Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-20
Scraps and faets.

companies of Iowa, at DeS MolneS,
last Friday. the organization or
quarter of a million dollar corpora
ton to fight the Bell Telephone COM
pany in Iowa, began. Each inde-
pendent company is to put $l,OOO.OO
into a fund to fight the so-called
trust The organization of the inde-
pendent lines of the state into one
company entirely covering Iowa, was
also commenced.
washington, March 16: Barney
Hughes, now in the district jail under
a short sentence Of Imprisonment Tor
drunkenness, is celebrating his 1OSth
birthday. The keeper Of the jail has
permitted the old man to enjoy spe-
cial privileges in honor OF his birth
day and Hughes is comparatively hap
Nv. Many people have sent him glfts
of money and delicacies. Hughes was
found guilty Of habitual drunkenness
by a jury in Justice Barnards court
about two weeks ago, and notwlth-
standing his bold assertion. that he had
not touched a drop of liquor for seven
wears, the old man was found guilty
and sent to Jail to sober up. Hughes
remembers the war of 1912 with great
distinctness.
Lancaster, Pa, March IS: Clayton
Christy. aged twenty-four years, shot
and killed Frank Meissinger, forty
Sc zen years old, last night at Coium-
bia this county. Christy claimed that
Meissinger had attempted to prejudice
against him, Miss Grace Findlay. to
whom he had been paying attention
After drinking heavily, shortly before
midnight Chrlsty called at Meissin-
gers home. He shot at Washington
Meissinger a son, who opened the door
for him, but missed his mark, and then
fired a bullet into the breast OF Frank
Meissinger, who had come to the door
at the sound Of the shot. Metssinger
died almost Immediately. When ar
rested today. Christy had two bullet
wounds in his left arm. The police
believe that Christy shot himself ac-
cidentally at the time of the murder
Washington, March 19: The
whole country east of the Missis-
sippi river is, according to reports to
the weather bureau, experiencing the
effects of the prevailing storm with
temperatures below the average Tor
this time Of the year. There have
been heavy rains in the south and
snow in the north. The storm began
Sunday night In the south and eX-
tended into New England, New York
the lower lake region and the upper
Ohio valley where the rain turned
into snow today. The rivers in the
states of Mississippi, Georgia and Ala
bama and the Carolinas are bank
full, and stages above the danger
line are expected tomorrow in
majority of the big water ways The
storm is expected to pass down the
st. Lawrence valley during the next
twenty-four hours.
-Algeciras, Spain, March IS: The
general disposition of the delegates to
the conference on Moroccan reforms
continues inclined toward optimism,
but no further apparent move has been
made in the direction of a solution OF
the points at issue between France and
Germany. The delegates of the neu-
tral powers confer separately with the
French and German delegates several
times daily, striving to modify the out
wardly uncompromising stand taken by
both sides. 1t is the general beliet,
however, that the present situation OF
indecision will not change until further
instructions arrive from Paris and Ber-
lin. Meanwhile the French and Ger
man delegates do not discuss the situa-
ton together. Each side is vainly
awaiting the sign Of a concession from
the other and maintaining its respec-
tive standpoint. The neutral delegates
do not believe the deadlock will last
much longer and express the conviction
that neither France nor Germany will
allow the conference to fail after such
prodigious efforts have been made by
all the powers represented to have
- Secretary Hester's cotton state
ment for the week ending last Fri
day. showed for the sixteen days OF
March a decrease under last year of
$4,000. For the 1877 days of the
season that have elapsed the aggre-
gate is behind the 1877 days of last
year 1,075,000. The amount brought
into sight during the last week has
been 1851 bales; and for the six
teen days Of March 1t has been $780,
$50. The movement since September
/, shows receipts at all United States
ports to be 6,4S0.16S; overland across
the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac
rivers to the northern mills and Can
ada 69O,444; interior stocks in ex-
cess of those held at the close OF
the commercial year 435,475; South
ern mill takings l,423,O00. The to-
tai movement since September l is
9,029,0S7 Foreign exports for the
week have been S5,943; making the
total thus far for the season 4,96S,-
mills, north, south and Canada, thus
far for the season have been 3.263.
1919. Stocks at the seabOard and the
twenty-nine leading interior centres
have decreased during the week 2l.
547 bales. Including stocks left over
at ports and interior towns from the
last crop and the number of bales
brought into sight thus far from the
new crop. the supply To date is g.
473,6lS.
During the consideration Of a
bill last Saturday morning for the
lease of certain lands i'm Colorado
for experiments i'm the production of
rubber MIR. Shackleford of Missouri.
administered an unmerciful scoring
to Speaker Cannon. Mr.. Shackle-
ford had gotten permission to dis
cuss the bill. which had been allowed
to come up at the pleasure of the
speaker. and delivered himself as
follows: THE gentleman" referring
to Mr.. Brooks who mad introduced