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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
Ghe Cotton Market.
Yorkville, November 30-Cotton l4a.
New York Market.

New York, Nov. 29.-Spot closed
quiet, 20 points lower; middling up
lands 1855; middling gulf 1880; sales
none. Futures opened steady and clos
ed barely steady as follows Nov. 14.15s
December 14.20; Jan. 14.35; Feb. 14.46:
March 14.66; April 1859; May 14.S1:
June 1853; July 14.77; Aug. 14.08; Sept.
1895; Oct. 1888.
New York Nov. 29.-With the bull
leaders maintaining their passive atti-
tude, and outside buying restricted by
the approaching government reports,
the cotton market ruled easier today
under scattering liquidation and bear
pressure encouraged by unfavorable
crop accounts from abroad and the fail
ure Of recent small crop estimates to
stimulate demand. The close was
barely steady at net decline Of 5 to
20 points.
The market opened steady at an ad-
vance Of 3 to 8 points but this was not
full response to strong cables, and
the declining tendency soon developed.
The circulation Of December notices
months; the crop estimate Of promi-
nent New Orleans authority, placing
the growth at 1O,625,000 bales exclusive
of linters, was probably a disappoint-
ment to some recent buyers Of late
positions. At any rate offerings were
rather general while there seemed to
be little support, and bears became
more confident as they saw the market
gradually yielding to pressure. RumorS
that cotton was coming back from
Liverpool and that a large Lancashire
mill was to shut down, added to the
depression during the afternoon In spite
Of the bullish showing Of the days
statistics while stop loss orders were
uncovered on the decline to net loss
Of about 18 to 20 points on active
months. The close was within 2 or 3
points Of the lowest The average es-
innate of Memphis cotton exchange
members published during the day was
1O,749,000 bales, but had no appre-
ciable effect on the market. Southern
spot markets. officially reported early
were unchanged to sc lower. Exports
for the day exceeded receipts at the
ports by about $4,000 bales. Arrivals
Of cotton are expected here from Liv-
erpool before the end Of the week as
we'll as further shipments from the
cotton today. and some of the local
spot men doubt whether the stock here
will exceed 100000 bales by the end
Of the year.
Receipts Of cotton at the ports to-
day 36,242 bales. against 32,S42 last
week, and 1908 last year. For the
week 100000 bales against 207,035 last
week and 463,357 last year Today's
receipts at New Orleans 4,427 bales
against 33,56S last year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
Increase of Federal EmpIoyesIThe

Increase of Federal Employes-The
personnel of Uncle Sans establish
ment is increasing by leaps and
bounds, the grand total Of all Federal
employees at present being approx
mately 370,065 as against 306,141 In
1907, an increase in the two years OF
about $4,000 persons, or about twenty
per cent.
These and other interesting facts
are brought out in the official regis
ter, or governments blue book" for
1909, which shortly will be issued.
The new publication will show that
there were 2S,947 persons in the Fed
eral employ in Washington on July
last, the annual pay roll for them
being $31,541,225 an average Of
nearly $1,100 each. The total will
be temporarily swollen next year by
the addition of about 5000 persons
to the clerical force Of the census
bureau, adding nearly $5,000,O00 In
salaries during the year or more OF
their employment. The treasury de-
partment with $3.50 persons takes
the lead Of all the government de-
partments in Washington in the num-
ber of employees, while the executive
office ends the list with only forty
three employees.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

