Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-05-27

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Industrial Schools of the National
Conference of Charities and Correc-
tions, in session in Cincinnati, o., was
addressed one day last week by Geo.
Terrence, of Pontiac, ILL.,, superinten-
dent of the Illinois State reformatory,
on "The Relation of the Cigarette to
Crime" After reciting his experience
with boys coming to his institution,
Mr.. Terrence said: 81 am sure cigar
cites are destroying boys and making
criminals of more of them than the
saloons" In his reformatory, he said,
there are now 27S boys. Of SO, aver
aging 12 years of age, So were cigar:
ette smokers. Of 1873, averaging Ia
years of age, 125 were cigarettes
smokers. Of 80, averaging Is years,
73 were cigarette smokers. This dem.
onstrates, be said, that 90 per cent. OF
the whole number were cigarette
smokers at the time of committing
crimes for which they were committed
to the reformatory.
- The Southern Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly, in session at Richmond
Va, on last Wednesday, made the fol-
lowing deliverance in answer to the
overture about ministers marrying
runaway couples: "The assembly is
of the opinion that it would be both
unwise and inexpedient to attempt to
Law down any infexible rule for the
guidance of the ministry in relation to
the performance of this ceremony
the great bond of society. 1t is be-
lieved that an enlightened conscience
and the laws of the land are, as rule,
the safest and only guides to be fol-
lowed in such cases. But the assem-
bly, cannot forbear to express the opin'
ion that in the cases described in the
overture, the greatest prudence and
caution should be exercised by the
minister; that he should exert his in
fuence, so far as he can, properly and
prudently do so, to prevent such mar
riages, and only consent to perform
the ceremony in those cases where he
is satisfied, from all the circumstances,
that the best interest of all parties
Gncluding the parent or parents) will
be subserved by so doing"
"A cable dispatch from Havana to
the New York Sun gives the following
information A dispatch from New
York containing some alleged remarks
by General Butler against General
Gomez, has greatly angered the latter,
who today sent message to The Sun
correspondent, through his secretary,
Carlos Manuel Cespedes, saying that
he desired to protest against the Ian
guage of General Butler. He adds
that General Buffers reflections on
him are due to the failure of the Sl3,-
100000 loan which the Cuban as
sembly wished to raise to pay the
Cuban army, scheme which General
Gomez energetically opposed. General
Gomez claims that General Butler was
interested in the loan, and did all he
could to secure its success. General
Gomez opposed it because it was harm
full to the interests of the Cuban peo.
pie, through the large commissions
which would have been distributed
among the supporters and promoters
of the loan. General Butler denies
that he made any remarks that reflect
ed on General Gomez, and claims that
although he had been approached to
act as an attorney in the promotion OF
the S13,O0O,000 loan scheme, he has
really had nothing to do with the
matter.
- Ex-Governor John Gary Evans,
of South Carolina, who, as a member
of General Ludlow's staff, at one time
had charge of the city Of Havana,
called at the White House today, says
Washington dispatch of Wednesday.
He returned from Cuba about three
weeks ago. His accounts of Cuban
conditions are most interesting. He is
firm believer in annexation. "If you
could have seen the army that march.
ed into Havana behind Gomez, you
would have acknowledged the impos.
sibility of decent self-government on
that island. Of all the Heterogeneous
assemblages ever gathered, this was
the worst. Coxey's army was com
pany of aristocratic gentlemen by
comparison. All this talk about the
patriotism of the Cuban army is 8
myth. They were largely actuated
by desire for plunder and for office
They now want to rule the island be-
cause they see their chances of looting
the treasury will not be good so long
as it remains under American control
To turn the island over to the Cubans
would be worse crime against civil
zation than to have allowed the Span
ish to rule it,"
- Hundreds of postmasters vii
have their salaries increased on July l
Every year the salaries Of the presi
dental postmasters are rcadjusted, an'
this year the phenomenal increase il
the postal receipts will result to th'
advantage of many of the postmasters