Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30
Scraps aud fatts.

are directed to give the pupils a vaca-
tion that they may Systematically COL |
lect beechnuts and acorns which are
now falling, for the sake OF the oil
and fats they contain. The minister
Of agriculture has estimated that 400,-
900 IONS of the former and 100000 tons
of the latter will go to waste unless
some definite steps are taken to gather
them. From the components OF the
nuts, it has been found, a very &C
ceptable table oil can be made which
it is believed will go long way to re-
lieve the present shortage in that COM
modify.
Representative Claude Kitchin,
Democratic leader Of the house, who
opposes the administrations national
defense programme. returned to the
capital last Saturday to prepare for the
organization meeting Of the ways ana
means committee this week. Repre-
sentative Kitchin said he would favor
congressional inquiry into what ne
characterized as defense propaganda to
determine whether it may be supported
by persons allied with the manufacture
of munitions. He did not comment on
Secretary McAdoo's treasury estimates,
but said that when the preparedness
programme finally was adjusted by
congress, he would cooperate with
the administration on measures Tor
necessary revenues. First, l want TO
keep the people from being taxed Tor
preparedneSs," said Representative
Kitchin. but If / cannot prevent that,
l do not propose to oppose the party
in providing for necessary revenues
The British government has yield
ed to the American representations for
removal of all restrictions on the ship
ment Of tobacco to neutral consignees
in neutral countries, word reached
Washington last Saturday from the
American embassy at London. The
British embassy sent the following
message to Secretary Lansing: The
foreign office informs me that the
British government agrees for the
present not to interfere with the car
goes Of tobacco shipped to neutral
consignees in neutral countries and
states that in these circumstances to-
bacco in all its forms destined for
Holland will no longer be required TO
be consigned to the Netherlands Over
seas Trust" The removal Of the Brit
ish restrictions, protested against by
representatives Of tobacco producing
states. relieves situation which re-
suited in overstocking OF the tobacco
warehouses. Scarcity Of ships to-
handle the product and higher freight
rates now confront tobacco shippers.
In reply to criticisms of the Ameri-
can Bankers association in connection
with his declaration that many nation
al banks charge usurious interest
rates, John Shelton Williams, comp
troller Of the currency, issued state
ment last Friday night again giving
instances Of such practices. Mr.. Will
liams said it was true that majority
of the national banks obeyed the
usury laws Of the various states, but
that the reports rendered to him
showed, as he announced in speeches
and previous public statements, that
this was far from being universally
true. "The only states where there
were no national banks which ad-
mitted under oath in their statements
of September 2. 1915, that they were
charging as high as IL per cent on
any of their loans were Connecticut,
Delaware. Mississippi, New Hamp-
shire Rhode Island. Vermont and
Wisconsin" said the statement. 1t add
ed that reports Of September 2, 1915,
showed that 2,743 Of the 1913 national
banks of the country were charging 10
per cent on some loans. Mr.. Williams
banks be required to print in their
published statements Of condition the
maximum rate Of interest charged.
He expressed the hope that the assocl-
alton will work with the comptroller's
office to end the practices complain
ed Of.
-Rudyard Kipling. the British au-
thor, sends the following to the London
Daily Telegram: who q few months
ago could have invented, or having in
vented, would dare print such night
mare as this: There was boat In
the North sea which ran into net and
was caught by the nose. She rose, still
entangled, meaning to cut the thing
away on the surface, but a Zeppelin in
waiting saw and bombarded her, and
she had to go down again at once,
but not too wildly, or she would then
get herself more wrapped up than ever.
She went down and by slow working
and weaving and wriggling, guided
only by gueSSeS at the meaning OF
each scrape and grind Of the net on her
blind forehead, at last she drew clear;
then she sat on the bottom and
thought the question over, whether
she should go back at once and warn
her confederates against the trap or
wait until the destroyers, which she
knew the Zeppelin would have signall-
ed, should come out to finish her, still
entangled as they would suppose in the
net, which was a simple calculation or
comparative speeds and position.
when it was worked out she decided
to try for the double event. Within
the few minutes Of time allowed for
them, she heard the twitter Of four
destroyers' screws quartering above
her. She rose. got her shot in, and
saw one destroyer crumble, hung
around till another took the wreck in
tow; and said goodby to the spare
brace, for she was at the end Of her
supplies, and reached the rendezvous
in time to warn her friends.
Mrs. Phillip Snowden, wife Of a
member Of the British parliament, who
with Madame Rosika Schwimmer of
Hungary, interviewed President Will
son Friday night to gain his support
of the proposed conference Of neutrals
to initiate peace, quoted the president
as having said: You need not plead
with me. l am anxious, most anxi-
Gus. to do all that can for peace.
shall earnestly endeavor to unite ofhA
cial opinion to that end" Mrs. Snow
den, through the womans peace party.
gave out a typewriter statement of
the interview, before her departure on
the steamship Ryndam for England,
where she said she was going to ask
Mr. and Mrs. George Bernard Shaw
and other prominent English men and
women to meet at The Hague the
pacifcists who sail December 4, onl
Henry Ford's peace ship, the Oscar II.
President Wilson is in absolute sym
pathy with the peace idea,' read the
statement. There is not the slightest
doubt that he wants to do something
but he hesitates lest he might act at
the wrong time. When l SUGGESTED
that it was regrettable that the Eng
lish people had gotten the idea Ameri-
ca wished the war to go on, for the sake
Of the money made out Of it. he said
earnestly that it was very unfair that
the American point of view should
have been so presented to Europe. |
But we cannot expect fairness in
war, can we?' / reminded him. In
our conversation with him, either Nine. |
Schwimmer or l used the word
plead He spoke most sincerely, say
ing, you need not plead with me. i
am anxious, most anxious, to do all
that can for peace. l shall earnest
ly endeavor to unite official and un-
official opinion to that end Both |
Nine. Schwimmer and 1 believe that
was all that could possibly be eX-
pected of the head Of a great govern |
ment" Definite announcement that |