Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-25
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tributions and expenses on tomor-
row. The Democrats gave out pre-
liminary statement sometime ago.
In the solemn atmosphere of
Christ, apart from the noise Of the po-
litical demonstrations to which he has
become accustomed, Governor Wood
row Wilson delivered a speech at
Trenton, N. j., last Wednesday night.
1t was virtually sermon on the value
of church organization and was deliv-
cred at the exercises celebrating the
200th anniversary of the founding OF
the First Presbyterian church of Tren-
ton. Life without the standard of the
church." said the Democratic presi-
faltering quicksand. The church is
one Of the many expressions of the
permanent side of life. This church
through it's 200 years has witnessed
the birth and death of political parties
1t has seen everything change except
the search for God and every commu-
nifty should realize that the search for
God should take precedence over ev-
erything else. 1 know that the saliva
ton of a church, however. the saliva
ton of the community and the saliva
tion Of the state is to be founded only
by men who are greater than them
his own success, but confident only of
the cause he represents, has the hosts
of almighty God behind him.
That moving picture shows have
closed more than 500 saloons in
a Pennsylvania city, statement made
to court officials after an investiga-
ton, places the shows in the attitude
Of being great influence toward
temperance and gives their managers
a weapon of defense against those
who have somewhat indiscriminately
denounced such exhibitions. The re-
port states that Of the 1000 bars in ex-
istence only 80 per cent are making
money. The other 20 per cent are
business. OF those who are closing
or seeking to close, 40 per cent blame
the decline in profits to the moving
picture theatres. They say that
where the average working man used
to patronize the bar he now goes
along with his family to the motion
picture theatre" The most striking
conclusion to be drawn from this state
ment is that the drinking resorts have
been freQuented rather as some
place to go" than for the purpose Of
indulgence. The picture show proves
rival. as "some place to Co." and.
long as you like"
Previous to 1890 there were only
forty-five "old line," or legal reserve
life insurance companies, doing busi
ness in the United States under char
ters granted by various states, togeth-
er with four Canadian companies. On
the 18th Of February. 1912, there were
16S American companies-123 having
been launched since 1890. to say moth
ing of number that had been charter
ed in various states, done business for
q short time and either retired or had
been absorbed by other companies. Of
the companies organized since 1890,
nineteen were chartered between 1890
and 1900, fourteen between 1900 and
1905, and the remaining ninety between
1905, when the investigation Of insur-
ance methods, conducted by Chas. E.
Hughes in New York city, as attorney
for the Armstrong committee, and
1912, and several more companies have
been launched since the middle of
February. Insurance statistics, COM
piled for the insurance departments of
the various states, as the law requires,
show that about seventy-five per cent
Of the new business issued and paid
for during 1911 was by those companies
chartered previous to 1870.
Rev. S. E Wasson, pastor Of the
Ounce Hill Methodist church of At
lanta, has kicked out of the Men and
Religion Forward movement" be-
cause Of an official declaration that the
election Of Jim Woodward as mayor of
the city lis the will of God" Rev. Mr..
Wasson says that the election repre-
sents nothing of the kind, and that any
claim to that effect is more rotten than
anything that Calvin has ever promul-
gated. Atlanta has been through quite
an uplift crusade that eliminated some
weeks ago in the closing of disorderly
houses by the chief Of police with the
sanction and approval Of the Men and
Religion Forward movement The
mayoralty campaign was on at the time.
Jim Woodward Is notoriously the rep
resentative of sympathizers with the
element that has no patience with
moral restraint Of any kind. During
the recent campaign he refused to ex-
press himself one way or the other
with reference to the act of Chief
Beavers in closing disorderly houses;
but everybody understood that he did
not approve of the step. The Men and
Religion Forward movement people
prayed for the defeat of Woodward and
did what they could against him other
wise. After the election of the objec-
tionable candidate there was sent out
a bulletin asking the ministers to pray
for Woodward's success, and this was
the cause of Rev. Mr.. Wasson's utter
reputation of the whole business.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, October %: The
revolt Of Gen. Felix DiaZ, nephew of
the exiled president of Mexico, has
been short lived. The town of Vera
Cruz. which he occupied with about
300 adherents for several days, was
captured by the Mexican federal forces
today. The casualties were few. No
foreigners were hurt. Two federal
columns commanded by Col. Jiminez
Castro and Gen. Joaquin Beltran en-
tered Vera Cruz from the north and
south. There was slight opposition to
their advance. Col. Castro with less
than fifty men captured Gen. Felix
DiaZ, whose 300 men at police head
mand. The revolutionists in the bar
racks have not yet surrendered. They
say they will hold out until the last
man is killed. However, the weaker
spirits seem to be trying to escape. The
killed and wounded number less than
100. Desultory firing continued after
the federals entered the town. Instead
of great battle everything was in a
muddle. Rebels and federals encount-
ereu eacn OIner IN the streets WITH
out one knowing which side the other
was affiliated with, as uniforms of all
were alike. Col. Jiminez Castro was
shot in the leg during the first firing
Col DiaZ OrdaZa of the Twenty fifth
infantry, who joined Gen. Diaz with
his troops in the revolution, has disap-
peared, but an active search for him is
being made. The rebel officers have
been made prisoners. 1t is believed they
will be ordered shot by summary court
martial 1t is announced the soldiers
will not be punished. The United
States cruiser Des Moines sent Lieut.
Burns and Passed Assistant Surgeon
Cohn ashore to attend the wounded.
New, York, October 25: Police
Lieut.. Chas. Becker was found guilty
of murder in the first degree by the
jury which has been trying him for in
stigating the death of Herman Rosen-
thai, the gambler. The verdict read:
Murder in the first degree" and was
pronounced exactly at midnight. Beck
er was remanded for sentence to the
Tombs by Justice Goff until October
30. Mrs. Becker. sitting outside the
door of the court room, fell in a swoon
when the verdict was announced John
+. Mcintyre, Becker's chief counsel