Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-22
Scraps aud fatts.

average London youngster, says the
Pail Mall Gazette. Any person giving
or selling tobacco to boys or girls un-
der the age Of 16 is liable to fine Of
20 shillings for the first offence and 40
shillings for each subsequent offence
Boys detected in the act Of smoking or
in the possession Of tobacco or cigar
cites are liable to a fine of shillings
and 20 strokes with the birch.
After two weeks Of hunting, which
developed a great scarcity Of game
around the Bear Lake camp in Louis
lana, President Roosevelt on last
Thursday killed 400 pound she bear.
The professional hunters had beaten
the canebreaks around about for many
miles before the bear was located; but
when the animal was driven by the
stand at which the president had been
located, 1t fell to a well aimed snot
from his gun. The members or the
party were overjoyed at the good luck
of the president In finally getting
bear. They had begun to fear that he
would have to leave the locality with
out securing q shot. The bear was
skinned at once. The carcass was dis
posed Of by the hunters and the hide
is to be taken to Washington as a
souvenir of the hunt.
Washington, October 20: George e.
Roberts, who retired from the position
of director of the mint, on August lst'
1907, has completed the compilation of
the statistics of the production of gold
and silver in the various states. and
territories of the United States for the
calendar year 1906. Mr.. Roberts esti-
mates the production of gold In the
United States during the calendar year
1906 to have been $94,S7S,SOO, as
against $sS,1S0,700 for the calendar
year Of 1905. gain in 1905 Of $e,lsS'-
100. The principal gain was in Alaska
Nevada's gain in gold was $S,s1s,5oO;
oregon, $75,200: Tennessee, $22,SOO;
Arizona, $55,sO0: Virginia, $500. The
greatest loss Of gold in any state was
in Colorado where there was de-
crease Of $2,766,700. North Carolina
IOSI Soo,SVO, oOubll NdAOAihN VsN,oN~f ~---~
Georgia $71,100. The total production
of silver In the United States during
the calendar year 1906 Is given as S.
517.s00 fine ounces of the commercial
value Of $3S,256,400, as against 56,lO1,-
500 fine ounces of commercial value
of S34,221,S76 in 1905. The net gain In
the production of silver over that OF
1905 was 416,300 ounces.
That San Francisco, politically and
morally, has sunk to depth lower
than any other city in the country, and
that Christian America Is responsible
for her condition, was the starting
statement made by the Rev. DR.. John
2. Thomas Of San Francisco, to the
SYNOD of Pennsylvania Of the Presby-
terian church in Philadelphia last
Saturday, when he made an appeal Tor
funds for the churches of that city.
DR.. Thomas described what he termed
the gradual degeneration Of the city
and said that San Francisco today
represented q complete breakdown OF
American institutions. mo other city
In America has been so religiously neg
lected during the past fifty years as
we have BEEN" said he. 1--WE are
reaping as we have sown." DR..
Thomas asserted that the bad condi-
tions could not be laid entirely at the
door of San Francisco. 1.-The blame
rests with Christian America for neg
lecting her as a field for home mis-
sionary work. While the city increas-
ed in population 25O,oO0 in a quarter
of a century, the churches did not in
crease a member" After DR.. Thomass
address q resolution was passed COM
mending the raising Of funds for the
aid Of San Francisco.
New Orleans, October IS: Secre-
tary Hester's weekly cotton statement
issued today shows for the eighteen
days Of October q decrease under last
year Of 241,0O0 bales; and decrease
under the same period year before last
of $4,000. For the forty eight days OF
the season that have elapsed the ag-
gregate Is behind the forty eight days
of last year $4,000, and behind the
same days year before last 665,0OO.
The amount brought into sight during
the past week has been 39S,93S bales,
against 499,570 for the same seven
days last year and 436,S96 year before
last. The movement since September
l shows receipts, at all United States
ports. 1,246,253 bales, against 1,641,114
nc lrta-
sissippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to
northern mills and Canada S2,3sO,
against 52,443 last year. interior stocks
in excess Of those held at the close Of
the commercial year 1889, against
1888 last year. Southern mills
takings 355,000, against 351,997 last
year. These make the total movement
since September 1, 1,S12,012, against
2,203,207 last year. Foreign exports
for the week have been 1888 bales,
against 225,S36 last week, making the
total thus far for the season S05,S21,
against 1,002,4S7 last year. The total
takings Of American mills, north, south
and Canada, thus far for the season
have been 517,797, against 54S,761 last
year. Stocks at the seaboard and the
twenty-nine leading southern interior
centres have increased during the
week 11S,212 bales. against an increase
during the corresponding period last
season of 175,290. 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 O.
l60,O1S, against 2,50O.977 for the same
period last. t.year.
Eight imported Chinese. profess
sional murderers of the Hip Sing
Tong aided by more than a score Of
local high binders, started a pistol
battle in Philadelphia's Chinatown last
Friday shortly after noon, and before
the police ended the fight two China
men were dead, one fatally injured and
Soora The Ia Sted