Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06
Scraps and fatts.

commander in chief of the United
Confederate Veterans, dates for the
twenty-fourth annual Confederate re-
union here were postponed from April
20, 80 and May to May s, and 8, al
a meeting here today. OF representa-
tiYes of the Veterans association, rail-
road officials and members Of the To-
cal entertainment committee. Mem
bers of General Youngs staff and bus
mess organizations throughout the
country joined in the request that the
reunion dates be postponed.
The asylum investigating commit
tee met last Tuesday afternoon, and
adjourned until Saturday. Senator
Tillman being unable to appear until
that day. Governor Blease declined 70
appear before the committee except III
reply to Senator Tillman. He said that
since Senator Tillman had made the
charges 1t was up to him to establish
his case. He recalled the manner in
which Senator Tillman had on pre-
vious occasion waited until all the
testimony in q certain investigation
was in, and, then after taking a high
seat delivered a political harangue in
the guise Of testimony. The governor
stated that If Senator Tillman was
able to make any charges that seemed
to require an answer, he would en-
deavor to make such answers as seem
ed necessary and proper. He did not
think, however, that 1t was up to
man against whom charges had been
preferred to undertake to answer those
charges until some kind Of case had
been made out.
The mystery of the dead infant
girl found in Whites mill pond In
Spartanburg, has been solved. The
mother Of the child is Miss F1eta Fen.
dleton, daughter Of shoe salesman OF
Durham, N. c., and the father is Clyde
Caldwell Clement, Of Sandy Springs,
N. c.. The child was born in the Pres
byterian hospital, Charlotte, on De-
cember 6. Until recently Clement was
at the Wofford Fitting school and the
girl was attending a business college
in Spartanburg. They went from
Spartanburg to Greenville, and Mrs.
w. M. Hodges, with whom they board
ed, went down to Spartanburg ana
identified the dead infant. Clement
was arrested and committed to jail
Miss Pendleton stated that Clement
had refused to marry her until the in
FAINT was disposed of. He took the
baby from her arms and she had seen
il alive no more. Her statement makes
II appear that Clement threw the baby
in the mill pond It is expected that
Clement will probably go to the cleo
trio chair for the crime.
"A mild furry among members Of
the house Tuesday, says Washing
ton dispatch, followed the filing OF a
formal demand by w. H Parker, OF
Birmingham, Ala, that Representative
Richmond Pearson Hobson be denied
his salary as a congressman Tor the
days he has been absent from his seat
campaigning for the senate against
Majority Leader Underwood. Parker
in an affidavit, alleged that Represen-
tative Hobson was absent from Janu-
ary 10, to January 81, and protested
against the payment of salary due him
for that time. The protest was filed
with Sergeant alarms Gordon, and
all Of the legal talent, about the office
is at work to find out the law on the
subject They have discovered long
forgotten law, passed in 1858, and still
on the statute books, providing that:
The secretary of the senate and the
sergeant -at-arms of the house, res
pectively, shall deduct from the month
ly payments of each member or dele
gate the amount Of salary for each day
that he has been absent from the SEN
ate or house, respectively, unless such
member or delegate assigns as reason
for such absence the sickness of him
self or some member Of his family.
Cloak rooms and corridors about the
house chamber resounded with argu-
ments among members who would be
disturbed by general application OF
the law.
Washington, February 3: Presi-
dent Wilson by an executive order
dated today and made public at the
White House tonight, removed all re-
striction against the expectation or
munitions Of war into Mexico from the
United States, placing the contending
Mexican elements on basis OF equal
ity with respect to the purchase OF
arms and supplies in this country. The
executive order emphasized that it was
the desire of the United States to be
in the same position Of neutrality to-
wards the contending factions in Mex
leo as were the other powers. The eX-
ecutive order by which the exporta-
ton of arms and ammunition to Mex
leo is forbidden was departure from
the accepted practices OF neutrality
deliberate departure from those
practices under a well considered joint
resolution Of congress determined
upon in circumstances which have now
ceased to exist. 1t was intended to
discourage incipent revolts against
the regularly constituted authorities of
Mexico. Since that order was issued
the circumstances Of the case have un-
dergone a radical change. There now
is no constitutional government in
Mexico. and the existence of this or
der hinders and delays the very thing
the government of the United States is
now insisting upon, namely: That
Mexico shall be left free to settle her
own affairs and as soon as possible
put them upon a constitutional foot
ing by her own force and counsel. The
order is therefore rescinded." Ameri-
can embassies and legations abroad
last Saturday, were instructed to in
form foreign governments of the above
decision. Similarly, Secretary Bryan
late yesterday informed the members
of the diplomatic corps here. This was
in line with the policy announced at
the beginning of the present admins
tration here of keeping the nations of
the world informed Of the develop
ments in the Mexican policy or this
government.
Washington, February 4: Divorce
with the right to remarry would be
prohibited forever in the United States
and in all places under the nations
Federal Constitution proposed in the
senate today by Senator Ransdell, Of
Louisiana. Enactment Of uniform mar
riage laws for all states and territories
with provision for separation without
permission to remarry, would be dl-
rected by the amendment. With the
states of the Union granting more
than twice as many divorces as all the
rest of Christendom combined, Senator
Ransdell told his colleagues that the
time had come for the nation itself to
put down this menace to 'the chief
bulwark of society, the home-the MAJ
ker of good citizens and the model on
which every wise government is
founded" The remedy by constitu-
tional prohibition is drastic" said the
senator, but the malady is so fatal
that nothing short of it will prove eff
cacious. In the United States divorce
is spreading with alarming rapidity
1t has permeated every walk of life,
and is prevalent among every class of
people. The total number of divorces
granted in 1867 was 9,937, or 27 per
100000 population. For forty years
later, in 1906, there were 72,O62 di-
vorces, or Sc per 100000; thus in actu-
al numbers there were more than Z
times as many divorces granted in
1906 as in 1867, or allowing for the