Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-16
Scraps aud facts.

hibitiOn into her constitution. Ana the
statutes to render effective this pro-
vision of organic law are like unto IT,
Manufacture and sale OF intoxicating
liquors by anybody (not excepting
druggists to anybody for any purpos
are absolutely forbidden. 1t is unlaw-
full to advertise intoXicantS in news
papers on billboards or by handbills
There is a state superintendent pro-
yided to supervise the strict enforce
ment of the law West Virginia would
seem to have gone the absolute limit
in view of the problems created by her
large and turbulent mining population
II is rather to be wondered that she
had not done something of the sort
before. No steps have been taken SO
far against the shipment of package
wet goods into the state, but probably
this happens only because the legisla-
ton antedated the enactment by con-
gress of the Webb anti-shipment law
Then, doubtless, shipment into the
the state will at least be regulated
West Virginia has put her hand 10 the
plow.
Dispatches from Athens and Con-
stantinople indicate practical GER
tainty of the early outbreak OF wal
between Greece and Turkey. Indeed
commenced. Since the plan that was
established at the close OF the war
during which Bulgaria, Servia ana
Greece overcame Turkey and appor-
toned a part of Turkeys territory
among them, there have been COM
plaints from Greeks in the annexed
territory that the Turks have been
harassing them continually and also II
has been claimed that the Turks have
been guilty of continuous brutal treat
ment of Greeks in their territory Inc
Greeks have been trying to make the
Turks understand that all this must
stop and the Greek premier Few
daVs ago gave utterance to state
ment in parliament to the erect that
unless Turkey changed her policy al
once. there would be war. Announce
ment was made at Athens on Satur-
day that Greece had annexed the TURK
ish islands of Chios and Mutylene'
claiming that their possession is nee
essary for defense against the Otto
man government. 1t is fact that Tur-
KEY has two dreadnaughts bul!dlng IN
British shipyards. and it is plausioie
theory that Greece desires to precipl-
tate an inevitable clash before these
dreadnaughts are completed
President Wilson next March per-
sonally will lead the great interna-
tional fleet of warships from Hampton
Roads to Colon to participate in the
formal opening of the Panama canal.
He will pass through on the bridge of
the world famous old battleship Ore
gon. as leader of the long line of fight
ing craft of all nations, and then, after
proceeding northward, enter the Col
den Gate at the head of this immense
armada and attend the Panama Pacl-
fic exposition at San Francisco. This
announcement was made Saturday, by
Secretary Daniels, who has been work
ing a long time to bring about this
notable programme. Originally the
president was to go from washington
to Hampton Roads to greet the COM
manders Of the international fleet as
they arrived and to participate in the
ceremonies attendant upon the depar-
ture of the vessels on their long cruise
around the North American continent.
Afterward he was to make the trip by
rail to San Francisco to visit the eX-
position at some later date. The pres
ident. however. has determined now to
do full honor to the exposition by max
ing his advent upon the scene at the
head of an armada, the like of which
the world has never seen. Also he VIII
redeem his long standing promise 10
Colonel George w. Goethals by not
only visiting but formally opening the
great Panama canal. He will make his
passage through that waterway on the
battleship Oregon, standing shoulder
to shoulder with Rear Admiral Charles
f. Clark, retired. who captained the
ironclad in her famous Spanish war
cruise circumnavigating South Amer
lea.
Estimates by Secretary McAdoo
indicated that the government income
for the fiscal year ending June 80, will
exceed ordinary expenses by about
$50, 100000. This is about $1O,OOO,OOO
less than last years surplus. Income
tax returns have fallen below original
estimates but the custom houses turn
ed in about $21 100000 more than pre-
dicted. Whatever surplus there is will
be absorbed by Panama canal pay
ments as it was last year. Secretary
McAdoo estimated that this years or
binary receipts would aggregate S793,-
OOO,0 900 and the total ordinary dis
bursements S703, 100000. Total receipts
for the last fiscal year were $723,7S2,- :
921, with ordinary disbursements of
S3,699,692. The ordinary internal
revenue receipts will probably be about
1911, ,000,0 900, a decrease of about ST.
said Secretary McAdoo in a statement
recently. THE additional internal reve-
nue. receipts will probably amount to
about SIS 900; the total excise tax
assessments to date against corpora
tions are between $43, 900 and $44,-
900, 900, about $2,400.000 in excess of
the estimate. The personal income tax
assessments to date are $30,350,00O
which is $3,250,0OO less than the esti-
mate. The total assessment on cor
porations and individuals will be at
least $75,0O0,OO0. The miscellaneous
receipts will probably be about $46.-
900, 900 a decrease of about $4,000, 900
below the estimates. The department
is convinced that many liable to the
income tax have failed to make re-
turns and that many have made mac
curate returns. Active steps will be
taken to discover all evaSiOnS of the
law and a large additional amount un-
6Cubtedly will be collected from these
delinquents"
There is not a provision in the
antitrust bill which can be tortured
into meaning that violence, coercion
or intimidation are authorized or
countenanced," said Representative
Webb of North Carolina, chairman of
the house judiciary committee. in a
iSlSS Niy iN6oA Niiit Wv
house omnibus antitrust bill, now
pending in the senate. He gave the
official version of the development of
the labor clause. The farmers of
the Sherman law" Representative
Webb said, never intended to place
labor organizations and farmers or
ganizations under the ban of that law.
The existence of a labor or farmers
union never has been unlawful and is
not unlawful today. but it was deSir-
ed to place in the statutory law of the
country a recognition of the rights of
these organizations to exist and carry
out their lawful purposes. After the
original section of the antitrust bill
was drawn, certain representatives of
labor contended that the section did
not give labor all it was entitled to.
Finally we agreed to add to what we
already had provided in the labor
clause, the plank as adopted in the
Baltimore convention, that such or
ganiZations. orders or associations or
their members, should not be held il
legal combinations in restraint of
trade under the antitrust laws. This
added nothing material. but seemed a
pretty good compromise proposition.
This does not give labor farmers
or fraternal organizations any more
than they are entitled to under the
law today. nor any more than the
Federal courts throughout the cOun-
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