Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-15
Straps aud 9aets.

A number of Georgia ana Soutn
Carolina cotton mills filed charges with
the inter- state commerce commission
against about thirty railroads charging
them with discrimination in the freight
rates on manufactured goods to the
Pacific coast and the Orient The COM
mission has furnished the various rail-
roads copies Of the cotton mills petit
tions, requiring them to explain the
difference In rates as between those
given New England and southern cot
ton mills. II the contentious OF the
Georgia and South Carolina mills are
sustained, II will mean saving or
thousands of dollars to the latter. The
southern mills charge that the rail-
roads charge them $l.25 per hundred
pounds to China and japan, While the
New England mills have rate or S0
cents per hundred pounds in carload
lots, although the southern haul is con-
siderable shorter The rate from New
England points to the Pacific coast ter
minals Is 81 per hundred pounds while
from Georgia and South Carolina
points the rate is s1.15 per hundred
pounds in carload lots and s1.65 in less
than carloads.
London, February 13: At the an
nual meeting of the British cotton
growing association last night, the
president, j. F. Newton, announced
that the Colonial office had decided
to make large grants to encourage
cotton growing in Sierra Leone and
in northern Nigeria. 1t was report
ed that the new seasons crop was
now beginning to arrive from British
East and British Central Africa, and
is of good quality. A syndicate which
Is being formed to develop the cotton
growing industry in East Africa will
shortly commence operations on
large scale, and the latest reports
from the district are very favorable.
An allotment Is made Of 1874 shares,
which had been applied for during
the month, applications for 2,144 OF
which had come from New York. In
the course of the annual address the
president said that II the steady prog
ress of the cotton growing industry
continued there need be no depend
ance on any foreign country, for cot
ton, in the course of year or two.
Reports from Egypt show the sea-
sons crop TO be an excellent one.
- Nearly two hundred people lost
their lives last Tuesday night as the
result of the sinking Of the Joy Line
steamer. Larchmont, in Black Island
sound, off the coast Of Rhode Island.
The Larchmont, which was bound for
New York, collided with the schooner
Harry Knowlton, and both went down.
AS the steamer began to settle imme-
diately after the shock, the passengers
who had generally gone to bed. rushed
on deck in a panic and made for the
boats. Some jumped overheard. When
the boats reached shore after several
hours of terrible battling with the bit
ter cold winds and waves. some were
dead. People on the shore learned Of
the plight of the laundering ships and
did what. they could to assist in the
rescue. One seaman who was safe in
a boat became so distressed on ac-
count of the cold that he pulled out q
knife and cut his own throat. The
others were so weak and miserable as
to be unable to interfere. The exact
number of those who perished is not
known. 1t seems that the captain was
unable to give a record. At first he
said there were only fifty or seventy
five people on the boat; but II has
since been ascertained that there was
close on to 200 and only about fifty Of
these are known to have been saved.
The settlement Of the question OF
admitting Japanese students to the
schools Of San Francisco seems to be
a long way Off yet. For several days
past Mayor Schmitz and a number OF
other San Franciscans have been in
Washington in conference with Presi-
dent Roosevelt in the hope Of bringing
about an early settlement of the mud
die. The San Francisco delegation Is
unwilling to pledge itself to a discon-
lluudlSC VI lilC oC6 lC6cliOA Va thS SS
panese pupils in San Francisco's
schools unless President Roosevelt will
agree to secure the passage Of a law
providing for the exclusion Of Japan
ese coolies. The president Is unable to
promise this, as such an arrangement
can only be brought about by an act Of
congress or by treaty with Japan. 1t
is contended that 1t would be impossi-
BILE TO bring about such treaty with
Japan as long as the present trouble
lasts in San Francisco. When the
San Francisco delegation first met the
president in conference last Saturday
there seemed every prospect for an
early settlement that would be salts
factory to all sides. But since then
kilograms have been pouring into
Washington from San Francisco de-
manding that the mayor and his COL
leagues concede nothing until the pres
ident has acceded to all the demands
of the delegation. AS the result Of
these demands there appears to be lit
tie chance for anything to be accom-
plished.
- The Rev. DR.. Washington GLADDEN.,
pastor of the First Congregational
church. of Columbus, Ohio. who led in
the movement to prevent churches
from accepting gifts of tainted" mon
ey. says that the gift of s32O00.O00 pre-
sented to the general education board
by John D. Rockefeller has the ap-
pearance Of an attempt to influence the
courts indirectly in the many cases
now pending against the Standard Oil
company all over the country Aside
from the magnitude of this gift" said
DR.. GLADDEN.. I'm what light are we eX-
pected to regard 1t? Is it a benefac-
tion or restitution? 1t happens To be
that the donor at present is under in
dictment in many parts Of the country
on the charge of having extorted vast
sums from the public. Added to these
indictments are the grave charges of