Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-06
Scraps aud facts.

The papers Of last Friday contained
dispatches indicating tremendous loss
to property, but there was really not
much harm done. 1t is believed that
the commotion is due principally to un-
derlying oil and gases. ...-...
-S Says q Charlotte dispatch Of Mon
day: w. H. Dulin, prominent farmer
Of this section, was burned to death In
his home near this city on Saturday
night He was alone in the house, his
wife and children being at a neighbors.
Fire in the Dulin house was discovered
at 2 o'clock q. m. Neighbors first on
the scene found that the house was en-
veloped in flames, that $9.15 in silver
and charred roll of paper money were
found under Dulin's body after the fire.
Neighbors do not suspect foul play,
but think the fire was the result of a
lamp explosion.
The government will print its own
postage stamps, as the result of the
bids opened at the postoffice depart
ment for the contract for supplying
the adhesive postage stamps for the
United States for the four years, be-
ginning October l. next. 1t has been
stated that the price asked by the bu-
reau Of engraving and printing was
exorbitant, and the work would have
to go to a private concern. The bu-
reau's bid, however, proved the low
est. The only other bidder was the
American Bank Note and Engraving
company, Of New York, whose bid is
estimated to be about $4,000 higher
for the four years than the bureaus
bid.
At Altoona, Pa, there is a physician
who was SO years old last Saturday and
is still in active practice, the oldest
practicing physician in the state. He
works daily in his garden and during
the last year he personally super
intended the work of building several
houses and is said to Be as active as
most men Of 60. He has never worn
spectacles and his hair is only now
turning gray. His memory Is unim-
paired, his digestion sound and his ap-
petite good. AS a boy he was sickly,
and when he was 80 years old he was
thought to be dying Of consumption;
but he recovered and has never been i'll
since. What is the secret? The only
one he knows Is: Excess in nothing;
moderation in all things"
The cotton brokers have united
with the cotton manufacturers of New
England to fight the action of the Bos-
ton and Maine, and New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroads in their
plan to discontinue the through freight
tariffs on all rail cotton from southern
points to New England mills. A call Is
about to issue for q meeting Of the
brokers and mill men for the purpose
of preparing a case to be laid before
the interstate commerce commission.
The mill men claim that the railroads
have not the right to deprive them
transportation facilities so long as
available; that the per diem claim of
the roads-namely, that they cannot
pay 20 cents per day for the use Of for
eign cars because cotton traffic block
ades the cars at the mills-is not borne
out by facts: and that the object Of
the roads is to compel shipment Of cot
ton by water in order that they may
simply handle cotton from the wharves
to the mills, obtaining their own rates
for the business. instead Of only part
of the tariff on all rail business.
- The desire of the war department
to have many national guard organi-
cations participate in the September
army manoeuvres at Fort Riley, Kan,
Is almost certain to meet with failure.
So far not a single state has accepted
the invitation Of the department. and
twenty-five states and territories have
declined. in each case the reason given
being lack Of funds. These states and
territories are Alabama, Arizona, Con-
necticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Missouri, Maine, Michigan, Maryland,
New Jersey, New Hampshire, North
Dakota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island. South Dakota, Vermont,
Washington and Wyoming. 1t was
thought that the Kansas militia at
least, would take part, but Governor
Stanley wrote that arrangements had
been made already for mobilizing the
state national guard at Emporia in Au-
gust. Some Of the states which sent
declinations will, however. be repre-
sented by national guard officers.
A study of the campaign methods
and prospects Of the two political par
ties, as seen at the headquarters in
Washington, has been made by the
correspondent Of the New York Journal
of Commerce. He says: AS regards
practical work, more is as yet being
done beneath the surface than before
the public. Both sides are busily at
work on their campaign books, which
will appear within a very short time.
Both are sending out large quantities
of literature. The Democrats have
adopted the plan Of sending their liter
ature only to candidates who dissem-
mate it for themselves. 1t Is thought
that each candidate will know best ex-
actly what is wanted in his own par
ticular district. Senator Hoar's Phil
ippine speech is one Of the documents
most eagerly in demand. Mucn Of the
Republican literature, on the other
hand, deals with our astonishing pros
perity and the greatness of our for
eign trade. Along this line yeoman SER
vice has been done by the treasury
bureau OF statistics. which has sup
piled information with a most generous