Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-22
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cided that they are unable to help
themselves and there Is but little use
to try.
The main dormitory Of the North
Carolina State Normal College at
Greensboro was destroyed by fire last
Thursday. The property loss Is esti-
mated at $4,000 partly insured. There
were many narrow escapes; but no
casualties.
Texas has a law requiring people
to pay their poll tax in person on pain
OF not being allowed to vote. Not Une
OF the Texas representatives in con-
gress has paid his poll tax, and as the
time limit for such payment expires
within the next few days, 1t Is a ques-
ton as to whether they will be quail
ified to vote in the November election.
1t Is said that w. r. Hearst's pres
idential boom Is growing rapidly In the
west and the New York politicians are
very much alarmed over the situa-
ton. They do not look upon Mr..
Hearst as a desirable candidate. and 1t
Is claimed that he will not be able to
get the vote Of q single New York del
egate. Mr.. Hearst Is spending lots OF
money and pushing his campaign with
the greatest energy.
Secretary Wilson is arranging the
details Of the campaign authorized by
congress to be waged against the cot
ton boil weevil. A number Of govern
ment entomologists and scientists are
already enroute to the ravaged Texas
fields and to the Sabine river valley IN
Louisiana, the pest having been report
ed from three places in that section
There will be 30 or 40 scientists at
work against the pest before long
They will organize the farmers to fight
the weevil and will educate them In the
best methods Of attack. Secretary
Wilson expects to make another trip
to the districts involved while the fight
is on and Drs. Galloway and Howard
Of the chronological division will keep
in close touch with the situation.
- Says an Atlanta dispatch Of jan
uary 21: The special conference In
which the Presbyterian synods of South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana
were represented, voted tonight to es-
tablish a great Presbyterian univer-
sity in Atlanta The vote, 13 to 3,
decided to recommend the consolida-
ton Of the Columbia, S. c., Theological
university and the Southwestern Pres
byterian university at Clarksville,
Tenn. in one larger educational fnsti-
tuition IN Atlanta. The recommended
tion Of the conference Is to be reported
back to the respective synods repre-
sented and It Is believed that the &C
ton today will be confirmed. Atlanta
citizens have pledged $250,000 for the
new institution.
Chicago dispatch Of January 19:
A municipal laboratory for the manu-
facture Of anti-toxin under the super
vision Of public chemists may be the
outcome Of the campaign which has
been instituted by the Chicago Medical
society against the high price -exacted
called death trust" The arbitrary 100
per cent advance in price in one OF the
essentials Of the modern treatment OF
diphtheria Is held by the physicians TO
show that provision for the constant
supply Of the article devolves upon the
municipality as a measure for the pre-
servation Of the public health. The
high price now placed on the serum by
the death trust" it is declared, means
that first diphtheria epidemic which
appears in the city. 1t Is estimated
by the medical society officials that a
municipal laboratory could be estab-
hshed with an appropriation OF $2O.-
900 and $4,000 for the operating ex-
penses the first year.
There was pure food catas-
trophe in the members lobby of the
house Of representatives at Washing
ton, on Tuesday, says dispatch. Rep
resentative Mann Of Illinois, who had
charge Of the Hepburn pure food bill
on the floor Of the house today, forti-
fed himself with numerous samples OF
pure and adulterated concoctions, bot
tied and canned, which he arranged on
his desk as oscular evidence to MEM
bers of the necessity for pure food leg
islation: In bringing these samples in
to the house he dropped a bottle OF
olive oil on the marble floor Of the
lobby Immediately Gen. Bingham of
Pennsylvania, the father OF the
house." came along the corridor and
slipped on the spot where the oil had
spread over the floor. His feet went
from under him and he fell heavily.
The general was helped to his commit
tee room where it was found that he
was not injured. In the meantime
Chairman Cooper, Of the insular COM
mittee, endeavored to navigate the
oiled marble with a like result. Mr..
Cooper was famed from his fall. BY
that time the officers Of the house roped
off the dangerous spot until the oil was
wiped up.
Governor James R. Vardeman Of
Mississippi, devoted a considerable
portion Of his inaugural address last
Tuesday to a discussion Of the negro
question. "As a race" the governor
said, ''the negro is deteriorating NOR
ally every day. Time has demonstrated
that he is more criminal as free man
than as a slave, and that he IS in
creasing in criminality with frightful
rapidity. being one-third more crimi.
nal in 1890 than in 1880. These start
ling facts revealed by the census show