Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-13
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new anti-futures law. The act does
not become effective until February
but officials aim to have the machln-
cry 1or its administration determined
upon, so the cotton industry may be-
come accustomed TO the new condir-
ons. The law is directed at cotton
futures gambling. BY prescribing a
Federal tax Of two cents pound on
all cotton sold for future delivery, eX-
cept under contracts conforming TO
regulations Of the department OF agri-
culture, it is expected to prevent spec
ulation and manipulating of prices on
exchanges.
The United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy in session in Savannah, Ca,
on yesterday reelected Mrs. Daisy Nc
Laurin Stevens of Mississippi, as pres
ident general and elected the following
other officers: First vice-president
general, Mrs. R. B. Rose, Auburn Ala;
second vice-president general; Mrs. w.
T. Culbertson, Kiowa, Okla; third vice.
president general, Mrs. 1. W. Faison,
Charlotte, n. c.; recording secretary
general, Mrs. F. NJ. Williams, Newton,
n. c.; corresponding secretary gener-
al, Mrs. w. r. Baker, Savannah, Ga; {;
treasurer general. Mrs. c. B. Tate, Pu-
laski, Va; registrar general, Mrs. Or
lando Halliburton, Little Rock, Ark;
historian general, Miss Mildred Ruth
erford, Athens, Ga; custodian crosses
of honor, Mrs. John w. Tench, Gaines
vile, Fla; custodian flags and pen
nants, Mrs. Frank Anthony Wake,
Norfolk, Va.
A Daily Mail correspondent in the
north of France, says that an encount-
er between eight airShips, four on a
side, took place during the week and
that once again the Germans came Oil
second best. There was a clear blue
sky" says the dispatch. Signals were
received that four Taubes were head
ing toward the allies. Instantly two
British and two aeroplanes took the
air. II was a sight never to be forgot
ten. The eight aeroplanes maneuver-
ed for positions; first up, then down a
long sweeping circle, and back again.
Now the allies are in favorable posi-
ton. A signal comes from below. 1t
is a clever maneuver. The allies have
enticed their opponents into range OF
our guns and on the signal being Civ
en- have turned away and are gliding
to earth. Realizing their perilous po-
sition, the Taubes make as If to as
cend, but too late. Shells are bursting
around them. They collapse and dash
to the ground a mass Of flames. Not
one escapes"
The important farm crops of the
United States this year are worth $5,-
06S, 742, 900 or $104,000,000 more than
the value Of the same crops last year,
Notwithstanding a loss Of $41S,000,OOC
sustained by cotton planters on lint
alone as a result of the European war.
Preliminary estimates of the important
farm crops announced Monday by the
department Of agriculture and statis-
tics of the average prices paid to pro-
ducers on November l, indicate that
this years wheat and corn crops are
the most valuable ever grown in the
United States, that the wheat and ap-
pie crops are record harvests, and the
potato crop is the second largest ever
raised The huge wheat crop and the
increased price Of that cereal, the
large corn and apple crops and the in
creased price of oats, barley and rye
more than Offset the big loss in the
value Of the cotton crop resulting from
the war. 1t was announced that the
record corn crop would amount to o.
705, ,692, 900 bushels.
One OF London's great department
stores has removed from its windows
its royal patronage signs. This is said
to be due to a royal rebuke. This store,
where Queen Alexandra has heretofore
done her shopping, sent a check for
ten thousand pounds to the Prince OF
Wales fund. So large a donation might
we'll be put to the credit Of its adver-
tising account in view of the publicity
given II. However, the managers OF
the Wales fund discovered that the
store dismissed half Of its staff, so that
the donation came really not from the
firm but from its unfortunate discharg-
ed employees. Whereupon the check
was sent back and the royal patronage
taken from the firm. The problem in
England is to avoid pauperizing the
unemployed. The burden placed on
private charity is all that it can stand;
Both in the case of the Prince Of Wales
and Of Queen Mary's fund, the princi-
pal is to provide employment rather
than to make doles to the idle. While
some industries have received an arti-
fetal stimulus through the war, others
have been forced to close. 1t is the aim
of the royal family to induce employ
ers to keep their business going, even
at a loss, rather than to discharge
hands and soothe their consciences by.
giving to charities which their own
actions have made necessary.
Practically all of the eight hum
dred horses on board the British
steamship Rembrandt, were burned or
smothered to death when the ship
caught afire off the Virginia capes,
last Monday, according to informa-
tion reaching Norfolk. Va, Tuesday
night. The Rembrandt was bound
from Baltimore to St. Nazaire, France,
and the animals are understood to-
have been intended for the armies of
the allies. 1t was reported at Norfolk
that Capt. Edlin, of the Rembrandt,
had notified officials of the Lamport
and Holt line, owners OF the steam
ship that she was set on fire by Ger
man spies, who were members or the
crew. The captain is said to have
claimed that threats against the ship
were made before it steamed from
Baltimore, Saturday. No confrma-
tion of these reports was available
The Rembrandt steamed backward
and forward in a circle ten miles off
Cape Henry, while the crew was busy
diSpoSing of the carcaSSeS in the sea.
Less than a dozen Of the horses were
left alive. Forward compartments of
the ship are reported badly damaged.
When the fire was discovered. the ship
was 200 miles off the capes. The
smoke was so dense that the crew
could not reach the flames. And the
stampeded animals were left to their
fate. The ships hold was flooded and
the matches closed, these efforts finally
in the fire having been
brought under control.
- The German cruiser Emden. was
destroyed in the bay of Bengal by the
cruiser Sydney, last Satur-
day. The Emden was driven ashore
on the Island of Cocos, southwest of
Java, in the Indian ocean. The sgd
ney sighted the Emden in the morn
ing, and a running fight ensued. The
Emdcn was set on fire by the sgd
ncy's shells and run on the beach.
Losses among the Emden's officers and
crew reported were heavy: the sgd
ney sustained slight loss. The sinking
Of the Emden ends remarkable
chapter this ship has contributed tol
the wars history. For sheer audacity
and success she has few parallels
none since the Alabama, the famous
old Confederate warship, roamed the
seas. Twenty-Five ships, mostly Eng
lish, valued at $4.O00.0O0, exclusive Of
cargoes were destroyed by this cruiser.
Japanese, British, Australian and Rus
sian warships have been trying 10 de-
stroy her for two months, but her
great speed always enabled her to es-
cape Her most daring exploit was at
Penang, in the Malacca straits. a
fourth smokestack was rugged on deck,
and a Japanese flag run up. Thus dis
guised, she steamed boldly into the
H., rhor apd ma cSiOp under the Brit