Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-24
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port during the selling months next
winter? The buying, speculative and
consuming world will be combined
and organized to hammer prices be-
low the cost of production. The banks
will turn a deaf ear to entreaties for
loans on cotton until after the debts
contracted to make the crop have
been liquidated. The time to prepare
for freedom and independent action
next fall is right now. The man who
can do and won't do is likely to wish
he had before another new year rolls
around. Cut the cotton acreage be-
fore it is too late"
- Burlington, n. ]. April 21: Sew
eral local churches have proposed a
ban upon Merry Widow" hats in the
congregation during service. Pastors
declare that men are becoming fewer
at the services as the number OF big
hats increase and that the popular
style threatens to make many male
backsliders. Ushers in some of the
more crowded churches were at their
wits ends to seat their Easter con-
gregations. Pews which have COM
fortably accommodated six persons
would hold no more than four when
all the quartette wore flower garden
TOP pieces two-feet-three in diameter.
In the prominent churches hereafter
II is proposed to request women who
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check them at the cloak room during
the services.
Washington, April %: The de-
crease of $26O,957 in the receipts or
fifty of the largest postoflces OF the
country for March, 1908, as against
March, 1907, will be used by Post
master-General Meyer as an argu-
ment for the enactment of the bill es-
tablishing parcels post on rural routes.
Mr.. Meyer is calling the attention
of congress to the idea that the es-
tablishment of a special local parcels
post would wipe out the postal deficit
besides being a boon to the farmer
and the retail country merchants.
There are now in operation S9,O3S
rural routes serving a population OF
$4,000. 900. Mr.. Meyer states that
should an average of five 11-pound
packages be carried on each trip
throughout the year. it is estimated
that $15.000,O00 would be realized
and the net return to the government
would be more than sufficient to
equal the annual deficit.
- Charlotte Chronicle: In its re-
port this week from the cotton belt
the New Orleans Picayune says that
the work of planting in the more
northerly sections is being rapidly
pushed to completion, so that 1t Will
soon be possible to arrive at fairly
good idea of acreage. The reports
from the various sections indicate
some increase in portions of the belt
and some slight decrease in others. 1t
is likely that the acreage has been
practically the same as a year ago,
with the difference that no replant-
ing has been necessary, hence when
the acreage under cultivation is final
ly calculated it will show up much
better than last year, when consider
able acreage had to be abandoned
owing to failure of seed to germinate,
failure of farmers to replant. and eX-
cess of grass in the fields Similar
conditions are not likely to be en-
countered this year owing to the very
favorable start the crop has had.
New York Commercial, April 20:
The officers of local No. 16 of the
Commercial Telegraphers' union re-
ported yesterday that a large number
of locals throughout the country will
meet this week to take action on the
Chicago resolution declaring for
general strike against the Western
Union Telegraph company on June
1st, If the wages which were paid be-
fore the last strike are not restored.
A representative of the union said
Yesterday: There is a great deal OF
resentment among the men who re-
mained loyal to the company during
the last strike because the wages OF
number of them have been cut 81 and
S5 and in some cases more week.
The officials of the company have re-
peatedly gone on record as saying that
those who remained loyal to the COM
pany would get the best wages and
that their wages would not be reduc-
ed. Most of them are back in the
union again, and are the strongest
advocates Of a strike in case a strike
has to be ordered for the old wages
- Frankfort KY, April 21: Govern
or Wilson has decided to take tirmer
steps to bring the night riding out
RACES in the western part of the state
to an end, and has ordered Brigadier-
General Roger d. Williams of LeXing-
ton to report at Murray and take
charge of the troops. County Judge
Wells of Galloway county has re-
uuested Governor Wilson to remove
Circuit Judge Cook, stating that he
believed another judge would facili-
tate the prosecutions of the night riders
already indicted. He also wants enough
troops ordered to Galloway county to
protect him and the other men i'm the
county who are aiding the prosecu-
ton of the night riders For two or
three days there has been report
that the night riders proposed making
an attack on the Jail at Murray for
the purpose of releasing the night RI
ders i'm Jail there. The fact that Gov
ernOr Wilson Immediately wired for
General Williams to hurry to this city
for a conference lends strength TO the
report General Williams is one OF
the most fearless officers in the south.
The tables are now being turned on
the might riders" who have, for sew
eral months. had things their own way.
Several weeks ago. a young man who
had mailed letter signed might rider
To a negro citizen. was reported by the
postmaster. taken before the court
fined and imprisoned. ON Friday Of
last week the grand jury Of Galloway
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