Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-04
Scraps aud faets,

approximately $l,000,063,OUU, exceed
ing the record breaking cotton crop
value over last year by more than
$lSO,O00,000. Further estimates today
from the governments official hgure Oh
S9.1 per cent of the normal for the con-
dition of the growing crop on July 20,
indicate that the crop will be 7,O46,-
100000 pounds, or 14.741,641 bales Of
AIS pounds net weight. This would
surpass the record cotton production
of the year of 1909 by more than L.
100000 bales. If the crop this year
sells at lis cents pound, the average
price for the last five years, its value
would be about $20,0OO,OOO below last
years great value record.
- One hundred cattle broke through
the fence of the Colorado reformatory
farm two weeks ago and escaped 10
the open country. Two men serving
long sentences for burglary ana lar-
ceny were selected by Warden Felix
O'Neill to round up the animals. Il
want you men to bring all the cattle
back" said the warden. you'll have
a good chance to escape II you desire,
but IL you do you will get me in trou-
BILE. and you probably will cost the
state a heavy financial loss. Cattle
are valuable" The men were furnish
ed horses and food for week. One
of the men said as they set out: WAR
den, you know those animals may
have strayed long distance. Don't
be worried If you don't hear from US. !"
Nothing was heard from the prisoners
until last Wednesday, when they re-
turned with the entire bunch Of cattle.
They were inexperienced as cowboys,
and found it hard work riding over
the rough country.
During the last two weeks sixty
eight Chicago boys have disappeared
from their homes, according to the
records of the missing" department
at the city detective bureau. Parents
OF a majority of the number blame
two diseases prevalent among youngs-
ters throughout the city. These are
termed "wildwesitis" and "armythe-
ria" The parents have told the po-
lice that in both diseases the symp-
toms are the same. They are charac-
terized by a fondness for trying to
throw a ciotheline over the neck of
the family cats liking for revolvers
and sombreros and fascination FOR
"tomahawking' the garbage cans In
the neighborhood. With large num-
Der of the missing boys 1t has resulted
I'm their leaving home to be a cow
boy or a "gen'ral." 1t is this part
which is causing the parents sleep
some message from their loved ones.
Out OF the sixty-eight only two are re-
ported as having been found and re-
turned to their homes. 1t Is probable,
however, that a number have return
eI and that the police have not re-
celveu notification.
The farmers free list bill passed
the senate last Tuesday by a vote OF
4S to 30, after it had been lost by a
vote of 80 to 81. But the bill did not
pass the senate as 1t came from the
house. The house bill provided for
the free admission of meats, flour and
insurgent Republicans baked at the
proposition. Senator Bailey voted
against 1t and Senator Elect Smith not
having yet been sworn in the bill was
killed 40 to 80. Had Bailey voted with
the Democrats or had Smith been pres
ent, the bill would have passed. When
the bill failed to pass the senate as 1t
came from the house, Senator Kearn OF
Indiana, introduced in accordance, with
q previous agreement substitute Dill
providing that the free list agreement
apply to all the commodities named
coming from countries with which this
country has or shall have reciprocal
relations. This means that the bill is
of little consequence except in the event
Canada ratifies the reciprocity treaty
and then the commodities named In
the bill will be admitted from Canada
free of duty. Had Bailey voted with
the Democrats or had Hoke Smith
been present, there seems to be no
doubt that the bill will have passed.
- Denouncing as absolutely false
VIM. Jennings Bryan's charge, that he
blocked the efforts Of Speaker Clark
and others to revise the iron and steel
schedules, Democratic Leader Under
wood, amid uproaring Democratic ap-
plauses, spoke in the house Wsdnes-
day in defense of his position and that
Of the Democratic house. He said he
had read the published Bryan state
ment and speaking very deliberately
said: Mr.. Speaker, the statements
contained In that paper are absolute
ly false II the reflections that article
contains rested on myself l would
not take the time of this house at an
swering them. But these statements
reflect, not only upon myself, but also
upon Democracy in control on this
side of the capitol and as the leader
on this floor, l would be untrue to my
fellow Democrats here and to myself
II / did not reply to this attack" Un-
derwood said that the tariff on iron
and steel needed further revision and
he would get at that when the ways
and means committee organized. He
told the committee that as everything
he had was invested in the iron indus
try it would relieve him of embarrass-
ment if it undertook the iron and
steel revision first.
- Jackson, Miss, August 2: That
former Governor James K. Vardaman
has been chosen the Democratic
nominee for United States senator
equivalent TO election-is conceded by
United States Senator Leroy Percy
and e. H. Alexander, his opponents in
yesterdays primary. In the race for
lieutenant governor, the returns indi-
cate that State Senator Theodore Bill
bO has polled an equally as large vote
as Mr.. Vardaman and his nomination
without the necessity of a second pri-
mary is regarded as assured. Earl
Brewer was unopposed for the guber-
national nomination. This is the up
rising of the people in Mississippi
Mr.. Vardaman said tonight in COM
ment 1t is a rebuke to the gross
methods of politics largely injected
into Mississippi, the arrogance of
placid power, self-Satisfied and SEEM
ingly secure in it's intrenchment of
dollars. 1t is a rebuke to personal
villification of a man who dareS lift
his voice in protest against the domi-
nation of dollars. 1t is an affirmance
of the plain people in their right to
rule and not the self-imposed right of
a lot of self-elevated and Self-aSsum-
ed leaders and prophets"
Charles A. White, the Illinois leg
islator who claims he was bribed TO
vote for William Lorimer for senator,
completed his three-days' story on di-
rect examination before the senate
Lorimer committee yesterday. He has
yet to measure wits with counsel for
Lorimer in redirect examination,
which promises to be as extended as
the direct one. Most Of the day was
devoted to telling how he spent the
$1,000 "Lorimer money and $9OO
Jackpot" money White asserts he
received and in relating his attempts
to have his sO-called confession print
ed. At the end of the day the manu-
script was put in evidence. The story
lOld at the first Lorimer inquiry was
varied by repeated fusilades OF queS-
tions from the committee as TO White $
alleged public spirited motive in ac-
cepting the bribes and then exposing