Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-12-29
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agitating q revolutionary propaganda
from Hong Kong. was calculating on
getting ready to strike, and the
authorities got Information
that Christmas eve was the time. Ar
were made to frustrate all
uprisings and the movement amount
ed. to very little Several parties of
Filipinos undertook to
take charge Of the constituted author
tiles at different places: but every
where they were unsuccessful. About
2l Of the revolutionists were arrested
and put in prison. The information Is
that the proposed uprising has COM
pletely collapsed.
The United States cruiser North
Carolina was called upon to make
show Of force at Tripoli, Syria, last
week. The cruiser had gone to Smyr-
ma with the American steamer Vir-
ginia, for the purpose Of taking on
Americans and other foreigners. and
requested the Turkish authorities to
permit the British and French con-
suls to depart with their countrymen.
The Turkish authorities refused TO
grant the request. After severai
French citizens had boarded the Vir-
ginia the populace Of Tripoli made an
attack on them and wounded the
captain Of the North Carolina threat
ened to fire on the rioters and they
fed. The Virginia left the port con-
yoyed by the North Carolina and the
North Carolina proceeded to Smyrna.
The secretary Of the navy has asked
the commander Of the North Carolina
for a report on the incident.
The Hobson resolution to submit
to the state legislatures constitu-
tional amendment for national prohi-
bition, was voted on last Tuesday
night. One hundred and ninety-seven
members voted for the resolution and
1S9 against 1t. The majority in favor
was eight. The resolution, however,
required a majority Of two-thirds and
1t failed Of passage. There Is story
to the effective that Democratic Lead
er Underwood has been working for
the defeat Of the resolution for sew
eral months. He and other leaders OF
the Democratic party calculated that
the passage Of the resolution would
spell defeat for the party; but know
ing, as they did, that there were many
Democrats who would not dare vote
against the resolution. they set them
selves to work to distribute the vote
by states in such manner as would
seem likely to give least embarrass-
ment. The entire South Carolina del
egation voted In favor OF the amend
ment.
Southern states rank third, while
western states are favored slightly
above the eastern and middle Atlantic
group in the general education ooaras
donation of S10,5S2,591 to the cause
Of education, according to a fourth in
stallment Of the boards report made
public last week. To western states,
the western report sets forth, there
has been given outright $3,967,7S1 and
partial contributions, the exact amount
of which is not stated, have been
made to a supplemental sum Of $16.-
406,741. To eastern and middle At
lantic states, the sum given outright
was $3,562,1S5; the supplemental sum
to which the board subscribed an
amount not designated was SIS, ,247,-
939. Southern states received outright
$3,052,625, the supplemental sum to
which the board contributed In this
case was $s,147,152. Following are
the donations made to educational In
stitutions in the south by the board
since its inception: Maryland. $780,
900; Virginia, $490,0O0: North Caro-
lima. s379,416; South Carolina, 1884,
176; Georgia, S252,233; Alabama, $21.-
700; Mississippi, $150.000; Arkansas,
$175,000; Tennessee, $625.000; Ken
lucky, $125,000; Texas 100000;
Florida, $4,000; Total, s3,O52.626.
"A 50 bill of a new sort, says the
Charlotte Observer, has turned up In
Philadelphia and has been inspected
by the merchants there with some In
terest. It has somewhat the appear
ance of a regular 81 bill. but 1t is not.
The bill was sent Philadelphia mer-
chant by q customer in Cordele, Ca,
in payment Of an account. Close ex-
animation showed 1t to be scrip OF
money issued by the Crisp County Cot
ton association Of Cordele. 1t was In
effect q promissory note OF the asso-
citation to pay 81 on or before No
vember l, 1915, and was secured by
deposit of cotton in warehouse at
six cents a pound. The New YORK
Journal Of Commerce. which tells OF
this note turning up in the regular or
der of business in Philadelphia, does
not state II the bill was accepted. 1t
states, however, that bankers to whom
the note was shown were interested In
this evidence that planters and busi-
ness men in some parts OF the south
have taken into their own hands the
question Of financing cotton holdings
until prices improve. There was con-
siderable doubt expressed as to the le-
gality Of such notes for circulation In
lieu of money. which seems to be the
practice in this instance.
Writing Of the popularity Of the
teetotal movement in Russia, an Eng
lishman in Moscow says In letter TO
Manchester. England, firm which he
represents there: AT the present
moment, 1t Is impossible for anybody
L.
obtain in any place whatever anything
in the form Of alcohol, unless at
druggists, with a doctors prescrip-
ton. All the government vodka shops
have been closed since the beginning
of the war, and now all manner OF
wine shops are closed. Even restau-
rants and hotels are forbidden to sell
alcoholic drinks. The strange thing
about it all is that nobody Is grumbl-
ing and everybody is pleased. 1t Is
acclaimed on all sides-only the Rus
sian peasant does not know what to
do with his money. The change that
teetotalism has produced in the Rus
sian village. often so remote from the
outside world, Is wonderful. Chill
dren, for instance, are being clothed
in a way never dreamt Of before,
warmly and generously. Government
vodka ships, at least, are closed for
ever in Russia That much has been
decided on now. owing to the pres
sure Of public opinion. Their busi-
ness Is dissolved. AS a substitute, II
is proposed to establish government
monopoly Of sugar in order that the
poor may have a cheap supply. Here
tofore. 1t has been out Of their reach.
Efforts made to promote educa-
ton in the south are summarized in
the sixth installment issued in New
York, last Friday night, Of the report
of the General Education board found
ed by John D. Rockefeller. 1t soon
became clear, according to the report.
that adequate development could not
take place until the peoples resources
we're enlarged. These conditions
were not primarily due to lack of in
terest in popular education" the re-
port continues. They were mainly
the result of rural poverty. While the
average annual earnings OF the indi-
viduals engaged in agriculture in
Iowa were upward of $1,000. the av-
erage earnings Of those similarly en-
gagged in some southern states was as
low as $3.50. The great bulk Of the
people Of the southern states We're
simply not earning enough to provide
proper homes and to support good
schools. The southern farmer suffer-
ed primarily from lack of money,
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