Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-20

reached there last Saturday on visit
Of a few days to his daughter, Mrs.
Henry w. Hughes. Talking with the
correspondent, Senator Tillman said
that during his recent trip through
the Panama canal, he studied it's de.
fences carefully and found that the
principal concern of those in charge
was to guard against observation
ships. He said that information Is
being guarded carefully; but at the
same time, he says, there is no doubt
that the British and japanese have
full information abou the defenses
Of the canal.
Importation of corps Of Swiss
dystuff chemists to aid in the develop
ment Of the new American coal tar in
dustry is the latest project Of the bu-
reau of foreign and domestic COM
merce in it's effort to meet the Ameri-
can dyestuff famine. DR.. T. H. Norton
of the bureau made public Saturday
a statement saying that the plan,
which already has been successfully
tried in Russia, would be the logical
development Of the present scheme,
under which the United States coal
tar crudes are to be exported to Swift
zerland, manufactured into dyes and
returned to this country. Two SWISS
dye chemists, through the bureau,
already have begun negotiations with
American firms to undertake the es-
tablishment Of plants in this country
THE Prussian system Of au-
tocracy is not confined to Europe, but
is found in a splendid state Of preser.
walton in the American public school
system and in the American Industrial
corporation" said Prof. Scott Nearing
:
Friday. "Our modern public schools
are drilling pupils into servants in
stead of into the competent leaders
which we need to solve our social and
political problems" he continued. The
rigid discipline crushes out personality.
The many sided curriculum leaves the
average youth no chance to develop
initiative or personal interests. Our
history and civics teach the principles
Of freedom and personal independence
and the need for thinking and action.
The average public school child, how
ever, is chucked into an industrial
world which demands absolute and
unquestioning obedience. This crush
es out personality by its mechanicai
routine. That is why we lack lead
ers." Prof Nearing said that the
American motto, There is plenty Of
room at the top" is no longer true on
account Of the fact that in every great
industry only three out Of every 1000
employees have q chance to rise to the
top.
Simon Lake Of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
inventor and builder Of submarines
for the United States government,
says that experiments with the new
submarine G-3, had demonstrated that
she could cross the Atlantic ocean and
return without stopping. She has a
cruising radius of 5000 miles. The
G-3 was built by the Lake Torpedo
Boat company Of Bridgeport. Her eX-
tensive cruising radius is due to the
efficiency Of a new Swiss engine, which
drives the boat both on the surface
and under water, replacing both the
gasolene engines heretofore used to
drive submarine craft on the surface
and the electric motor used for under
sea travel. In tests the new boat
surface and 10.7 knots submerged. She
cost $450,000. The G-3 is only $50 feet
long, while seven new Lake subma-
rines now being constructed for the
United States navy will be $50 feet
long and possess a much greater
radius Of activity than the G-3. They
will use the new engine. The new
boats will cost $535,000 each and will
be equipped with six torpedo tubes
EACH" Mr.. Lake said. The United
States government holds the specifi-
cations for the new engine, which
burns heavy oil, and American firms
will be able to manufacture them.
Regulations issued last Friday by
the Federal reserve board prescribe
conditions under which trade ac-
ceptances" may be rediscounted al
regional banks. Rules already have
been made for bankers acceptances."
In promulgating the order the board
siderably enlarge the scope Of service
Of Federal reserve banks, and assist
also in developing class Of double
name" paper which, it says, in many
countries, Is a desirable form Of in
vestment and an important factor In
modern commercial banking systems.
The regulation defines a trade ac-
ceptance as a bill Of exchange having
a definite maturity and payable in dol
lars in the United States having the
obligation to pay accepted by an ack-
nowledgment across its face by the
person or corporation on whom 1T is
drawn. To be eligible for re-discount
at a reserve bank, such trade accept
dllCeS IHuSl ue SluOIScu ny d
bank must have maturity at the time
Of discount Of not more than 80 days,
and must be accepted by the purchaser
of goods, sold by the drawer Of the
bill. The bill must be drawn against
Indebtedness expressly incurred by the
acceptor in the purchase of such
goods. Evidence must be presented
with the acceptance that it arises out
Of such a transaction.
Leo NJ Frank was the victim Of
a murderous attack at the hands Of
a fellow convict in the Georgia state
prison at Milledgeville, last Saturday
night. 1t was shortly after the con-
victs had gone to bed. Frank was
heard to yell out with pain. The
lights were Immediately switched on,
and it was found that the poor fellow
had been attacked from behind ana
his head had been severed nearly from
his body. The left juguler vein had
been severed; but the spinal cord and
windpipe remained uninjured. Two
surgeons who were doing time, one in
for life for murder and another in for
a shorter term for another offense,
took charge Of the case and helped
until the prison surgeon could be sent
for After several hours the flow Of
blood was checked and the wound was
sewed up. Frank did not lose con-
sciousnesS. He is said to have asked
that the fellow who attacked him be
forgiven. The attack, it appears, was
made by William Creech, white man
serving a life term for murder. The
deed was committed with knife made
of file, with the convicts had used
during the day in slaughtering hogs,
and which had been slipped into the
prison in some unknown way. Creech
confessed, saying that he had commit
ted the crime on a sudden impulse,
and said that he was dreadfully
sorry. He was promptly placed in one
Of the dungeons Of the prison.
Apparently war has not ravaged
the European wheat fields as extern
sively as generally was supposed, ac-
cording to figures announced last
Saturday by the department of agri-
culture. No figures are available from
Germany or Russia, but in Germany
the acreage probably has been increas-
ed and Russia's acreage probably still
is the worlds largest. In the coun-
tries of the northern hemisphere,
where wheat ordinarily approXimates
240,000,000 acres, eight show estimated
paintings of 153,S25,000 acres against
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