Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-26
Straps and tatts.

taxes will he abrogated for the year
1911. as there will he plenty of money
coming in through ordinary collections,
together with the surplus of almost
$4,000, 900. to keep the state machinery
moving. The unusual amount of mon
ey on hand and which will continue to
pour in is due largely to the settle
ment of cases in manner highly pro-
fitable to the st9te. The largest of
these are lumber cases, the gross earn
ings tax, the Kennedy inheritance tax
cases and others. With the money
constantly pilng up the state officials
have been holding secret conferences
for a month to devise some way to
dispose of the fund, and the PROPOSE
tion to abrogate the taxes, thus dlstrl-
buting the surplus among the taNpay-
ers, seems to find most favor.
Ridgeway. Va. July 25: The as
sassination last night of former May
or 4. H. BOuSman, aged 55. who was
killed by the explosion of a stick of
dynamite hurled under the hammock
in which he was sleeping in his front
ward. has aroused and mystified the
inhabitants of this village and the
surrounding country. The crime. un-
precedented i'm this section of the
country. had apparently been careful
" planned by its perpetrator whose
identity the authorities or members
of the victims family have been un-
able even to guess at. The dynamite
which tore the body of former Mayor
Rousman 10 pieces was thrown from
the street in front of his home about
10 o'clock at night. The charge OF
dynamite in the bomb must have been
q heavy one because the body of MI.
Rousman was badly torn to pieces. a
bit of fuse of the bomb was today
found on the roof of the Bousman
residence where il had been blown
by the force of the explosion. on the
sides of houses sixty feet away biooG
had been spattered and bits of flesh
adhered to the walls. Bits OF the
body also were found on the roof OF
an adjoining house. The aSSaSslnat-
ed man is survived by wife and son
of - years. both of whom are pros
trated by the murder.
The Memphis, Tenn, Commercal
Appeal of yesterday puts the following
summary of cotton crop conditions:
"The week gives mixed and rather un-
certain returns from the cotton fields
Considerable Improvement attendant
upon dry weather is shown in Alaoa-
ma, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkan-
sas. while northern Louisiana is round
ing into a state of fair promise. The
Carolinas and Georgia suffered from
heavy rains early in the week. so that
little cultivation was done on the later
days. while Texas and oklahoma, with
out rain. are approaching time when
the crop may suffer. In fact some loss
has already been sustained in southern
and southwestern Texas. In the CEN
trail and eastern states the crop is pe-
ing laid by" in a rather poor condl-
tion. some of the fields still being very
grassy. Ten days without rain would
permit of a rather considerable I'M
provement, but the crop has received
much less work than it would have
gotten with normal weather. The plant
remains small and seems late. 1t has
put on little fruit. and in many places
has not begun to bloom freely Esti-
mates on condition seldom run high
er than 75 per cent. and are often be-
low this. There are limited districts in
all the valley and Atlantic states.
however, that give a good account,
Washington, July %: Cotton, cop
per. illuminating oil. wheat-theSe er-
ticles in the order named, formed the
most important articles exported from
the United States during the fiscal year
lust closed. The value of the cotton
exported was $3.50, 100000; of the copper
$S3,5OO, 900: of the Illuminating oil $62,-
900. 900, and of the wheat $41,OOOOOO.
Other articles of export ranked in
value as follows: Flour, lard, tobacco,
lumber, upper leather. corn. hitumi-
nous coal and lubrcating oil. In near
" all of the articles Of natural produc-
ton there was q marked decline in the
exports of 1910 as compared with pre-
vious years, while in certain manufac-
lures the figures for the year are larg-
er than for any previous year and the
total for all manufactures probably
will exceed that of any earlier year.
The bureau of statistics, which has
given out these figures, has not yet
10 tntal Nra Inc nf the
ufacturcs exported. The falling off is
most marked in corn wheat. flour and
meats. wheat falling from $l6l,OOO,OOO
in 1892, the high year, to $47,OO0.OOO in
1910; corn from $S5,OOOO 900 in 1900 to
$25.5OO, 900 i'm 1910; flour from $4,000
600 i'm 1893 to $46.5OO.OOO in 1910; lard
from s6O.OOO.OOO in 1906 To $43.OO0.o0O
i'm 1910: bacon from $46,OO0.0O0 in 1898
to $1S.5OO.OO i'm 1910; fresh beef from
$32. 900. 600 i'm 1901 to $7,I5O,0OO i'm 1910,
and cattle from 81. 100000 in 1904 t."
$12.0OO.O0O last year.
There is no room in this country
for pessimist." declared Richard II.
Edmonds. editor of the Manufacture
ers' Record. i'm an interview at Allan
tic City, y. J., sunday. stocks may
rise and fall" he continued, ''sO-call-
ed authorities i'm this country and
abroad may at times grow peSSimistic
about the outlook for business eXpan-
sion. but any man who has any real
knowledge of the inherent strength
of the material interests of this Coun
try must necessarily be bull on the
United States. No man can study the
natural resources of the United States
in comparison with the known re-
sources of other countries. and for
that matter of the world. without be-
mg amazed at the marvellous posi-
bilities given by nature to our land.
We have heard 50 much about con-
scrvation i'm the last few years and
about waste of natural resources that
a good many people have been labor
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