Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
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ing to this programme American tToopS
will be available for service in the is
lands during the transition from the
provisional 10 the regular government
and for a reasonable time subsequent
will be on hand for duty. One trans
port will be used in bringing the troops
back to the United States and they will
be landed at such ports as may be
most convenient for them to reach the
stations to which they may be as
signed. The first of the troops will
sail from the island January l.
Secretary Cortelyou announces that
the Panama canal bonds have been
sold at an average of 1O2.4S6S. The
lowest accepted bid was at 1O2.211S.
There were 159 accepted bids amount
ing to $3O.OOO,OO0 Six hundred and
seventy-slX bids were rejected
amounting to $72,SOS,SOO. Among the
successful bidders were: Fish & Rob-
inson, New York city, five bids, $1,000
900; Chase National Bank, New York,
three bids. a million dollars each; the
National City Bank of New York, $1O,-
242,76O; Florida National Bank Jack
sonville, 100000 at 1925; Herman
Myers, Savannah. Ga, 100000 at
lO2.46.
- Washington, December S: The
Democrats of the house are planning
to demand an investigation of the pur-
chase of the Panama canal property
and in conformity with this programme
Representative Rainey of Illinois, in
troduced a resolution directing the
speaker to appoint a committee OF hVe
TO ascertain how much Of the $4,000
900 which appears on record to have
been paid to the French company, was
really paid to that company" 1t Is
said that the national Democratic COM
mittee requested Rainey to present the
resolution. The resolution provides that
the committee shall ascertain If any
portion of the s40,00O000 was directly
or indirectly paid to American citizens
TO an American syndicate and if any
member or senator profited by the
transaction. Following the introduc-
ton of his bill for a searching inVes-
tigation of the purchase of the Panama
canal property, Representative Rainey
made demand on the interstate COM
merce commission to see the records IN
the case. Mr.. Rainey says he will in
spect the records carefully and see
where the forty million dollars paid for
the canal went to.
Washington, December s: President
Roosevelt and President-elect Tart
publicly put themselves on record to-
day in advocacy Of the issuance OF
government bonds for the construction
of permanent public improvements TO
conserve the natural resources Of the
nation. President-elect Taft presided
at the Joint conservation meeting this
afternoon at the Belasco theatre in
this city at which President Roosevelt
made the principal address. Mr.. Roose-
welt and Mr.. Taft gave their unquah-
fed approval for the carrying out OF
expert plans for conservation OF the
nations resources. An audience, Whlch
filled the theatre and which included
tors, congressman and the governors
of several states, applauded every SEN
timent expressed. The joint meeting
brought the members of the conserva-
ton commission and the delegates to
the great Southern Commercial con-
gress, the members Of the Rivers and
Harbors congress and others interested
in working out a comprehensive plan
for making the most of lands, minerals,
forests and waters that belong to the
public domain Of the United States to-
gether.
Union City, Tenn, December s:
Eight indictments charging alleged
members of the night rider band OF
Reelfoot lake with murder in the first
degree were returned by the grand jury
late today, the indictments alleging
that the eight men named, Garret
Johnson, Sam Applewhite, Arthur
Cloar, Fred Pinion, Roy Ransom, Bob
Huffman, It'd Burton and Bub Norris
had a part in the actual putting TO
death Of Capt Quentin Rankin at wal
nut Log on the night Of October H.
last. All of the men indicted today
are under arrest and when their cases
are called for trial tomorrow the pros
ecutiCn will announce as ready. The
defense, however, will doubtless ask
and be granted a brief delay. The Wit
nesses upon whose evidence the in
dictments were drawn are Col. K. Il.
Taylor, the associate of Capt. Rankin,
who narrowly escaped a similar fate,
P. c. Ward, the hotel keeper at Wal
nut Log, Ed Powell, farmer who de-
clared that he was forced to accompany
the band on the night in question, and
Frank Ferrin, member of the clan
who has turned states evidence and
upon whose testimony the state de-
pends largely for a verdict. or the men
indicted today, five are those Whom
Judge Matthews at Nashville ordered
released under bond last week.
Washington, December s: a total
Of ll.01O,S64 bales Of cotton ginned from
the growth of 1908 to December l ana
26922 active ginnerieS against S,S43,-
396 bales ginned TO December l last
wear and 26,S54 ginneries a year ago
were announced in the census bureau
report on cotton ginned today. The
1907 crop was ll,O5I,S22, OF which 100
was ginned TO December l, the 1906
crop I2.9S9,2O1, were 77.2 to December
|, and 1905 crop 10,495,l05, with S2.S to
December /. In 1906 there were l0,lOI,-
S6S bales and in 1905 there were $685.
663 bales ginned tO December !. The
report counts round as half bales and
excludes linters. 1t includes 2O0,SlS
round bales for 1908, l54,636 for 1907
and 227,145 for 1906. Sea island bales
included 6S,497 for 1908; 55,299 for 1907:
and 4l.25O for 1906 Today's report
gives running bales ginned to December
! and active ginneries, respectively by
states, as follows: Alabama l,l7l,4Oi
bales and 3,429 ginneries; Arkansas
1913 bales and 2,O73 ginneries: Flor
ida 5S,677 bales and 251 ginneries;
Georgia 1.736,737 bales and 4,4Sl gin
neries: Kansas and Kentucky and
New Mexico 1874 bales and ginner-
les: Louisiana 397.179 bales and l,645
ginneries; Mississippi I291,291 bales