Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08
Scraps and fatts.

leave of absence, and he Will start
with his expedition about the first of
next July. Mr.. Peary has already made
several trips in search of the pole and
is thoroughly well qualified for the
work.
The authorities at Washington seem
to have given up all hope of the adop-
ton of the Panama canal treaty by the
Colombian senate. Several senators
from the department Of Panama, are
said to have announced their intention
to secede from the United States OF
Colombia and establish the Independent
state of Panama, after which they Will
proceed to negotiate treaty. Reports
are to the effect that the standard OF
insurrection has already been raised.
Charleston Post: President Roose-
Welt is put in a tight place on the Ne
gro question by the demands OF the
Suffrage League Of Boston that he re-
pudiate Booker Washington and all his
works, and apply no more to that COL
ored educator for political advice. The
Boston Negroes have some voice and
vote in the country. and the president
is very much concerned in the people
who speak and vote. Down in this part
of the country, where Booker Washing
ton works, the Negro doesn't amount
to anything as political factor. Pres
ident Roosevelt broke up the Lily
White movement in the south at the
dictate of the Negro voters Of the
north. He has set the pace, and he
must keep it. Booker must be sacri-
feed.
London cable of September 4: The
news received from Lagos, British West
Africa, September 2, that the develop
ment of the cotton trade in the inter-
ior Of that part of Africa was so great
that the local railroad officials had
been Obliged to run extra trains in or
der to bring down the large supplies to
the coast, somewhat surprised the cot
ton interests here, cotton growing In
West Africa being still regarded as In
a largely experimental stage. Thirty
-
the Mersey this week and was pro-
nounced to be of excellent quality. The
seed sent out from here and sown In
June, is expected to yield 1000 bales.
The first delivery of this crop is expec-
ted at Christmas. If the cotton grow
ing experiment is successful the cul-
tivated area will be increased as rap
idly as possible.
New York dispatch Of September
4: Scores of infuriated women have
beaten John Nulty, recently discharged
from the navy, into insensibility in
Madison square because he attempted
to hug Fortunito Lorito, a pretty girl
Of fourteen years. Fortunito, with her
two sisters, was listening to the band
playing in the park when Nulty came
along. Il am going to kiss you," he
said to Fortunito, and grasped her in
his arms. The girl screamed for help.
Instantly hundreds of women rushed
to the scene. They rained blows on
Nulty and finally felled him. He was
kicked on his sides and his face was
torn by sharp finger nails and hands
full of hair were torn from his head.
Nulty cried for mercy, but the women
gave none. Men tried to get him, but
the women waved them back: 'We'll
attend to him!" they cried. Lynch
the curl" shouted the men. The cries
of Nulty had sunk to low means when
two officers arrived. After forcing
their way through the crowd Of strug-
Cling women the police found that
Nulty had tainted. He was carried to
the police station and locked up.
Secretary Hesters annual New Or
leans Cotton Exchange report was is
sued in full last Saturday. He puts
the cotton crop of 1sO2-O3 at 1O,727,559
bales, an increase Of 46,S97 over the
crop of 1901-19O2. The crop Of Tex
as and the Indian Territory shows a
decrease of $4,000 bales as compared
cial value of the crop during the year
just closed was $44.52 per bale, against
s41.01 the previous year. The total
consumption Of southern mills was g.
000,729 bales, and the total consump-
ton of American mills was 4,017,00O
bales, an increase of $4,000 bales as
compared with last year. One of the
most interesting features Of the report
is the showing of the worlds con-
sumption of American cotton for the
past season, which is put at 10,S59,000
bales against 1O.657,0OO last year, a
gain of 100000. He quotes an eminent
English authority for the statement
that the surplus stocks in the mills of
Europe at the close of August, 1903,
was 10000 bales against $4,000 last
year. An interesting feature Of the
years cotton movement was the return
of American cotton from abroad for
delivery during July and August on
contracts entered into at New Orleans
and New York. Mr.. Hester shows that
it amounted to 42.376 bales. This is
the first time in the history Of cotton
that any considerable quantity of
American growth has ever been re-
turned to the United States from
abroad.
IS Says a Constantinople cable Of
September Z: War between Turkey
and Bulgaria is now regarded here as
inevitable 1t is even believed that the
outbreak Of hostilities will occur before
the end of September when the re-en-
forcementS from Asia will have been
concentrated in Macedonia, and in the