Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-12-20

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three of the As states and each of the
six territories were represented at the
meeting, and all of the committeeman
seemed to be heartily in favor of the
denomination of President Mckinley.
- The Beers are not without strong
sense of humor, or at least they are
inclined to joking under circumstances
that would make most men quite grim.
And they are having their fun with
the British. A dispatch published last
Saturday stated that on the night after
the repulse of General Butler at Tuge-
la river, the Beers put themselves in
flash light communication with the
British and signalled this message
"Send re-inforcements to General
White" That, of course, was the
mission of General Butler when he was
repulsed.
- Isolated bands of bushwacking in
surgents, who are caught by our forces
in the Philippines, are likely TO be sum-
marily dealt with. At the cabinet
meeting last Friday, the matter was
discussed at some length, and it was
the general sentiment that the situa-
ton demanded vigorous treatment.
As long as the insurgents keep up a
show of an army under semblance of
discipline, they will be treated as pris-
oners of war when captured but when
they degenerate into isolated bands of
mauraders, hassassing our forces by
cold -blooded assassinations, it is the
Judgment of the officers in command
in the Philippines and of the president
and the members of the cabinet, that
the situation demands summary action.
- Representative Sibley has introdu-
ced in the house bill that is intended
to provide safe and elastic currency.
Mr.. Sibley approves the proposition to
allow national banks to issue currency
to the full amount of bonds they hold /;
but says that expedient is not nearly
sufficient for the purpose desired. In
excess of the bonds pledged to secure
the circulation of national banks, there
are now outstanding bonds to the
amount of $500, 100000. Mr.. Sibley's
bill provides that the holders of these
bonds may, at any time, deposit them
and receive government notes to the
extent of so per cent. of their value.
So long as the notes are outstanding,
however, the government does not pay
interest on the bonds.
The feeling of Ireland against Great
Britain is beginning to find some very
positive expressions. Last Friday,
while $50 members of the Royal Irish
fusileers were on their way to the
transport at Walford, to sail for South
Africa to fill the vacancies in their
regiment, many of them threw their
rifles and accoutrements in the river.
They cheered necessarily for the Beers,
and after they were embarked on the
transport, whole company joined in
singing "God Save Ireland" and "God
Save Kruger" Many of the soldiers
struggled from the ranks and had to
he picked up by patrols. A big pro.
Boer meeting was held in Dublin on
Sunday, and it was finally necessary
for the police to disperse the crowds.
General Butler, who was advancing
to the relief of Ladysmith, met with a
severe check on Tugela river about 10
miles from his destination last Friday.
He tried to cross the river at two fords
about two miles apart, by means of two
detachments operating at the same
time. He held his main army in the
center with view to relieve whichever
detachment might become in greater
need of assistance. The Beers were
strongly fortified at both fords, with
their artillery trained to precision, and
the British found themselves in regu-
Ter slaughter pen. After few hours
they had to withdraw, leaving eleven
pieces of artillery and dead horses be-
hind. None of them got across the
river. General Buffers losses were,
killed 50: wounded 667: missing 346,
total of 1,097.
Newton Enterprise: A wellknown
travelling man, who came up from Lin
colnton, Wednesday, tells US that late
Tuesday afternoon, farmer about two
miles from Lincolnton, killed 25O
pound hog. He left it hanging over
night, and Wednesday morning, on
going out to take it down, found the
hog gone. He saw some tracks leading
into the woods and decided to look a
little further to see if he could find the
direction the thief had gone. He soon
came to a rail fence, and there he found
the hog hanging on one side and a
Negro preacher on the other. 1t seems
that in attempting to cross the fence
with the hog on his shoulder he let it
slip. The gambrel stick caught him
across the throat, and the back of the
neck being against the fence rail, he
was choked to death.
- The London Times, recognized as
the mouthpiece of British officialdom,
says in its issue of Sunday "Neither
the Crimean war nor the Indian mutt
ny gave rise to greater dangers to the
empire than that which we are now
menaced, nor at either of those critical
periods was Great Britain so isolated
politically or regarded with such dis
like and suspicion as are now almost
everywhere apparent. Unless the
calmness which impresses the foreign
observer proceeds only from apathy
or want of a sufficient imagination to
realize the imminent danger of the
whole fabric of our empire, the great
efforts now urgently required will