Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-10

ginned up to September 1, 200,27S
bales. and with 1906, when the total
to that date was 407,551 bales. The
377,552 bales ginned this season were
distributed as follows: Alabama 49,
373, Arkansas 363, Florida S,b44'
Georgia los, ,927,. Louisiana 3,41s, mis-
sissippi 1910. North Carolina LOSS,
Oklahoma 1857, South Carolina 49,
O4S. Tennessee 4, Texas 227,
These figures count round bales as
half bales. There were 11,137 round
bales this year and 20,S6S last year.
-Aldershot, England, September 8:
During a dead calm at an early hour
today, Capt. F. S. Cody, the American
who has been in the ser.
vice of the British army for several
wears, achieved what Is believed TO De
the worlds record for a cross-country
flight in an aeroplane. In the big ana
machine, which Is his
own invention, Capt. Cody remained
in the air for one hour and three min
utes, covering in that time distance
of over forty miles. He crossed over
valleys that intersect the plain OF Al
dershot, passed over and arouna tne
barracks and circled the spire OF the
village church. His machine was
under perfect control, and at times
rose to an altitude Of 400 feet. II
travelled occasionally at rate of 90
miles an hour. Cody had to land be-
cause his fuel gave out. AS ne was
the machine struck the
ground rather forcibly, but 1t was only
slightly damaged.
Birmingham, Ala, September z:
Not g. word was given out tonight as
to what took place at the first execu.
tive session of the National Farmers
Cooperative and Educational union
this afternoon. 1t is understood that
the principal work Of the convention
will be an agreement upon the MIMI
mum price which is to be accepted
for cotton this season. At the open
meeting this morning, after listening
to seven speeches of welcome and
response by President Charles Barrett,
the convention began its business ses-
sion. The keynote Of all the speeches
was the necessity for the farmer to
ioin with the trades union movement
for his own protection against the ag-
gression of capital. The speakers all
went on record as against the employ
ment of women or children in the
cotton fields or in the mills. Congress
man Underwood of Alabama made a
stirring appeal to the farmers to aid
in every way the movement for good
roads as one of the strongest factors
in the advancement Of agriculture.
New York, September 6: Statis-
ticians who are eminently qualified 10
form estimates, believe that the Unit
ed States census to be taken next year
will show a population of between 9O,-
OO0,0O and 95,000,000 persons. They
would not be surprised If the fgures
ran as high as 00,000,000. These esti-
IL
reau figures on the population Of the
United States up to the census of 1900
as compared with the estimated pop
ulation of the larger cities Of the Unit
ed States for 1908. While the census
bureau Is not permitted to offer any
such advance estimates, its officials
rely implicitly upon the knowledge
and ability of the statisticians, who
make the estimates. The department
of agriculture at Washington esti-
mates that the number Of farms in
this country has increased from A.
564,641 in 1890 to 100000 in 1907;
the total acreage has increased from
623, ,000,0 900 in 1890 to over 1000, ,OOO,--
900 in 1908, and that the capital Of
the farmers in the form OF land,
buildings, improvements, live stock,
implement and machinery Is now
computed at $2S,000,000,000 which
represents an increase of rs or 80 per
cent over 1890.
Washington, Sept. Z: The Turkish
government has invited bids for $780,
500, 900 bonds bearing 4 per cent in
terest with l per cent for an amorti-
zation fund. The imperial Ottoman
embassy in Washington today an
nOunced officially that, on the strength
Of article thirty-siX Of the financial
law for the current financial year, the
imperial Ottoman minister Of finance
has decided to contract loan OF s.
100000 Turkish pounds (approxi-
mately $30,S00,000), the rate Of inter-
est being per cent and the rate or
amortization l per cent. The product
of this loan will be devoted to the
payment of the debt due to the Orien-
tai railways according to recent ar
rangements; the payment OF the debts
of the deposed sultan; to the estab-
lishment of an extraordinary rel1ef
fund to be used for repairing the
damage caused by the recent disturb
ances at Adana; to the meeting of
the deficit Of the imperial budget for
the current year; to the payment OF
indemnitieS to officials placed on the
retired list as a result Of the reorgani-
zation of the various departments of
state, and finally to the meeting Of the
expenses to be incurred by the reor-
ganization of the civil and military
pensions service.
A number of village priests, after
making Journeys over miles of devast-
ed country, arrived at Monterey,
Mex, last Wednesday, bringing the
first news of the destruction wrought
by the recent floods in the outlying
districts. Their stories indicate that
the havoc Is more widespread and ter
rible than was at first believed. The
priest of Arramberi has Informed
Archbishop Lenares that Arramberi
was destroyed and today his people
are wandering over the country in
search of food. The destruction of
the roads has made it impossible to
send relief supplies. The story brought
in by the priests of La Ascension is to
the effect that this town and its popu-
lation of 1000 souls have entirely
disappeared. The people, he says,
may have taken to the hills, or they
may have perished. Where there
were once rich farms there is now
nothing but water" he said. Anoth-
er priest from Allende says that place
also has disappeared with large loss
of life, and that the neighboring fields
have been converted into lakes. The
priests were more than a week in
making their way into Monterey.
They described the destruction as the
most awfn ever experienced in Mexi-
co. Aid is urgently needed in these
outlying districts particularly, as the
authorities are busy with Monterey
and its vicinity. Bustamente and La
Escondida have been added to the
list of destroyed villages.
E. Lefebvre, the French aviator,
was killed by fall in his aeroplane in
which he was practicing over the avi-
alton field at Juvis sur Orge, France,
last Tuesday afternoon. NJ. Lefebvre
sustained mortal injuries when the
machine crashed to the ground. Aid
was rendered him but he died soon
after. The cause of the accident re-
mains a mystery. The machine left
the ground easily and flew around
the aerodrome at a height of about 20
feet, making the turn easily. Suddenly