Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-05
Scraps and fats.

and Oregon. The states that are more
than SO per cent prohibition are:
Florida, South Carolina, Alabama,
Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Arkan-
sas, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Texas and Idaho. Three
states are between 25 and SO per
cent prohibition; Ohio. Michigan
Wisconsin, Maryland, Missouri, Wy
oming. Utah, California. These states
are less than 25 per cent prohi6ition:
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Montana, New Mexico and Nevada.
A court Of convenience-a court
without lawyers, where the people
may plead their own cases-will be
established here late in January, as q
branch Of the municipal court, Chief
Justice Harry Olson announced In
Chicago, Saturday. It's aim will be to
simplify Justice and reduce the cost
Of "going to law" 'The object OF the
new court will be to make litigation
less expensive" Judge Olson said.
mo lawyers will be needed to obtain
Justice. The complainant will present
his own case and the defendant will
voice his own defense. Technican-
ties will be eliminated from decisions
and much injustice may be averted.
Under the present system both par,
The court will at first consider cases In
which amounts less than $50 are In
volved. Later its scope Will De
broadened when other branches are
established.
Unknown parties dynamited and
entirely destroyed the monument to
Prof. Elisha Mitchell, erected on top
of Mount Mitchell, the latter part or
last week, according to advices reach
ing Asheville last Sunday. The monu-
ment, which was composed OF mix
ture of bronze and lead, was reduced
to a shapeless ruin. Foreigners en-
ployed by a lumber company are said
to have had trouble with one OF the
foremen recently and to have believ-
ed the monument the property or the
company, destroyed it. No arrests
have been made. Prof. Mitchell.
Yale professor, but at the time con-
nected with the faculty Of the Univer.
sity of North Carolina. proved tnat
Mount Mitchell, 9Th feet high, Is the
highest point east Of the Mississippi.
In further exploration Of the noun
tain which bears his name, he lost his
life and was buried on the summit.
Twenty-six years ago the alumni or
North Carolina had the monument
erected on the top OF the peak to
mark the last resting place or Pro1.
Mitchell. The monument will De re-
placed.
Late Saturday evening, the senate
discussion on the immigration bill
came to an abrupt end and the meas
ure was passed by the decisive vote OF
so to {. Those who voted against
the bill on account Of the literary
test were Brandegee and McCumber.
Republicans, and MARITIME, O'Gorman,
Reed, Ransdall and Walsh, Demo-
Gratis. This unusually large vote Is
accepted by senators as proof that the
bill can be passed over the president's
veto in the senate. 1t Is conceded
that II is the Intention Of the president
TO veto the measure. Senators O'Gor-
man and Lewis have told their col
leagues as much, but the warning
from the White House did not deter
the friends Of the drastic literacy test
from keeping it in the bill. The ma
jority in the house for the retention
Of this test also was quite large, put
It is said to be doubtful II a veto can
be overridden in that body. Senator
Lodges amendment. which would re-
lieve Belgian farmers from the liter
acy test and the alien contract labor
law was written into the bill by q
vote OF 81 10 II. Ohucf ILLS oiiiS
ment, refugees from Belgium would
be admitted only when they come for
the purpose Of taking up land and en-
gaging in agricultural pursuits and
when they can show the commission
er general Of immigration that they
are not likely to become public
charge.
The farmer has enjoyed greater
prosperity than any other individual
in the country. The value Of farm
products has increased to a much
greater extent than the cost Of articles
purchased by the farmer. This Is
declared in a statement issued by Nat.
c. Murray, Of the agricultural depart
ment, which says: "The purchasing
power of the farmer depends not only
on the money value Of what he pro-
duces. but also upon the money value
of what he buys. From 1899 to
1909, the money value OF an acre OF
the farmers crops increased III per
cent, but in the same period the mon
ey value of the articles usually pur-
chased by farmers had increased III
per cent; consequently as result OF
the greater increase in the price or
what a farmer sold than in the price
Of what he bought, the net increase
in the purchasing power Of the pro-
duce of an acre was 54 per cent
that is, one acre Of the farmers crop
in 1909 could buy 81 per cent more
of the articles usually bought by the
farmer than in 1899. In 1913, the
value Of an acre Of the farmers crops
averaged about 1.2 per cent higher
than in 1909. whereas the value OF
articles bought by farmers had ad-
vanced in the same time about 6.1
the greater increase in the price OF
what the farmer buys than what ne
sells the actual purchasing power OF
one acre Of the farmers produce In
1918. was about 4.3 per cent less than
in 1909"
The programme of the parade OF
the American battleship fleet from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coast, through
the Panama canal. for the formal
opening of that waterway next March
and the official visit Of President Will
son to the San Francisco exposition.
is to, undergo an important change.
Under the act of congress which au-
thorized this naval display. the Ameri-
can fleet was to rendezvous at Hamp-
ton Roads in March and proceed from
this point Of assembly to the canal
zone and up the Pacific coast to San
Francisco. The probabilities now are
that the point of assembly will be
Guantanamo, Cuba. Secretaries Gar
rison and Daniels were to confer over
the matter yesterday, consulting the
president with a view to considering
the propriety Of the change. which Is
brought about by the interference or
the European war with foreign par
ticipation in the naval display. The
nations Of the world have been invit-
ed to send warships for the process
sion through the canal in March, but
few European nations will contribute
any for the parade. The Pan-Ameri-
can nations are expected to send war
ships. The American battleship fleet
will leave New York. Philadelphia
and other eastern ports within the
next ten days for Cuba for maneuvers
and drills. Guantanamo would be
more convenient starting point for
the American fleet, and it also would
be convenient for the South American
warships that may join in the parade.
The warships and several transports
carrying the presidential party would
he Joined by the fleet near Guantana-
mo. and the formal naval parade
would then begin. The programme
will be finally arranged this week.
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