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

small rubber stamp, little larger
than the present receipt stamp. The
suggestion has been adopted by the
postal and weather authorities, and
the idea will be put into effect as soon
as possible.
A story has been cabled from Ber-
lin to the effect that Great Britain is
trying to form a quardruple alliance
for the purpose of preventing the en-
forcement of the Monroe doctrine by
the United States. Besides Great
Britain, France, Spain and Holland,
have possessions in the western hemi-
sphere, and the story is that Spain has
already signiied her willingness to
join the alliance, and France and Hol-
land are considering the matter favor
ably. Such reports create but little
interest in this country. Neither Spain,
France nor Holland have enough in
terest in America to warrant them in
venturing into war, and nobody be-
lieves that they could be induced to
do anything of the kind. They will
have too little to gain and too much
to lose.
Rev. Henry Evans Cotton, rector
of St. Johns Episcopal church, Ha-
gerstown. Nd, voted for President
Cleveland; but seems to have lost
faith in him. In sermon the other
day he said: "Hour by hour the
presidents utterance stands publicly
impeached by the honest, common
sense of the people. Bitter disap-
pointment has come to many who felt
that with his great gifts he might have
lifted the nation to higher and surer
planes of action but he has been
dragged from his place as statesman
down to the level of the political
leeches that surround him. By one
breath of his mouth he threw millions
of the peoples money into the mael-
strom of financial ruin in another
breath he piteously invokes his con-
gress to avert the crash he has called
down upon our heads, and millions
of lives are disturbed by the horrible
possibilities-God grant tbe impossible
possibilities-of cruel war" The pas
tors words created a great stir in the
congregation.
- The Memphis Cotton Exchange
has passed resolutions urging the cot
ton planters of the South to still further
reduce their cotton acreage next year.
The preamble sets forth that had it
not been for the heavy reduction in
the acreage last year, prices would
not have been large enough to pay
expenses. 1t goes on to say that there
is more money for the farmers in a
small crop of cotton, than there is in a
large crop, and also suggests conditions
that may arise out of a possible war.
-.H.hfcs-would be little or no market
abroad, and the price of cotton would
necessarily 60 to something like three
cents pound. The same conditions
that would operate to depress the
price of cotton, would put up the price
of food products, and therefore, under
any circumstances, the best thing that
the Southern farmers can do, is to
greatly reduce the cotton acreage and
increase their efforts in the production
of all kinds of food crops. Cotton
Exchanges and other commercial bod
les throughout the South are cordially
invited to cooperate with the Memphis
Exchange in the promulgation of the
arguments set forth.
Congress did not adjourn for the
holidays. President Cleveland's Ven
ezuelan message produced such scare
among the spectators at home and
abroad as to cause a big raid on the gold
reserve. Something had to be done,
and the president, last week, wrote an
other message in which he asked con-
gress not to adjourn until after it had
passed financial legislation calculated
to meet the emergency. A Republican
describes one message as declaration
of war, and the other as a petition IN
bankruptcy. Nevertheless, congress
has undertaken to grapple with the
situation, and two important bills are
now pending. One provides for a
temporary horizontal increase in all
the tariff schedules but two, to last for
two years, and the other seeks to give
the secretary of the treasury authority
to issue long time three per cent. coin
bonds, with which to borrow gold and
retire the greenbacks. The bond bill
was amended to allow the greenbacks
to be reissued if necessary. The Re-
publicans seem to be solid on the pro-
posed increase in the tariff; but are
badly divided on the bond bill. 1t is
believed, however, that both measures
will pass the house, and that the bond
bill will fail to 60 through the senate.
The general impression is that the
president will sign the tariff bill, pro-
vided that it comes to him together
with the bond bill, otherwise, he Will
veto it. In the meantime, the scare OF
the spectators is quieting down, and
there has been cessation in the snip
ments of gold.
The reports from Cuba are growing
interesting. Up to few weeks ago,
the whole insurrection was confined to
the eastern portion of the island. Not
feeling themselves strong enough to
risk a pitched battle the insurgents
were content to harrass the Spanish
outposts and rob and pillage wealthy
planters who persisted in the attitude
of loyalty to Spain. But commenclng 6
about three weeks ago, the insurgents
have advanced toward Havana, by
rapid marches, in three columns.
They succeeded in passing, without
difficulty, chain of Spanish forts that