Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-12-17
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gress by a commission Of army officers
authorized to investigate the cases. All
claims of MeXicans so injured on the
American soil were disapproved. The
commission reported that Lawrence f.
Converse and Edward NJ. Platt, Amer
leans, captured in the United States by
Mexican federals were not entitled 10
indemnity, although MeXicans commit
ted International wrong in crossing the
border. They claimed nlty tnousahu
each.
-Whitelaw Reid, United States am
bassador to Great Britain since 1SO5,
died at his London residence, Dorches-
ter House, last Sunday, after an eX-
tended illness. Mr.. Reid was born IN
Xenia, Ohio on October q 1887, ana
at the time of his death, was in the
18th wear of his age. He became
newspaper writer when young man
and made his reputation as corre-
spondent during the Civil war. He al
terward became editor OF the New foTk
Tribune and subsequently owner he
first went to Great Britain as special
ambassador on the occasion or the
coronation of Edward VII, and three
wears afterward succeeded Joseph n.
Choate as the regular ambassador. he
is generally conceded to have held
down the position with splendid ablllty,
to the very great satisfaction OF the
administrations he has represented.
Washington, December Is: Moon
shining" and "bootlegging' continue
without sign of abatement, dec.areo
Royal E. Cabell, United states com
missioner of internal revenue. in MS
annual report, made public today. Dur
ing the fiscal year 1912, 2,465 Illicit DIS
tiIIing plants were seized, about the
same number as the previous year ana
the commissioner admits that the gov
ernment did not get all OF the Vlolators
of the law. A great number OF moon
sinners" still are operating, resulting III
a large loss Of revenue to the govern
ment, he adds. Illicit dlstilllng is
most prevalent" says the eomihisSlomei ishama
I'm the states of Georgia, Alabama
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee and Virginia" The total num-
her of corporations during 1911 as
shown by returns under the corpora
tion tax law was 2SS,352, with capl-
talization $5O,067, ,1SS,925 bonded IN
debtedness of $32 3,537,961 and an ag-
gregate net income of $3,2l3 I0I'z4I.
Capital stock increased over l9io py
more than s2,1S0,7OS,OOO and pono ia, anu noo
other indebtedness by S1,44S,2Oi'VOO
while the net income decreased oy
s146,543,0 900. Incorporated financial IN
stitutions and insurance companies re-
,,ortsd an aggregate annual net income
IF 1574 per cent on capital; pupnc
service corporations All per cent; IN
dustrial and manufacturing concerns
4.S0 per cent and mercantile corpora
tions 1913 per cent the corporau1ii
tax, which yielded $2S'5sS'z9s On haII Iii
19Ii returns is expected by Mr. Caoell
to become constantly increasing
source of revenue to the government
Columbia, December 12: In his
address on public health at the Uni
verslty of south Carolina today, Dr.
Iabruce Ward declared that 2I,O0o
nersons had been treated Tor nook
worm in south Carolina during the
past year. In twenty-five countles
hookworm dispensarles nave peeh es-
tablished, At one place 43O persons
apphed for treatment one day, salo
DR.. Ward. DR.. Ward is the head OF
the sanitary commission OF South Lar
olina, which is spending $lb,O0o
year for the eradication OF the NOOK
worm. The disease is widespread IN
this state. and drains the vitality of
the people. In many cases more than
1000 hookworms have been found In
a single person, sucking the blood like
teaches. In his address, DR.. Ward
pointed out that medical inspection
will free the school children in the
state of the disease, and that the
prevention of soil pollution will eXpel
the hookworm from South Carolina:
In a report made public by the
public health service at Washington
last Saturday, figures by counties for
many of the states where pellegra eX-
lists are given. Those for South Caro-
lima, which cover the period from 1907
to 1911, are as follows: Abbeville II,
Aiken 106, Anderson 13l, Bamberg
10. Barnwell 6, Beaufort 80, Berkeley
22, Calhoun 2, Charleston IS, Chero-
kee 3S, Chester 26, Chesterfield Z,
Clarendon s, Colleton 5, Darlington
19, Dillon 33, Dorchester 9, Edgetield
22, Fairfield II, Florence Is, George
town 16, Greenville l45, Greenwood
SO, Hampton s, Horny %, Kershaw 16,
Lancaster IS, Laurens 95, Lee 10,
Lexington Z, Marion II, Marlboro 2l,
Newberry 35, Oconee so. Orangeburg
SO, Pickens SO, Richland 81, Saluda
/, Spartanburg 226, Sumter II, Un-
ion so. Williamsburg IL, York %.
Cotton consumed in the United
States during the month of November
amounted to 475,240 running bales,
counting round bales as half bales, as
compared with 511,2S5 bales for Octo-
ber, according to the census bureau S
report issued last Saturday. Cotton on
hand in manufacturing establishments
and independent warehouses October
81, amounted to 4,796,430 bales, COM
parded with 3,747,2l0 bales on
yember amounted to 1,734,6S7 bales
compared with 1.515,141 bales in
October, and imports were 9,452 bales
compared with 10,570 bales. Of the
cotton consumed 243,054 bales were used
in cotton growing states and 232, ,lS6
bales in all other states. OF the cotton
on hand October 81, that held by
manufacturing establishments amount
ed to 1,355,970 bales, of which ILL.,
103 bales were in cotton growing
states and 5S4,267 bales in all other
states. Cotton in independent ware
houses amounted to 3,440,460 bales,
of which 3,335,655 bales were in cot
ton growing states and 104,S bales
were in all other states. OF the guam
tity exported, 764.9S2 bales went to
the United Kingdom; 464,05S bales
to Germany; 263,5S2 bales to France;
51,756 bales to Italy. and 190,363
bales to all other countries. OF cot
ton imported 1905 bales came from
Egypt; S67 bales from PER-; All bales
from China, and 209 bales from all
during November numbered 30,090,-
39S. of which 11,629,42S were in cot
ton growing states and 1S,460,970
were in all other states. Statistics of
supply and distribution of cotton for
the three month period ending Novem-
Der 80 are: Supply: Total 1881
053 bales; consisting of stocks held at
the beginning of the period 1,776,SS
bales; ginnings 11.113,497 bales. and
net imports 30.671 bales. Distribu-
ton: Exports 3,ySO,292 bales: con-
OH, rtfnn hol lyc
at end of period 1913 O74.
London, December 13: All the pleni-
potentiaries to the peace conference
which will convene here next week
with the purpose of ending the war
in southeastern Europe, are assembled
in London. The Turkish envoys ar
rived late tonight and, unless the con-
tinuance of hostilities between the
Turks and Greeks should prove a
hindrance, there seems nothing in
sight to prevent the conference get
hnc inn, ali 10 ta1