Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-23
Scraps and facts.

ders. Having secured what they
deemed to be sufficient evidence of
law violation, the detectives gave the
police a list of the various establish
ments where they claimed to have
bought refreshments, with the result
lat thirty warrants were served on
the proprietors Of as many places.
Eastman, Ca, July 20: King
Green, a negro, was lynched and his
body riddled with bullets at Gum
Branch this morning. The Misses
Nicholson. daughters Of Sam Nichol-
son, one of Eastman's promin-
ent citizens, while four miles out from
Eastman were met in the road by the
negro, who caught their horse by the
rein and told them to get out, that II
was his horse and he was going TO
have 1t. The young ladies whipped
up their horse and tried to get away
from him, but he held on until
frightened by their screams. Dogs
were sent from the county COZ convlet af
camp and placed on his trail ana al
ter a run Of several hours the negro
was captured. The sheriff and his
deputIes while on their way to town
were met at Gum branch by a posse
of 175 men, who took him away from
the officers and strung him up TO a
sapling, after which the crowd quiet
ly dispersed.
Paducah, KY, July 90: Without
firing a shot, a mob took Albert Law
son, the negro who shot Sheriff X. M.
Compton at Paris, Tenn, sunday
from the Paris jail at $50 o'clock to-
night and hanged him to mulberry
tree a few yards from the prison.
About 80 minutes later the body was
cut down. An attempt was made
early this afternoon to lynch the ne
gro. He was taken into the court
yard where a rope was placed around
his neck, but as the negro pleaded,
more conservative men and the coun-
ty officials succeeded in getting the
leaders to let the law take Its course
He was again locked up. Later Sher-
ifs Compton issued poster over ms
to let the law take its course as IL
was much better. The town began TO
I'LL I'D with countrymen and at S.S0
o'clock a large mob, with the rope used
earlier In the afternoon went to the
little prison, battered down the door
and lynched Lawson. Several hun
dred men nearby paid little attention
TO the execution. Lawson was cap
tured early today. He had had but
one meal since the shooting.
= Saturday Evening Post: To run
the Federal government In the nscai
year Just ended cost about seven nun
dred million dollars, or almost as
much as in the third year Of the civil
war when Meade was preparing for
battle at Gettysburg and Grant lay
before Vicksburg. That this cost Is
excessive Is general opinion. II the
senate had materially lowered import
duties. however thereby lowering
the price of commodities and the cost
of living, people would have submit
ted cheerfully to some new form OF
taxation, for they could well nave al
forded to do so. The senate chose not
only to maintain or to advance, I'M"
port duties-thereby maintaining, or
advancing the cost Of living-but also
to p,,, on a new and additional tax. A
Federal excise tax Of two per cent OF
net earnings applicable to dividends,
would cost the railroads about nine
million dollars a year, increasing their
total tax payments by about II per
cent 1t would have cost the United
States Steel corporation last year nine
hundred thousand dollars, or oNe
fifth Of one per cent Of its gross t.
ceipts. For manufacturing concerns
one-fifth Of one per cent or gross fe-
short, the objection to the tax Is not
that 1t Is onerous, but that the only
necessity for Ii arises from excessive
import duties. It is a sort Of price OF
admission which a man Is compelled
to pay for the privilege OF letting the
trusts gouge him to their hearts con-
tent. And however many millions
this new tax may yield, congress
devoted to high protection will sure
ly find some means Of spending them.
The hook worm or ''laZy bug" as
it has been shown to exist In the
southern states accord to investi-
CATION of the physical condition OF
army recruits, will form an interest
ing chapter in the Forthcoming report
Of the surgeon general Of the army
and probably will lead to the wide
spread effort on the part OF the
boards Of health in the southern
states to eradicate this disease, which
a few years ago was brought prom
inently to the attention Of the world In
connection with politics. After being
treated all of the infected soldiers
gained in weight and improved In
physical condition generally. Follow
ing this investigation Of recruits, 1t
was discovered that the uncinaries, as
the hook worm Is called in the medi-
cal world, was common disease
throughout southern states. 1t Is es-
timated by army surgeons that fifty
per cent of the recruits in the army
today from the rural districts Of
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Alaba-
ma and Louisiana will show hook
worm infection. This investigation
has been progressing quietly during
the last six or seven months, so that
when Surgeon General Torney was
writing up his annual report he had
much data to prove the prevalence Of
the hook worm among the soldiers
enlisted from the southern states.
These recruits passing through the
army depot at Fort Slocum, n. Y,
were examined to the number of one
hundred and forty; one hundred and
nine Of them being infected with the
parasite. West Virginia, Virginia,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Ten
nessee, all supplied recruits that were
infected.
Washington, July 20: Establish
ing a new record for aviation in
America, Orville Wright in the
Wright aeroplane late today at Fort
Meyer made a spectacular flight of
one hour, 20 minutes, As seconds du-
ration. The longest previous flight
was of "A minutes, made by Mr..
Wright at Fort Meyer last fall. Dur
ing the entire flight the machine was
under perfect control but several
times appeared to the spectators to
be on the point of diving forward.
The machine travelled a distance of
about 70 miles, it was estimated by
Wilbur Wright, and at one time dur
ing the flight the height attained, be-
tween 260 and $50 feet, exceeded the
highest point ever attained by hea-
vier-than-air machine on this conti-
nent. The most wonderful part of
the flight was the execution Of three
complete figure -eighrs," which re-
quired careful manouvering in direct
ing the machine. A thrill passed
through the spectators as the white
flyer, apparently beginning to dive to
the earth, would regain its equilibri-
um and speed onward around the
oval above the parade ground. After
rounding the course half a hundred
times, the aviator directed the ma
chine around the course in small
double circles of figure e-eight." 1t
was the first time during this season,
and the second time during his ca