Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-13

were three consignments OF dynamite.
AS the result Of a terrific bump from
the shifting engine. the dynamite In
one car exploded. This explosion was
followed by another and another.
Then there developed a fire and the
fire department had hard tight 10
preyent the destruction Of hundreds or
cars and number Of wholesale stores
Five cars loaded with merchandise
were consumed before the flames were
extinguished.
There was a diabolical effort to
wreck passenger train No. 1, OF the
Norfolk division Of the Southern, near
Danville last Sunday night The track
was piled with old cross ties and
fishplate was removed at a point near
the end Of a high trestle. The tram
usually runs late and reaches the point
after dark. Sunday 1t was on time
and the engineer was able to see the
obstruction ahead. He managed TO
stop the train in time to avert a
wreck; but it was narrow escape.
The train would have been thrown
into a deep gully beyond and there
would have been great loss of life.
Terrific rain and wind storms have
been sweeping over New York, New
Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania and the
North Atlantic coast during the past
few days. The Passaic river arose
high out Of it's banks and destroyed
more than two millions worth Of prop
erty in New Jersey. Many of the
streets of New York were flooded dur
ing Friday and Saturday. There was
lots of damage to shipping even in
New York harbor and much wreckage
on the adjacant coasts. A Norfolk
dispatch of Sunday, says that the
coasts in both directions are strewn
with wreckage for miles and miles.
All the life saving stations did gooo
work. Many lives were saved; but
still a great many dead bodies were
washed ashore. There Is no estimat-
ing either the damage to property or
the loss Of life.
Charlotte Observer, Saturday: In
the superior court yesterday the en-
tire day was consumed with the trial
of the case Of Miss A. G. Garris, for
merly an employe Of the Louise MILL
against the mill company for $2,Ooo
damages for the loss Of finger. The
plaintiff, who was represented by
Clarkson & Duls. alleged that the ac-
cident was caused by the negligence
of the machinery, which she claimed
was not in common use in mills gen.
orally. The mill company was repre-
sented by Jones & Tillett. The evil
dence had been almost finished the
previous day, and yesterday morning
the entire court, including Judge Neal
the Jury, clerk and attorneys on either
side went to the mill, east Of the city,
to inspect the machinery. They then
went to the Orient mills to compare
the spinning frames of the two plants.
After the return and when the evidence
was concluded, the defendant moved
that the case be non-suited. Ihe
court refused the motion and the ar
gument, which consumed all the af-
ternoon, was opened. When the ar
gument was concluded, the jury re-
turned a verdict for the defendant
company.
Greenyille News: Because the
Admission Hot Blast did not print an
account Of lecture delivered last FRI
day night by Richmond Pearson Hob
son, a number Of citizens censured the
paper, although the explanation was
amply sufficient. When a reporter
went to the hall he was not admitted.
He was sent there on an official mis-
sion and he did exactly right when he
walked away and declined to buy a
ticket. In a newspaper office a writer
who Is assigned to attend a lecture
feels that he has been unjustly treat
ed, for it Is work that any man Will
shun. The Hot Blast says that 1t gave
the lecturer free advertising to the
amount of $12, and that being the case
it was reasonable to suppose that one
man would be permitted to go in the
hall without paying, especially as he
had to describe the event. AS a re-
suit of the affair, the Hot Blast mas
announced that it will print no more
free notices for churches, lodges and
societies, and in taking this step 1t Is
simply following the rule long ago
adopted by hundreds Of reputable
newspapers. A lyceum should pay for
it's press notices just the same as
theater. The incident shows, however,
that those people who are in the hab-
it Of getting things for nothing gen.
orally want the earth.
- Secretary Hesters weekly New Or
leans Cotton Exchange statement, is
sued last Friday, shows for the nine
DAYS Of October a decrease under last
year of $4,000, and advices under the
same period year before last Of $4,000.
For the 80 days Of the season that
have elapsed the aggregate is behind
the same days of last year $4,000 and
ahead Of the same days year before
last $4,000. The amount brought into
sight during the past week has been
396,414 bales, against 401,633 for the
same seven days last year and 366,433
year before last. The movement since
September shows receipts at all Uni
ted States ports to be 947,571 against
1,274,461 last year; overland across the
Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers
to northern mills and Canada 1871
against 52,21S last year; interior stocks
in excess Of those held at the close Of