The court of common pleas, which
was opened as usual on Wednesday
of last week, began work on Calendar
l, yesterday morning, after organ
izing the second week jurors.
Upon the call of the clerk, the sec
ond week jurors were present or ac-
counted for as follows:
w. w. Barr, ]. M. Costner, S. NJ.
Caldwell, ]. c. Cauthen, w. NJ. Camp
bell, Quinn Wallace, r. S. Adams, w.
c. Gauldin, ]. l.. Whiteside, ]. ]. Sis
tar, NJ. F.. Jones. w. c.. Cornwell, ]. S.
Kennedy, w. c. Robinson, D. A. Lee,
Birt Nevins, ]. Meek Burns, J. M.
Lindsay. R. w. Bales, ]. T. Mcknight,
w. r. Rogers, J. S. Plexico. r. b.
Whitcsides, D. N. CASTOR, Boyce Ben
nett, ]. L. Brandon, E. L. Ford, S. A.
Robinson, S. H. Epps, C. E. Armstrong,
r. d. Hope, w. w. Dickson, ]. D. Mel
son. Paul D. Faris, D. w. Davis, E. J.
Bell.
Messrs. w. c. Cornwell, D. N. Gas
ton and E. ]. Bell were excused.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
THE WAR OVER COTTON.
Sulls and Bears Contest Every I'm
portant Point.

The cotton market, says New York
dispatch of Saturday, has resolved it
eli into a speculative duel between
large trade interests who think that
prices are unwarrantably high on the
Jne hand and certain powerful New
Orleans, Chicago and Wall street oper-
atCrs, who support the theory that sup
plies are certain to be short and the
consumption large and that prices are
due to be much higher. Liverpool spot
sales have been very small. Manches-
ter has sent gloomy reports on the con-
dition of trade, politics in England and
.ndia it is contended may affect British
trade, unfavorably, and if there is any
shortage of crop in America and Egypt
there will be a much larger yield than
usual in India. Believers in lower prices
contend that consumption must be un-
favOrably affected by the ruling prices
and that there will be enough cotton
and to spare. Not only are some spec
ulators lighting the advance, but spin
nerS at home and abroad are doing the
same thing. For over a month many
spinners have bought but sparingly
An English estimate of the crop. too,
of 11,250.000 bales was issued on
Thanksgiving Day when the New York
market was closed and the average
guess of the members of the Liverpool
exchange is 11,462,000 bales.
Liverpool keeps selling straddles here
against purchases across the water, on
the theory that the differences between
the two markets are only about half
what they should be. At times there
has been considerable liquidation by
Wall street and western and southern
traders. Now and then 1t appears that
leading bulls have disposed of some of
their mapipulativa lines even if thew
have stood by their principal holdings.
The tone has been uncertain and more
or less apprehensive, owing to the
manipulative character of much of the
trading on both sides of the market.
But even on days when liquidation was
heavy it has been remarked that the
cotton on the whole has been well
taken.
The receipts have been steadily de-
creasing. Those at the ports at times
have been only about half what they
were on the corresponding days last
year and bullish weekly statistics are
expected by many from now on. One
southern house estimated the crop to-
day at only 100000 bales, including
2,45O, 900 bales in Texas and 1,950,000 in
Georgia. The south has sold so much
cotton at high prices that its financial
condition it is argued. enables farmers
to hold cotton back if they are disposed
to do so. A Baltimore authority puts
the value of this years cotton crop
with the seed at between $90O,0O0,OOO
and $1,000. 100000. That would be the
most profitable crop on record, and
would have a distinctly favorable effect
on the finances not only of the south,
but of the nation.
A rumOr has been current that l0'O0v
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30

