Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-24
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met and the election is to come off
this afternoon Both candidates have
been declaring for some days that they
have enough votes pledged to elect.
Gompers has had the leadership of the
American Federation Of Labor for
MANY years; but there is good reason
TO believe that the big organization is
about ready.to put him aside for
younger and more aggressive man.
For the first time in the history Of
the American congress a. woman pres
ided over the deliberations OF one OF
the houses Monday. Miss Alice Roperl-
son. Of Oklahoma the only woman
member of congress, welded the gaVet
while the house Of representatives at
the request of President Harding ana
Secretary of: State Hughes, passed a
bill authorizing the sending OF a Onlteo
States commission to Peru @ aurang ag,,I;e Jme
centennial celebration in that repupiic;
The members Of the house arose ana
anplauded when Speaker Gillett re-
ruesteG miss Alice" to ascend TO the
chair When she announced the
passage Of the bill. she was applauo-
ed again. During her brief term as
presiding officer she made. the mousse
behave. For the only half-hour OF re-
cent years, members did not have TO
be silenced or called to order.
President Harding in a letter to
the National Association for the Ad-
yancement Of Colored people MAGE
nublic in New York, wednesday, salo
he planned to proceed as early as
nossible to study the. race question:
with a view to aneliorating the treats
ment accorded to negroes, as oIliisieI 93 toa,
in his message. to congress-: I 1eei
strongly" he added, that there is op-
nortunity for accomplishment OF great
and lasting good and that whatsoever
mea sures will enlist the cooperation OF
Intelligent and broad leaders or poth
races will serve the most useful pur-
nose. AS evidence of the increasing
and gratifying interest throughout the
country in this entire set or propleLns
am glad to be able to tell you that
since the delivery Of the address TO
congress on April IL, great nuiiioel
of commendatory communications nave
come to me, indicating that IN an sec
tions and among all classes ana Iaces
there is deep desire FOR acnleVet'ient
along these lines" The president ex-
nressed his good wishes for the sue
cess of the twelfth annual convention
oP the association which opens at De-
troit June 26.'
Judge S. w. G. Shipp has refused
to Grant a new trial in the case or =.
n Bigham, who is under death SEN
tence for the murder Of his mother,
brother, sister:<Hand two adopted chill
dren. After reviewing the testimony
,,non which the application is based
Judge Shipp concludes with: courts
are always jealous Of invading the Sc
crecy Of the jury room, and no eVl,
dence rejecting upon the conduct OF
Jurors ought Ito be received unless
served on: the jurors. know Oh ~
case where a verdict has been SCI 2sloe
on the ground that the jurors INVOKED
divine guidance, and no .Such case mas
been called to my attention, ana am
not prepared to set such Preceoe.i.t. .i
Circuit courts undoubtedly have lhe
power to grant new trials, especially
in cases involving life. and death, even
when an appeal is pending, but II is
power to be exercised with grave eau
ton. The burden is upon detendant "
present such a case as satlSneS tHe
court, at least by preponderance OF
evidence, that an. injustice mas oeen
done him, and I am not SO satlsnea
after considering all the affdavits IN
this case, and the motion tor ne"
trial is accordingly denied
The Federal government will begin
the fiscal year July with approximate
ly 100000 employees on It's payrols
This number compares with 439,1sS
five years ago, before America entered
the war, It compares with a total OF
s17,760 on November II, 1918, when
the armistice was signed. The reduc-
ton from the time the Federal gov.
ernment attained it's greatest point OF
expansion is thus shown to be some
thing more than 100000. If the num-
ber Of employees were reduced TO the
prewar figure, 161, 900 more would nave
TO 60. These figures refer to employees
working all but fraction Of the total.
They illustrate the inability or con-
gress, despite all attempts to compress
the Federal government to something
near it's prewar extent, to make rapid
reductions. Wartime agencles persist
and the mushroom growth of the war
remains in MANY directions. There
are. for instance, two government en-
ployes in the District of Columbia for
every one there was before the war.
Now there are 83,595, where FIVE years
ago there were but 39,259. When the
arnistice was signed there were H.
900. Two or three thousand more Will
lose their jobs June 80, when reduced
appropriations for the next fiscal year
become effective. The war department
is dismissing 1900, the navy 3oo, ana
other departments lesser numbers.
in a. letter to Senator Harris, of
Georgia, who wrote to inquire as to
the status of the farm loan credit ma
chinery, former Representative A. f.
Lever, now a member, Of the Farm
Loan Board, says that All Tbut about
S2,0O0,OOO of the recent $40,oo0,OOO is
sue Of federal farm loan bonds have
been sold, and that when that small
remaining portion shall have been sold
the farm loan system will be ready to
lend the S4O,000,000 to the farmers or
country on basis of pro rata al!otments
$50 much per farm loan district) The
Third district, including the states OF
North and South Carolina. Georgia and
Florida, is to be allotted $2,350,0OO OF
the s40,OOO,00O, soon to be available
for loaning, according to Mr.. Levers
letter from which the following quo
tation may be made in fuller eXplana-
ton: THE loanable funds Of the farm
loan system are derived from the sale
of farm loan bonds based on frst
mortgages on farm lands and aside
from such funds the system is without
money. On April is, Of this year, an
offering of s40,O00,000 Of farm loan
bonds was made and approximately
s3S,OQ0,O 900 Of these have been taken by
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