Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-23
Scraps and facts.

ting 1t be known that he does not IN
tend to permit any of his employees to
play poker, bet on horse races, or in
dulge in any other species Of gambling.
1t Is given to be understood that the
rules OF the department are to be en-
forced and that clerks guilty Of these
things, or who fail to support their
families properly and pay their ordina-
ry debts, will be subject to reduction or
dismissal from the service. The recent
reduction Of these clerks, because of
their sporting proclivities, has caused
much uneasiness among others who
may be classed as sports"
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. L. Fair, met
with a horrible death, near Trouville,
France, one day last week as the re-
suit of an automobile accident. They
had an automobile that was capable of
travelling 80 miles an hour, and they
were accustomed at times to let it run
at full speed. While they were bowl
ing along at terrific rate one of the
tires became Debated, and when Mr..
Fairs attention was called to the mat
ter, he tried to stop the machine. In
some way he lost control, and instead of
stopping the automobile turned aside
and dashed against a tree. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Fair were killed almost in
stantly. They leave joint estate val
ued at many millions OF dollars.
The weather bureaus weekly crop
summary, issued last Friday. describes
the cotton situation as follows: Late
cotton has improved in South Carolina,
Mississippi and Louisiana and in por-
tions Of Missouri and Tennessee. In
Alabama and Florida light crop is in
dicated, and in Georgia the outlook Is
so varied as to range from excellent to
almost a complete failure. Rust and
shedding are very generally reported
throughout the belt with premature
opening in portions Of Alabama, Geor-
gia and South Carolina. In Texas cot
ton is opening rapidly, and picking is
becoming general, but the crop has
deteriorated by the excessive heat,
shedding and ravages Of boil worms
and weevil. While some damage has
resulted from the hot dry weather In
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, where
the crop is maturing fast and picking
is in progress, a large yield is indicated.
- On Thursday, while Ira Russell and
Miss Helen Plumb were out trolling at
Hopkins Point, on the St. Lawrence
river, says a Utica, N. Y, dispatch, a
large sturgeon suddenly jumped into
their skiff, and nearly capsized it. The
boat, being an extremely light one,
without ribs, cracked under the weight
Of the big fish, which floundered from
one end of the craft to the other. Mr..
Russell, in trying to kill the fish, with
one of the oars, accidentally broke a
hole through the skiff and it began
to fill rapidly with water. Their only
salvation then was to reach shore be-
fore the boat should go down. They
had nothing with which to bail out the
water, but Miss Plumb, alive to the
desperate situation, removed one Of her
shoes and bailed out the skiff, while
Mr.. Russell pulled for the shore. They
reached shallow water before their boat
sank. The sturgeon measured 4 feet, 6
inches, in length and weighed A
pounds.
Strange indeed are the facts con-
nected with the short life of the infant
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Fechner, Of
f1n Nhor
Courier. The child at birth displayed
extraordinary traits. 1t never cried,
and exhibited an observation and men,
tai understanding that was almost ter
rifying in babe. At four months this
prodigy of intellect could talk plainly
and make it's wants fully known. But
it's little frame began wasting away.
The physicians who were called In,
shook their heads gravely and said to
the parents: You will never raise the
child. The mind Is too powerful. The
mental weight is sapping the physical
strength They proved to be true
prophets. In few days time the child
was dead. Before it's death the news
of it's wonderful precocity being noised
about, many people came to see for
themselves the talking baby, and went
away filled with awe and wonder. 1t
was weird, almost uncanny, this thing
Of an infant in swaddling clothes.
speaking plainly, and gazing upon
the spectators with eyes wherein
could be discerned a depth of in
telligence beyond all ordinary cal
culation. AS the childs life was
strange, so was it's death pc
culiar. Several days ago a fierce elec-
trical storm swept over Houston. Just
as the roar Of the storm came, at that
very instant the child, without a mur-
mur, calmly and painlessly went forth
into the great silence OF eternity.
The volume conta.. ing statements
of appropriations. new offices. ETC., re-
quired by law to be prepared and pub
lished at the end of each session of con-
gress. under the direction Of the COM
mittees on appropriations of the senate
and the house, has been completed for
the first session Of the 57th congress
by Thomas P. Cleaves and James S.
Courts, chief clerks respectively of
these committees. A summary of the
appropriations shows the grand total Of
$500, ,496. The details by bills are
as follows: Agricultural, $52OS, $50;
army. $91. .73O,136; diplomatic, s1,957, ,925;
District of Columbia, ss.544,46s; forti-
fication. s7.29S,955: Indian, sS.9S6, OPS; leg
islative. s25.3ss,6S1; military academy,
s2.627.324; naval. s7S,s56, 1868; pension,
Sl39. .S42. go: postoffice. S13S.416.598: river