Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-12-25
Scraps aud faets.

with those passed by the recent cotton
convention in Atlanta. In his address
to the convention, President Lane
said: "Cotton today is selling at less
than five cents, and this means the
insignificant sum Of ten cents day
for the labor of the man who is dis
tinctly the cotton grower! l make
this statement deliberately and defy
successful contradiction" The reso.
lutions adopted requests the cotton
growers of the south to meet at their
respective courthouses on the hrst
Monday in February, for the purposes
of organization.
- The United States steamer Ban
croft was fired on by the Turks at
SMYRNA, on December 4. AS the
steamer was entering the harbor, there
came a blank discharge from one Of
the guns in the fortress and this was
followed by volley of riae bullets.
The Bancroft lowered boat to see
what was the matter and the boat was
driven back. Afterward the matter
was laid before Minister ANGEL, who
demanded and received from the
Turkish government an apology. 1t
seems that at Smyrna they have very
complicated port regulations, and that
the Bancroft, through ignorance, had
failed to comply with them. Two
officers in charge of the fort which
fred the shots, are said to have been
discharged from the service.
Mr.. Coffin, the acting comptroller
of the currency, calls attention to the
fact that the retirement of national
bank notes during the first 20 days Of
this month reached the SUM Of $3, ,O0O,-
600. This is said to be the first time
during the past 10 years that the vol
untary retirements have reached this
amount in any one month. Under the
national bank act, the United States
treasurer is not allowed to receive for
retirement of circulation more than
$3,OOO,00O in any one month, and
hence all deposits to retire notes du-
ring the last 10 days of this month
must be refused. This exceptional
condition, Mr.. Coffin says, is due to the
prevailing low rates of interest arising
from a superabundance of money for
investment, which has advanced the
price of United States bonds. Mr..
Coffin expressed the opinion that the
law should be amended in this partic.
ular, as it interferes with the elastici.
ty of the currency and the natural
laws of trade.
- Miss Leila Herbert, daughter Of
ex.Secretary of the Navy Herbert,
of Alabama, committed suicide at the
home of her father on New Hamp-
shire street, Washington, last Tuesday.
According to the Associated Press
dispatches, Miss Herbert sustained
serious injuries last September as the
result of fall from her horse. A case
of acute melancholia developed but
no suicidal tendencies were noted until
recently, when she was placed under
a guard of trained nurses. On Tues
day morning one of the nurses noticed
a suspicious blood spot on her bed
clothing. Miss Herbert Insisted that
the blood did not mean anything; but
the nurse made a search and found
that the young lady had severed the
arteries of both wrists. The nurse
Immediately ran from the room to call
for help, and, left to herself, Miss Her.
bert at once raised a window and
Jumped out headforemost to the side
walk below. She continued to breath
for something over an hour after the
fall.
"A whipping-post bill was intro
duced in the Virginia senate last Tues
day. The measure provides that "all
persons convicted of petit larceny
shall, instead of being punished as now
provided by law, be punished with not
less than 10 nor more than Is stripes !;
but in case of conviction of females >sr
male infants under the age of Is years
of age, it shall be optional with the
said female and the parent or guardian
of said infant whether they shall be
punished with stripes or according to
statutes in force at this time, and if
there be no parent or guardian compe-
tent, in the opinion of the trial justice
or court, 10 choose for said infant, and
in every case where any person con-
victed is ordered 10 be punished with
stripes, the court may, in its discretion,
order any portion of the stripes to be
given at the time, and require the con-
vict, on his own recognizance, to ap-
pear before the court at some future
day to receive the remainder: Provi-
ded, that this act shall not apply To
persons over IS years age" The meas
ure is likely to give rise to great deal
of discussion.
- News and Courier: In an address
to officers of the Indiana militia, q
few days ago, General Lew Wallace
made prediction of war, which, it is
reported, "partly startled" his audi
tors. He said in part: 81 believe the
future holds for you opportunities upon
the field where every man, ambitious
to show courage and win glory for his
conntry's sake NAV have his ambition