Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-14
Scraps and facts.

gross weight. The estimated proouc-
ton, in 500-pound gross weight bales,
by states is as follows: Virginia, TO-
600; North Carolina $4,000; South
Carolina, 1,O95, 900; Georgia, 1.SOO.-
900: Florida $1,000; Alabama, 1920
600; Mississippi, 1,020,0O0; Louisiana,
100000; Texas, 2.57o,0o0; Arkansas
715,o00; Tennessee, 100000; Missouri,
$4,000; Oklahoma, $4,000. United
States 10.0Ss.000.
New York, Dec, II: That many
railroad employees deliberately seek
danger and practically MAIN them
selves for the purpose Of getting
compensation from the railroad COM
panies. was the assertion Of A. l..
Layman, general attorney Of the New
York Central railroad before state
commission which is holding hear
ings on employers liability in New
York this week. Ninety-eight per
cent of the accident claims Of employ
ees. he said, are settled out Of court
Another witness testified that more
than 10000 persons in New York
city and a number proportionately as
large in Chicago, Pittsburg and other
great railroad centers, spend their
entire time preparing and pushing
claims against the railroads.
Recent estimates by travellers are
that the population Of the Chinese
empire may exceed by 200.o0O,00O
or more the official figure Of 400,-
100000. This recalls that the British
authorities when they began to count
the millions Of India with care and
precision discovered that the popula-
iton of Hindustan was much greater
than 1t had been estimated. The
same thing happened when modern
census-t taking was extended to British
Burma. Japan also surprised for
eigners who know the country well
by the totals reached when the peo-
ple were counted in the modern fash
ion with accuracy and thoroughness.
Now comes the census Of Bangkok,
the capital Of Siam, which shows
that the population Is much greater
than it had been supposed to be-.
Estimates used to run from 100000
ND to 500, 900, but the census reveals
a total of ss7.541 inhabitants.
New York, Dec. 10: Net since
the Sully boom Of 1904 has the New
York Cotton Exchange witnessed a
more sensational scene or spectacular
rise in prices than occurred today
with the announcement Of the gov
ernment crop report. With galleries
crowded with visitors from the
south, augmented by friends Of spec
ulators, the cotton market scared to
a new high record for the season
with gains of more than two dollars
a bale over yesterday. Both May
and July options touched the high
mark Of 1889. both gaining AZ points
over yesterdays close. Bulls sold
enormously, supplying the demand
of shorts. The market continued ex-
cited until the close, with an esti-
mate that five hundred thousand bales
changed hands in the last hour.
May closed at 1857 and July at 1874.
At two o'clock this afternoon the
news of the governments estimate
that there were only 10,0SS,000 bales
became known. This is the smallest
crop since '03. Immediately there was
tremendous rushing Of buying or
ders and prices began to soar.
Union City, Tenn, December 10:
In all of its brutal details the story OF
the murder of Capt. Quentin Rankin
at Walnut Log, on Reelfoot lake, by
a band Of masked and armed night
riders, was retold to jury in the cir
cult court here today. Col. r. 2. Tay-
lor, Capt. Rankin's companion on the
night Of the murder, and whose life
also was sought by the night riders,
was the chief witness for the state
today in the prosecution OF Garrett
Johnson and Arthur Cloar, alleged
leaders of the night riders, on an in
dictment charging them with the
murder of Capt. Rankin. Little of
the dramatic intensity attached to
Col. Taylor's evidence in the first trial
was lost in the repetition today. Col.
Taylor, as in the previous trial, min
utely described the events which led
up to the crime itself and then told
how Capt. Rankin was first hanged
and then shot, and how he himself
escaped by plunging headlong into
the dark water Of Bayou Deshau,
swimming to the far bank while hail
Of bullets splashed the water around
him. P. c. Ward, proprietor OF the
hotel where Capt. Rankin and Col.
Taylor were lodging the night OF the
murder, and James F. Carpenter, at
whose instigation Capt. Rankin and
Col Taylor visited the lake as repre-
sentatives of the West Tennessee Land
company, also testified today. All
three of the witnesses underwent
lengthy cross-examinations by the
defense, but their testimony remained
unshaken. 1t was understood today
that the state would build its case
along the same lines as the former
trial, having secured no additional
evidence.
Washington, December 10: Sec
retary of War Dickinson today prom
ised to act finally on recommen-
dation which will be Of almost meal
culabIe importance to the entire cot
ton industry of the United States
from the grower to the mill man. 1t
means that after recommendation is
made, the war department Will use
cotton in preference to gunny or Jute
for the sacks in which its supplies are
transported. Inc HuHlueI VI S1Shs
for such purposes amounts to hun
dreds of thousands in year. The
present regulation for sacks specifies
"either cotton or jute." For some
time the National Farmers union,
particularly through the Farmers
union of northeast Texas, has been
working to have the regulations mod
ified to give cotton preference. To-
day R. d. Bowen, chairman OF the
executive committee Of the Texas un-
ion, with a score of congressman from
the south, called on the secretary to
urge his Endorsement Of cotton, and
the secretary gave his assurance that
he will rule in favor of cotton, strict
ly an American product, over jute or
gunny, which comes largely from In
dia. To the cotton mill men 1t means
that thousands Of dollars worth OF
waste which has heretofore been sold
for little or nothing can be turned to
account in the manufacture Of sacks
The farmers union is working to have
cotton used in preference to alien pro-
ducts in all departments Of the gov
ernment. The postoffice department
used about 100000 pounds Of jute
twine for wrapping each year, and