Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-12-28
Straps aud faets.

mon at Hastings, Okla, last SUNDAY
that the negro has no soul; that he Is
a brute, and that he Is akin to mule.
Two young men, Carl Heater and
Jerrel Grimesly, who stood with
their heads poked in at the window,
laughed loudly at the minister's ex-
pressions and the meeting was thrown
into an uproar A deacon of the
church rushed into the yard to stop
the disturbance, and half the congre-
CATION followed him. Just as he step
ped from the door cowbell whistled
through the air and missed the deacon,
but struck a woman In the forehead,
fracturing her skull. A general row
ensued, In which the young men made
their escape, They were captured
yesterday and brought to this city.
The community is wrought up over
the disturbance. and evil threats are
being made. There is talk OF the
preacher being ordered from the
community for his heresy, but he de-
clares that he will continue his
preaching to promulgate his new doc
trine Northerners and southerners
are taking sides against one another
Tampa, Fla, December "a: Re-
ports to the Tribune from points south
indicate that the orange, and pine
apple crops were only slightly dam
aged by the cold wave. But all ten
der vegetables are practically wiped
out. Fort Myers report minimum
temperature of 81 degrees above zero,
with thin ice but citrus fruits and
trees escaped. At Punta Gorda the
minimum temperature was 30 above
and cucumbers and tomatoes were
killed. In the immediate vicinity OF
Tampa, with a minimum temperature
of 2s above, considerable damage was
done to oranges still on the trees.
- Senator Morgan Of Alabama, the
veteran Democrat who has opposed
the president on almost every issue
ever advanced, political or otherwise,
SAYS that Rosevelt's action In dismiss
ing the Brownsville negro troops Is
absolutely right. Morgan says: The
dismissal was lawful and just, but has
stirred the negro race almost en- masse
into defamatory threatening denun-
citation. White politicians have taken
up the hue and cry, and are assafling
the president with bitter reproaches.
Under such conditions 1t will require
the disbanding of all negro regiments
II the act of the president Is not
sustained"
Chicago, December 26: Statistics
compiled by the representatives Of the
United Typothatae Of America and
the American Weekly Publishers AS
sociation, which organizations are
vigorously fighting the movement to
increase the rates charged for second
class mail matter, show that the gov
ernment is paying the railways three
times as much on the average for the
transportation Of mail matter as the
express companies pay the roads for
like services. On the basis of the
postmaster generals estimates the
publishers assert that the government
during the fiscal year ended June 80,
1907, will pay the roads almost SS2,-
100000 more than the express COM
panies would pay them for hauling
an equal tonnage. The printers anc
publishers organizations compiled the
statistics to show that the government
for the purpose of reducing the an
nual postoffice deficit, rather should
reduce its outlay for the transporta-
for second-class mail matter. "One
of the chief needs Of the government
is an expert traffic manager" said w.
D. Boyce, a Chicago publisher, to-day.
1T then would get as good rates as
the express companies"
The president on last Monday
caused the following proclamation to
be published over his personal sigma
ture: ITO the people Of the United
States: There is an appalling famine
in China. Throughout a district COW
ering over 10000 square miles and sup
porting a population Of 100000. the
crops have been destroyed by floods
and millions Of people are on the verge
of starvation; thousands Of dwellings
have been destroyed and their in
mates are without homes. An urgent
appeal has been made for the assist
ance of the United States. Our people
have often under similar conditions of
distress in other countries responded
generously to such appeals. Amid our
abounding prosperity and in this hol-
iday season of good will to man as
suredly we should do our part to aid
the unfortunate and relieve the dis
tressed among the people Of China, to
whom we have been allied for so many
years in friendship and kindness. l
shall ask congress upon its next day
of session for authority to use our
transport vessels to carry flour and
other food to the famine stricken re-
giOn. l recommend that contributions
for the purchase of such food and for
other appropriate relief be sent to the
American National Red Cross, which
will take charge of the expenditures.
Such contributions may be made eth
er through the local Red Cross treas
urers or through the department of
state, or may be sent directly to Mr..
Charles Hallam Keep. Red Cross treas
urer. United States treasury depart
ment Washington. D. c."
- Says a Washington dispatch OF
December % to the News and Cour-
ier: The disastrous effects of per-
mitting the government to interfere
with business have been strikingly H.
Illustrated by the effect upon the more
important industry of the south OF
the report of the agricultural depart
ment on the size of this years cot
ton crop. Commercial estimates had
fixed the total yield at slightly more
than 100000 bales, and the price
was adjusted to this estimate at over
ten cents a pound. The report Of the
department putting the yield at l2,-