REFERRING again to the matter Of
the publication of the quarterly report
of the disbursements Of the county
supervisor, 1t is proper to say that we
have learned within the past few days,
that the Rock Hill Record was never
even notified that it could have the
privilege of bidding on that $50 job,
if it so desired. There was no notifi-
cation so far we have been able to
learn, except to The Enquirer and the
Herald The Record and The Enqui-
rer are the only papers in the county
that have the facilities for putting the
report in type. The circulation Of the
Record and The Herald are about the
same, and the two papers go very
largely to the same people. We believe
the circulation Of The Enquirer is
pretty nearly, If not quite as large, as
the combined circulation Of the Her
aid and the Record, and we are quite
sure that it covers the county more
thoroughly than either or both. 1t
even covers the territory surrounding
Rock Hill pretty nearly as thoroughly
as either Of these papers. Now the
point in this whole thing is this: II
the commissioners were desirous of
giving each of the newspapers of the
county an equal show, We cannot un-
der stand why the Record was not con-
Sidered. If there was a willingness on
the part of others to give the advertis-
ing to the largest number of readers
possible we cannot understand why
there was no acceptance Of our propo-
sition for all the papers to print the
report and divide the $50 pro rata on
a basis Of circulation. If the idea was
to get as wide a circulation of the re-
port as possible for the money avail
able, we cannot see why the board
made a difference of less than 9 per
cent between the prices proposed by
The Enquirer and the Herald, when the
difference in circulation is nearly one
hundred per cent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
The first case taken up was that of

The first case taken up was that Of
R. A. Bratton, executor, VS.. the Cataw-
ba Power company, a suit for $4,000,
because Of alleged damages to the
plaintiffs plantation of about one thou
sand acres, because Of the building Of
the dam Of the power company. This
case has been pending for several
years, and some features of 1t have
been up to the supreme court; but this
Is the first time 1t has been before a
jury. 1t Is a case of considerable
length, and after the jury were empan-
eled, the balance of the jurors were
excused until Wednesday morning; but
there is a probability that the case may
not be concluded before Thursday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30

The stores are now filled with
Christmas goods and wise people will
shop early" That Is the way to get
he choice of what is being offered.
Change in the Federal statute as to
the shipping Of whisky into prohibition
territory merely means that after jan
uary / next, every man who orders IL
quor must pay for it in advance, and
that the express company must deliver
it to him alone. A man must not order
liquor in the name Of another. or in an
assumed name. In all cases liquor
must be delivered to the consignee to
whom 1t Is directed.
"The Story of My Life Work." is
the title Of unique little pamphlet that
has just been received by The Enqui-
rer The author Is James Stanhope
Love CT Filbert No. l, known to the
readers of the Gaffney Ledger as Ben
Hope" and the story though simple
and plain Is one that is well calculated
to appeal to the sympathies and the
DelCeT IeellnBS VI ItduclS WIN CIV poo-
sessed of health and strength and who
have had no personal experience with
affliction. Ben Hope has been a Grip
pie from infancy and has never walked.
OF course, he could not go to school
like other children, but in spite Of this
drawback, through the patient efforts
Of a loving mother, he learned to read
and write, and with the help Of
books and papers that have been fur
nished him from time to time by
friends, his otherwise circumscribed
world has been very much enlarged.
The pamphlet referred to tells all this
in a way; but there is no complaint In
any Of its pages. On the contrary,
there runs through it all convincing
evidence of patient hope and faith that
Is indeed impressive. The price Of the
little pamphlet Is not stated, In or on
it; but any one who desires copy can
no doubt receive it, by sending the
young man 25 cents. There Is more
than 25 cents of value in 1t to any
one who will read and study the pages
with a view to getting the full benefit
of the lesson to be derived, and no one
who sends the price indicated is likely
to regret the investment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30

bales Of the local stock would be ship
ped to France. Bulls, 1t Is said, will
meet efforts to bring cotton here on
the part of their opponents with equal
ly determined efforts to dispose of
the New York stock in Europe. James
A Patten in an interview with newspa-
pers here expresses himself as very
bullish on the outlook, partly owing to
the presence of boil weevil In the south
and also for the reason that he con-
siders cotton in the position that wheat
was wear ago,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
GENERAL SESSIONS.

