Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-13
Scraps aud faets.

StateS 10 deposit tnem In the treasury
and receive notes to any amount
equaling their par value. It is provid-
ed that until February, 1909, persons
owning one or more bales Of cotton
may deposit 1t in depository desig-
mated by the secretary Of the treasury
and receive treasury notes to the ex-
tent Of 70 per cent Of the value of the
cotton. If not redeemed the cotton
shall be sold by the government. The
bill also imposes a penalty on dealing
in cotton futures" Of 100000 fine or
FIVE years Imprisonment.
New York Commercial, Friday: In
the first cabin Of the steamship Dunot-
tar Castle, in yesterday from Colon,
were eighty-one skilled mechanics for
merly employed on the Panama canal.
One Of them said they had been laid on
because of the inadequacy Of the gov
ernment appropriation. The money is
appropriated in monthly installments
and the unexpected swiftness Of the
work made it necessary for the work.
ers to lie idle ten days after they had
done in twenty days what it was con-
templated they would do in thirty. The
only way to.keep. the men employed all
the time was to discharge enough to
keep the rest working full month.
With a larger appropriation, 1t was
said, the engineers could do about a
third more work, providing they had
the original trained force.
Washington, December IL: The H.
nance committee reported to the SEN
ate today q resolution embodying In
one set the ,Culberson and Clay fnan-
cial resolutions calling upon the secre-
tary Of treasury for information, in
cluding the. names and location OF all
the United States repositories and the
amount. Of public money on deposit
daily in each from October l, to De-
cember 8, 1907, with the amount and
character Of the securities therefor.
Information concerning the issuance OF
Panama bonds and the three per cent
certificates of Indebtedness and infor-
nation concerning the amount and
character Of the clearinghouse certifi-
Gates recently issued in various parts
Of the country and other securities is
also asked for. The resolution was
adopted.
In view Of the issuance Of the call
Of the Republican national committee
for the convention, the president on
Wednesday took occasion to make the
following statement. "On the night
after election made the following an
nouncement: I am deeply sensible Of
the honor done me by the American
people in thus expressing their conf
dence in what have tried to do. ]
appreciate to the full the solemn res
possibility this confidence imposes
upon me, and ! shall do all that in my
power lies not to forfeit 1t. On the
4th of March next, shall have served
three and a half years, and this three
and a half years constitute my first
term. The wise custom which limits
the president to two terms regards the
substance and not the form, and under
no circumstances will be a candidate
for or accept another nomination
have not changed and shall not change
the decision thus announced"
Governor Hoke Smith Of Georgia,
thus delivered himself to the New
York newspapers Wednesday on the
political situation: National politics
Is chaotic. The more look at 1t the
more chaotic the situation appears. /
do not know how things will develop.
I do know that there Is a sentiment
among southern Democrats for con-
certed action. The south does not
mean to be treated any longer as II 1t
were in a state Of secession. South
ern Democrats are just as loyal as any
others. There is no one in the south
now who wants the Democratic presi-
dental nomination, but II the south
had a candidate Of it's own think the
southern Democrats would not hesitate
to support him in the convention. The
feeling is general among southern
Democrats that the time has come
when they must do their own thinking
in national affairs and not merely ac-
cept what others have thought for
them. The feeling is that the time has
come for the southern Democrats to
act together and take the leadership
Of the party"
The Dundee Advertiser says: AT
ter being for three years under con-
struction, the largest bridge across the
Nile has been completed. 1t connects
Cairo with the island Of Rodah, where
according to tradition, Pharaoh's
daughter found Moses in. his cot among
the rushes. The Rodah bridge, or, as
II is sometimes named, the Ghizeh
bridge (taking the name from the dis
trict It will serve on the west bank,)
has a length Of LAO feet and width
Oh IS feet. There are fourteen spans
and a swing span Of 2O9 feet, which is
turned by an electric motor When
open this swing gives a clear OF ~
feet on either side Of its pivot for the
passage of vessels. The official test
ing of the bridge took place on October
9, the whole Of the bridge, span py
span, being subjected to a weight
equal to 400 pounds to the square yard.
To make the test the footpaths on
either side were piled W with sand'
and over them a couple Of locomotives
and a score of wagons ran on an i'm
provised railway. Tne roadway was
occupied by twenty tramcars. each
loaded with cement: twenty-four wa
ter carts, twenty dust carts filled with
sand and eight steam rollers. These
were on the bridge for the whole OF
the day, and were left stationary over
each span, while the records of detiec-
ton were made by Egyptian govern
ment officials. The test was concluded
by a sort of "gallop past by the whole
mass of tramcars, water carts, SAND
carts and steam, rollers, moving as one
body at the full speed of and led by
the steam rollers. 1t is anticipated
that the bridge will be opened by the