Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-06


den succession of orders, an initial
move in the expected reorganization
of the department Of agriculture,
George P. McCabe, a department So
licitor, today was retired from the
pure food and drug board, F. L. Dun
lap, associate chemist, closely identi-
fed with McCabe, was allowed leave
of absence until the presidents re-
turn and Harvey w. Wiley, chief
chemist, left apparently in supreme
command of the board. DR.. R E.
Doolittle, of New York, was tempor-
arily appointed to the board to sue
ceed Mr.. McCabe. These changes
were announced today by James Will
son, secretary. Of agriculture, follow
ing a conference with DR.. Wiley, who
has been on a long vacation. They
were deemed inevitable in view of per-
sonal antagonism aired before q con-
gressional committee the past summer
and DR.. Wileys exoneration by Presi-
dent Taft, after Attorney General
Wickersham, whose views were align
ed with those Of Secretary Wilson and
Solicitor McCabe, had recommended
DR.. Wiley's removal from office be-
cause of a technical irregularity in
appointive methods, the responsible
ity for which he denied.
The per capita debt of the United
States is decreasing steadily. In 1900
1t amounted to $15.62; in 1865 it was
$76.9S, and in 1911 but $10.S3. The
interest charge per capita, which
amounted to 64 cents in 1900, and
$412 in 1866 was 33 cents in 1911,
and the total annual interest which
in 1866 was $146,000,000, was $21,-
3S3,333 in 1911. These figures are
taken from a small document issued
by the government bureaus, entitled,
statistical Record Of the Progress of
the United States, 1S00-1911." Other
interesting figures are given. The
area of continental United States was
S43,255 square miles in 1900, ad-
vancing to 1,734,630 square miles in
1910, to 2,995,536 square miles in
1850 and S,O26,7S9 square miles in
1853, since which date no change in
area is shown. The population, which
was 5,333,333 in 1900, was 92.750,00
in 1911. The public debt, which was
$S3, 100000 in 1900, reached $2,675,-
100000, less cash in treasury, in
1865, the figures of 1911 being ST.
was S26,5OO,OOO in 1900; in 1911,
$S,S2S, ,627,O02, and the per capita
circulation, which was in 1900 $4.99,
was in 1911 $34.35. Deposits in all
banks in the country cannot be
shown earlier than in 1875, at which
date they are set down as a little
over $4,000, 100000, and in 1910 over
$15,00O,000, The number Of de-
positors in savings banks in 1920, the
earliest year for which the figures can
be shown, was a little less than 5000,
and in 1910 over 100000.
Washington, October 4: An effort
to secure higher prices for cotton by
an improvement in the methods of
handling, grading and marketing the
crop is to be made by the govern
ment this year in cooperation. with
prominent cotton growers. The plan
is designed to bring to the cotton
raisers the full benefit Of the increase
in value that can be secured by
careful grading Of the crop to corre-
spOnd with the new government
standards. These standards have
been in the hands of the cotton ex-
changes for some time and are rec
ognized as official standards of the
trade. Officials Of the agricultural de-
partment are planning to take the
crop from plantations selected as eX-
pertinent points. The government ex-
pert will use the most approved meth
ods of grading, handling, baling and
selling, and will make accurate re-
turns on each operation for the ben
eft Of the cotton growers. 1t is
believed that If the cotton raisers
can be trained to grade the crop
carefully in it's initial handling, its
value can be greatly increased by
putting the cotton into grades that
command higher prices. Efforts are
being made to induce farmers asso-
Citations and local bodies to purchase
sets Of government standards for use
in preparing the cotton for the mar
ket. The price of the standards has
been reduced from $35 to $50 for the
benefit of farmers associations and
the department is recommending that
a half series" be purchased which
will give farmers a facility to grade
their cotton. 1t is believed cotton
raisers of the south will benefit to the
extent of millions of dollars if the
improvements in handling and mar
keting methods can be made general.
- Austin, Pa, October 4: The
first arrests for robbery following the
disastrous flood Of last Saturday were
made today, when two foreign wo-
men were caught by state trooper
prying open the lid of a trunk. The
women are Mrs Peter Shava and her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joseph Shava.
The women when arrested appealed
to State Senator F. E. Baldwin to
intercede for them, but he refused
They were taken to the county Jail
at Coudersport, Pa. There they were
searched, and purses and jewelry val
ued at $1,000 or more were recOv-
cred, many pieces being identified by
the owners. Joseph Shava, husband
of the younger woman, is accused of
participating in the theftS, but he
has not been found. The visit of
Governor Tener, the recovery of sew
en- more bodies and the funerals of a
number of other victims coupled
with a further development of the
system of clearing the ruins and feed
ing the augmented force of workmen,
marked the day as one Of the great
est progress thus far in relieving the
stricken town. With the bodies re-
covered today there are but thirty
persons unaccounted for, according
to the officials. Six funerals were
held today, five from the Swedish
church. the only one left standing.
The caskets were placed side by side
before the pulpit at one time and as
one service was completed a minis
ter of another denomination would
take his place. The Rev. E. E. Har-
ter, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, read the simple service as the
bodies were buried.
- Greenville. October A. One of the
Southern railways passenger trains
from Atlanta to Charlotte yesterday
carried Rev. B. l.. Padgett, the erst-
while Greenville preacher, who was
arrested in Atlanta several weeks ago
on a charge of immortality and again
Tuesday on a charge of kidnapping,
he having been arrested in an Atlanta
hnta1 tt.ith GIRL pf
Kings Mountain, \. c., and charges
of Kidnapping having been lately
brought against him by the girls faith
er. Padgett was yesterday in company
with a deputy sheriff of Kings Noun
tain and he was being carried back to
that town for trial He looked for the
space of five or six minutes out on his
former home town, Greenville. Pad
gett is Il South Carolinian, was arrest
ed in Georgia and will be tried in
North Carolina. The following from
the Atlanta Constitution of this morn