Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-04
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with PreSlQenG DOle upOu tue LeTmS VI
a treaty, whereby Hawaii is to be an
nexed to the United States. The dis
patch also says that President McKin-
lev has issued a call for special ses.
sion of the senate, to assemble in
Washington on September 6. This
statement is not conHrraed in Wash
ington; but the understanding is that
official circles in Washington admit
that annexation is on foot, and that
the treaty will be ratified early upon
the assembling of the next session OF
congress.
- Charlotte Smith, p.:ident of the
Woman's Rescue league of New York,
has on foot scheme by which she
hopes to compel manageable bach
elors to marry. She is trying to inter.
est labor organizations on the ground
that the labor question is involved.
This she gets at with statistics show
ing the number of women who are do
ing mems work in various vocations
at less than mems wages. If the men
would marry the women and take
care of them, the price Of labor would
have to 60 up. There is in Mrs.
Smiths scheme quite number OF 9TH
or sociological points that seems to be
worthy of serious consideration and
the matter has begun to attract agreat
deal of attention.
A Raleigh, N. c., special says !:
Some northern capitalists are now in
this section prospecting for site for
a silk manufactory. A New Jersey
firm of silk manufacturers, only a
month or two ago, located q mill at
Greensboro, n. c., which will employ
several hundred hands. Thus new
new field of labor is being opened up
for southern white labor, the lower
rates at which it can be obtained and
more pacific character of that class of
help, being one of the incentives to
silk mill building in this section. The
silk mill at Petersburg, Va, has just
put in an electric plant, and recently
was increased, but the rush of orders
of late has been so great that it Is
found necessary to run on double
time.
- Hypnotism has come in collision
with the court of California, where a
Judge refused to allow a bypnotist to
testify that he had put ali alleged muir
derer under his influence, and that
while in that condition the prisoner
had denied that he had committed the
crime. The court took this stand be-
cause it. said that the law did not re-
cognize hypnotism. Because of this
denial an appeal was taken and the
supreme court has just upheld the po-
sition of the trial judge, although one
member said he did not quite agree
with his fellows in their attitude on
hypnotism. Aside from this position
as regards the science, it is hard to see
how the testimony of the hypnotist
could affect the case. AS the lay un-
derstand it, hypnotic subject can be
made to say or do anything the hyp-
notist commands him. That being the
case, a confession or denial could be
drawn out at the will of the hypnotist.
At any rate, the court was quite right
in refusing to allow the latter to tes-
tify.
Secretary Hester's annual report,
issued on September l, shows receipts
of cotton at all United States ports for
the year of $3.50, 100 bales, against s.
420,246 last year; overland $40, 4S2
against S73, ,465; southern consumption
taken direct, 9SS,3S2 against 1863, ,635,
making the cotton crop of the United
States for 1S96.97 amount to S,757 1864
bales, against 1857 ,246 last year, and
9,9O1 PSI the year before. Altogether
the southern mills took l, ,042, ,671 bales /;
an increase of $4,000. Mr.. Hester
makes the actual cotton crop of Texas,
including Indian territory, 2,247 ,554.
His report on the different states IS
as follows: North Carolina 100000 {;
South Carolina 100000; Georgia L.
100000; Alabama 100000; Florida
10000; Mississippi 1926, 900; Louisia-
ma $4,000; Arkansas 100000; Ten
nessee 100000; Texas 2,24S,0O0. To-
tai crop S,75S,OOO. North Carolina
above includes Kentucky and Virgin
ia; Tennessee includes Oklahoma {;
Missouri includes Kansas and Utah /;
Texas includes Indian territory.
- Herman w. VanSenden, formerly
private secretary to Secretary Carlisle
and Dennis County, former clerk in
the interstate commerce commission,
were arrested in Washington last Mon
day, on the charge of embezzling $l5,-
700 from a number OF citizens. The
two conducted a large bucket shop
here up 10 few months ago, and in
cluded among their patrons a number
of the most prominent citizens. About
the last of June of this year they fail
ed, and it is now alleged that they
turned large sums of money deposited
with them to be used in deals to their
own use. Among those who it is al
legged were swindled in this manner
are Joseph Wilkins and Frederick
Emerich, leading merchants, and DR..
McMerty, physician, each Of whom
claims to have lost sums approximate
ing $4,000. This is all that is known