Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-05
Scraps and 5aets.

Washington, october 4: The Sec
ond cotton ginning report Of the sea-
son compiled from reports OF census
bureau correspondents and agents
throughout the cotton belt and issued
at 10 a. m. today, announced hat e.
s0O,O O7 bales Of cotton, counting
round as half bales, Of the growth OF
1915 has beer ginned prior to Septem-
her 25. This compared with 3,S93,f5z
bales 21.3 per cent Of the entire crop
ginned prior to September 25 last year;
3,246,655 bales, or 1872 per cent in 1917
and 1907, 271 bales or 1928 per cent in
1911. Included in the ginnings were
go, 26S round bales, compared with D.
1874 last year, 26,9S3 in 1913, n 49,
574 in 1912. Sea island cotton in
cluded numbered 1904 bales. compar-
ed with 1927 bales to September 20
last year, 1850 in 1913, and S.O5l in
1912.
Manufacturers all over the United
States are clamoring for picric acld
in carload lots with which to make
high explosives to destroy mems lives
in the European war. In the anthra-
cite coal region of Pennsylvania, there
are 10. 900 men trained in the use OF
picric acid gauze, also known as
antiseptic gauze, for burns and in or
der to keep the dirt and germs from
wounds. These 10000 men are those
trained in first-aid to the injured
work in the anthracite mines, n tney
are now busily practicing for the ran
competitions in that important work.
The great demand for picric acid has
made a shortage Of dyestuffs for the
textile manufacturers, since this Is
another use to which mis- valuable
acid Is put. Picric acid Is a complna-
ton of nitric, sulphuric and carbolic
acids, and it's present price ranges
from $1.10 to $3.50 a pound. Fortu-
nately for the industrial IN
the anthracite coal region, only a small
quantity is necessary in which 10 oip
the gauze to make it a%ntiseptic, and
all Of the first-aid departments OF the
many companies are notably well
equipped.
The wal department on SUNDAY
night announced that there was httie
prospect Of re-opening the Panama
canal before November l. Since the
CnaIlnel WAS UIOShOo W
the east bank north Of Gold Hill on
September 20, the movement has con-
tinued steadily, pouring earth n rock
into the waterway while the dredges
worked away in a vain emo 10 keep
II open. Hundreds Of vessels will be
held up by the closing OF the canal Ior
40 days or more, causing the nrst very
serious interruption of traffic through
the isthmus since 1t was opened IN
August, 1914. War department ON
Gals said they could give no detnite
assurance that the canal could be
opened November /. It was explain
ed. however, that basing an estimate
upon the .manner in which the eartn
was moving and the amount OF earth
and rock already deposited, 1t was De,
lieyed that another month shoulu
serve to clear the channel. The pres.
ent slide began when the canal had
been open just ten days after a slide
which blocked it for a week.
Announcement is made, says a
Washington dispatch, that the prize
offered by the American Geneti asso-
citation for the location OF the largest
shade tree in the United States had
been awarded to a sycamore at
Worthington. Ind, which Is AZ feet :
inches in circumference an 100 feet
high. The contest brought photos n
descriptions of 337 trees from various
localities in the United States. A
chestnut was found near Crestmont,
N. c., which measured 33 feet 4 inches
in circumference and was 70 feet
tall. The largest elm In the country
undoubtedly is the Great Elm," I
Wethersfeld, Conn.,, % feet in circum-
ference and about 100 feet tall. A sas-
safras was found at Horsham, Pa, 10
feet 10 inches in circumference at 4
feet from the ground. Massachusetts
developed a white birch the girth OF
which was IL feet 2 inches. Louisi-
ana produced a pecan with a circum-
ference Of 9 feet 6 inches. and a
catalapa was found in Arkansas that
measured 16 feet in circumference.
The tallest tree found was a yellow
poplar in North Carolina, 1913 feet
high, with a circumference Of "a feet
6 inches.
New Orleans, October 8: Scores
of relief vessels despatched from al
most every point along the Louisiana
and Mississippi gulf coasts today
were searching the stricken
district where hundreds Of persons
were reported marooned and without
food as a result Of Wednesdays
hurricane. The list Of known dead
still stood at 202 early tonight but IT
was believed that the total death list
will be above 800 as more than 100
persons are reported as missing.
Refugees We're arriving on every boat
bringing with them stories OF hard
ship and suffering. In nearly every
instance they were being landed with
no belongings other than the clothes
they wore. Most Of them were PEN
niless. Committees in charge Of the
rescue work were still sending out
vessels with supplies as rapidly as
boats could be obtained and II has
been arranged to forward large qquan-
titles Of food and clothing to central
supply stations to be established
throughout the stricken area Con-
ditions in New Orleans were being
improved rapidly. Telegraph and
telephone companies today had sue
ceeded in running nearly a score of
wires into New Orleans from points
where interrupted communication had
been maintained through the storm.
The cotton and other exchanges which
ceased operations Wednesday when
telegraphic communication with the
outside world was interrupted, will re-
sumo trading tomorrow, it is said.
The steamer Maratime. $3.50 tons,
which was the North German Lloyd
steamer Schliesien before she was
captured as a British prize, says a
London dispatch, recently brought at
auction the price Of 100000, an in
crease of $275,0G0 over her price OF
six months ago. A profit Of $275,0OO
on a ship costing $325,000 indicates
the extent of the present shipping
boom. Even a half year ago vessels
were selling at a premium. But the
present boom breaks all records in
history Of shipping. There have been
other sales as remarkable Of late. One
steamer, which was bought for $685.
900 at the beg ming Of he war,
changed hands at $500. 000. A Copen-
hagen owner who last January bought
a 1924 ton steamer for $41,500. resold
her this month for 5000, 900. These
vessels are freighters and not pas
senger vessels. Except when let to the
government on charters as transports,
passengers are not particularly profit
able. But the exaggerated price for
f%reighters, often far exceeding the cost
price of superannuated ships, is due to
the expectation Of huge profits. The
clean sweep from the seas Of German
and Austrian vessels a~ggregating over
four million tons left an unprecedent-