Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
Scraps and facts.

met with the worst miShap or MS ca
reer. falling with his machine l25 1eel
into ploughed field. half way pc
tween the two cities. and Wlthlh
sight of his destination. Although no
bones were broken, Rodgers was rem
dered unconscious. He was oauLy
shaken. his face scratched and torn
his hands were burned by his motor
and he complains of severe pains In
his side. His machine was complete
Iy wrecked. Rodgers left Tournament
park at Pasadena at 1884, expecting
IN fly the twenty-three miles TO tne
beach i'm as many minutes. He De-
came confused after taking the all,
and after circling aimlessly for hall
an hour came down at CoVina juno
ton, a mile further from Long 6eacii
than the point from which ne starteu'
He took the air again. and atter get-
ting his bearings was FOLLOWING tne
tracks of the Pacific electric railway
,,.heT the accident occurred. This
was in an isolated section, and the
first learned OF his fall by those inter-
ested was when an automobilist VINO
had seen Rodgers tumble and nao
dragged him out from under tne
wings of his wrecked biplane, carried
him into the office of physician at
Compton. two miles away
Sesrlv a score of deaths, seVeral
million dollars property loss ana mucn
suffering and inconvenience resulleo
from the violent change OF tempera-
ture the preceding storms, ana the
succeeding cold and snow that Desel
the central and south portions OF the
country Saturday and sunday. Aite
an unusually warm November uay
saturday, tornado storms dlu Iluci,
damage in Wisconsin and ILLINOIS anu
killed a dozen persons, oeslaes lHJ
ing more than a score. colu e.
almost Immediately rolled over the
S,.racEeqe of the tornadoes and ex-
tended in few hours to the gulf coast
and the Atlantic seaboard. KAN
turned to sleet, swapping telegraph
and telephone wires, and snow ioi-
lowed. The temperature droppea III
I,a,,arol nlsces more than 60 degrees
an eighteen hours. Several persons
We're frozen to death by the sudden
cold. shipping on the great lakes was
damaged and several boats were cas-
adrift. In some places gas aInloss
failed. The poor in large cltles anu
the homeless in storm-swept resIoiia
suffered severely. The ott1clal Wealnei
forecast last night was tor qulch
lief from the severe cold In the ma
dIa vest, the low temperature moving
ranidly eastward and soutnWaru'
From a point near zero the thermom-
eter began to rise yesterday WITH
probability of a further rise toiho'-
row in the central states
New York. November IL: For
growing the best thirty ears OF corn
exhibited from any portlon vi VI.
limited States. w. H. Dorm OF Grover
We has been awarded the $1,000 Sill
ver cup offered by the international
Harvester company at the American
Land and Irrigation exposition now
i'm progress at Madison Square gar
den Mr.. Dorm winning over eNhlu-
itors from every section of the coun-
try among them l.. D. Clore, Ine
famous Indiana corn king, hltherlo
undefeated in a contest OF thls nd
ture MIR. Dorin's corn is now on eX-
hibition at the Southern railway
booth, and is attracting great atten-
tion Farmers from all sections are
showing extraordinary interest IN Ine
award. since II is the first time sucn
a prize has been won by a soutnern
corn grower. Mr.. Dorm plougheu nis
land ten inches and subsolleu twelNe
inches more. He used 2OO pounos VI
phosphate. his only fertilizer OUTSIDE
~ clover turned under. His seed was
carefully selected from an acre on
which he made a splendid yield IN
1910 and the corn which took the
prize was from an acre cultivated un-
der the methods of the United states
farm demonstration bureau, the ylelo
from this acre being 1877 bushels. The
soil Is the ordinary type OF southern
Virginia, a gray sandy loan ABOUT
eight inches deep with good clay
subsoil.
"The Federal government is work.
ing upon plans for creating one OF tne
largest bodies Of reserve soldlery ever
seen in the world, ready upon the
briefest notice to assemble about the
colors and serve with the effectiveness
of a standing army" declared Henry
l. Stimson, secretary of war, last Fiji
day night, in st. Louis. Tne men WIZ WIN;
will compose this potential army wiit WI!
he active citizens in private llte' put
trained veterans. and needing only
arms to become the finest troops IN
the world, If the plans of the war oe-
partment are carried out, he SAID
'.The shortening of the present term
of enlistment and the retirement eacn
wear of SO,000 regular soldiers. whose
connection with the army shall not
cease entirely when they have COM
pleted the term of enlistment are the
main features of the plan." TO seno
"a. 900 soldiers into private life each
year would mean, even with tWo-
wear term, that half Of the standlng
force of the country Will be recruited
annually. The secretarys STUDY OF
European systems. where the stand
ing reserve" figures so largely was.
evident. as he mentioned Switzerland
and Germany as countries which have
solved the problem of maintaining an
adequate means of defense without
too much expense or too large a
standing army. The present flying
trip of the secretary into Missouri and
Kansas Is partly for the inspection OF
Ft. Leavenworth Federal prison ana
Ft. Riley. Kansas, and partly to NIL
speaking engagement at Kansas CITY.
Twenty-Five million dollars was on
last Friday given by Andrew Carnegie
to promote the advancement and diftu-
sion of knowledge among the people
of the United States This latest be-
quest of the Laird of Skibo was MADE
at the organization meeting OF the
Carnegie corporation of New York,
which. was incorporated by the New
York legislature June last. 1t Is
intended that the business or found
ing and aiding libraries and educa-
tional institutions, which has been
carried on by Mr.. Carnegie as an in
dividual for many years. will be turn
ed over to the corporation and car
ried on by the corporation. The in
cOrporatorS met at Mr.. Carnegie's res
idence this afternoon. adopted a con-
Stitution and bylaws. and elected the
following officers: President. An
drew Carnegie; vice president. Elihu
Root: treasurer. Robert A. Franks;
secretary. James Bertram. Other
members are Henry j. Pritchett Will
liam \. Frew, Robert :. Woodward
and Charles L. Taylor. 1t was after
all the business of the meeting had
been transacted that Mr.. Carnegie an
nounced he would transfer to the
corporation $25.000.000 in first mort
gage bonds of the United States Steel
corporation. In a statement issued
Friday evening it is set forth that the
Carnegie corporation of New York
will receive and maintain fund or
funds and apply the income thereof
to promote the advancement and
diffusion of knowledge and under
standing among the people of the
United States by aiding technical
schools, institutions Of higher learn
ing. libraries. scientific research, hero
funds nSafu1 Dublipa tiOnS and Such