When the last issue Of The Enquirer
went to press, the court Of general ses-
sions was still hard at work on the
criminal calendar, and a jury was out
on the case of Burris Garrison, charg-
ed with murder After considering the
case for several hours, the jury found
itself hopelessly unable to agree, and
the court ordered a mistrial.
The next case was that OF the State
VS.. M. w. Haffner, John Haffner, s. E.
Haffner and Jim Crosby, charged with
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30

malfeasance of the warden in not
putting him to death as ordered by
the court allowed him to pass into
the condition Of being physically
alive but legally dead. This is
Patrick's twenty-fourth attempt to
gain his freedom. through appeals
Justice O'Brien signed in July, 1905,
the stay that prevented the execu-
ton of the prisoner. Patrick says
that its authenticity has never been
decided by the courts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30

1T is pretty hard to arrive at sat
isfactory conclusion as to what is best
for this country to do with Nicaragua.
1t is a fact that there is no such thing
as a stable government in that coun-
try and never has been. Americans
who go down there and mix in do so
principally as adventures. But at the
same time it seems that it is a good
idea to make those fellows behave, and
we are more than half inclined to hope
that the American government will un-
dertake to do this very thing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
LOCAL LACONlCS.
MAGISTRATE For Bethel.

MaqI IStrate For bothel.
Mr.. Horace E, Johnson who received
the endorsement Of the voters for the
position in the recent primary has been
commissioned as magistrate in Bethel
township Of York county, Mr.. Johnson
has held the position before, and Is we'll
qualified by both knowledge and ex-
perience. Mr., H, l. Johnson Is acting
as his constable,
To e-Assess Real Estate.
Auditor Hunter is giving notice to-
day of the opening Of his books on jan
uary l, for the purpose Of taking re-
turns Of property for taxation In 1910.
The quadrennial reassessment of the
real property of the county will be made
next year. The most striking feature
of the notice published today is the in
creased number Of special school dis
tricts. There are more of these special
school districts now than there has ever
been before.
Rock Hill VS.. Yorkville.
Rock Hill Record: Fighting 3amely,
the Rock Hill eleven went down in de-
feat on Thanksgiving Day by the score
Of 10 to 0 in favor of Yorkville. In the
first half Yorkville had things all their
own way, their heavy back plunging
through Rock Hills light line, and
protected by good interference, made
long gains around the ends. In the
second half Rock Hill rallied on fake
kick formation. Browne, A. made two
forward passes for forty yards and
little later an outside kick for fifteen
yards. With the ball on Yorkville's
fifteen-yard line, Boyce attempted
goal from the field, but failed. Browne,
H. and Massey starred for Rock Hill
and Allen and Witherspoon for York.
vile.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
YORKVILLE. S. c.:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1909.
CONGRESS convenes next Monday.

A DISPATCH of last Saturday from
Geneva, New York, said that DR.. Will
liam R. Brooks, director of the Smith
university, got a glimpse of Halley's
comet last Saturday during the eclipse.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

T WILL sell at auction on THURS
i DAY, DECEMBER I'D. all Of my
Household and Kitchen Furniture for
Cash, to the highest bidders. Sale at
10 a. m. R. H. FOSTER, Filbert No. 1.
s5 IT, 2ts
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
HYMENE

MARKEDLY Rev. s. d. Bailey, at.
the home Of the brides father, Mr.. B..
Hill, on November "a, Miss NANNIE
HILL and Mr.. II. N. ALEXANDER.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
The tlorkrillc Gnquirrr.

entered at the P,'Stotfice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Class.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
Special Aotires.

At Shady Grove.
There will be preaching at the new
Methodist church at Shady Grove, next
Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
Hickory Grove and Smyrna.
There will be congregational meet
ing5 at Hickory Grove and Smyrna A.
r. p. churches, next Sabbath, immedi-
ately after Sabbath school. for the
purpose Of electing pastor.
Congregations! Meeting.
There will be congregational meet
ing at Ramah next Saturday afternoon,
December 4, at 2 o'clock, for the pur-
pose of deciding the building question.
A full attendance Is desired.
T. A. Brown, Clerk of Session.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-30
AT THE CHURCHES.
PRESBYTERIAN.

