Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-29
Scraps aud facts.

grassy, Dut mas received Iucn Heeueu
cultivation in Georgia. In South Car
olina, however, a slight Improvement is
reported, but in both the Carolinas and
Florida the condition of the crop is
very unpromising, some fields in South
Carolina having been abandoned. Over
the northern portion of the western
districts cotton has made rapid growth,
and while holding out we'll in Louisiana
and Texas it would be greatly benefit
ted by rains.
been granted to Mrs. Pelemeria Deck
er, Of Philadelphia, says Washington
dispatched to The World. She is the
widow of soldier of the war Of 1872,
is nearly SO years old, and is blind.
Her husband was private in the First
regiment Of Pennsylvania volunteers.
He has been dead nearly 81 years and
Mrs. Decker will received arrears OF
pensions for the whole period, amount
ing to a little more than $4,000. Mrs.
Decker, it is believed, is the oldest
person to whom pension was ever
granted.
A price has been put upon the
head of every deserter from the United
States army by the following order:
"A reward of $50 will be paid to any
civil officer or citizen for the capture
and delivery at any military post or
station (or at some convenient point
as near thereto as may be agreed up
on) Of an escaped general prisoner, and
such officer or citizen will also be re-
imbursed for actual cost of tickets over
the shortest usually travelled route to
and from such post, station or point,
and for the escaped general prisoner
to such post, station or point, not to
exceed 500. The reward and actual
cost of tickets will be paid by the quar-
termasters department and will be in
full satisfaction of all expenses for
arresting, keeping and delivering the
escaped general prisoners"
Zone of the losses to the produc-
tive wealth of the world at large as a
consequence of the Anglo-Boer war"
declares the New York World. "is
shown in the returns of the gold pro-
duction for 1900. Up to the time when
hostilities began in South Africa the
total annual output Of gold had been
steadily increasing. 1t rose from s202,-
900, 900 in the year 1885, to $306, ,5S5, 900 in
1890, and would surely have passed the
$40O 0O0,O 900 line if peace had continued.
But last year it fell off over $4,000, 900,
and this great reduction was wholly
caused by the suspension of Transvaal
mining. The TransvaaTs output, in
stead Of being $110,000000 year, as it
certainly would have been but for the
war, is now a little over 100000 a
year. Herein we have a luminous illus
tration of the fact that the direct des-
truction of property is only small
part of the huge waste of war;"
Jack Chinn, famous on the race
tracks of Kentucky and great friend
and supporter Of Governor Goebel, was
in New York recently. When the boys
proposed a toast he took water, and
said: "All the trouble ever had in
early days I started with beer, and at
various stages of the game I tackled
champagne and then we went on to
brandy and whisky, and sometimes 1t
would take a week or two to straighten
your humble servant out. Three
months ago little lady down in Ken
lucky (my wife, if you please, gentle
men) suggested that I had had about
all the fun that was necessary in this
life and she asked me not to drink any
more. have regarded her wishes ever
since, and I shall never take another
drink as long as I am alive. Let all
the boys have all the fun they can get
out Of whisky. There's nothing in it"
The census report now enables us to
see just how much elbow-room we
have, says the New York World. If the
inhabitants Of Wyoming wanted tol
spread themselves out each of them
could have a little more than a square
mile all to himself. In Nevada every
four people could have ten square
miles. Arizona, New Mexico, Montana
and Idaho can afford almost square
mile each to their men, women and
children. while up in frozen Alaska
there are ten good square miles for
every soul of population. Rhode Island
is the fullest state in the Union-with
4O7 people to the square mile. But even
that leaves a good deal of extra room.
Massachusetts, 349 people to the square
mile, follows Rhode Island. Then come
New Jersey, 25O Connecticut, 1877; New
York, 1926; Pennsylvania 149.1; Mary
land, 1905; Ohio, 102. 1t is not yet
time for Uncle Sam to cry: Move up
in 'front.'" but the country can stand an
immense amount of industrious push
ing to the west.
"Details of the engagement between
General Elliott's column and Dewet's
force, near Peitz, June 6, says Preto-
ria dispatch, shows that the British
surprised the Boer convoy. The bur-
ghers fled, but seeing the captors were
not in strong force, the Beers return
ed and charged with great determina-
ton, after desperate fighting. recap
turing the convoy. Meanwhile Colonel
DeLisle arrived with re-enforcements
and the fighting was renewed. The
Beers lay beneath their wagons and
unfiinchingly fired volleys between the
wheels, while their comrades were en-
gagged in inspanning and driving off
that portion of the convoy furthest
from the British. The latter pushed in
among the wagons, using the bayonets
freely. General DeLarey was present