Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-10

land, where they Woulu pe aho"e
go on board again. The Curltypa sat !,
ed under a Cuban flag. Tne snip MaS
manned by a white crew. The negroes
iaSt hebind were some Of a number
who had sold all their belongings anu
homes in the south and southwest. Al,
ter having their transportation anu
boarding places in the AKIN iIauis ,.t,s
connnany at S25 each they had little
money left.
laredo. Texas, March 8: Texas
ponoera who secretly crossed INTO
WexIco last night, today brought TO the
American side the mutilated body OF
Clemente Vergara, Texas rancnIliai'
and established the fact or ms eXecu-
ton after he was seized by Mexlcan
federals. Vergara was snot W., W.
thronoh the neck. his skull was crush
ed as by a blow from a rife butt, ana
the charred fingers of the left hand IN
djcated that he had been tortured pc
FORE heing nut to death. Identihcatlon
was made by the dead mans son ana
by numerous friends, many OF WHOM
we're in the party Of ninety, led Dy tne
state border patrol, which made the
grim tourney to the Hidalgo cemetery
during the early morning hours tooay'
The body was not badly decomposea,
despite its three weeks burial ana IN
addition to recognizing the 1eatures,
young Vergara took plt OF ci0th S, tio
the trousers which enclosed the Dody
and matched 1t to the coat which ms
father had on the day he crossed the
Rio Grande.
At Boston last Friday, Ex-Presl-
dent William Howard Taft hurled not
shot into both bench and par In ms
sixth and most sensational lecture at
the Boston University Law school. he
made a plea for disbarring successrui
LAWYERS, regardless or their proHh-
nence, that startled the legal proIes-
sion, and then charged judges with pc
ing chiefly responsible for the Ia"
delays" Mr.. Taft's denunclatlon oi
certain methods OF LAWYERS ana ene
knife-like remedy he proposed, con-
stituted one Of the most revolutionary
attacks on the bar ever heard in this
state. He said: One trouble IS tnaI
disbarment proceedings are conducted
only against men who are down ano
ont It is too hard to bring suit against
successful members Of the bar. Pro-
fessor Taft's criticism OF judges began
with the statement that the real rea-
son for trials dragging along was tnat
the court did not take control. he
further freely charged judges with not
paying strict attention and said they
could learn something from any law
YER or even plain citizen, who was
really full Of his case.
The income tax law bids fair to
live up to the expectations OF the ao-
ministration by producing about So0,-
100000 annually in revenue, PAID py
close to 425, 900 individuals. Although
the treasury officials decided last Fri
day night not to make public for the
present the reports Of internal revenue
collectors on the income tax, 1t became
known that more than 100000 indl-
yiduals had made returns in the oo
collection districts up to Monday mld-
night. when the time limit expired.
From these individuals 1t was under
stood that the government prooaply
would collect more than S4O,OOO,ooO.
1t has been the opinion among ofncials
that thousands of individuals woulo
take advantage of the thirty days eN-
tension of time granted in cases OF ap-
sence and sickness and they expect the
final returns to show at least 25,O0O
more reporting than were given In the
preliminary lists from collectors. III
they are not mistaken in this view, the
actual results will be close to the esu-
mates made at the time the legislatlon
was before congress. This estimate or
ficials are inclined to believe will not
only include the number subject to the
tax, but the amount to be collected.
Including the corporation TAX as
amended in the present law, II was es-
timated that the annual revenue from
this source would amount TO ABOUT
$S5,00O,OOO.
The greater part Of the last legis-
latiye day Of the senate was taken up
with further developments in the
Blease- Christensen quarrel. The de-
bate was spicy and at times 1t looked
as If there might be another storm
similar to the one that developed IN
the house when the governor attempt
ed to deliver in person his message on
the asylum matter. Rising to ques-
ton Of personal privilege, Senator
Christensen read a written statement
which he asked to have spread on the
Journal. Senator Applet was not able
to catch the full purport OF the state
ment as read by Senator Christensen,
and asked that the statement be read
by the clerk When the clerk hnlshed
reading, Senator McLaurin took the
paper and made strenuous objection
to certain assertions on the grouno
that they were untrue" and 1t was
the purpose of the senator from Beau
fort to force the senate to espouse a
personal quarrel and spread on the
records a deliberate affront to the
chief executive Of the state. He read
the portions of the statement to which
he objected and explained. This state
ment alleges that the people Of Beau
fort hold the chief executive in con-
tempt and undertakes to brand him as
a liar. 1t is beneath the dignity Of the
senate to endorse any such unparlia-
mentary statement for political pur-
poses." Senator Clifton backed Sena-
tor McLaurin, and with Senators Nc
Laurin and Clifton leading on one side
and Senators Hall, Earle, Crouch and
Sullivan leading on the other, the fight
waxed hot. The fight ragged through
out the morning until o'clock in the
afternoon and was resumed at 8
o'clock. Senator Sharpe made an elo-
quent plea for fair play, after which
Senator McLaurin took the floor and
for more than an hour was the target
for a fusilade of questions on the con-
stitutional aspect of the matter. Sena-
tors Crouch and Hall replied to Sena-
tor McLaurin, and while Senator Cliff
ton was speaking it became evident
that the point his side was contending
for had been carried. On the advice
of his friends who got around him,
Senator Christensen agreed to with
draw the statements against which
SuCu ODJCSliOh AeiN DOSA
urged.
Food prices in the United States
reached the highest level in twenty
four years on November Is, 1918.
Since that date there has been slight
decline, though the average still is
we'll above that of a year ago. The
department of labor has made public
a report showing retail prices of food
in forty important industrial cities of
the country Throughout the whole
of 1913 high prices prevailed said
the report, while the last quarter of
the year was a period of decline in
the prices of twelve of the fifteen ar
ticles of food observed" 1t further
points that the decline was more
than counterbalanced by an advance
in the price of eggs TO a level never
before reached" For three of the ar
ticles, eggs, cornmeal and milk, the
highest price was reached in Novem-
Der. For the remaining II articles
sugar, butter, hens, flour, sirloin
steak. round steak. rib roast, bacon,
ham and lard, pork chops and pota-
toes-prices were below the maximum
quoted earlier in the year. When the
price Of each of the fifteen articles is
weighed according to average con-
sumption "in workingmens families"
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