Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-23
Scraps aud faets.

According to a statement issued by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of tuberculosis, more
than 10000 church congregations In
the United States. in over 1000 differ
ent cities, have had the gospel Of the
cure and prevention of tuberculosis
preached to them in the last four
months. The statement says Of the
various denominations engaged in the
religious crusade against consumption,
the Roman Catholic church leads the
way. Under the direction Of Arch
bishop Ryan Of Philadelphia, an edu-
cational crusade against tuberculosis
is being carried into all the paroch!al
and other schools in its control. AS
result more than 100000 school chil-
dren In $4,000 parishes are Icing
reached. The campaign is interdenom-
national as well as undenominational.
Such organizations as the Young Mems
Christian association and the United
Society of Christian Endeavor are TAX
ing active interest in the work. The
latter organization will have a special
tuberculosis exhibit at Its international
convention in St. Paul from July to
IL.
The recent assassination at Paler-
mo. Sicily, Of Lieutenant Petrosino, an
Italian detective of the New York po-
lice department, is causing much un-
easiness in Italy. 1t is known that
Petrosino's death was the work Of the
Black Hand and Malta societies. and
was due to the fact that the officer
had gained too much information about
the two societies for the health Of
their members. He had gone to Sicily
for the purpose Of gathering informa-
ton that would enable the New York
department to stop the arrival Of Ital-
ian criminals at that port and also to
deport criminals who had landed in
America. Petrosino had completed his
work and was about ready to leave for
America when assassinated. The Ital-
ian government at once began an In
vestigation and many arrests have
been made. Members Of the societies,
however, are loud In their threats and
are promising death to both italian and
American officers. who take part in the
hunt for the assassins. Notwithstand-
ing the threats, however, the Black
Hand and Malta societies are given to
understand that the beginning Of
their end has arrived and that the
work of determination will be pushed
both in Italy, America and elsewhere.
One-cent postage is provided In
bill which Representative Bennett Of
New York. has introduced. The meas
ure provides that beginning on Janua-
ry 1, 1910, the rate Of postage on all
letters mailed within the United States
for domestic points, including drop let
ters, shall be one cent per ounce or
fraction. Another, introduced by Mr.
Bennett, provides for the consolidation
Of third and fourth-clas mail matter
under the title Of merchandise" for
the establishment Of parcels post and
for the insurance Of all mail matter
against loss or damage. Under the
terms Of this bill the rate on an eleven
pound package of merchandise would
be 25 cents, with series Of charges
for packages under that weight. On
all unregistered prepaid mail matter
on which value has not been declared
an indemnity up to SO would be allow
ed for actual loss or damage through
the fault of the postal service. On
registered packages on which the
charges for registration, insurance and
postage have been prepaid. the post
office department would pay full value
for any loss or damage resulting
through the fault Of the department.
The fees for registration and insurance
UP to s25 would be cents.
- Washington, March 20: Running
bales of cotton number 13,40S,S41, Of
average gross weight Of 505.S pounds
an equivalent to 13,56s.s42 5O0-pound
bales, with 27,587 ginneries operating,
was the final report Of the census bu-
reau today on the cotton crop grown
in 1908. The report includes 344.976
linters and counts round as half bales.
The final 1907 crop report was 1885,
8S2 rouhd bales, equivalent to 1875
461 500-pound bales with 1882 ginner-
les operating. Included in the 1908
figures are 93,0S5 bales, which the gin
ners estimated they would turn out af-
ter the time Of the March canvass.
Round bales included in today's reports
are 242,305 for 1908 and 19s,549 for
1907. Sea Island bales included are
93,S4S for 1903 and S6,Ss5 for 1907. The
crop by states, in running bales, in
cluding linters, follows: Alabama, L.
35S,332 bales; Arkansas, 1,01S,7CS bales:
Florida. Tall bales; Georgia, 2,023,S2S
bales; Kansas, Kentucky and New
Mexico, Qncluding linters Of establish
ments in Illinois and Virginia), 5,054;
Louisiana, 4S1,694 bales; Mississippi,
1,665,695 bales: Missouri, 60,60s bales;
North Carolina, 699,507 bales; Oklaho-
ma, 703,s63 bales; South Carolina, l.
23s,260 bales; Tennessee, 34S.5s2 bales,
Texas, 3,71s,1S9 bales; Virginia, 49,
103 bales.
Trustees of the Peabody Education
al Fund, at a special meeting in the
Waldorf Astoria hotel, a few days ago,
to consider plans for the final distribu-
ton of a portion Of the trust fund de-
cided to give s1,OOO,OOO for teachers at
Nashville, Tenn. This college was
created by the fund, and received its
chief support from it, and it is now
arranged to make the college a part of
the University Of Nashville, at Nash
willie, Tenn. 1t was announced that the
state Of Tennessee had kept its agree
ment with the trustees Of the fund by
providing an additional endowment for
the college amounting to s250,000 while
the city and county Of Nashville had
voted similar amount for the same
purpose. so that the total endowment
for this important educational feature
Of the south will be $1,5OO,OOO. Ac-