Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-22


have a single discriminating thing upon
him, so they had to let him 60
The last great barrier to the con-
struction of the S,000-foot tunnel OF the
Carolina, Clinchfield and OHIO railway
l 500 feet under Sandy Ridge mountain
had been blown away at mldnlgnI
TUESDAY, thereby eliminating the al
most insuperable obstacle against tne
extension of the great system INTO the
west. The lines of the Chnchnelo no"
terminates at Dante, Va, about three
miles from the mouth of Sandy Ridge
tunnel, and the completion OF the Elk
horn extension is estimated by rallroa1
officials for September l. Thls VIII
link the Atlantic Seaboard with the
lakes Of the northwest; for the Cnnch-
field will run coal trains into Charles
ton. probably over the tracks or the
Seaboard Air Line, and the Elkhorh
extension will connect with the Chesa-
peake & Ohio with a direct outlet INTO
Chicago. The completion OF the Sanoy
Ridge tunnel is considered great en-
gineering feat. It was bored through
almost solid rock, the average NUMBER
of cars of rock being taken from the
great tube daily being 125. The lines
OF the engineers were so accurate thas
the forces working from both sides OF
the mountain met almost in the center
of the mountain. Work starr" on pott,
ends Of the tunnel simultaneously, ana
il was pressed to completion, both uay
and night shifts working continuously
The testimony of former President
Mellen, of the New York, New haven
and Hartford Railroad before the IN
ter-state commerce commission is eX-
citing nation wide interest, especlaliy
because of the frank open manner In
railroad
telling the innermost secrets OF Dig
business. Up to few years ago the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
was one Of the most prosperous rali-
road properties in the world. 1t mace
money so fast that it hardly knew what
to do with it. Its physical condition
was perfect, and it spared no expense
to keep it so. Its equipment was
equal to the best Of any railroad IN the
world. A few years ago wrecks began
to occur frequently, and there was
much loss of life. Things went on the
down grade, and finally it developed
that the road was bankrupt. The law
department Of the government began
proceedings, and the inter state com
merce commission took the matter up
independently. Hearings have been In
progress for some days. Mr.. Mellen S
testimony is to the effect that J. r.
Morgan made him president OF the
company some years ago, and all that
he had done in financial way was at
the instruction Of the Morgan Rocke-
feIler crowd. He told how the New
York, New Haven and Hartford road
had acquired various other railroad
nroperties. and even newspapers at
long prices and how different men pull
ed down heavy profits in the transac-
tions. He admitted that he was simply
Mr.. Morgans man, and that ne hau
in Mr.. Morgan, knew that Mr.. Morgan
directions. Many Of the financial trans
actions of this and other roads OF
which he was the head, appeared
strange to him; but he had confidence
in MIR, Morgan knew that Mr.. Morgan
was all-powerful, and he let things go
as Mr. Morgan had said, without ques-
ton. Mr.. Mellen gave as his reason
for his testimony the claim that he does
not want to be held responsible for
things that he is really not responsible
for.
Typhoid fever has been banished
from the United States army. In the
entire enrolment of over 10000 men In
barracks or camps in the United states
Philippines. China, Porto Rico, Cuba
and Hawaii, there were during 1918
only three cases of typhoid fever. TWO
of these were new recruits who deVei-
oped the disease four and five days al
ter they enlisted. Only a single case
OF typhoid fever in an inoculated SOL
der occurred during the entire year
out of the entire body OF 9O,OOO men.
This case occurred in soldier IN the
battalion on duty in China. All three
of these cases recovered, so that not
single death in the army during the
year resulted from this disease. When
il is remembered that typhoid has been
for centuries the most dangerous dis
ease to the soldiers and that every
army whether on garrison duty or III
the field, has expected to pay heavy
toll of sickness and death to this dis
ease, the record Of our troops is all the
more remarkable. The disappearance
of typhoid is due directly to typholo
vaccination, which has been practlceo
in the army since 1909. Previous TO the
introduction of vaccination the best
record which had been obtained by san
itarv precautions was in 1908, in which,
out of 1852 men, there were 239 cases
Of typhoid with "a deaths Naccina-
ton begun in the army in 1909, was at
first voluntary, but later was made
universal. In 1910, with Si,434 officers
and men in the army, there were l9S
cases Of typhoid with II deaths. In
1911, with 50, S02 men in the army, there
were 70 cases and s deaths. In 1917,
with SS,47S men enrolled, there were
only 81 cases and deaths, while in
1918. with 90,645 officers and men in
the army, there were 3 cases and no
deaths. and as has been shown above,
two Of the three cases were in recruits
who had just joined the army. AS the
sanitary conditions, food, water ana
all the surroundings were practically
the same in 1913 as in 1908, the only
cause for such a remarkable record is
the general enforcement or typholo
vaccination. These startling ana graf
ifying facts are from an article by
Major F. F. Russell in a recent issue of
the Journal Of the American Medlcal
association.
Kansas City, Mo, April p: Will
liam j. Martin. president OF Davidson
college of Davidson, y. c., today was
elected moderator of the Southern
PRESBYTERIAN general assembly to sue
ceed the Rev. ]. S. Lyons of Louis
willie, Ky Prof. Martin. who is lay
man, was chosen on the second ballot
and his election was then made unan-
imous. Declaring that delegations
of discontented people will keep on
coming to the churches TO disturb
worship until after While they VIII
be arrested by the message they near
instead of by the police DR.. Lyons
in the moderator's sermon before the
general assembly made a strong plea
for higher vision. He spoke from the
text. "Where there is no vision the
people perish" IF the church., he
said. lis equal to the opportunity OF
today. many who make malicious as
saults upon it will find themselves
breaking into the kingdom of heaven. "
Dr. Lyons said that the church can
well afford to invest every energy in
a mighty campaign for an effective
evangelistic forward movement.
What is the vision today" he said.
"As we turn to the world today we
see the same dark shadows which APP
peared in all the prophetic visions OF
the past. We behold cOntending forces
in all the varied forms OF economic,