Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-30
Scraps aud faets.

come an object of interest to WASH
ington visitors. and the correspondents
have described II and printed its his
tory. The bed Is feet wide by Is
feet long, and is situated alongside a
lattice work that Is used to dry clothes
on. 1t Is said that the bed was estab-
lished by President Mckinley. that II
was used only occasionally by Presi-
dent Taft and that President Wilson
uses 1t sometimes to garnish spring
lamb. ..r ...... .r .-..
Washington, May %: Manufac-
ed goods exported from the United
States during the first ten months of
the fiscal year 1918 exceeded by $780,
900 worth a day the exports in the cor
responding period last year. Secre-
tary Redfield today expressed great
satisfaction over this showing in re-
port from the bureau Of domestic and
foreign commerce. The exports in the
first ten months this year have been
greater by 1854, 100000 than last year,
the totals being $1,25S,000,000 against
$3.50 ,000 These include manufac-
lures finished ready for use, manu-
factures for further use in manufac-
turing, and foodstuffs partly or Who'll
ly manufactured. The greatest in
crease was in finished manufactures,
$96,00,000. The increase in goods for
further use in manufactu- ing was
1000, 900. The balance Of trade in
favor of the country during the first
three months this year has been $780,
10000, the exports having amounted
to $2,10S, 100000, while the imports to-
tailed only s1,54S,000,000. .. -'
If an Innocent looking and appar-
emily harmless little ailment, says an
Atlanta dispatch, comes tapping at
your door this spring, and says: Il am
German Measles" don't you take any
body's word for 1t except that OF your
physician, says the Georgia state board
of health. German Measles" whose
other name is "Rubella," Is mild
hammered fellow himself, who will
likely not do you any harm, but there
are a couple of grand rascals mas
Querading in his guise, and II one OF
them gets into your house there may
be trouble. One Of them Is named
true measles and the other Is scarlet
fever. Both are exceedingly danger
Gus guests, according to the Georgia
state board of health, and have often
accomplished their most dire results
when carelessly mistaken for rubelia.
In cases where the epidemic breaks
out in a community, the usual precau-
tions should be taken by the families
In which the disease appears, and by
the local health authorities. Isolation,
and the sterilization by burning. boil
ing or fumigation of everything that
comes in contact with the patient are
the principal precautions. ..
The damage suit Of Theodore
Roosevelt against George A. Newett, q
newspaper owner Of Ishpeming, Michi-
gan, now being tried at Marquette,
Michigan, is attracting widespread in
terest throughout the country, especi-
ally on account Of the prominence OF
the plaintiff. During the recent cam
paign the newspaper described Col.
Roosevelt as a common drunkard, and
Colonel Roosevelt Is seeking vindica-
ton Of his character. The colonel was
on the stand on Tuesday, and told his
story which was to the effect that al
though he sometimes indulged in in
toxicants to very moderate extent,
he was never drunk in his life, that
while he took q little champagne, and
other white wines occasionally, anu
occasionally also mint julip, he de-
tested whisky and beer, and most Of
the brandy he drank was a teaspoon
ful at time In glass OF milk, Tnat
was at the insistent advice of his fam
ily physician. He testified and the tes-
timony was corroborated that during
his hunting trip in Africa, he drank
only seven ounces of brandy, and that
was taken with other medicine In the
treatment Of fever with which he
had been seized. He named various
times and places at which he had
drunk champagne; but stated that at
no time did he drink more than two
glasses. Numerous Of the coloners
friends and associates have testified In
full corroboration of the colonel's tes-
70 q
the newspaper that made the charge
Of drunkenness is in pretty bad. The
newspapers defense is that 1t had evil
dence that It considered reliable that
Col Roosevelt was a drunkard, and
that 1t felt fully justified In giving the
Information to the public for the rea-
son that no drunkard Is fit to occupy
the high position Of president Of the
United States.
A general reorganization OF the
railway mail service, which will In
clude the removal of General Superin-
tendent Theodore Ingalls, Of Kentucky
and the demotion Of transfer Of six Cr
seven division superintendent as
planned by the postoffice department,
says Washington dispatch, will be
put in operation just as soon as its de-
tails have been worked out and per-
fected. George w. Pepper Of the fourth
division, which includes Georgia, Ten
nessee, Alabama and Florida, will, 1t
is believed, be among the number OF
division superintendents to lose out in
the general shakeup. His chief clerk,
Charles Ragar, will go also 1t Is be-
lieved. Peppers headquarters are In
Atlanta. Both he and Ragar are COM
paratively strangers to the southern
division. They were transferred there
two or three years ago by former Post
master General Hitchcock and their
service has been unsatisfactory, 1t is
said. The complaints against the rail-
way mail service have become general
and the alleged inefflciency has been a
convenience to the entire postal sys-
tenn in the south. 1t Is believed that
one Of the inevitable results Of the
shake-up especially with reference to
the southern division, will be the even
tual elimination Of the negro from the
service. 1t Is understood that there
will be inaugurated with the re-organ-
ization a we'll considered plan to Sc
gregate the races. While the purpose
is not to drive out the negro, 1t is be-
lieved that this will be its ultimate ef-
feet. It is contended with good rea-
son that II the negroes are forced to
work in crews to themselves, a vast
majority Of them will be forced out OF
the service through inefhciency. 1t Is
claimed that most Of them lack this
knowledge and initiative to meet the
rigid requirements Of the department,
as directed by the demands Of the SER
vice and echoed by the civil service
regulations. That the negroes have
been able to hold on in the railway
mail service Is attributed to the fact
that under the Hitchcock regime they
were sandwiched in between compe-
tent and efficient white clerks in the
mail cars, and their delinquencies thus
escaped detection.
Democrats Of the house will eau
Gus next Monday to consider a resolu-
tion to limit legislation during the ex-
ira session to tariff, currency and pos
sible emergency appropriations and to
pass upon committee assignments.
Democratic Leader Underwood, who
will present the committee selections of
all three parties. also is expected to
introduce the resolution outlining the
house programme for the session.
speechmaking on the committee as
signments is expected particularly
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