Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-14
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'ar % ,stya f5ot, Nere witfRut infSg9a1
..tion n was hoped ,iffsIoliao9 tpat
the story had no foqndahPn slh "a e y
. Complaints of seioff1cfssss TX or Y thei
American Cotton assketatto nj qussltol y
ing thei accuracy ofstfe lasyfI w ssss.,l-
n,enf rerort on the condttious pS TIE
cotton crop last Saturday dertd eglsE, B
.Iafiye expression in congress AT Ia ,.he
raor,est, of ]. S. WanHarpakers- els 20 20
iurnbia, s. c., president OF 9ns';ssssyt ss.S,tt
sciation. Representatives Byrnes,N Sounlh
Carolina, introduced a resoiutioH III
recting the agricultural departnssntap -
;ss,,e 3. new crop report by NovemoePi
81 next. showing the cotton crop Scoti-
dition as of october rs. lmmedia.s.iy
after introduction Of his measure, MI.
Ryrnes arranged for a hearing on ~
by the house agriculture cominiteee
TODAY. at which southern growers, con-
gressmen and government otnclais are
expected to appear as witnesses
- Fears of the cottonseed crusners
that the department of agriculture
would attempt to fix price on c~ot.om ~
seed meal, as an ingredient in Nlnanu
factured fertilizers have been akayeu
through the issuance by the depsu
ment of bulletin declaring no eu or
win be made at this time to ADJUST ~
fix prices on fertilizer ingredients. InlS
action followed q conference iastins
several days between the head OIL 'ns
bureau of soils and representatives OIL
an the fertilizer factories and cotton
seed .cfusfiers Of the south. The pui-
siefin states. however that the depart
: Snsnt still has power to punlsh pro-
fiteering and iptjmates very strongly
that n the event yof price boosting on
eitherT Fertilizer or their Ingredients,
drastic action win be taken against
the profiteers.
An airplane believed to nave peoh
intended for use against the non;
,lnion steel men who have remained at
work in the Homestead district was
car,t,,red within few miles OF the
great Homestead steel plant few
days ago. There had been rumor
out for some time that the union men
had In building an airplane with winch
they proposed to bomb the MONIES oI
the non-union workers, and also tnere
was a threat to the effect that Domp3
were to be dropped on the roofs OF Inc
mills at night. The plane was cap
t,ired while, it was being taken into
the township adjoining the steel mills
and with II was taken Joseph (TwlSlz'
as years old: Peter Nemshi,' a Pole
% wears old, and Frank Gill, u years
old. There was no evidence, beyond
the unsubstantiated rumors. to indicate
the use that the men were to make
OF the flying machinefin their possess
sion. ;,
Heayily Increased use of sugar IN
candy, soft drinks, ice cream and otner
Injuries in the United States during
the first nine months Of 1919. Is an
nornced by the United States sugar
equalization boards, means that sucn
over Indulgence in sweets, must
now be curtailed in some sections OF
the east for the next three months:
George A. Zabriskie, president .n ross %
the board, in q statement to the press,
declared that although the talk CT
shortage persists, it was a fact that
from last January to September, in
snSsss nSRanyYh sIssf had been ae1ivered to
American consumers than for the
same period of 1918. The normal In
crease in consumption for the period
named, he said, would have been four
per cent. The west should secure I'M
mediate relief from the harvesting OF
an average beet crop said the STATE
rnent, which will be in full swing with
IN q week. The Louisiana supply OF
10o, 900 tons available after Novem-
ber /, while disappointing, will serve
TO supply the south until the next
West Indian crop is ready next Janu-
airy.
THE veterans of the armies of the
Confederacy, more than 5000 strong,
,paraded in Atlanta, last Friday, stag
ing the closing spectacle of their
a twenty-ninth yearly reunion. the
line or march, more than mile long,
was literally jammed with spectators
~ IL y a Nd Ion -
the gray clad heroes OF the sixties
;passed in review Leading the pro-
cession until 1t reached the reviewing
stand, the commander n-chief, Cen
eral K. NJ. Van Zandt, of Fort Worth
Texas, and his staff, then took th3ir
places beside Governor Hugh Nj
Dosey, his staff and other distinguish
edrvisitors. Gaily decorated automo-
biies occupied by be-ribboned spon- :
sors, maids and matrons of honor and
other organizations, gave bits oil Color
to the procession, but CHIEF interest,"
Gcentered in the veterans themselves
sand the tattered and discolored old
battle flags and other war relics they
carried. The ages of most OF the old
soldiers ranged from 20 to so and over
and for that reason scores were forceo
TO drop out from time TO time ana re-
tire to the street curbinS to rest. Few
calls, however. were made Tor the am
isbu, ,ances held in readiness. The usual
~accompaniment of buck and wing
cdancing, jigging and other antics were
%indulged in by many OF the veterans as
they passed the reviewing stand.
Reports that an apology was de-
manded by American authorities IN
Siberia from japanese officials, or that
the Japanese threatened to support
Cossaoks in the recent encounter al
Inman, north of Vladivostok, are abb
solutely denied in a statement issued
by the Japanese general staff al
Toxic. The statement follows: 'Ac'
cording to facts which have been as
certained by the Japanese army. two
Americans were arrested by Cossacks
on the charge of having prevented u!
force the discharge of his duty by q
Cossack officer at lnman, Siberia, Oh
September 4. The Americans were
transferred to Khabarovsk on Septem-
Der s. On the same day three com
panies of American troops with ma
chine guns arrived at Inman. One com
pany 'deployed against Cossacks in the
neighborhood and the Japanese gar
rison. The two others were disposec
9 in the town itself. Two CossackS
military policemen, were arrested by
the Americans, who subsequently left
The headquarters of the Japanese gar
rison volunteered its good officers anc