Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-01
Straps and fatt5.

Wilson, was OeSlIONeu ny iiiS i''''
night. presumably by night riders, as
several gins in that section have been
recently warned to shut down on ac-
count of the low prices Of cotton. the
loss is $4,000 and insurance $4,000. A
marty on horseback was seen to come
from the direction of the gin on run
q few minutes before the fire was dis
covered.
Memphis. Tenn, November 2S: A
disnatch from Union City confirms the
report Of an attack by band OF sup
posed might riders" on a detail or
militia at Gleason saw mill near Ham
burg last night. According to the dis
match one soldier was wounded in the
hand and about fifty shots were ex-
changed between the militia and the
attacking party. Spasmodic firing con-
tinued for several hours and was fol-
lowed at midnight by fusilade.
When the fire was returned by the
soldiers the band disappeared. EVIL
IDENTIFY there were about thirty men IN
the attacking party.
Charlotte Observer: The almanacs
of 1909 foretell four eclipses to trans
pire during the coming year, three OF
them being total, and the number be-
ing equally divided between the sun
and the moon. Three will be Vislple
here. while the fourth will not favor
the citizens of this land. A total
eclipse of the sun, which will occur on
June 18th. will be visible to the Uniteo
States, with the exception of small
mart of the Pacific coast states. A TO-
tal eclipse of the moon will appear, or
rather disappear. June 3rd. when VIII
also be visible in this part of the coun-
trv. A total eclipse of the moon IS
scheduled for November 26th and ZIth'
which will be in the nature OF
THANKSGIVING offering. This eclipse VIII
be in plain view in Charlotte. A par
tial eclipse Of the sun, December lZth'
18th. will not be visible to the people
Of the United States.
Washington. November 30: The
cost of taking the next census, as es-
timated by Director North. VIII De
s12.9SO,OOO. The director says that
this is but $4,000 more than the cost
Of the census of 1900 and says that
this will be accomplished "in spite OF
the enormous growth in the popula-
ton during the last decade, a growth
largely contributed by foreign-oorn
people who do not speak English,
class which it is very expensive ana
very difficult to enumerate. If the
work can be done for this sum 1t VIII
be the first time in the history Oh
the nation that a census has been tax
en- and compiled at practically the same
cost as the prior enumeration" The
increase. he says. heretofore from dec
ade to decade has been about 90 per
cent Notwithstanding the congress-
ional requirement that appointment De
made on the basis Of n-competitiVe
examination the director says that
personal and political pressure must in
the end become the determining fac
tor. He favors the appointment OF
clerks on the basis of their standing
on the list of eligiG!es.
Guthrie, Okla, November %: AS
the result of a 4S-hour downpour OF
rain in the valley of the Cottonwood
river and it's tributaries, the Cotton
wood overflowed this afternoon. Sew
eral hundred homes are partly under
water in West Guthrie and 5000 per-
sons tonight are homeless. The river
was one foot higher than ever before
in its history and rising rapidly. Hun
dreds of residents who refused to leave
the flooded district, believing that the
river would not rise so rapidly, were
forced to fire shots Of distress before
sunset. Hundreds of boats with volun-
teer rescuers brought the tardy ones
to places of safety 1t is believed that
a few persons are still in their homes
Street car service is at a standstill
The city's water plant is under water
Five thousand dollars worth of cotton
was washed down stream and 1000
bales are still in the water. The Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe round house
and shops are inundated. Railroad
trains in and out of Guthrie have been
annulled. Much track has been wash
ed out and several trains are water
bound.
- Manila, November 90: With the
departure from Manila December 1st
Of the American battleship fleet under
the command of Rear Admiral Sperry
the sixteen vessels that are making
such a remarkable round the world
voyage turn their prows definitely for
home waters. They have been gone
from Hampton Roads nearly a year.
If the record established up TO the
present time is maintained, the fleet
will return home without serious ac-
cident or mishap Of any kind. Its
progress has been watched by foreign
governments with deep interest. The
officers and men Of the fleet on this
trip around the world have been law
ishly entertained at every port they
touched. In Australian waters the
Americans were greeted by men Of their
own race: in Japan and in China they
saw the splendors of the Orient, and
in the Mediterranean, southern Europe,
will turn out to do them honor. After
clearing Manila bay the sixteen bat
tleships will head for Colombo, Ceylon,
where they are due in two weeks.
They will stay there for six days and
then proceed to Suez without stopping.
They are due at the southern entrance
of the Suez canal January 5th, and af-
ter leaving Port Said, at the northern
entrance, where coal is to be taken on
board, the vessels will divide into
squadrons and make a series Of calls
at various Mediterranean ports. In this
manner the American ships will show
at Athens, Tripoli, Vile Franche, Mar
Seilles, Genoa, Leghorn, Malta, Naples
and Algiers. According to the present
schedule the entire fleet will leave Gil
braltar on February 9Th for either
Hampton Roads or New York. The
m Roads