Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-15
Straps and fatt5.

was stabbed to death by Lon RAIDER,
aged 2l The girl was seated at the or
gan PLAYING the closing hymn at sun
day school when suddenly RAIDER leap
ed across several benches and with his
pocket knife stabbed her once in the
back and twice in the breast. She died
almost instantly. RAIDER was arrested
and Is now in the Newton Jail. Some
months ago he was committed to the
often mentioned Miss Bullingers name.
Recently he was discharged from the
hospital as cured. The deed was prob
ably prompted by unrequited love and
seems to have been we'll planned, as
the knife used was bought new only
yesterday. In Jail this afternoon RAIDER
said he killed the girl because she was
a witch"
Chicago, September II: Another
feature, besides the talking machine
with records of the speeches of candi-
dates. has been added to the novelties
Of the presidential campaign by the
Democratic national committee, which
today announced that moving pictures
Of William ]. Jennings in Chicago on
Labor Day would be thrown upon can
vases at political meetings all over the
country. When the pictures show Bry-
an speaking, the candidates voice will
be heard from the photographic record
of the Labor Day addresses. National
Chairman Mack and heads of the COM
mittee bureaus today witnessed re-
scenes by the moving picture machine.
The pictures show Mr. Bryan's arrival
at the station and his reception by the
crowd at the hotel. Later the candi-
date IS disclosed reviewing the big Ia
Dor parade and acknowledging the
cheers of the marchers, after which Mr..
Bryan is shown making a speech to
the laboring men assembled around the
reviewing point of the parade. Nation
al Committeeman Johnson Of Texas left
for New York today to confer with
Senator Culberson, head of the ad-
Visory committee,
A statute passed by the late New
York legislature has escaped general
notice until now that it goes into ef-
feet. 1t provides that creditors may
levy upon a mans wages up to 10 per
cent. AS the law stood before, judg-
ments could be obtained for bills run
up for the necessities Of life, but now
any sort Of a bad debt Is included, and
hn
COMPTROLLER Metz of New York city,
against municipal employees, a great
many are at the instance of saloon
keepers The salaries Of over 500 have
been thus attached already. The i'm
mediate result is that men are buying
up such debts, getting judgments and
can draw payments monthly. In many
instances it is plain that these per-
sons have planned ahead Of the time,
and bring suits and get judgments in
district courts at a distance, where
the debtor often only knows of the suit
after the judgment has been obtained.
One attorney alone, says the Evening
Post, has obtained 14S judgments
against policemen, firemen and clerks.
Every man ought to pay his debts, but
this statute seems to give a great op-
poTtunity for injustice. The amended
law does not affect those whose wages
do not exceed S12 a week.
Winston Salem special of Septem-
Der 13, to Charlotte Observer: Unoffi-
cially, but from a thoroughly reliable
source, it is learned that the net earn
ings Of the Southern railway for the
month of August last exceeded those
Of any month in the history Of the
road. AS a result of this the work of
double tracking the Southerns main
line south from Lynchburg has been
resumed in a manner which holds
promise of no further delay In the COM
pletion Of this most important project.
This Is big item in the budget which
speaks for increase in business gener-
ally for the Southerns condition is a
right good barometer Of conditions in
the industries of the south, particular
w. 1t is stated that, besides the large
number of men who will be given en-
ployment on the double tracking work,
the railway forces will be increased in
numbers to a considerable extent at
an early date. The officials appear
confident of the bigger business that is
coming this fall it is said by those
who are in a position to know the sit
uation with eXactness. The Southern
has retrenched largely in expenditures
in recent months, as is we'll known.
The gross earnings in August were
not the largest in the history Of the
road therefor but the net profits were
record breaking.
Great stretches Of country through
out the northern parts of the states of
Michigan and Wisconsin, are being de-
vastated by forest fires. The fires
have been burning for a week or more
and the amount Of property destroyed
is almost beyond computation. Esti-
mates of the losses have been placed as
high as $4,000, 900. Thousands of peO-
pie are homeless, the fires destroying
their homes. barns, farms and other
property. Scores of towns have been
completely wiped off the map. Hun
dredS of men, women and children have
been rescued from death by fire along
Lake Superior by being taken on board
lake steamers and carried to places Of
safety. Scores of lives have been lost.
The smoke from the great forest fires
has spread for hundreds Of miles, even
Chicago being shadowed by the smoke
from the fires hundreds of miles away.
The great peat beds near Norway,
Wis. are on fire and viii burn for
weeks, unless the flames are eXtin-
guished by heavy rains. Owing to the
dense curtain Of smoke hanging over
Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan and
Erie a greater part Of the lake navi-
cation has been suspended. The only
hope for relief from the fires is a
heavy downpour of rain lasting for
several days.
New York, September II: The
worlds visibly supply of cotton up to
last evening totalled, according to
Bradstreets, 1669,96O bales, as COM
pared with 2,1S7,O5O bales for the cor
responding day last year and 1,74S,032
bales for the corresponding day two
years ago The visible supply of
American cotton aggregated 1,006,O32
bales, as compared with 1,29S,050 a
year ago and 916,O32 bales two years
ago. The worlds taEings of American
cotton for the week tOtalled 1857
bales. as against 15O.743 bales for the
corresponding week last year. TAX
ingS Of American cotton for the sea-
son thus far total 232,55S bales, COM
pared with 292l1S bales last season.