Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
Scraps aud faets,


The women declared, the commission
ers OF the District and Maj. Richard
sylvester, superintendent OF poIlce'
nave MltnneId permission for the pa
raue because they feared the acuon
of a hostile crowd might overtax the
police and that proper protecuon
could not be given the marchers.
Prominent local business men have
volunteered their services to the SUI
Ilagtst managers and 1t was said tney
obtained the presidents permission
10 call out the troops to safeguard
the marchers from the hoodlumism II
the police protection was inadequate.
washington, January 8: Testimony
about "a shipping combination, tnat
controlled the commerce OF the seas
with a stronger grasp than any combi-
nation which ever existed in the trade
between the states, was presented TO-
day to the house merchant marine
committee. Shippers told OF being at
the mercy Of the combination. the
former agent of one Of the so-called
conference" or combination lines. re-
lated the methods Of keeping indepen-
dent lines out Of the trade, of pooling
profits and of dividing territory. w. Il.
Douglass, Of the New York exporting
firm of Arkell and Douglass, declared
that a combination Of German and
British lines existed, controlling the
ocean, and that the steamship mana
gers in London were able to direct the
course of trade at their will. Allerton
d. Hitch, secretary and treasurer or
Hagenmyer Trading company, OF New
York, trading with Brazil, declared
that the only Independent line TO
South America was the Lloyd Brazil
eiro Line, and that while his firm used
a. 20 itQ steamers were SLOW.
and that its officers, governmental ap-
pointees, were not trained to the de-
sires Of the trade.
William Rockefeller probably
never will appear as witness in the
finance inquiry being conducted by
the Pujo committee at washington,
in the opinion of DR.. Walter +. Chap
pell, his physician, says New York
dispatch. The only way he could ans
wer questions on the witness stand
would be in writing, for speech might
result in strangulation, so serious Is
the condition Of Mr.. Rockefellers
throat, according to the physician
statement, published here yesterday.
DR.. Chappell practically said Mr..
Rockefeller must be silent for the re-
mainder of his life. In the Bahamas,
where Mr.. Rockefeller is now resting,
he is keeping very quiet and 1t Is de-
clared that his every little wish has
to be written, for every enort TO
speak involves the hazard Of laryn-
geal spasm. "Mr. Rockefeller's throat
trouble Is chronic" said DR.. Chap
pell, and he must subject himself 10
silent treatment for the remainder OF
his days. This simply means rest for
the Iarynx. II must be remembered
that Mr.. Rockefeller Is past 20 years
old and in my opinion he will never
be physically able to appear on the
witness stand, in fact, probably not
even for a written examination as his
hands tremble so that 1t Is difficult
for him to write legibly."
New York, January z: Money Is
pouring into New York in such enor-
nous volume that clerks in large banks
are working past their usual hours to
handle the golden deluge. At the
treasury offices the strain upon en-
ployees Is especially heavy and men
are at their desks until late into the
night, sorting out of the United States
notes and gold and silver certificates
handed in for redemption. Currency
is coming in from all directions, es-
pecially from the middle west and
south. An influx Of money Is usual
at this season, when large sums sent
to the interior in the fall for crop
moving are released and millions dis
bursed on January l, in the heavy
first of the year interest and divi-
dend payments returned to the usual
channels. The tension in the money
market Of the latter part Of last year
has disappeared and today call loans
were made at under per cent. Pres
ent conditions in the money market
and the recent sharp rise in foreign
exchange rates were reflected today
in the arrangement Of the first ex-
portation Of the gold in many months,
one million dollars in gold bars hav-
ing been engaged for shipment to Eu-
rope on Saturday. The bankers who
made this announcement said that
several million dollars more would be
engaged during the next few days.
Atlanta, Ca, special Of January
Z to the Augusta Chronicle: The fee
paid officeholders of Georgia are be-
gining to wake up" The fact Is be-
ginning to show, and show strong.
that the county and court officials all
over the state were sleeping on their
jobs" when the legislature was max
ing new laws last summer. They are
beginning to find out now just why
the general assembly passed law
and what that law means-reQuir-
ing all state and county officials who
derive their compensation through
fees, to keep an itemized daily ac-
count of all the fees received by them
and to file itemized statements Of
same at the end of each quarter. 1t
seems that but a small percentage or
the officials affected, knew that the
law, which became effective on jan
uary 1st, was passed by the legisla-
ture, and even those few who had
knowledge Of 1t had but vauge idea
as to its provisions. This fact is at
tested by the avalanche Of letters
which is pouring in upon Comptroller
General Wright from the various
court and county officials who are
asking for full and definite informa-
tion about the new law. Many Of these
letters contain vigorous protests
against the law, 1t being claimed by
the officials that no end of extra work
will be entailed upon them. Some Of
the officials Of the counties in which
large cities are located, say that the
law will entail upon them the expense
of additional clerical help. The in
tense agitation which followed the
passage Of the law putting the Of
ficials Of Fulton county upon a SAL
airy system, was but a zephyr COM
pared to the storm of protest and dis
approval which is greeting the gen.
Sidl ID" lSqulA lH6 tIicSS lNChAiHS0 az
counts of fees. Any official who vio-
lates the law, is guilty of a misde
meanor and subject to a fine Of ST.
900 or twelve months on the chain
gang. The law in question was en-
acted with a view to obtaining infor-
nation upon which the 1913 legisla-
ture could frame a law which will
put the state and county officials up
on a straight salary basis. However,
it is not likely that such a law will
get on the statute books without en-
countering vigorous and powerful op-
position.
Chicago has the reputation of being
one of the toughest cities in Ame-
lea 365 days in the year, and is espe-
eially tough New Years day. This year
the city is said to have broken all rec
ords for barbarity. For many years,