Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-12-23

Ali wheat 1868, 900, 900 bushels, being
SO per cent more than last year; all
rye. 1,S2S,OOO, 900 bushels II per cent
more than last year; oats, 4,5Il, ,0OO,-
600 bushels, 2.S per cent more than
last year. The foregoing includes the
production of Austria, Germany, BEL
gium, Denmark, Spain, France, Great
Britain and Ireland, Hungary, ltaly'
Nuremburg, Netherlands, Roumania'
Russia in Europe (63 governments),
Switzerland, Canada, United States,
India. Japan, Russia in Asia Go gov
ernments), Algeria and Tunis. The
total production of sugar beets was
54,992,0O short tons, 20 per cent
more than last year in Belgium, Den
mark, Spain, France, Italy, Neither
lands, Roumania, Switzerland, Can
ada, United States, Prussia, Hungary,
not including Croatia and SlaVonia.
The total production of cleaned cotton
was 9,296, 100000 pounds, 81 per cent
more than last year, in the United
States, India, Japan and Egypt.
= Greensboro, N. c., December 10:
The suit in the United States district
court, brought by ]. c. Hemphill, for
mer editor OF the Charlotte, n. C., Op-
server and Ambrose e. Gonzales, OF the
Columbia, S. c., State newspaper,
against D. A. Tompkins, George Ste
phens, w. H Wood and the First Ma
tional Bank, of Charlotte, n. c., Tor
the appointment Of a receiver for GER
tain shares of stock in the Observer
company, of Charlotte, transferred or
alleged to have been transferred, un-
der an alleged contract of september
1911, early today came to an END mere
when Judge James E. Boyd OF the
trin trrt
decree lismissing the suit and order
ing that the defendants recover OF the
plaintiffs the costs Of the action, and
further that the restraining order
heretofore issued be set aside. AS a
conclusion of law the court, ruling on
the defendants exceptions, holds tnat
the contract of September, 1911, py
which certain shares OF stock OF the
Observer company were transferred
did not constitute a partnership De-
tween the parties, and that the con-
tract is illegal and void under the cor
poration laws Of North Carolina.
Extraordinary efforts are being
made by the postoffice department to
prevent delays in the delivery OF
Christmas mail. There always is
great volume. of mail around Christ
mas and this year with the added task
of handling hundreds of thousands OF
parcel post packages the ofhces In the
larger cities would have been nope
lessly swamped but for emergency
measures. Practically every postofflce
and mail route in the land is over
whelmed with parcel post matter, lax-
ing TO the utmost the facilities or the
service. Postmaster General BurleSoh
said last Friday night that congestion
nr0mlSeQ
there would be no delays. "Anticipat-
ing the enormous volume Of mail the
service would be called upon to nan
die during the first Christmas season
of the parcel post" he said, the de-
partment for some time has been ad-
justing itself to the problem and mas
taken every precaution to avoid any
possible interference with prompt ana
effective handling of parcel post mail.
The public can be assured that all par
cells entrusted to the postal service
will be handled with extreme care, ols-
patched without delay and promptly
delivered. In several Of the larger OF
fees large numbers Of additional en-
ployes have been placed on duty the
substitute force in nearly every city
being employed to the limit.
Attorney General McReynolds has
made public details of an agreement
for reorganization Of the American
Telephone and Telegraph company
the telephone trust'-which Will pre-
vent litigation to dissolve that corpora
ton under the antitrust act, ana un.
der which competitive conditions Will
be restored in the telephone service OF
the entire country and the combine
will dispose of it's holdings in the
western Union Telegraph company
The reorganization plan originated
with the company although 1t followed
many reports that a suit against II
might be filed. 1t is regarded by the
department of justice officials as the
most striking indication offered In
decade that big business mas come
to the conclusion that 1t is better 10
conform to the Sherman law than 10
fight it. The plan met not only the
approval Of the attorney general ana
his chief trust buster" G. c. Todd,
and officials of the subsidiaries OF the
combine, but was heartily approved by
President Wilson. In letter to MI.
McReynolds, the president expressed
his admiration for the attitude OF the
telephone company and mis- conVlctloh
that such conduct on the part or the
business men meant a building up OF
business on sound and permanent
lines. Coming on the heels OF the an
nouncement that Postmaster General
Burleson is seriously interested In gov
ernment ownership of telephone lines
the action Of the department Of justice
took on an added significance and
some of the officials went so far as to
express the opinion that it indicated
that legislation to acquire the coun-
try's telephone business would not be
pressed by the administration at the
present session.
The law prohibiting the opening
of postoffices and delivery OF mail on
Sunday has added largely to the cost
of the postal service and materially
lessons its efficiency" according to the
annual report of Daniel G. Roper, hrst
assistant postmaster general, MADE
public last Friday. Mr.. Roper sug-
gests that it would be in the interest
of both the service and the employees
to amend the law so as to authorize
Sunday work and grant compensatory
time off to employees assigned to sun
day duty The experimental delivery
of mail in villages has been failure,
Mr.. Roper reports, and he recon-
mends that the service be discontinued
on June 80, 1914. He recommends
that the compensation OF rural mall
carriers De CIlduSSu IL OIil q ihiiShoS ~
an eight hour basis and that the car
riers be permitted to deliver mail re-
gardless OF the distance from the post
office of the corporate limits OF the
town. He also strongly urges that
many small independent postoftices be
discontinued and established as sta
tions of nearby large offices. General
approval of the operation OF the eight
hour law was given by Mr.. Roper
During the year ending June 80, 1918
1928 presidential postmasters were
appointed, 1,1S1 being named subse-
uuent to March 4. No person has been
appointed, the report said, who has
failed to satisfy the department as tc
his capacity for efficient service. the
report estimates that S0O,OOO.OO0 par
eel post packages were handled dur
ing the first six months of the systems
operation. Methods of handling par
eel post mail have been standardized
with a result of material reduction II
the cost of service. The work OF put
ting into effect uniform methods
throughout the country is being car
ried on by the departments experts.
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