Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09
Scraps and faets.

Kennedy. Estimates of expense for the
coming year are as follows: Salary OF
the secretary, $1,S00; stenographer and
typewriter, s720; printing historical
records, $1,000; contingent fund, S2OO'
work on Confederate records, $1,5OO' or
a total Of $5,270. 1t is reported In the
report that A. S. Salley, Jr., was re-
elected secretary and Yates Snowden'
of the University Of South Carohna'
vice chairman.
Washington, January 6: Negroes
were urged to spend their money for
guns and military education tonight by
Rev. I. n. Ross, pastor Of Washing
ton negro church, speaking at ceie-
bration Of the birthday Of Chas. sum
ner. The preacher pleaded with the
audience to prepare for war for their
social political and industrial rights.
Cries of I'VE are with you; that s
right" greeted the speaker. When os-
valid Garrison Willard, of New YORK
vigorously dissented from ROSS aoVice,
the preacher again rose and repeated
his declaration, drawing ano!her
hurst of approval. Willard made an ad-
dress attacking the attitude or the
Democratic administration toward the
negro. declaring that the position IN
which the Democratic party finds ltsen
TODAY. with its president preaching
new freedom and a number or reac-
tionary senator's, congressman ana cap
met officers urging a new slavery, Is
indeed extraordinary. Ihere are ~
bosses today like them, ne contlnueu.
The Vardamans, Humans, nohe
Smiths, and all the rest OF negro apieo
ing crowd, who have risen to eminence
on the back Of the negro, defaming ana
depressing them, as they went, are the
APOSTLES of eraction. They misrepre-
sent the heart and conscience OF the
true south.
Washington, January 8: Secretary
Daniels announced today that plos
iust submitted for the manufacture OF
proiectiles for the navy showed de-
crease Of $SS9, 1926 compared with prices
paid last year. If the department taxes
advantage Of the right to increase or
ders by 20 per cent. Secretary panlels
eminent will be the result of the res
toration of open and real competition
between bidders. Contracts to let cali
for the manufacture Of $500 14-lncn
armor-piercing shells; 1900 l2-incn
shells. and $4,000 four and five-inch
common shells. the annual. food sup
ply for the navy's guns. Competing
firms include the Hadfield Steel Foun-
dries company, Ltd, Of London Eng
and the Krupps Of Germany Ine
bethlehem, Crucible and Midvale com
nanies underbid all others, including
the foreign firms. The 14-inch shells
were quoted by the Crucible company
this year at 1915 each. Last year s
price was S490. Secretary Daniels was
highly pleased with the reductlons.
"The figures speak for themselves, ne
said 'I am delighted that American
bidders are able to hold their own SO
we'll against foreigners. 1 always nave
believed the American MANUFACTURER
would be able to care Tor hihseh
against the markets OF the world.
Basis for action by congress TO Tlo
itself Of the pork barrel and clear tne
way for uniform and less costly con-
struction of public buildings. says
Washington dispatch, will be Iurnlsneo
soon in a report from the puphc ou,lu
mos commission, created by the last
congress to look into the manner In
which the government erects its struc-
lures, Among the proposals unoer
consideration are two Of vital interest,",
the creation Of a department OF pubic
works and the establishment or new
system'' of estimating in connectoh
with public buildings. A public WORKS
department would lead, members OF the
commission declare, to more UNIFORM
construction and decrease in the cost
of maintenance Of Federal pullolngs
Among some of the points 10 pc proushs
out by the commission are these: Ihat
congress and the taxpayers anke are
dissatisfied with the present scherne
for the authorization Of building ano
demand less expensive buildings ana
buildings better suited to the transac-
tion of government business. The COM
mission will express the hope that con-
press will be less liberal in the future,
and cut down it's average OF a million
month for public buildings to more
reasonable figure. It is expected 10
point out that $50,000 has been proVla-
ed for buildings in villages OF less than
1000 inhabitants. Another step 10 oe
suggested to congress is the ABANDON
ment of the policy to make use only OF
corner lots.
Washington, January Z: Explain
ing that his judgment was not lnfu-
enced by the Mexican situation, Major
Gen. Wood, chief Of staff Of the army,
has advised committees of congress
that they should appropriate S3,OOO,OOo
for field guns and ammunition for the
regular army and $4,000, 600 for the mill
tia, IF you sent our troops into war as
they are now, without guns or ammu-
milton, it would be absolute slaughter,
the general told the house military COM
mittee. IF called into the field sud
denly we should have to go with
small allowance Of ammunition, ana
we should have neither guns nor am
munition enough for our field artillery
forces" Gen. Wood, in a written state
ment said: I'VE neither have guns nor
ammunition sufficient to give any gen
eral commanding an army In the nela
any assurance of success II attacked
by an army Of equal size which is sup
piled with it's proper quota or nelo ar
tillery. 1t is my belief that no modern
war between first-cla Powers VIII
last for one year and unless private
manufacturers are encouraged to man
ufacture ammunition for our guns, al
ter war is declared, they will not be in
a condition to do so until after the war
Is finished The war department be-
lieves after extended study that in case
of war with a first-claSs Power, an
army of SOC, 900 men will be needed TO
give this country any chance or sue
cess against invasion, and that this
force will be needed at once. 10 make
it efficient it must be given its proper
quota of field artillery. To do THIS ar
tillery must be on hand, for it cannot
be supplied after war is started.
Washington, January Z: charles
w.
most spectacular figures in modern
American finance and the principal ac.
tor in a drama that lasted for halt
dozen years and carried him from the
banking regions of New York to the
Atlanta penitentiary, is about to write
another chapter to his story. Aftt
months of investigation and labor,
Morse is trying to launch an investga-
ton by a congressional committee OF
all the circumstances leading up to his
conviction six years ago Of violation OF
the national banking laws. Although
his plans have not been announced II
became known here today that he also
contemplates suit for damages against
prominent New York bankers and 9TH
ers connected with his trial and con-
viction. Morse had a talk with Senator
Borah of Idaho here yesterday and sug-
gested to him the need for an inVestl-
CATION of his case by senate commit
tee. Although the Idaho senator refus-
ed to press the matter the eX-banker
is understood to have left Washington
still determined to force an investiga-
ton. Morse was sent to the Atlanta
penitentiary to serve Is years SEN
tence. After quiet but persistent fight,
led bv Mrs. Morse and backed by many
prominent persons, his sentence was
commuted by Former President Taft: