Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-25
Scraps and faets.

the citizens OF Dublin, ireland, last
Wednesday, Maud Come, the Irish
Joan Of Arc" wife of Major Mcbride,
the Irishman who served with the
Beers in South Africa, hung out black
bunting at her home as a sign OF
mourning for the pope. The police
tore the bunting down, but more was
hung out, and again the police tore
this down. Mrs. Mcbride then armed
herself and several Of her friends with
pokers and boiling water and holsted
another black flag which remained on
the house.
The weather bureaus weekly sum-
mary Of crop conditions, issued last
Tuesday, are as follows In so far as
the same relates to cotton: Further
improvement in the condition Of cotton
Is general throughout the cotton belt
although it Is grassy over a large part
of the eastern districts. Cool nights
were somewhat detrimental in the Car
olinas and need Of rain Is beginning
to be felt In Oklahoma While rapid
growth is reported from nearly all dis
tricts and the crop continues late, II
is we'll cultivated in the central and
western districts. Boil weevil are re-
ported as doing very little damage In
Texas.
Capt. B. J. Even, the principal wit
ness in the Hargis-Marcum feud case,
rode from Lexington, KY, to Jackson
last Monday in a large express chest'
and in an express car. He took this
novel method Of travelling as a precau-
ton. Even was q witness in the case
of Curtis Jett, charged with the as
sassination of Marcum. The friends Of
Judge Hargis tried to bribe him ana
he gave them away. In revenge they
burned his hotel, and openly threatened
his death. He left Jackson and went
to Lexington. It was understood that
his enemies would undertake to Kill him
on his return to testify before the
grand jury against the bribers and In
cendiaries, and although it had been
arranged that he make the trip under
military escort, he chose to go 1t alone
in an express chest. It Is pretty GER
tain that his enemies were on the
lookout for him; but he had actually
given his testimony before the grand
Jury at Lexington before his presence
was generally known in the town.
Two men named Joe Crawford and Ed
Sharp are being tried for the burning
and the Hargis faction is backing
them up the same as they backed up
Curtis Jett.
Bar Harbor, Me-, dispatch Of July
90: The race feeling which exists In
the navy against the colored men has
been cropping out here since the fleet
of seven United States warships arriv-
ed. The white sailors have been maxi
ing 1t hot for the colored men, so that
the Negroes have kept aboard most OF
the time, rather than risk abuse on the
streets. On last Saturday night a
number Of them came ashore. At
about midnight number Of jackies
got into the tent which the naval
branch Of the Young Mems Christian
association has erected on the town lot
and drove out the Negroes who had
come there for nights lodging. Two
colored men were knocked down on
Main street by a crowd Of jackies, and
after getting a few kicks and punches,
scrambled to their feet and ran. One
colored man was thrown over a fence
into the street. He then made his es-
cape. Another found his way to the
police station, where he was locked up
to keep him away from the angry SAIL
ors who had been chasing him. Still
another rushed into a drug store,
where he was put into the cellar to
avoid the mob, and remained there for
some time, after which he was smug-
gled out Of a back door. Since Satur-
day night no colored men have come
ashore from the ships after dark.
General Cassius M. Clay, known as
the Lion Of White Hail." died at his
home in Lexington, KY, last Wednes-
day, aged SO years. This remarkable
old man belonged in a class to HIM
self. In the stormy days that devel-
oped the great civil war he distinguish
ed himself as man Of iron and blood.
and that reputation clung to him to
the day Of his death. He was once
minister to Russia and in the Metro
politan museum in New York there is
q painting Of the Russian court Of that
time. The scene is one Of unusual
brilliancy, and portrays the czar in his
imperial robes, with feathers flying
from his headgear, while around him
are stationed all foreign ambassadors
attendant upon his court In the pic
ture, Clay and the czar are the only
two standing with their heads covered.
1t Is said that Clay was requested to
remove his hat in Difference to being In
the presence Of the czar, but this Clay
refused to do saying: II only take off
my hat to those who take off their hats
to me-" Had the Gear uncovered his
head, it is to be presumed that Clay
would have followed suit, but so long
as the Russian monarch kept his head
covered before Clay the latter would
not uncover before him. For many
years past the old man has been In re-
tirement, but has never been tanned,
He always stood ready to shoot or
stab, up to the hour Of his death,
and few there were who dared to run
counter to his imperious temper.
The city of Chicago was visited by
a terrific storm last Wednesday. A
little girl named Bessie Jilvoc was kill
ed in Emma street by piano which
was blown over upon her. Near Hum
boldt park a runaway horse attached
to laundry wagon, crashed into a fu-