Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26
Scraps and facts.

opera house. and was soon beyond the
control of the local fire department.
Many houses were dynamited In an ef-
fort to stop the flames. but the niSh
winds carried the sparks across the
gaps and the dynamite was without e1-
feet. Besides the opera house the
court house. hotel. churches. Cath-
olic convent. stores and warehouses,
and scores of frame residences were
destroyed.
Durham. y. c.. April 2l: Before
the state convention of colored Presby-
terians. Bishop Dillard of Columbia. 5.
G. who advocated liberal education Tor
the negro. declared: Il want to see the
negro brought to a high standard along
every line When Jack Johnson ana
Jeffries meet in California, l nope JACK
stops Jeffries in short order" The con-
vention broke into uproarious applause.
The bishop condemned drinking and
Illicit whisky selling among his race
declaring the practices would under-
mine any people. The Rev. f. K. Ley
burn, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Durham. who also spoke
said he could stand with the bishop on
the drinking proposition, but could not
advocate his prize fight views.
Coleman. Texas. April "a: Twelve
negroes badly beaten, one white man
seriously injured and the entire negro
population of Coleman of between l5o
and 200 men. women and chlldreh
driven out of town. was the result OF
race riots which occurred here at l
o'clock this afternoon and raged uhti'
far into the night. That many per-
sons were not killed or seriously
wounded is due to the fact that the
negroes offered no resistance except III
isolated cases and the whites contenteo
themselves with using CLUBS. SUCKS
and stones instead of firearms
Until the Sante Fe railroad began
using negro labor on construction
work in this section. a black face was
q rarity and trouble has been brewing
ever since negroes in considerable
numbers began coming into town. Thls
feeling has been greatly intenslfed re-
Gently by alleged inflammatory utter
ances of some of the negro leaders,
who asserted that they were here ana
here to stay.
Chicago, April "a: Despite the al
most unprecedented storm that swept
over a dozen states in the last fortE-
eight hours and government prediction
Of more cold and snow, the shlttlng ol
the wind to the northeast promises 10
mitigate extensive crop damage in the
middle west A canvass OF the sltua-
ton shows that greatest damage mas
resulted in Iowa. Illinois, Indiana ana
Ohio, Greatly reduced fruit crops ana
loss of early corn are certain In some
places. Reports from the northwest
indicate that barley. oats, rye and corn
were badly damaged by the cold. Ihe
soil. however. is still in fine condltloii
for blowing and it is not too late 1or
ren1anting In Kansas. Missouri and
Kentucky it is expected to protect
small fruits and lessen the loss on ap-
ples. Mississippi. Tennessee ana Ar
kansas reports show that considerable
damage has been done by the coldest
April weather on record in those states
Information from Wisconsin and Mich
igan indicate that the fruit crop VIII
not be much more than one-haf the
usual size at a number of points.
Paris. April %: Theodore Roosevelt
former president of the United States
delivered his eagerly y-awaited lecture
on citizenship in Republic. in the
Sorbonne this afternoon. His audience
was composed of all of the members OF
the French cabinet, students selected
from the university of Paris. and many
distinguished guests by whom the "c-
casion was regarded as the most IN
portant feature of the distinguished
Americans visit To France. In the
course of his address. Mr.. Roosevelt
made reference to the subject of human
rights and property rights in the fol-
lowing paragraph: My position as
regards the m0neyed interests can be
nut in few words In every civilized
society property rights must be care
fully safeguarded. ordinarily ana IN
the great majority Of cases human
rights and property rights are tunda-
mentally. and in the long run. identi-
cal: but when il clearly appears tnat
there is a real conflict between them
human rights must have the upper
hand: for property belongs t" man and
man not to property
A commotion quite out of the or
dinary. says a Washington Dispatch
was created among officials of the
Southern railway by the announcement
today of the failure of Knight. IanceN
e. Co, large cotton buyers in the south,
doing business with Boston and Liver
pool. Conferences have been in prog
ress throughout the day among the
Southern railway officials with view
to determining, if possible. how deeply
involved the system may be in what Is
alleged to be the issuance OF fraudulent
bills of lading on cotton shipments.
At this time it is impossible for the
company 10 say ueDnlteIH HoN I'i""S
if any. fraudulent bills of ladings have
been issued or used in its name.
thorough investigation of the matters
has been instituted by President FIN
ley through General Counsel Thorn and
Auditor Plant. Until that inquiry is
concluded it will not be possible to say
with any degree of accuracy to what
extent the Southern Railway company
may be involved. BY direction of Pres
ident Finley steps have been taken to
prevent the use of any forged or other
wise fraudulent bills of lading that may
have been issued. Thus far the com
pany knows practically little more OF
the situation than already has been de-
veloped in the news dispatched from
points i'm the south and from Liverpool
HankOw China. April %: The sit