Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-25
Scraps aud fatts,

liams had some differences WedneS-
day that Jared somewhat their friend
ly relations. Mr.. Williams kept on
filibustering and the speaker over
ruled one of his demands for a roll
call on a motion to go into committee
of the whole for consideration of the
diplomatic appropriation bill. Mr. Will
liams denounced this act as injustice.
"Uncle Joe" pulled the constitution
on him and ruled with emphasis, leaV-
ing the chair in a huff as he sent the
house into committee of the whole
There was tremendous Republican ap-
plause. Turn the house into beer
garden II you want to-" shouted Will
liams, livid with anger. THE Ameri-
can people will judge"
Senator Burton Of Kansas, whose
conviction on the charge OF PRAGUE
ing before the postoffice department
for personal gain, was affirmed by
the supreme court last Monday an
nounces that he will not resign from
the senate 1t had been hoped by
some of the leaders of the senate
that he would relieve them OF the en-
barrassment of taking action in the
case by voluntarily giving up his seat.
In a conference with Senator Bur-
rows, chairman of the committee on
privileges and elections, Mr.. Burton
said he did not believe that his status
had been changed by the decision OF
the court The senate has already
appointed a special committee to
look into the status of Senator Burton
and IN report some recommendation
for the senate to act upon.
THE agricultural appropriation
bill was reported to the senate last
Tuesday. 1t carries $7715,OOO, an In
crease of $223,560 over the amount
carried by the bill as it passed the
house. On the subject Of free seeds
the report says: at may be stated that
a decided majority of the committee
expressed themselves informally as.
opposed to the distribution of cotton
seeds, as authorized by law for many
wears, but deemed 1t inadvisable at this
session to recommend change. be-
lieying that such could not now secure
the desired result, but trust at the
next session a liberal appropriation for
the distribution of rare and valuable
seeds may take the place of the pres
ent very Objectionable system" An
appropriation of $4,000 is made to es-
tablish at points of export, to be des-
ignated by the secretary of agricul-
ture, laboratories for the purpose OF
examining seeds and grains and fix
ing definite grades.
The Southern Cotton association
is sending out a blank for statistics
on acreage and crop conditions A
meeting of the association will be
held at Jackson, Miss, the latter part
of this month, when a statement OF
the acreage, based on the reports,
will be given out. The Progressive
Farmer, speaking of the filling out
of these blank forms, says: This is
an important matter for on the accu-
racy and helpfulness in this partic-
ular the standing of the cotton asso-
citation must largely depend. If the
statistics sent out over it's name are
shown to be unreliable, it will not
only be discredited by the CONNER
cial world but it's members will cease
to trust it, Farmers and others
into whose hands these blanks may
fall, should heed this advice. The
Southern Cotton association is yet
young but it has succeeded in es-
tablishing itself in the confidence of
the public. A mistake now would be
fatal This will be a crucial year in
the history Of the association and its
friends should be alert and cautious.
Washington Star: This will be a
season of seventeen-year locuStS. The
department of agriculture has sent
circular warning those interested, to
be on the lookout for the brood. The
visitation of the locusts is not as Sc
rious as the noise and the disturbance
they make would indicate. But they
come in such numbers and so fill the
woods with their singing that it ap-
pears to the casual observer that there
must be a veritable plague of the in
sects that cannot help doing immense
damage. The brood that is due this
year about the last of May or the
first of June is well known to entomol-
ogists and has been more or less def
nitely traced back to 1888. 1t appear
ed then in New England, and was fol-
lowed by a plague of sickness that car
ried off many of the Indians and the
white settlers. The Indians knew the
periodical cicada of old, -and assured
the whites when 1t first appeared that
it would be followed by a plague. The
brood was lost sight of after its ap-
pearance i'm the early days, and the
next authentic record of it is in 1887,
from which point the record has been
definitely kept to the present time
The range of the brood has been
mapped by the department of agri-
culture and extends in spots from Cape
Cod to northern Georgia and as far
west as Illinois. Washington is one
the lOCdllll6S lIldl Is always
The locust does some damage to young
orchards, but this can usually be coun-
teracted by vigorous pruning after
the last of the brood has disappeared.
There Is another distinct brood known
as the thirteen year-brOod that has a
more restricted range, but has been
almost as definitely traced. The time
of the emergency of the seventeen
year adults from the ground varies
somewhat with the season, but the
last week in May or the first week of
June is about the time they may be
expected.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of
the prohibition law in Kansas was
celebrated in Kansas City, few days
ago. Prohibition prevails in that state
under the Murray law, which prevents
the sale of intoxicants except for me-
dicinal, mechanical or scientific pur-
poses" The constitutionality of this
law was attacked. The fight went to
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