Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-14
Scraps aud faets.

1t by messenger. It Is question
whether or not these protests will be
laid before the senate prior to the re-
ceipt of Mr.. Smoot's credentials.
The house committee on ways and
means on Wednesday authorized fa-
vorable report on the bill introduced
by Representative Burleson, Of Texas,
providing for the collection Of cotton
statistics, but amended 1t so as to have
the collection made by the census bu-
reau instead Of the agricultural depart
ment and further by striking out the
provision for gathering wheat statis-
tics. A tax of one mill on each bale
Of cotton is provided to defray the ex-
pense Of gathering the information.
The bill requires all persons or con-
Germs owning or operating cotton gins
to report to the director Of the census
at such times as he may direct the
number Of bales ginned during a pre-
scribed period. It is contemplated by
the bill that information will be fur
nished with such frequency as to show
the amount Of cotton that Is being
produced.
Mrs. Roosevelt has gotten herself
into trouble by complying with the re-
quest Of the free kindergarten associa-
ton, an organization Of ladies in Dali
las, Texas. The ladies asked Mrs.
Roosevelt for the gift of a handker-
chief, to be sold at a fair given for
the benefit Of their charity. At the
same time the ladies made the same
request Of Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Mrs.
Davis sent a handkerchief Of rich ma
terial with an embroidered monogram
done by her own hand and Mrs.
Roosevelt sent a cheap machine made
handkerchief. that she had probably
bought from a store. The Dallas la
dies have made a considerable amount
of fuss over the matter. showing much
enthusiasm on account Of Mrs. Davis's
handkerchief; but from the latest ac-
counts it is probable that they will
return the handkerchief that Mrs.
Roosevelt sent.
- Arthur L. Bishop, Of Petersburg,
Va, a well-known travelling salesman
for a New England shoe factory, was
arraigned in the superior court In
Charlotte last Tuesday, on a charge OF
killing Thomas ]. Wilson, a citizen Of
Charlotte, last December. A special
venire of 100 men was summoned from
which to select the jury which Is to
trio n
Friday morning. Bishops counsel will
plead that Bishop killed Wilson in self
defence. On the night Of the killing,
Wilson found Bishop in his (Wilson's)
parlor, drinking wine with Wilson's
daughter and visiting young woman.
He ordered Bishop to leave. The lat
ter refused and when Wilson tried to
eject him he shot Wilson. Bishop
claims Wilson assaulted him. with a
stick. Wilson's wife and daughter say
that Wilson had a stick in his hand,
but did not use it. Bishop escaped, but
surrendered a few days later at Pc
tersburg.
In the u S. circuit court at Rich
mond last week, Judge Boyd decided
nice peint in the bankruptcy law. Suit
had been brought in case against ].
N. Drake, large land owner Of Marl-
boro county, S. G.. Mr.. Drake Is an
extensive farmer and in addition to
his agricultural pursuits, he conducts
a country store for the purpose OF fur
.lishing supplies to his tenants, and
also to other people in the vicinity.
He became involved in debt to some
Charleston merchants, who sought to
have him thrown into bankruptcy.
Drake was adjudged bankrupt, but
he resisted the decree on the ground
that, inasmuch as farming was his
principal occupation, his creditors could
not force him into bankruptcy, since
the act specifies that the law Is not
applicable to tillers Of the soil or per-
sons working for wages. 1t was
shown to the satisfaction Of the court
that the defendant was dependent up
on the tilling Of the soil for his chief
source Of income, and thus it was that
Mr.. Drake won his case.
The notable feature of the general
debate on the sundry civil appropria-
tion bill last Tuesday, was speech by
Mr.. DeArmond, of Missouri, on the
Hanna bill to pension ex-slaves.' He
spoke in a sarcastic vein, but the sub
ject assumed a serious phase when Mr..
Richardson, Of Tennessee, stated that
adventures in the south were using
the bill to impose on ignorant, cred
ulous Negroes, and called upon Mr..
Cannon to give assurances that the
passage Of such a measure would not
be contemplated. This assurance Mr..
Cannon gave. Mr.. DeArmond, Of Mis-
souri, denominated the bill recently in
troduced by Senator Hanna to pension
the ex-slaves a curious evidence Of
the prevailing trend Of politics." which
was more valuable as a piece Of pol
1tical manoeuvring than as a piece Of
prospective legislation" The introdu-
Ger Of the bill, he said, announced that
he was not a candidate for the presi-
dency, but from the same authority
came the announcement that there
were no trusts. The exact facts could,
he said, be balanced in the public
mind after a study Of both statements.
The Negro delegate, he said, was an
important factor in Republican nation
al conventions, and there was nothing
like making preparations in good time.
1t was an interesting game and those
not concerned could watch it with
equanimity. 1t was a farce, he said,
but still farces had their solemn as
poets. And it was so sad to think of
the old Negroes in their "a binS in the