Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-21
Scraps and 9aets.

Daniel ]. Sully. the now famous
leader of the bull movement In cotton,
that sent prices skyward and gave the
conservative old traders Of the New
York Cotton Exchange such a shock a.:
they have not experienced in years be-
fore, has only been a member Of the
exchange for two years, and 1t Is only
since last October that he became
figure of Importance. Mr. Sully's home
is in Providence, where he was educa-
ted in the public schools. He was pre-
pared for Yale, but instead Of going to
college he began a business career.
Mr.. Sully made an extensive study or
cotton and passed two years in the
south studying its culture.
- Holders Of stock in the Standard
Oil company were made richer last
Monday by the payment of dividend
of $50 a share on the capital stock OF
500, ,0O0, 900. The disbursement Is an in
crease Of SO share over the amount
of the last November dividend, but Is
the same amount as was declared in
February, 1902, 1901 and 1900. The to-
tai dividends paid on Standard OIL
shares in previous years have been as
follows: In 1902, As per cent; 1901, AZ
per cent; 1900, 4S per cent; 1899, 80 per
cent; 1898, 30 per cent; 1897, 3S per
cent; 1896. 81 per cent; from 1891 to
1895 inclusive, IL per cent yearly.
Judging from the amount OF the first
quarterly dividends it Is believed IN
financial circles that the total dis
bursement for this year will be fully
equal to If not in excess Of the best
dividends Of former years.
-Postofice Inspector Davis made
curious discovery at the railroad vii
lage Of Spout Springs, N. c., one day
recently. He found that railroad pos
tai clerks were bringing jugs of whisky
about three times week to the post
master there in mail pouches. He
watched and finding that jug would
probably arrive on a certain day,
walked to the train and got aboard,
as If he was going away. AS he walk
ed by the mail car, he saw the clerk
watching him very keenly. The clerk
knew him, though the postmaster did
not. Both clerk and postmaster
thought Davis was going away on the
train, so out came pouch with Jug
in it, the pouch regularly locked, and
with mail therein. Suddenly Davis
stepped off the train just as the post
master was taking the carefully held
bag. AS the postmaster walked to the
office, carrying the bag very carefully,
Davis went along with him, while the
mail clerk with a gashtly face stared
at the two. On arrival at the office the
postmaster invited Davis to'walk into
the back room, but Davis went directly
into the office. The postmaster still
holding the bag upright and with great
care opened 1t and took out the let
ters, then hooked it to nail. Davis
then said to him, "Ycu haven't got all
the mail out" The postmaster saw the
jug was discovered and said in a weak
and trembling voice, Its In there"
Davis has the bag and jug, as evil
dence. The whisky seems to have
come from a regular distillery, and not
from an illicit one.
Without dotting an "I' or crossing
a ct" even, without changing single
punctuation mark, the senate on last
Tuesday voted to ratify the treaty with
the republic Of Colombia for the con-
struction of an isthmian canal. The
vote for ratification was 73 in the af-
firmative to five in the negative. The
senate was in executive session when
the result was announced, so that only
the senators themselves and few con-
fidential employees were present. All
the senators announced themselves as
gratified to have the long struggle ter
minated, but none of them manifested
their appreciation by cheers or hand
clapping. On the contrary, all Of them
were more concerned about get
ting away from the chamber than
anything else, so that by the time
the senate could adjourn, which 1t
did almost Immediately after the
result was announced, most Of the
senators left their seats and some
Of them had donned their hats
and overcoats. The day was CIV
en- up almost entirely to general debate
on the treaty and, in addition to the
set speeches made under the general
h.y
Cullom, there were many short ad-
dresses and a rather long speech by
Senator Daniel, of Virginia. The only
party vote Of the day was taken on
the substitute for article four which
was agreed upon by the Democratic
caucus and had reference to the acqui-
sition of territory in Central and South
America by the United States. There
was a number Of speeches on this
amendment, but it was voted down by
an almost two-thirds majority, the bal
lot footing up 81 ayes to 81 noes.
BY direction of Secretary Root, the
war department has embarked on the
extensive work of compiling and pub
fishing a complete roster Of the officers
and enlisted men Of the Union and
Confederate armies. This Is the secre-
tary's own project and he succeeded in
impressing congress with the idea that
it would be just and fair to the south
to place on official lists the names Of
Confederate soldiers in order that their
descendants may trace their family
histories with accuracy. The north,