Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-25
Scraps aud faets.

March, 1918, q; April, none; May, Zi'
June, %; July, 66; August, S2; sep
tember, 1S1; October, 125; November
Ito November 1D, 4S.
RECOGNITION Of the Lcnine- -Trotzky
government by the United States and
the Allies was urged by Colonel Ray
mond Robins. former head OF tne
American Red Cross mission to Russia
in an address before the league OF tree
nations associated In New YORK lasl
Saturday. Asserting that since his re-
tirement from the mission he felt no
longer the necessity Of silence, Col
onel Robins vigorously defended the
bolshevik leaders and criticised the at,
titude of the United States TOWARD
them. Colonel Robins said ne hao
found the soviets were the only Iorce
in Russia who could get something
done and done expeditiously." De-
Tending Lenine and Trotzky, he said
he would not have signed the Breast
Litovsk treaty with Germany mad
their overtures to the Allies been ac.
cepted. II believe" declared Coionei
Robins, Russia has the right to nave
the kind of government the Russian
people want, and I do not believe any
government set up by foreign rules
can be maintained except by foreign
rifles. We must abandon the per
cent indoor, tea table, boulevard point
of view and adopt the % per cent
mind Of Russia If we are to cope with
the Russian situation
Fraud or Misrepresentation by
private income tax advisers In many
cities has been reported by revenue
officers, II reported from washington
and investigations are to be made oy
United States attorneys. Prosecutions
are probable In number or cases.
Private tax advisers reaped mar
vest last week, according to reports,
during the rush of citizens to hle
their income returns. The advisers
opened officers and by advertising
drew thousands of persons to them
Revenue officials charge that many OF
them were guilty Of illegal practices In
leading citizens to believe that tnelr
offices were branches Of the revenue
collectors organizations and in aiding
tax-payers in making out false or mis-
leading returns. Revenue bureau ON,
cials said today their reports indicated
the practice was widespread, although
they had not yet compiled lst OF
cities from which reports came, 10 De
referred to the department OF justice.
Offlctals also explained that the decf-
sions did not refer to bankers and
others who gave aid to the revenue
authorities in spreading correct IN
formation on the tax system. To make
repetition of this condition impossible
next year Internal Revenue Commls-
sioner Roper plans to build up an or
ganization Of thousands OF volunteers
to be given class instruction on a tax
regulations for dissemination TO TAX
payers.
Differences between the manage
ment of the Postal Telegraph & Cable
Company and Postmaster General Bur-
Lesson, which have been acute ever
since the government assumed con-
troll of the telegraph and telephone
system, eliminated Saturday in an or
der by the postmaster general sum
marily relieving the chief officers, di.
rectors and owners of the Postal
company from all duties in connec-
tion with government operation
of their system. In the place OF
Clarence H. Mackay, president OF the
company, the order appointed A. r.
Adams, president Of the Kansas CITY
Home Telephone company, and mem
ber of the governments genera! tele-
phone and telegraph operating board
to take over management OF the en-
tire Postal system. In announcing the
action, post Office department officials
II.
day. w. w. Cook, general counsel
and William ]. Deegan, secretary, were
named specifically with Mr.. Mackay
in the removal order. The depart
ment announced the action was maze
necessary by failure or refusal OF the
Postal officials to follow instructions
efforts to embarrass and discrcdit gov
ernment control and failure promptly
to put O new wage schedule and the
eight hour day into operation. Ofn-
cials said formally they assumed the
Postal company would seek TO inter-
fere with execution Of the order by
some court action. The officers re-
lieyed retain their connection with the
company itself, the postmaster gen
erals authority extending only to
actual control and operation. Last
January Mr.. Burleson removed Ed
ward Reynolds, vice president and
general manager. of the Postal on the
ground that he was obstructing opera
tion.
The total membership of the
Southern Presbyterian church Is about
$4,000. The call Of the general as
sembly's committee on stewardship In
the intensive drive throughout the
church during the present month is Tor
$3,500,000, to be paid within the next
causes Of the church, Is call for prac-
tically ten dollars from each member
of the church, or the total sum aver
ages this amount from each member.
This call from the stewardship COM
nnittee constitutes the first call in the
progressive programme to continue for
the next three years, during which time
$12,O00,000 Is to be contributed for
home missions. foreign missions,
Christian education and ministerial re-
lief, Sabbath school extension, and Bl-
BILE cause. Statistics show that already
the Southern Presbyterian church
probably leads all denominations In
the south in per capita contributions
to church benevolences, and reports
that are coming in large numbers daily
to the office of the director Of the pres
ent campaign show that in all sections
of the church membership is rallying
to the support of the programme for
vet larger gifts for the support OF be-
neyolent causes. From no part OF the
church Is this awakening more evil
dent than from churches in home mis-
sion territory in the southwest Where'
in some instances, subscriptions made
during the present month show an IN
crease from 100 to 1,6QO per cent In
crease in pledges for benevolent
past year. In this church there are
6s4 home missionaries, including their
wives. who labor unselfishly on the
frontier, in the mountains, among the
negroes and other dependent and ex-
ceptional classes. the salaries OF many
of these being far below what is rec
ognized as even the living wage, and
II ia q striking testimony to their ell
fective work that the pledges OF
churches in home mission territory
show such marked increase over the
contributions Of last year.
With the announcement that col
lections from the first 25 per cent in
stallment Of income and profit taxes
on Saturday, March Is, amounted 10
81, ,oO1, ,00O, 900, and might go higher
with later reports, the last financial
milestone preceding the Victory Lib
erty loan has been passed, and II
seems probable that the loan will be
for approximately s6,000,00O,0O0. Gov
ernors of federal reserve banks attend
ing a conference closing Saturday were
told that although official statements
of the amount of the loan heretofore
have referred to five or six billions,