Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-08
Stmpa aud fatts.


from the New York World figures
showing that, although 39,7S2 murders
were committed in this country from
1896 to 1900, only 597 Of the murderers
were judicially executed. The news
columns of the same day contained a
report Of the burning at the stake In
Florida, and said that the awful pun
ishment was inflicted calmly, dellper-
ately and as if of settled purpose, the
whole community joining in 1t either
actively or passively. Dc not the two
statements seem to have strong re-
lation to each other?'
- His majesty, the sultan of Turkey,
seems to be yielding, to some degree, IN
his attitude towards the Zionist colo
niZation movement. Two weeks ago
Constantinople despatch said that Or.
Theodore Herzl, with representatives
of the Rothschilds and Bleischroders,
had arrived there to offer loan to the
sultan upon condition that he accept
the Palestine colonization project. A
day or two ago another despatch an
nounced that DR.. Herzl had been gra-
ciously received by the sultan, who had
decorated him and presented him with
valuable gifts. 1t was also stated that
DR.. Herzl had obtained valuable con-
cessions towards the colonization pro-
ject.
Charlotte Observer: A son of Jus
tice Harlan, of the supreme court or
the United States. was recently ap-
pointed to a desirable position in Porto
Rico, and it was suggested at the time
that the appointment was for the pur-
pose of influencing the opinion OF the
father in the inSular cases. JuStlce
Harlan, however, decided with the mi
-rt ha GOV
these cases; but as the VickSburg Her
aid saws, this fact 'is not conclusive
of the propriety of the appointment of
his son to a lucrative place pending the
decision. The tongue of detraction will
simply say that he was Influenced to so
vote to avert suspicion" AND so'
looked at from every standpoint, 1t is
as our contemporary says: THE ap-
pointment had better not have been
made"
Lord Kitchener, in dispatch from
Pretoria. dated June 4, says: "Dfxon's s
report of the fighting at Vlaklonteln'
40 miles from johannesburg, May ~,
lust received. On our side, 1,45O men
with seven guns were engaged. The
force was returning to camp at Wax.
fontien when the enemy, ercoVer Oh
q veldt fire, rushed the rear guard, con-
sisting of two guns Of the 18th pattery
and $50 men of the Derbyshires and
Yeomanry. They temporarily cap
tured the two guns. When the remain
der of the force came into action the
Beers were driven off, the guns were
recaptured and the Boer position was
occupied. Our casualties were six OIL
GERS and 115 men wounded and one Of
ficer and seven men missing. One OF
fIcer and four men have since died or
wounds. Forty-one Beers were Killed
on the ground. The further Boer cas-
ualties are not known. Reinforce
ments are being sent"
The feature of Thursdays session
of the Alabama constitutional conven-
ton was the ordinance introduced py
Mr.. Sanford. of Montgomery, to strike
out that part of the preamble which de-
clares that no state has right 10 Sc
ceSe. He says it is unnecessary. An
other ordinance which created much
laughter was that of Pierce. of Marion
that no man who is learned In law
shall hereafter hold any once eXcept
those of a judicial nature. SANFORD, OF
Pike. offered an ordinance providing
that there shall be no imprisonment FOR
debt except where persons agree to 90
soma special act or service for his en-
plover. and thereby obtains money or
goods to perform service. Another I'M
portant ordinance was that or roster,
of Tuscaloosa. that no new ordnance
shall be introduced after January ~;
that the convention take a recess lot
one week on that date, the committees
to sit in the meantime and get their re-
ports ready.
Estiban Glori, a Filipino boy who
has been in Atlanta a week, was the
cause of an excited discussion at a soda
fount one morning last week. Glorl
was taken to the fount by w. NJ. Fen
dleton, in whose charge he mas peen
placed. The clerk stubbornly refused
to sell the boy the drink. declaring that
he was a Negro, and as such could not
be served at that particular fountain.
.Glori's protector, and others standing
around, Indignantly protested that Clio
ri was q Malay. and not Negro. Inc
clerk was obdurate and resolutely re-
fused to let Glori drink at the fountain.
The Filipino, while angry at the lmpu-
tation that he was Negro. was eN-
ceedingly courteous and walked away
quietly. Much interest is being shown
in the course which the board OF edu-
cation will take when the boy applies
for admission to the public schools.
Glori is the son of q Filipino general.
and was sent to the United States to
be educated by an American army Of
ficer.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Thirty
years drunk. but now reformed. Such
is the case of whisky Jim" Williams,
the most noted drunkard ever in Louis
vile. With the exception of a few
months some ten years ago, Jim Will
liams has not drawn sober breath IN
thirty years. He says so himself and
he ought to know. The reformation
was not one of this thunderclap affairs
that last sometimes as long as week,
but this is rather the result of long. pa
tient effort by Evangelist Steve Hol-
colin. He began three months ago and
he has kept up his work ever since.
For over two months whisky jim
has been strictly sober. In that time
he has not been arrested and he has
not begged boxes on Main street. Be-
ing arrested and begging boxes on
Main street were two Of his special
ties. He would get kind-hearted clerks
to let him have small box. He would
collect a dozen boxes, chop them up,
sell the lot for kindling wood and then
get blind drunk again. This time,
however, he says his conversion Will
hold.
kansas City Times: Like the straw
berry crop, which ripens first in the
extreme portions of the South, then
gradually works it's way north until
Michigan and other extreme Northern
States are reached, wheat harvesting
begins in Texas and gradually working
re Minnesota