Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-10
Scraps and facts.

ceeding appeals the question mas peen
carried through the food and drink ex-
perts Of the department Of agriculture,
charged with the administration Of the
pure food and drug act, to the solicitor
general of the United States and to the
president himself. The printed evil
dence and the briefs Of the attorneys
who have appeared in the controversy.
form a record equal to that of many Of
the cases which the supreme court OF
the United States is called unon to de-
termine, and the president Is living
again the life of Federal judge when
he takes to his private library in the
evening the volumes Of testimony and
argument which he peruses in the hope
Of reaching soon a strictly legal decis-
ion on the mooted question. The whole
controversy hinges on the question OF
whether whisky, artificially aged and
highly rectified, is whisky or Imitation
whisky" when compared with whisky
which is aged and colored by the old
fashioned method of storage in white
red on the inside.
New York, December s: The re-
port of the census bureau showing only
S,S7S,277 bales of cotton ginned to De-
cember /, compared with 11,00S.661 to
the same date last season, was follow
ed by increased activity and consider
able excitement in the cotton market
this morning with May contracts SELL
ing up to 1889 or II points above the
closing figures of last night, and at a
new high record for the season. Heavy
realizing, attributed to some of the
leading bulls, caused slight recessions
during the morning, but there was
great volume of outside buying and the
market showed very firm tone with
bulls claiming that the census figures
indicated q government estimate of
under 10,25O,0OO bales. The cotton crop
last year was in the neighborhood of
13,S00,000 bales. The market became
even. more active later in the day, with
buying orders reaching the ring from
all directions, while II looked as though
some Of the largest Of the old bulls
were replacing cotton which they had
sold below Is cents in expectation or
16 cents before Christmas. May con-
tracts sold at 1850, or $1.40 per bale
above the closing bid of last night,
while August advanced to 1895, or $2.40
a bale. The close was steady with the
general market showing gain for the
day Of from IA to 43 points.
Washington, December 8: There
were S,S7S,277 running bales Of cotton
ginned from the growth Of 1909 to De-
cember /, as compared with l1,O0S,S61
for 1908, according to bulletin of the
census bureau issued today. These fig
ures count round as half bales, and ex-
clude linters. They stand against g.
343,396 for 1907, and 10,027,S for 1905.
The proportion of the last three crops
ginned to December / is S4.1 per cent
for 1908, 755 per cent for 1907, and 77.2
for 1906. Round bales included this
year are 133,919 against 201,4S0 includ-
ed for 1908, and 154,636 for 1907. Sea
Island bales included are 77,776 for
1909; 1886, for 1908, and 55,299 for
1907. The distribution Of Sea Island
cotton by states for 1909 is: Florida
25,9O6, Georgia 43,11S, and South Caro-
lima 8,752. The total cotton crop report
for 1908 was 13,0s6,005, and for 1907 is
11,057,S22. The corrected statistics Of
the quantity of cotton ginned this sea-
son to November IA, are S,112,119 bales.
BY states, the cotton ginned from the
1909 growth to December l, follows:
Alabama 919,575. Arkansas 613,S7l,
Florida 55,95S, Georgia 1,677,232, Louis
lana 2S7,553, Mississippi S66,s5O, North
Carolina 536,16S, Oklahoma 504,S26,
South Carolina 9SS,34O, Tennessee 206,-
357, Texas 2,212,31s, all other states
4s,133.
New York, December s: George
Preston Sheldon, deposed president of
the Phoenix (Fire) Insurance company
Of Brooklyn, lying at deaths door at
his Greenwich, Conn.,, home, was in
dicted for larceny in the first degree by
the grand jury in New York today for
alleged misappropriation Of funds Of
the company, of which he was the head
for twenty-five years. AS Sheldon was
not arrested and probably will not be
unless his health improves radically,
the text of the indictment was not
made public but an official of the dis
trict attorneys office is authority for
the statement that the amount which
he is accused of stealing is $45,000.
According to this official, Sheldon, it
was testified before the grand jury,
used the funds or credit Of the insur-
ance company in stock market trans
actions through a New York brokerage
firm and pocketed the profits. The
grand jury will now investigate the
connection of others with alleged spec
ulation with funds of the company.
Only charges against Sheldon have
been examined yet, although the report
of the insurance department duplicates
others. In the meantime detectives
will be sent to Greenwich to inquire
into the condition of the accused mans
health. If they are satisfied that he is
too Ill for trial, no attempt at eXtradi-
tion will be made. but he will be kept
under close surveillance. His condi-
tion tonight, as reported from Green
wich, was critical Four exhibits of in
terest which have figured in the grand
jury investigation so far, are three
drafts for $4,000 each and one of $15.-
900, alleged profits of speculation which
Sheldon is accused of having carried
on. Each of these drafts is made the
subject of count in the indictment.
Sheldon is 64 years old and widely
known in insurance circles. He was
taken i'll with ptomaine poisoning six
weeks ago. before he was deposed as
president of the insurance company.
What the Washington Times prints
the president is generally
considered to be authoritative. This
the presidents attitude to-
ward the appointment of negroes to
office is from that paper: That Pres