Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-09
Ssxaps, and, ,farts.

beforePbut some $4,000, 900 less than
was apprdpriated for the purpose. The
total pensioners on the roll last June
80. WIS 566,053 q net loss OF 26,13f I
from TIE total at the beginning of the
fiscal Near. OF the total 21S,775 were
Civil warEaterans and 2S1,327 widows
minor shifFen and dependents of those
who servda Sfn the Civil war; There
were J$SzSSro9 the roll on account OF
seryisSsin@ @fies war with Spain includ-
ing 2l ,066 soldiers and S,216 widows,
miritr children and dependents. There
alscs%erei OH the rolls sixty-four Wild
owssdf soldiers who served in the war
of PIP; 1b5 S6ldiers'and 2,156 widows
of soLdiers of the Mexican wcr, and 81
7S4 4Skoldiefs and '2,569 widows of SOL
die5 ,whot served in some lneian war;
pridftto 1897
or, ~ ibig{ cigaf.shaped navy
..bipnb," Inflated with helium, the nom
infiaIamable gas discovered during the
war. few to Washington from Hamp-
tonSRoads. va, and back again Mon
day, making an actual demonstration
of belium's lifting power. The first
ship of the air to be inflated with he
liurn, she met every test her officers
reported. Not only was the snip
bouyant and safe from fire or eX-
ton, Roads as much gas as she took
away. There, was no dispersion through
the fabrfc.E .EtShe answered her rudders
perfectly,x ascending and descending
without "vaiting" The official report
shows the test wholly satisfactory.
landing was made ut the Naval AIR
Station at Anacostia. Army and Navy
Air Service officers and experts from
the Bureau of Mines examined the
ship. first IN the world, it WIS said, to
be lifted from earth by any other gas
than hydrogen. The new gas was. 9S
per cent. of the lifting power ot oydr91
gen, the experts say.
Continued Improvement in business
conditions in October, reflected notably
in Increased output of iron and steel
and textile products, and also a wide
spread stimulation in building and It's
related Industries, was reported by INC
Department of Commerce wednesday,
in AIS survey OF current business.
While prices continued :. TO decline
slightly during October, the survey,
showed, the relative STABILITY OF prices
as compared with preceding months
and the improved banking SITUATION.
as evidenced by smaller loans and
lower interest rates, were cited as con
dftions favorable to continued busl-
ness improvement. With the eXcep-
tion of metals, the quantitatlvc pro-
duction in the important industries
was shown by the survey to be equal
or greater than the before-the-W wal
average Of 1913. many lines, including
Diei iron and cotton and tobacco man
.ljfactures.. showing an increase to'
about one third over the minimum
production sfor tho current year. An
Increase of 20 per cert over the MIN
imlIfd was. reported in the production
of btuniinous coal, while the output
OF wheat floIT, cement, and wool pro-
fl,IctS was shown to have been approx
imately double the. minimum figures.
tentative proposal for an agree
inen{ batween the United States and
othdr pbEe{s TO replace the Anglo
Japanese Alliance has been cabled TO
I,onSloa as Nell as to Toxic, as result
OF the last meeting Of the arms con-
ference f'biS three" Official confirma-
thon that the suggestion for a new IN
terna tiofSlT SSnceft> = ffa 81 taken. AetDdte'
form was gNen "Wednesday, ttTSo M:
British. Details were not revealed
butc an authorized British spokesman
said that certain suggestions were iof.
mulated; and telegraphed TO London,
after the conference last week between
and Admiral Baron Kato. The Brltlsh
SPOKESMAN added that 1t Nigh. be
fairly inferred that if the proposals
should 6nd'y general acceptance they
would have the effect Of terminating
the Anglo japanese Alliance, for which
there would be no further cause. Al
though ftbWsimilar official statement
has been made by the Japanese II Is
known that sthe tentative agreement
was .cabled also to Toxic and the de-
lay il receiving a more definite state
ment of position. from the Japanese
capital ,isn attributed generally 10 Iues-
tions raised by this new phase u the
negotiations rather than 10 indecision
over. thernayal ratio. Meantime the
American 1Ilclcgaticr is revealing
nothinS &G1tever regarding its &ttl-
tude t6@ard the proposed arrange
ment. American 'spokesmen hold 10
their insistence that the question Is
not. at al stage where anything can be
said about it to the public;
The centuries quarrel between
England and Ireland was ended as
had been ,feyentlY hoped in the small
hours ofdast. Tuesday moIpGS Dy inc
signature in the prime ministers can
met rooma OF - treaty between Great
Britain and ireland" consisting OF iS
articles, giving ireland the title of the
Irish Free State and the same ;Gonsti-
tutional status an. Canada, Australia
and the other overseas domlnlons'
The question Of allegiance which up
to the last moment .threatencd 10
wreck the negotiations was surmOunt-
ed by permitting the members OF lne
Irish parliament 20 swear allegiance 10
the constitution of the Irish Free
State and be faithful to his majesty
the king" The treaty has yet to run
the gauntlet of the Ulster goNernmGht
and of the Imperial parliament. the
imperial parliament has been sum-
moned to meet on December H. ana
will be opened i'll state by the King
who had taken the closest personal IN
terest i'm the, Irish negotiations SINCE
he practically instituted them when ne
opened the Irish parliament Approval
by the imperial parliament is fore.
gone conclusion. as the government
has an overwhelming majority IN lhc
house of. commons favoring it's irish
policy aud the action of tho BRUSH
representatives. in reaching the agree
1nent has, already been Unanimously
Endorsed itS}the cabinet. The position
of Ulster is less certain. Evidence
comes from Belfast tonight tnat the
treaty will be subjected to the most
l., - -ox.,p,inotiO before rccclN-