Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-06
Scraps and faets.


Bayou Sara, Ala was Dui.eu ~ mo-, as ~ ~
day there was Vealed a story oi 'ns
s"',ot,on of woman to railroad
oomnanv by king the care of many
company ~ hands that has seldom
,iVes ,ayd. Early Thursday night
e IS in his loft, near the
- hen lightning killed him
oue.' his body into the water in
anu his wife and little child. Mrs.
iioN' tried to save the body, but 1t
1own just as she was about to
for it. She remained at the
se all Thursday night and the
pater part of Friday alone with her
lid seeing that trains could safely
ass over the structure. AS 1t was
not a stopping point she could not
get assistance until today, when she
succeeded in tagging train. Announcer
watchman has been sent to the
bridge.
Portland, Me-, July 5: Mistaking
the promiscuous firing Of revolvers as
a signal for the climax Of his aerial
act, James Corcoran, aeronaut, 2S years
old of Lowell, Mass, cut loose with his
parachute when but q few hundred
feet from the earth here today ana
was dashed to the ground, meeting
almost instant death at the feet OF o.
600 Mortified spectators. Three para
chutes were attached to the balloon
for a triple jump. 1t was arranged
that Corcoran should drop with his
parachutes when he heard a certain
number of revolver shots after the
balloon had reached a height of ap-
proximately 5000 feet. Corcoran had
barely left the ground before promis-
cuous firing began, but the man to
give the signal called out to him to
keep on up. Above a few hundred
feet 1t is hard for an aeronaut to
Judge correctly his exact height, and
so when Corcoran heard second fu-
sillade it is believed he was certain the
signal had come. He was seen to drop
although he was barely 500 feet in the
air. The distance was too short for
the parachute to open properly and
the man dropped like a plummet, strik-
ing the ground about 1000 feet from
where the ascension was made. He
sustained a fracture Of the skull and
other injuries, and he soon died.
Concerned about what they sup
pose to be a possibility that the ne
groes may be sent into the homes Of
white residents OF the south as emu
merators for the thirteenth decen-
NAL census, says Washington dis
patch, Democratic members Of con-
gress will urge President Taft to
give instructions that only white
enumerators shall be employed south
Of Mason and Dilxon's line" Demo-
cratic senators assert that 1t is their
understanding that census enumer-
ators in southern states be appoint
ed between Republican and Demo-
cratic parties. They say that it is
not loss of this patronage that dis
turbs them, but a fear that the Re-
publican referees will pay political
debts" through the appointment Of
negroes. Thus far in his admins
tration Mr.. Taft has appointed only
white men for positions in the south.
1t is asserted also that some of these
referees are largely under obligations
to negro leaders for prominent posi-
tions they hold in Republican coun-
ellis. All these conditions tend to oc-
casion concern in the south. The
fact that the admission of a
home cannot be denied enumerators,
white or black, who hold govern
ment commissions to gather statis-
tics, serves to aggravate the situa-
ton. It is for this reason that the
minority in congress has decided to
appeal to the president.
- Washington, July 2: The silver
lining Of the clouds Of business de-
preston that darkened the industrial
sky is about all the government sta
tisticians saw during the month Of
May. Their review Of the internal
commerce Of the United States dur
ing that month, as shown by bulle-
tin of the bureau Of statistics of the
department Of commerce and labor,
has an optimistic tone. While the
volume Of live stock and grain move
ments was below that reported for
May Of the preceding two years, and
there appeared also a slight check in
the upward trend of the coal and
lumber traffic, tile transportation,
manufacturing and building activi-
ties are reported as improved. The
coke output and shipments showed
a continuous improvement in answer
to the largest demand of the iron
furnaces. Increased takings OF cot
ton and wool were interpreted as in
dicating a greater activity in the tex
tile industry, while larger shipments
of boots and shoes from the chief dis
tributing centers served the statisti-
clans as an index of more regular in
dustrial employment. The building
activity in the larger cities OF the
country was reported as unusually
heavy. Traffic operations of the rail-
roads, judging by the total number
of freight cars handled and the num-
Der of idle cars reported, were not up
to the high record of 1907 though
comparisons with May. 1908, show
ed a considerable improvement for
practically all sections of the coun-
try.
jackson, Tenn. July 3: The cases
of the eight night riders, six Of whom
were under the death sentence
charged with the murder of Capt
Quentin Rankin at Walnut Log, on
Reel Foot Lake, October 10 last, were
reversed by the state supreme court
today and were remanded for new
trials. The six men who were under
the death sentence are Garrett John
son, alleged leader Of the night riders
organization in Obion County; Arthur
Cloar, Fred Pinion, Sam Applewhite
Tid Burton and Roy Ransom. The