Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-26

1SSO37 for 1908. and 90,456 Sea Island
bales for 1909, and S0,19O for 1908
The total bales ginned in 1907 up to
January 10th were 12,176,199 represent
ing e3.S of the crop Of that year, and
of the 1908 crop 93.5 was ginned by
January 10Th. Today's report shows
bales ginned and number Of ginneries
operated respectively by states as tol-
lows: Alabama 1,317,266 and 3'44I;
Arkansas 931,54O and 2,1l5; FLORIDA
6s,57S and 254; Georgia 1,95l,74O and
Ass: Kansas, Kentucky and New
Mexico, 1877 and 6; Louisiana 45S'12S
and 1886; Mississippi 1,55l.265 and
3,476: Missouri 55,lS2 and IS; North
Carolina 661,295 and 2,756; Oklahoma
612.61S and 9S4: South Carolina l,l9S'-
$40 and 1929; Tennessee 32l,677 and
GAG: Texas 3,529,426 and 4,14S; Virgin
In 1854 and 115. Distribution of Sea
Island cotton for 1909 by states is Flor
ida $4,000; Georgia 1924; South Car
olina. 13,2O5. The corrected statistics
of the quantity of cotton ginned TINS
season TO January 1st are l2,465'2SS
bales.
- One of the most thrilling and in
teresting sea dramas on record, was
enacted out in the Atlantic off Nam
tucket. Mass. Saturday and Sunday
The features of it were the part play
ed by wireless telegraphy in saving
the lives of some two thousand people
who would have otherwise gone down
into watery graves without leaving
any intimation of their fate. In
thick fog the Italian Liner, FLORIDA
rammed the White Star Liner, Repub-
lie The collision was one of tremend-
Gus impact, tearing a great hole IN
the side of the Republic and smash
ing the bow of the Florida. Several
passengers were killed by the shock.
1t was certain that the Republic would
have to sink and there was but little
more hope for the Florida. The pas
sengers and crew Of the Republic,
however, were transferred to the Flor
ida as soon as possible. In the mean
time. the wireless orertors on both
ships sent out information to the effect
that they were in distress and asking
for relief from anywhere or every
where. The messages were caught up
by different vessels on the high seas
and others at New York and other
ports, and there was a general rush
TO the rescue. Notwithstanding the
continuance of the heavy fog that had
caused the original wreck, the distress
ed vessels were located and all the sur
viving passengers were rescued. The
Republic finally went down and the
Florida started. limping off to New
York, conveyed by several of the
rescuing vessels.
A "whang doodle" or some similar
varmint, has been exciting the resi-
dents of southern New Jersey and
many weird stories are being printed
in the Philadelphia papers telling
about the terrifying bird or beast that
is alarming the rural districts of that
state. A dispatch of Thursday, dated
Gloucester City, has the following to
say Of the terror: The strange ami
NAL which visited many South Jersey
towns and attracted much attention by
its peculiar footprints has not been
captured, but two persons who saw 1t
have been found. They are Nelson
Evans, a paperhanger and his wife,
who live at 20S Mercer street. The
Evanses were awakened yesterday
morning at 2.30 by noise, and look
ing out of the window of their bed
room, saw an object on the shed roof
which they watched for ten minutes
1t finally flew away. Mr. and Mrs.
Evans described the monster as being
about three feet six inches in height
with wings two feet long on each side
a head like a collie dog, with face
on the order of a horse long neck and
four legs The animal, they declared
used only it's two back legs, and the
other two, which were very short, were
held up close TO its body. They think
that it was trying to get in out of the
cold The marks Of its two hind feet
are exactly like those made in the
,ro,, i, oil tov,ns where il anueared
and ,bot II was the same animal which
hoe etirred the lower end of the state
,rara is no doubt Searching parties
are trying to capture the animal, but
whore il goes in the DAYTIME is a mys-
,o,.,." Tba varn,int was contured Fri
do,. neor pbi,odaInbio and nroyed tc
no an Australian yamprre, which had
,.conao from, q museum
Nashville Tenn J,nuary ~. The
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