Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18
Scraps and 9aets.

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ton belt there has been general I'M
movement of cotton which has MADE
vigorous and healthy growth. There
Is. however, general complaint VI
grassy fields in the coast districts OF
tho eastern section and in Texas, the
crop being in a better state or cult
vation in Mississippi and over the
northern portion Of the central ais
tricts Boil weevil in Texas are less
numerous.
1T was announced In washington
last Wednesday that an agreement mas
heen made among New England cotton
mill treasurers to curtail the production
Of the New England cotton mills sur
f1ciently to enable them to get along
without buying any cotton until early
IN October, or until they can buy inde-
pendently Of those in control of the
July, August and September options
Il is admitted that no papers have been
signed, but that the understanding Is
definite and that the mills will shut
down for a time in August.
Santos Dumont, the Franco-Bra-
LILLIAN flying machine inventor, has
about reached point when he can go
through the air, when and where ne
pleases, especially when there are no
strong contrary winds. Last Wednes-
day was the occasion Of the Frencn
national holiday and feature OF the
programme was q review or troops at
Long Champs. While the review was
in progress, Santos Dumont suddenly
appeared in his airship, blew three
blasts from the whistle Of his engine,
fired a salute to President Loubet with
his revolver and then sailed on rapid
ly to his headquarters, some miles
away. There were tens Of thousands
of people attending the review and the!
cheered the daring aeronaut Justify.
Dumont's machine is not perfect yet;
but 1t seems to be very near to the
point where he can depend upon II ror
almost any emergency.
News and Courier: A number or
United States soldiers at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan made determined eHort
to lynch two Negroes at that place
last Sunday night. The Negroes had
gotten into q fight with some soldiers
and one Of them had fired number OF
shots at q soldier. 1.-The soldiers then
congregated in great numbers. and 1t
was decided to lynch the Negroes II
Tho uvhnla nnItCo
department was kept very busy for
more than an hour averting threatened
violence. A dispatch to the New YORK
Tribune says: "A number Of soldiers
with revolvers were arrested, but were
released" We have very little doubt
how the soldiers Of the regular army
would go in the event Of trouble be-
tween the races. There are some per-
sons In Charleston who have a lively
and very grateful recollection OF
how the United States soldiers station
ed at Charleston in 1876 "sympathiz-
ed"
New Orleans dispatch Of July 13,
to New York World: The people OF
Prentiss county, Miss are wondering
how Miss Willie Ray managed to palm
herself off upon them as man Tor
nearly eight years without her sex be-
ing suspected even by her most inti-
mate friends and neighbors. Miss Ray
had lived in Prentiss county since
1895, and during the first five or six
wears worked for various farmers for
wages. She dressed as an ordinary
farm hand and made regular trips to
Bonneville, the county seat, each Sat-
urday afternoon, riding horseback, to
all appearance a neat looking boy OF
quiet habits, although steady chew
er and smoker of tobacco. Willie was
known all over the country as a first
class field hand. hard worker and
good for his debts. Last year the girl
in masquerade decided to start out as
an Independent farmer and rented a
small farm, bought a small store and
began to run into debt, as all small
farmers are expected to do. Her sex
was discovered last week at the court
house in Bonneville, where she was q
party to a lawsuit, and since then
Willie Ray has had to wear skirts.
She came from Tennessee, is about
twenty-five years Of age, and when
asked her reasons for posing as man
said that she did it in order to go out
and do mans labor for a living.
indianapolis Clay Worker: The
recent formal dedication Of the Worlds
Fair at st. Louis gave some Of us an
idea of the spirit and the magnitude
Of that great undertaking. The bring
ing together Of the worlds work has
more Of educational value than any of
us realize. The Philadelphia exposi-
ton Of 1876 was the immediate cause
Of the awakening Of the German en-
pire. The German commissioners
wrote back to the home government
and people that they (the Germans),
were behind all other civilized nations
in the industrial arts and manufac-
lures. This was at first met by resent
ment, but the irritation was soon turn
ed into activity. America was en-
Unused, encouraged and instructed by
the Philadelphia exposition. 1t was
really the first affair Of its kind which
received general public patronage. The
Vienna exposition was quite as bene-
fetal to America as to foreign coun-
tries-not in small ways. but in few
large ways, notably in the matter of
bread making machinery and mechani-
cal transportation-who Is it that will
overestimate the material and inspira-
tional benefit derived by the world