Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-02
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There's another reason why | am in
favor of bonus for soldiers that did
not mention in my speech at the Fill
bert picnic" said Congressman w. F..
Stevenson in an interview with the re-
porter That's this: The administra-
tion is getting ready to pay contractors
over the country the. sum Of about $3,-
600, ,OOO, 900 because Of contracts which
they had for war munitions and arma-
ment when the armistice came and
which therefore they did not fi!l.
That programme is going to be
pushed through by the Republicans In
addition to the millions that they have
already given the railroads and the
other millions of Indebtedness that
they are going to cancel for them and
still other millions that they are going
TO give them.
Now here they are going to pay
these millions and billions to the rail-
roads and contractors and yet they
say that the country is right now too
poor TO pay the fellows who did the
fighting and many of whom were
manned and disabled. 1t is not fair
and il is only simple justice that the
World War men got something. |
repeat, as | said at Filbert, that while
II may cost us al something to pay
the bonus ! am going to do all in my
power to keep up the fight and am
quite confident that l can maintain my
position on the matter anywhere.
There Is no chance for the soldier
bonus 20 be passed by this congress"
Mr.. Stevenson concluded; because the
president has already had it pigeon
holed But another day is coming"
Glad The Camp is Gone.
"I am delighted to know that Camp
Jackson will be abandoned" said For
mer Governor Cole l.. Blease, while in
Yorkville, last Thursday en- route TO
the Filbert picnic. THAT camp, es-
pecially since the armistice, has GER
tainly been a stumbling block for CO.
lumbia and there is no way in the
world to estimate its cost to the capital
because of increased immortality and
all that sort of thing.
1T has been the cause of the down
fall of many an innocent girl and 1t has
caused the city of Columbia to gain
most unenviabls reputation for i'm
morality-a reputation that she viii Be
unable to live down for long time 10
come.
Now during the war while boys of
our own state were training there, IL
was a different matter altogether. But
since then some of the scumiest scum
in all the earth has congregated there
and there have been numerous ROB
berries, various other kinds of disorder,
assaults on white women and in fact
vice and viciousness has been ram
pant.
Now understand, l don't bring that
indictment against all the personnel of
the camp. But the records since the
armistice show that crime has been or
the increase among the soldiers, al
though even now there are included in
the camp many fine men.
And yet there are some Of oul
more or less prominent citizens of CO.
lumbia, who would keep it there. They
came TO me and asked my assistance
in keeping it there. | have some
pretty strong friends in Washington,
and it might have been that | could
have been instrumental in having ii
retained. Understand, l don't say that
| could But l refused TO lift finger
for it. What are the hundreds ana
thousands Of dollars that it brings to
the city monthly compared with the
robbeyr OF the virtue of one woman, &c
say nothing of the increase in other
crime and general lawlessness I have
no hesitancy in saying that shall be
pleased when the last vestge of Camp
Jackson is removed"
About Pellagra.
A York county physician was talk
ing:
Il can't say for South Carolina" 81