Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-12
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on time and some or them are sui
to be heard from. The life saving
stations along the coast have been on
the alert, keeping watch night and
day. There was an especially siren
uous time off Hatteras. removing the
passengers and crew of two vessels
that went ashore; but up to this
time no loss Of life has been reported
President Harvie jordan e. the
Southern Cotton assocition last Fri
day issued a call for a general con-
vention OF farmers, bankers, mer-
chants and others thr DT,;ncut the
south to be held in New Orleans, Jan
IL, IL and 13, 1906. The object Of the
convention will be to discuss the
work of the association, with refer
ence to organization, handling Of the
crop of 1906, trade relations between
producers and spinners, extending
the market for American cotton and
holding the unsold balance of the
present crop for is cents pound
Many prominent speakers from va
rious parts Of the country have prom
ised to be present and a large at
tendance is already predicted.
Between 2 and 3 o'clock last Sat-
urday morning a gang Of eight men
participated in one of the boldest
holdups ever recorded in New Eng
land. It was at Reading, Mass.
They appeared on the main street
of the town and encountered Patrol
man Manning, took his revolver and
handouts from him placing the lat
ter on the officer and marched him
to the police station and locked him
up, leaving part Of the gang as a
guard. The remainder Of the gang
then held up Patrolman Orr, whom
they treated in the same way they
had Manning. Going then to the
Masonic building, which is opposite
the police station, they smashed open
the door of the water works office
and with nitro-glycerine blew off the
door of the safe from which they
obtained 5000. A citizen living oppo-
site the scene heard the explosion
and looked out in time to see the
men make their escape. Shots fired
at them awoke the chief of police
who liberated Patrolmen Manning and
Orr.
Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers was
hanged at Windsor. VT, last Friday
for the murder Of her husband,
Marcus Rogers, at Bennington on
August 13, 1902. Mrs. Rogers was
only ~ years old and had only been
married a short time. Conceiving a
strong infatuation for another man
she made way with her husband in
a most fiendish manner. First, by a
show of unusual affection, she got
him to consent to having his hands
tied, and then she filled him with
morphine. She was assisted by a
half witted boy and another woman
witnessed the crime. The boy after
wards confessed. He was sentenced
to the penitentiary for life. The
woman was sentenced to be hanged,
and there was much interest in the
case throughout the state and the
United States, especially among that
element which opposed the idea Of
hanging a woman. The governor
granted three reprieves on the ground
Of alleged after discovered evidences;
but the supreme court refused new
trial. The woman met death stole
ally. Her neck was broken.
President Roosevelt on Saturday
received the members of the National
Child Labor Committee at the White
House. In answer to the address by
the chairman of the delegation Pres
ident Roosevelt expressed himself in
thorough sympathy with the aims
and objects of the committee and ex-
pressed the hope that the employ
ment Of children in factories would
soon be regulated by national legis-
lation. According to the statement
of the secretary of the committee
there were at least 100000 children
under sixteen years employed for
wages in this country during the year
ending September 80 of this year.
Twelve states have passed child labor
laws since the committee was formed
and in North Carolina, Florida and
where such legislation was defeated,
a strong popular feeling in favor Of
it has developed. State or local or
ganizations have been formed in sew
enteen states and executive secreta-
ries have travelled more than $4,000
miles. There have been circulated
nearly 100000 pages of literature
in favor Of the movement, apart
from newspaper publications.
A bulletin issued by the census
bureau last Friday shows the number
Of bales of cotton ginned to Dec. l,
1905, to be S,6S4,S42 counting round
port showed 7,49S,167 bales ginned
to Nov. IA, 1905. The amount of
cotton ginned, by states and terrific
ries, is as follows: Alabama, 1885,
1928; Arkansas 422,S13; Florida 65,-
ass; Georgia 1,561,O61; Indian Terri
tory 246,4O2; Kentucky 62S; Louisi-
ana 326,397; Mississippi S40,729,
Missouri 3O.254; North Carolina 573.-
59S; Oklahoma 23O,64S; South Car
oliaa 992,70S; Tennessee 203,3SS;
Texas 2,O75,OO3; Virginia $1,000,
The above statistics were compiled
from telegraphic reports of the spec
ial agents who canvaSsed the gin
neries, and it was announced that
they are subject to slight corrections
until checked against the individual
returns of the ginners through the
mails. No report was made for Dec
/, 1904, and therefore a comparison
of statistics could not be made. The
statistics Of this report include 23S,-
034 round bales and S2,2O3 sea is
land bales. The sea island cotton Is
distributed by states as follows:
Florida 1854: Georgia 1852: South
Carolina 1927.
- Charles NJ. Schwab, former head
of the steel trust lost his place be-
cause OF his plunging habits. Shortly
after he was elected to the presi-