Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-15
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court will be; but there is little reason
tc doubt that it will be against the con-
stitutionality of the income tax law.
1t has been arranged that Secretary
Carlisle is to deliver five speeches on
the currency question. Four of the
speeches will be delivered in Kentucky,
and the other in Memphis, Tenn. The
Kentucky speeches are all to be partl-
zan and political; but the Memphis
speech is to be entirely non-partizan.
The anti-free coinage people expect
great things as the outcome OF MT.
Carlisle's canvass.
A conference of single gold stand
ard Democrats was held at Corsicana,
Texas, last Thursday. 1t was attend
ed by representative single gold stand
ard men from all parts of the State,
and series of resolutions were adopt
ed upholding the single gold standard,
and denouncing silverites as disloyal
to the party. The understanding is
that split in the State Democracy is
inevitable. There will be two Demo-
cratic State conventions and two sets
of delegates to the national convention.
An Alabama farmer says in the
Birmingham State 81 brought bale
of cotton here five years ago and SOLD
it for S49.5O. With this money l paid
my taxes, $22; got dress for my wife,
S.; shoes for the children, S4 barrel
of -four, $3.50; so pounds of sugar, 81;
10 pounds of coffee, So; and went
home happy with 1915 in my pocket
for the preacher. I brought bale in
today, sold it for $3.50; paid my
taxes S22.25, and have got quarter
left. They tell me J. can get flour and
frocks and shoes and sugar for half
used to pay for them, but it appears
to me I haven't got the half"
Mr.. Cleveland has refused to par
don Editor Chase, the colored man
who was convicted of libeling c. H. ].
Taylor, another colored politician.
The president says: "It is conceded
that the convict maliciously published
an outrageous libel in newspaper
which he controlled and used, in this
instance, at least, as dirty weapon to
satisfy his personal rage and revenge.
This crime is most destestable one.
It has become so common and is so sell
dom punished that I cannot reconcile
executive clemency in the case here
presented with the duty owe to de-
cent journalism, the peace of society
and the protection of those constantly
subjected to libelous attack"
The report of George F. Becker, of
the United States geological survey,
who has been investigating the miner
al fields of the South has been made
public. The entire South has produced
about 100000 worth of gold since
1899, s43, ,OOO,O of which came from
Georgia and the Carolinas. Of this
s49, ,O0O, 900, South Carolina produced
about S4,OOO,O0O, Georgia SIG, 900,
and North Carolina 500, 100000. Ca
barrus county, in the southwestern
part of North Carolina, is the richest
part of all, and is famous for the mug
gets that have been found there. In
the early part of the century, the larg-
est nuggets on record in the United
States were discovered there, and just
one month ago, one was found that
weighed over eight pounds.
The cotton report for the month of
MAY, as consolidated by the statistician
of the department of agriculture, and
made public last Friday related to the
progress of cotton planting and con-
templated acreages. The amount of
the proposed breadth planted prior to
the 1st of May, was 1876 per cent.
against, SIG last year and S5.3 the year
before, which is 10 points lower than
the acreage usually planted at that date.
The returned estimates of area planted
by the States are as follows: North Car
olina, 55 D.; South Carolina. IS; Georgia,
70; Florida, 95; Alabama, 81; Missis-
sippi, 81; Louisiana, So; Texas, IS;
Arkansas; 70; Tennessee, 79. The
delay was caused principally by cold,
backward spring, while in some Sec
tions it was the result of dry weather.
The indications at present point to
about the usual acreage in the States
of North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama and Arkansas, and reduc-
ton in the States of Louisiana, Texas
and Tennessee.
During the past week, free silver
papers in different parts of the country
have been asserting that another bond
issue would be necessary before the
conveuing of the next session of con-
gress. Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Curtis ridicules the sugges-
ton. "There will not be another bond
issue this year," he said last Thursday.
"Predictions to the contrary are based
on ignorance of the condition of the
treasury and of the common rules of
finance. The available cash balance
of the treasury is now about SlS2,000,-
900, or more than sS0,000,000 above
normal gold reserve of Sl00,000,O00.
In other words, on July there will
be in the treasury margin of approxi-
mately sSO,000,000 with which to meet
all possible deficits for the coming fiscal
year. Assuming, for the sake of argu-
ment, that the income tax law is de-
clared unconstitutional, a reduction of
the original estimate of revenue for
the fiscal year 1896 of about S35 ,000,-