Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-01-22


into sight during the past week has
been al, 1862 bales, against 213,S56
last year, 157 ,564 year before last, and
14O,O25 in 1898.
Aususta Chronicle: The Ameri-
can Cotton Growers Protective as
sociation, has issued a call to all COM
missioners of agriculture for the Cot
ton States, all Agricultural associations,
Oranges, Alliances, Cotton Exchanges
and to each and every individual
interested in the growth and pro-
lection of cotton, to meet at Mem
phis, Tenn, Tuesday January 81,
1896, to discuss the advisability Of
adopting systematic means to restrict
the acreage of cotton for the coming
season within reasonable limit. To
raise food crops first and cotton next
is the paramount duty of every farmer.
The people of the South control their
own destiny in measure. They can
be prosperous or not according as they
may elect. A big cotton crop this
year will impoverish Southern farmers.
A moderate one will enrich them.
- The Populist Executive committee
has been in session in St. Louis during
the past few days considering matters
of interest to the party. 1t was
decided that the national convention
shall be held on July 22d next, and
each State is to be apportioned
representation on the basis of one
delegate for each member of congress,
and an additional member for each
1000 votes, or majority fraction
thereof, cast for the Populist candi-
dates in the last general election. A
special committee was appointed to
proceed to Washington for the purpose
ofconferring with the Bimetallic league
in regard to holding a national con-
vention at the same time and place
that may be agreed upon by the
Populists. St. Louis, Chicago and
other cities are bidding for the
Populist convention but it was decid-
ed to put the matter in the hands of q
special committee, with instructions to
report selection within 10 days.
- The troubles arising out out of the
recent invasion of the Transvaal by
DR.. Jameson have not been entirely
settled yet. The understanding is that
Jameson and his followers have been
turned over to the British government
for punishment; but the Beers still
have in custody the members of the
foreign committee Of safety who are
said to have been the instigators Of
Jameson's raid. The members of the
committee are charged with treason,
and one of the penalties for treason,
under the laws of the Transvaal, is
the con6scation of the estates of the
convicted parties. The members of
the committee of safety own property
that can be seized to the amount of
about S75,O00,0 900; a great deal more
than the total revenues of the Boer
republic from the date of its es-
tablishment down to the present.
There is every reason to believe that
it is the intention of the Beers to con-
fscate, to the uses of the government,
every dollar of this property, and what
further steps may be taken, is mat
ter for future development.
There has been an important change
in the command of the Spanish forces
in Cuba. AS soon as the insurrection
began to assume large proportions,
the Spanish government commissioned
General Martinez Campos with the
task of suppressing it. Campos put
down the last revolution, and it was
thought that he could also suppress
this one. AS a matter of fact, however.
he has never been able to gain single
important advantage. His critics in
Spain do not question his courage or
ability; but they are of the opinion
that he is too humane. He has all
along been treating the insurgents as
belligerents, and when he takes them
prisoners, he holds them for exchange.
The Spaniards are anxious for the
adoption of a very different policy.
They think that hostilities should be
waged on the principle of war to the
knife and the knife to the hilt. They
don't believe in granting any quarter,
and it was for that reason that Campos
was removed. The understanding is
that he is to be succeeded by General
Sabas Marin, who has the reputation
of being bloody enough to please the
most fastidious. The expense of the
war to Spain is estimated at being
something like s6,OOO,OOO a month.
Chicago has been agreed upon as
the place for holding the next National
Democratic convention, and July Z is
the date. The matter was settled by
the National Democratic Executive
committee last Thursday. The compet-
ing cities were New York, St. Louis,
Chicago and Cincinnati. New York
was particularly anxious to secure the
convention, and offered some big in
inducements but the committee was
suspicious. 1t is generally recognized
that the financial question is to be the
one great issue in the next campaign,
and there was feeling that the selec-
tion of New York would be especially