Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-12-09
Straps and fats.

tual average weight of $780, I66 bales
of the cotton crop, embracing port re
ceipts and overland for three months
ending November 80, 5l2.ll.lOO,
against 52O.39 100 pounds per bale last
year. Detailed averages are: Texas,
525.94 100; Louisiana, 51697-1OO; AL
ALBANIA, sill; Georgia, 1926 100 !;
South Carolina, 504; North Carolina,
5O9.73 100; Virginia, 49S; Tennessee,
etc., and overland, 505,95 100.
- Argument was begun Tuesday in
the United States Supreme Court in
the cases involving the conslitutional'ty
of the provision in the war revenue act
for the taxation of Inheritance. The
appellants attack the law on the
ground that it provides for direct tax,
which is not apportioned among the
states according to population, as re,
auired by the constitution that even II
not a direct tax, it is unconstitutional,
because it is not uniform in its opera
ton, exempting, as 1t does, legacies un'
der $4,000; that if inheritances are
taxable at all, the power to impose
such a tax rests with the states ex
clusively.
The latest news from Manila says
all hope of capturing Aguinaldo in the
northern part of Luzon has been aban
doned. The whereabouts of the Fill
pino general are not definitely known,
and it is believed that he has probably
made his way back into the province
of Cavite, where he still has many sym
pathizers. The insurgents are report
ed as showing signs of greater activity.
The insurgents who remain in the field
are reported to have separated in small
bands. This has made necessary the
same tactics on the part of the Amer
leans, and the situation seems to prom
ise great deal more trouble before it
is finally closed.
The movement to advance wages
in cotton mill centres has become gen.
eral throughout the New England
states, says Boston dispatch. Thus
far nearly 100000 operatives have
been notified of a 10 per cent. advance
and the outlook indicates that most OF
the mills which have not made any
announcement will soon do so. The
operatives of the big Rhode Island cor
porations, controlled by the Goddards
and Robert Knight, and several small
er concerns in that state, and those OF
the Lowell company aggregating in
number nearly 10000, were among the
mill workers notified of the advance
today. The new schedule will 60 into
effect at Lowell, on December 18th, and
in Rhode Island one week earlier. 1t
is expected that by Christmas, wages
in the cotton mills of New England
will be higher thah they have been
before since 1898.
Details were brought to Vancou'
yer, B. c., last Tuesday, by the steamer
Warrimoo from Australia, of the attro-
cious murder of white man and sub
sequent devouring of the body by the
treacherous cannibals of the Admiralty
Islauds. A letter dated Manlapea,
New Britain, says: Twelve months
ago two young Germans named Metzke
aud Molte opened trading station on
the small island of St. Anthony, in the
Admiralty group, to the north of Ger
man New Guinea, and in spite of the
fact that the natives are a most treach-
erous and cunning race, appeared to
get on very well with them. The two
traders decided to purchase the island.
Molte went to New Britain to arrange
the deal, leaving Metzke with 10 Solo,
mon Island boys. Upon Molte's re-
turn, he found that Metzke had been
murdered, together with four of his
boys, and the bodies had been cut up,
cooked and eaten by the natives.
- There has been no news of impor-
tauce of the fighting in South Africa
since the battle of Modder river. The
censorship has been so strict that prac-
tically nothing has been allowed to
get through. The greatest interest
now centres on Methuen's advance to
the relief of Kimberly. The gener-
al has been materially reinforced and
the Beers have been making every
arrangement to check his march. A
story to the effect that General Jou-
bert has gone to Pretoria from Lady
smith, on account of illness, is taken
to mean that, instead, the general has
put out this report to conceal his pur-
pose to take command of the army op.
posing Methuen. A big battle is expec.
ted to take place at Spytfontein, few
miles from Kimberly, and it is reported
that General Joubert has ordered the
Beers to hold their fire until the enemy
approaches within 400 yards. The
expected battle is likely to be a very
bloody one.
- After having been denied the right
to be sworn in last Tuesday, Brigham
H. Roberts gave out the following sign
ed statement for publication: "The
action of the house today in my case
was not surprise to me. The whole
matter was evidently prejudiced and
the minds of members made up to
follow the course that had been out
lined. When the question comes to
be considered by members of the house
after the pressure of public opinion is
removed, l think the case will stand