Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-12

pected speedily to force Germany to
forego for all time her militarism or
be showed back into the original Prus-
sia-
Atlanta, Ca, January 8: Col. Tom
B. Fielder Of Atlanta-not the Macon
Tom, but the other one-has inquired
out by consulting Seaboard time Ia
BILE that he can take the O'Clock
train on the morning Of January ~
and land in South Carolina Just In
time to be out Of danger. But he can
not take an earlier train, for II he
lands In the Palmetto state before
noon Of the aforesaid day, Cole Blease
will still be governor, and probably
would let go everything else to seize
his person and place him in the state
prison so recently emptied by the re-
firing governor. For four long years
Mr.. Fielder has been shut out OF the
joys of a South Carolina visit because
Of Governor Blease's sworn intention
of putting him behind the bars on
charges connected with the whisky
scandal in Carolina. Blease tried to
have Mr.. Fielder extradited several
times, but the Georgia governors
would not issue the necessary papers
So Blease had to wait. And Fielder let
him wait. Whenever he had to make
a trip east he was careful 80 to de-
tour his journey that never for one
instant was he within the borders OF
the Palmetto state.
War department officials at Wash
ington, believe that an inventory TAX
en- by Secretary Garrison showing
that none Of the governments dis
carded Krag-Jorgensen army rihes
have been removed from United States
arsenals since the European war be-
gun, would set at rest widespread ru-
mors that they were being sold TO
European belligerents. In the state
ment based on this inventory, Secre-
tary Garrison declared that the gov
ernment has no present intention or
changing its order issued last summer
prohibiting the sale Of these guns.
The statement said there was no foun-
dation for the rumors and that the
order to stop the sale Of the guns was
issued to make sure that none reach
ed the fighting nations. Secretary
Garrison further declares that despite
this order and the lack of any basis
whatever for q contrary belief, reports
had been brought to his attention to
the effect that rifles were being con-
tracted for and were actually being
delivered. To ascertain the accuracy
Of such reports, Secretary Garrison or
dered that an inventory be taken on
January 6 Of the rifles in United States
arsenals and in the Manila arsenal.
The inventory disclosed, according to
the secretary, that all Of the 343,S07
rifles owned by the government were
in the arsenals where they were stored
when discarded long ago.
Cotton ginning in the last two
weeks Of December surpassed the
same period Of every other year ex-
cept the record production Of 1911,
and brought the total cotton ginned
from the 1914 crop up to 14.447,62S
bales, a quantity greater than ever
ginned in any other year to January l,
and 1900 bales more than in 1911.
Cotton ginned during the last three
years after January l, has varied from
1,226,071 bales in 1911, to $4,000
bales in 1913. Ginnings for the two
weeks period amounted to 470,014
bales, or $4,000 bales less than the
record in 1911. The periods out turn
brought the total cotton in Alabama,
and Oklahoma to a greater quantity
than ever produced in those states.
The eighth cotton ginning report OF
the season, compiled from the reports
of census bureau correspondents and
agents throughout the cotton belt and
issued at 10 a. m, last Saturday, an
nounced that 14,447,623 bales Of cot
ton, counting round as half bales, of
the growth of 1914 has been ginned
prior to January l. This compared
with 13,347,721 bales, or s5.5 per cent
Of the entire crop, ginned prior to
January last year, 12,907,405 bales,
or 95.7 per cent in 1912, and l4,317,-
0O2 bales, OF Gil per cent in 1911.
The average quantity Of cotton ginned
prior to January l in the past four
years was 12,914,1 160 bales or 94.7 per
cent of the crop. Included in the GIN
nings were 44,S16 round bales, com
pared with 94,265 last year, 1899 In
1912, and 96,227 in 1911. Sea island
cotton included numbered 1885
bales. compared with 74,32O bales last
year, 67,257 bales in 1912 and 105,sSS
bales in 1911.
A national employment bureau
reaching into every section Of the Uni
ted States, will be put into operation
by the labor department next week.
It will be operated along the lines of
President Wilson's suggestion in his
Indianapolis speech for "a systematic
method of helping the workingmen Of
America" Preliminary work for the
bureau has been completed, it was
announced Saturday by Commissioner
Caminetti, Of the immigration bureau,
and instructions sent to postmasters
and rural mail carriers throughout the
country and to nearly 100000 field
agents Of the agricultural department,
who will cooperate with the labor de-
partment in bringing the jobless man
and the manless job together. Agents
of the immigration bureau also will
aid in the huge task and blanks and
reports for their use have already
been printed and will be forwarded
without delay. The general plan was
outlined by Mr. Caminetti as follows:
Notices will be posted in all postof-
fees announcing that applications for
work or workers will be received by
the postmaster. who will be supplied
with forms to be filled out and for
warded to the labor department agent
in charge Of the zone in which the Of
fee is located The distribution branch
Of the immigration service will handle
that part of the work and to 1t also
will go reports of the agricultural de-
partment agents as to sections where
laborers are needed. Applicants will
then be informed of the nearest point
where they can obtain work of the
kind they seek. Commissioner Cam
inetti said the plan had been tried out
in a small way and the results had
been most satisfactory. After the fire
at Salem, Mass, ldSl uuS, "hCii f,VOV
operatives were thrown out OF en-
ployment, the labor department sue.
ceeded in finding work for many of
them. By a coincidence, he said, Sec
retary Wilson Of the department Of la
Dor, approved only Friday, the date OF
the presidents speech, the final report
made to him by Mr.. Caminetti, an
nouncing the completion Of the plans.
- Mrs. Matte H. Hughes. who killed
her husband at Greer's in Greenville
county. about fifteen years ago, and
who was turned loose after three mis-
trials, was killed in house near
Washington last Sunday, by burglars,
IL is said. a Washington dispatch to
the Greenville News tells the story as
follows: Shot through the breast. Mrs.
Matte H. Hughes, 46 years old. for
merly of Greer. S. c., is dying at Sib-
ley hospital, while two men Isaac Wal
drop. her father. rs years old, and
Nicholas Coffinas a Greek. are dead
from wounds received today at Clark
Station Va, when two unidentified
burglars attacked them. The tragedy
occurred at the woman's home. Fiji
teen years ago she came to Washing
ton dressed as man and obtained