Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-24
Scraps aud fatts.

Utica, n. Y, December 20: There
have been many reports this year
about the apple crop of New York
been given out by the buyers, produc-
ers and commission houses has been
TO the effect that the crop was short.
People have been compelled to pay high
prices all the fall and the winter has
brought no relief Information receiv-
ed today, however, indicates that there
is larger supply in the state at pres
ent than in any previous year. This
indicates that there has been an at
tempt to boom the market beyond the
reasonable price, and the result Is
likely to be disastrous to those who
have been engaged in it. 1t was esti-
mated on December l, that dealers in
New York state had more than 2,OOO,-
900 barrels of apples in cold storage in
the expectation OF securing fancy
prices, but in this they have been dis
appointed.
New York, December 20: Because
further credit would not be allowed
him in order to carry one thousand
shares of stock until a rise in price
should give him a profit Charles A.
Geiger Of Beaufort, S. c., today shot
James H. Oliphant, a member OF the
stock exchange and then committed
suicide. Mr.. Oliphant is dying tonight.
a note book found on Geiger's person
contained computations by which the
writer apparently figured that he would
, be worth three million dollars by jan
uary 1st, 1908. This has caused the
authorities to believe Geiger mentally
unbalanced. Geiger owed the Oliphant
company five thousand dollars and had
been asked to settle. He called at the
Office and after explaining that he
could not met the obligations, asked for
more credit The proposition was re-
fused and the shooting followed. The
offices Of James II. Oliphant and Co.,
are located at 20 Broad street, the
center Of the financial district and the
shooting caused a sensation in the
street and temporarily interrupted the
business of the curb traders.
The census bureau on last Friday
issued a bulletin showing that the to-
tai amount of cotton of this years
growth in the United States ginned up
to December 18th last was 9,2S1,077 as
compared with 11,112,7S9 for the same
period last year and 9,297,S19 for the
same period in 1905. The total num-
Der Of active ginneries was 27,152. In
this bulletin round bales are counted
as half bales. The number Of round
bales included is 167,4S5 for 1907 and
243,Os6 for 1906 and 252,137 for 1905.
Sea Island included 65,145 for 1907 and
49,361 for 1906 and 9O,S36 for 1905. The
total crop of 1906 was 12,9SS,201 and
for 1906 was 10,495,105. The per cent
of crop ginned to December 18th was
S5.6 for 1906 and SS.6 for 1905. For
1907 there were ginned to December
1st, S,343,396 bales. In the total for
this years growth ginned to December
18th the running bales, counting round
bales as half bales and excluding lin
ters, are distributed by states as fol-
lows: Alabama s62,022 bales. 3,421 ac-
tive ginneries; Arkansas 572,105 bales,
2,0S6, ginneries: Florida 45,747 bales,
242 ginneries; Georgia 1,632,4s5 bales
4,512 ginneries; Kentucky 1,1OS bales,
ginneries; Louisiana 5O2,091 bales,
1921 ginneries; Mississippi 1,11s,244
bales, 3,4S7 ginneries; Missouri 1854
bales, 733 ginneries; New Mexico So
bales, 2 ginneries; North Carolina $685.
917 bales, $3.50 ginneries; Oklahoma
6s6,O7S bales, 955 ginneries; South
Carolina 1,014,711 bales, 1856 ginner-
les; Tennessee 204,267 bales, 651 GIN
neries; Texas 1,9S7,7S1 bales, 397 gin
neries, and Virginia 6,7S7 bales, 81
ginnerles. The distribution of the Sea
Island cotton for 1907 by states is;
Florida 22,49O; Georgia 32,9s4; South
Carolina 1851.
Berlin, December %: The munic-
ipality is face to face with a very Sc
rious problem in connection with the
supply of food to thousands of virtu-
ally starving children attending the
primary schools in Berlin whose num-
bers have been greatly augmented
this year in consequence Of the indus
trial inactivity. Hitherto the chill
dren's canteen society has been able
to cope with the task in fairly sat
isfactory way by means OF suoscrlp-
tions from private sources, but the
calls on it's funds are this year so
great that it will be unable to supply
many of the children. In the first
week of December, according to sta
tistics, from 245 out of the 2S5 prl-
mary schools, no fewer than 1l,947
children attended school, in most
cases without breakfast and in all
cases without the prospect Of obtain
ing a midday meal at home. OF those
4,49S receive a simple daily meal from
the IA canteens belonging to the above
mentioned society; the other 7,449
are totally unprovided for. The soci-
ETY. will be able this winter to dispose
of the sum of $S,421.50, and this will
be taken up by the provision of meal
a day to the 4,49S children already on
its books. Altogether for the feeding
of the 10000 starving little ones dur
ing the winter $37,5O0 will be necess-
airy, and the council is to be asked to
vote $4,000 to make up the amount
required and place it at the DISPOSE
ton of the society for administration.
Parents who do not send their chill
dren to school are fined unless they
can give medical authority for keep
ing them home. Therefore poor par
ents send children to school, even
though foodless and miserably clad.
A large number of United States
senators, congressman, high govern
ment officials and representative busi-
ness men from all parts Of the country
met in Cleveland, Ohio, last Saturday
under the auspices Of the Merchants
Marine league for the purpose of put