Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-06-10
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cary Root from the local authorities
resulted in orders being given to Cen
eral Chaffee, commanding the depart
ment Of the East, to this effect. He
will authorize an officer to proceed
north from Atlanta with sufficient
supplies to relieve immediate necessi-
ties as was done in the case OF the
sufferers by the Gainesville, Ga, ca
tastrophe.
Washington dispatch Of Friday:
Consul McWade, Of Canton, China ca
bled the state department today that
million natives Of Kwang 81 province
are starving to death. Governor
Wong has appealed to McWade for
American aid. The state department
will forward all the cash contribu-
tions, which will be distributed by Nc
Wade through the American and Brit
ish missionaries. McWade says the
women and children are being sold in
to slavery by the thousands from 81 to
SO a head by the heads Of the fam
lilies. The natives have become so
emaciated from long continued star
vation that they are falling in the
streets and dying in large numbers.
kansas City dispatch Of June q:
Kansas has suffered as a result OF the
recent floods more than any other
state. No exact figures Of the loss
sustained can be given, but those who
have an intimate knowledge Of the
sections submerged and the extent and
force of the floods have been making
estimates and their conclusions may
be considered fairly reliable. The
damage done in the principal cities and
towns Is estimated as follows: North
Topeka, $350,0O0: Lawrence, $4,000;
Saline, 100000; Manhattan, $150,c0O;
Wamego, $4,000; st. Mary's, $4,000;
Blue Rapids, $4,000; Clay Centre,
$4,000; Enterprise, $4,000; Concor-
dia, $s5,OOO: Junction CITY, s1oo,O.O'
Solomon. s5O,OOO; Abilene, s25O.oOO;
Ellsworth, $4,000; Lindsborg, $780,
900; Hutchinson, 100000; Minneapo-
lis, 100000; Emporia, $65,000; Flor
ence, $4,000; Lincoln Centre, $4,000;
Atchison, s15O,OOO; Burlington, $780,
600; Beloit, $4,000; Argentine, $4,000
900; Kansas City, Kan, and suburbs,
$s,OO0,OOO. Total, s12,39O,000. No ac-
count has been taken Of the smaller
towns, although nearly 200 Of these
were affected by the floods. The very
lowest estimate Of the loss done to
crops is $5,0O0,00O.
Atlanta Constitution: Victor Mont
gomery, president Of the Pacolet mills,
is essentially the man for the emer-
gency thrust upon him. A man OF
broad. sympathies and understanding,
and Of magnificent executive capacity,
he lost no time in administering to the
needs of the people around him.
There was no question Of money to
stand in the way. His people needed
doctors and medicines and comforts;
his assistants were instructed to Sc
cure them If money could do so. He
was everywhere, sympathizing tender
ly with the bereaved, ministering to
the injured, thinking entirely Of the
losses Of the others and not at all Of
the money loss to himself. In the
midst Of all the problems facing him
at New Holland, he stopped long
enough to send his check for $500 to
the Gainesville committee. It was en-
tirely unsolicited; nobody would have
thought of asking him for aid. After
getting those people housed, he turned
his attention to the needs Of the en-
ployees Of the other mill which must
necessarily be closed for weeks, and
arranged to give them work at the
mill, working out the details Of trans
portation of the men, women and chill
dren back and forth by the electric line
so transportation would be no burden
upon the employees. Nothing was for
gotten by him, nothing left undone
that human agency could accomplish.
No wonder the citizens Of Gainesville
are singing praises Of Mr.. Montgom-
cry.
Washington dispatch Of January s:
The long standing contention Of the
postoffice department that novels and
other writings published in the form
of periodicals were not entitled to the
use Of the mails at second-class rates,
like newspapers and magazines, was
sustained by the court Of appeals Of
the District of Columbia today. Ac-
cording to Postmaster General Payne
and other officers Of the department,
this decision practically assures a self
sustaining postal service. The decis-
ion was in the test cases Of Houghton,
Miff1in & Co., Of Boston, publishers of
the Riverside Literature Series," and
the Bates & Guild Co., Of Boston, pub
fishers Of Masters in Music" The
Riverside Literature Series had been
issued for many years, and had been
accepted by previous postmaster gen.
erals as mail matter Of the second
class. The judgment Of the court of
appeals sweeps away the contention
that the postmaster general is bound
by any decision Of his predecessors in
accepting matter under wrong clas-
sif1cation, and restores to him the au-
thority which he has all along been
allowed to exercise without question,
until the reform in the second-class
mail matter was undertaken, when the
courts were invoked to prevent him.
The decision leaves him free to clas-
sify the mail matter according to his
judgment and discretion as to the true
meaning Of the law. The court held
that book or set of books cannot
be converted into a periodical publi-
cation by the ingenuity of the publish
er in inventing serial name or a
literary title and numbering the books