Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-11-03
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the direction OF Onlleu SldleS treas
urer Treat today began checking over
the books of the office. The counting
of the cash in the vaults will be taken
up as soon as the checking of the
books has been completed. There is
in the vaults approximately $17S,000,-
900 in gold coin; s17,OOO,OOO in curren-
cy and $SO,000,000 in silver coin and
this must be counted and verified
piece by piece. The work will prob
ably take at least a month. The
counting is only done when an as
sistant treasurer leaves the office. Mr..
Fish resigned as assistant treasurer
in order to accept a nomination for
congress.
- Union City, Tenn, October 29: 1t
is reported today on what is consider
ed good authority that the constitution
and bylaws of the night riders were
procured and brought here yesterday
and will be placed in the hands Of the
grand jury. The constitution and by
laws, among other things, it is said,
provide that no bank or trust company
will be permitted to make any loans,
large or small, for a greater rate of
interest than per cent and further
that after the 1st day Of July, 1909, no
farmer will be allowed to employ any
colored help on his farm and that all
negroes will be notified to leave the
country under penalty of death; that
all merchants shall sell their goods and
merchandise at not to exceed 10 per
cent profit and otherwise regulating all
wages to be paid by the farmers for
help and regulating the price Of corn,
cotton and all farm products. The by
laws show that the organization not
only comprises the night riders OF
Obion county; but includes all night
rider organizations over the entire
south.
st. Petersburg, November l: In
terest in the Balkan situation is CEN
tired in the positive statements Of sew
eral parliamentary leaders that Russia
has determined to drop the idea Of the
proposed international congress and
will refuse to recognize the annexation
by Austro- Hungary Of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. This information, al
though purporting to be from official
sources is not entirely exact. Russia
has finally committed herself to the
principle that the question Of the an
nexation Of the provinces may be dis
cussed in a conference Of the powers,
and Austria will permit the status Of
Herzegovina to be included in the pro-
gramme, but only on condition that
the delegates will refrain from ques-
tioning her action, and content them
selves with registering the abrogation
of the article referring to this matter
in the Berlin treaty. The foreign office
state that the negotiations be-
tween Russia, Austria Hungary and
other powers on this question are still
in progress and considers that an ac-
ceptable formula for submission to the
congress may ultimately be found. 1t
is difficult, however, to foresee how a
satisfactory agreement may be reached
without one side or the other with
drawing its contention.
. New York, October 81: The Finan-
cial Chronicle placed the total worlds
visible supply of cotton at 3,367,1S2
bales as against 3,1S5,S77 bales a year
ago and 3,314,30S bales two years ago.
The visible supply Of American cotton
was placed at 2,S29, 1872 bales as against
2,425,S77 bales a year ago, and 2,555,-
2OS bales two years ago. The into
sight for the week aggregated 61O,S66
bales, compared with 454,462 bales for
the corresponding week last year.
The into-sight to date aggregates g.
619,O5S bales as against 2,737,14S bales
for the corresponding period last year,
southern consumption to date was esti-
mated at $4,000 bales, as against 434,-
900 bales last year Northern spin
ners' takings to date totalled 4S1,636
bales, as against 273,520 bales last
year The worlds takings Of Ameri-
can cotton for the week aggregated
275,929 bales, as against 2S5,712 bales
for the corresponding week last year
Takings of American cotton to date
total 1,766,S5S bales, as against 1,647,-
10 bales for the corresponding period
last year. Exports of raw cotton from
United States ports for the week total
31O,556 bales, against 37S,S94 bales for
the corresponding day last year. The
amount Of cotton on shipboard not yet
cleared was 1884 bales, as against
1S1,007 bales a year ago.
-Reelfoot Lake, Tenn, October 81:
I'VE know who fired the shot and who
put the rope around Rankin's neck
said Gov. Patterson in statement yes
terday afternoon, just before his de-
parture for Union City, where spe-
cial grand jury is investigating the
night rider depredations in this sec
ton which eliminated recently in the
murder of Capt Quinton Rankin. The
governor said: The proof which has
thus far developed is positive as to the
guilt of some of the men under arrest
and duplicates others. This will all
be presented to the court at the prop
er time and a long step has been taken
to discover and suppress lawlessness
in this region. Conditions have been
extremely bad, the night riders going
from one lawless act to another until the
elimination came with the murder of
Capt. Rankin and the attempted muir
der Of Col. Taylor. We know who fired
the shot and who put the rope
around Rankins neck. The number
of men actually at the killing was
probably not more than ten, while
some stood guard and others held the
horses. The whole number engaged
in the undertaking did not exceed 80.
The inquiry will be further prosecut-
ed and the state will have ample evil
dence to convict" The confession
of Ferriner, Hogg and Norris substan-
tiate. it is said. that of Ted Burton.
They will be taken to Memphis for
safe keeping.
- Daniel ]. Sully who is now bull
in the cotton market, has sent out the