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

SENATOR
the MormonS of his state now practised
plural marriages. "Polygamy," said
Sutherland has been absolutely aDan-
doned i'm Utah and has not been prac-
tised for many years. There are still
some old people who entered that re-
lation many years ago, who Stlll main =
tain their households. am sure that
if the question were submitted to a
vote Of the Mormon people, they would
never decide to return to polygamy.
Charles Becker was on last Friday,
sentenced to die in the electric chair at
Sing Sing prison during the week be-
ginning July 6. for the murder OF Her
man Rosenthal When he received the
sentence. Becker appeared calm. He
even turned to friends in the court
room and smiled. The prisoner was
taken to the sheriff's office and allowed
five minutes with his wife. Prior 10
the passing of sentence, Martin L.
Manton, Becker's lawyer, cited ten rea ,
sons why the death sentence shoulu
not be pronounced. He said that an
appeal would be filed at once. rms
acts as a stay of execution and year
may elapse before the court OF ap-
meals hands down its decision. Becker
was taken to Sing Sing by automoolle
in the custody of six deputy sherlfs'
WASHINGTON, June l The con-
dition of the cotton crop of the coun-
try is the lowest since 1871, with the
exception Of 1903 and 1907. the de-
partment of agriculture announced
today. 1t issued statistics showing
the condition on May 25. as 14.3 per
cent of a normal, or I per cent pc
low the 10-year average. The low
condition of the crop, ii was SAID, was
due largely to excessive rains ana eN
ceptionally cool nights in central ana
northeastern Texas, eastern ana
southern Oklahoma. and southwest
ern Arkansas, which brought the con-
dition percentage in those states down
to 65. 6S and 79 respectively. In
Texas many farmers were obliged TO
replant several times. No estimates
of the acreage planted to cotton VIII
be made by the department until July
|. Unofficial estimates of the acreage
have placed it from 3.5 per cent de-
crease to l per cent increase.
Failure of the Wilson administra-
ton to handle satisfactorily either the
trusts or the tariff, was charged by Col
Theodore Roosevelt in statement ne
left behind him last Friday, for publ
cation after he departed for Spain, to
attend the marriage Of his son. the
cost Of living has not been reduced.
Not the slightest progress mas Deeii
made in solving the trust question
he said. 1T has been shown that the
reduction of the tariff in no shape or
wav helps toward this solution. The
economic conditions are such that bust
ness is in jeopardy and the small buSi-
ness man, the farmer and the indus
trial wage workers are still suffering
because of these conditions. Col
Roosevelt said he would put in his
hardest work of the campaign in New
York state. Il believe the time has
come to clean houses in New YORK
he declared. He aSsailed the MUIR
ply and Barnes machine" but made no
reference to the tentative plan of the
Progressive leaders for Endorsement of
the Republican nominee in this state
provided he meets their requirements
- Washington, June l: Develop
ments in the senate today encouraged
leaders in the belief that vote would
be taken by Saturday night on the ca
nal tolls exemption repeal bill. AL
through an effort to secure unanimous
consent for a vote at o'clock Fri
day failed, Senator O'Gorman, who is
opposing the repeal, announced that,
beginning Wednesday, the bill would
be kept constantly before the senate
until it was disposed of finally. with
come up automatically at l O'Clock
each day and not be displaced by APP
propriation bills or other measures.
During the day conference between
Senators Kern. Simmons and Lodge,
at which the forces for and against
repeal were reckoned, led to an an
nouncement by Senator Simmons that
he expected the bill to receive 81
votes Senator Simmons declared he
did not include any senators counted
as doubtful and if his prediction is
fulfilled the repeal bill will have
majority of nine. Senators Colt ana
Myers spoke i'm favor of repeal today
and Senator CatrOn opposed it. Sen
ator Pittman introduced an amend
ment which would empower the presi-
dent to reduce the tolls rate on Amer
lean coastwise ships or exempt them
when necessary to prevent discrimina-
ton.
- indianapolis, Ind, May 30: Rene
Thomas. driving a French car, won
the fourth annual 500-mile race on the
Indianapolis motor speedway today.
All speedway records from five to 500
miles were broken. The first Amerl-
can to finish was Barney Oldheld In
fifth place Thomas time was hours,
8 minutes and 1899 seconds. The win
ner maintained an average speed or
S2.47 miles an hour. The former re-
seconds was established by Joe Daw-
son in 1912. Arthur Duray finished
second, seven minutes after the winner.
Albert Guyot, teammate of Thomas,
was third, and Jules GOuX, winner of
the 1913 race, finished fourth, six
minutes ahead of Oldfield. Six men
were injured, none seriously. Joe
Dawson suffered a broken collar bone
and minor injuries when his car turn
ed over after trying to dodge the
wrecked machine of Ray Gilhooley.
was hurt, and Gilhooley and Nino
Zonani, his mechanician, also suffered
minor injuries. Jean CaSsagne and
Albert Mitchell, handling an English
car, limped from their machine after 1t
rolled over on turn. The race was
an exciting one and rivalry among for
eign teams made one of the most eX-
citing finishes ever witnessed at the
Indianapolis course. Georges Bollot
pushed his car to such excessive speed
that in the 147th lap when leading the
field, he was forced out because of a
broken frame. Duray thrilled the
spectators by his sensational effort to
catch Thomas near the end of the con-
test. and GouX seemed always to be
a contender for first place. Thomas
made one stop at the pits, Duray two,
and Guyot one. Thomas drove the last
100 miles at an average Of more than
81 miles an hour. Thomas car was l6.
Goux carried the same number to vic
tory last year. Thomas won first prize
Of $40. 200 and accessory prizes and
trophies will increase this amount to
about $4,000. Joseph Christiaens in
a Belgian car. finished six; Harry
Grant in an English machine, was
9TH; Keene and Rogers in an Amerl-
can car were placed eight and Will
am Carlson was ninth. +. w. Ricken-
bacher in an American car, finished
tenth, the last of the prize winners.
Haupt. Mulford and Burman in knip-
per's entry, finished the the race in the
order named. One hundred thousand
persons saw the race.
- Under the new scheme of taxation,
introduced by David Lloyd-George,
chancellor of the eXchequer in his
budget for 1914-1915, a man having
an income from q capital of $1,000
600, will have to pay one-thlrd OF ms
income in taxes. In the first place, he
has to pay 2S cents on every 50 in in
come tax; then he has to pay similar
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