Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-28
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head during the siege of Kimberly, ar
rived at Marseilles, last Tuesday, says
a dispatch. In an interview he des-
cribed the Beers as "splendid artiller-
lists" He said they never had more
than from $4,000 to 10000 men under
arms, and with these they had lost
only 5000, of whom only 600 had been
killed. sin my opinion" said Captain
Leon. "unless the Beers win an indie
pendent victory near Bloemfontein,
they must be beaten in the end, and
although Pretoria could withstand a
long siege, because it still possesses
cannon and emplacements for those
temporarily withdrawn, 1 believe the
plan of the Beers is to take refuge in
the mountainous region to the north
which is inaccessible, rather than to
defend Pretoria, at the risk of heavy
loss of life and the exposure of the
population to the fire Of the British.
Even when Great Britain declares the
Transvaal annexed, the Beers will
never yield, and an army of 100000
will be needed to occupy the country"
- Says Stroudsburg, Pa, dispatch
of Wednesday: Several months ago,
the Rev. Rev. E. E. Dixon, pastor of
the East Stroudsburg Methodist Epis-
copal church, prayed that God would
strike the new, big brewery, which is
being built here, with lightning. Mr..
Dixon and others believe that the
prayer has been answered. Yesterday
lightning struck the brewery, doing
some damage. When it became known
that a bolt had struck the brewery the
words of Mr.. Dixon were at once re-
called. The bolt at the brewery went
down the elevator shaft, knocking of
a few bricks in its passage. Dewitt
Maran, who was in the shaft, was
stunned for a moment. Workman
Staples was also stunned. Two chill
dren named Custard, sons of Metho-
dist preacher, were knocked from a
ladder; but were not injured. The
fight against the big brewery was Bit
ter. Those most active in opposition
were the Rev. E. E. Dixon, the Rev.
R. H. Crawford and the members of
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union. Mr.. Dixon made his remarka-
BILE prayer at meeting of the W. G.
T. U. of East StroudsLurg. When he
heard that the building had been struck
by lightning he prayed: "Now, Lord,
if it be Thy will, let the rest CO."
"A treasury official who has been
apalyzing the change to be made in
the money system of Porto Rico, calls
attention to what he characterizes as
the amusing side of the transfer. "For
five years." he said, "the Spanish peso
in circulation in Porto Rico has aver
aged in value about 60 cents. When
the United States took charge that
value was placed on the peso, although
it was not then worth so much. When
congress passed the Porto Rican bill
a few day ago it decided to retire all
the metal money on the island and to
replace it with American money. The
price of 60 cents was fixed for ex-
change purposes as the value of the
peso, which is to he brought here and
recoined. Although we give 90 cents
for the peso, 1t is really worth only
about 40 cents as silver when coined.
We have, therefore, given the Porto
.Ricans or lost to ourselves 20 cents on
each 60 cents. But the funniest part
of it all is that we take the peso, bring
1t here, melt it up and add some alloy
worth only few cents, and make that
peso into silver dollar, backed by the
name and credit of the United States.
The peso goes back to Porto Rico la,
beled 81, and the people there accept
it as SUCH"
- The Weather Bureaus weekly
summary of crop conditions, issued on
Tuesday, says: The temperature con.
ditions of the week ending April 23d
were generally highly favorable; but
excessive rains in the south has great.
ly interferred with far work and
caused destructive floods. In portions
of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana
much replauting will be necessary as d
result of the inundation. Corn plant
ing has been generally retarded where
not completed in the southern states
and the central Mississippi valley. II
is later than for many years in Ten
nessee. Winter wheat is improved
with ample moisture and favorable
temperature. The crop has made rapid
growth in the central valleys and
southern states. Early sown spring
wheat is comingup to good stands over
the southern portion of the spring
wheat region. The oats crops are en-
couraging. The continuous excessive
rains over the central and eastern por'
tions of the cotton belt have retarded
cotton planting and washed up much
of the acreage previously planted. In
southern Texas planting is we'll ad
vanced and it is progressing rapidly
in the northern portion of the state
Planting over the northeastern part oi
the cotton belt is unusually delayed
Fruit reports are encouraging.
- By a vote of 33 to 80, the senate,
on last Tuesday, decided that Matthew
Stanley Quay, of Pennsylvania, is not
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