Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-10-27
Straps and faets.

cago last Saturday, and for time it
locked as if wheat was going back up
to the 81 notch. Liverpool, however,
refused to respond, and on Monday
there was a decline to "a! cents. A
feeling that prices will rule higher
pervades the market.
- The missionary society of the
Methodist Episcopal church is making
a strong effort to raise its 100000
debt. The plan is for 10000 pastors
of Methodist churches to raise $50
in each of their congregations. The
debt thus divided among 100000
members will be only 20 cents upon
each member. If the plan proves
successful the great showing in the
strength of the Methodist church will
be of more value and greater interest
than the mere raising of the money.
Appeals are now going out to Metho'
dist ministers everywhere. Worship
ers in Methodist churches who have
not already been asked for 20 cents
will have the request made to them
very shortly.
Captain Hooper, of the Behring sea
patrol fleet, is in Washington TO at
tend the seal conference. He says
that the stories of the scarcity of sup
plies in the Klondike mining regions
are not much exaggerated. At this
time there are something like 5000
miners in the neighborhood OF Dawson
City. This is twice as many as were
there last year, and he understands
that the quantity of supplies is no
larger this year than last. The $500
people last year had very hard time
of it, and the prospects ahead of the
5000 are very gloomy. All the passes
have been closed for some two weeks
or more, and there is very little chance
for the miners either in the way Of
relief or escape.
"A fast express on the New York
Central railroad, met with horrible
catastrophe last Sunday morning,
about miles from Peekskill, on the
Hudson river. At that point the rail-
road runs along the side of the river
on a high embankment. Through
some cause the embankment gave
way, and the engine, followed by sew
eral cars, went down into the river.
Three sleepers became detached and
stopped on the rails. The cars that
fell into the river were crowded with
people, and % of them, including the
engineer and fireman, were drowned.
In the sleepers which stopped on the
track there were some 60 people. all of
whom escaped uninjured. What caus-
ed the embankment to cave in is not
known.
- News and Courier: According to
the Boston Globe, there are SS wooden
mills in the south, distributed as fol-
lows: Alabama 2, Georgia 5, Ken.
lucky is, Mississippi l, North Caro-
lima Is, Tennessee 25, Virginia "a.
South Carolina has not one, though
the presence of Is such mills in the
two contiguous states proves that there
is nothing TO prevent the successful
manufacture of wool in our territory.
The people of Hampton might get
hint from these conditions. There
are only 10000 sheep in South Caro-
lima, and Hampton county alone could
easily pasture 100000. Build a small
woolen mill in the town, and introduce
sheep husbandry into the county dis
tricts. Each enterprise will stimulate
and help the other, and both will help
the town and county.
- Secretary HeSter's weekly cotton
statement shows that the crop move
ment has passed the 100000 bale
mark by 100000. The total move
meht to date is ahead of that of 1894
by 261 900 bales. For the SO days of
the season the movement is behind
that of last year 246,000 bales. The
amount brought into sight during the
past week has been 465,213 bales,
against 434,S75 last year. The total
movement from September l is 1885,,
552, against 2,629,603 last year. Re
ceipts at all United States ports 1885,
OS5, agains; l 1854, GIG last year. Over
land to northern mills and Canada
15O,7O2, against 192,045 last year.
Foreign exports this week were 1885,
73S, against 7,l49 last year. Total
takings of American mills, north and
south, and Canada, 512, ,473, against
51S,47S last year. His estimates Of
the total worlds visible supply is
2,17S,52S, against 1,S9O,694 last week
and 2,S73, ,46S last year. Of this the
total of American cotton is 2,029, ,522,
against 1927 ,694 last week and 1885,
36S last year.
- Atlanta Journal When will the
farmers of the south realize that they
lose millions of dollars year by send
ing their cotton to market in such
wretched condition? The Macon Tel
egraph estimates that the tare which
will he eXacted on the present cotton
crop will cost the south at least S12,-
100000. This is not an extravagant
estimate, as 5 per cent, or 25 pounds
out of every 500 bales is taken out to
compensate for the defects of baling
which subject our cotton to so much
damage. At 6 cents pound this
makes the farmer pay penalty Of
$3.50 bale for the slipshod manner of
packing cotton in the south. Instead
of improving our system of baling cot
ton, it grows worse. 1t is hinted that
unless reform is instituted in this
matter the insurance companies will
take action which will still further in
crease the loss which falls on the far
mers because of their own foolish pol