Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-18
Scraps and facts.

- Meridian. Miss, September 16: A
special to the Dispatch from Sander
vile, fifty miles south of Meridian,
says: Might riders have appeared in
Jones county and three prominent far
mers, living six miles east Of here, re-
ceived notices Monday night to haul no
more cotton to gin, or else they would
get paid as they returned home. A
general notice was also placed on the
public roads warning all farmers to
cease hauling cotton after September
IA. Considerable excitement prevails
and farmers near town are rushing
their cotton in, while those farther
away have ceased hauling to the gins"
Washington, September 16: If the
recommendations adopted at the 18th
annual meeting of the Interstate Asso-
citation Of Live Stock Sanitary boards
at its concluding session here today
are approved by Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Wilson, the Federal quarantine
for preventing the spread of the Texas
or tick" fever in cattle will be less ex-
tensive in the southern states next
year. The association voted for the
lifting of the quarantine against cattle
in certain cases in Virginia, North Car
olina, Tennessee and Oklahoma. Cat
tie in certain areas in the states men
toned are said to be entirely free from
Texas fever as a result OF the cam
paign waged for its eradication by the
department of agriculture and the state
authorities. w. H. Dalrymple OF Ba-
ton Rouge, La, was elected president
of the association.
- Bellefontaine, Ohio, September 10:
Fighting over the last drink of water
left in camp, the drought having dried
UP all the wells and springs in the vi
cinity, Frank Danish vas shot and
killed by two men at the Ohio electric
railway construction camp. Danish
wanted the water for his wife, who Is
i'll in the camp. The police are seeking
Mike Rulu and John Barica, who are
charged with the shooting. Yesterday
only enough water for one drink was
left in the camp. Rulu and Barica ar
rived Just as Danish was pouring the
last bit of water into cup to carry to
his wife. The other men demanded
that he divide up the water. He re-
fused and the shooting followed. For
the first time in over thirty years, the
Ohio river is so low as to expose at
Smiths Ford, just below here, the IA
nous picture rocks, of which columns
have been written in history, and which
are mentioned in several historical
novels, among the latter being The
Lattimers" The picture rocks, which
are Indian hieroglyphics, were carved
in the stone Of what is now part OF the
bed of the Ohio river. and are supposed
to have been placed there 300 years
ago. They are life-sized and represent
horses, a parade Of Indians, an i'm
mense turtle, and many footprints
which a sized Indian is examining
carefully.
Washington, September Is: Post
master General Meyer has made an or
der which he thinks promises benefi-
cent results. The postmasters of the
country have been directed to confer
with their local school authorities as
to the practicability and desirability OF
delivering to the school children short
talks on the organization Of the postal
service. The design is to inform the
pupils of the scope of its operations,
the methods of delivering the mails,
the classification of mail matter and
the registry and money order systems.
Incidentally, they are to make known
plans for betterment, such as the es-
tablishment Of postal savings banks
and the extension Of the parcels post.
Wherever il may be impracticable for
postmasterS to deliver lectures, they
are to furnish the necessary informa-
ton to the school supervisors so as to
equip the regular teachers. 1t is the
postmaster generals expectation that
the school children will be useful to the
postal service in seeing that letters are
properly and plainly addressed. That
there is necessity for action of the
kind, Mr.. Meyer says, is shown by the
volume of business transacted by the
dead letter office. During the last year
13.145,172 pieces of mail matter were
sent there because the poStofhceS were
unable to deliver them. The postmaS-
ter general states that during the last
ten years more than 100000 immi-
grants arrived in this country. The
foreigners send their children to the
public schools and through them OBJ
tain the greater part of their knoWl-
edge of our language and institutions.
- simultaneously with Emperor Will
liams statement that the consciences
Of European rulers and the magnitude
of Germanys army are the guarantees
Of the peace of the world, came diplo-
matte move on the part of Germany
that was taken by many to mean a re-
opening of the Moroccan question. AS
this international puzzle brought
France and Germany to the verge OF
war a very short time ago, the Ger
man note asserting that 1t is time TO
recognize Mulai Hafid as ruler of Mo-
rocco created a stir throughout Europe.
NIeTIndlN, UONSNSl, has IOl lSSOobiSSN
Mulai Hafid, nor even announced an
intention of disregarding the Algeciras
agreement. The agreement author
lied France and Spain to organize an
internal police force for Morocco and
made these two powers the guaran-
tors Of the internal peace Of the coun-
try The rebellion broke out before
their work was accomplished, or even
we'll under way. The victories of Mu-
lai Hafd brought about new situa-
ton. France and Spain were engaged
in the preparation Of note to be ad-
dressed to the powers which had signed
the Algeciras agreement This note
presented two questions for considera-
ton: Has Mulai Hafid attained such
a position in Morocco that he may be
looked upon as the de facto ruler OF
that country. and second. will he as
sumo the obligations which Abd-el-
Aziz, his predecessor, accepted wnen
he signed the Algeciras agreement? The
position taken by France and Spain
is that If these two questions can be
answered affirmatively and with such
assurances as will satisfy the powers
signatory to that agreement, then Mu-
lai Hafd should be recognized as the
ruler of Morocco. Germany merely
disregarded the special position Of
France and Spain and assumed the in
itiative in proposing to the other pow
ers the immediate recognition Of Mulai
Hafid. All the European powers eX-
cept Austria have replied that they
will take no action until they have con-
sidered the joint note from France and
Spain.
New Orleans, La, September IA:
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange and
the cotton merchants and planters Of
this section of the country will ask
the state of Louisiana to construct
gigantic cotton warehouse on the river
front in the city of New Orleans. The
plans are announced by w. B. Thomp-
son, president of the cotton exchange.
The proposed warehouse will be the
largest in the world, and will be big
enough to store the entire cotton crop
of the south. 1t will cost several mil
lion dollars. The prime object of the
movement is to control the cotton crop
and the prices Of the staple. In addi-
tion to the support of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange it has the backing Of
the Southern Cotton association. Dis
cussing the matter, President Thomp-
son of the Cotton Exchange said that
the plan meant millions Of dollars saved
Of Ta