Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-17
Scraps ana faets.


the thirteenth census, who was en-
gagged in politics in any way will i'm
mediately be dismissed from the SER
vice. Outside of casting their votes,
the president believes that supervisors
and enumerators should keep clear of
anything that savors of politics The
president orders that the secretary of
commerce and labor and the director
of the census should embody in the
regulations governing the taking Of
the census the rules forcibly laid
down in his letter. Taft says that in
appointing the census supervisors 1t
has been found necessary to select
men recommended by senators and
congressman in their districts. He
says that he realizes that this method
Of selection might easily be perverted
to political purposes and it is to take
the census out Of politics, so far as ac-
tual work is concerned, that he has
thus explicitly expressed his desires.
- New York, August 10: Gen. The
odore L. Bingham declares that dur
i,s the first year he was police COM
missioner of New York city he could
easily have made 100000 in
bribe money, and that $1,0O0,000
would not have been an excessive fig
ure for him to have realized had he
been seeking bribes. "One day short
ly after my arrival at police head
quarters an acquaintance dropped into
my Office" writes Gen. Bingham in a
magazine, just issued. Commission
err he said, there is house at No. -
West Thirty-third street run very
quietly. 1t will be worth $4,000 a
month to you.'-But the sentence was
never finished, to my knowledge. A
few months later / was offered $4,000
in cash and $500 a month merely to
be seen shaking hands with the pro-
prietor of an upper Broadway cafe"
Gen. Bingham estimates the money
value of graft, and blackmail Of all
kinds in New York each year to be
not less than s100,000,000. He de-
clares that between 1900 and 1000
members Of the police force ARE un-
scrupulous grafters, whose hands are
always out for easy money" The for
mer commissioner blames the person
mel Of the courts for much Of New
York's unrighteousness.
- Memphis, Tenn, August Is: The
weekly cotton crop summary Of the
Commercial Appeal says: In practi-
cally all Of the territory east Of the
Mississippi river there was a marked
improvement in the condition Of the
cotton crop. The showers that fell
were moderate and beneficial. The
plant is small, and still late, but Is
growing nicely and is we'll fruited for
its size. Many correspondents note
that the prospective yield is better
than was at one time thought possible.
In this territory conditions are best in
Georgia and South Carolina and poor
est in Mississippi. Rainfall was scat
Oklahoma. There are sections where
no rain has fallen in five or six weeks
and the plant is shedding, but while
this is true other sections Of these
states have had rain and prospects
are fair. Rains in Texas were fire.
quent and rather general during the
week. The crop is on the road to i'm
provement and If these rains are sup
plemented during the coming weeks
by further precipitation, the crop out
look will improve materially. Rains
have retarded opening Of the bolls and
as the plant is growing rapidly, pick
ing will not become general for fully
two weeks yet.
Charlotte Observer: Can you
touch the end Of your nose-eyes
shut-with the index finger Of either
hand, first trial? If you cannot, you
are insane, according to decision
from the bench of a New York city
committing magistrate. A woman
was brought before that judge the
other day by her family physician,
asking that she be sent to Bellevue
hospital for further examination. The
evidence produced did not convince
the Judge of the necessity for making
the order. But he told the woman to
close her eyes and touch her nose
with her right forefinger. She failed
on the first two attempts, whereupon
the judge declared: "I grant the ap-
plication. This test satisfies me-" We
suggest to District Attorney Jerome
that he spring this on Harry Thaw
during the next insanity investigation.
We have heard Of another test Of san
ity similar to the above and just as
simple, which was used at times in
the past, but whether still followed
we do not know. This is to cause the
subject to stand perfectly erect, with
eyes closed, heels close together, arms
straight, and hands pressed against
the thighs. 1t is said that a person
with defective brain cannot do so
without the body wavering or reel
ing. Those who read this had better
not try either test unless they are
quite sure Of themselves, for we would
not like to be instrumental in making
them believe they are not as strong
minded as they thought they were.
Atlanta, Ga, August 13: Passen-
gers who were on the Southern train
wrecked near Bristol, Va, yesterday,
arrived here tonight, bringing details
Of the bravery of Engineer Samuel
Bush, of Knoxville, Tenn, who died
today as a result Of his injuries. Bush
was slowly and painfully working his
way out of the wreck of his engine,
scalded and frightfully bruised, when
the few passengers who retained their
senses, dug into the mass of twisted
and burning iron to meet him. AS the
passengers began a hunt for whisky
TO stimulate him and were breaking
open suitcases in their search, Bush
asked for last look at his old engine,
as hopeless a wreck as was its engi-
neer. When they came to him with
the liquor he begged them to look af-
ter the comfort of the passengers.