Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-19
Straps aud fatts.

- Charlotte Chronicle: In the "nile
Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro claims
to have the largest weave mill in the
world. Tie main building is 9O4 feet
long and 80 feet wide. 1t has 1000
looms with room for 1000 more. We
find these figures in the Raleigh Post,
which says that the White Oak is
owned by the Proximity Manufactur-
ing company, which also owns the
Proximity mill, which contains l,lo5
looms on the same class of goods
namely, indigo blue denims. This
company's two mills will employ over
1000 people, consume annually 2S,0OO,-
900 pounds of cotton, which Will turn
out 56,OOO,0 900 yards Of cloth, which Is
sufficient to make something like 2O,-
OOO,OO pairs of overalls. And this Is
what the Cones are doing for. Green's
boro.
Washington, May 16: In the CEN
trail and eastern districts of the cotton
belt good stands and q satisfying
growth of cotton are reported. Consid-
erable planting remains to be done In
Arkansas and in the northern parts or
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Planting is about completed in Geor-
eia. where the stands are excellent
and the plants are healthy and grow
ing fast. In Georgia, Alabama and
Arkansas many fields are foul. In
northern Texas planting has been
further delayed and the crop, though
not very weedy, has been much dam
aged by heavy rains and is doing
fairly we'll over limited areas only
In southern Texas the condition OF
cotton ranges from fair to good and
much has been chopped and cuti-
waited. The boil weevil and other
pests are attacking the crop In Louis
lana,
The Alaskan boundary question
emerges from obscurity and claims
brief notice once more. There are no
longer conflicting claims and interna-
tional recriminations. The Canadian
surveying party sent to mark the
boundary line started from Victoria
B. c., last week for the head Of navi'
cation on the Portland canal. The
chief of the United States survey and
his assistant accompany the Canadian
party and take part in the work OF de-
limitation. 1t is intended that alumni
mum bronze monuments shall be
drilled into solid rock on the mountain
peaks that mark the boundary line.
In valleys and at river crossings the
monuments on a larger scale will be
fixed in cement foundations. Similar
parties are on their way to begin the
work of marking the boundary line in
the Chilkat district. These enduring
metallic monuments will not only
mark the international dividing line,
but will also commemorate triumph
of international arbitration.
A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb,
Sunday, says: Mr.. Bryan made his
debut as a preacher today, filling the
pulpit at the Normal Methodist
church. A very large crowd was in
attendance. He took the Sermon on
the Mount as his theme, his text
being: blessed are the pure In
heart, for they shall see God" He
declared his belief that religion con-
sisted more in kindness to and In
consideration for fellowmen, more In
charity for others and in personal
purity than in dogma, ceremony or
creed. He deplored the tendency to
higher criticism of the Scriptures and
the rejection of parts of it because
one could not understand. He de-
clared that he found daily more mys-
teries in life than were bound up
within the covers of the Bible. He
believed the higher wisdom lay In
accepting the good we understand.
and hope for understanding later Of
that we do not. He insisted that no
man could command real success in
the world unless he possessed an
ideal, nor could he be Of real value
to the world as long as selfshness
and low conceptions of his duty to
himself and others dominated his life
and conduct.
Washington, May II: Develop
ments in the Loomis- Bowen inquiry
today were few but interesting. AS
stated officially to the press they were
about as follows: Minister Bowen
called upon Secretary Taft and told
him that upon looking over the pa
pers submitted to him by the secreta-
ry as embodying the state depart
ment's correspondence on the subject
Of the rumors current in Caracas re-
lative to Mr.. Loomis, he had found
that at least two papers were lacking
Of which he was cogniZant. The first
of these was a letter from President
Castro to Mr. Loomis, then minister
to Venezuela, introducing a negotia-
tor in behalf of that country concern
ing an arrangement with an American
syndicate. The second was an assign
ment of a claim against Venezuela by
Mr.. Jaurett to Mr.. Loomis. Secretary
Taft sent Immediately to the state de-
partment and a thorough search failed
to discover either of these papers
Secretary Taft said Mr. Loomis upon
learning through Minister Bowen that
he had copies of the missing papers,
agreed to waive all technicalities and
receive Mr.. Bowen's copies as suff1-
cient for the purpose of the investi-
CATION, so Mr.. Bowen submitted these
copies to Secretary Taft, who in turn
supplied copies of them to Mr.. Loomis
for consideration and comment.
The executive committee of the
Isthmian canal commission decided
last Tuesday to purchase in the mar
kets of the world the materials and
ships necessary for building the