Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-06-27
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opened its second session here today
under very auspicious circumstances
More than 1900 students were enrolled
and more than twice that number are
expected before the end Of the first
week. President Charles w. Dabney
of the University Of Tennessee, well
coined the students in Jefferson hall
and introduced the members or the
faculty to them. The faculty included
900 members, educational experts
gathered from all parts Of the United
States. This afternoon DR.. Charles A
McMurray, Of New York, lectered or
city supervision. Prof. L. H. Bailey
of Cornell university, lectured on ma
ture study tonight.
1t is estimated that the wheat croI
of the state Of Kansas amounts eo
6O,000,000, and the problem with the
wheat growers Of the state Is how to
save their harvest. There Is scarcity
of labor. The flooding Of East st
Louis put the big binding twine mills
out of commission and, although the
state Of Kansas runs such an industry
with prison labor, it cannot nearly sup
DIV the demand. But this is only q
small part Of the trouble. Twenty-nlne
counties in the centre Of the wheat
belt, says that within ten days they
will need $4,000 more laborers than
they can supply. They are onerlng
50 a day and board; but that Is not
nearly sufficient to bring out the re-
ouired labor. There are thousands OF
idle men in Chicago and other large
cities; but they are not hunting en-
ployment in the wheat fields OF Kan
sas.
The Southern railway, the Blue
Ridge railroad, and the Anderson Light
and Power company, 1t Is reported
will send engineers to the Sapphire
country to inspect the great ToxaWay
dam. This Toxaway dam is some-
what unique structure, hemming IN q
lake of water twenty-seven miles IN
circumference and Of vast depth, IN
some places as much as fifty reet.
Much concern has been manifested re-
Gently with regard to this dam, and
well there might be for should 1t break
all other floods in this part OF the
country would sink into insignifcance
beside what would take place. 1t
may be recalled that in the case OF the
Johnstown flood experts examined the
dam and pronounced It unsafe, but the
people of Johnstown needed them not.
In the light Of the recent terrible dis
aster of this kind condemnation OF
the Toxaway dam, we predict, Wouio
cause something like stampede IN
the country below.
A Negro named George White was
burned at the stake on the outskirts
of Wilmington, DEL, on last Monday
night for the crime Of rape committed
on a 17-year old white girl, Helen s.
Bishop. The crime had been COM
mitted about a week before and the
Negro had been put in jail. There was
constant muttering among the people,
however, and these mutterings finally
developed into an assault on the jail.
Several hundred people participated.
The jailers made pretense Of resist
ance and many shots were fired by the
mob. One member Of the assaulting
party was fatally wounded and anoth-
er was hurt. The mob took the Negro
to the neighborhood of the crime and
he made a complete confession, giving
details Of his act. He stated that II
he had been a white man there would
have been no lynching. The burning
was attended to with dispatch and
within half an hour but little was left
Of the Negro.
Charlotte Observer, Wednesday:
Mr.. A. Gordon Jones, assistant to the
general superintendent Of the eastern
district Of the Southern railway, was
a guest at the Central hotel last night.
In reply to a question from an Obser-
yer reporter in regard to the progress
Of the work in the immense undertake
ing of double tracking the entire sys-
tenn Of the Southern, he said that a
large force Of hands, numbering into
the thousands, is now at work on the
Washington division of the road and
that they are making good headway.
This part Of the road will be completed
first, then the men will be brought
down to this division and the work
carried on here. Exactly when this
will be, Of course, cannot now be
stated, but all dispatch is being used
to hasten the undertaking as rapidly
as possible. 1t may be Of interest in
this connection to say that twenty Ne
gro laborers left Charlotte Monday
night for point just above Char
lottesville, where they join the railroad
crews at work there.
Washington dispatch Of June "a:
New York city is to have the largest
bank in the United States and in the
world. It will be larger than the Bank
Of England or Of any of the famed
financial institutions of the old world.
This information Is brought to Wash
ington by an agent of one Of the large
financial concerns Of the metropolis.
Just how soon the big enterprise is to
be launched is not decided, but over
lures have been made to see If the
government will raise objection to the
capitalization and to the organization
Of the bank under the national bank
ing laws. The refusal of the govern
ment to sanction the venture is the
only thing that will prevent carrying
out the scheme. 1t is not probable
that any obstacle will be met as the
same safeguards will be insisted on
and the same precautions taken by the
government after the organization as
are taken now in the smallest bank OF