Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-24

Judge cited the language OF the Fede'
raj statute, which permits the naturalf.
zation Of white males only" and ad'
yised him that it was impossible un'
der the statute for him to become cit
izen Of this country. And 1t will re-
quire an act Of congress to open the
way for him
Mention Was made in this column
some weeks ago Of the fact that the
German government had sent an ex.
petition to West Africa for the purpose
of investigating the practicability o1
developing cotton production there. A
Tuskegee, Ala, dispatch Of last Fri
day, states that a number Of gradu'
ates Of Booker T. Washington's nor
NAL and industrial institute, have beer
engaged to join the expedition as ex,
perts. They will sail from New York
on November 3 and will carry with
them full outfit for cotton raising, in
cluding cotton seed, ploughs, cotton
gins, wagons and carpentry tools. Two
of the graduates are from the agricul'
tural department and one from the me.
chanical department.
The Republican national headquar-
ters in New York, gave out the follow.
ing as an official estimate Of the elec-
toral vote next month: Republican,
California 9; Connecticut 16; Delaware
8; Illinois "a; Indiana Is; Iowa 13; Kan
sas 10; Maine 6; Maryland 8; Massa-
chusetts IS; Michigan IA; Minnesota 9;
New Hampshire 4; New Jersey 10; New
York 36; North Dakota s; Ohio %; Ore
gon 4; Pennsylvania 80; Rhode Island
4; Washington 4; West; Virginia s;
Wisconsin IL; Wyoming s. Total 2S4
Democratic-Alabam II; Arkansas 8;
Florida 4; Georgia 13; Louisiana 8;
Mississippi 9; North Carolina IL; South
Carolina 8; Tennessee IL; Texas Is; Vir-
ginia II. Total 112. Doubtful. with
chances for Republicans to win-Ida-
no 3; Montana 8; Kentucky -; Nebras-
ka 8. Total q. Doubtful, with Demo
cratic tendencies-Colorado 4; Nevada
3; Missouri II. Total "a.
In an article dealing with the cot
ton crisis the London Standard Of last
Saturday says: Probably by the end
of October less than so per cent. Of the
spindles will be idle and by the mid
die of November the spinners will have
no trouble in obtaining all the raw cot
ton they require. It must not be as
sumed. however, that the end Of the
crisis is in sight. Unless the predic-
tions Of the small yield Of the cotton
crop are falsified the supply will mate
rally be short of the demand, which
will mean the continuance Of relative
ly high prices and another curtailment
Of production later. AS usual, atten-
tion Is being called energetically to the
fact that there Is an abundance of land
up and down the earth capable OF
growing cotton; but that will not help
out the difficulty. There is no getting
beyond the fact that we must go to
America or shut our mills"
Secretary Hester's weekly. New Or
leans cotton exchange statement is-
sued last Friday night. was as follows
Today shows an increase in the move
ment into sight, compared with the
seven days ending this date last year
in round figures. Of $4,000. For the Is
days Of October the totals show an in
crease over last year Of 100000. The 4e
days Of the season that have elapsed
the aggregate is ahead Of the 49 days OF
last year, 1000. The amount brough,
into sight during the past week has
been 495,S53, against ,737 for the sew.
en- days ending October 10, last year
The movement since September
shows receipts at all United States
ports 1,6O0,393, against 1,492,363 last
year; to Northern mills and Canada
1O6,241, against 191, ,761 last year. South.
ern mill takings 1905. against 223,.
953 last year. Foreign exports for the
week have been 26s,1SS, against 199,2 20!
last year. Northern mill taking anG
Canada during the past seven days
show a decrease of 42,401, as compared
with the corresponding period of last
year. Total takings of American mills
north and south and Canada thus fal
for the season have been 3S4 SAT, agains
524,95S last year.
The viceroy, Lord Cursor, in 6
speech before the Indian council al
Simla last Saturday. said the famine
had affected a quarter of the popula.
ton Of India and that even now 2,000,'
900 people were receivingr relief. He
expressed the hope. however, that in g
month these would return to thefl
homes. His lordship further said thai
half million deaths were traceable tc
the famine and that the loss of the
crops involved the loss Of fifty million:
sterling, plus some millions for the los:
of cattle. It will never be known how
many were affected by the calamity
among the hill people and wandering
tribes, while the aims distributed were
unprecedented. At the end Of August
854 lakirs Of rupees ($42 $780, ,00O hac
been expended and the government
further expected to spend 154 lakh:
(s7,5O0,0OO up to March next. Beside:
this, 25s lakhs I'll, 900 O0O of land take:
had been advanced to cultivators
many lakhs Of land taxes had been re-
mitted, 81 crores (35,000,000 rupees) hat
been lent to the native states, ant
nearly a million sterling had been con
tributed by private charity. The vice
roy complimented the relief commit
tees, alluding to many instances of ma
tive chivalry and devotion and to Eng
nsh military and civil servants dying
at their posts. He said the cotton croI