Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-11-09
Straps and faets.

characteristic that IL IS lmpossioie W
laugh at it. You cannot joke about
man who takes himself as seriously as
that" says the Waterbury American.
"One sentence especially reveals the
egotist as he is: 'As nearly 1000 years
ago he says, so today shall | ring out
the cry, voicing my ardent hope, 10
all, peace on EARTH" Did you ever
see anything quite equal to that =?
Twenty centuries separate Christ and
me, 'but endorse His sentiments"
son the Cotton Exchange yester-
day," said the New York Herald on
Saturday, November contracts sold
at 4.99 cents a pound, the lowest price
in the history of the Exchange. The
opening price was 5 cents, which was
followed by an advance to 5.O2 cents.
Then came the break to 4.99 cents.
There was no excitement as result OF
the break, which had been looked for
by the traders for sometime. The i'm
mediate cause of the decline was the
pressure of offerings of spot cotton
from the south. The real cause, how
ever, is the enormous crop, which IS
estimated at between 1900, 600 and
100000 bales"
The San Francisco Chronicle prints
a story of unearthed rascality OF Wey-
Ter while he was governor general OF
the Philippines. The Americans found
in the prison at Manila, Maxiana Ro-
sales and julius Reyes, who had been
incarcerated during the Weyler re-
gime. Rosales was in charge of the
Philippine treasury. He claims that
Weyler drew several immense sums
from the treasury and made way with
them. When the theft became known,
the responsibility was thrown upon
the treasurer, who was convicted oy
the testimony of unscrupulous en-
ployees of Weyler. Upon being re.
leased from prison, Rosales showed
from the books where sums aggregat-
ing S1,SOO,OOO had been drawn upon
the order of Weyler but there was
no record as to what went with the
money.
The executive committee of the
Citizens Association, Chicago organ
ization irrespective of party, has ad-
dressed letter to President Mckinley
in reference to the rumored change In
the rules governing civil service ap-
pointments, by which "a large number
of offices will be thrown open to the
partakers of political and department
tai favor" The committee says: "1n
view of the expansion of our national
territory now in progress, and the
largely increased force of civil servants
necessitated thereby, it appears to us
that a careful guarded application OF
the rules governing the appointment
to Office will more than ever before be
needed to secure the best equipped
men for the service of the nation, and
for the protection of the appointing
power itself against the opportunities
of pertinacious, unqualified applicants
for positions under the government"
- Secretary Hester's weekly cotton
statement, issued last Friday, shows
an increase in the movement into sight
compared with the seven days ending
this date last year of 100000 bales, an
increase over the same days year before
last of 17S,000.. For the 65 days OF
the season the aggregate is ahead OF
the same time last year 100000. The
total movement of the IS days from
September to date, is 3,6l1 $40,
against 8 3,2S1, 1876 last year. The move
ment since September shows receipts
at all United States ports 2,697, ,045,
against 2,434 ,634 last year; interior
stocks in excess of those held at the
close of the commercial year 456, 74S,
against 341, ,166 last year. Foreign
exports for the week have been 32l,
22l, against 397, ,207 last year, making
the total thus far for the season 1,619,-
636, against LAS, ,669 last year. The
total takings of American mills, north
and south and Canada thus far for the
season, have been 6O2, ,44S, against
756,15S last year. The stocks at the
seaboard and the 29 leading interior
centres have increased during the
week 139, ,4S9 bales, against an increase
during the corresponding period last
season of 6,249.
- There were about 1000 mounted
men in the parade at the Democratic
rally in Charlotte last week. Senator
B. r. Tillman, of South Carolina, and
Senator ]. w. Daniel, of Virginia, were
the orators. They were enthusiastically
received. Senator Tillman said in his
speech that in "South Carolina no Ne
gro editor could SANDER the white
women of the state as that Wilmington
Negro did. That Negro ought now be
food for catfish in the bottom of the
Cape Fear river, instead of going
around above ground. The Negroes
ruled US down in South Carolina once ;
but they never slandered our women
like that, nor were they ever allowed
to insult them. Senator Daniel spoke
of the feeling toward the Negro in the
north and said that the best friends OF
the Negro were southern men, and
that the greatest enemy the black man
had was the white man who tried to
put the Negro in rule over his white
neighbors. The Negro has no better
friend than the southern man, reared
at his side, to whom he owes his civili-
zation; but Virginia, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina,
Texas, Arkansas and Governor Tanner,
of Illinois, have come to the conclusion
that the Negro is man in his place ;
but put in charge of the government
he is not q SUCCESS