Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-19
Straps and facts.

tai value of all exports from lI9O 10
June 80. 1909, has been $4I.99l, "a
4O5 The total balance in favor ol the
United States during this period mas
been $6.436.l1+56G. The total value
of raw cotton exported during the
same time has been 13,59S.353,OS6
These figures are for raw cotton alone
and at low valuation. They leave out
of consideration manufacturer COTTON
and cotton seed products. The pur-
pose of the compilation is TO hit cot
ton subjects. enemies ana culturaI
methods odt of consideration as sole
Iv southern interests, and give them
their rightful place as national: Tor
without cotton the nation would ap-
pear a debtor. instead of creditor
on the worlds balance sheets to the
extent of $1,000. 100000.
Individuals at the head of the
beef trust may be indicted, according
10 the instructions given by Federal
Judge Lands. after the grand jury
had been impaneled in Chicago last
SATURDAY.. Judge Lands declared that
the grand jury should not consider
corporations but go after the lndlVld-
ualS who are violating the Federal
laws through corporations. AFTER
telling the grand jury what their du-
ties are he said: There is one more
matter l wish to call your attention TO
gentlemen. and it is this: 1t some
times happens that person about 10
violate a law takes name other thah
his own. To illustrate: John Jones.
undertaking to counterfeit gold dol
lars, changes himself to John smith,
or to the Metals FabriCating company
a corporation. and in that name does
the thing forbidden. IF your investl-
cations disclose such a case, DO nor
indict a mere alias, but follow the
trail wherever it may lead until you
have located. identified and pointed
out the real offenders" Immediately
after the grand jury retired Special
Assistant Attorney General Kenyon
made this statement: "All that can
be said properly at this time ana an
that I shall say during the progress
of the investigation is that it will be
thorough and complete.
The far-reaching influence and
the tremendous magnitude OF the lie
insurance business of the country IS
brought out by 4 recent publication
of the Spectator company, showing
the volume of business transacted by
$50 companies last year The assets
of these $50 companies aggregate the
stupendous total of 1864, .542.
This amount is considerably in excess
of the national debt of the United
States. and also somewhat exceeds
i'm amount the gold. silver and bank
notes in circulation In the Cnlieu
States. If changed into five dollar
bills. it would belt the globe three
times around. and then some. The
premium income of the $50 companies
in 1909 was reported as $564,7S5,696,
and the payment to policy-holders ag-
gregated $3.50, 0,663.053. an average or
almost a million dollars day paid 10
policy holders, mostly in deatn
claims. The increase of assets amount
ed to $264.443,S45, showing an earn
ing for the pOlicy-holders or over
$50, 100000 above expenses. The TO-
tai life insurance in force reported by
these $50 companies was $l2,5ll. .2SI-
1873 in regular policies, besides almost
So. OOO, OO0, 900. of industrial insur-
ance The maturity Of this vast
amount of insurance will result in an
average payment of about S172 to
each individual in the United States
men. women and children. The
business is progressive in its nature
showing the confidence of the people
and the faithfulness of its field repre-
sentativeS The increase OF insurance
in force in 1909 was $636,9l2.445 OF
ordinary business and $294,252,O23
of industrial business. The new busi-
ness paid for was $1.6SS,O20,4S9, or
dinary, and $7S4.210,4S5, industrial.
This new business alone represented
an average of about $4,000 for each
life that ceased in the United States
last year. In other words. for every
person that died last year, there was
an average writing of new insurance
euualling $4,000. There are only one
or two lines of business at all COM
parable in volume with life insurance.
viz: railroads. and banking and in its
nature life insurance is far more
benefcent than either of these.
The London police are wrestling
with a murder mystery that Is eNclt-
ing interest throughout the world, and
especially in the United States, be-
cause of it's brutality and the fact that
the alleged murderer and his victim
are Americans. DR.. Hawley Harvey
Crippen an American physician, is
charged by the London police with
the murder of his wife and it is be-
lieved that the case is very similar TO
that of Porter Charlton, who murder
ed his wife in Italy some weeks ago.
Suspicion was not aroused against
when the London authorities received
a letter from an American woman,
asking for information as 10 the
Whereabouts of Mrs. Crippen, at the
same time stating that Crippen had
written her letter claiming that his
wife had died in California in April
last. This woman sought information
as TO the death of her friend in Cali
fOrniS, but found that no such record
could be found in the town to which
Crippen referred. She asked the Lon
Il - in
An interview with the doctor appar
emily satisfied the London boobies.
but the next day the doctor and u
woman who was posing as his wife,
disappeared from their London home
and in a search of the place the police
found the remains of a woman in the
cellar. She had evidently been muir
dered and buried in quick lime and
the body sealed up with cement Then
began the worldwide search Cor the
missing doctor and his wife, who is
No. g. 1t is believed that wife No.
. was murdered in order that he
might marry No. 3, and since the
murder of No. ., it is believed that No.
|. who died i'm Salt Lake City several
years ago, was a victim of this Blue
Beard. 1t is the theory of Scotland
Yard that Crippen and his wife are
on their way to the United States and
all vessels arriving at American ports
are being carefully searched for the
pair. The newest wife of the doctor
was his stenographer. She is an Eng
liSh girl and her name was Neave, but
she later changed this to LeNeVe and
claimed to be French. Her parents,
who live in London, claim that she
was a victim of the hypnotic influence
of Crippen and could not get away
from him. 1t is Il theory of the Lon
don police that the woman left that
city with the doctor. dressed in boys
clothes. In the event of Crippen's
capture i'm the United States he will
undoubtedly he eNtradited I" Great
Britain and will not escape punish
ment as Porter Charlton will likely
do.
- Tampa. Fla, July Is: Will Eli
son, a negro. craZed with cocaine
shot and killed his muthcr-in-law.
Celia Bryant; the Rev. Jesse w. Avery,
of the First African Methodist Church;
Henry Clark. negro OrganiSt al tine
church. and seriously wounded his
wife. Eva Ellison. and his siSter-in-
law, Mary Bryant. tonight at 10
o'clock. While trying t" escape he ell
cOuntered Mounted Policeman Hay