Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-01
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ment for overtime, or tllDSe, Hoaay III
the south, who are being PAID tihe
and. one-haH after eight fhours pefore
federal control. The rulthg vas made
putas before the board, and ifIit7 is de-
cided later that the punitive rate for
overtime is justified. the roads Will De
directed to pay back to employees the
amount to be deducted after today.
THE prolonged stoppage in the coal
industry will end Monday by settle
ment reached last Friday when the
government agreed to renew its ofter
of : a subsidy of ten million. pounds
sterling to avert the'hardships of the:
next three months 3becahse Of neces-!
sary wage reductions, thereby con-
ceding the one condition required py
the miners in the settlement reached
Thursday between the miners and the
mine owners BY the terms OF tne
new arrangement q wage pasls VIII
come into effect for the next 10
moths, whereby the miners receive
20 per cent. above the pre-war scale OF
wares. with an additional share or
nrn},ts ON all agreed percentage basis
which will be regulated by the crea-
tion of a. national board and district
boards.
President Harding has requested
Secretaries Mellon and Hoover and
Manager Director Meyer Of the war
finance corporation to conduct an IN
yestigation into credit facilities in the
south with regard to the carrying over
off present cotton stocks until they can
ba.:marketed in an orderly way. An
nouncement of the credit 1nVestlsa-
tion was made Monday by Mr.. Hoover
who said the committee named py the
president would begin preliminary IN
Xestigation Of the subject immediate
Nv upon the return of Mr.. Meyer, VINO
is now absent from the city. he sald
he had I'D MAS NO 1s gE8sae g Investigation til
would follow, but explained that there
had been many complaints about the
insufficiency of credit for carry over
o,irposes. The president seemed 10
have in mind, according to the COM
merce secretary, desire to make Gre
dit available in order that the STOCKS
of cotton from previous years, now
stored throughout the south, Woula
not act as a deterrent to the growth
of a full crop this year.
Henry Lineoln Iahason,za negro
who was nor1lnated s:by President
Harding, Friday-'to the recorder Oh
deeds for the :Disfrietsof Columbia,
will not resign as member Of the Re-
publican national committee from
Georgia to takeyythe new; position ne
declares. Johnson held a similar pos
ition under. President Iatt. re eNs
pressed confidence tonighfss ms
nomination would !not meet VIII m
due opposition in the senate. MY LIE
isran open booktsg, s;ae sssaid ss,Fhe only
real enemies I..-haves were made
through my stand, years. <agp in con-
nection with the pressing OF peonage
charges, and this feeling has been
largely dissipated by recent disclosure
of conditions on Jasper county muroer
farm. 1t was due to my personal Ell,
forts that indictments were returned
against James NJ. Smith. of Ogle-
thorpe, Ca, a millionaire farmer VINO
later was candidate for governor IN
the state primary" Johnson gradu-
atsd at the University of Michigan IN
1892 and soon afterwards was admit
ted to practice before the Georgia
courts. He has taken an active part
in-Georgia politics among ms. own race
since his return to that state.
The Administrations permanent
tariff bill was on Wednesday, intro
duced in the house OF representatives
and for the first time was made pupllc.
No explanatory statements, accom-
panied the introduction Of The meas
ure as heretofore has been customary
OF. the revenue it Is expected to return.
Unofficial estimates by members oil
the ways and means committee, how
ever. placed the expected return as
high as seven hundred nlillion dollars
a year. The Payne-Aldrich law IN tne
normal pre-War. years. produced III
tie more than three hundred million
dollars a. year Examination OF the
bill. which covers, 46@ pages shows
that in some cases the rates proposed
are higher than corresponding rates OF
the Payne-Aldrich act, while others
are lower. An estimate of how the
whole bill compares with the Payne
Aldrich law would be possible only by
tariff experts making a detailed sIudS:
because the scheduleg-ef% the.new Dill
are in many cases not framed IN par
ellel with schedules of the Payne law
but are differently constructed. IN
COMPARISON with the Underwood tarlll
law Of the Wilson administration, the
new bill removes many articles from
the free list, although it leaves a large
list free of duty including print paper,
wood pulp, leather. and, harness and
agricultural implements. 1t raised no
notable additions; to the. free. list.
Probably more newspaper cores
pondents than were employed on the
battle fields of France during the
world war will be on hand TO report
the Dempsey Carpenter flstlc en-
counter at Jersey City tomorrow. Ike
Dorgan, who has charge Of the press
ARRANGEMENTS, said there would be
seven hundred newspaper men at the
ringside, two hundred of whom Wou!o
be debating to telegraph operators
while the bout was in progress and the
remainder encircling the arena dlrect-
]v in front Of the holders Of fifty dol
lar tickets. 1t will be the greatest ar,
raw of fight chroniclers, or indeed
chroniclers Of any kind. ever assem-
hIed to cover" single event. Ike
norters from many nations will watch
Dempsey. the champion. and Carpen-
tier, the debonair French challenger,
hattie for honors and through the
newspapers will tell the world the STORY
of the encounter. Seven writers from
France will be on hand waiting ana
hoping that they. might cable fiash
that their countryman has become the
worlds heavyweight champion. Eng
land will be represented by iitteen
newspaper correspondents, ana elshI
more will come, from Canada. Even
Tokyo on the other: side OF the worlo,,
will have special writer's there, as VIII
Copenhagen, Manila, Havana, Buenos
Foroiop cities hum