Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-26
Scraps aud fatts.

to debate the question with Governor
Mckinley; but if a debate canno6 be
arranged with the Republican candid
ates, he will not enter the lists with
any lesser parsonage.
Elliott Danforth, treasurer of the
New York state Democracy, was re-
ported q day or two ago as saying that
Senator Hill had come out point blank
for Bryan. Upon being approached
by reporters in regard to the matter,
Senator Hill refused to say word one
way or the other. Mr.. Bryan is re-
ported as taking no stock in the story.
He says, so the papers have it, that
Mr.. Hill is man who does not ex-
press himself through others; but who
says what he wants to say himself.
New York state convention is to meet
at Buffalo on September 16, and there
is reason to believe that after that date,
Senator Hills position will no longer
be doubt.
In the artillery practice of the
French Mediterranean squadron last
Tuesday off Toulon, Admiral Gervais
and his staff had narrow escape.
Instead of aiming at a target which
was being towed 500 yards behind the
flagship Brennus, battleship of II 900
tons displacement, the cruiser Vau-
tour turned her quick-fire guns on the
flagship. The shots rained around
Admiral Gervais and his staff, and
how they escaped is a miracle. The
glass in the admiral's coming tower
was riddled and a sailor was wounded.
There is much mystery as to how the
mistake occurred, as it is thought i'm
possible that the gunners could have
missed the mark by 500 yards.
Augusta Chronicle, Friday: About
the scarcest thing in Augusta just now
is money. 1t cannot be had, either,
"for love or money" and the wheels
of trade are being blocked to no little
extent. Yesterday it was learned
that several produce dealers in the
city were badly Inconvenience by q
failure to obtain money from the
banks to pay drafts with bills of lad
ing attached. 1t was said that there
were tied up in the railroad yards IL
car loads of meat and grain,, for the
payment of which the persons to whom
they were consigned were absolutely
unable to obtain funds. This is likely
to cause distress, for each day there
are many car loads of stuff arriving,
and if the present state of things keep
up there is no telling where it will
end.
-Spartanburg Herald, Saturday {:
Perhaps the hugest human being that
has ever been seen in Spartanburg
alighted from the southbound passen-
ger train yesterday afternoon. She
was veritable mountain of human
flesh in the shape of woman. She
far transcends any of the dime mus
cum or side show fat women, that
have often been exhibited in Spartan
burg. 1t was with the greatest diff
Guilty that she succeeded in making
her exit from the Car and there was
not hack driver at the depot who
would dare risk her weight in his
vehicle. She said that she suffered
beyond all description during this last
months hot spell with the heat and
had lost something over a hundred
pounds of flesh. Her name is Mrs.
Henry Macarthur and her home is in
the lower part of Georgia. She said
that her normal weight was about
500 pounds.
- The United States army authorities
are experimenting with the bicycle as
a means of locomotion for soldiers. An
interesting test was commenced from
Helena, Mon, last week. Lieutenant
Moss, of the 25th infantry, started out
with eight soldiers to make trip of
1000 miles. The soldiers were all
heavily accoutered, and each carried
four days. rations. The heaviest
wheel, with pack and rider, weighed,
all told, 272 pounds, and the lightest
weighed 202 pounds. The average
weight was 240 pounds. The first
days journey included passage
across a rocky range, over which there
was necessarily good deal Of walking !;
but Notwithstanding this, during the
first % hours, the detachment made q
distance of 1872 miles. Lieutenant
Moss believes that he can show that
soldiers on bicycles can make better
time than either on foot or on horse
back.
The Republican campaign mana
gers are endeavoring to find out every
Republican who wants to vote for
Bryan and every Democrat who in
tends to vote for Mckinley. This
immense task has been undertaken by
the 10000 organizations of national
league Republican clubs. Actual
work has just been commenced, al
though the officials at the national
headquarters in Chicago have been
preparing for it for several months.
1t is expected that this canvass will
cover every county in the country,
and when it is completed, the mana
gers will know exactly where they
stand on both the money and presi-
Dental candidates. About 100000
Introductory letters were mailed from
Chicago last Friday, and reports from
them are expected to begin coming in
in about two weeks. A force of clerks
will tabulate the returns as soon as
they arrive. As the canvass prog
resses, reports will be made to the
national executive committee.
- Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman
of South Carolina, made an address
last Saturday to about 700 farmers
assembleed to attend the Mt. Gretna.