Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-03
Straps aud facts.

further declares I'VE submit that by
our sacred memories on either side Of
that historic conflict we have now
reunited country, with one flag, and
there should not be another that would
imply divided devotion"
New York, Nov. 80: Jesse L. Liv-
ermore, the former clerk who won $S.-
0O0, 900 in Wall street, and declared
he had quit specializing for ever and
advised others to shun gambling, is
back trying to make more. Livermore,
who is only % years old, is trying to
corner the cotton market. Daniel ].
Sully the king of cotton spectators,
and scores Of others have lost fortunes
in this attempt, but Young Livermore
is unawed. He has accumulated SOO,-
600 bales of cotton and has boosted the
price $5 a bale. When 1t was an
nounced early this month that Liver
more had closed out all his trades in
the stock market and was $S,0O0,00O
ahead, some Of the best informed oper-
ators in the street did not believe It,
Nevertheless Mr.. Livermore had his
winnings and laughingly announced
that he intended to quit the game and
keep them.
The jamestown exposition closed
last Saturday. and the probability Is
that 1t will reopen next year, when the
financial failure that came this year
will, 1t is expected, be succeeded by
successful run Of several months,
which, It Is believed, will produce suf-
f1cient revenue not only to reimburse
the government for the S1,000,0Q0 loan
made the exposition, but enough to
pay for the entire indebtedness Of the
Ter operation. The ex-
position Is said to be In debt to the ex-
tent OF $2,500,000, which was borrow
ed from the government, railroads and
bankers. The average daily attend
ance has been only about 5000, while
the daily salary expense is said to have
been $1,000. The property is valued at
$5,000,00O. The financial failure Of the
exposition can be attributed almost
opening day, April 26 last.
Nome, Alaska, November 80: Nome
and probably the entire seaward penin-
sula, Is shrouded in an ashy haze and
the ground for miles is covered sever
al inches deep with fine gritty pow
der, which is believed to be volcanic
ash. The storm began several days
ago, the dust blowing in from the
ocean, but at first little attention was
paid to the freak Of nature, as 1t was
expected that 1t would soon cease.
Instead. however, the fall continued
and after a day became so intense as
to seriously interfere with outdoor
pursuits. Miners coming into town
reported that for miles the snow was
so impregnated with ashes that sled
ding was almost impossible. The air
is so full Of ashes that breathing is
difficult and the powder has sifted into
houses and business places. 1t Is be-
lieved that some of the numerous vol
canic islands between this coast and
Siberia are again In eruption.
- Washington, November 80: The
year 1907 has been a prosperous one
for the American farmer. The total
value Of his farm products for the year
is $7,412. 100000. which is 10 per cent
more than in 1906. Included in this
total are such items as corn, $1,000
900, 900; wheat. s5OO,O00,00O; oats,
$3.50, 100000 The total value Of all
cereal crops is s2,S7S,0O0,000. The
next largest item in the total OF the
farmers wealth is his animal and meat
product, which total $1,270, ,OO0,0 which
is nearly twice the value of the cotton
crop. The dairy products are valued
at $500, 900, 900. or more than any sin
gle crop save corn. Other items max
ing up the total Of the farmers wealth
are: Cotton, s675,000,00 alfalfa, $780,
900, 900; tobacco, s67,OOO,OOO; sugar
products, $s5,OOO,OOO, and so on down
the scale, ending with hops, Of which
$4,000, 900 worth were grown. Even the
lowly and oft perturbed hen has added
TO the farmers wealth to the extent Of
$500 O00, 900, which is 20 per cent more
than the value Of the wheat crop. This
she has done by patient industry on
the nest and the ultimate translation
OF herself and progeny into the "broil-
err OF commerce.
Washington, November %: Mem
bers Of congress from the cotton grow
ing states and members from the
grain producing sections are preparing
to join hands in an effort to put the
stock exchange out Of business. Rep
resentative Burleson of Texas, has
found an ally in Representative Hep
burn, of Iowa, author Of the railroad
rate legislation Of the last congress
Mr.: Burleson said today that the aver
age annual cotton crop is about 14,000,-
900 bales, Of which 100000 goes
abroad. If sold at the proper price, he
said, this cotton would bring to the
United States $3.50, ,0O0,O 900 in gold. He
asserted that the dealing in cotton on
the stock exchange is not in 100000
bales, but in 100000 bales. as that is
dDOul the dllOuIl Ol COllOn lItl TIC
margins represent This is due to the
fact that the market Is not dealing in
the crop, but only in the money value
of the crop. He estimates that the
character of the dealings beat down
the true sale price of cotton 100000,
900 every year. BY similar deductions
Colonel Hepburn reaches the conclusion
that the west is being devastated in
like manner. Dealings on the market
in corn, wheat, oats and other grains.
pork and meat products absorb the
money Of the country according to the
Iowa member.
- New York. December 1: A call
upon the national banks for a state
ment OF their condition of a very re-
cent date is expected by bankers here
to come from the comptroller of the
currency this week. Four Of the five
calls required each year by law have
already been made. the last having
shown the condition of the national
banks on August 22d. 1t is possible
that the call now anticiDate will have