Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-16
Scraps aud faets.

affected area Of Mississippi, Alabama,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee is
the almost complete loss Of the seed
crop which has been a source Of large
revenue to the planters. The seed Is
sprouting In the bolls in all this sec
ton and the indications are that there
will not be enough sound seed left for
the mills to buy very much. In fact
1t is estimated that there will not be
enough seed left in the Mississippi val
ley to furnish planting demands for the
next season. The damage to the quail
ity Of cotton in the area affected by
the storm Is very severe. The storm
centered over the Mississippi valley
where the bulk OF the bender and sta
pie cotton is grown and buyers who
have sold short Of this class will en-
counter extreme difficulty in securing
cotton that will match their earlier
type shipments Of samples.
- Charlotte. N. c., Oct. 13: Messrs.
Williams and Mclaughlin, two Scot
land Yard detectives, arrived tonight
from London. England, going to Gas
tonia, a mill town near here, to inves-
tigate the alleged importation Of cotton
mill operatives from Manchester and
other English cotton manufacturing
towns under violation of the contract
labor laws. They decline to talk, but 1t
is understood they are sent by the
English government. Some weeks ago
a Gastonia mill employed number Of
English operatives, mostly girls, who
say they came here at the solicitation
of Immigrant Agent Costello OF this
state. They claim that promises were
made them which have not been made
good. The mill managers say they
are inefficient and that their services
will be dispensed with. A number or
the girls came to Charlotte today, sew
eral of them saying that they would
return at once to their native country.
Sensational developments may follow
the visit of the detectives to this sec
tion.
- New York, October IS: ]. M. Ce-
ballos & Co., Wall street commission
merchants and bankers. for more than
fifty years prominently identified with
American trade with Cuba, Porto Rico
and Spain, announced their failure
Wednesday owing to defalcation
amounting to $1,0O0,O00 by the firms
Havana agent, Manuel Silveira, head
Of one of the largest banking and COM
mission houses in Cuba A sensational
feature Of the failure is that Silveira
chartered a steamship, the Carmelina,
a Norwegian cattle carrier, and sailed
from Havana on October 2 last, with
$1,000,OOO in cash and property for
parts unknown. On board the vessel
is Silveira's wife and family. In
statement issued from the Office of the
banking house of Ceballos & Co., 1t
was said the liabilities would amount
to between $4,000, 900 and $4,000,000. The
assets consist mainly Of sugar enter
prises, plantations in Cuba and railroad
enterprises Of embryonic character.
The firm was not q member OF the
New York Stock Exchange, although
ten years ago the firm had stock ex-
change connections.
At the banquet of the United
Spanish war veterans in the new VIII
lard, Washington, Thursday, the last
speaker of the evening was Captain
Richmond Pearson Hobson. He was
cheered to the echo when he declared
that a greater navy was an imperative
necessity for the United States. He
advocated the expenditure Of $5OOO0,-
900 to that end. 1.-The Pacific ocean"
he said, ''is bound to become, at no far
distant time, the scene Of conflict for
supremacy between the white and yell
low races" He dwelt at length upon
this subject, and made many strong
arguments in favor Of his position,
while disclaiming the title Of an alarm
ist. He declared that the Japanese
could tomorrow take the Philippines
and Hawaii" 1--WE must have a Paci-
fic squadron" said he, fully as large
as the Japanese fleet, and that means
one fully three times as large as that
which we have on those seas today"
He called attention to the present ac-
tIvity Of the Japanese in training arm
les throughout China, and referred to
the warning uttered by General U. S.
Grant, when the latter returned from
his tour around the world.
Henry K. Wampole, the millionaire
drug manufacturer of Philadelphia,
whose body was found floating in the
East river, New York, short time ago,
realized between 100000 and 100000
on notes against his company and left
his partners practically bankrupt. 1t
was another case Of misplaced trust.
All of Wampole's business associates
had the greatest confidence in him and
ne conducted the business just as he
pleased. About eight or ten years ago
wampole began to abstract funds from
the firm, supposedly to put in other
mercantile enterprise. Everything went
smoothly until about year ago when
It became necessary to straighten up
money to keep some Of his ventures
going. To raise the necessary funds
he gave the firms notes. signed by
himself as president His partners
never suspected Wampole's duplicity
until few days before he left for New
York in care of physicians, when he
confessed. AS to whether his death
was due to accident or suicide 10 one
knows for a certainty.
- High society is talking excitedly of
the greatest sensation it has had in
many years, and which calls to mind
lthe days Of ancient Rome, when Nero's
well-wor favorites were wont to in
vent some ideas for relieving that
tickle emperor of their presence, says
a Rio Jeneiro cable Of Friday. Several
days ago one Of the picturesque noble
men Of the old empire, Viscount Almei-
da, who faced disgrace because Of
debts, and whose conquests of society
women were certain to bring about os-
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