Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-05

peace, ana leaves treaties OIL COIIllHeFCe
and: amity to be negotiated by the
president. ~, -" ,,:.,
The site of Armageddon in Pales-
tines is ITO be; excavated by an expe-
dition from the University Of Chicago.
This has been made. possible. by John
D.,Rockefeller, Jr.;;".who, has donated
$4,000 to help 'defray the expenses.
Unusual interest Sattaches :to this en-
tepfise. Armageddon, .or Megiddo, is
theSsite of the first battle of which
history carries, aa1Nrdetajls... The book
ofIRevelations calls it. the worlds last
battle. DR.. George sAaeI, ccsecretary of
Thea Oriental Institute. at the univer-
sity, said Sunday: at Vas in 147s B.
TS1tnoss Tithst, Ghf ffl IS IS Fs HgyPt ae.
minion over Palestine and Syria and
to the 'Euphratesi FSfsl00 years his
predecessors had had foothold there.
The battle of Megiqdo took: place in
the theed first MssaIan ssmIaPais Thosf T snfv saPy
years before he completed his cam
paign. Some digging has already
been done on the site of this battle
by an Austrian but much remains to
be done.. The Germans: put lin tilir-
teen years work on the site of Baby
lon when they were stopped by the
world war;"
-orders will be Issued h.. the War
ing" Withdrawals among the enlisted
personnel Of the army. ThiS is the
course first to be pursued by Secre-
tary, of War Weeks in effecting the
reductions from the present army
strength of around 2S5; CO., officers and
men to 100000, made necessary by the
army appropriation bill. The reduc-
tion does. not need to be made until
October 1, and it probabl will. be un-
til the last, mihutes that sdrastc dis
charges will be put into effect. Weeks
is anxious to make, the reduction vol
untary He believes the government
is morally bound to live up to its en-
1iStment contracts. In addition to the
moral obligation which Weeks feels
is imposed on the government, he hest
itates to throw approximately 10000
soldiers and 10000 civilians on an un-
employment, market already stasger-
ing WitA g9H 49, IDLE men: a ;r5A5taS Mails
that it might not be possible: to COM
ply to the letter with congress wish
es in the matter Of ,reducing,the army.
Weeks holds that the congressional
act compels him to effect the reduc-
tion by October 1.
Marshal Ferdfand 'rF6ch Of France
commander-in-ch chief Of the allied arm
les, on Sunday sent through the Asso-
ciated Press Hlessase-te-th the-Ameri-
can nation on the occasion of the an
niversary of the Declaration Of 1nde-
pendence. The message embodies
tribute to the American army, paid by
the man who led to victory the allied
forces with which that a1mSs fought
and to the people of the United States
ASIA whole" for they 1pnpazrlleled ef-
fort in every branch of national actl-
witty" which did sc; niuchrto bring ul-
innate triumph. to ahe iallisd I9fms. 1t
was Geffhany's Intention, Says the
marshal to settle the fate Of the en-
tente before the United States could
get effectively into the struggle, but
ruined the plans 81 or ADVERSARY"
aadsha eoaa and f9Sa dsta Hss sns steps
through which American help was
given the forces; agEaNed against Ger
many in the great Struggle fHe. points
out the needs of, the allied fighting
front in the ear4y'sta ges of the cru
cial 1918 campaign and hoNs item by
item. the American aid to meet those
needs was giysn saa fha sp5 eoncsn sno
SupplleS-aS TeShfC"Ct' "tllef CoiSSli-
trated national effort and finally the
great and telling 'bart' 'pfa yed ity the
American, army organization on the
battlefields and behind the lines in
France.
1.-The cost of running the United
States government dgTins the flscal
year which ended Friday was SS,llS.-
e27.6S9. according to, the. treasury de-
partment's Statement for' the close OF
business June 80. The figures, how
ever, are subject to final adjustment.
Revenues from all sources, although
showing a. drop:of a billion under the
previous year. amounted to S5,624,-
932.96O and there was a balance OF
cash in the general fund amounting to
$549,67S,105. enough to meet expenses
for several days: Expenditures aver
aged around. forty million dollars q
day for. the week before the hScal
years ended. For the year ending
:June 30. 1890, tho governments in
come was fi6,694,565,3SS, and its eX.
penditures S6,403, ,343,Sg1. All types OF
taxes collected during the. 1921 year
showed losses compared with 1920 re-
turns, but the big decrease was in the
income land profits levy. which pro
duted S3.2O6.046.157 in 1921 and S3,-
943.949.gS7 the previous year. During
the year of 1921. the government oD-
taihed sS,S64, ,a9S, 3332 332 from sales Of its ]
securities ard Afetfred 'S9,7S2,027;17O
worth of securities Listed in the Or
dipary disbursements was S999l 44.-
73f paid. during the year as, interest on
alF classes of debts. The gross nat
ional debt at the end .of the year. was
s2a.97T,450.55o, while at the end OF the
1890 fiscal year it was S24,299,S21,467.
The highest peint in the. debt of the
United states for all time came Aug
ust 81, 1919, when it was $s6,396'1ol'-
GAS.
"A billion dollars whicls should he
in circulation to assist the coming IN
dustrial revival is being boarded IN
American stockings, w. II. Hays, post
master general. declared yesterday IN
announcing plans for revision OF the
postal savings system to ntake'lt more
attractive to potential depositors.
Through, his reorganization-'plans Mr.:
Hays hopes to draw the boarded
wealth of the soAntrwout gf its hid
ing places into useful. !.channels. The |
present statement of depositors in the
postal savings SaAks, ~he saidstonisht
after conferences with Middle West
fraira" .wflfe eeffa ssSSefHmfcht 'ias 'r,1.ri