Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
Scraps aud fatts.


ably will be rendered shortly. The pure
food and drugs act provides that no
product can bear the name of q coun-
try from which it does not come. Ow-
ing to the formation of several large
sand bars, the port of Mocha is no
longer used and the coffee is now
shipped from Alden and Hodeidah, in
Arabia. 1t is said that there are but
two firms importing Mocha coffee into
this country, but the decision will be
of universal interest, owing to the eX-
tensive use of so-called Mocha coffee.
- Washington, April IS: AS a re-
suit of the first conviction under the
pure food law, Robert \. Harper, a
druggist, president of the Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce, formerly
president of the American National
Bank, has been sentenced by Judge
Kimball in the police court, to pay a
fine of $500 on charges of mislabel-
ing a headache remedy, said TO con-
tain antipyrine, acetanilid. caffeine,
alcohol and other ingredients. Presl-
dent Roosevelt has insisted on jail
sentence in order that the first con-
victed violator of the pure food law
should suffer the extreme penalty
Harper's attorneys appealed to the
district court of appeals. Harper ad-
mitted on the witness stand that he
would not take the contents of an
eight-ounce bottle of his own prepar-
alton because it would be dangerous
but a mass of expert testimony was
offered by the defense to show that If
the directions furnished with the rem
edy were observed, its effects would
be harmless. Vague reference was
made by Harper's attorneys during
argument to the presidents letter
urging a Jail sentence, but no speclhc
mention of the document was made.
Washington, April 13: Mr.. w. w.
Finley, president of the Southern
railway. was asked today regarding
the dispatches which have appeared
in the papers concerning a reported
controversy between the South and
Western railroad and the Southern
railway He stated that the Southern
railway was not endeavoring to pre-
vent the construction and completion
Of the South and Western railroad;
that the relations of the arrangements
of the two companies have been en-
tirely amicable. The South & Western
line is being constructed contiguous to
the line of the Southern railway at
point in North Carolina, and there 1t
developed last week that the engi-
neers in the employ of the South and
Western were conducting their oper-
ations in disregard of the rights OF
the Southern railway, encroaching
upon it's property, and even, by blast
ing, interrupting traffic and putting
the Southern line temporarily out of
operation. To prevent these en-
croachments and compel the conduct
of the work in an orderly way, the
Southern railroad company has OBJ
tanned an injunction against the con-
tinuance of the specific and purely
local wrongs which it has sustained.
1t is hoped that the controversy will
be promptly disposed of.
New York Times: There is a
curious state of affairs in Kentucky
The night riders, in their peaceful and
benevolent activities TO promote inter-
state commerce found it necessary 10
dynamite some property, and the in
surance companies are desirous to
plead that a loss by dynamite eXplo-
sion is not a loss by fire. They have
the idea that the courts of state in
which grand and petit juries are
largely composed of night riders are
not likely to try such an issue with
out prejudice and they wish to trans
fer their cases to a Federal court
They distrust the report that there Is
plenty of evidence to prove the dyn-
amiting of the property before the
fire broke out" But Kentucky, which
has not done it's entire duty toward
the rest Of the United States as re-
CARDS the suppression of the night RI
ders, refuses to permit the insurance
companies to take their case to anoth-
er Jurisdiction, and has passed law
revoking the licenses of insurance
companies which transfer their suits
from the state to the Federal courts
Some may think that this leaves little
TO choose between the night riders
and the honorable Legislators of Ken
lucky in their methods of attaining
their objects, regardless of all legal
obstacles. Kentucky is queer state,
and these are queer times.
- Charlotte, n. c., April Il: Although
the hard yarn spinners, who met in
this city yesterday decided not to give
out anything TO the public as TO what
was done at their meeting at the
Southern Manufacturers club, it was
learned that a virtual agreement was
reached to shut down all plants for
sixty days, at the end of which time
another meeting will be held to con-
slider the situation and decide wheth-
er or not a further suspension was
necessary. 1t was ascertained at the
spindles represented had been stand
ing idle for the past sixty days and IN
many cases for ninety days. and hence
the action above stated. The meet
ing is said to have been harmonious
The action taken was i'm line with the
recommendation of the executive
committee of the Cotton Manufacture
er's association of North Carolina
which met in this city a week ago TO-
dav. Resolutions were drafted ana
approved. not only relative to curtalL-
ment, but also as to the prices OF
yarns. but it was decided to Keep
them secret for the present. Ihe
meeting was largely attended. APP
proximately 100000 spindles being
represented. The attendance was not
confined 10 the members of the
Southern Hard Yarn Spinners aSSo-
citation. but to hard yarn SninnerS OF
all kinds.
In an argument favOring the dis
franchiSement of the southern negroes
Mr.. GriggS, of Georgia. in the house
of representatives last Friday decIar-
ed that such dSfranchisem"mt was
necessary To- insure white control and
the peace and prosperity of the south.