Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-09-17
Scraps aud faets.

ricks and wells. Within few hours
the whole Of Spindletop was mass of
flames, and it looked as if the oil re-
gions were to be converted into vol
cano Of fire. The oil people collected
a large number Of steam boilers and
after quite a hard fight, succeeded In
smothering the flames with steam. The
loss is estimated at not less than $780,
900. The fire is said to have been the
fiercest on record. s
In Greensboro, n. c., last week,
Judge James E. Boyd signed an order
appointing Henry c. Cowles, Of States
vile, receiver for the monies which
may be paid in by the defendants in
the famous Amos Owens cherry tree
case. 1t will be remembered that Judge
Boyd's sentence provided for the res
titution by the defendants Of money
which they fraudulently obtained. All
such money they are now to pay to
Mr.. Cowles. who will hold it in trust for
the court. The principal defendants in
the cases are Frank Bright, T. Bright
-.
I'D at the October term Of the Federal
court to see to what extent the defend
ants have remitted money wnlcn they
fraudulently obtained.
Baltimore Sun: In the year ended
August 81, Southern cotton mills took
1,937,971 bales Of cotton, against 2,O5O,-
ia consumed by northern mills. AS
the increase last year of the southern
mills was 317,04O, against an increase OF
but SS.2Ol for the northern mills. it Is
not unlikely that next year the south
ern mills will be found to be consuming
more cotton than the northern mills.
In 1ss3 according to The Manufactu-
rer's Record the case was very differ
ent, southern mills in that. year taking
but 743, ,s4S bales, against 1,687, ,2S6 taken
by northern mills. The northern mills
do we'll, but the southern mills do bet
ter. The cotton manufacturing indus
try Is evidently becoming what 1t ought
to have done long ago-a southern in
dustry.
Mrs. VIM. M. Stewart, wife of the
senior United States senator from Ne
yada, was killed in Almeda, Cal, last
Friday as the result of an. automobile
accident. Mrs. Stewart was enjoying
a ride with her nephew, Henry Foote,
son of w. w. Foote, an attorney, and
II. p. Taylor. They were going along
Santa Clara avenue in Alameda coun-
"a machine
sending it along at high speed. A We
hicle approached and Taylor swerVed
the automobile in order to avoid COL
lision. At that moment he lost con-
troll of the steering apparatus or made
a miscalculation. The automobile ran
into a telegraph pole and the occupants
were thrown out. Mrs. Stewart was
struck on the head and was carried IN
an unconscious condition to a SANTA
rum in the vicinity, where she soon
died. Foote and Taylor escaped with
minor bruises. Taylor Is cousin OF
Frederick Benedict, who recently was
crushed to death under his automobile
in New York. Mrs. Stewart was visit
ing her sister. Mrs. Louis Aldrich, VINO
lives in San Francisco.
The city of New York gave $50 In
gold last week to each of 637 men, wo-
men and children who are blind and
who proved that they were poor: 1t Is
an annual custom. The cases are care
fully investigated. One man who made
application lives in a brownstone front
house of his own. has son In the po-
lice department and two daughters who
are school teachers. The Boston Jour-
nal saws: "Some of the New York
newspapers think that his application,
under the circumstances, was remark
able On the contrary. it might have
been expected. Those who are ac-
ouainted with families that depend
largely upon municipality for support
know that the spirit of semi-pauperism
grows to such an extent that not in
frequently members Of the family not
actually employed would rather obtain
aid from the overseers Of the poor than
to earn a living by hard work for pri-
vate firms. The yearning for support
by city is something that grows until
it becomes disease"
An important order was issued by
the treasury department officials this
week to the effect that hereafter in the
choosing of public building sites the peo-
pie of the community shall have some
sayso in the matter. Considerable
trouble has been experienced by the
department in the past in listening to
the gratuitous advice Of congressman
in regard to the choosing Of sites and
the opinion has been growing that In
many instances the congressman made
quite a good thing out Of this scheme
of recommending to the officials the
suitable sites. BY the recent order, as
soon as a site has been selected the de-
partment will announce the fact by
posting a public notice in the postoffice
of the town where the building is to be
erected, inviting criticisms from the cit
izens as to the desirability of the site.
At the expiration of 80 days, should
no protest worthy Of consideration
have been received, the final purchase
OF the site will be made. On the other
hand if a good reason is shown why the
public building should not be located
on the proposed site another will be
selected.
Preparations for the army man.
oeuvres at Fort Riley, are well under
way. All of the staff officers who are
to lie in charge have left for the res
ervation, though actual war" will not