Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-07-06
Scraps and facts.

ginia, Ss; North Carolina, so; South
Carolina, II; Georgia, 50; Florida,
II; Mississippi, SS; Louisiana, 81;
Texas, 50; Arkansas, Sc; Tennessee.
"a; Missouri, 81; Oklahoma, 9O,' and
Indian Territory, "a. The United
States, 1878.
A curious tragedy has occurred on
a farm in the Utrecht district Of South
Africa. Natal farmer named Mool-
man found a Al naval gun shell lying
on the veldt unexploded, and took 1t
home with him. His sister, who want
ed the shell for purposes of decoration
began to dig out the lyddite. and to
soften 1t poured cold water upon II.
The lyddite and water began to ef-
fervesce, and the girl went indoors and'
from the end Of the passage, watched
the shell, which lay upon the doorstep.
Suddenly there was terrific. eXplo-
sion, and Miss Moolman fell dead
struck in the breast by piece OF SHELL
The whole house was wrecked, every
pane of glass, every window frame, and
every door being cast to the ground
and most Of the furniture being upset
and smashed.
The Charlotte Observer of yester-
day prints the full text of addresses
delivered by Major William A. Graham
of Lincoln county and Col. A. NJ. Wad-
dell of Wilmington, at Guilford battle
ground on the Fourth of July. The
subject of Major Graham's address
was Brigadier General William Lee
Davidson, a native Of Iredell county, N
c., who fell mortally wounded while op-
posing the British crossing of the Ca
tawba while Col. Waddell gave his
tory of the career Of Brigadier General
Francis Nash, who was mortally
wounded in the fight at Germantown
Pa The occasion for the delivery OF
these addresses was notable one
the unveiling Of the monuments to the
two North Carolina Revolutionary he
roes at Guilford battle-ground. Short
ly after the Revolutionary war con-
gress appropriated $500 each for this
purpose, but the money never became
available, and two or three years ago
an appropriation of $4,000 for each
monument was made; and it was with
this that the two handsome arches
unveiled on the Fourth were erected.
The report that the agitation re-
garding rebates has resulted in the
saving of about $1,00O,OOO month
by the railroads since the first OF the
year is proof Of the statement, whlch
has frequently been made, that the
rigid enforcement of a rate law Will
be TO the profit of the common car
riers, as we'll as to the advantage of
the small shippers. Some of the rail-
road managers have contended from
the first that the reduction in rates
which have come gradually with eX-
panding business would cease II the
government were permitted to super
wise traffic charges. They have held
that the transportation companies
could not take chances in reducing
rates under the proposed system,
which, in their opinion, would inter-
fere with earnings. The Express has
always held that If the railroads were
obliged to make uniform charges,
they would profit thereby and 1t would
Re found, in the long run, that rates
could be reduced as heretofore. III
the agitation alone has helped the
railroads to save $6,000,000 since jan
uary 1st, is it not reasonable to infer
that the saving will be many times
greater when a fair law is in force?
And this saving will inevitably come
back to the shipper and consumer
through lower transportation charges
London, July 3: Charles Wright
Macara, chairman of the committee
Of the International Federation of
Master Cotton Spinners' and Manu-
facturers' associations, who has just
returned here from the Cotton Spin
ner's congress at Bremen, thinks that
the international organization Isl
within measurable distance of OBJ
tanning its main object. namely, the
steadying Of prices, the checking Of
professional gambling operations, the
appointment of a commission to in
vestigate the rules of cotton exchanges
and finally the improvement of the
ginning, baling, transporting and mar
keting of cotton. He considers the de-
cision to improve the marketing, etc,
taken by the Bremen congress. He
estimates that $5,000,000 could be
saved annually in these items in
American cotton alone and believes
that the strong financial position of
the American growers, enabling them
to hold their cotton, will have an i'm
portant influence in steadying prices,
and while Mr.. Macara considers that
the desired minimum price, 10 cents,
to be exceedingly profitable, he thinks
that users will not grumble at it. FL
nally Mr.. Macara attaches great i'm
portance to the promise of the users
of cotton that America is prepared to
cooperate with the European spin
ners.
Paoli, Indiana, July 3: Attorney
General Charles Miller, acting under
instructions from Governor Hanly, to-
day filed in the Orange county court
an action to revoke the charter of the
French Lick Springs Hotel company,
at French Lick, this county. The COM
pany is a corporation of which Thorn
as Taggart chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee is president.
1t is charged that gambling is allowed
on the property owned by the hotel
company. The casino at French Lick
is described at length IN the complaint
and the charge is made that children
are allowed to frequent the gaming
tables. Claim is made that the COM
pany derives an income of $4,000 an
nually from the gambling features.
- Crown Princess Frederick William
of Germany, gave birth to strong
we'll formed son on the Fourth of July.
A Berlin dispatch says: The guns of a
battery of artillery began to fire slowly
in the square opposite the palace about
Nom and tenS of thousands within hear