Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-10-09
Scraps and facts.

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approached them and presenting pistols
demanded their whisky. Vance ana
Wilson. instead of surrendering, showed
fight, and Vance was shot dead. Will
SON ran away. The two Negro robbers
grabbed the jug that Vance had been
carrying and made their escape.
Charlotte Observer: The plow trust
was launched in Chicago on Tuesday
night with a big banquet. The head
quarters are to be in Chicago. 1t has
New Jersey charter, the capital Is Sloo'-
100000, the % great plow manufactures
of the United States are in the combine,
and It is to be a close ally Of the steel
trust Charles H. Deere, of Moline, the
foremost plow man Of the nation, Is
president And thus the tendency OF
modern commerce to organize on the
basis of community of interests is on
the increase. Other very recent indica-
tions Of it are to be seen In the incllna-
ton of the cotton manufacturers to
combine, as already noted in The OBJ
server, and of the American tobacco
trust to buy up the British tobacco In
terests.
Baltimore Sun: Capt. q. B. Vance, Of
the regular army, who has charge OF
the recruiting station at Charlotte, N.
c., reports that recruiting Is becoming
a very slow business in the Old North
state During the month Of September
only two recruits were secured at Char
lotte. He says the number of recruits
has been less each succeeding month
since the establishment of the recruit
ing Office at Charlotte. North Carolina
is noted for the bravery Of its soldiers;
but owing to the industrial activity in
the state its young men find that they
can secure better pay and less hard
work at home than by enlisting in the
regular army, with the Philippines as
their almost certain destination. For
similar reasons recruiting at other
points in the south is reported as being
very slow.
President Roosevelt, according to
Washington dispatch has said that
neither he nor Mrs. Roosevelt desire
any changes or alterations in the White
House. The president says the build
ing suits him, both as residence and
as an official home. Beyond this ex-
preston of his opposition to all the
talk Of additions and alterations at the
White House the president gave no ex-
Of arininn UhQf he
thought ought to be done to increase
the facilities of the home Of presidents.
The presidents statement was made IN
an emphatic way that admitted of no
misinterpretation. President Mckinley,
some time before his death, had ex-
pressed himself as opposed to additions
or alterations to the White House and
advocated the building Of home for
the president in some other portion Of
Washington.
The third race between the Colum-
bia and Shamrock was sailed last Fri
day and was won by the Columbia
with IL seconds to spare. The race was
exceedingly exciting. The Shamrock
passed the finish line two seconds in the
lead; but the Columbia won by virtue
Of her handicap allowance on account
Of the large sail spread of the Sham
rock. This settled the contest, the Co.
lumbia having won three straight races
out of the five. Sir Thomas Upton
was, Of course, sorely disappointed at
the result; but took defeat as true
sportsman. Because of the very close
races there arose question that prob
ably a change of crews, the putting Of
the Shamrock men on the Columbia and
the Columbia men on the Shamrock,
might change the result. Sir Thomas
Upton has announced his willingness
for such a test; but it will hardly be
made. AS to whether Sir Thomas will
try again is not yet known. 1t has
been intimated that he will leave the
Shamrock in America and sail her
against the Columbia next year.
Washington special of October 2, to
Philadelphia Record: President Roose-
welt today appointed John S. Dean to
be United States district attorney for
Kansas. This is the most significant
appointment yet made by the new presi-
dent and 1t carries with 1t plain warn
ing that men to get office under him
must be up to his standard or they will
not be considered. AS result Senator
Burton, of Kansas, and Republican Ma
tlonal Committeeman Mulvane, Of the
same state, have gone home, not ex-
actly disgruntled perhaps, but defeat
ed in the efforts to land B. H. Tracy,
who was indorsed by the Kansas Re-
publican machine, and the president
has recognized Cyrus Leland, the pen
sion agent for the state and the politi-
cal foe Of Burton. Politicians here see
in the Dean appointment the Roose
welt idea and are taking the lesson we'll
to heart. The new president is playing
high-class politics from the start. He
does not intend to be handicapped by
any unfit appointments. The usual po-
litical arguments have no effect on him.
He demands fit men and will so de-
mand. At the same time he is not hurt
ing his chances for denomination in
1904.
The case of Miss Helen Stone, the
American missionary, who was kid
mapped by brigands in Turkey, some
weeks ago, has ever since been a matter
of grave concern throughout the north
eastern portion of the United States,
and to a greater or less extent in all
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