Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-11-25
SCRAPS aud 5aets.

N. c., last week 70 the eHect 'nal the
ticket wagoa OF the sens bros.s CIT
cps had beeb robbed Of $4,000, is now
c,o,r,ad N ave been a hoax. 1t is
stated thaf ne Sells people lacked the
Gosh ,aoassa-y to make a final settle
mont with tncir employees and they
startad the fSbbery story in order to
gain time.
The census bureau on wednesday
,ssusd O nreiiminary statement Of the
,uant,,v NJ cdtton ginned to Nov. II,
IONA IN 47s counties for which reports
have hsen recsived up to date, show
ing 1865 aetiye ginneries against
70 s1o ,or the aame period and number
~ counties N as03, and 5,s03,S3o run
ming baIes forllso4 against 4,160, 0,105
for 1903. Thee figures include H.
s11 round bale for 1904, and SoS's44
for 1908 and refer solely to the 475
counties. The number Of counties
from which bmRng was reported last
season is 8 q and the entire number
of active 3 <eries reported up to No
vemberS g. 3so& was 2s,5O6. and the
total coz:on ginned. 7,O7o.4s7 running
-Generaf John B. Castleman Of
Louisville. Ey.. 1ad Captain James B.
Clay Of zsses@@ came near to blows
in the lobby OF ne Phoenix hotel IN
Lexington last Monday and had not
friends interfered and elected the
irate grandson Of the great common
er from the place there might nave
been serious trouble. General Castle
man was in Lexington to attend the
funeral Of Colonei w. c. P. Breckin-
ridge and met Captain Clay in the
hotel. The captain, who has recentiy
been appointed brigadier general ny
the Confederate Veterans Of Kentucky
admonished General Castleman that ne
had failed to salute him as an officer OF
superior rank. General Castleman
said he recognized no rank in private
life and at the same time smiled sar-
castically at Captain Clay, saying that
he thought the war was over. Captain
Clay had raised his cane and was In
the act Of striking General Castle
man when the hotel officers rushed
up and took Captain Clay out OF the
hotel. tiia
St Petersburg. November "a:
Appearances again point to the pos
sibility Of a big battle south OF Muk-
den. The japanese. according to an
Official report, have received severe
set back in the vicinity Of Sintsintin,
in which direction they apparently
were attempting to execute wide
turning movement. Military opinion
here scarcely believes 1t possible
that the two great armies can winter
less than a rifle shot distant from
each other, though the heavy de-,
fenses on each side make 1t extreme
ly difficult for either to assume the
offensive. It Is believed however,
that II the deadlock Is to be broken
Gen. Kuropatkin will let Field Mar
shall Oyama take the initiative, as
the Russians have the better Of the
present position, namely, a strong
line Of defense and Mukden behind
them, making satisfactory winter
quarters, where the Russian rein
forcements are now accumulating
for an advance next spring. The
Japanese are also being strongly re-
inforced. The rivers are already
frozen sufficiently to permit Of the
movement Of artillery and commits
sariat trains so that the country
actually is better adapted to the
Japanese advance than during the
summer.
How badly off the navy Is for of
ficers and how seriously this condi-
ton may affect the navy and the ma
tion is plainly told in the annual re-
port Of Rear Admiral George A. Con-
verse, chief Of the bureau Of naviga-
ton, approved by Secretary Morton
last Wednesday. Experience, espec-
tally in gun fire, he says, has shown
that it Is necessary to increase the
number of officers assigned to ships,
so that the estimate made in 1902 Of
the number OF officers needed for
ships in commission Is inadequate.
It provided for only about one-half
as many officers as ships Of the same
class carry In the British, French and
German navies. Admiral Converse
recommends that the number Of lieu
tenants be increased from $50 to 900
and that the number Of lieutenant
commanders be increased from 200
to 800. TT Is especially desirable"
the admiral says, that every battle
ship and other powerful vessel re-
quiring the greatest skill and ex-
perience for proper efficiency should
have her full quota Of officers Of
suitable rank; yet many Of our bat
tleships have lieutenants as ordnance
officers and several battleships have
ensigns and even midshipmen as
watch and division officers. This
very unsatisfactory and even danger
GUS condition is due to the many ur-
gent demands for officers, the exist
ing inadequacy Of numbers often
making it impossible to detail officers
Of an appropriate rank"
Some Of our pension statistics are
curious. For example, we learn that
there are still on the rolls three pen
sioners Of the Revolutionary war, which
was brought to an end over 120 years
ago. OF pensioners accredited to the
War of 1912, there still remain 919,
while of the Mexican war no fewer
than 13,O55 survive. OF those accred-
tied to the Revolutionary war, one is
a widow and two are daughters. The
report shows that pension payments
are made to people, residing in every
state and territory in the union, and
almost every known country on the
globe. Among the states, Ohio leads
in the amount Of pension money paid
annually to it's citizens, with Penn
svlyania second. New York third, and
Illinois and Indiana following closely.
At the date of the report, there were
1910 pensioners residing outside the
United States, and they drew $722,-
1Io co IN tho last fiscal year. Nearly