Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-11-01
Scraps and Saets.

kunQ Oh budapest, hungary, was ioeiiN
a few days ago by the neighbors, be-
hind an iron grating at window, pro-
testing that her husband kept her i'm
prisoned there. When her husband
was arrested he gave as his excuse
that his wife had a mania for buying
costly things and. contracting large
bills for hats, laces and clothing, which
had nearly ruined him, and as he loved
her too much to separate from her, he
had kept her imprisoned on week days
letting her out on Sunday, when the
stores were closed. The wife admitted
that her husband had been justified In
doing so, and that he had treated heI
very we'll in all other respects, and as
she said she could not promise TO oe
less extravagant in the future, the
court allowed her husband to keep her
locked up during the week. and she
willingly followed him home.
Says a Chicago dispatch Of Octo-
ber q: An old-time rivalry between
the millionaire flower lovers, HarloWe
N. Higinbotham, Of Chicago, ano
Thomas w. Lawson, Of Boston, Will
reach a climax in the Chicago Flower
Show in a battle Of carnations. The
Mrs. Thomas w. lawson" the fam
GUS Lawson Pink" which cost Law
son $4,000, will be opposed by
"Fiancee," new variety, for which Mr.
Higinbotham paid $4,000 to Fred
Dorner, a veteran horticulturist, OF
LAFAYETTE, Ind. The "Fiancee" is
named for Mr.. Higinbotham's daugh-
ter, Mrs. R. T. Crane, Jr. The acqui-
sition of the carnation and Miss
Higinbotham's engagement occurred
at the same time. 1t is said TO oe
a wonderful variety Of pink, sur
passing in every way the Lawson
blossom. Mr.. Higinbotham tried TO
buy the Lawson pink before 1t be-
came the property Of the Boston mill
lionaire.
William ]. Bryan resumed his
tour Of Indiana last Friday, making
his first speech at Kendallville Friday
morning closing the days speaking al
South Bend. He was not in as good
form as he was last week and his
voice was so husky that he could not
be heard more than fifty feet from
the platform. His crowds were not
so large, but there was considerable
enthusiasm when he explained why ne
was for Judge Parker. Mr. Bryan
Illustrated his position by calling at
tention to the decision Of Solomon
when the two women each claiming
to be the mother Of child, appeared
before him to decide to which 1t should
be given. Mr.. Bryan said that the
real mother knew that If the chilo
was killed and divided between. the
claimants she would never see II
again. Applying the illustration, lie
said that eight years ago there were
some who were willing to have the
party divided, but he would rather
surrender the organization for this
campaign than permit the, enemy to
win a victory through division.
Indianapolis, Indiana, October 2s:
Thomas Taggart, national Democratic
chairman, Is being "shadowed' where
ever he goes by two men, for wha'
purpose he does not know. The two
men were on the train when he lef'
New York, and the next day he saw
them here. He went from place 70
place about the city, and at every
turn he was followed by the two. TIC
make sure they were watching him
he announced last Saturday he would
Spend Sunday at French Lick. He
entered car and in few moments
the two men entered the coach just
behind the one in which he was seat
ed. Mr.. Taggart left the coach un-
seen by them and wired friends al
different points on the road to watcn
for the two men. Late at night he got
a telegram from Gosport saying that
the men had left the train at tha'
place and had taken the next train
back to this city. Yesterday, when ne
Joined the Bryan special and went to
Chicago he slipped away from them
again, though the men followed him
till he got upon the train with Mr.
Bryan. The fact that Mr.. Taggart
knew he was being "shadowed' ex-
plains why he has refused to say one
day where he was going the next.
Milwaukee Sentinel: The total
vote that will be polled in the United
States November 8 is coming in fol
the usual amount Of speculation and
conjecture. The general estimate is
that it will reach 100000, which
would mean an increase of little
more than a million over that Of
1900. This is hardly warranted, how
ever, in view Of the increase Of only
3S,1s3 in the 1900 vote over that OF
1895, nor by the noticeable lack OF
public interest in the present cam
paign in many Of the states. There
are believed to be in the neighborhoot
Of 100000 persons qualified to vote
for president Of the United States, anc
it Is probable that at least Is pei
cent Of these will stay at home or be
prevented by sickness, absence from
home or other causes from exercis-
ing the franchise right. An increase
Of 100000 in the vote would be
something which the political captains
would consider it well worth while tc
take into account. Four years age
McKinley's plurality over Bryan was
s4s,7sO, but in eleven states which will
have fifty votes in the electoral college
this year the sum Of Republican plu-
ralities was only 1928, more thar