Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-28
Straps and faets.

the bill of Representative Brosius, OF
Pennsylvania, authorizing the issue of
bank circulation up to the par value of
bonds deposited for the establishment
of national banks of small capital in
towns of 5000 and upwards; changing
the tax on circulation to tax of one
eight of l per cent. on capital. The
measure is on the lines of recommen'
dation made in the presidents mes.
sage.
1t has been feared for sometime
that the senate would not come to
vote on the peace treaty at this ses
sion: but that the matter would be
postponed until after adjournment,
when an extra session would be called.
The administration believes that the
new senate will be willing to ratify
the treaty. There has been change
of tactics during the past few days,
and it has been decided that the rati-
fication will be voted on next Tuesday.
This probably means that the treaty
will be ratified.
A Richmond dispatch of Tuesday
saws that the friends of General Fitz-
hugh Lee have given the United States
senatorial fight new turn, and one
which promises to make the contest OF
far more interest than had been antic-
cipated.' Some ofthe most conspicuous
friends of Genearl Lee have come out
today in advocacy of the nomination
of the senator by state convention.
They intimate very plainly that unless
this mode shall be adopted, the Demo.
Gratis of Virginia may not be satisfied
with the results. The Lee men call
the attention of the country to the dis
graceful outcome of the legislative in
vestigation of five years ago when 1t
was developed that the railroads had
put up money to carry the state for
the Democrats. Reading between
lines, it is made pretty clear by the
friends of Lee, who are out in favor OF
the nomination by convention, that
they will not again submit 10 the elec'
ton of senators influenced by such in
terests.' The fight is on and may be
lively one.
- The New York Evening World,
of last Wednesday,, prints an inter
view with John Sherman, in which
the latter forcibly expresses himself
against expansion. The ex-secretary
is quoted as saying in part: 81 am de-
cidedly opposed TO the invasion OF the
Philippines. The idea of our country
forcing it's way into these islands and
forcing its government upon the 7,OOO,-
900, population of those islands is mon
st,ous. 1t is subversive of the basic
principle of our government, that the
Just powers of government are derived
from the consent of the governed, and
it is in violation of the traditions OF
our country" "Then if you were in
the senate you would not vote to rati-
fly the treaty of Paris as it stands p
"If were in the senate l would not
vote to ratify the treaty as it stands.
I would vote to withdraw from the
islands as soon as possible. The pa.
pers say that 1000 soldiers have just
been sent to Manila. Why are they
sent? Are we going to war against a
struggling republic? They have been
fighting for many years against Spain,
and have practically driven Spain out.
Are we to take the place of Spain in
tyrannizing over these struggling peo-
pie ?"
- The Concord, N. c.; correspondent
of the Charlotte Observer has another
big cotton story. 1t is as follows :
"Knowing that some, without properly
investigating the matter would not
believe it, Captain Charles Mcdonald
nevertheless gave me the cost of rails
ing cotton OH his experimental tract of
land of 81 acres. After making all of
his calculations, to his surprise, bis
cotton only cost him 2.59 cents per
pound. With Kings. improved seed
it yielded 10,293 pounds of seed cotton,
which, after being ginned, made 343
pounds of lint to the 100 pounds of seed
cotton. Five hundred and fifteen
pounds were taken from the whole
amount-1O,293 pounds-for ginning,
leaving 9,77S pounds. According to
the above calculation this amount
would yield him 3,573 pounds of lint
cotton, which he sold at an average of
$40 cents per pound. Dividing the
cost of the labor (Ss7.5O) by 1878, it
will be found that his cotton cost him
but 2.59 cents per pound, leaving him
a profit of 2.51 cents per pound. By
multiplying the number of pounds
yielded, then he has made profit off
the six and one-half acres of SS4.66,
or $l3 on each acre."
The sensation Of the hour in AS
bury Park, N. j., says dispatch to
the Baltimore Sun, is the daring ad-
venture of Miss Josephine S. Ten
Brock, eldest daughter of Major
Frank L. Ten Brock, and Miss Mabel
H. Glove, her friend, who took a
swim in the ocean on Friday. While
the young women were on the porch
of the West End hotel, Miss Ten
Brock dared her companion to take a
swim in the icy water. The challenge
was accepted The girls resurrected
their bathing suits, put them on and
threw mackintoshes around them.
Then, with a companion, they went TO
the beach. Shedding their mackin-
toshes, they plunged into the surf. The
cold water made their teeth chatter,
but so persons were watching them and
they would not turn back. They were
in the water for 20 minutes. After
their return to the hotel each drank a