Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-04

way. the internal revenue ofhcers TO-
day turned their attention to the Sc
lection of the staff to collect the mon
ey. In the next few months three
hundred and thirty four deputy col
lectors. forty agents and forty inspec.
tors are to be appointed. Severai
thousand applications for these po-
sitions have been received at tne
treasury department. Appointments
probably will be apportioned among
the states and in most cases success
full applicants will need the endorse
ment of collectors Of internal revenue
in their districts and be acceptapie 70
enators and congressman. Athousn
the. operation Of the income TAX Iam
so far as concerned collections at the
source of income, began today, the
actual cash will not reach the treas
ury for many months. Corporations
and others who pay interest on bonds
or MORTGAGES, or who pay salaries or
other forms of income, must WITH
hold the normal tax Of one per cent
except as provided by the law. Tne
return of the sums withheld Will De
made early in the year, but the COL
lections will not begin until June.
Secretary McAdoo said the reguia.
tions for the collection Of the tax put
ont by the department might require
changes from time to time.
washington, November /: A
snarl was reached today in the run
ming discussion of the administrator
CURRENCY bill by the senate banking
COMMITTEES, when the committee spent
hours in debating the capitalizauon
and control of the four regional banks
tentatively proposed to administer the
new system. The debate at tunes
waxed yociferous and the commlttee
adjourned tonight until WEDNESDAY
without affirmative action in the Ques-
ton. Several members took the po-
sition that hope for a unanimous re-
mort from the committee hinged upon
the question OF the control OF the re-
gional banks which may lie eltner
in the government or In the member
banks. The supporters OF the strict
governmental control theory deciars8
they were prepared to carry tneir
fight to the floor Of the senate. Ad-
ninistration supporters In the COM
mittee adhered to the plan in the ad-
ministration bill as 1t came from the
house by which the banks would elect
six directors of each regional bank
and the Federal reserve board would
appoint three. The board, however
would have the power to remove three
of the bank directors. The commit
tee rejected proposition advanced
by Senator Hitchcock by which the
entire system would be capitalized at
800, ,000, 900, to be subscribed py the
banks and underwriting the STOCK
and selling it to the public. This
500, 600, 900 would be under the ap-
solute control Of the Federal board
which would distribute 1t among the
regional banks as conditions war.
ranted. The vote on, the proposal
was z to 4. Senator O'Gorman pro-
posed that each regional bank be
capitalized at ten per cent Of the ma
tional bank capital in the district
which 1t served, and that each bank
control its own capital. He suggested
two means of securing the capital.
The first would require the banks to
underwrite the stock and offer II TO
the public. The, second would re-
uuire the banks to subscribe the
amount Of five per cent of their cap
ital stock, and would leave the re-
mainder open to public subscription.
Senator O'Gorman's plan was not dis
posed Of today. The committee DEFER
red further meeting until Wednesday,
owing to the absence Of several mem
bers who have left Washington on ac-
count Of the elections.
Columbia, October 81: E=actly
one dozen people, ten men and two
ladies, attended the called meeting to
organize a Prohibition party, held In
the Y. M. C.. A. here last night. Geo.
GRAY Lee Of Lykesland, state chair
man Of the Prohibitionists, presided,
and the evening was taken up with
the address of C. ]. Hall Of California,
of the National Prohi-
bition party, who outlined their pro-
gramme. Chairman George Gray Lee
declared that it was the intention OF
himself and leaders to organize Pro-
hibition party independent and sepa-
rate from the Democratic party; that
they intended organizing in every
county and every voting precinct, and
to name county and complete state
ticket He said they would go to the
general election as a separate party
and appeal to the people Of the state
to turn out the Democrats and elect
Prohibitionists. He declared that the
Democratic party had done nothing to
enforce prohibition. that nothing in
this line could be expected Of the leg
islature, and that the Christian citi-
zenship is tired of prevailing condi-
tions in South Carolina" He said,
several Christian people had told him
they were sorry they voted in the last
primary election and were
ready to join the Prohibition party.
That the fight which this wing Of the
Prohibition party will make will be
outside the Democratic party was
stated last night emphatically. They
oppose the Anti-Saloon league and de-
clared that organization had accom-
plished nothing for prohibition. They
declare their intention Of making the
fight for prohibition on a full state
ticket In the general election. The
promoters of the prohibition party
will call another meeting to organize
and name a state ticket. Their action
plex and somewhat chaotic conditions
in political circles. OF the twelve
present at the meeting all but two.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. D. Harmon, We're
from Richland county. They are res
idents of Lexington. Mr.. Hail. OF the
National Prohibitionists, is trying to
raise a fund Of $1,000 in South Caro-
lima for his party, and said that one
Prohibitionist had offered to give $500
to this amount If he would raise the
other $500. He said that so far he
had raised $17 of this amount very
few people knew the Prohibitionists
were meeting and it failed to excite
any interest in political circles.
Women Of Mexico, says a Rel Rio,
Texas, dispatch, are playing a promi-
nent part in the warfare of the south
ern republic, either as "soldaderas,"
foraging successfully for the men, or
occasionally as actual fighters. This
probably is true because the present
revolution has touched individuals and
the homes more intimately than any
other conflict of recent times. Yearly
every woman in Northern Mexico has
seen war shorn of it's theatricality be-
cause it entered the home and left
death and want. In the stage now in
progress at Monterey valued men,
Der of Gen. Pablo Ganzales's Constitu-
tionalist command is Senorita Maria
Sanchez, said to be wealthy Castil-
lian, whose brother was shot by Fed
eral regulars. She gave up the COM
forts of a luxurious home and begged
for permission to replace her brother
A few months ago at Monclova a son
of Sonora Pimental Of that city, had
been sentenced to be shot. The moth
INT tho Ladaral iail nv Stea1th