Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05
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martial has not been given out; but II
is unofficially understood that the
court found the specifications against
Capt. Qualtrough proved, but wheth-
er with extenuating circumstances Is
not known, although this Is probably
the case. Nevertheless, 1t is believed
that Capt. Qualtrough will not be re-
stored to duty, but that Lieut.. Com
mander Kline will take the Georgia
home.
James Wilson, secretary OF agricul-
ture. is sitting on the lid" in connec-
ton with the recommendations OF the
committee of expert cotton classlners
designated by him to fix an omclai
standard for the various grades OF COT
ton. After a three days session the
committee has concluded its work ana
submitted its report to Secretary
Wilson. If the findings Of the COM
mittee were a state secret" they could
not be more carefully guarded. The
secretary will not discuss the nature
of the committees conclusions until ne
has carefully reviewed them. Meantime
officials Of the agricultural department
have pledged themselves to secrecy
It was learned, however, that the COM
mittee unanimously agreed upon an OIL
ficial standard for the nine dinerent
grades of cotton, as called for by con-
gress.
Cincinnati, Ohio, February 2: the
grand master of Ohio Masons, Charles
8 Hoskinson Of GAINESVILLE, has ten
dered TO William Howard Taft the rare
and high honor of being made a Mason
at sight. Judge Taft has accepted ana
will return to Cincinnati on Thursday,
February 18th, when the grand mas
ter will convene a distinguished COM
nany of Masons In the Scottish Rite
cathedral and exercise the high pre-
rogative which belongs only to a grand
master of Masons. This honor Is SO
rarely conferred that there Is but a
single instance now on record In the
hundred years of history Of Masonry
in Ohio when, in 1892, the Hon. Asa
A. Bushnell of Springfield, was made a
Mason at sight. In addition to prom
inent Ohio Masons, invitations Will De
sent to the grand masters or all the
other states in the Union to participate
in the convocation.
Washington, February 1: The case
of the Continental Wall Paper compa-
nv versus Lewis Voight and Sons OF
Cincinnati, was today decided by the
supreme court of the United States In
Voight's favor The suit was brought
by the company on debt OF $5T000'
payment Of which was resisted on the
ground that the paper company Is
trust. In effect, the decision holds that
an admitted trust, organized contrary
to the Sherman law cannot use the
court to collect debts. 1t was rep
resented that Voight bought over
100000 worth Of paper on which
he had paid fifty per cent more
than he would have had to pay
IL there was competition. 1t was
also set out that the Continental COM
pany had been organized to conduct
business Of various wall paper rae
tories in the United States and that
Voight, as jobber Of its products mad
been compelled to sign strict agree
ment on the threat that If he did not
do SO, no paper would be sold him, ana
II would be made impossible for him
to continue business. In the demurrer
the company admitted that it is a trust
and still contended that it could prop
erly collect debts due 1t.
Washington, February 2: An as
founding disclosure, it is declared, Is
pending in connection with the inves-
tigation Of the absorption of the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron company by the
United States Steel corporation. Cop
les of the last annual report Of the
Tennessee company have fallen into
the hands of members Of the senate
committee on the judiciary. These
contain the information that among the
assets Of the company are approximate
ly 700,O00,000 tons Of iron ore, valued at
81 a ton. The company was taken
over by the steel corporation at cost
of $300,000,000. This transaction, II
was testified by George w. Perkins, OF
]. P. Morgan & Co., was undertaken
solely to save certain financial inter-
ests Of New York from destruction
and to stop the panic Of last October.
This altruism, it is declared, netted the
Steel corporation s670,000,000 profit In
the value of the ore alone, to say
nothing of the value of the other ply
sical properties Of the coal and iron
company. AS q matter Of fact, 1t Is
pointed out, the transaction netted the
Steel corporation much more than this,
for it was not required to put up one
cent of real money. The substitution
Of its own bonds for the stock Of the
Tennessee company constituted the on
ly exchange that gave 1t control Of the
valuable property Of the lesser concern.
New Orleans, February 2: Secreta-
ry Hesters New Orleans cotton state
ment issued today shows the total for
January to be 1,433,71S bales against
1,522,5S8 last year. The movement
from September 1st to January 3lst,
inclusive, shows receipts at all United
States ports 7.444,0S1 against 6,252,S26
last year; overland across the Missis-
sippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to
northern mills and Canada, 797,414
against 374,9S3 last year; southern
mills takings, exclusive Of quantity
consumed at southern outports, 1,203,-
900, against 1,193,O0O last year, and in
terror stocks in excess of those held at
the commencement Of the season, $685.
426, against 412,545 last year. These
make the total movement Of the cot
ton crop brought into sight during the
five months ending with the close of
January, 10,127,931, against S,2S3,354
last year. Foreign exports for the five
months Of the season have been $780,
SIG bales, showing an increase over
last season Of 666,051. Stocks at the
seaboard and the 20 leading southern