Wednesday evening at o'clock.
METHODIST.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at o'clock.
BAPTIST.
There will be prayer meeting on
Wednesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
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Birds and Their Toes.

From the Strand Magazine.
And let us note that the art of standing
began with birds. Frogs sit. and as far
as l know every reptile, be it lizard,
crocodile. alligator or tortoise. lays its
body on the ground when not actually
carrying 1t. And these have each four
fat legs. Contrast the hamingo, which,
having only two. and those like willow
wands, tucks up one Of them and sleeps
poised high on the other, like a tulip on
its stem. Note also that one toe has
been altogether discarded by birds as
superfiuous. The germ, or bud, must be
there, for the Dorking fowl has pro-
duced a fifth toe under some influence
of the poultry yard. But no natural bird
has more than four. Except in swifts,
which never perch. but cling to rocks
and walls, one is turned backward, and
by a cunning continuance the act of
bending the leg draws them all automati-
cally together. So a hen closes its toes
at every step 1t takes, as If 1t grasped
something, and. of course, when it settles
down on<its roost they grasp that tight
and hold fast till morning. But to birds
that do not perch this mechanism Is only
an encumbrance. so many Of them. like
the plovers. abolish the hind toe entire
ly, and the prince Of all two-legged rum
ners, the ostrich. has got rid of one of
the front toes also. retaining only two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30
The Khaki Going.
rom the Columbus Journal.


We are informed that the old khaki
uniform is to pass away. This will be
good news. If one were to go out to
select an ugly color he would certainly
succeed if he hit upon the khaki. If. in
deed, it could be characterized as a color.
Nearly everything Is beautiful II 1t is
clean, except the khaki, and that was
made so to look dirty. or rather to show
no dirt, which is the same thing.
1t Is pleasant to think our soldier boys
are going to have q more attractive uni
form They deserve it. 1t is to their
great credit that they could be patriotic
through the khaki regime. A mans i'm
pulses are largely affected by the clothes
he wears. What sort Of a soldier would
spotted uniform make? Or one with
green stripes around it? One could hard
Iy blame him If he refused to go into
fight so costumed.
The old blue was the color. One caught
the spirit Of the color. which was fidelity,
when so CARRIED. The boys In blue
we all know what that means There
was fight in the blue. The new uniform
will not be blue; but 1t will not be
khaki, and for so much we may all be
glad. We all want our soldier boys to
look their best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30
BETTER THAN TABLE CANDLES
New Electric Device for Utility and
Decoration Without wires-

Every woman has realized for some
time past that the use of the candle as a
table decoration was attended by danger
and other shortcomings and a substitute
has been eagerly sought. The solution Of
the problem has not been found in cleo
tricity. for tho reason that lamps of this
character lacked the feature of portability
and their use also required the presence
of wires piercing the cloths and tables. A
New York man has recently designed a
piece of table decoration which takes the
place of the candles on the dining room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30
Why It Costs So Much to Live
From the Technical World Magazine


An item that looms formidably in tho
nations annual family expense account
is for liquor and tobacco. No one will
have the hardihood to contend that these
are necessities. In 1905 distilled malt
and vinous liquors to the total value of
$5Ol .266, 905 were produced in the United
States, while 1872 900 worth were i'm
ported. These are wholesale prices and
so represent less than half the actual
cost to the consumer. For example. we
drew 50, TAT. $50 barrels of thirty-one gal
Ions each OF beer in the year ended June
30, 1905. Taking the average-sized glass
and making the average allowance for
foam, a quart Of beer will fill five glasses.
At 5 cents a glass. then, our beer as il
was served. over the bar last year must
have cost 81 1921 .177,O6O. Making all pos
sible allowances for beer at a cheaper
rate the bill would be a billion and a
half at retail prices. The aggregate debt
of the states and cities of the United
States in 1902, the latest period for which
figures are available, totaled 81 .s64 195. $685.
or just about what we spend a year for
beer.