Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-26

ana HrOtectlOn SocIetyI Which, SiS
founded in 1858 At one time Mrs. De
Wolfe was worth $1,000,000 in round
figures, and one-half of this sum she
spent in doing good. The other half
was stolen from her, it is alleged, by
a man whom she trusted as a son.
Mrs. De Wolfe is the widow Of Capt
S. /. De Wolfe, commander of the ILL
fated ship Brother Jonathan, which
sank off Crescent City in 1855 with 500
persons, among the victims being
General Wright Of the United States
army and many other prominent army
officers. Incidentally the ship took
down $1.000,000 in the specie, which
was to have been used to pay Un-
Gle Sans soldiers.
More or less excitement was Gre
ated throughout the world yesterday
by the publication Of rumors to the ef-
feet that the Russian and Japanese
fleets had met off the island OF Formo-
sa and that the Japanese had been de-
feated. Daily newspapers publishing
IneSG "CIC 6ODOAON eP ~So~.-S
in st. Petersburg the populace almost
mobbing the news boys in order to get
hold of copies. The news OF today,
however, is to the effect that there Is
really very little foundation for the
rumors. The Russian admiralty office
at st. Petersburg claims that the Rus
sian feet did not attempt to go through
the strait of Formosa for the reason
that the waters are so shallow as TO
easily invite the laying of mines, and
instead Of being where the bat
tie is said to have occurred the
fleet Is at least one thousand
miles out in the Pacific. The last
reasonably authentic information from
the Russian fleet was that on May 20
some fifty vessels were sighted off the
Batan islands half way between Luzon
and Formosa-
Fort Worth, Texas, May "a: The
committee of the general assembly OF
the Southern Presbyterian church mas
recommended the discontinuance OF
giving and attending Sunday excur-
sions and the use Of Sunday mails
newspapers and trains. An overture
from the Greenbrier presbytery asked
that steps be taken for enlargement OF
church and Christian education and
unification Of the churches Of the as
sembly. The appointment Of a gene
raj secretary for this work was re-
Aa rnfarra6 t0
a committee with instructions to re-
port at the next assembly. The ques-
ton of establishing a seminary at At
lanta to cost $1,O00,000, was advocated
by the synod of Georgia. The matter
will be considered by the general as
sembly. The report Of the committee
on woman's societies showed 1,lO5 So
cieties with 24,610 members. The
amount contributed to local causes
was $66,553 to home missions, $11,677
to foreign missions $25,7S3, and other
causes $14,620. The report Of the COM
mittee on a church seminary and
school was presented.
New York, May "a: c. j. c.
Wyngarden, commissioner sent
abroad by the governor and other
prominent citizens of South Carolina,
to secure immigrants to people
proposed new settlement for which a
large tract Of land has been set
apart in that state, sailed for Europe
today on the steamer Potsdam. He
win visit Germany, Holland and Bel
gium and will distribute literature ex-
planning the enterprise. Mr.. Wyn-
garden said before sailing that the
land has been purchased in Richland
county by the governor and his as
sociates: that it was very fertile and
that good cotton and other crops
could be raised upon 1t. 1t was pro-
posed also, he said, to establish fac
tories there. Negroes, he added, SEEM
ed unable to achieve satisfactory re-
suits as agriculturists and this had
prompted the invitation to the for
eigners. An effort will be made to Sc
cure immigrants suitable for farming
or factory work. AS they arrive they
will be taken in charge by David Van
Wyck, a member of the Hoboken
board Of health, and will be shipped to
South Carolina by steamer.
The weather bureaus weekly crop
bulletin issued last Tuesday reported
the cotton situation as follows: while
good stands of cotton are generally
reported from the eastern and CEN
nf cotton hplt cool
nights have checked growth, and the
staple is suffering from lack of sun
shine and cultivation, complaints OF
grassy fields being received from near
ly every state in these two sections
Planting Is finished in South Carolina
and in Alabama, nearly completed In
North Carolina and Mississippi, but
about 25 per cent Of the area remains
to be planted in Louisiana and Arkan-
sas. Chopping is we'll advanced In
the Carolinas, continues in Georgia,
Alabama and Mississippi and has be-
gun in some places in Arkansas. In
northern Texas, though cotton was
damaged somewhat by heavy showers
Is very WeeQy anu Ilucn pldilihS 10
unfinished. the prospects are improv-
ed. With more favorable conditions
for replanting and cultivation, the
crop looks better and cultivation and
chopping are progressing. Cotton Is
growing we'll in southern Texas; chop
ping and cultivation are general;
squares are forming and some has
been laid by. Boil weevils and other
insect pests are active in some coun-
ties"
News and Courier: According to
the Washington dispatches President