Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-12
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speeches against the treaty. Ihey
spoke in Chicago, last Wednesday
night and the vast Auditorium
theatre was Inadequate to hold the
crowds that wanted to attend.
- Two thousand delegates represent
ing the United Brotherhood of Main
tainance of Railway Employees and
Railway shop laborers have been in
convention at Detroit, Michigan, since
Monday. They represent 100000 rail-
way workers in the United States and
Canada. The object of the convention
is to decide whether or not it will be
necessary for the railroad workers to
strike to secure what they consider to
be their rights. Walker D. Hines ad-
dressed the convention on Wednesday
setting fort1 iths attitude of the rail-
way, administration and the under
standing is that today the convention
will decide whether or not 1t will
accept compromise The two thou
sand delegates representing the MEM
bership of the organizations has full
pSwer and authority to act as they
may see proper.
= AZ further decline of the spring
wheat crop. reduced the prospective
production 17,O0O,0OO bushels during
August, but corn had good month
and shows prospective output TO-
100000 bushels larger than indicated
last month, according to the govern
ment's September crop report issued
Monday. Qhere were reductions in the
forecasts a oats, white potatoes, to-
bacco and hay. but an increase in
btickwheat and sugar beets. The con-
ditionI of the corn crop was described
as irregular ranging from extremely
.sood to extremely bad, but for the
country as q whole. fair sized crop
of good quality is In prospect, totallinS
2,S5S,0O0 900 bushels. The loss in the
spring wheat crop was caused by
blight, rust, scrap and grasshoppers
The total. crop of spring and winter
wheat now is placed at 923,000,OOO bu-
shells which is more than S0O.O0O,0OO
bushels below the crop as forecast
from conditions prevailing in June.
- washington, September 8: Post
master General Burleson denied that
4 he had sought at any time to i'm
properly" control postoftlce appoint
rrients by the civil service commission
in statement tonight replying to re-
cent charges made by former Civil
Service Commissioner Galloway that
Mr.. BurIeson was attempting to de
I bauch the civil service and make a
sham OF the merit system. At no'time
has the postmaster general addressed
communication to the civil service
4, commission #ith7a viewIof improperly
= -eontrollinSiA4 rastsfAcsssrs rssntssnt." ="
y said Mr. sBurleson, land he has at no
time spoken to the members of the
commission with a purpose to control
their action, in filling any postoffice
Sacancyp Replying to Mr.. Burleson'
Mr.. Galloway tonight declared the
postmaster general avoids the issues
and resorts to mud-slinging. MI
Burleson, does what every gutterspine
defense to charges made against him.
said Mr.. Galloway, adding that he re-
affirmed every statement he made con-
cerning the postmaster general.
- While the drive for funds for the
Baptist $4,000, 900 campaign will not
be made until victory week, November
3O-December Z, DR.. l.. r. Scarborough,
general director, at Nashville, Tenn
received a telegram last Tuesday from
Nj. H. Wolfe Dallas, Texas, chairman
of the Democratic executive committee
Of that state. to the effect that he
would give 100000 to the campaign
without any designation as to how the
meney should be expended. This Will
enable the directors OF the campaign
tb, apportion the gift to all the pur-
noses fostered by the campaign in the
same proportion that the total sum
spught Is to be divided. This is the
largest undesignated gift that has come
to the campaign SO far, Dr.. Scarbor-
ough said. although A. E. Jennings
Of Memphis has d, subscribed 100000.
Mr.. Wolfe has just returned from
business trip TO Europe and is eX-
pected to take an active part in the
campaign from now on. He is presi-
dent of the Baptist general convention
in Texas.
- Serious rioting has been in pro-
gress in Boston, during the past few
days. .especialB,; throughout .Wednes-
day night, as the outcome of strike
of the polices force. The policemen's
Union having been unable to come to
. an, agreement with the city
government struck, virtually turning
the city over to the mob. Thieves OF
= All kinds got busy. They broke plate
glass windows, backed up carts to the
stores and hauled away goods. Men
were held up and robbed on, the
streets. Citizens were deputizcd as
policemen and the National Guard
was called in. Fighting grew out of the
efforts of the policemen and soldiers to
divert traffic and dispense rioters.
Machine guns were brought into action
but there was no serious effort to kill.
Two men and one boy were killed
during the day. 1t looked yesterday