Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-26
MERE MENTION

John r. Shilady OF New York, q
white man, secretary Of the National
Association for the Advancement Of
Colored People, was severely beaten
in front of hotel in Austin, Texas,
Friday and ordered to catch the first
tain out of the city, The beating WAS
administered by several men following
a meeting held with negroes by Shil-
ady He agreed to leave town at once.
.:A pitched battle between officers
and moonshiners occurred in Lime
stone county, Ala, last week, Lee
Nildbanks, an alleged moonshiner was
probably fatally wounded and Pollce-
man Hugh Craft, one Of the raiders
was shot in the arm. The officers
iound a big distillery in operation and
rive men at wofk.......A call has been
sent to the governors Of ten southern
states by Governor A. p, Roberts to
urge the passage Of the soldiers set
Element bill which Is up for debate in
congress the first week in September.
A ten per cent increase in all
aerial mail salaries effective Septem-
Ger /, has been announced by the
second assistant postmaster general.
Manuel Pelaez, rebel chief and his
followers killed ninety members OF the
Carranza garrison at Tanhuijo, state
of Vera Cruz, Mexico last week. The
commander Of the garrison Lieut., Col.
Marquez was hanged by the heels and
then shot to death.....Japan's promise
Of early reforms in the Korean govern
ment as made in the imperial receipt
recently issued at Toxic, Is insincere
and means nothing to Korea according
TO a statement issued by DR.. Syngam
iahee, president of the provisional gov
ernment of Korea............The war, de-
partment has announced that the fol-
lowing American troops will remain
in Germany after September 80:
Eighth Infantry, Seventh machine gun
battalion, second battalion of the Sixth
Field Artillery, Thirty-flfth signal
battalion; First supply train; First
mobile ordnance repair shop; Com
pany A of the First engineers; Field
Hospital No. 13 and ambulance Com
pany No. 26-....The delirium Of ex-
travagance that has existed in the
United States since the armistice was
signed must be replaced by spirit
of thrift and people must work and
save if the government is to be en-
abled to discharge its national debt,
Secretary of the Treasury Glass said
in an address to members of the North
Carolina Bankers association at Win
ston- Salem, N. c.. Friday......-.....De-
claring President Wilson was mis-
taken" in information he gave the
foreign relations committee Tuesday
about resumption of trade with Ger
many Senator Fall Of New Mexico, q
Republican member of the committee
told the senate Friday that during
June American export trade to Ger
many amounted to more than $S,OOO,-
600 and that merchant ships were sail
ing direct between American and
German ports.A government credit
Of $4,000 900 was established in favor
of Italy by the Washington govern
ment last week, making a total for
that country OF $1.592,675,945 and for
all the Allies of $9,663, ,172, ,567...........
Approximately 100 officers and ex-
officers of the American army, most Of
them overseas veterans, have regis
tered with the war department as ap-
plicants for positions by Arthur
Woods, assistant to the secretary OF
war who is conducting nation wide
drive for the unemployment OF ex-
amy men. Applicants ask for from
$3.50 to $4,000 a year and represent all
fields of endeavor..,s..... Publishers OF
twenty five newspapers In central
and South America have been invited
to visit this country in the fall as
guests of the Mississippi Valley AS
sociation. The war department has
refused permission for further Sunday
baseball games at Camp Jesup, Ala.
ID. E. Lyday, president Of the Texas
Farmers Union in statement issued
Friday said the cotton crop in Texas
is facing serious damage from con-
tinued rain and cool weather. Weevils
are being propogated, he said, accord
ing to reports to union headquarters IN
Fort Worth, Texas........Honorable dis
charges will be granted to all men who
served in the navy during the war
with Germany with good records and
who have been released with ordinary
discharges" BY a ruling of the de-
partment at the time the armistice
was signed all enlisted men discharged
before the expiration Of the full four
year term of enlistment were given
ordinary discharges instead Of the
usual honorable discharges.