Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-05
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syppi river to a stage of 23.4 feet at
New Orleans, has been averted through
tfe formation of q crevasse at Poy-
dfass, twelve miles below the city.
This crevasse, serving as splllWay,
r$duced the crest of 22.7 feet that had
hsen attained at the time of its devel-
osment, and il is not expected that the
@od will attain to its former stage
while the fact Has not been stated In
81 many words, there is reason TO sup
IDse that the 'crevasse was caused
largely by design; that the levee was
broken to relieve the pressure hlgher
IN about the great city. Plantations
have been destroyed over wide scope
az territory as the result OF the break
ing of the levee at Poydrass. -,
THE most significant political de-
yslophent OF the week probably Is the
Gafeat OF Senator, Harry Z; New ior
denomination by the Republicans Oh
Indiana, by former Senator BeVerlase
Inv a majority of close to 10000 votes,
&C result of the primary election OF
last Tuesday. Cordell Hull, chairman
az the f1enoctatic national committee,
dIaims, that the overwhelming defeat
81 New is to BE taken as a rebuke TO
the Harding administration OF whicn
New is strong supporter. Beverage
formerly represented Indiana in the
senate as a progressive Repuphcan
and went down in the Taft Roosevelt
Quarrel. New belongs to the old line
crowd. , AS to whether the defeat OF
New has any connection with the
Harding administration, however, VIII
be tetter developed In November. IL
1T is really Harding that the Repupii,,,
cans of Indiana are after, they VIII
elect a. Democratic, senator instead Oh
Beveridge.
a bill to abolish private property
in land and to transfer all lands III
Great Britain which is not already tne
properfy' OF the crown or OF any puplic
authority to a newly created ministry
of lands has been introduced into the
British house Of commons. In the
case OF agricultural land, while all the
buildings (eXcept ilaborers cottasesl
and other permanent improvements
would be transferred to the new MN
istry, the measure provides arranse-
ppents whereby they can become tne
property of the tenant Snd form part
81 the tenant right, together with all
Sher improvements made by him.
compGfsation to- owners is to be paid
IN theYorm of fyetper cent Natlonai
Land Stock ,(proyiding an annual IN
cSme eotia{ to|the present net letunS
value of the land transferredO redeem
abla,ta, par after. 80 years. AFTER 'he
redembtion of the stock one-fourth OF
the net. revenue of the land would be
annlicable to national purposes and
three -fourths to local purposes.
Conditions affecting the cotton
crop during the week ending Tuesday
wefefttescribed as decidedly unfaVor-
able Stfy the weather bureau Wednes-
day in: its, weekly weather and crop
review . Reports summarized by the
bureau in review said that in general
il was too cool for the best germina-
ticn and growth of cotton and tnis
was combined with excessive rains
west of the Mississippi river. Cotton
made fairly good progress in rev
Southern Texas counties whore chop-
ming out was under way" SAID the re-
view. "but elsewhere the advance was
poor and, the unfavorable conuitiohs
fer examinations will make much re-
planting necessary in both Texas ana
Oklahoma. The weather was some
what more favorable east OF the MIS-
sissippi despite the rather low temper,
atures, and planting made falriy eoou
nropress in most districts, although
thsre was,yseme, ,aelaY.in portions or
this section also. Beneficial rains oc-
Cured in southern Georgia and much
early PLANTED cotton is up to a lgood
stand in southern Alabama, but the
condition and progress are poor gen
erally in Florida. East OF the Mlssi-
ssippi river planting progressed nearly
to the northern limit of the belt" 81.
Vicksburg, Miss, May 8: One mil
tion-inundated to a depth of from
three to Is feet Of water-coverlng
and rapidly disintegrating farm build
ings. refugees housed in box cars,
tents and railroad stations and here
and there a more persistent mousse
holder sticking to his dwelling despite
TIE tapping of the water against the
thresholds, viewed from the windows
OF a special train which plowed lts
wAy through two feet Of backwater
for n distance of 25 miles from Carey
to- Vicksburg, gave the congressional
allegation surveying the ravages Oh
the swollen Mississippi a vivid IN
sight today into the tragedy OF the
river flood. Today's journey, the thlro
day Of the tour begun at memphis
Monday, was through the pack
water spreading over the Yazoo basin
from Brunswick Gdp-dll uilSoiiPiS'SN
stretch of the Mississippi river levee
system north of Eicksburg and
through the ,Yazoo river From Carey
at present the northern limits OF the
inland overflow, TO Vicksburg, 1t was
much the same sight, abandoned farm
houses, here and there knoll OF high
ground crowded with corralled live
stock, a raft moving to the neighbor-
ing hills or railroad right Of way with
piled up household goods and refugees
and at intervals a house built on
"stilts" with the occupants holding
their ground, making the best of the
situation, and apparently determined
to stick it out. Box cars, top floors
of cotton gins, railroad stations and
loading platforms ard tents pitched
on the ridges which dot the generally
nat Glewlands now are housing several
thousand refugees, with the number
expected to appreciably increase as the
water rises and spreads further. Ap-
proximately 1000 are being cared for
in box, cars, 800 of which have been
distributed on sidings at central
points along the line of the Yazoo 4
Mississippi Valley railroad in the
overflowed area. Members of the
congressional party left the river COM
mission steamer Mississippi, aboard
which the greater part of the tour is
being made, at Greenville early today,
apds afteS .an. automebile ride to Le-