Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-20
Scraps aud 9afts.


tomorrow by the rules committee.
The amounts of the southern states
were fixed as follows: Alabama
s57S,75O; Florida, $lS3,750; Georgia
s771,25O; Kentucky, $5S3,75O; Louisl-
ana. s3O2,5O0; Mississippi, $47S,Ieo;
North Carolina, $660,000; South Car
olina- s41s.O0O; Tennessee, $706, Zoo'
Texas. $1,i26,250; Virginia, $5sl'zeo.
A farm credits bill also was intro
duced in the house by Representative
Rartherick of Ohio. Under this meas
ure a new bureau in the treasury oe-
partment would lend 60 per cent Oh
the value Of farms on mortsases
per cent. The money woulo De oo-
tanned by issuing per cent govern
ment bonds.
Al ]. Jennings, former train r0D-
her now practicing attorney In Okia
homa. is determined the puphc shaii
indorse his reformation, ana 10 prove
that thew will do so he Is now can
didate for the nomination for govern,
or He believes If he is elected ne WIN
give Oklahoma the best, at least the
most honest, administrator IL nus
known. II he fails OF NOMINATION of
election he will have achieve9 sum
cient prominence to MAKE ,, S tham
pou The difference between Jen-
nings and some others in politics ls
that he admits he was highwaynah
and a thief. and they don't till indlct-
ed Jennings is making per1ecty
plain appeal to the people OF ms sIaee.
de was a bandit, he served time In .
nrison hut he reformed. Now ne is
poing out to hunt the crooks and the
gangs and rings in politics. Alreaoy
he has had the experience OF running
for county attorney in his home. ne
came within 500 votes Of election. Con,
sidering the fact that the proressi0nal,
politicians of both parties worKeo
against him, he says, ne peneVes ne
fessionals, whom he has attacked Dit
terly. credit for ability sufhcient 10
fake up 500 illegal ballots.
Washington, January IS: Secretary
of War Garrison tonight issued d
statement which militia ofncers con
slider makes Il plain that the war ae-
nartment lis not committed to the prin-
cipie of paying the militia. The sec
retary reiterated his statement made
to militia officers who were mere
throughout last week, that II detaiis
Of a bill could be agreed on, he woulo
take the question up with President
Wilson, but he emphasized the racI
that he has reached no conclusion.
have observed in ell the statements
with respect to the proposed militia
pay bill which have seen, an lmpnca-
ton which is unwarranted py tne
facts {" said the secretary. Il would
Hike the exact situation to be known so
those who discuss it may do so adVis-
elly. The fact is that I have made II
perfectly clear to every one concerned
that the administration is not commit
ted to the principle OF such pay. !
said that If details Of a bill could De
agreed upon containing all those ad-
yantages to the Federal government
which advocates Of the principle ar
gued would demonstrate the desirabil-
ity and advisability OF adopting tne
principle of militia pay, / then woulo
take the matter up with the president
and announce a conclusion thereon.
For the purpose of having the subject
presented in its best possible shape,
the suggested draft Of the bill has re-
ceiyed the consideration OF the judge
advocate general Of the army, the NIL
litia affairs division, the general stan,
the executive committee Of the nation
al guards association, the adtutant
general Of all the states and the nation
al militia board. In addition, nave
sent copies to the respective chairmen
of the militia affairs committees OF the
senate and house. When all TINS pre-
liminary consideration is completed
and q finished product results, l pro-
pose taking up the matter with the
president for the purpose OF reaching
a proper conclusion"
Pensioners in South Carolina re-
ceiyed $253,070.95 in 1918, according 10
a statement issued last Saturday, from
the office Of the comptroller general
There was a decrease Of 1877 in the
number of pensioners over 1912. The
state appropriation for pensions Is
$3.50. 900 a year. Comptroller General
Jones has issued the following state
ment: There has been decrease In
the roll as compared with the year
1912. of 1S7. The total amount paid
pensioners in 1913 was $253,070.95. The
appropriation was $250,000 and the
additional $3,070.95 paid out came
from refunds by clerks Of court OF
pension moneys on account Of deaths
and other causes. The clerks or court
have responded very creditably to the
careful checking Of their accounts TOT
the year 1913 required by this office,
and the result is evidenced by the
large amount Of refunds on account OF
1912 and 1918, which amounted to $12,-
542.62. AS will be seen from the state
ment below, the expenses OF the PEN
sion department, county pension COM
missioners, county and state boards,
salary Of clerk, printing blanks. sta
tionery and stamps amounted to Vs.
577.59 in 1913. In most states the PEN
sion department is separate ONCE,
and we doubt If any one Of them Is
conducted on the economical basis as
is done in this state, thus leaving the
largest amount possible to be distrib-
uted among the needy soldiers and
widows. However, the two lower
classes c No. 2 and c No. 4, are only
receiving $22.10, a sum totally made
quate to relieve their wants. 1t Is to
be hoped that the financial condition
Of the state will so improve that be-
fore many years they can receive
their full quota, $36 apiece as contem-
plated by the pension law. The law is
working satisfactorily, and 1t is mat
ter Of pride to note that our pension
report is the only one in a number OF
southern states which gives the indi-
vidual record Of each soldier. The roll
is one of honor, and will be priced by
coming generations"
-Footsore, ragged, almost famished
from their three days march on foot
of 81 miles over wind-SWept noun
tain road, the $500 Mexican federal
soldiers routed from Ojinaga, Mexico,
by the rebels, with 1,067 women and
about 300 children arrived Friday,
within a few miles Of Maria, Texas.
They are to be transported to Fort
Bliss at El Paso. The ragged remnant
Of the Huerta army, which sought asy-
lum in this country rather than face
possible determination by the rebels,
will be formally interned at Fort Bliss
as wards of the government. They
will be held there indefinitely on foot
ing Of prisoners of war. General Mer-
cado was confessedly humiliated, not
only at defeat and the necessity for
flight but because Of report that he
would be court martialed should he
return to his native country. Besides
General Mecardo and mingling with
the United States cavalrymen. who
acted as guards, were the Federal
Generals Castro, Aduna, Landa, or Pt-
nal, and Romero, all shorn Of their
swords, but some still retaining their
uniforms. The picturesque march
abounded with incident. The birth of
a child, the death of several wounded
soldiers, the search for water in the
desert, the constant struggling away
from the line Of march and the round
ing up again of scores of the refugees