Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-15


the future the speaker may be hearo
saving: "All those in favor of this mo-
tion will unlock the Aye box. Those
opposed will unlock the No box. Tne
scoreboards will register each man >
vote instantly and contemporaneously
with the other votes.
The rural credits bill designed 10
relieve financial conditions In rurai
sections was discussed Wednesday III
both senate and house. In It's present
form. il is said, the bill will lack al,
ministration support because II Will
provide for purchase of rural credlt
system bonds by the government. Inc
bin would authorize the estaDllsh-
ment of land mortgage aSsoclatlons'
from which farmers might borrow
money for productive purposes ohly.
A limit of $4,000 would be placed on
each borrower. The loans would run
for terms of from five to thirty years
Twelve Federal land banks to De es-
tablished under the measure Woulo
handle the mortgages OF the assocla,
tions. The banks would be expected
in cities designed by the Federal re-
serve board and would be capitalized
at $500. 900 each. Senators Owen ana
Hollis of the senate currency COM
mittee spent nearly two hours Win
President Wilson at the White House,
Tuesday night, discussing rural creu
its legislation. At the time they hau
not learned of the action of the house
Democratic caucus in eliminating
rural credits from the programme Tor
the remainder of the session.
- There is no doubt that Spaniards
of the time when the fortress of San
Juan de ulloa was erected, were a
barbarous lot, from the modern stand
point. Commander H. o. Stickney, OF
the Prairie, the new inspector OF the
mort and customs of Vera Cruz, found
ample justification for the century-old
tradition that this was the foulest
prison on the American continent.
Many of the dungeons lie below tne
water line with a rising line. AT such
times the inmates, many OF Wholh
we're half blinded from long incarce-
ration, were Immersed. Others OF the
dungeons were so small that their oc-
cupants could not lie down. Other de-
vices Of torture have just been dls-
covered, together with evidence that
some of them had been in recent use.
In this characteristic Of cruelty, now
ever. the Dons were not much, II any
different from their neighbors or the
times when the old fortress was built,
all of whom believed as firmly as they
in both the efficacy and the proprlety
of torture. The reputation Oh the
Spaniards has outlived those OF the
other nations in this matter, Tor caus-
es: First, because they themselves
wrote of their acts, and this literature
is accessible to us of the present day;
the second, because they built or en-
during material their great structures,
which have lasted to this day to bear
witness as to the mediaeval treatment
of rebels, heretics and private Toes py
those in power.
Nashville, Tenn, May IS: DR.. Lam
sing Burrows of Americus, Ga, late
today was elected president or the
Southern Baptist convention, whlch
convened here for a five days session.
DIR. Burrows selection terminated an
exciting three-ballot contest, in when
his four opponents for the honor were
eliminated. The first session of the
convention was attended by LADY au-
thoriZed delegates, representing con-
stituency of more than 2,OOO,OOO per-
sons from every Southern state ana
Illinois. Immediately after conVen-
ing the delegates entered into the
election of officers. DIR. +. Z. Dargan
of Macon, Ga, who has been presl-
dent of the organization for three
years, announced that he was not
candidate for reelection. Despite
this fact DR.. Dargan was placed in
nomination, together with M. II. Wolfe
of Dallas, Texas; Edgar Y. Mullins OF
Louisville, KY; DR.. j. b. Gambrell,
editor of the Baptist Standard, Dallas,
Texas, and DR.. Lansing Burrows. II
was agreed that the names of the two
candidates receiving the smallest
number of votes should be dropped
from the contest. On the first ballot
DIR. Burrows received 595 votes, DR..
Gambrell 351 and DR.. Dargan 245. The
other two candidates received less than
l4O votes each and were dropped. On
the second ballot DR.. Burrows recelV-
ed $50 votes and DR.. Gambrell 49S.
The name of DR.. Dargan, who received
244 votes, was dropped. Only 1,OOS
votes were cast in the final ballot. Of
this number DR.. Burrows was given
5O1 and Dr. Gambren sol. The newly
elected president had been secretary
Of the convention for thirty-two con-
secutiye terms other officers were
elected as follows: Vice presidents
w. f. Powell, Louisville, KY; NJ. II.
Wolfe. Dallas, Tex; II. 5. d. Mallory.
Alabama, and ]. NJ. Pitcher, Peters
burg. Va. Treasurer-George w. Nor
ton, Louisville. Ky. Auditor-William
B. Harvey, Louisville, Ky. Corre-
spending SecretarieS-Heigh c. Moore
of North Carolina; o. r. Gregory
Baltimore, Md.
Hon. John Shelton Williams. the
comptroller of the currency and a
member of the Federal reserve bank
commission, was the guest of the
North Carolina Bankers association at
Raleigh, on Wednesday, and delivered
an address on the application of the
new currency act and the creation Of
the Federal reserve banks. Mr. VIII
liams said the new law was plan of
decentralization and distribution, de-
manded by the growth and expansion
of our republic" 1t was not intended
to injure anybody, he said, and 1t
will not injure any but those who in
Sist on being injured. We believe that
one of the most valuable and beneti-
cial effects of this new banking Dill
will be to make such panics as we
have had in the past virtually lmpos-
sible." Mr.. Williams continued. The
system we have endured through half
a century ham2ered us because IT
checked our growth, and was unequal
to our needs. 1t was dangerous
not only because it compressed con-
wealth into the keeping of a small
number of individuals at certain great
centers, but because it aided in the
heaping up of vast fortunes, melting
discomfort and resentment, the par
ents of revolution-the forerunners of
destruction. When a dozen men own
among themselves $1,000. 100000 and
through a system of interlocking di
rectorates control as much more, di-
recting an amount equal to the total
currency supply of 100,000,O0O people,
we should realize that such power is
a peril, not only to our commerce and
people at large, but to the govern
ment itself. There is no need to quar-
rel with these men, yet it is not right
or safe that the happiness and hope
of all these scores of millions of our
citizens should depend on the mercy,
the caprice or the opinions of any IL
or SO or 100 men" Mr.. Williams said
no sane or patriotic man, party or ad-
ministratiOn desires to seek vengeance.
"All sane and patriotic men," he de-
clared, will understand that the time
has come to reconstruct, to rebuild on