Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-26
Scraps and facts.

lirium due to illness eight months
ago, was taken from her stomach by
an operation at the Westside hospi-
tai, Chicago, last Tuesday. The knife
was corroded and saw-edged from the
action of stomach acids, and physi-
clans said that nature had made ne
roic efforts to digest the implement
The woman rallied we'll from the op-
Grafton. Eight months ago Mrs
Hochsborger had typhoid fever. She
recovered, but her stomach did not
feel right. Finally she recalled In a
vague way that during the delirium
of the fever she had swallowed a
knife. One physician after another
was called upon to prescribe for the
stomach trouble, and to each she told
of the knife, but each had something
to say of the imagination of nervous
women. They told her to forget the
knife On Monday all were invited
to view an x-ray photograph. II
showed a ten-inch knife lying In 9
diagonal position in the lower part oi
her stomach.
New high records in the foreign
trade Of the United States contln9e
to pile up the greatest favorable trade
balance the country has ever known.
The movement Of merchandise and
gold shown in figures, issued last
Monday by the department OF com
merce. discloses how decidedly the
United States has been converted
from a debtor to a creditor nation
During the twelve months ending
with October the foreign trade exceed
ed s5,OO0,0O0. Imports were Sl,69l,-
74s,O13 and exports $3,31S,634,636 as
compared with imports of $1,SS0, AZ.
sol and exports Of S2,140,s41,S ,Szs
during the previous twelve months.
October exports established a new
high record, rising to sS34,6SS,5fe, 3,
or $53,961,756 more than the former
record made in September; octooes
exports were S14S.529,620. The RECORD
trade balance made during the month
was s1S6,108,95S. The previous high
balance made in February was $lZ4,-
100000. During the twelve months
ending with October s326.52S,77s IN
gold came to the United States TO pay
the debts Of other nations.
- Secretary Garrison has made public
q letter to Major General Funston COM
mending the general, his officers ara
men in the highest terms for their con-
duct during the recent critical SITUATION
on the Mexican border. Il desire TO
express to you and, through you to
officers and men Of your command,
wrote the secretary, my high apprecla-
ton Of the. able manner in which you
and they have performed duties OF tne
most difficult and trying kind. The
situations dealt with called for such
high degree Of sound judgment, wise
discretion and absolute self-control
that it is very remarkable that all those
qualities were brought to bear in such
a way as to prevent the happening OF
any untoward incident. You have re-
fiected credit not only upon yourselves,
but upon the army Of the United States
and the nation which 1t serves. thank
YOU on behalf of the department and
to the extent that l have the right to
speak for the nation, on behalf or the
nation. I wish 1t were better under-
stood by the people how finely they
have been served. / feel sure that all
those who have knowledge do appreci-
ate, and my only regret is that SUCH
knowledge is not more widespread.
Secretary McAdoo announced last
Wednesday that he had decided 10
make the Federal reserve banks de-
positories and fiscal agents Of the gov.
ernment. The necessary orders will
be effective January /. At the begin
ming, Mr.. McAdoo expects to transfer
to the reserve banks the funds OF the
Federal government now on deposit
with national banks in the cities where
the reserve banks are located, amount
ing in all to about S7,000,000. In a let
ter to the reserve board the secretary
says he has decided to transfer at
present only the amount named in or.
der not to put an undue volume OF
business upon the reserve banks.
Each Federal reserve bank says the
letter, will be required to perform on
behalf Of the government the services
which are now rendered by the nation
al bank depositaries in said cities as
we'll as any other services incident to
or growing out Of the duties and re-
sponsibilities Of fiscal agents" Co
operation Of the board is asked in
carrying out the provisions Of the re-
serve act under which the transfer
is to be made. No mention Is made
either in the letter or the secretary's
statement of the subject of interest on
the government funds. National banks
are required to pay two per cent on
such deposits.
"A resolution endorsing legislative
methods OF obtaining universal
eight hour law, was defeated by a
SASS to 1886 vote at the tnal session
OF the American Federation of Labor,
after a heated debate between Presi-
dent Gompers and John Fitzpatrick,
president of the Illinois State FEEDER
alton OF Labor at San Francisco last
Monday. They then went to an order
tavoring economic methods only for
obtaining shorter hours. The final seS-
sion was the stormieSt of the con-
vention and didn't adjourn until early
Tuesday morning. The vote on the
eight hour resolution was victory
for Gompers. In an impassioneu
speech he declared the socialist party
was behind an attempt to force the
Federation to endorse the proposed
eight-hour legislation. After the vote
was taken Fitzpatrick stated the ac-
tion Of the convention affected only
two million organized workers. This
brought about an Acrimonious dispute
between Gompers and Fitzpatrick.
Toward the end Gompers refused to
read a communication from Fitzpat-
rick. The convention went on record
as favoring an American merchant
marine and refused to take cogni-
Zance of naval increases. A committee
was appointed to survey the problem
of unemployment and vagrancy in
the United States. The convention ad-
journed to meet next year in Balti-
more.
Letters from the Gallipoli penin-
sula say that a Queensland cavalry
man named Sing holds the record
among the Australian troops as a
shipper. Up to the first Of September
Sing had shot 81 Turks of whom at
least so were killed outright. Sing was
a crack marksman before the war
and had won prizes for his shoot
ing at Brisbane as we'll as Sidney.
Since engaging in systematic shipping
in the Dardanelles operations he has
rarely missed one Of his human tar
gets. Day after day and night after
night he settles down comfortably in
some pet position and waits with in
exhaustible patience for his chance.
He sits for hours with a telescope as
an aid watching the Turkish tracks
over the hills or the length Of the
Turkish trenches until sooner or later
a Turk shows himself. If the Turk is
wary and quickly bobs up and then
down again Sing does OF fire. He
proceeds on the principle that en-
boldened by fancied security the Turk
will gradually risk first his head, then
his shoulders and finally the upper
half Of his body. At this stage Sings
rifle cracks and the Turk is seen to
fall. A notch is made by Sing in a
stick which he keeps by way Of re-
cord. Eing's shipping performances
are said to be beyond question for
every telling shot by him has been