Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-12-29
Scraps and faets.

- Mrs. Carrie Nation, president or the
Barber county, Kan, w. G. T. u, is
somewhat violent reformer. She enter
ed a magnificent barroom at Wichita
on Thursday and deliberately smashed
a mirror valued at $500, and a painting
valued at $500. She claims that there
is no law by which she can be punish
ed; but she was committed to Jail on
the charge Of malicious destruction Of
property.
The Natural Bridge property, includ-
ing over 400 acres Of land, has been sold
for $4,000, of which $4,000 was paid in
cash. The deed was entered on record
last week in the county clerks office Of
Rockbridge. The purchasers are a
syndicate Of Richmond and Northern
capitalists, with F. H. Broke, of Rich
mond, as president. Charles H. Paxton,
of Rockbridge, was instrumental in
making the sale. The property former
ly belonged to the late Col. Henry G.
Parsons. Mrs. Parsons. who has man
aged the property since her husbands
death, will reside at her country home,
two miles north of the bridge.
Charlotte Observer, Tuesday: Mr..
Thomas Wright, young man who has
recently made his home in Belmont,
CASTOR county, came to Charlotte yes
terday morning on an early train and
began at once to drink whiskey. Last
night as No. 3S, the fast train from
Atlanta, came through Cathey's cut, 1
miles south Of Charlotte, the engine
struck and killed man on the track. 1t
lay on one rail, face down, and his
skull was struck and crushed. The
train was stopped, the dead body was
taken into the baggage car, brought to
Charlotte and turned over to the un-
dertakers. Wright leaves a wife and
child. He worked at the blacksmith's
trade.
Two stenographers, six clerks and
two private secretaries now compose
the office force Of w. J. Bryan, editor.
says dispatch from Lincoln, Nebras-
ka A week ago Mr.. Bryan announced
his new venture. By Wednesday he
had enrolled over a thousand subscrib-
ers, by Saturday they had reached
$500, and today's mail brought over
thousand more. Mr.. Bryan is very
much pleased with the response. 1t
has been much greater than he antici-
pated. What pleases him most is the
spontaniety Of it all. But he will not
be contented with depending upon
voluntary offers. He proposes going
out after subscribers. Agents will
probably be employed in each election
district.
- Says a London cable of December
% to the New York Sun: President
Taft, of the Philippine commission, has
come forward with another suggestion
for the settlement of the Philippine
currency question, which is now press
ing urgently for adjustment. He dis
cards former plans Of coming some
thing like a trade dollar and Of main
tanning by the credit of the United
States fixed ratio between the Mexi-
can dollar and American gold, and pro-
poses to adopt United States money
pure and simple, as the money Of the
Philippines. He points out that, rad
ical as is this move, it must be made
sooner or later, if the islands are to
remain under the control Of the United
States, and that delay only serves to
aggravate the evils Of the present con-
fusion of systems.
&zEAadoS cable, December %: Dis
Sefesas-tE Sold-fashioned secret meth
oas aws .:anaries, Osman Pasha,
nsss se Sgiaistaa; left