Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-07
Scraps aud fafts.


ton Exchange. They showed a de-
crease during the seven months ended
with February of 16 per cent. COM
pared with the sales during the same
reriod a year ago, and q decrease Oh
10 per cent. compared with the sales
of two wears ago. According to the
81, tement, the total quality of fertili-
zers sold in Georgia, South Carolina,
klabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, LOUIS
lana, Texas, Tennessee, and Oklahona
amounted to 552,S26 tons against 800
T22 tons a year ago, and l,S5S.rI TWO
wears ago. Heaviest sales were IN Soutn
Carolina, where the total yas 1so'ss'
tons against 1S5,467 last year.
= Unrest among stock investors to-
day@swept down to failure four more
. brokerage houses in New YORK, Two III
philadelphia and one in Toronto. Ihe
most striking failure OF the day was
ffAt' ofNGeorge w. Kendrick, 3rd, q
company, of Philadelphia, whlcn an
,oufced it had suspended operations
hecause of lack of working capital, ana
would turn it's affairs over to the
creditors committee. The kendrlcK
bouse was the third member or the
New York stock exchange to close lls
doors since the series OF broKerage
failures began last October. Other
stock exchange houses which nave
zone to the wall are E. w. wagner S
Company and Crawford, Patten & can
non. The other failures-4S In nutiiper'
including today's casulties--were mem
bers of the consolidated exchange, lte
New York curb eXchan ge ana ouI-
side" houses without eXchange Gull
nections.
Government revenues collected
during January--the first month OF
operation of the revised tax law
showed a decreasein receipts or near
ly s65. 900, 900, compared with January,
1921, according to reports complieo
by the internal revenue bureau. Ike,
ceipts during January agSregateu
S1S1 900 ,O00 against S196,oOO,0OO for"the
same month last year the MAJOR
shrinkage being in the income and
gorofits taxes, which inclined from $751;
600 900 to $44,00O,0 900. Collections un-
der the national prohibition act in
creased nearly s50,000 receipts for
january aggregating $214,0OO com
mared with $164,000 in January, l9Zl'
The advantage was accounted for by
an increase of $144,000 in taxes on
Crane brandy used iii fortifying sweet
wines. All the otheritems showed de,
screases Tobacco taxes Increased
about $4,000, the total for January
from this source aggregating $2O,4S3,-
900 against S19,941 900 last year. ine
Increase comes mainly from chewing
and smoking tobacco, receipts from
cigars, and cigarettes showing de-
}creases.
IA bill providing for the extension
Of the federal warehouse act 10 permit
Che licensing Of warehouses for storage
iAf agriculture products has been IN
Nroduced by Senator Harris, Democrat
Georgia. The measure wcu d leave 10
.fhe secretary of agriculture the desig-
nation of what products migSt be stor-
I'd and for which warehouse licensed
Neceipts might be issued. The present
Net limits the products to cotton, WOOL
GRAIN, tobacco and fax seed. Senator
'Harris said his main purpose Is to make
II possible for cotton seed to De IN
cluded as a product of licensed receipts
and that the. department Of agriculture
with whom he conferred urged that the
amendment be- made to, cover agrlcul-
&ural and hpticutugal Produ&s " the
discretion ofA-the seeretafy OF aeT eTlcut,'
4ure. The bureau of markets advised
Senator Harris that it did not think 1t
wos desirable to authorize the storage
Of cotton seed until such time as some
definite grades have been established
but with the information which the
department already has, 1t is not De-
lieyed very much time would be re-
lauired ito develop standards which
would be generally acceptable.
= County SJudge Snider of Hamilton,
Ontario, on Friday released Matthew
Bullock, American negro, who was helo
at the request of United States au-
fhorities for extradition to Norlira, n:
G where he is wanted on charge or
attempted murder. The southern state
refused to send witnesses to CANADA 10
testify in eXtradition proceedings. Inc
Judge ruled when Bullock was rearrest:
ed two weeks ago that witnesses must
be produced by North Carolina TO eso
tablish a prima facie case against the
negro. Governor Morrison, OF North
Carolina, refused to send witnesses
forGanada, and the judge held that ar
fldavits submitted by the United states
consul were not sufficient proof to the
prisoners guilt. The friends of Bull
lock spent money raised in Toronto and
other places as defense fund on q DIG
demonstration and feast in his honor.
Pullock's case has caused international
attention. Norlina authorities failed to
'Cain his eXtradition at a hearing sey-
erat weeks ago, when they sought him
on charge of inciting to riot. Then,
they began proceedings on charge or
having attempted to murder Rabey
Traylor in a race disturbance which
cnded in the lynching of BullocK's
brother. Bullock declared he feared
rynching should he be returned to Nor
lima. Negroes and whites of both Cana
d. and the United States have assist
q the defense. retaining two attorneys
10 p'cad Bullock's case.
-- Without a record vote the house
- Friday passed and sent to the SEN
ate bill appropriating approximately
s1NS. 100000 to meet deficiencies OF
various government departments. The
largest item carried in the measure
is S94 O00, 900 for the veterans bu-
A provision which would limit
to $6.300.000 the amount the navy. de-
pertinent would spend for fuel during
the next four months remained in the
.l,'l without provoking discussion.
One Of the few amendments adopted
irC"oosns the total for the enforce
rNCnt of the Maternity act during the
remember of the current fiscal year
from S370000 to $780, 900. The hill
Ego carries S5.O00.000 for the initial
rav~"cnt to the Republic of Columbia
undo the treaty recently ratified as
"c''~"Nont of the Panama Canal con-
t"o',crSy. With less than 100 members
on nc floor an amendment which
would have made s150,00O available
for ""~eloDment of helum with n
Wow IN using II IN All diripibleS was