Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-12-18

al and some of them will volunteer to
defend in the courts an issue of State
bank notes. This case will attract
the attention of the whole country.
New York Sun: Indications point
to an almost complete failure of the
Florida orange crop this year. One OF
the largest fruit importers in the city
said recently that the Florida crop
would not be over 100000 boxes,
whereas an average crop is in the
neighborhood of 5000, 900 boxes. The
cause of the small yield was the frost
of last January which killed many
fruit trees of all kinds throughout Flor.
ida. The scarcity of oranges will
cause a temporary rise in the price
until the crops from other sections ar
rive in the market. The Jamaica
orange will arrive soon after the holi.
days. Later we will get the fruit from
Sicily, from Valencia, Spain, and final.
ly from California. The freight charges
and duties on the foreign products will
serve, however, to keep the prices at
a slig ght advance over those of former
years.
ALLEN G. Thurman, the "Old Ro-
man of the Democracy" died at his
home in Columbus, Ohio, on the 18th
instant, aged S3 years. 1t will be
remembered that he was hurt by a
fall some weeks ago. He never re-
covered from the injuries sustained.
Judge Thurman was first elected to
congress in 1874. He was afterwards
elected to various high offices of honor
and trust, including the United States
senate. Immediately after the war,
he became the leader of the small
element throughout the North that
favored the restoration of constitution
al government, and was looked upon
as a strong and influential friend of
the South. He was several times
voted for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency but never received
it. He was candidate for vice-presi.
dent at the time Cleveland was defeat
= ed by Harrison. Because of his ster-
ling character, he has always COM
manded the respect of his political
opponents.
Certain senators are after the rail-
roads with sharp sticks. On the 18th
instant Senator Call introduced in the
senate bill providing that passenger
transportation on all railways engaged
in interstate commerce shall not ex-
ceed one cent per mile. 1t is made
lawful for railway companies to have
separate cars for different races, ma
tionalites and kinds of people. Sleep.
ing car charges are ordered to be re-
duced to 81 for each "a hours of oc-
cupancy. Freight charges are ordered
to be reduced to an amount not ex-
ceeding that necessary to pay interest
(not exceeding 5 per cent? on the
present value of the railroads engaged
in interstate commerce, estimated upon
the basis of the cost at which such
railroads could be duplicated today.
A fine of $4,000 for each violation is
provided (half of which is to be paid
the informer or by imprisonment for
not more tnan one year.
The first gun in the tariff fight in
the Fifty-fourth congress, was fired In
the house last Thursday by the vener-
able ex-Speaker Grow, representative
at.large from the State of Pennyslva-
MIA. At his request the house went
into a committee of the whole on the
state of the Union. He compared the
working of the protective tariff as it
existed from 1861 to 1894, with the re-
suits achieved by the present law, as.
serting that the latter had not proved
much of a success. He proposed, in
stead of the retirement of the green
backs in exchange for bonds, as re-
commended by President Cleveland,
that national banks oe permitted to
deposit them, and the silver certificates
as we'll, in exchange for circulating
notes, receiving s11O for every 500,
so deposited the greenbacks and cer'
tifcates when deposited, to be can
celled. The gold reserve, he contend
ed, would always prove a source OF
weakness whenever and as long as the
government was compelled to borrow
money to meet its expenditures.
Following is the New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange statement from Septem-
Der l to December 13, inclusive: Port
receipts 2,S96,5 bales, against 1885,
12S last year, S,47S,462 year before
last, and 3,1O7,755 for the same time
in 1892. Overland to mills and Cana
da 45S ,375 bales, against 6SS, 1855; 459,.
513, and 4S4,S43. Stocks in excess OF
September l, 5O4,451 bales, against
1854 372, ,3S9, and 4,2lS. South
ern mill takings 329,695 bales, against
314,734; 2sO,512, and 266,573. Crop
brought into sight during 104 days to
date 4, 1874, ,1S1 bales, against 5,S6S, l5S {;
4,59O,S76, and 4,17S,37S. Crop brought
into sight for the week 322, ,4OS bales,
against 434,333 for the seven days
ended December 13 last year 40, ,743,
and 336,569. Crop brought into sight
for the first 13 days of December 6O7,-
$50 bales, against S65,S30; 763,2l7,
and 696,374. Comparisons in these
reports are made up to the correspond
ing date last year, year before, and in
1892, and not in the close of the cor.
responding weeks. Comparisons by
weeks would take in los days of the
season last year, 106 year before last,
and 1O7 in 1892, against only 1O4 days
this year.
There has been a confession in