Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-27
Seraps aud 5aets.

torney General Davidson Of Texas, In
stituted suit against the Pullman COM
pany and the Western Union Tele-
graph company to prevent them from
doing business in Texas. and asking
for permit fees of 100000 from each
company, on the amount due the state
based on the capital stock Of 100000
900 in each instance. The petitions
recite that both companies have been
doing business in Texas for number
Of years and have never filed copies Of
their articles Of incorporation or taken
out a permit to operate in Texas, as
required by law. That because OF
these omissions they, should be en-
joined from doing business here, and
1t is so prayed. The petitions specifi-
cally state that they are not intended
to interfere with any interstate husi-
ness, but are designed to oust the COM
panies from doing an intrastate busi-
ness. The attorney general will en-
deavor to have the cases tried at the
coming term Of court.
- Washington, September "a: The
census bureau reported today that for
the year ending August S1st last, s.
2s6,783 running bales Of cotton were
taken by all American manufacturers,
compared with 4,S20,ss0 last year
and 4.9s7,021 bales consumed, COM
pared with 4,90e,47s for last year. The
manufacturers stock at the close OF
the year was ss6,27s bales, compared
with 6SS,312 last year. Active cotton
spindles numbered 26,242,407, compar-
ed with 25,2s0,Oss last year. The re-
port says: "The statistics Of cotton
taken, consumed and Of stocks are for
all establishments using raw cotton,
including cotton mills, woolen mills,
hosiery and knit goods establishments,
those engaged In the manufacture OF
mattresses and the like; statistics Of
active cotton consuming spindles IN
clude those which consumed cotton
only during the year, and do not in
clude those which consumed cotton
mixed with other fbers. The totals Of
cotton consumed in 1907 include for
eign cotton amounting to 6,0lS bales
taken and 5,2S1 bales consumed by
manufacturers in the cotton growing
states, and 1S0,SS9 bales taken and
l0S,S54 bales consumed by manufac-
turers in all other states"
A very interesting decision on the
right Of a public school teacher to
open school exercises with Bible read
ing and repetition Of the Lords Pray
er, has been rendered by the court OF
appeals in Texas. In Corsicana the
local school board authorized the su-
perintendent to provide for exercises
at the opening Of school introducing
these simple features Of religion. Ro-
manists, Jews and agnostics Joined In
a suit for injunction. The lower court
decided that the order Of the school
board was lawful If the teachers were
not individually permitted to make Sc
lections Of the passages Of Scripture
which they would read before their
pupils. The court Of appeals sane
toned this finding in every particular
The unanimous holding Of the judges
was that such exercises did not con-
stitute the schools a place Of worship,
and were not Of sectarian character,
since no. passage was read from the
Bible that constitutes a matter Of dis
pute among sects. The whole effect Of
the exercises held in Corsicana schools,
the judges declared, Is to teach the
glorious principles Of morality which
tend to elevate humanity to high
plane and produce an exalted type OF
civilization, to reach which should be
the aim Of the people OF all govern
ments."
The New York Yacht club has re-
fused to consider Sir Thomas Lipton's
challenge for q race in 6S foot boat,
but despite this fact, says New York
dispatch, the British sporting element
is confident that there will be an
American cup race in 1908. The clos
est adviser Of Upton said yesterday
that the Royal Irish Yacht club will
open negotiations with New Workers
for notifications Of rules and hopes
to succeed. 1t Is generally believed
that Americans will not stand on
technicality but will make such slight
concessions as will result In race
next year, boat for boat with all time
allowances barred. The anti-Ameri-
can element, however, openly assert
that the New York Yacht club Is
crawfishing because it fears defeat.
Sir Thomas Upton expressed disap-
pointment over the refusal to accept
his challenge and said he could not
say what his future course would be
until he received the complete text Of
the refusal. He said: IF the New
York Yacht club wants me to race
9O-footer. I will do II, but will never
race again under the old rules. If I
race under their new rules 1 will build
boat giving "a feet on the water line.
I would never again take a freak
across the ocean. risking the lives OF
those aboard"
Nashville, Ark, September "a: The
bubble has burst. The boom which
for three weeks threatened to make
AThdUSdS IdIHOuS IOE IT'S 0idhiOhNS
has exploded. The dreams OF money
awakened to realize that all Is not
gold that glitters. and all are not dia-
monds that sparkle. Work has been
suspended on the Huddlestone and
Hess properties, which were alleged
TO be located on the crater of an ex-
tinct volcano. and bubbling over with
diamonds. There Is not single dia-
mond drill working in the fields at
present, all Of them having been re-
moved, and 1t is very uncertain when
work will be resumed. One of the re-
markable conditions existing at the
diamond fields is that the owners Of
the proprieties on which the diamonds
are said to exist are unable to show
any, saying that all of them have been
sent away. Nashville is detected and
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