Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-13
Scraps aud faets.

pectation Of an advance. 1t is thought
two-thirds Of the mills will be closed
down by Christmas on account OF the
seed shortage.
Charlotte Observer, October 10: Miss
Julia Jackson Christian, who has been
with her grandmother, Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson, at the Church Home and In
firmary, III Baltimore, Md, returned to
Charlotte last night and will re-enter
the Presbyterian college. She said that
Mrs. Jackson's general health was good
and that DR.. Tiffany deemed it advisa-
BILE to defer the operation for few
days. A letter from Mrs. Jackson yes
terday states that the operation Will be
performed this week and that the ply
sicians have stipulated that she must
not see any Of her relatives for two
days previous to the operation. She
writes hopefully. though fully appreci-
ating the serious nature Of the opera
tion. Her relatives in this city under
stand that the operation will be per-
formed Friday or Saturday-probably
Saturday.
Henry Youtsey was put on trial at
Georgetown, KY, last Tuesday, as a
principal in the Goebel murder case.
When q brother Of the late Governor
Goebel began to testify to a certain
conversation he had had with Youtsey
while the latter was in jail, Youtsey
arose from his seat and vehemently de-
nounced the statement as a lie. He
claimed that he had never seen the
witness before, and as he grew more
violent he asserted that Goebel was not
dead-that devil from hell could not
kill him. The court deputies were un-
able to control the prisoner. 1t was d.
nally necessary to take Youtsey back
to Jail, and the trial was suspended un-
til he should recover. The physicians
say that the man Is demented., A great
many people Deneve he is merely feign-
ing insanity. Youtsey was still unfit to
go to trial on Thursday.
"A complete list Of the Protestant
missionaries known to have been killed
from the beginning Of the Boxer move
ment to Sept. 5, has been received by
Rev. John r. Hykes, D. D., Chinese
agent in Shanghai, as follows: In Shan
Tung, Dec. 81, 1899-Rev. S. M. Brooks
of the church of regular missionaries.
In Chihli about June 1, 1900-Rev. H. v.
Norman and Rev. G. Robinson Of the
Church Of England association. At
Pao Ting Flu, June SO.-Rev. F. E. Sim
cox, London, Pa; Mrs. Simcox and
three children, London, Pa; DR.. G. Y.
Taylor, all Of the American Rresbyte-
rian mission, Taylorsville, Pa; July l.,
Rev. H. T. Pitkin, Philadelphia; Miss
A. A. Gould, Bethel. Me-; Miss M. s..
Morrill,, all Of the American board Of
missions, Portland, Me-; Rev. B. Bag
nall, Mrs. Bagnall and three children,
all Of the China inland mission. At
Hsia-Yi Shansi, June 3O.-Miss Whit
church and Miss Searell, Of the China
Inland mission, England.
J. Charlotte Observer, Tuesday: One
man after another fell by the wayside
last night, and finally five men lay
doubled up in the police cells, helpless
ly drunk. Four of them were speech
lessly intoxicated and as limp as rags;
and the man who could talk at all
needn't have told his name, for he is
an old offender who farms his children
to a cotton mill and debauches as an
old blackguard. Sergeant Baker, who
finds reason Tor things, said he was
not at all surprised at the condition Of
the men. He attributed the cause Of 1t
all to the moon. At the present writ
ing, he said, the signs Of the moon are
in the head, and it is a settled fact that
when the signs Of the moon are in the
head a man is not only tempted to get
drunk; but he gets drunk all he knows
how. He added that, Of course, the
weather had lot to do with drinking,
and a gloomy, disagreeable day gener-
ally filled the station; but the most
staggering, Knockout results follow a
yielding to the temptation to trifie with
the moon when the signs are in the
head.
The monthly report or the statis-
tician of the department Of agriculture
issued October 10, shows an average
condition of cotton to have been 68.2
last month, 75.4 the corresponding
month for 1898, and Tie the mean Of
October averages for the last ten years.
With the exception Of North Carolina
and Tennessee, where there is no ap-
preciable change in condition, there
having been a decline during Septem-
ber throughout the whole of the cotton
states east of the Mississippi. This de-
cline amounts to two points in Virgin
ia, Georgia and Alabama, three points
in South Carolina, four in Mississippi
and six in Florida. Louisiana also
shows decline Of four points. On the
other hand, there has been sufficient
improvement in Northern Texas to
make the general average Of that state
one point higher than last month, and
there is also an Improvement Of one
point in Oklahoma and four points in
Missouri. The crop in Arkansas is
about holding it's own. The averages
for the different states follow: Virgin
ia, IL; North Carolina. Ga; South Caro-
lima, 81; Florida, 63; Alabama, 62; Mis-
sissippi, Sc; Louisiana, 66; Texas, rs;
Arkansas, 65; Tennessee, "a; Missouri,
6S; Oklahoma, 79; Indian Territory, n.
The most famous of newspaper cor
respondents, Henri de BlowitZ, takes a
very gloomy view Of the future. De
Blowitz is generally considered the best
informed mon IN poljtios in Throne