Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-12
Scraps and fafts.

the warming lIldl NlOldlOlS "OoAN ~
prosecuted after December Is. A mar
gin of so per cent. Of invoice cost is
allowed for mems clothing and shoes
while 60 per cent. margin is allowed on
women's wearing apparel. All pur-
chases must bear tags with cost ana
retail prices showing margin OF prollt.
West Point Ca, December 10: with
flood understanding five TO ten feet
deep overtthe business and part OF
the residence portion ..ofS the town, the
Chattahoochee river reached us crest
here TODAY at 81 feet, five feet higher
than the previous record made In 1850:
About 40 houses have been washeo
away by the river. There is no repoTt
of loss Of life, but property oainas
will reach several hundred thousana
dollars. Shortly after noon fire broke
ont in the warehouse Of the West POINT
Iron works. The two central spans OF
the big highway bridge across tne
river washed away, carrying with IL
part of the water main, leaving resi-
dents on the west side of the river with
ont drinking water. The Sterling, NC
Ghee and Houston bridges also are
gone. The Columbus Power company
plant at Goat Rock dam, seVeral lhlIes
from West Point, has been put out VI
commission by the flood waters. The
food when the flood waters swept the
stocks of goods in the business houses
hut some little relief was rushed mere
today from La Grange. Aadltioiiai
supplies have been promised from At
lanta. where the Red Cross quickly or,
eranized a relief train on receiving Woro
Of the city's plight.
Sheriff Mitchell left Asheville, Wed
nasdav TO investigate charges that un-
identified parties composed OF Whlte
men and boys broke into ana almost
DESTROYED a negro school at Beaver
Dam, 16 miles from AsheVllle Iuesuay
night and that Wednesday afternoon
another group Of white boys nreu on
negroes, injuring one OF theln'
first outbreak is believed to nave start
cd over a fight between white ana
negro bows, the former later visiting
the school and wrecking the buildlng:
Another serious outburst occurred
"wednesday afternoon when group OF
white bows il is charged fired a shot-
gun at a group Of negro children VINO
were on their way home from school.
little girl was struck on the leg py
some of the shot but was not seriously
hurt. The officials have learned the
names of the aggressors, 1t is sald, ana
prosecutions are expected to follow.
A IeaCn6r lilC hSohN
norted to the county superintendent
Wednesday that every window had
been broken from the school house
during the raid; doors were torn from
their hinges, the stove was taken down
and other damage done to the interior
of rhe building. The teachers Appeared
20 The county authorities for hnancial
aid in making repairs.
THE Republican national committee
in session in Washington this week
selected Chicago and Tuesday, June 8.
as the place and time for the national
convention at which the partys lsZo
candidate for president will be noml-
mated. On the roll call Chicago muster
ed A votes to 9 for st. Louis. Ihe
committee also authorized the creation
of two new departments or party or
ganization to deal respectively with
oolitics and general party welfare. The
FORMER composed of selected members
Of the committee and other men and
women representing labor, capital, the
farmer and others, will go to work at
once sorting out subjects to be dealt
with in the 1920 platform. The second
committee comprises an equal nunper
of national committeeman and OUTSIDE
party leaders and will function as an
advisory council in the conduct OF the
campaign. The plan OF VIII H. nays.
the national chairman for limitation Oh
individual subscriptions to $1,000 Tor
mally was approved and the committee
announced some changes. IN the ap-
nortionment Of delegates to the nation
al convention. These changesiwere not
of q sweeping nature, however, and az
fected only seven states. After hear
ing the report of chairman Hays and
adopting a resolution approving his Ell
forts for party organization and har-
mony, the committee ended it's session
on Wednesday, and many OF the Re-
publican leaders who had come to
Washington for the gathering left for
their homes. tsat,
The army reorganization@biA of the
bouse military affairs committee will
be framed without universal military
training. Representative Anthony,
(KanO, acting chairman of the com
nittee. has announced. The declSlon'
made after a poll showed that a ma
jority of the committee We're not III
favor Of this feature, which was SO
strongly recommended by the war de-
partment and all the leading military
men who saw service abroad. Oppon-
ents of military training have such a
small majority that Mr.. Anthony said
the plan has not been abandoned per-
manently. Representative julius kahn
(CalD, chairman of the committee ana
q strong military training advocate,
who is in San Francisco, is certain TO
make a strong fight in committee for
universal military training and, II
necessary, will take his fight to the
floor. Mr. Anthony said this feature
was laid aside when the Republican
steering committee determined that
army reorganization should be the sub
ject Of one of the first pieces of legis-
lation of the regular session, The COM
mittee has decided also to frame its
bill by amendments to the National
Defence Act of 1916, instead of writing
an entire new measure. This pro-
gramme probably will be ready for
submission to the house early in Janu-
a,-y. il was said. The committee has
indicated it's intention of consolidating
the various bureaus of the war depart
ment which sprang up during the war
with the view of eliminating unneces-
sary overhead expense. BY adopting
this method, Mr.. Anthony said,
saving of $25,000,0O0 year in overhead
expenses can be effected"
The state department has informa-
tion that the case of United States
Consular Agent Jenkins has been mov-
ed from Puebla, Mexico, state court TO
the Mexican supreme court, and the
Washington government is withhold
Il