Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-06-15
Scraps aud fafts.

LOWS. mere HIS pSSh AAouSA esN
decrease in acreage, probably about
per cent. Taking the belt as whole,
the condition of the plant leaves much
to be desired. The supply Of labor is
fairly adequate, as a rule, though
there is a good deal of complaint in
some sections" Among the reports
from the cotton belt of unusual fea-
lures Is the following from Austin,
Tex: THAT central Texas is without
cotton crop, with half Of the month
of June gone by, may be state of af-
fairs difficult to imagine, yet such is
the case, and to farmers of this sec
ton it is sad reality. This is gener-
ally adm itted throughout the rurai
precincts, and 1t is believed that the
same condition exists throughout the
state and most of the southwest. The
state department Of agriculture In
this city confirms this statement. In
fact there is so little cotton In the
ground that a comparison between
the acreage Of this year and that OF
last is next to impossible. About the
only cotton well grown at the pres
ent time is raised almost exclusively
by the hot house methods.
New York, June IL: Definite action
toward the dissolution of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway company receiversh1p
was taken here today. Although no
official statement was issued, 1t was
learned that the general reorganization
committee had met and practlcally
agreed upon a plan of reorganization
by which foreclosure of the property Is
to be avoided and the existing hrst
mortgage four per cent bonds Will re-
main undisturbed. Money to pay on
the receivers certificates and other i'm
mediate obligations will be raised by
the issue and sale of income bonds. 1t
is expected that the reorganization VIII
be effected without assessing either the
preferred or common shares. 1t Is
planned to retire $3,OO0,0O0 Of the col
lateral trusts, three year and ten year
five per cent notes before maturity.
AS now outlined $3,000,000 are to be
called on December /, and $4,250,00O on
January /, 1910, thereby automatically
terminating the receivership. The plan
also provides for the dissolution OF the
voting trust on January 1, 1910, while
a saving Of not less than 20 per cent in
fixed charges is expected under the
proposed plan. An official statement
embodying all these details probably
will be issued next week. The banking
houses associated with the reorganiza-
tion committee include Hallgarten &
Company and Blair & Company.
-Des Moines, Iowa, June IL: Corpor-
al Lisle Crabtree today probably fatally
shot Capt. John c. Raymond, COM
manding officer of Troop B, Second
United States cavalry, at Fort Des
Moines, shot and seriously injured First
Sergeant James II. Washburn, and
Corporal Elijah Such, who attempted
to disarm him, and then shot himself,
the bullet striking rib above the heart
and crushing the bone. He may recov-
er. Crabtree had been reprimanded by
Captain Raymond because of failure
to report when a leave Of absence had
expired. He had spent the night In
Des Moines and was to have returned
to his barracks at 7 a. m. The cor
poral insisted he had leave of absence
till Z o'clock tonight. Captain Ray
mond accepted this explanation, but
later Crabtree demanded hat he be
transferred to another department of
,iC tot poupnnn1
fused to consider, telling the corporal
he could not do that as long as he
was not a good soldier. Immediately
Crabtree drew a revolver and began
firing. Sergeant Washburn jumped to
his feet and grappled with the soldier,
suffering a bullet wound in the hand
and another in the jaw. Captain Ray
mond seized Crabtree's arm and was
about to disarm him when a bullet
struck him in the neck, lodging in the
spine. The captain dropped to the
floor, paralyzed. A bullet also struck
Corporal Such in the left arm. Crab
tree then fired a bullet into his own
body. Captain Raymond is the son Of
Brigadier General Charles w. Ray
mond, retired. He was 3S years old,
and was commissioned from Pennsyl-
vania-
Zach McGhee's Washington special
of June 13 to the Columbia State:
Some Of those close to Mr.. Taft are
saying that he is eager for the tariff
bill to pass just as it is, as fixed up by
Aldrich, with all the iniquities in it,
made solely in the interest of the pro-
tected classes and ''in violation Of the
pledge Of the Republican party" In
that case Mr.. Taft, they say, would
veto it, and thus do about the most
popular thing any president has done
in these modern times. 1t is certain
the president is doing lot Of talking
to his intimate friends and trusted
callers about vetoing this bill. He has
even let it be told those who are max
ing the bill that he does not like it in
it's present shape and that he will not
stand for it, Wouldn't it be q stroke
for him, should he veto a tariff bill,
and this one above all others? 1t has
SOllc duIodu lllcll llIlS SIlC Dill iielNS
by Aldrich in the interests of the ''in-
terests." Whatever the interests" is,
it is something which is dreadfully un-
popular in the. country right now. AL
drich and Cannon are dreadfully un-
popular; they have been held up to
scorn and denunciation, and they have
got about as much denunciation as
anybody in this country. Party per-
fidy and party dishonor" are nowhere
when it comes to calling names, COM
pared with the things which have
been said about these leaders. 1t is
pretty generally conceded that if this
bill goes through and Mr.. Taft signs
it as it is the G. o. P. will surely be
defeated next year and probably four
years from last November Does Mr..
Taft realize this? A gentleman who
has talked with him frequently on the