Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-14
Scraps and Saets.

morning; several natives ana more
than one white officer along the road
have been eaten by lions; on one occa-
sion an engine could hardly make its
way through miles of locusts on the
track.
The department of agriculture, in
a circular issued last Wednesday,
warns planters throughout the cotton
belt that In their efforts to procure an
early crop of cotton to avoid damage
by boil weevils they must not over
look the great prime factor in the con-
troll OF the pest, the destruction Of the
stalks in. the early autumn. The de-
struction of the plants in the field Is
stamped as the most effective method
Of reducing the number of the weeVils.
The circular calls for concerted action
of communities in taking these steps.
AN interesting investigation on the
prevalence of alcoholism among school
children in Germany has recently been
published. Its author, DR.. Goldfeld, is
medical officer of the public schools OF
Schoenberg, a suburb Of Berlin, and
his examination included 967 children,
470 of whom were in boys school and
497 in a girls school. OF these 496, or
51.3 per cent were accustomed to drink
from one to two glasses of beer daily,
while 2s9 or 30.9 per cent, took spirits
more or less frequently. The favorite
beverage was malt beer, but all kinds
of beer and various kinds of spirits
were taken, the sweeter liquors being
preferred by the girls. DR.. Goldfeld
was informed by the teachers that the
children addicted to the use Of spirits
were especially lazy, absent-minded
and inclined to lying.
Flirting can be carried on In church
to good advantage, according to
statement issued by the Rev. M. b.
Williams, chairman Of the committee
on Sabbath observance Of the ROCK
River, Illinois, conference Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. There Is no
reason why young people should not
cultivate each others acquaintance
from behind hymn books" declared
Mr.. Williams. I'VE are glad to have
them come to church on any pretext.
Flirting is as good an excuse as any"
Frivolity during religious services, he
said, was to be expected Of Americans.
But that some good was accomplished
even under these conditions, he declar-
ed, was indisputable. 1.-THE expectation
Of seeing a young woman home, has
brought many a boy to church for the
first time" ne said. Among the love-
making there is chance for religious
influence to steal in"
The passing of the negro as a
"roustabout" marking an epoch in
steamboating on the Mississippi was
witnessed by large crowd Of people,
who at New Orleans last Wednes-
day saw sixty white men, sent
there from western and northern
cities, go to work at the steamboat
landing in place of the colored men.
For years the steamboat men have
suffered from strikes of negro "roust-
ers" who have been in the habit Of
waiting until a steamboat was loaded
and ready to leave, and then refuse to
ship unless their wages were raised.
The steamboat interests recently de-
cided to try the experiment OF doing
away with negro labor and hiring white
men, and the first contingent went to
work Wednesday. A crowd Of negroes
appeared on the levee, but no attempt
to molest the strangers was made.
Precautions have been taken to send
police to the river front in case Of vio-
lence.
In order to be revenged on their
teacher, Professor Byrnes, at Balm
bridge Ca, Wednesday, several girls
poured croton oil on his lunch, and as
a result Byrnes is near death, as are
three children at the Barber home,
where he boards, and who also partook
of the poisoned lunch. Some days ago
the professor reproved five girls for
neglecting their studies and flirting
with the boys. The oil incident was
their revenge. After the news of the
poisoning became known in the neigh
borhood one of the school girls told
that she saw the young ladies when
they emptied the contents of bottle
in the professors bucket. When ap-
preached about the matter they frank
ly confessed what they had done. The
school trustees met and suspended
them, but beyond that it is thought
p,in ha taEan
The school has not been in session for
two weeks in consequence of the oc-
currence, but has resumed session this
week.
A Russian correspondent Of the
Associated Press describing incidents
of the Russian advance, tells of
frightful dust storm peculiar to this
season in Manchur:a, which ragged on
Saturday. It was at it's height while
a battalion of the Pekoff regiment with
guns attacked a japanese force posted
in a village, east Of the railroad and
south Of the Shakhe river, and drove
out the Japanese after a stubborn re-
sistance. Clouds Of dust blinded the
combatants and made it impossible to
aim. The fingers of the soldiers were
numbered with cold and a strong wind
carried the shells beyond the mark.
The Japanese got away in good order,
carrying off their killed and wounded.
The Russians lost 79 men. The rail-
road is clear and not damaged so far
as the Shakhe river. The correspond
ent repeats the statement that Lao
Yang is practically clear Of Japanese
troops, indicating that all of Field Mar
shall Oyama's men are north Of the
Taitse river.