Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-06
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and Iall five ceremonies began
= Wilmington, n. c., June 3: Elec-
ton of officers, the selection of Green
villes S. c., as the next meeting place
and addresses by j. d. Hammett, Of
Anderson. president of the South Car
olina Cotton Manufacturers associa-
ton and j.. Gordon, of Lancaster, S.
c.. featured the closing session today
of the Southern Textile association, j.
w. CLARK, of West Durham, n. c., was
elected president of the association.
succeeding G. A. tombstone. Other Of
ficefS are: Vice president, James A.
JChanmam Inrpan. s. c.; secretary, A.
b. Carter, Gastopia, y. c.: treasurer
r. "A, Sizemore, Greenville, s. c.;
chairman of boardt of governors,
MarShall Dilling of SGastonia. In his
address Mr.. Hammett, aside from ad-
dressing the textile manufacturing in
dustry-'m technical terms, gave re-
SUNG of the growth of the industry in
southern states and made predictions
as to its future possibilities. Like
President sJohnstone, @Mr., Hammett
expects to see the south take the lead
over the New England states in a few
years.
= Efforts to raise the Lusitania, most
noted of'Germany's submarine victims,
says:a London dispatch, will be started
next. week. Count Zenardi Landi, who
has secured q three-year contract with
insurance interests to salvage the ves-
sci, is sanguine of success. The Lusi-
tania iis sunk in 2S5 feet of water, ten
milesnUff Kinsale Head, Ireland. 1t is
planned 10 close all water tight COM
partments in the big ship. patch the
rentslfaade by the, ,torpedQes and raise
her by eXpelling the water with COM
pressed lair. There is said to be a
large iameunt of bullion. jewelry and
other rindestructible valuables impris-
oned in the ship that will afford mil
lions OF profit to the successful wreck
ers. 8 The Lusitania was sunk with a
loss :of 1900 lives, including many
prominent Americans, in 1915. Her ton
mage is $4,000. There seems to be no
reason why we shouldn't find her just
as sftespanks for she was the strongest
ship ever Built" Dandi said. "She is
lying on a gravel bed and probably the
only damage we shall find will be the
hole blown in her side by the torpedo"
work will be taken. by an American
film corporation.
- The family troubles of Harold G.
Mccormick and his recently divorced
wifsoiMks. Edith Rockefeller McCor-
mickAeYer the impending marriage of
their daughter, Mathilde Mccormick,
to the, adventurous Swiss riding mas
ter. Max Oser, are exciting much pub
lie interest. Mathilde, only II years
of age. a grand daughter of John ID.
Rockefeller on one side. and Cyrus w.
Mccormick on the other, has lost her
youthfh1 affections to the old and Graf
ty fortune hunter, and has her mind
determined on marrying him whether
or no.uSince Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormick
fell out, they have been able to agree
on nsthing and it develops that Mrs.
Mccormick is bitterly opposed to the
marriage, while Mr.. Mccormick is fav-
oring IL. Oser is generally regarded as
fortune hunter only and while Mr..
Mccormick is not as rich as Mrs. Nc
Corifick, he can give his daughter
more millions than Oser- can spend,
and -Oser does not care whether the
parents of his prospective bride agree
or not so he can arrange to pull off the
marriage with the girls consent. Mrs.
Mccormick took the case into court
last week with the idea of having Ma
thilde put under the control of
guardian until she is Is: but the court
appointed Mr.. Mccormick as guardian,
and the understanding now Is that an
effort will be made to prevent Mathilde
from. leaving the country until she is
of legal age. While no one knows the
actual attitude of John d. Rockefeller,
or John d. Rockefeller, Jr., the COM
mon belief is that they are very much
averse to the idea of Mathilde's mar
riage to the Swiss adventurer.
Much interest continues to centre
in 10th houses Of congress and also
Throughout the country over the fight
for and against the investigation of the
office of Attorney General Daugherty,
in connection with the alleged war
frauH cases. The investigation was
commenced through congressional ac-
tion2about three years ago. 1t was be-
lievea that millions and millions were
stolen through war contracts by men
high up in the leadership of both the
Democratic and Republican parties;
but the Democrats being in power at
the time the situation was well worthy
of investigation from a political stand
point Republican members took the
initie9ive. and the Democrats promptly
backed them up. There was nothing
else 10 do. Whether guilty or not the
accused man is silly If he fails To at
oncesprOfess willingness for inTestiga-
tion.. This is the game whether the
stolen article is being held in the left
hand where it will certainly be discov-
ered,- or whether it has. already been
passed to a confederate, or whether he
is perfectly innocent. The investiga-
ton .was interrupted something like.
eighteen months ago with the change
of administration and very little has
been-dOne since Daugherty became lthe.
head !of the department of justice.
Thereafter Daugherty had been leaving
things lie for more than year, there
came up another proposition, fathered
by Democrats, for the investigation of
Daugherty-why he wIs so Compla-
eentCAbout the matter, and Chairman
Campbell and Representative Wood
ruff, Republican members of the rules
committee, supported this resolution,
following which, over in the senate,
Senator Caraway, Democrat, fired off
a lot.of ugly stuff, mixing up Daugh-
erty-and Fielder i'm the Morse pardon
scandal and making it appear that
Fielder, with all his influence over
Daugherty, was the counsel of some OF
the thieves under investigation. The
thing. was getting real hot, and it is
hot vet: but when Daugherty and his
friends set up that Daugherty had
been=doing everything in his power to
get the thieves and that he is still
working on the proposition for all be
is worth and that hullabaloO being
raised by the Democrats is merely a
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