor Blease today ap-
pointed Mrs. George w. Nichols, of
Spartanburg, and Mrs John V. Wal
lace, of Charleston, as the South Caro-
lima members of the league. These
ladies will have charge of the raising
Of dollar contributions from the South
Carolina ladies for the Wilson-Mar-
shall campaign fund.
Greensboro special Of October Is to
Charlotte Observer: Eugene v. Debs,
Socialist candidate for the presidency,
spoke to an audience Of about 500 peo-
pie here tonight Delegations from
Winston Salem and Spencer were on
hand, w. B. Taylor of Winston Salem
presiding over the meeting and intro
ducing the speaker. In his address Mr..
Debs made a strong appeal to the
working men and the plain people to
join with him in his fight for the social
emancioation of all mankind. He at
tackled the Democratic, Republican and
Progressive parties and declared that
the interests and capitalistic class
controlled each of the old parties. Gov
of al ind, ty-Sn
was urged as one Of the necessities of
social justice. He declared that If the
government could transport messages
by steam for two cents there was no
reason why 1t should not handle tel
egraph and telephone messages at
fair charge. Mr.. Debs deplored the at
tack of a maniac upon Colonel Roose-
velt and declared that it had been
falsely represented that the assailant
was a Socialist Our party abhors
violence" he said. The speech here
was the only one the four time presi-
Dental candidate made in the state. He
left tonight for Washington.
Atlanta, October Is: James G..
Woodward today defeated Aldine
Chambers by majority of TT votes
in Atlanta's second mayorality pri-
mary, which is equivalent to an cleo
ton. In today's primary Woodward
polled 5,2S1 votes, against 1854 for
Chambers. In the first primary held
two weeks ago, at which today's con-
testants polled the highest vote, Wood
ward received 4,273 votes and Cham
bers 1867. Interest in today's pri-
mary centered chiefly in the attitude
shown by the candidates in regard to
the vice crusade recently inaugurated
by Chief of Police Beavers. Chief
Beavers issued orders for the closing
Of every house in the restricted dis
trict and every disorderly place in
the city. Chambers announced that
he would support Beavers in the cru
sade If nominated. Woodward was
-committal.
Judge Hand, in the United States
circuit court, says a New York dis
patch. dismissed the suit brought by
the Journal Of Commerce against
Postmaster General Hitchcock and At
torney General Wickersham to test
the constitutionality Of the newspaper
publicity law, and in so doing he sus-
tanned demurrers interposed by the
government.
- Mexico City, October 16: General
Felix Diaz, nephew of Gen. Portfiro
Diaz, the deposed president Of Mexico
raised the banner of rebellion at Vera
Cruz today. He entered the city with
500 men and seized the arsenal and
garrison. Gen. Diaz Ordaz was in COM
mand Of the garrison, which compris-
ed 500 Of the 21st infantry and one
six-inch battery. Diaz then placed men
in charge Of the two gunboats Tampi-
co and Bravo, lying in the harbor. The
news Of the rising caused great excite
ment here, although there were no
street demonstrations. Mexicans gen.
orally appeared elated at the new de-
velopments. Later reports are that
General Diaz found many adherents
when he entered Vera Cruz. including
some Of the troops, but the govern
ment has been informed that the 18th
infantry and the artillery remain 10y
al. Colonel Gutierrez, commanding the
loyal troops, notified the government
that he will resist. The two forces are
now in the city of Vera Cruz and street
fighting is imminent. President Made
70 has ordered the mobilization Of 5000
regulars to proceed against General
DiaZ. The arrest of alleged partisans
of Diaz in Mexico City is expected mo-
mentarily. The government has in
structed the railroads into Vera Cruz
to withdraw all equipment-the Mexi-
can to Orizaba, the Inter- Oceanic to
Laalpa, and the Vera Cruz-Pacific to
TERRA Blanca.
= The total supply of cotton in the
United States on September 80 was
2,110,67S running bales, counting round
bales as half bales, according to the
census bureaus first regular supply
and distribution report made last We'd
nesday in compliance with the recent
ly enacted law requiring a monthly
statement Of the quantity Of cotton
consumed, on hand, imported and ex-
ported and the number of active cot
ton spindles. OF the cotton on hand
the quantity held by manufacturers
was 722,7S1 bales as follows: In cot
ton growing states 206,S69 and in all
at independent warehouses and else
where 1,3S7,S97 bales as follows: In
cotton growing states 1,2S5,S34 and in
all other states 102,063. Cotton con-
sumed in the United States during
September amounted to 1872 bales,
as follows: In cotton growing states
225,424 and in all other states 211, 1898.
Exports of cotton during September
were 729,S59 bales, as follows: To the
United Kingdom, 345,290 to Germany,
163,449; to France, 103,060; to Italy,
The imports of cotton during the
month amounted to 1850 bales as fol-
lows: From Egypt, 1925; from the
United Kingdom, 6,541; from all other
countries, 2,644. The number of cotton
spindles operated during September in
the United States were 29,795,792, Of
which 11,519,913 were in cotton grow
ing states and 1S,275,S79 in all other
states.
The first X-ray plate which def
nitely shows the bullet in Colonel
Roosevelt's chest was developed late
Wednesday afternoon, according to a
Chicago dispatch. The bullet is shown
partly imbedded in the fracture in the
fourth rib, about four inches from the
sternum. The bullet is much fiattened
and spread out of shape. 1t is crushed
into the upper edge of the rib. Several
smaller pieces of bone project near it.
The radiograph shows an extraordi-
nary spread and arch to the uninjured
ribs, indicating the unusual size of
the colonel's lungs and developments
of chest. The position of the bullet is
at the lower corner of a right-angled
triangle, the apex of which is in the
middle Of the sternum, perpendicularly
opposite the missile, and the other cor
ner of which is the suprasternal notch.
Wires laid on Colonel Roosevelt'S bare