Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-25
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dynamite. The dynamite was stand
ing on a side track and there are two
stories as to the cause of the explo-
sion. One Is to the effect that some
people were using the car as a target
for rifle practice and the other is that
a car of pig iron was jostled against
II. There are people VINO say tnat
they saw a man deliberately hre at
the car with rife. AS the result OF
the explosion forty or more people
were killed, good part Of the town
was wrecked and the property loss
runs I'D to something like 100000.
The John F. Sparks circus train, which
was near by, was wrecked. The oy-
Mantle car was standing on slde
track belonging to the Louisville and
Nashville railroad.
= New York, September 20: Predic-
tions that the mania for sending and
receiving souvenir and picture postal
. cards would soon run its course are
not borne out by the figures OF the
New York postoffice. After raging
for more than five years In this coun-
try II shows no signs of abatement,
but of increase. Mr.. Morgan, assistant
postmaster, says there has been an
Increase of 400 per cent in the number
OF picture postal cards passing through
the domestic department of the office
\
spector of mails estimates that 100000
were handled here every day. This
craze" he said, "came to this country
from Europe. The number OF cards
used In this country has increased ever
since, while the number received from
Europe has held its own"
In accordance with the regulations
recently issued by the agricultural de-
partment at Washington under the
pure food and meat inspection laws,
food products can no longer be sold
under false names. For instance II a
can contains pork II must not be label
led with any other name than pork.
The regulations provide that no pic
ture, design, or device, which gives any
false indication of origin or quallty
shall be used upon any label Any
statement, design or device, regarding
the virtues or properties OF the ma
terials contained in the package that Is
false in any particular is prohibited by
law, for example, the picture Of pig
appearing on a label which is placed
upon beef products; the picture or
chicken appearing upon label placed
upon products composed OF veal or
pork.
=. - President Roosevelt has given per-
sonal approval and promise or moral
support to the movement for organiza-
ton Of the peoples lobby In Wash
ington. In fact, II is intimated by
those familiar with the inception of
the scheme that the original sugges-
ton came from the president. At any
Ute, TIE resident kept in touch with
H from the start and assisted the pro-
moters with advice from time to time.
1t is reported that the peoples lobDy
shall employ competent scouts In the
national capital, whose particular duty
N,-kA &c nH
public against those Of "the system"
They will scent out the jokers In bills,
appear at hearings OF the committees.
and fill in many ways the role OF
watchdog for the American public.
The motto of the lobby" will be pub
licity. The press will be kept inform
ed of discoveries of the lobby and Will
be asked to assist in the work OF in
forming the people how we'll or Ill con-
gress is behaving itself.
A fine of 5000, thirty lashes on his
bare back and fifty years in the pen
itentiary was the sentence Of the court
in the case of the state of Delaware
against Charles Conley, charged with
criminal assault, at Wilmington last
Wednesday Delaware justice has long
been regarded as terrible because OF
the public fiogging of convicted often- |
ders, has also acquired a reputation
for speedy justice. Conley attempted
criminal assault on Mrs. Albert Frank |
ish and her daughter, Miss Gussie
Leitch on Sunday, September Sth. He
was captured about one week later
Conley was brought to the court room
at 10 o'clock Wednesday, the two bills
of indictment given to the grand jury
was returned by that body as true
bills lat 11.O5. The negro pleaded gull
ty ON the two counts. The judge pass
ed sentence on the prisoner, giving MN
twenty years for attempt to rape, and
thirty years for assault and battery.
The whole proceeding lasted little
more than two hours.
Governor General Smith, who took |
charge of the Philippine islands on
last Friday, in his inaugural address, |
said in part: THE men who are incit- |
ing disorder should not only be re-
pressed, but suppressed, and they will
be, in a lawful manner" He praised
the constabulary, but warned the pro- |
vineial officers Of their grave RESPONSE |
bilities saying that they held their |
commissions on the assumption that |
they knew what was going on around
them. He gave an exceedingly clear |
exposition of the present relations OF
the church and state in the islands,
and pledged the fullest freedom and
protection to religion. Referring to
Independence, he said: "Unless 1t Is
to be granted Immediately, which / do
not believe is likely, / think valuable
time and energy are being lost, which
might be more profitably spent in per-
fecting the existing government.
personally do not think that independ-
ence would prove a panacea. Indeed,
II the experience of Russia be observ-
ed, the people may be independent and
yet unhappy and oppressed. Cuba en-
joys independence, but has 1t given
good government or peace? Moreover,
II Cuba were at the gateway OF emma,
II is extremely doubtful whether she
would be permitted to gather wisdom
from further experience"
-Asheville special of September 20.
to New York Sun: 1t has just leaked
out how the young daughter Of the
register of deeds of Jackson county,
still q ninor, got license, against her
fatheps will, to marry her betrothed.
whep Miss Emma Dills, seventeen
wears old, announced to her father that
she had become engaged her father
curtly informed her that she was too
young to marry and that he would not
give his consent to any such arrange
ment. He refused her a license to be
married in Jackson county and notified
the registrars in neighboring counties
not to issue such paper to his daugh-
ter. Tne girl mace no attempt 10 |
evade the parental edict. and the mat
ter had been almost forgotten. Re-
Gently it became necessary for Mr..
Dills to leave the county: and as was
his usual course he left Miss Emma in /
charge of his office. In case anybody |
should apply for a license to marry in
his absence Mr.. Dills signed his name
to several blank licenses, instructing |
the girl how to fill them out. The
Hall ..T.l III l. ,asN fgTNg
to the letter, filling out one Of the
blanks with her own name and that of
her sweetheart Then they were mar |
ried and the father was forced to for |
give them and make the best of the |
situation, for he could not enter suit |
against himself for issuing a license to |
a minor without her parents consent. |
when he himself was the parent and
his name was signed to the document. |
Automobiles throughout the |
country are greatly interested In the |
coming Vanderbilt cup auto races,