Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
Straps and faets.
. Senator Teller arrived at Denver.


the money question he said: sit is
the purpose, undoubtedly, of this ad-
ministration to retire the greenbacks
and the treasury notes and perfect a
system by which the national banks
will be authorized to issue all paper
money. Their next move will be to
retire silver, and then bank notes will
not be legal tender. What will be the
result? The administration will have
succeeded in making gold the only
money by which debts can be paid.
All debts will have to be paid in the
yellow metal"
- The progress of British operations
in the Soudan are described in Lon
don telegram of Monday, as follows {:
"Abu Hamid, on the Nile, just cap
tured by the Anglo. Egyptian forces, is
most important strategic point, giving
Sir Herbert Kitchner, the British COM
mander, command of both ends of the
railway which, starting from Wady
Halfa, below the first cataract, is being
pushed rapidly to its terminus at Abu
Hamid, above the difficult fourth cata-
ract. Gunboats are now building in
England for transportation in sections
to Abu Hamid, whence there is open
water to Khartoum. These gunboats
are powerful. They draw only two
feet of water, steam fourteen knots an
hour and are armed with fifteen pound
ers and Maxim rapid-fre guns. 1t is
announced that the whole 1otilla will
be ready to move south from Abu
Hamid early in 1898. 1t is positive,
however, that Berber, the next impor-
tant point on the Nile, may be seized
before long, without waiting for the
naval reinforcements
Savannah, Ga, dispatch of the llth
to the New York Sun: The State
Agricultural association, in session at
this place, was enthusiastic over the
remarks of Mrs. S. H. FELTON, in regard
to lynching and the crime for which it
is inflicted. Delegates are attending
the convention from all parts of the
state, and it is representative of the
farming interests throughout Georgia.
Mrs. FELTON, is perhaps the best known
woman writer and suffragist in the
state. Her address was an endorse
ment of lynching. She declared that
as long as the men of the state could
find sufficient rope, they would defend
their wives and daughters. At this
statement the audience rose as if by
single impulse and shouting themselves
hoarse and almost delirious, refus-
ed to let the speaker 60 on for several
minutes. Mrs. FELTON, then concluded
in the same vein, and at the close OF
her speech hundreds clasped her hand,
and assured her that she had voiced
their views and those of the people
whom they represented. The gather
ing broke up in enthusiastic confusion.
i Mr.. N. NJ. Neill, the well-known
New Orleans statistician, has issued a
circular on the growing crop. After
reference to the correctness Of his esti-
mate mostly in July, 1894, of the crop
of the season, Mr.. Neill says: "At
this moment for this year, the promise
is equal to any previous year in every
state but Texas, and on the present
acreage, even allowing that Texas
should fall short Of her maximum pro-
duction per acre by ], 100000 bales, the
outlook now is for crop of at least
9,750,000 with 100000 to 100000
more within the range of possibilities.
This figure Of 9,75O,O00 is really very
conservative, for product per acre
outside Texas equal to 1S94-95 would
give 100000 bales and a minimum
for Texas would be 3,650,0O0 bales
from which, allowing l,OOO,O 900 off, you
would have a crop of 10, 100000 bales.
The crop is now so far advanced from
recent rains and heat that it will reach
maturity and be independent of frost at
an unusally early date. Should we
soon have good rains in Texas her crop
also would be near perfection and the
possibilities for total crop would then
be something enormous.
"A story is published, says the
Washington Star, that the treasury
department is fixing a surprise for
President Mckinley by placing his
portrait on some Of the new treasury
notes being issued or to be issued. 1t
is stated that Claude NJ. Johnson, chief
of the bureau of engraving and print
ing, is securing the big cities of the
country for the best portraits of the
president, to be used for the purpose
named. The law does not permit the
face of living man to adorn treasu.
ry note. This could not be done with.
out special act of congress. In the
remote future, when President McKin-
ley has passed to his reward, his Wig,
nette will no doubt appear on securi'
ties of this country. The bureau Of
engraving and printing has for some.
time been seeking photographs of the
president. This has been done in the
case of all presidents. These portraits
are placed away, and when the law
permits them to be used on securities
of any kind, they will be handy for
the purpose, the best photograph al.
ways being taken. The bureau will
soon make vignette of the president
to place in the collection of presidents
at the White House.
- Statesville, N. c., Landmark The
grand jury has returned true bill for
murder against J. A. Hand and Bird
Shepherd, who are charged with hav-
ing caused the wreck at Bostian's
bridge, near Statesville, August q,
1891. Twenty-one persons were killed
in that wreck and the bill of indict-
ment charges Hand and Shepherd with
the murder Of Hugh X. Leinster, OF
Statesville, one Of the victims of the