Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-30
Scraps aud faets.

according to statement ISSUED ny tic
navy department, provided that IN
the event of total loss of this airshlp
the (ZR-2l Willie under construction or
Iminy trials, the two governments
would Jointly bear the loss on an
equal basis" The United States has
paid 100000 to British government
/. on contracts cost of $2,0OO,OOO Tor the
Z ZR-2. the, statement added. Accord
ingly the British government will urn
back $500,O0O to the United States.
Matthias Erzberger, former vice
, chancellor and minister of finance, was
ass;irsi,lrted today while walking
through the Black forest, near Ofen-
. berg. Baden. Twelve bullet wounds
s. were found in his body. The assail-
ants of Herr Erzberger, two youths
(, who accosted the politician whlle ne
( was walking with Deputy Diez, have
not vet been found. Just what was
. the motive is not known, but 1t mas
! been definitely ascertained II was not
robbery. EiZberger, for q long line
one of Germany's most powerful poll
ticians, had for some time past been
the object of violent cafnpaiEn'
sponsored by Pan German circles,
which accused him of being the author
d. of the policy of the present chancellor
Belief that the soldiers bonus bill
will be passed by congress by Decein-
Der was expressed, at Saginaw, Micn.'
Sunday by Representative Joseph W:
Fordney. chairman of the ways ana
means committee, who has just ar
rived here from Washington. Pas
sage of the bonus bill is the only hon
orable thing to do" he said. 'IShe
boys deserve it and shall have It,. Ihe
Republican house leader said he Ia
yors a. per cent. wholesale tax as a
means of raising the money Win
which to pay the bonus. Discussing
the tariff, Mr. Fordney said that Wlth
the exception Of the wool schedule. ne
expected the tariff bill to be but llttie
changed from the form in whlch II
passed the house.
= Settlement of the strike OF en-
ployes OF the Highland Park Manu-
featuring company, operating seven
textile mills at Charlotte, Concord ana
Huntersville, n. c., and Rock Hill, >.
G., was announced Saturday in a tele-
gram from c. w. Johnston, OF Char-
lotte, president of the company, 10
Governor Morrison. Mr.. johnston
telegram says: 81 am delighted 10 re-
port settlement of strike in our mills,
due. think to your very clear ana
fair SDeco]. at Concord. / conSratu-
lcte you on your good Judgment IN
tlds mnttcr." Governor Morrison this
afternoon expressed satisfaction that
the textile situation at Charlotte ana
Concord was improving. He received
the telegram from Mr.. Johnson tnls
morning. James +. Barrett, president
of the North Carolina Federation OF
Labor. today received wire from w.
NJ. Sullivan, editor OF The Charlotte
Labor Herald, stating an agreement
had been reached. Mr.. Barrett called
upon Governor Morrison today ana eX-
pressed his confidence that the per-
sonal touch at Concord had solved the
problem.
- Marshal Foch, unannounced, walk
ed into the American embassy at Paris
last Friday without formalty TOOK
seat in the reception room ana IKE
the ordinary caller, sent up MS cara,
asking TO see Ambassador Herrick'
When the presence of the distinguish
cd visitor became known secretary
Immediately ushcred him into the am
bassador'si office Marshal Foch told
Mr. Herfick that he had come TO the
embassy in person to say dehnltely
that he was going TO the United
States. II wanted to come and tell
Won definitely" said the officer who
commanded tile Allied armies during
the Word war. that | am going 10
America. / also wanted to tell you
directly by word of mouth, instead OF
by letter or in any formal way, now
deeply touched ! have been by the
echoes from America OF my prospec-
tive visit. | wanted to tell you now
delighted | an that | am going. Ihe
visit of the American Legion has
nlc tCI with Amer
lea than | haze been since the Amer
ican army was here. and | appreciate
dceply the desire of tie American Le-
gion that / go to their convention in
Kansas City"
- Nearly 70 per cent of the govern
ment's tax revenue of 5OO,OOO,OOO
during the last fiscal year came from
taxes upon incomes and profits, accord
ing to an official summary made PUBIC
Sunday by the treasury department.
The principal sources of the remaining
30 per cent were listed in the report as
follows: Tobacco. $255, 100000, includ-
ing cigarettes, Sl25,053,3 369; transfer OF
estates, $l54O39 SO2; transportation OF
freight, $l40,01S,077; transportation OF
passengers, S97,4S1, 1896; admissions 10
theatres, concerts, cabaretS, etc, So9,-
725,9O5; distilled spirits, SS2.596,969' :
autOfnODlleS, IiuSRS, SNN''
s76,O2S,157; capital stock of corpora
tions, sS1,514,344; non-alcoholic bever-
ages, $5S,673,192; automobile tlres,
parts and accessories, $39,5l7,6O2; tel
egraph, telephone and radio messages,
$27, ,36O,223: jewelry, watches, CLOCKS
opera glasses, etc, S243O3,9O5; candy,
s2O,436,47S; pianos, organs, etc. VII
567,931; furs, S9,OS1,2 ,23S; seats, berths
and stateroOms SS,4S5,014; motion pic
ture films, leased, $6,OOS1 10S; perfumes,
cosmetics and medical articles, $5,SOO,-
7GS; tennis racquets, sporting goods
etc, $4,283,S72; playing cards, S2,6o3'--
962; chewing gum, $1,3S2,177; toilet
soaps, $2,223773; bowling alleys, pool
and billiard tables, $2,364,2O5.
- Chester. August Z: Mai. Gen.
George Gillette of Camp Jackson con-
ferred with the chamber of commerce
and city authorities today with refer
ence to the cross country movement
of the Fifty first coast artillery rcGl-
ment, which will go from Camp Jack
son to Camp Eu3tiS, Va. There Will
ho 100 engineers, $50 artillcrymen
and so ordnance repair men. There
will he 245 vehicles, including l25
trucks. 81 guns and II touring and OBJ
servation cars. The chamber of com
mercc offered Major Gillette the fair
grounds for Il SubbaSe and he Will
recommend to Colonel Hilton, com