Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-20

Vile wright maze TWO very SuCCeoS-
full flights in the Wright aeroplane
this afternoon at Fort Meyer, Va. The
first flight lasted 25 minutes and 1S
seconds, during which time the avia-
tor circled the parade grounds, a dis
tance Of about five-sixths Of a mile,
25a times. The second. which con-
tinued until darkness prevented MI.
Wright from remaining longer in the
air, was for half an hours duration
AMI 2sb circuits were made. During
both trials the machine behaved
splendidly, and indications are that
the wrights soon will have the aero
plane in condition for the official
flights. During the 55 minutes the
flyer was in the air 1t covered practi-
cally 81 miles. Wilbur Wright, who
carefully watched every movement Of
the machine, declared afterward that
1t had attained a speed Of about Al
miles an hour. He said II reached a
height of a little over 100 feet, where
the aviator kept it on an even keel
throughout each light except at the
turns of the elongated oval where 1t
tilted slightly.
- Colorado Springs, Colorado, July
Is: Mrs. j. Addison Hayes, daush-
ter Of Jefferson Davis, president OF the
Confederacy, died tonight at her
home, after an illness Of six months.
Mrs. Hayes, 54 years old, was the wife
Of ]. Addison Hayes. president OF the
First National bank Of Colorado
Sprfngs. Friends throughout the
country had gained the impression
that Mrs Hayes suffered from cancer,
but the cause Of her death was an
nounced by attending physicians as
complication of diseases. Mrs. Hayes,
the last Of the family Of the only
president of the Confederacy, after
the death Of her sister, Miss Winnie
Davis, at Richmond, Va, made trip
through the south a few years ago,
when she was made the Daughter
Of the Confederacy" in her sisters
stead. Her mother, widow Of the
southern president, died in New York
about two years ago. Mrs. Hayes Is
survived by two sons Jefferson Hayes
Davis and William Hayes, and two
daughters, Lucy Hayes and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Webb, wife Of DR.. Gerald b.
Webb Of Colorado Springs. Jefferson
Hayes Davis bears the name Of his
grandfather through special act OF
the legislature.
Washington, July II: President
Taft's emphatic declaration yester-
day that he regarded the Republican
platform as the meaning, and the SEN
timent Of the whole people as de-
manding revision downward
eclipsed In interest, all minor and
specific details of the tariff struggle
in all circles here today. The state
ment, issued late in the day, after
delegation of congressman had ap-
pealed to the president for the main
tenance for protection upon raw ma
terials, purporting to be the outline
report Of the discussion which took
place during the visit Of the delega-
tion and especially Of what the pres
ident said to the visitors; but the very
fact that such a statement was issu-
ed at all, and in particular the en-
phatic conclusion Of the remarks OF
the president thus reiterated, made
1t clear to all who studied pronounce
ment that the president intended 1t
virtually as an ultimatum. Many
read into the statement barely the
concealed threat on the part Of the
president that If the bill reached him
in form which he regarded as un-
faithful to the promises Of his party
and disobedient to the sentiment Of
the mass Of the people, he would We
to it. The general feeling today was
that the presidents pronouncement
would inevitably have profound ef-
feet.
- Memphis, July II: After trial
lasting twenty-three days the jury in
the trial Of Marcellus Rinehart and
other night riders charged with the
murder of Rufus Hunter, a we'll to do
farmer, highly respected in the dark
tobacco district of Montgomery coun-
ty, Tennessee, returned a verdict this
morning acquitting three Of the de-
PENDANTS and finding Rinehart guilty
of murder in the first degree, with
mitigating circumstances. The jury
did not explain how mitigating cir
cumstances and first degree murder
fit together. At the same time the
sentence Of guilty pronounced on the
one man, it is believed, will influence
the trial OF the seven yet awaiting
their turn. The three acquitted must
still face a charge Of conspiracy, out
of which it Is alleged the killing
grew. Hunter, a man of excellent
standing, was called to his front door
on the night of June s, 1908. and rid
died with shot as he stood on the
Threshold, the assassns crying that
he had talked too much. Hundreds
of shots were fired into his dwelling
after he fell, his wife and daughters
lying quaking in their beds while the
fusillade was on. AS the men were
masked recognition Of voices and con-
fessions made later proved factors in
the trial, Rinehart at least appearing
to have been known.
Memphis, Tenn. July 19: J. A.
Taylor, president of the National Gin
ners' association, today issued the
following special report on the cotton
crop: Reports from about half or
our correspondents under average
date of the 10th, indicate a condition
of ~ and under. This is the lowest
condition ever known at this date.
Some parts of Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Arkansas show slight
improvement, but others show dete-
rioration. Texas shows heavy deteri-
oration on account of severe drought
and hot winds. Scattered rains have
fallen since these reports, but in most
cases have come too late. 1t is the
consensus that rains now will only
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