Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-22
Scraps aud facts.


against 965, ,6S9 last week. OF this the
total of American cotton Is 546,63l
bales, against 2,081, ,140 last year, and
of all other kinds, including Egypt, In.
dia. Brazil, etc., 433,000 bales, aga1ns'
564. 900 last year. Of the worlds visible
supply as above there Is now anoa'
and held In Great Britain and Contl-
mental Europe, 473,000 bales, against j.
40s, 900 last year; in Egypt 1000 bales
against 1000 last year; in India 239,oot
bales. against $4,000 last year, and IN
the United States $4,000 bales, agalns'
S37, 900 last year.
- The United Mine Workers, OF the
anthracite coal regions Of PennsyiVa-
mia. went on a strike last Monday. II
Is claimed by the strike leaders that
IFS. 900 of the 100000 workers In tnose
regions, have quit work. The 1nilie
owners claim that there are more hel'
working than the leaders care 70 aoni..
It is fact, however, that many aluSs 1Ss
have ceased operations entirely, Wnlie
. Few continue in full operation. On
Tpesday one Of the big companies ad-
yanced the price Of coal rs cents ton,
and retailers met this by advancing 5O
cents a ton. AS yet there has been no
violence; but both sides are STUBBORN, J,
and what may develop later on 1s only
a matter Of speculation.
-Lincolnton, N. c., dispatch, Septem.
her ID: Andrew Jackson was prouShl
here Yesterday and lodged In jail, un-
der the charge Of having entered the
home of Mrs. Stroup, near Iron Sta-
tion. where three women were sleeplns'
and brutaIly cutting Mrs. Wilson TO
nieces. sometime in June. Soon arter
the cutting took place reward OF sIVV
was offered by the governor for the ar
rest and conviction Of Jackson, VINO
was eyading arrest. He was arrested
in Henderson county, and the snerni
of Lincoln county was not1ned anu
quickly landed the prisoner In the LIN
coin county Jail. No more brutal OUT
rage was ever committed In the couh-
try than that charged against Jacksoii'
"Details have come to light, says q
Mutton, ILL.,, dispatch, OF daring
coup to gain exclusive. control OF tne
broom corn being harvested In cen.rai
IIlinofs. The Central Broom supply
company is said to be manipulating
the deal and has enlisted the coopera-
tion of the biggest broom manufactu-
rers in the East. The value OF the
present crop is $2,500,000. 1t Is 80 per
cent. short Of last seasons crop, which
makes the Corner q necessary move
on the trusts part. For several weeks
the manufacturers have had agents IN
the field to purchase the coming yield
at prices under the trusts figures. Tne
trust has now affected an arrangement
to furnish the manufacturers with sur.
flclent brush to last I'LL OCTOBER IL
they will withdraw their agents. They
furnish it at $50 and 500 ton. The
procedure is for the trust to corner
the 1900 yield at low figures ana theh
restore the price to 5000 ton.
The law officers Of the army are
greatly interested in the case or an en-
listed man whose father has succeed
ed in getting him out Of the service on
that of Charles B. CARRIER, whose nome
is in Auburn, Me. Carver was only ~
wears old when he enlisted, and his
father took legal means to gain his re-
lease. The district court in Maine,
which acted in the matter, decto ed that
the boy should be allowed to return 10
his parents, although the court admit
ted that there could be action against
the soldier for obtaining money fraud
ulently by enlisting under false pre-
tences. The boy, in order to become
a recruit, was obliged to swear that ne
was at least q years Of age. Had the
government proceeded against the sol
dier for that offense the court might
not have been able to secure his release
until the court martial proceedings
were completed. The law officers Of
the service will probably, appeal the
case.
- The Paris correspondent OF a Lon
don newspaper says: There are ABOUT
four journals in English published
daily in Paris-one an evening paper.
Three of these belong to Americans:
one Of the well-known French firm or
Galignani. America, indeed, now repre-
sents the English-speaking race TO tne
Parisians. England has slipped into
the background as Of secondary i'm
portance compared with the great Gel
tic c-Germanic Republic of the United
.ates of America, in which the Anglo
Saxon element, the survivors Of those
who successfully fought against Eng
lish rule, is not more than per cent.
of the entire population. I have seen
in shops the legend "U. S. is spoken
here" where formerly it would have
been English is spoken here" The
Americans, after the Germans, make
the biggest snow at the exhibition, and
American houses of commerce, restau-
rants and bars are spreading all over
Paris"
Says a Columbia, Mo-, dispatch:
Six farmer boys were playing ball this
morning in a field near the house of
Harold Davis, about four miles north
of Columbia. A sturdy youth smote
the ball so vigorously that it sped over
the fence and disappeared in a bunch
of trees. Just then cry Of pain was
heard, and the boys ran to the bunch
of trees. There lay tramp, prone on
the ground, and there was the ball
nearby. Tenderly the boys raised the
limp form from the ground and carried
it to the Davis house. At first the
tramp showed no signs of life except
that he was able to swallow half a
pint of liquor from a bottle that was
thrust between his teeth. This reviv-
chair devouring a good meal, while the
members of the family were eating din
aer in the dining room adjoining. When
they returned they found that their
guest had departed, taking with him
the remainder Of the whisky, dozen
loaded shells and a breech-loading
gun.
The state department of agriculture
of Texas, on last Sunday, reported that
the quantity Of growing cotton lost as
a result of the storm, will aggregate
as. 900 bales. This is about 100000 bales
less than estimates made by cotton
men who have been through the de-
vaStated district. In some places, ac-
cording to the reports received by the
agricultural department, the wind blew
all the loose cotton away and broke