Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-16

the pieces he had heard played by
others. In 1861 he became so prom
cient on the instrument that he was
taken to New York and exhibited as
phenomenon and later was widely
heard in the United States and Eu-
rope.
One lad was instantly killed and
four others seriously, perhaps tatally
injured by lightning near Lexington
Davidson county, y. c., sunday morn
ing in an unusual manner The boys
We're out gathering plums when a
heavy storm came up and they TOOK
refuge in the office of q deserted man.
nfacturing building. Formerly tel
ephone had been in use in the office but
n had been removed. leaving only the
wires. Lightning struck the wires
outside the building and travelled 10
the office where the boys had gamer
ed. instantly killing Odell Young II
years old. and injuring four others 50
seriously that they have not regalheu
consciousness. There were seven IN
the party and two were unin1uLeu,
They hurried to a nearby residence
and gave the alarm, summoning ald
TO the injured. None of the injured
bows were over IS years OF age. The
ininred are: Ernest Bean, 10 years
old: Mack Andrews, IA years oid;
Everett Walbern, II years old; Hollis
Crayer. IS years old. Neither the
dead lad nor those injured hear
marks of the deadly stroke that fell-
ed them.
San Francisco. June IA: Assem-
bling of the warships of the Atlalltlc
fleet in San Francisco harbor prepara-
tory to the beginning of the long
homeward voyage across three great
Roads has begun,
ONLY nine Of the fighting vessels are
now in man-of-war row, but at Mare
island navy yard and in dry dock at
Hunters Point are twenty-five hght.
ing craft of various kinds, some OF
them among the number which Will
make the long voyage. The ships OF
the Atlantic fleet now on the North-
ern Pacific coast have been ordered 10
proceed to San Francisco as soon as
possible. A departure scheduIe mas
been arranged whereby the Georgia
will leave Puget sound on June l6tn'
the Wisconsin on June 22d, the ILL.,
nois. on June Goth. the Kentucky on
June 25th, the Nebraska on June
27th, the Rhode Island, the Virginia
and the New Jersey on June 2Sth ana
the Kearsarge on June 29th. 1t rs
expected that by July 4th all the yes
sells of the Atlantic and the Paclnc
fleets will be assembled in San Fran
cisco bay and the long lines or war
vessels on the anchorage grounds VIII
remain unbroken until the morning
of July 7th, when the Atlantic fleet;
headed by the flagship Of Admiral
Sperry, the Connecticut, Will steam
out on the first long leg or the Trip
around two thirds of the world.
- New York, June 10: The Finan-
toll EOn1ra1 9H.4S 0
bales came into sight last week as
against $500 bales for the CORES
pOnding week last year. This ran the
total to date for this season to 1O,SO6,-
539 bales, against 12,92S,2S6 bales for
the corresponding period last year
Southern consumption to June IL
was estimated at 1,S63,OOO bales,
against 1,946,000 bales last season;
Northern spinners' takings totalled
1.6S7.613 bales compared with 2,54O,-
eos bales last season. The visible sup
ply of all kinds Of cotton aggregated
2,9SS.l37 bales as against 3,90S,929
bales a year ago The visible sup
ply Of American cotton totalled l.
929,137 bales, against 2,532,S29 bales
a year ago. SpinnerS took 2OO,32Z
bales of American cotton during the
week. as compared with 177,SO9 bales
during the corresponding week last
year. Spinners' takings of American
cotton to date this season total w.
213,246 bales, compared with 1885,
6l3 bales for the corresponding per-
iod last season. Exports from United
States ports for the week were 56,999
bales, compared with 35,424 bales for
the corresponding week last year. The
amount Of cotton on Shipboard last
evening. not cleared, was SO,242 bales
compared with 1908 bales a year
ago. A well-known English statisti-
clan placed the total takings by Euro
pean spinners from Oct. l to June
at 7,13S,0O0 bales, compared with T.
$4,000 bales for the corresponding
period last season. Stocks in Great
Britain on June l. totalled $4,000 bales,
compared with $4,000 bales at the
corresponding date last season. Con-
tinental stocks on June l tOtalled l.
5S4. 900 bales. against 1.4S1.000 bales at
the corresponding date last season.
- Charlotte Observer: An Italian
banker of New York makes the esti-
mate that within the past twelve
months his re-migrating countrymen
have taken home with them some
S4OO. 900. 900 of American money, or
more than the amount received by
the United States for all the cotton
thus far exported during the present
fiscal year. This estimated amount
owing to the great numbers of loose
footed foreigners fleeing our indus
trial depression, is very much larger
than the normal amount for similar
periods, but it helps to show what be-
comes of the huge annual trade bal
ance in our favor. At all times the
stream of remittanCeS from the United
States. in person and by draft, con-
stitutes an important factor in the
prosperity Of Italy. Nearly all Euro
pean countries profit TO some extent
Then there are such large items as
shipping payments, expenditures Of
tourists, and the purchase money OF
titles for American women. The in
come from investments i'm the United
States, especially to Great Britain.
remains large. These drains consider
ed it is no wonder that the gold
stream flows EurOpe'S way as often
as not. BY cOndemning us to indus
trial isolation the Dingley tariff COM
pels almost exclusive reliance upon
the raw or Semi-raw products of our
soil and mines for the payment of
our European obligations, and thus
makes difficult what should be an easy
task despite the offsets noted. Take
away the south's cotton and the coun-
try would fare hard. There are many
factors in international trade rela-
tionS which do not reveal themselves
10 the man who looks no further than
the apparent balance for the United
States and against Europe.
- Boston, June y: Cardenio F.
King, the financial agent, who for
some time maintained extensive Of
fees in Boston and New York, and
who left this city last February, ap-
peared at police headquarters here
today and surrendered himself to an
swer to an indictment charging him
with larceny of $25,33S. An indict-
ment containing thirty-one counts,
which was returned against him two
months after he went away, is based
on the evidence of persons who claim
ed to have sent money to King FOR
him to buy stock for them. and that
the stock had not been delivered. \
few days after his disappearance a
receiver was appointed to take charge
of Kings business. and after an eX-
animation of his books ii was found
that only a few dollars i'm cash and
bank deposits remained. King is a
native of North Carolina. Formerly
he was engaged in newspaper work,
but for many years he has been active
as a promoter and financial agent. In