Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-03-19

asked for the advance some ten days
or more ago; but the mill owners were
not willing to concede more than per
cent, and for several days it looked as
if strike was unavoidable. On last
Saturday, however, the mill owners
agreed to the 10 per cent. demand on
condition tnat no further demands be
made in the near future.
The building Of the emperor's yacht
Meteor gave impetus to the firm OF
Townsend & Downey which it might
not otherwise have acquired in ten
years of the ordinary routine Of ship
building, says the New York Press.
Shooters island shipyard is now owned
by a stock company having capital
of s3,500,OOO, and the capacity Of the
plant is to be trebled. Its thirteen acres
have been increased to AZ, and its ma
rine railway, now capable Of accommo-
dating a vessel 375 feet long, is to be
extended so as to enable the company
to construct the larger size of transat-
lantic liners and battleships. So much
for a princes visit and an emperor's
prestige.
The senate ratified in secret session
last Friday the convention that has
grown out of The Hague peace confer
ence. The full text Of the convention
has not yet been made public, but the
whole thing relates to the subject OF
settling of international disputes by ar
bitration and to the conduct OF war.
One important feature Is the prohibi-
ton of what are known as dum-dum or
explosive bullets. The countries party
to the treaty are Germany, Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, the United States,
Spain, Mexico, France, Great Britain,
Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mon
tenegro, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Nor
way and Sweden, Turkey and Bulgaria.
The provisions are binding only on the
contracting powers in case of war be-
tween two or more of them, and cease
to be binding when non-contracting
power joins either of the belligerents.
Says a Forest City, Arkansas, dis
patch Of March IA: United States Sena-
tor James K. Jones, who is candidate
for reelection, met in debate here this
morning Governor Jefferson Davis, who
is advocating the election of ex-GoVer-
nor J. P. Clark to succeed Jones. Gov
ernor Davis spoke first and attacked
Senator Jones for his connection with
the round bale cotton trust. He asked
those in the audience who were wearing
Jones' buttons to look on the back of
them and see the imprint of factory In
New Jersey, which state the governor
called the home Of trusts" Senator
Jones defended his connection with the
round bale interests and quoted VIM.
]. Bryan's declaration that he had in
vestigated and found that Senator
Jones's company was not trust. He
argued that as both Ex-Governor Clark
and Governor Davis were delegates to
the Kansas City convention they should
have brought up the trust issue against
him there and protested against his re-
man. Senator Jones answered at length
the charges made concerning his bank
ruptcy proceedings in 1868. He declared
that the charges against him were OF
Republican origin. The discussion was
spirited at times.
-Fairbury, ILL.,, letter to the Chicago
Record-Herald: The women farmers
in Illinois are beginning to keep books
in the matter Of eggs and butter pro-
duction, and some of these accounts
show what may be accomplished in the
way of poultry and dairy products and
what Is gained by keeping an accurate
account of the transactions. Mrs. Sher-
man Williams, of Cropsey, has written
a letter in which she says: "At the
beginning of last year I had 137 bar
red Plymouth Rocks. I lost during the
year 20 hens. The number Of eggs
gathered in six weeks, beginning March
II, was 1920. The most gathered in
one week was so dozen and Z. The
number of eggs sold curing the year
was 365 dozen, netting me $40.74. The
number of pounds Of poultry sold was
1876, which brought in s150.0S. Mrs.
Williams has already AZ chicks as a be-
ginning for this year and 120 more will
soon be due. Mrs. NJ. D. Frink, Of
Cooksville, keeps similar account, not
ing every detail Of expense in the pro-
duction of butter and eggs and the rails.
ing and selling of poultry. Some Of the
women go so far as to keep record
of the cost and advantage of the tel
ephone, and the receipt by rural free
delivery of the daily papers, informa-
tion so received being used in the mark
citing of farm products. 1t is claimed
that the efforts Of the women in keep
ing tally and in hunting after facts con-
cerning farm matters is considerably
keener than those of the men and that
their research has been rewarded.
Senator German, of Maryland, says
a Washington dispatch, has declined
the offer of some of the Democratic
leaders in congress, who want him to
become chairman of the Democratic
congressional committee, and says that
he has graduated out Of the committee
business, meaning by this probably,
that he has served an apprenticeship
and prefers to let younger and more
active men take charge Of the work of
conducting a campaign for the election
Of members of the house of representa-
tives. Mr.. German is not talking poll
tics at present and apparently is taking
no interest in the game, but this is be-
cause he is too wise and shreWd man