Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-07
Scraps aud facts.

the seventh QlSITlCl. 1hSSC oiO bSsSSN
largely on legal technicalities.
london, Dec. s.: Premier Balfour
has written to a Manchester cores
pondent on the conditions Of the cot
ton industry, the salient points OF
which he is aware Of. He says that
Lancashire has already acutely sufrer-
cred from the fact that so much OF
the worlds supply is grown In one
area, and that the annual price Is
therefore largely dependent upon
single set of climatic conditions, while
a second danger, somewhat more re-
mote. but not the less formidable, Is
the fact that the world Is WITHIN
measurable distance Of the time when
the United States will require all nome
grown cotton for their own indus
try. To mitigate or remedy the evils
Mr.. Balfour believes that private en-
terprises for the purpose OF extend
ing the area Of production should be
supplemented by public AID aithoueh
the precise aid to be given by the
state must be matter for future con-
s,deration. He winds up his commu-
nication by virtually promising that
II the Unionists are returned at tne
general election, public assistance will
be forthcoming.
London, Dec. 8: King Edwards s
second parliament, which appears des-
t,ned to become a memorable one In
the country's history, was prorogued
today with the customary formalities'
1t will soon be dissolved and writs Is
sued for new elections to the house
of commons. The pollings will begin
January IS, and will extend through
out January "a. The new parliament
will assemble about the middle OF
February. Although Premier AS
ouith has made no formal arrange
ments to meet the situation created
by the rejection Of the budget by the
house of lords, the commissioners OF
customs. acting under instructions
from the treasury, have issued no.
tice that taxes on tea, tobacco, spirlts'
ETC.. will continue to be collected pend
ing the assembling of the new par
lament. The trades which were af.
fected by this order all practically
agreed to this course being pursued
in order to avoid disturbance in busi-
ness. Any deficiency in the govern
ment's service pending the assembling
of the new parliament will be met by
an issue Of treasury bills.
London Daily Mail: After an alb
sence of forty years John Peck, ma
tive of Nottingham, returned to Eng
land recently and discovered that he
was still liable to be arrested for hav-
ing deserted from his regiment In
1869. His career, however, has been
SO remarkable that when the facts
were related the war office not only
granted him free pardon, but pen
sion as we'll. Peck ran away from
home at the age Of twelve and went
to sea. He subsequently Joined the
army and served in the Crimea. After
peace was declared he got transferred
to another regiment and was ordered
out to India, where he went through
the mutiny. Later he quarrelled
with an officer and deserted. He had
a hard time as South African dia-
mond prospector, but whenever a
chance Of fighting occurred he al
ways embraced it, and so he served
against the Basutos, the Zulus and the
Beers His relatives had not heard
Of him for fifty-three years, when he
recently reappeared. He is now
seventy-two years Of age and is bent
on going back to South Africa to find
work in the mines.
Worcester, Mass, Telegram: I'm
Gle Sam is sending out a circular to
show farmers how they can raise
gourds and make pipes for smokers
at a profit. The gourds do not grow
as rapidly as the gourds Of ancient
time, but 1t Is claimed that they can
be produced in almost any part Of this
country from seed that Is supplied by
the government, with the directions for
planting and for making pipes. The
fad comes from South Africa, where
the gourd is called the calabash. Beers
made pipes of the gourds for many
years, but the world took little notice
until after the Boer war, when the
English began to import them. Later
the demand spread to the United
States, and now there Is large mar
ket for the pipes at sS to s12 each, ac-
cording to the circular Of the depart
ment Of agriculture. The Beers tried
to monopoliZe the seed Of the gourd,
but a large supply has been secured,
and there is prospect that the crop will
become general. 1t is claimed that the
gourd pipes color like meerschaum and
are highly appreciated by smokers.
AS no two gourds are exactly alike,
each smoker has a pipe of special
pattern, and as the sizes vary so much
the work of preparing them is done
by hand, instead of machinery.
- Panama, December 4: Cleared for
action and with guns trained on the
p6ldSS VI SONSiAOA, NhS
gunboat Vicksburg is in command Of
the situation at Corinto, Nicaragua, ac-
cording to advices received here to-
night. Following the severance of di-
plomatic relations between the United
States and Nicaragua, the commander
of the Vicksburg took prompt and
energetic steps to protect Americans
and American interests at Corinto.
Notice was served on the provincial
governor, the local representative Of
President Zelaya, that the Vicksburg
would hold him personally responsible
for any harm that should befall Amer
leans in Corinto. Added emphasis was
given to this notice by the further
statement that the Vicksburg would
train her guns on the governors palace
and shoot it full of holes the moment
the commander received news of an
attack on an American. The emphatic
stand of the Vicksburg's commander
had a most salutary effect on the To-
cal Nicaraguan authorities. Not the