Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-02
Scraps and faets

resulted in the death Of nearly 5000
Koreans, was the subject Of an address
by Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley
on Our Navy in the Hermit Empire" +"
In New York last Saturday night. In
recalling an incident little remembered
by Americans, Admiral Schley related
how on May 16. 1871, he was with Rear
Admiral Rogers with seven American
war vessels, which went to Korea to
investigate the loss Of the American
steamer Gen. Sherman, the crew OF
which had been murdered. "The Ko-
reans would give US no information,
and when we entered the river leading
up to Seoul they opened fire on US.
said Admiral Schley. I'VE landed 900
men with a number Of guns and they
attacked the Citadel, which contained
5000 Koreans For an hour and forty
minutes there was a slaughter, the like
of which was seldom witnessed before.
Not ten of the 5000 escaped. Some
were buried under falling roofs and
burned to death, while some We're blown
into the river Eighteen months after
that a commission Of Koreans arrived
in Washington to negotiate a treaty"
= Chicago, October 80: DR.. A. L.
winton, chief inspector in charge of
the government laboratory, surprised
the flour men of Chicago by explain
ing In detail the various tests to which
the government subjected their goods
to detect bleaching and adulteration.
He spoke before the Flour Mems club
Of Chicago, at the Grand Northern no.
tel, and by a number Of chemicals and
stereopticon views, convinced the deal
ers that 1t was well-nigh impossible to
practice deception under the regula-
tions Of the new food law. He gave the
-four men this advice: Don't empha-
size too freely that a product Is
brain food; too many of us have swol-
len heads already. Don't insist on your
products being nerve foods; most
Americans have nerve enough Don't
insist too much that they enrich the
blood; all cereals do this, and, hope
enrich the manufacturer. Don't adver-
tise superior muscle properties; all
breakfast cereals make muscle, and
perhaps more than we need In these
days Of trolley cars and elevators.
Don't, above all, compare your product
with bread to the disparagement OF the
latter, because cereals may come and
h,,t down
forever"
Washington, October 81: In spite
of the declaration that the production
of foodstuffs is not keeping pace with
the growth Of population, the depart
ment Of agriculture has issued a state
ment showing that the United States Is
more than holding its own In the task
of feeding its people. The bureau of
statistics is authority for the declara-
ton that during the fiscal year the i'm
ports Of farm products into the United
States were valued at $540,000,OOO,
which was $14,O00,0O0 less than in 1906,
and $S7,O00,000 less than in 1907. That
the American farmer is awakening to
the necessity for closer and more in
tensive cultivation Of his land Is evil
denced by the fact that during seven
years prior to 1900 more than one-half
of the total imports in the country con-
sisted Of farm products. In the nine
years since 1900 much less than one
half Of the imports have been products
of the farms. A peculiar feature Of the
report is the fact that with the excep-
tion of sugar Of which the expectation
from Hawaii increased $12,000,000 and
from Porto Rico 100000, there was
no increase in agricultural products
from any Of the dependencies OF the
country. In fact there has been a de-
cided material decrease from the ma
tion's insular possessions.
- Washington, October 20: How the
eradication Of the hook-worm disease
as proposed by John D. Rockefeller in
his gift of $1,000,O00 for that purpose,
may benefit the army and navy was
explained today by Surgeon General
Rixey of the navy department. THE
military service" said he, has been
affected by reason of a large number
of applicants from the district infected
with the hook-work being found ply
sically disqualified for enlistment Only
within the last year or two it has been
discovered that considerable propor-
ton Of such recruits as were accept
al Int
hook-worm harbored the parasite.
Both the army and navy took steps
some time ago to prevent further en-
listment glance at the recruiting
statistics show that at many of the
southern stations the number Of re-
jections considerably exceeded the ac-
ceptances, while for the country at
large the condition was reversed for
the year 1908. To what extent the
hook worm disease has been an indi-
rect cause Of this state Of affairs Is, Of
course, difficult of precise determine
ton, but that it has been largely con-
tributory probably few examining sur
geons question. l trust that the cam
paign Of education which Mr.. Stiles has
undertaken, and the means of eradica-
ton which such an authority can sug-
gest, will, through the aid Of this
princely gift, receive such moral sup
port that we may soon begin to wit
ness a decline of the disease as was
found to occur in Porto Rico after the
work Of the anaemia commission in
that island six years ago."
- Columbia spcial of October 80, to
the News and Courier: 1t is almost i'm
possible to estimate the amount Of
whisky held by the county dispensaries
of the state at the present time. How
ever, it is thought that in the fifteen
counties which have voted out the dis
pensaries, and who will have to close on
November Is, with a few exceptions
the stock will be sold out by that date,
and that in many instances the stocks
will be disposed of before November
Is, which will mean that there will be
prohibition in those counties before the
time set by law. According to the re-