Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-08
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Along side the. new state of Man
haitian, being clamored for in Now
York, may be set up the State of West
Texas. All of West Texas is now up
in arms over the action of Gov. Pat.
N. Neff in vetoing the bill establish
ing an agricultural and mechanical!
college at some point in the western
part of the state. The newly-arouSed
anger has awakened the slumbcrlng.
sentiment in favor OF dividing the
state. The constitution by which
Texas became state provides lor
the eventual division of the state INTO
five states; without congressional act-
ion. People Of West Texas. claim that
they are, taxed without representation
and that Che legislature has, always
been in ignorance of,the vast resources
of the West. Several towns are al
ready entered as candidates for capl-
tai of the new state. A mass meeting
held at Sweetwater in Colan county,
passed resolutions asking for justice
at the hands of the state government.
and demanding the establishment .ol
the educational institution vetoed by
. Gov. Neff. ,.........
The American government, al
though not party to the treaty oi
Versailles, has surrendered none OIL
it's rights in the: overseas possessions
of Germany secured to the prlnclpai
allied and associated powers ny lilat
treaty, the governments OF Japan
Great Britain. France and Italy are
informed by Secretary Hughes IN sim
ilar notes dispatched by the state de-
partment last Monday. Specifically,
tho communication deals with the
award to Japan by the supreme coun-
ell ut Paris May 1913, of a mandate
over the island of zap, an important
cable center in the Pacific ocean, ana
; Mr.. Hughes says the American gov
,,rnment trusts that this action, when
il must assume was taken under
, 1nisapprehension, will be reconsider.
ed - The notes are the first important
di,,omatic communications penncd nS
tn" new secretary OF state anu lhGS
made it plain that the change OF ad-
ninistrations in Washington had re-.
suited in no modification of the pre-
rirus position Of the United states
that as one of the principal contri-
butors to the common victory over
T,r,n,any II must insist upon the ex-
nrcise of it's full rights in the dispos-
;,;on Of the former German possess
S'GNs.
NJ
cd what they believed TO be
movie" robbery and so railway and
postal employees obligingly stood with
their hands in the air, five armed pan
dis seized three sacks of mail at lne
pearhorn street railroad station Chi-
cagn Wednesday and escaped. Inc
mai! vas for the Monon train known
as ;li, Hoosier Limited. Later IL was
said tat one of the sacks Of register
ed mail contained approXlmaleiF soU'-
OQ0 in money and securities. Inc rop-
bees. it was said, spent the afternoon
nlavins ball in front Of the station
whit. they waited for the appearance
Of the mail truck. Thereupon tEGS
threw ,lown their gloves, Dat ana 't'i'
d. shed across to the platform ana olie
Of ihr,a shouted: Stick up your nanus
cvrryinody," More than fifty railway
and postal employees who were aIou'o .,. u
th,. track complied in the be!iel tnat
muriou picture scene was being taken;
Three sacks of mail, one registered
roucn. were thrown into the banolts
nlutim car, when one Of the bandils pe-
cs,,u:. nervous at seeing poilcciiill
am, fred Il shot, at him. The roppelS
thnn leaued into the machine anu
srrd away at top speed. Five bullets
,w,re fired ut them by the policemen
- Reduction of acreage and difficulty
., rorners in some sections in financ-
in:. this years cotton crop. are ueo
.- sciibed in reports to the bureau "
cr5p estimates made public IuesdaS.
Arkansas reported IAN effort pelhs
made to reduce acreage ana sa'a Son'e
of the winter picked cotton IS peIHo
bought as low as three cents IL pouIu'
DRY weather WAS said to have check-
y
aEe from 25 to so per cent. was sn!u "
la MANNED in some localities in Geor-
ria Much of the crop OF last year
Still remains in the hands OF inc
growers and boil weeril was reported
on the ground III many localI''eS,
Louisiana planting was declared W
have been intertered with by heaN!
rains while Missouri reported reouc-
ton in acreage. Recent reductloh III
prices Of fertilizer may lessen ~. ny
prospective decrease in acreage S',o ,1
al report from North Carollna' VIII.
Arizona said acreage rcuucllon Mra M
fully one-half. with the bulk oi E,a. 10,
years crop still in the hands oi inc
f,rn,ers who were said TO hc finding
II difficult to finance this years ofeI-
atoms. 4 reduction Of one e-hali acre,
oee was indicated in California anu
New Mexico sent similar iniornhilion'
Secretary Weeks recent statement
ttst he would announce shortly a ac-
taii of duty for General Pershins
"cGrnmcnsurate with his rank. mas
catsed considerable interest and snec-
ulation in the war department: Heni
erfsl possible assignments for Genera.
Pefshing, whose rank as general Oh
the army places him above any fou-
tine detail, have been discussed D!
officials it was said Tuesday. II mas
hcen rumored that the general Woi''o
retire 70 accept Il diplomatic post pro-
ooflv that Of Ambassador to Japan 10
succeed Roland Morris, whose rcslGha-
tion, President Harding recently ac-
ccpted. 1t is understood tna' lll'
would be the most acceptable u!plo-
motic post General pcrshing could bc
offered. Another diplomatic post men
TONED for him is Paris, but H. Is nc
lieved that if given his choice nc
would prefer Tokyo at this tune. On
the other hand large numbers OF arm!
officers believe that General l'crSli-
ing will either hc made chlcT ol Slal'
to succeed Major Gen. Ie!loh -, -;
March or that Secretary Weeks VIII
seek from congress legislation placinS
the entire army on Il field BASIS VIII
him Us general Of the army NJ tht'
head of the organization. In the event
that snch Il course is followed. II WIS
pointed ont the genera VIII nave Il
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