Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-11-24
Scraps and fatts.

IRe kllleQ many peOple WelS iAJuASo'
and a large amount Of property was
destroyed. The cyclone followed a
heavy downpour Of rain that had last
ed nearly all Of Tuesday.
The big cotton mill Operatives
strike in Alamance county, N. c., has
been declared off. The strike has beeu
in force about three months and sew
eral thousand operatives were involved.
The labor organization which was
probably aiding the strikers, withdrew
it's support. This is the third recent
strike among cotton mill workers In
North Carolina and the mill owners In
each case have been the winners.
According to the Atlanta Journal,
plans are being consummated for the
immediate erection Of ten plants for
the manufacture of cotton seed hulls
into paper. Robert Thompson, Of New
York, is quoted as saying that the
scheme Is being backed by the Nation
al Saw company, with $5,000,000 capital
and that the work Of putting up plants
will begin within 80 days. The Stand
ard OIL company Is said to be interest
ed. It Is the intention to have the fac
tories scattered throughout the cotton
belt from Texas to North Carolina.
The plants will run with a capacity OF
125 to 200 tons each.
Responding to toast at Santiago
de Cuba, last week, Secretary Root
said in part: IT am visiting Cuba as
the representative Of President McKin-
lev. for the purpose Of making a per-
sonal investigation Of the condition or
its inhabitants, particularly with refer
ence to their ability to govern them
selves. From newspaper reports I had
come to imagine that the Cubans were
only partly. civilized, and I am agreea-
bly, surprised to find an enlightened
people. I desire to renew assurances
of the good faith of the United States
government, which will fulfill its prom
ises; and I expect soon to see free,
self-governing republic in Cuba"
There is rumor afioat to the effect
that the Pennsylvania railroad Is try
ing to secure control Of the Southern.
It has been understood all along that
these two great systems are working
in close harmony with each other and
that J. Pierpont Morgan has financial
control of both. The consolidation OF
the two systems will give almost COM
plete control Of the coal supply OF the
East and the South, both anthracite
and bituminous, and make possible a
new trust more powerful even than the
Standard Oil. Captain Greene, vice-
president of the Pennsylvania railroad
company, has made denial OF the
truth Of the rumor; but that denial Is
not taken as counting for a great deal.
The big guns are ahead once more
in the unending struggle between i'm
movable body and irresistible force
which naval experts carry on the world
over. Uncle Sans latest pinch naval
gun develops the amazing muzzle We
locity Of 1854 feet per second, and It's
$50 pound steel projectile could be sent
smashing through any protective armor
vet but on battleship. The gun will
do the work Of destruction, sure
enough; the only difficulty with these
steel-belted monsters is the hitting OF
the mark. Hundreds Of 12-inch shot
and shell were sent hurtling at the
Spanish foe on land and sea during the
recent petty war with Spain; but 1t has
not yet been recorded that single one
of these huge messengers of death
reached its mark.
An enthusiastic plea for wide ex-
pansion of rural free delivery is made
in the annual report Of w. M. Johnson,
first assistant postmaster general. He
SAYS that the extraordinary develop
ment of this system during the past IL
months under the stimulus Of appro-
priations Of s450,OOO for the fiscal year
1Sss-19Oo, and s1,75O,OOO for the fiscal
year 1sOO-19O1, is conclusive as showing
that hereafter 1t must be permanent
and expanding feature Of the postal
administration. The service can nov
be extended as swiftly as congress may
direct or as the means permit, until 1t
covers all those portions Of the United
States now reached in whole or In part
by the more primitive methods OF the
postal service. which have come down
to us almost without change from CO.
lonial times. This change, Mr.. john
son believes can be effected without ex-
cessive cost to the government.
- 1t is stated from washington that
so soon as Secretary Root gets back
from Cuba, instructions will be issued
to General Macarthur that will be cal
culated to put an end to the PHILIPPINE
rebellion The great trouble now Is
that natives can turn out and fight the
American troops, or rob and murder on
opportunity, and go back to their homes
as good people, when too closely press
ed. To tell who is who is very difficult.
1t is now proposed to adopt some such
plan as was pursued by Weyler in
Cuba. The people will be kept under
closer surveillance, and every effort
will be made to put a stop to the prac-
tice of being good one day and bad
another. Aguinaldo is believed to have
his headquarters in the mountains OF
Beguet, and it is thought that If he
can be captured, a long step will have
been taken toward the restoration OF
peace. The plan Of increasing the cav
airy force with which to pursue the
rebels has practically been settled up
on, and every possible effort is to be
m c1nSa In