Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28
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The United States with adequate |
military preparation and. under strong |
leadership could have prevented the !
occurrence of the World war;" Gener-
al Pershing declared "Wednesday tes-
tifying before the senate military
committee in behalf Of the War De-
partment's plea for an increase in the
military establishment over that pro-
posed by the house. Failure to recog-
nize the existence of ENVY, jealousy
and hatred among the nations as
among individuals" he said, mas IN
yariably sent the United States un-
prepared into great crisis and caused
unnecessaryEloss of life and~1eft US
staggering under financial burdens.
- Charges that the country is flooded
with millions OF. dollars worth of coun-
teFfeit>currency, federal notes, govern
rient securities and stamps are wnol-
lywitholt foundation" Secretary Mel
Ion declared Wednesday in letter TO
Frank j.. Coleman, editor OF the Pate
Printer. Mr.. MELONS letter was in re-
sbonse to one of Mr.. Coleman submit
ting, at the. secretary's request, eVi+
dence upon which such. charges were
published in the Plate, Printer, publ
cStion of the uniDnsplate, printer en-
poyes of the bureau of. engraving and
pFinting. During the fiscal year 1921,
he stated, counterfeits to the amount
of $196,993 were recovered against
genuine circulation of $4,556, 329,9S2,
but Of the former sum SlOS,925 was
captured before the issues were placed
in circulation and $73,546 was raised
notes, leaving the amount of counter
felt notes recovered from circulation
during the year only $14,522. NO coun-
terfeit of war saving stamps have oeen
lA
the only. counterfeit revenue stamps
reported were bottled in bond strip
stamps which "can cause no loss eX-
cept to those Who y purchase bootleg
whisky" He added that there had been
no counterfeits reported OF postage
stamps, Liberty bonds, Victory notes
or, interest coupons. ~
TfiaI Of the, officers; R4d1 members
of the United Mine Workers OF Ameri-
ca on charges of treason and ,other OF
fonses alleged TO have been committeq
in the marching and fighting last year
promises to be one of the great legal
e1ents in the history of the country
said John 81. Lewis, international pres
ident of the{union, after visiting tne
court at Charleston, West Virginia, on
Wednesday. Mr.. Lewis sat with -tne
unions attorneys ys.sthroughI the sesSlaR
and saw the defense win it's fight in the
case of William Blizzard Tor amplifica-
ton of the bill of particulars filed by
the state. The bill alleged Blizzard as
sisted in assembling the forces which
crossed Boone county and battled Wlth
state and county forces on the Logan
Boone border, that; he induced ofnclals
of local unions to provide funas tor
arming the attacking forces, that ne
directed them to- invade Logan ana
hot hn
took part in the battles about Blair
and furnished ammunition for the
fighters. Another incioent of the ses-
. sion was the claim on each side that
it's witnesses were being intimidateo,
statements that Judge Woods ruied
were improper in the presence OIL tales-
men Mr.. Lewis, in his statement ait-
or adjournment, called attention 10 tlie
fact that the trials were not connecteo
with the present coal strike ana calieu
ed the trials a godsend for the peoPie
of the state, because they orought GU
izens from widely separated portioIis
and entirely different occupations lIto
Intimate contact. The right OF WORK
ing men 20 organize and protect their
own Interests is thefgreatest issue IhaI
is at stake in, these, cases, ne salo-
-AccohduG tolA 5JreSAaiIaav report
that has lust been issued by the De
nartment, of Commerce, through tne
bureau of the census, the total esti-
mated mortgage debt on owned hoHes
ard farms :. in CONTINENTAL Unfed
States, in 1920 was S115QOO,0QG 600 anu
the total estimated value or these
mortgaged homes and farms was SSi,-
7Os, 100000, the mortgage dept mus
representing 81 II per cent OF inc toIai
value. 1t should 'be noted thal tne
ic nSn1 hv the
hureau to designate those hcmes
which arc occupied by their owners,
and similarly owned farms" is ap-
plied to farms operated by their own
ers. rented homes and tenant farms
net being included III these totals.
The total mortgage debt on owned
homes and farms in the United states
in 1890, the only previous census IN
which this information was optalneu'
was reported at 50, ,133,00OOOO and the
total value of these mortgaged homes
and farms was reported at S5,6ST,OOO
900, the mortgage debt thus represent
ing 37.5 per cent OF the total value
The mortgage debt on owned homes
and farms Increased ass per cent.
between 1890 and 1920, and the value
of these mortgaged homes and farms
increased 457.6 per cent. AS result,
the ratio of debt to value has de-
creased, being 34.7 per cent. in 1920
as against 37.5 percent. in 1890. The
total numberrof homes not on farms
in the United States in 1920 was H.
100000 of which S7,1s5,000 or 4O.s per
cent. were owned by the occupants;
and these owned homes 2,S55,0OO or
39.7 per cent. were mortgaGed. lnfor-
nation regarding the value OF the
hcme and the amount OF mortgage
debt was secured from 1,S93,000 or
66.3 per cent. of these mortGaged
homes. The total mortgage debt on
the mortgaged homes not on farms in
1920 is estimated at s6,000,000,OO0 and
the total value of such homes rs $14,-
O99,OOO,OO0 the ratio of debt to value
being 42.6 per cent.
New Orleans, April 26: A section
of the Mississippi river levee four
miles north of Ferriday, La, in Con-
cordia parish went out at 4 o'clock
this afternoon and tonight is flooding
that parish and eventually will spread
into parts of four other parishes.
Catahoula is one of the richest farm
ing sections of Louisiana and 1t is
certain that the loss will reach into
hundreds of thousands of dollars. The
break occurred without warning and
tc! fight had widened to 200 feet. Sew
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