Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-12
Scraps and fatst.

United States was unfavorable during
July according to the bureau of sta
tistics of the department of agricul-
ture in a statement issued Tuesday.
The deterioration was about Az per
cent. as compared with an average
decline of 2.3 per cent during July.
Aggregate crop conditions on August
l, were 65 per cent lower thah OH
August /, a year ago, and about 9.S
per cent lower than the average con-
dition on August l of the past ten
years. However, the area under Gull
tivation is about 3.2 per cent more
than last year. The aggregate OF
crop conditions on August l, lslO'
representing the average on August
i of the past ten years for the south
ern states was as follows: Virginia
100; West Virginia, 80; North caro-
lima, 90: South Carolina, 9S; Georgia
95: Florida, "a; Kentucky 9S; Ten
nessee. 1O4; Alabama, 100; Mississip-
nj 1O3: Louisiana, 10S; Texas, LOG;
Oklahoma, SO; Arkansas, 1Ol.
THE r. F. D. News, published at
Washington as the national organ OF
the Rural Letter Carriers association
sounds an alarm in these terms:
Right now preliminary plans are
being made TO abolish rural free de-
livery service and provide in its stead
q daily delivery to the farmer by what
TO
tract system This plan has been the
subject of serious consideration py
the postmaster general for more than
six or eight months past, and he hopes
~ ba able TO furnish President TAFT
with ample reasons for the change
before the latter sends his anhual
message to congress next December
II is the belief of many postal OIL
cjals that President Taft Will readily
annrove of the suggestion OF the
postmaster general in the matter anu
for the sake of economy, make rec
ommendation to congress to enact the
necessary laws for the change. Al
readv Postmaster General Hitchcock
has consolidated the division OF star
mail routes and division of rural
free delivery into what will hereafter
he known as the division of ruraI
mails. This is the first step toward
making the two services similar
- Newark. y. j.. August IL: MISS
Virginia Wardlaw, one Of the myster-
ious sisters under indictment for the
murder of Mrs. Ocey w. NJ. Snead' the
East Orange bath tub victim. died in
the house of detention here this alter
noon. Death was due. in the opinion
of physicians. to starvation. The late
of the aged woman in this respect
naralleled that of her alleged victim,
for doctors who examined Ocey Snead
before her death said her ailments
were all due to lack of nourishmeht.
In the opinion of Jail attendants. MISS
Wardlaw deliberately starved herself
10 death. This has revived rumors
circulated at the time of Ocey Sheau S
death when the history of the myster-
ious household was under inVestlSa-
ton. that a suicide pact existed be-
tween Miss Wardlaw and her niece.
For several weeks the wOman's condl-
ton has been growing worse ana last
Monday she was removed from the jail
to the house of detention. In the cell
she had occupied was found a guam
tity of stale food which the prisoner had
concealed. At the aged woman's bed
side when she died, were her sister,
Mrs. Richard Pringle and her brother
the Rev. Albert Wardlaw, both OF
Christianburg, Va, who had heen
called here when her condition became
alarming. But her other sisters. Mrs.
Caroline B. Martin and Mrs. Mary W..
Snead Jointly indicted with her, were
in their Jail cells as she expired. They
were sent for, but the jailer refused to
allow them to visit the house OF de-
tention without the word Of a physi-
sian that their sister was at the point
of death. What effect Miss Wardlaw s
death will have on the fate of her SIS
ters is still to he determined. She was
the dominating influence of the
strange household and predictions
were made that Mrs. Martin and Mrs.
Snead may never be brought to trial.
Postmaster General Hitchcock
made a preliminary report to Presi-
dent Taft last Tuesday regarding the
plans of the institution of postal saw
ings banks in different parts of the
country in the near future. The en-
perimental banks will be located in
the smaller cities. Sufficient money
to establish the system in cities like
New York. Chicago, Philadelphia,
Boston and other great centers of
population is not yet available. There
is also a desire to perfect the system
through the experiments in the small
communities before an attempt is
made to open up the metropolitan
branches. It is hoped that the eX-
perimental banks may be in opera
ton by October Is. One of the banks
NAV be installed in a branch post
office in Washington, where its op-
erations can be watched from day to
day by the postal officials. Mr.. Hitch
cock left tonight for New York, where
he is to consult with some of the
postal bank officials and will return
to Beverly on Friday. The exact
number of the experimental banks to
be opened has not been decided
They will be distributed in different
sections of the country. Mr.. Hitch
cock and the president. it is said, also
talked generally of the political sit
uatiOn. Il am not the least bit pes
sfmistic over the outcome from the
Republican point of view" said Mr.
Hitchcock. The situation is impr"v-
ing all along the line" ON my return
from Europe / found many letters
waiting me and telling me of the i'm
proved conditions. especially i'm the
west. The president is growing
stronger every day. The magnificent