Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-24
Scraps aud faets.
Plans Of administration leaders in

action on the currency bill in commit
tee. T am willing to stake my legis-
latiye Judgment for all time to come,
on the proposition that the currency
bill will not be reported as the presi-
dent says, the first week in November,
or that 1t will be passed by the senate
within three weeks thereafter, de-
clared Mr.. Mann. -'I am also willing
to stake my judgment on the propo-
sition that it viii not be passed in De-
cember. Everybody knows, except the
president, that the bill will not be
passed now. and II congress wants, to
submit to the direction Of the presi-
dent and remain in session, we ought
to fish or cut bait"
President Wilson on Wednesday
Signed the urgent deficiency bill, car
rying exemptions from the civil ser
vice of deputy United States marshals
and deputy collectors OF internal reve-
nue. The president gave out the foi-
lowing memorandum: ST am convinc-
ed. after a. careful examination Of the
facts. that the offices of deputy col!ec-
tors and deputy marshals were never
intended to be included under the or
tiinary provisions of the civil service
laws, The control of the whole meth
cd and spirit of the administration or
the proviso in this bill, which con-
Germs the appointment Of these officers
Is no less entirely in my hands now
than II was before the bill became
law: my warm advocacy and support
both of the principle and OF the bona
f,de practice of civil service reform Is
known to the whole country, and there
Is no danger that the spoils principle
will creep in with my approval or con-
nivance"
= "There never was q time when the
people needed the Interpretation or
the Bible more than they do at pres
emit" said Secretary Bryan last sun
day night, in addressing the delegates
of the Woman's Missionary Society OF
the Methodist Episcopal church, In
session at Washington, and" the Sec
retary added, "there is not commu-
nifty which cannot be purified, redeem
ed and improved by better knowl-
edge and larger application OF the b.
Bile to daily life. No money that Is
invested pays so large dividend as
money that is spent for the moral VI.
lift of the community. 1 am inclined
to believe, however, he said. "that we
have overestimated the value of men
tai training and underestimated the
value of the hearts development "A
good heart can, use a very duh mind
and make that mind serviceable to So
ciety, but bad heart can not make
use OF mind however brilliant" The
speaker expressed hearty sympathy
with, both foreign and home mission
ary work. r,.. s.ag ..gs.
The general convention of the
Protestant Episcopal church in session
In New York, postponed last Wednes-
day for. three years, action on the
question of giving the negroes OF the
south a bishop to represent them, di-
rectly in the house Of bishops. The
decision to defer voting on the matter
was reached after several hours Of
debate participated in by delegates
from many states Of both north and
south. The southern delegates were
divided as to the wisdom OF creating a
separate territorial missionary dis
trict for negroes. Those who opposed
the plan held 1t would mean ultimate
fy the establishment Of a negro Epis-
copal church entirely apart from the
present church; they declared the
southern negroes were not sufficiently
developed to assume church response
biiitiess"" Supporters of the plan de-
clared a merger OF white and negro
and .that~it were better to give the ne
groes a church of their own than for
them to- have none at all The Ia
mentahle 8. conditions among many
southern negroes were pointed out. 1t
was asserted the church had failed to
alleviate these conditions and that 1t
should experiment with a negro
plshop..:c:S q. - -. o.. 't
- A.dispatch from. Nashville says the
Tennessee legislature has adjourned
aftesss gssstng three Of the so-called
law enforcement bills which had pre-
viously passed the senate. BY agree
ment the fourth bill empowering the
governor to remove derelict officials
will lie dropped, already having failed
to p!tss the senate. The bill prohibit
inv ME shipment of liquor into the
state passed the house by vote of
92 t9A; the bill prohibiting intra-state
shipH1ents of liquor passed by sc to 8,
whilssthe bill to declare saloons a nui-
sance passed by 79 to Is. In the sem
ate the vote cast against the three
measures ranged from two to five. All
Of the bills had been endorsed at
Democratic conferences while practi-
cally all the Republicans and indepen-
dent Democrats had stood for their
passage at the first extra session. In
the passage Of the bills a compromise
was reached by which the regular
Democrats secured the defeat of the
measure providing for the removal of
derelict officials and a provision in
the nuisance bill making 1t effective
March !, 1914. The two anti-tug bills
become effective at once unless vetoed
by the governor which Is improbable.
mi, s,,o, n
tended to strengthen the Federal law
prohibiting the shipment Of liquors
into dry. territory. Although Tennes-
see has a statewide prohibition law,
IL merely prohibits the sale of liquor
within; four miles of a school house,
and it Is claimed that this law would
not affect the shipment Of liquor into
the state under the Federal statute.
1t will be remembered that last
year, A. z. Gonzales principal owner
and business manager of the Columbia
State, and Mai. ]. c. Hemphill, former
editor of the Charleston News and
Courier, bought an interest in the
Charlotte Observer and Mai. Hemp
hill became editor Of that paper. II
seems that certain other stockholders
are not satisfied with Maj. Hemphilrs
policy, and he was ousted from the
editorship. Maj. Hemphill and Mr.
Gonzales then tried to get their mon
ey and notes out Of the business and
brought suit for that purpose. Mon
DAYS Observer makes the following
statement: Messrs. E. T. Cansler and
C. w. Tillett have just returned from
Greensboro, where they appeared fol
Messrs. D. A. Tompkins, George Ste
phens and w. II. Wood in case
brought some months ago against
these parties by Mr.. A. E. Gonzales OF
Columbia, S. c., and Maj. j. c. Hemp
hill. formerly of Charlotte. The suit
was instituted in the Federal court al
Greensboro, alleging that partner
ship had been formed and was still ex-
isting between these parties, the pur-
pose Of which was to acquire and
hold the capital stock of the corpora
tion known as the Observer company
Messrs. Gonzales and Hemphil asked
the court to appoint a receiver for the
alleged partnership to wind up its al
fairs and sell the stock of the Observ-
er company in solido. The corpora
ton itself was in no way involved II
the litigation, as the controversy was
purely between stockholders Of the
company. Another purpose or tht
suit was to enjoin the collection OF
note which Mr.. Gonzales had given tC