Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-06

VI Tie illlpOl lcllll lSSuSS VI I!iS NS'AAA
paign is the tariff. For forty years
out Of the last forty eight the business
of this country has been on a basis of
protective tariff. 1t has produced a
condition of diversified industries and
increased the number of skilled work.
men to millions, who are now receiving
the highest wages in the world and are
ENJOYING the comfort of living that
they have in no other country"
Washington, October 2: The cotton
crop report issued today by the depart
ment of agriculture shows that the
average condition of the cotton crop
on September 25th was 69.7 per cent
of a normal, against 76.1 on August
25th last; 67.7 September 25th, 1907;
71.6 on September 25th, 1906, and SIS
the average of the past ten years on
September 25th. The condition and
ten-years' average on September 25th,
respectively, by states follow: Virginia
rs and SIS; North Carolina 50 and II;
South Carolina 6S and 70; Georgia II
and II; Florida 70 and 10; Alabama 70
and 6S; Mississippi 70 and 6S; Louis
lana 55 and 6S; Texas II and SO; Ar
kansas 70 and 6S; Tennessee IS and "A;
Missouri 20 and 76; Oklahoma 70 and
70.
-Lemans, France, October 8: Will
bur Wright, the American aeroplanist,
who holds the worlds record for an
aeroplane flight, established another
worlds record this afternoon for time
and distance. With a French journal
ist by his side he remained in the air
for fifty-five minutes and thirty-seVen
seconds, circling the field twenty-four
times and covering a distance officially
estimated at 5S kilometres, or about S6
miles. His previous flight with pas
sengers was IL minutes, 35 2-5 SECONDS.
BY his feat today, Mr.. Wright practi-
cally fulfills the conditions of contract
signed by himself and Lazare WELLER,
who represents a syndicate, whereby
Mr.. Wright will receive 100000 and
the syndicate will take in return the
patent rights of the Wright machine
for France and the colonies, with the
privileges Of manufacturing aeroplanes
on this model.
Washington, October 2; The census
bureau report on cotton ginning issued
today shows 2,5S2,6SS bales, counting
round as half bales, ginned from
growth of 1908 to September 25th,
compared with 1,532,6O2 for 1907; g.
O57,2S3 for 1906, and 2,355,716 for 1905.
Number of active ginneries this year
Is 23,650, compared with 1921 for
1907: 20,416 for 1906 and 21,3S9 for 1905.
Round bales this year are 55,01S, COM
pared with 43,369 for 1907; 66,502 for
1906, and 74,S16 for 1905. Sea island
11,275 for 1908: 4,259 for 1907; 2,6S9
for 1906, and 1895 for 1905. BY states
the number Of bales Counting round
as half bales), and active ginneries res
pectively, for 1908, follows: Alabama
307,5OS bales and 2,911 ginneries; Ar
kansas S5,S27 bales and 1,49O ginneries;
Florida 1856 bales and 1S5 ginneries;
Georgia 510,290 bales and 1875 ginner-
les; Kentucky III bales and l ginnery;
Louisiana S1,207 bales and 1882 gin
neries; Mississippi 19S,43 bales and O.
63S ginneries; Missouri Abb bales and
Al ginneries; North Carolina S9,19S
bales and 1912 ginneries; Oklahoma
1O,141 bales and 522 ginneries; South
Carolina 2SS,927 bales and 4,699 gin
neries; Tennessee 2S,12S bales and 419
ginneries: Texas $751; ,S35 bales and 1854
ginneries; Virginia 379 bales and 35
ginnerles The distribution of sea is
land cotton for 1908 by states is Flor
ida 5,092: Georgia 5,S13; South Caro-
lima $40.
Washington Star: Mr.. Bryan shows
that his somewhat extensive expert
ence in campaigning has taught him
things by the manner in which he
cOnserves his strength when on the
road. Any one who thinks that fly
by-night speechmaking tour is fun
should try it for while. But the peer
strenuosity of it in great shape by
sleeping and resting every possible
minute that he can. Every time he
winds up a five or ten minute speech
from the rear platform Of his car-and
he made a couple of dozen Of these on
the run from New York to Rochester
he hustles back into his stateroom
and lies down. Sometimes he sleeps
and sometimes he just rests. He even
dictates to his secretary while stretch
Of tho time
And when he finishes a night speech
and returns to his car or to his hotel,
dripping wet with perspiration from
the eXertion he has a bath and a
rundown and jumps into bed. There
isn't a burning issue hot enough to
keep him up a minute later than neces-
sary. He puts all Of them off until
morning, confident that they won't
cool. Consequently, after a comet-like
tour of the country for about month,
he is now, or was few days ago,
as fresh mentally and physically as
when he started and in even better
shape vocally. The more he talks the
clearer and stronger his voice seems to
get, and he has no fear of any trouble
from that source during the continua-
ton of the campaign.
New York, October 3: According to
the figures of the Financial Chronicle,
the worlds visible supply Of all kinds
of cotton last evening totalled 2,167,299
bales, as compared with 2,3S3,934 bales
a year ago and 214O,3S0 bales two
years ago. The visible supply of
American cotton totalled 1,59S,299
bales, as against 1,626,S34 bales a year
ago, and 1,3S7,3SO bales two years ago.
The into sight for the week totalled
45S,55O bales, as against 304,524 bales
for the corresponding week last sea-
son. For this season to date, the into
sight totals 1924 bales, as against
1,073.516 bales for the corresponding
period last season. Southern cOnsump-
ton to October was estimated at
$50, 900 bales, as compared with 23S,OOO
bales for the corresponding period last
season. Northern spinners' takings to
October 2 totalled 124,29S bales, as
o1oipC+ 1O0 4A1 baleS for the CORES