Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-03
Straps and facts.

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closed The mules must be IA 1-2
hands. deep girth, good bone and
short legged and must be between
four and seven years old. The price
paid for an American mule in South
Africa is slightly less than $3.50, but
before they enter the country they
are passed upon by veterinary sur
geon. Frequently American mules
of five, and ten years service in South
Africa have been sold as high as Sl4O
each.
Editor James A. Cromartie of
Sparta, Ga, who disappeared mys-
teriously from a hotel at Hamlet, y.
c., November 9, was found last Fri
day wandering in the woods near
EllenbOrO, Rutherford county, n. c.,
more than a hundred miles from the
scene of the disappearance, by a
farmer, who is OBTAINING him until
relatives can be communicated with.
Cromartie. who is over sixty years
old is said to be deranged and does
not know his own name. but identifi-
cation was established by pictures and
stories printed in state newspapers.
He arrived at Hamlet the night of
November 9. at which place it was
necessary for him to change cars for
Clarkton, n. c., where he purposed
visiting relatives. During the night
he disappeared, leaving his baggage at
the hotel. Two sons of the aged
man took up the search for him
promptly. expending much money for
and detectives, and only
relinquished the quest two weeks ago,
when all clues proved futile.
Nothing has happened up to the
present time to indicate that the boil
weevil will not eventually reach the
northernmost and easternmost portions
of the cotton belt" says w. d. Hun
ter, in charge of southern field crop
insect Investigations, in a bulletin is
sued last Saturday by the department
of agriculture The boil weevil last
year infested nearly 80 per cent of
the cotton acreage of the United
States. 1t was found in 100 per cent
in Louisiana, in 80 in Texas, 80 in
Arkansas, 80 in Mississippi and 35
in oklahoma" The progress of the
insect to the east will be more rapid
than to the north because of climatic
conditions; but the experience thus
far acquired seems to indicate, ac-
cording to the agricultural depart
ment experts, that the boil weevil
will eventually overcome any climatic
barriers. The only exception to this
is the high, open plains of western
Texas. Important progress has been
made in the use of arsenate of lead
as poison.
- The African hunting trip, as or
ganiZed and carried out by the Smith
sonian Institute, via Roosevelt, rs
the subject of the latest proposed con-
gressional investigation. The sug-
gestion was received few days ago,
by Representative Rainey of Illinois,
from a citizen of a Georgia town,
who referred TO such an inquiry as a
public service and to the Smith
sonian' as a trash heap institution. Z"
Mr.. Rainey is the Democrat who re-
Gently introduced a resolution to in
quire into the manner in which Mr.
Roosevelt obtained his transportation
and supplies on his trips about the
country while he was president. Mr..
Rainey proposes at the earliest OPP
portunity to press this resolution
though it was referred to the rules
committee and promptly pigeon
holed. The Georgian declared that
an extension of such an inquiry to in
clude the way in which the African
hunt expedition expense was borne
by the Smithsonian Institute would
show waste, extravaganza and squan-
dering Of public money The Smith
sonian has never reported the cost
of the expedition to congress, but did
submit a statement showing that g.
663 skins and $500 shoots or plants
were obtained.
John B. Moisant and Arch HoXsey,
aviators extraordinary, were killed
last Saturday. Both fell out of the
treacherous air currents with their
machines-neither from a vast height
remaining minutes of life
were so few as to count as naught.
Hoxsey was killed instantly. Moisant
met his death at 9.55 a. m. attempt
ing to alight in a field a few miles
from New Orleans, La. HoXsey who
went into the air early in the after
noon at Los Angeles, lay, at 2.12 p.
m. a crushed, lifeless mass in view
of the thousands who were watching
the aviation tournament. Thus the
last day of 1910. in bringing the total
number of deaths of aviators to 35,
capped the list with two of the most
illustrious of those airmen who have
been writing the history of aviation
in the sky of two continents. With
HoXsey and MoiSant thirty aviators
and their passengers were killed dur
ing the year 1910 in falls from heavier
than air machines against five in the
two years previous. And those three
years comprise the working history
of the sport, for it was in 1908 that
Lieut. Thos. Selfridge, u. S. A, fell
with Orville Wright in the first pub
lie trial of an aeroplane at Fort
Myer. He was the first passenger
and the first man killed in self sus-
tanned machine. The other Americans
dead. all killed during last year, are
Johnstone. Hoxsey and Moisant.
- The coming of a new year finds
the finances of the United States
treasury far improved over the con-
dition in which the business of 1910
100000 more than it had taken in.
That sum took no account of the eX-
traordinary expenditures for the
Panama canal. The beginning of
1911 finds that deficit reduced to
$6.0O0.0OO and the total deficit, in
Guiding Panama expenditures, re-
duced almost $26,OO0,OOO on all ac-
counts-practically half of what 1t
was a year ago. The year closes
with about $50 100000 in the general
fund and a working balance of $34,-
900. 900 in the treasury offices both
considerably lower than a year ago.
This is considered by treasury OIL
cials a remarkable showing in the
face of the fact that more than $780,
900. 900 has been advanced out of or
dinary funds for the canal construc-
ton. The showing seems to sus-
tain Secretary MacVeagh's declaration
that the treasury would be able to
keep an even keel until congress pass
ed legislation to allow an issue of Sc
curiteS upon the plans which Mr..
MacVeagh has laid down. Such a
plan as Mr. MacVeagh and Senator
Aldrich have so far worked out. con-
templates the issue of $50,000,0O0 or
800, 100000 of Panama bonds. not
to be available for national bank cir
Culation, and at a rate of interest high
enough to make them attractive to in
vestors. Such a plan promises to de-
Velop into legislation when congress
settles down to work.
Abraham Gonzales, leader of the in
surgent forces operating near Ojinaga
and provisional governor of Chihuahua,
gave an interview to the Associated
Press correspondent at Mulato last
Friday. This is the first statement
by any of the insurgent leaders in the
field. Gonzales talked frankly, tell
ing of the policy of the insurgents
and their plans. The independents