Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-27
Scraps aud Saets.

Robert A. Prathef or Little ROCK, Ark
The petitioner asked that the post
master general issue an order putting
the segregation into effect at once.
Experiments conducted by DIR
Edward T. Reichert, physiologist Of
the University Of Pennsylvania, show
ed that the blood OF negro can bt
clearly distinguished from that OF
white man, according to a report Of
the recent research work made public
here this week. 1t Is further reported
he Is confident that continued scien'
tific revelations will result in scientists
being able to distinguish the blood ol
an American from that OF CHINA
man, the blood of an Indian from tna
of an Englishman and the blood
German from that Of a French.-lar
and so on.
Charlotte, May %: Following 9
dispute which II Is claimed was brougn'
on by a demand for cigarettes to oe
sold on Sunday, which Is violation
of the Charlotte Sunday laws, W. b
Stevens, commissary clerk OF the Nor
folk Southern railroad, shot and per
haps fatally wounded G. 8. Smith
chief of the construction force engag-
ed in building the railroad into this
city. The shooting took place in the
commissary car Of the company stand
ing on a siding in this city. Smiths
intestines were perforated by two
shots, and attending physicians hold
out no hope for his recovery. Stevens
surrendered and was placed In jail. He
claims self-defense.
Washington, May 26: The secre-
tary of commerce will do some inVes-
tigating at an early date to determine
who sold cotton to pool In 1911 anG
gather other important facts In regard
to the matter. Senator Smith OF Soutn
Carolina today introduced a resolution
authorizing such an investigation &c
he made. after a consultation with
both Secretary Redfield and Attorney
General McReynolds on the subject
When this information Is secured
Senator Smith said, 1t will be laid be-
fore the attorney general and propa.
bly, used as a basis OF q suit agalns'
whoever the proper parties may De
This resolution Is as follows: ina,
the secretary Of commerce be, and ne
Is hereby, directed to inquire fully as
to the names of the party or parties OF
corporations that sold the cotton al
legged to have been bought In the year
1910 by a pool Of purchasers who are
now under Indictment by the depart
ment of Justice and at what prices
these parties sold this cotton to the
alleged pool and whether or not the
parties selling this cotton owned the
cotton at the time Of the sale Thereon
and the price of cotton In the mar
kets of this country on the date OF the
making Of these contracts Tor this COT
ton. and to report the same 10 the
senate at the earliest possible mo-
ment."
The strict censorship, which the
Italian government has imposed on
all news relating to the state OF
affairs in Tripoli and particularly ,on wlen
regard to the defeat Of the ltallar
forces at Sidigarba on May 16, mas
made It difficult to obtain exact In
formation on the recent reverses II
that territory. 1t has been learned
however. that the disaster at Sidi.
garb was due to a well-laid plan OF
the Arabs. An Italian workman
named Machiavelli who had peer
taken prisoner by the Arabs, was al
lowed to escape after being careiully
primed with false information whlcn
he carried to General Ganbretti; IN.
stead Of waiting to carry out a scheme
Of cooperation with Generai Iassoni
who was on his way from BengnaZi
with a strong force, General Ganbretti
ON the strength Of Machiavelle's re-
port that the number Of the enemy
was small, decided to attack alone
Accordingly he divided his 5000 men
in three columns which were support
ed by four guns and a battery OF how
tiers. After the first flush OF victory
the Italian soldiers were resting Wnen
suddenly each column was set upon
from front and rear and cut on from
the others. At the same time sney %sre he
subjected to a heavy shell fire. Tne
italians showed admirable courage
and endurance. Some Of the COM
panies lost all Of its officers. One ad.
vance detachment lost SO out OF Az
men and It was soon apparent thai
retreat alone would save the forces
from annihilation. Colonel Magoa'
lena was shot and as he lay dying
wrote a report praising his men ano
recommending for promotion, MS
major, who. although twice wounded
took command. Italian losses are
estimated at 1900.
Atlanta, May "a: Hoist by his
own petard" has taken on a ne"
meaning in Atlanta since YESTERDAY
when Col. Thomas b. Fielder was
caught by photograph. The city ae'
tectives put dictograph In the WI.
liams house, and obtained recorus "
an alleged bribe, which they swear Eel
tain affidayits bearing on the FranB
case in the hands Of the police. The
humor of the situation-which Is In IL
self grave enough from every stand
point-lies in the fact that Tom Eel
der was the man who introduced tne
dictograph in the south. Fielder Is the
original guy who put the gratt II
photographed" over In South Caron.
ma in connection with the aoohtion o.
the state dispensary system. Whel
Fielder had his big row with Cole
Blease, he put the Burns men ana ths
dictograph on the trail OF his Souti
Carolina enemies, with results wnict
will be wildly recalled by the reading
public. Later Mr.. Fielder had one o.
the dictographs here with him in Al
lanta, and at the Transportation clut
exhibited its workings to a group o.
admiring friends. You can't ge
away from the dictograph," he tolc
them, and today his words are recalled
in connection with the declaration o.
the detectives that they have trapped
Fielder himself. Atlantans do not ye
understand exactly what is behind the
charges made against Fielder, or wha
the conversations which were dicto
graphed mean. So far as can be seen
the reporters who handled the sizzl
ing news story, and the headline
writer's who put the box car headline
on, don't understand either what 1t al
means-or If they did, they purposell
refrained from telling 1t. Who anc
what interests was Fielder trying tc
serve in his alleged efforts to bribe'
Is there back Of the accusation
deeper charge that while employed
to prosecute the Phagan murderers ne
is trying to muddy the waters ano
save Frank? Or is there a suspicion
that he wanted to get affidavits out OF
the hands Of the police in order tc
get Chief Beavers goat? What Is the
real milk in the cocoanut? The pub
lie hasn't been told in plain words
and as the public always thinks slow.
ly, hasn't yet been able to figure II
out 1t wants to be told.
Another great Atlantic-Pacifit
waterway, making a ship route be-
tween the eastern and western coasts
of the United States, 1000 miles
shorter than the Panama canal. vii
be built soon by the United States, II