Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-17
Scraps and faets.

sense an lNSuFfeCtlOH, says the ASSo-
citation, Is Misrepresentation. The
facts are that negro tenants were
being unfairly dealt with by white
land owners and when the tennsntsl
employed a Little Rock lawyer 20 srfp-
resent them in an effort to. securetthetr
legal rights the trouble was precipitat-
ed. It is claimed that the story of
punctured tire DIT the negro church
and 4k6 nesrdss Hiring on officers with
out proRoe& Alton Is mostly Invention =
-Lieutenat B. w. Maynard, the Fly
ing parson," was the first to leave San
Francisco on the return trip to Mineola
field. He left at 1:22 p. m, on Tuesday
and made 356 miles on the first day.
On the second day he was 742 miles
from the starting point. He landed at
Sidney, Nebraska, at 5:45 p. M, ex-
pecting to start out again early next
morning and reach Mineola field, New
York, some time today. Lieutenant
Kirby, pilot, and Lieutenant Stanley
c. Miller, observer. fell at Castle Rock,
Utah on Wednesday and were killed.
Their death makes seven fatalities
since the beginning Of the great race.
Up to Wednesday night, six eastward
flyers had landed in New York and
nine westward flyers had landed In
San francisco. Altogether there were
twenty.four flyers still out on the hrst
lap.
Dispatches from Gary, Indiana.
lead tosthe inference that the secret
service Is hot on the trail of the mis-
creams who sent bombs through the
mails last spring to different promin-
ent officials, wrecking the door to
the home OF Attorney General Palmer
and smashing things in the Chicago
postoffice. Is was at first reported that
the maker of the bombs that were sent
out under the, Gimbel Bros labels had
been Identified and would probably be
arrested within few hours. This was
afterward denied. 1t Is known how
ever that one Anton Gorsi, who is gen.
orally believed to have blown up the
Chicago postoffice is said to have i'm
plicated Alexander Ivanoff, electrician
and steel worker, Of Gary, as the maker
oftthe lg6 bombs that were sent to
prominent men throughout the country
last spring and summer in forged Gim-
bel Bros. wrappings. 1t is admitted
that the secret service men are trying
to locate Ivanoff.
i - Lieut.. B. w. Maynard, the flying
parson," westbound leader in the
trans continental air race, will re-
turn to the ministry as soon as he
is mustered out of the army, his wife
says, The daring flier is only 27 years
old, having been born in Morgan, N.
C.,Sin 1892. He attended the Wake
Forest Park theological seminary in
that state and held pastoral charge
there while studying for the ministry.
He had been flying only a year and a
half, mostly in France, where he was
a test pilot, trying out de Haviland
Liberty motored planes after they had
noted for
the untiring energy he put into his
studies and on one occasion he tested
% planes in single morning. He
holds a looping" record, having COM
pleted $50 consecutive loops in 60
minutes without losing altitude.
y Quick action by congress on res
olution ordering the agricultural
department to issue a new cotton re-
pWB0x1P0us sHSuvenfberT2, showing the crop
Condition as or october 25. was prom
ised Tuesday by house leaders. Rep
resentative Byrnes of South Carolina
author Of the resolution. announced
Tuesday night that he expected to OBJ
tain house consideration Thursday un-
der Jan unanimous consent agreement.
Such action has been delayed by other
legislation holding the right Of way as
unfinished business and Wednesday
previous order of business similarly
prevented action. Favorable recon-
mendation on adoption of the resolu-
ton was given unanimously by the
house agriculture committee after
southern congressman had urged. i'm
mediate action as necessary so that
the true crop condition" may he made
known this year for the financial bene-
fit of the cotton planter. Failure Of
the, government report, issued almost
two weeks ago, to recognize abandon
ment of fields was blamed by Mr..
Byrnes as causing an estimated yield
of more than 100000 bales this
year. The departments estimated
production, he and others asserted, was
"extrayagantly high"
ganization of large corporation,
to be known as the Consolidated Tex
tile corporation, to acquire, manage
and finance textile mills throughout
theScountry and to direct the merchan-
dising of the products of the mills, has
been effected by prominent New York
banking and textile interests, according
to an announcement just published.
The properties to be acquired include
the Pilot Cotton Mills company, Raj
eigh, n. c.; James n. Wilson & Sons,
Burlington, N. c., owners of the Ossi-
pee and Hopedale mills, and the Ella
ManuIdCturlnB COIn npdny, SnelDy, N. u.
Many economies of operation will be
effected, it Is declared. The plan was
underwritten some time ago and it Is
reported that within very short time
the organization will have a capital
Of $25,000,000, representing many in
terests ready to be consolidated when
all the plans are formulated. The cor
poration will have an authorized capi-
tai Of one million shares of no par
value and has been organized under
the Delaware laws. Frederick X. Rup-
precht will act as president. In New
York dry goods mercantile centers it
has been contended for some time
that more direct control Of production
was essential in the development of
foreign trade in handling goods of
different mills for the home trade.
The feature Of the great labor
conference in session in Washington,
since October 6, has been the effort of
Samuel Gompers to bring about
settlement of the steel strikes on a
bases of recognition or the union. The
proposition of Mr.. Gompers provides
for an arbitration committee of six to
be made up of strikers, non-strikers
and employees; but this was not ac-
ceptable. The climax of last Tues
days tense sessions, one of which was
recessed in the midst ) of confusion,
came late in the day when Samuel
Gompers. leader of the labor delega-
ton Efnade1Sn sinpaSSioned plea for