Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-10-15
Scraps aud facts.

cOunSel 1Or tne beldWdie aio
Hudson railroad, has written to Pres
ident Roosevelt demanding that he
proceed against the strikers under the
Sherman act. He claims that the Unit
ed Mine Workers is an illegal organi-
zation, proceeding in restraint of inter-
state commerce and a temporary in
junction against the organization can
be enforced if necessary, by United
States troops. President Roosevelt re-
ceived the communication last Friday
and referred it to Attorney General
Knox.
Secretary Hester's weekly cotton
statement, issued October 10, shows for
the 10 days of October decrease under
last year Of 5000 and decrease under
the same period year before last OF l4O,-
900. For the 40 days Of the season that
have elapsed the aggregate is ahead OF
the same days last year $4,000 and
ahead of the same days year before last
245,00O. The amount brought into sight
during the past week has been 402,SO7,
against 390,36S for the same seven days
ending October 10 last year, and 48O, lag
year before last. The movement since
September 4, shows receipts at all
United States ports to be 1882
against S16.173 last year; overland
across the Mississippi, Ohio and Poto-
mac rivers to northern mills and Can
ada, 52,21S, against 5S,517 last year; in
terror stocks in excess Of those held at
the close of the commercial year, 21S,542,
against 1S3,S04 last year, and southern
mill takings 247,500, against 22S,3OO last
year.
Charley Crowley, a 17-year-old boy,
of Homestead, Pa, killed his mother
and sister and tried to kill four other
brothers and sisters last Friday night.
The boy was suffering from mental
on a car-brake invention for which he
Is trying to get patent. He went into
the room where his mother was Sleep
ing and killed her with an axe, mu-
tilating her head and breast in horri-
BILE manner. He treated the sister, who
was sleeping with his mother, in the
same manner, and then he struck each
of the smaller children with the same
weapon. After that he started to the
room Of an older brother. The brother,
however, had been awakened by the
noise, and coming down to see what
the trouble was, met the crazy man.
After struggle, the maniac was over
powered. The police were called in
and Charles was taken to the station.
He denied any part in the crime, say
ing that he had been attracted down
stairs by the noise and was going to see
what the trouble was.
- The Farmers National congress,
held it's fourth and last session In Ma
con, Ca, last Friday. 1t was the most
important session Of the conference. A
persistent effort to get the congress to
endorse the ship subsidy bill failed.
Reciprocity for enlarging the markets
for farm products was approved. Res
olutions were adopted in favor of ma
tional appropriations for public roads;
urging the construction of the 18TH
mian canal; requesting that action on
the irrigation matter be deferred until
after the next meeting; urging more
accurate crop data; commencing the
work of Secretary Wilson with refer
ence to Farmers Institutes. One Of the
last and most interesting addresses de-
livered to the congress was that Of Jno.
M. Stabe, secretary, of Chicago. He
said in part: IF by education and
proper appreciation of our calling, the
int, ,duction Of business methods, we
put farming on the same plane as other
business enterprises, we can command
for it our rightful share of the faithful,
intelligent labor that now goes to rail-
roading, manufacturing and merchan-
dizing. This will come to pass all the
sooner, because the future will see
many women farmers. 1t is already
fashionable for girls to be strong and
muscular am athletic and sunburned.
In farm worl so much machinery Is
used wad:. ys that the greater part
of farm work on the up-to-date farm,
requires intelligence and dexterity and
application rather than great muscular
strength. Very much of farm work Is
no more firing on the muscles than ope-
rating a typewriter; it is much less
wearing on the nervous system and 1t
is certainly much more healthful. Wo-
man has taken mans place to a large
extent in the school room, the store, the
office, even the pulpit and the court;
why not on the farm? In the past har-
vest quite a number Of women worked
in the fields and liked it. There are
now some very successful women farm
ers. The farmer may, indeed, much
prefer seeing his daughter helping him
in the field, operating the mower, or the
harvester, or hay rake, or corn planter,
than tempting fate amid the artificial,
of the city,"
The real issue between the miners
and the coal operators was brought out
with unmistakable clearness at a con-
ference in New York last Friday. That
issue is recognition Of unionism." The
conference was between Governor
Odell, of New York, Senator Platt, of
that city, Senators Quay and Penrose,
of Pennsylvania, and President Baer, of
the Reading Railroad company. Presi-
dent Baer, who is the principal director
of the interests of the mine operators,
was accompanied by several of his COL
leagues. The object of the conference
was to try to arrive at some solution of
commenced the proceedings with a sug-