Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-22
Straps and facts.


a boost in a speech delivered in Cnica-
go last Thursday. Il like to dwell upon
that" said the speaker. because down
in the south there was q time when she
was hindered and had seemingly little
chance of any real progress. But now
she is making more progress tnan any
of us, east. west or north. And l know
that you, northernerS that you are.
welcome that fact, because you realize
that there was a time when she did
not have quite fair show
- Memphis. Tenn, March 1S The re-
port of the National Ginners' assoca-
tion issued here today shows that TO-
O31, 900 bales of cotton, not including
linters. which will amount to about
$4,000 bales, were ginned to the end
of tine season of 19O9-10. The number
of bales ginned by states follows: Ala
bama. 1.O35.000: Arkansas. $4,000;
Florida. 1000: Georgia, l,S3S,0OO;
Louisiana, 256,OOO; Mississippi, 1,O6S,-
600: Missouri and Virginia, $4,000;
North Carolina, $4,000; Oklahoma,
5000: South Carolina, 1,1SS,0O0: Ten
nessee. $4,000; Texas, 2.4S6,OOO; total
1O.O31 900.
Daytona, Fla. March 2l: Unit
ed States Senator John w. Daniel of
Virginia, who two weeks ago was
stricken with paralysis, and, with the
exception of brief intervals, has been
in a state of coma for the past four
DAYS. continues to linger between
life and death with chances still large
Iy against his recovery. A slight i'm
prOvement reported this morning was
later suppressed by an official bulletin
announcing more profound coma. AT
6 o'clock there had been no change in
the senator's condition since l o'clock.
Doctors w. c. Chowning and c. G.
Rohannon at $50 tonight issued the
following bulletin on the condition OF
Senator Daniel: Senator Daniels
condition at $50 tonight is little
changed since morning. Conscious
ness has been less clear and lengthy
than yesterday. Pulse, temperature
nourishment, kidney and bowel con-
ditions continue satisfactory"
Washington. March 21: The CEN
sus cotton report shows the crop OF
1909 to be 1O,363.240 bales counting
round bales as half bales and includ-
ing linters, compared with 13,432,l3l
for 1908. Cotton estimated by ginners
and including the statistics. The bales
by states, counting round bales as half
bales and including linters is as fol-
lows: Alabama 1.071,9S5; Arkansas
715,67O; Florida 627,111; Georgia
1,Ss7,761; Louisiana 26S,S0O: Missis-
sippi 1,1O6,17O; North Carolina 647-
Tar: Oklahoma 571,37O; South Caro-
lima 1,16O,167; Tennessee 24S,1'S;
Texas 2,549,417; all other states ST.
664. Round bales included for 1909
are 15O.690; sea island bales S4,566;
Inter bales 314.597. The average
gross weight of the bales for crop
counting round bales as half bales ana
including linters, is 1850 POUNDS
compared with 5O5.S for 1908. The
number of ginneries operated for the
1909 crop was 26,OOO compared with
27,59S for 1908.
Washington, March l9: The ma
tional building committee of the board
of church extension of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, is holding d
meeting in Washington for the prose-
cution of its plan for the erection OF
handsome building in this city that Will
be representative of the strength, spirit
and work of the church. The general
conference of the church named $2I5,-
600 as the minimum cost of the pro-
posed building; the maximum amount
was not named, and it is believed that
half million dollars will be expended
on the structure Many prominent
Methodists of the south are in attend
ance. The committee has been organ
lied as follows: President John {.
MAYO of Paintsville, KY; vice president
Gen. Julian S. Carr of Durham, n. e;
r A. Schoolfeld of Danville, Va, sec
j..
Other members of the committee in
clude: Gov. George w. Donaghey OF
Arkansas; r. $. Munger of Alabama;
]. E. Wall of Florida; Asa G. Gambler
of Georgia; H. P. Williams of Charles
ton, S. c.; John 2. Branch of Virginia.
Among those participating in the COM
mittee's deliberations are: Bishop War
rem A. Gambler of Atlanta, and Bishop
f. f. Hoss of Nashville.
A force Of thirty-siX clerks, began
in Washington yesterday, on the WORK
Of examining the returns from the va
rious corporations of the country
which are subject to the corporation
tax imposed by the tariff law. The
clerks are under the supervision OF the
commissioner OF internal revenue ana
will check up the computations on the
returns sent in by the collectors Of in
ternal revenue. Already returns nave
been received from about 100000 cor
porations and about $4,000 additional
reports are expected before March 81
next, by which time under the law all
corporations subject To the tax must
file their financial statements with the
collector of internal revenue for their
districts. The treasury department
will assess the amount of tax on the
basis of these reports. These assess
ments will be completed by June l
next The tax must b. paid under the
law before July l next. Officers of the
treasury believe that the corporation
tax law will yield an annual revenue OF
about $4,000 900. a preliminary invcs-
tigation of the returns which nave al
ready reached the treasury department,
it was said. warrants the belief that
the total amount of revenue collected
from corporations will be far in excess
OF $25 10000 which was the estimated
income from this source while the tax
was under discussion in the senate.
- Shelal, Africa, March 20: EXPIRES
ident Roosevelt will sail on the Angus
Ia Victoria on June 10 for New York.
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