Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
Scraps aud faets.

points TO total Oh 1V,oEo,VVV paieS'
The figures by states follow: Ala
bama, 1850, 900; Arkansas, 725,O0O;
Georgia and Florida, 2,000,000; Lou
isiana $4,000; Mississippi, 100000;
North Carolina, 725,000; Oklahoma,
$4,000; South Carolina, 1,15O,O0O;
Tennessee, 100000; Texas, 2,600,00O.
Total, 10,625,O0O. These figures re-
late to actual growth and are eX-
elusive Of linters, repacks and similar
items. Correspondents report that
farmers have hitherto been disposed
to sell freely at current prices nut
now are inclined to hold the rem
nant.
st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 81: While
not entirely agreeing with the recent
statement issued by Bradstreet
which intimates that the consump-
ton Of food products in this country
has caught up with production,
James ]. Hill says that the point
has been nearly reached and that we
are so close to 1t that there Is reason
for alarm "It Is matter which
should be seriously considered, said
Mr.. Hill today. Our present balance
of trade Is an indication that the mar
gin between our production and con-
sumption is becoming narrower.
comparison Of the figures OF ten years
ago and those Of today shows that
our enormous balance OF that time
has dwindled away. We are not ex-
porting foodstuffs as we were. we
are consuming them ourselves. The
increase in price this year over last
wear Is a matter of supply and de-
hand"
A Washington correspondent
writes: Old Jones-the man who
likes his toddy-will never nave any
more peace Col. William j. Bryan
that grand old globe-trotting DEM
ocrat, has put out the word that ne
Is for prohibition. He may run tor
the presidency again, and II he does,
he will paramount the ticker evil.
once It was the crime of seventy
three" Then other things. No telling
what next. But the blow has already
fallen. A bill passed here last win.
ter provides against the shipping OF
whisky c. o. D. into dry territory.
This law, which goes into effect jan
uary /, next, reads: 1T shall be for-
hidden to collect the purchase price
of liquor shipped as interstate iom-
.nerce, before, on or after delivery,
IN prohibition states" This means
that old Jones must send the cash
with his order, or get his elixir OF
life on time. This will stop the
"John Doe" traffic. Smart dealers,
It is said, have learned to ship car
goes of their liquid refreshments 10
express or railroad agents to De turn
ed over to John Doe" or some otn-
er good fellow who called for them.
Now, II one knows Of such an ar
rangement, he can go to an agent
and call for what he wants ana gee
it. This will cease after the first OF
the new year. The ropes are being
time.
Old Jones' neighbors are taxing
care that he does not hurt himself.
McAlester, Okla, Nov. u: A
case that is believed to be absolute
ly without a parallel in medical or
legal annals in this country mas srls-
en- here involving rival physicians In
a little town in this county. The
child of one Of the physicians was
dangerously Ill Of diphtheria, when
the father telephoned to physician
in this city to rush a supply or anti
toxin to him. The McAlester physl-
clan engaged a boy at livery barn
to drive the twenty-five miles with II.
lie reached the town about l O'CLOCK
in the morning and inquired at the
first house he came to. The man VINO
answered said he was going to the
physicians home to sit up the re-
mainder of the night and would take
the medicine. The boy gave the man
the antitoxin and returned home.
The doctors child died in a few
hours. Later the father advised the
physician " no had sent the antitoxin
that 1t never reached him. Coming
to McAlester to Investigate he found
the boy, heard his story and took him
home with him to point out the house
where he gave the man the antitoxin:
The boy led him to the house OF
the rival physician who was treating
a case of diphtheria at the same time
the other physicians child was dying
of the disease. He saved his case.
The physician who lost his child Is
preparing to bring a suit for dam
ages against his rival. Learning OF
this the accused physician obtained
warrants for the messenger boy,
charging him with criminal careless
ness and perjury.
Washington, Nov. 81: Fifty per
cent more work than was contem-
plated in the original estimate and
twenty per cent increase in the money
paid in different forms to employees
will be required for the completion
Of the Panama canal, which President
Taft has promised will be ready LOT
use not later than January l, 1918.
Under the estimate of the 1sthmian
Canal commission made in its annual
report, just made public, brings the
total cost of engineering and con-
struction up to S297,766,OOO. II the
purchase price and cost Of sanitation
are added they will make the cost Of
the work total s375,201,00O. Changes
have increased the quantity OF work
to be done and the commission eX-
plains labor conditions in this para
graph: Prosperous conditions In the
United States, combined with the un-
savory reputation that the isthmus
had regarding it's healthfulness made
it necessary in order to secure labor
to increase the wage scale from thir-
ty to sixty per cent over those PAID
in the United States for similar clas-
ses of work. Certain gratuities as
additional inducements were also Of
fered, which, in the main, have since
been continued. Moreover, the pro-
visions of the eight hour law were
made applicable to the isthmus.
Lee Fisher, a professional base
hall PLAYER, was arrested in Nashville,
Tenn, last Sunday afternoon and con-
fessed to having burglarized the
home of Mr.. E. T. Lewis, promi-
nent business man of that city, the
night before. The burglary was
a half Fisher leisurely ransacked the
room of Misses Mamie and Lillian
Lewis while they lay in their bed and
feigned sleep. They bravely acted in
mis- unconscious role, fearing as they
said, that should they cry out their
father would rush in and would be
murdered by the burglar. Even
when the intruder deliberately
caught hold of and examined Miss
Nannie's hand, in search for rings,
the girls apparently slept on. FL
nally the tension was too great when
Fisher held a lighted match so close
to Miss Lillian's face that it seemed
her hair would be singed. who
are you" cried the girl, as she raised
to a sitting posture. The burglar
rushed to the open window and leaped
to the ground just as Mr.. Lewis en-
tered the door of his daughters room,
attracted by their cries. From the
description furnished by the young
women, the police soon arrested
Fisher, who is about twenty years
old. Last year he played with the
Athens, Alabama team.
Albert T. Patrick, the attorney
now serving a life sentence in Sing
Sing prison for the murder of William