Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
Scraps and fafts.

nearly killed at the Stieet Sai ii''"
here. Several men resented his walk
ing with a white girl; he talked pacK'
and a large crowd started after him.
The Negro was rescued by company l.
Of the Second regiment, Wisconsin
National guard, the members OF which
are at the carnival in body. Fiynn
was in hiding all night and was splr-
tied out of town this morning. The IN
cident created great excitement among
the crowd Of visitors.
Pope Leo XIII is still alive. Dur
ing several days last week 1t seemed
as II his death was only matter Oh
a few hours. Following the operation
of withdrawing a discharge Of pus
from the vicinity Of the patients lung,
there began a steady improvement
which continued until Sunday when 1t
was so pronounced that the physicians
felt warranted in leaving the pope
alone for the first time since the Sun
day preceding. DR.. Lapponi said on
Sunday that If the pope should hold
his own until July 81, there would be
reason to hope that the crisis was past.
He, of course, could not say whether
the pope would likely be restored to his
normal health.
John Terrell, a wealthy farmer OF
Bluffton, Ind, killed his son-in-law'
Melvin Wolfe, last Sunday by firing
two loads of buckshot into his head.
Wolfe had refused to support his wife
and baby, and had a way OF driving
by TerrelIs house in an insulting and
taunting manner. Terrell lay for him
and discharged a load Of buckshot IN
his leg. Wolfe was carried to the Of
flee of a surgeon, and preparations
were making for the amputation OF the
leg. Presently Terrell came up, burst
open the door, threatened the surgeon
and his assistants, and shot Wolfe as
he lay on the operating table. He then
reloaded his gun, stood off the mob that
assembled, and gave himself up to the
sheriff Of the county.
New York dispatch Of July IL: A
riot which required the reserves OF
three police precincts to suppress.
broke out tonight in the Negro quar-
ter in West Sixty-second street. The
trouble was precipitated by the attempt
of a policeman to arrest VIM. Johnston,
the leader Of a gang Of Negroes who
was making disturbance In the street.
The policeman secured his prisoner af-
ter sharp fight and was dragging him
away to the station house when he was
assailed by a mob and volleys Of bricks
and stones were hurled at him from
the roofs of the adjacent tenements.
On the arrival Of twenty other police
men, Connor opened fire on a Negro
roof and the shots were returned from
windows Of the house. The reserves
cleared the streets and chased the riot
ers over the roofs, making several ar
rests and finally restoring order.
America on last Saturday recap
tured from the British the Palma tro-
ply for craftsmanship, at the annual
shoot at Bisley, England. Her team
scored an aggregate Of 1870 out OF a
possible 1900 and beat all the best
shots Of Europe, South Africa, Aus
tralia and Canada, congregated for the
first time on English soil to compete
for the worlds premier shooting tro-
ply. Great Britain was second with
1856. With the exception Of the 500
yards range, at which the United King
dom beat them by three points, the
American team demonstrated superior
ity over all comers. The other grand
aggregates are: Australia 1.50l: Natal
1899: Norway 1.241; France 1880. The
weather conditions were favorable, al
though the heat was terrific. The
shooting at 500 yards resulted as fol-
lows: United Kingdom 554: America
551; Canada 536; Natal 513: Norway
447: France AL; Australia 51s. The
above scores were out Of possible
600.
Washington dispatch Of July 10:
Preliminary returns Of the chief Of the
bureau Of statistics of the department
Of agriculture show the acreage Of corn
planted to be about S9,SO0,O0 acres, a
decrease Of above 100000 acres or As
per cent from the area planted last
year, as revised in December. The
average condition Of the growing crop
on July / was 1914, as compared with
S7.5 on July 1, 1902. The average con-
dition on July 1, Of spring and winter
wheat combined was 80, as compared
with S2.s on July l, 1902, and GIL on
July l, 1901. The amount Of wheat
remaining in the hands Of farmers on
July 1, is estimated at about 42,500,000
bushels, equivalent to about 6.3 per
cent Of the crop Of last year. The
acreage Of tobacco is about 1000 acres,
or OF per cent greater than that Of last
year, and the condition is S5.1. The
acreage Of potatoes, excluding sweet
potatoes, is about $4,000 acres, or 1.6
per cent less than that Of last year.
The average condition Of potatoes on
July l was SS.1 as compared with 92.9
OH July 1, 1902.
IF the bill introduced by Repres-
entative Overstreet in the Georgia
house last Friday morning becomes
law, it will be legal to carry pistols,
brass knuckles and bowie knives in
that state. The bill provides that any
person shall be permitted to carry any
of the above mentioned weapons pro-
vided he first gives bond in the sum
Of $50 to the ordinary Of the county in
which he resides. He is to be taxed
fee Of 81 for the issuance of the permit
by the ordinary. The bond must be
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