Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-03

Arabia and other parts of Asia Minor.
II has been estimated that this JEWISH
military police force will number
about 100000 men, and that the Brit
ish War Office is making a point TO
selecting for this service men VINO en-
listed voluntarily. In addition 10 VOL
unteers. the British War Office IS saao
to have at its disposal about 2V.Voo
Jewish legioas who have conc
from Great Britain, the United States
and Argentina
= Because of the misunderstanding
that seems to exist among relatives
and benefciaries OF men In the mill
.tary and naval service as to their
riShts under the War Risk Insurance
Ast. Carter, Glass. secretary OF the
II easury, has called attention to the
fact that insurance and compensation
represent. two entirely seperate and
distinct benefits. Insurance." he,
SAYS, @is payable regardless Of any
dependency, and "a beneficiary desig-
mated inean application for govern.
ment insurance. if within the permitted
class of spouse child, grandchild. par
ent brother or sister, Is entitled to re-
ceive the insurance in monthly in
stallments without proving any de-
tendency upon the insured. NCompen-
apart from insurance, and takes the
place of the pensions provided under
the old pension system, is payable
only to wife, child. dependent moth
er or dependent father"
The results Of the British elections
which were held some weeks ago, were
declared on last Saturday. They bring
complete triumph for Lloyd Georges
coalition. and complete route Tor the
Asouithians, the pacifists and the wo-
mems candidates. In ireland the Sinn
Feiners were victorious. Although
millions of women were allowed to
vote. only one woman, Countess Mar
kievicz, will be allowed to sit IN the
house of commons. She, however, was
elected as Sinn Feiner. and as they
decline to sit at Westminster, only
males will be in the house. Out OF
total menbership of 707, the Lloyd
George coalition will have 519 seats
In the house. The Sim Feiners Clean
ed up Ireland by electing 70 members
and the Laborites elected 75 members.
Mr. Asquith has lost his seat Tor the
first time In thirty years. All the mem
bers of the Lloyd George government
were elected and Lloyd George Will
be free to do whatever he vents to 40.
.- Little cotton remains to be gath
cred In Texas, and such staple as re-
mains in the field Is of a very low
grade, being in the main stained and
Or shot III f Is now estimated ac-
cording to Galveston authority that
Texas this year viii have produced
2, $50, 900 bales Of 500 pounds each
when all the staple has found its way
to the markets. This estimate is
based on an estimate of 11,234,727
acres gathered out Of a total of H.
951, ,S27 acres planted. The abandoned
to about per cent, Is usually large
for Texas, and was due chiefly to the
prevalence Of drouth in western and
southwestern Texas. The average per
acre was 10 pounds of lint cotton.
Labor conditions in Texas are rapidly
improving, and it is reported that there
Is no shortage of farm workers. Cot
ton pickers have been available In
rcost sections to gather the cotton as
1t opened, and the loss due to re-
manning in the fields too long was
comparatively light The improved
labor situation assures a large cotton
acreage next spring. Statistics show
that a very large wheat crop has been
planted, and 1t is certain that large
corn acreage viii be planted in the
spring, but 1t is believed that sufficient
new ground will be put in cultivation
by the returning soldiers to more than
OFFSET this land that is to be planted
to grain. II Is indicated at this time
that next years cotton acreage will be
between 10 and 20 per cent larger
than this years.
There were 81 lynchings in the
United States during the year, ac-
cording to records compiled by Mo;s-
roe N. Work, in charge Of records and
research of the Tuskegee Institute.
The figures, made public last Mon
day show an increase in lynching over
last year of "a. Fifty -eight of those
put to. death were negroes and four
were white persons. Five women
were included in the number Six
teen, or a little more than one-fourth
of those lynched, were charged with
assault or attempted assault. Two Of
the white persons were charged with
murder and two with disloyalty. The
offenses charged against the negroes
according to the records, were: Al
legged completely in murder, Ia; mur-
der, seven; threats to kill, six; as
sault, ten; attempted assault, six; al
legged participation in fight about al
legged hog stealing, three; killing Of
ficer of the law, two; immortality, one;
assisting man charged with murder to
escape, one; robbing house and fright
ening women, one; killing man in dis
pute about automobile repairs, one;
killing landlord in dispute over farm
contract, one; assault with intent to
murder one; wounding another, one;
robbery and resisting arrest, one.
The lynching by states follow: Ala
bama, three; Arkansas, two; Califor-
MIA, one; Florida, two; Georgia, 1S;
Illinois, one; Kentucky, one: Louisi-
ana, nine; Mississippi, six; North
Carolina, two; Oklahoma, one; South
Carolina, one; Tennessee, four; Texas,
nine. Virginia, one; Wyoming, one.
Among the interesting projects un-
der consideration for airplane expioi-
tation soon will be a great exploring
expedition to the North Pole, begin
ming next June under the command
and direction Of Capt. Robert Bartlett,
so long associated with Admiral Perry.
Airplanes, Captain Bartlett explained,
in talking about the matter, will
greatly simplify the work of surveying
and exploring the heretofore unreach-
ed regions. / have made several
fights, including one in combat ma
chine going at 1877 miles an hour, and
as soon as / saw the extensive range
an aviator has at a height OF 1000 feet
i realized now Slmpie IL WOuiQ De 10
exploit with skycraft. For six weeks
in July and August the weather in the
Polar regions is warm, seldom being
lower than so degrees above zero
warmer than 1t is In New York in
October. During these six weeks can
be done by airplane> more exploring
than has been done by all the Arctic
expeditions together. Exploring and
surveying from the air will be only
one Of the important missions of the
expedition. Others will be to flying
across the top of the world from Cape
Columbia on the American side to
Cape Cheluyskin on the Siberian side
to conduct extensive soundings in the
Polar Basin, make a map of its floors
and collect fauna and flora from the
ocean bottom and to send up sounding
balloons and explore the upper regions
of the air, gathering meteorological
data. More than 100000 square
miles of territory in the centre of the
Polar Basin still remain to be ex-
plored, and 1t is quite. possible we will
find land in that region. 1t is hard to