Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-06-27
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CHESTER-The Lantern, June %
The county Democratic executive com
mittee met, as per call of the chair
man, on Wednesday last at II O'Clock
q. M, in the Offices of Caldwell & Gas
ton. A call of the roll indicated quo
rum present, and without loss of time
the committee got down to business.
Mr.. John s. Withers, who had been
selected secretary for the committee
at its last meeting, was at his post
The first matter that came up for at
tention was the assessment of can.
didates, and after considerable discus.
sion the following schedule was adop-
ted: Candidates for congress, $3.50
for solicitor, $3.50; for house of rep
resentatives, $3.50; for clerk of court
$40; for sheriff $3.50; for county su-
pervisor, $3.50; for treasurer $3.50
for auditor, $3.50; for county superin'
sendent of education, SIS; and for coro'
ner, $5. A committee of two, consist
ing of the chairman, R. B. Caldwell,
Esq, and the secretary, Mr.. John s.
Withers, was appointed to arrange for
the meeting of the state campaign
here on the 26th of July. The ques'
tion of whether or not the magistrates
should be put in the primary was dis
cussed but the entire committee
seemed to be of the opinion that there
was no reason for making any change
in this matter, and the question was
disposed of without any formal motion,
The committee adjourned to meet at
the call of the chairman. ..'''''''The re-
moval of the general Offices of the
Carolina & North Western railroad to
Chester has been mentioned in previ'
GUS issues of this paper. The build
ling is one of neatness and beauty,
containing tastily finished Offices
for the many different departments
connected with operating a railroad.
Here you find the general manager,
train dispatcher, etc., with a corps OF
busy stenographers and typewriters,
several of whom are ladies. This falls
in with modern idea that women can
do almost anything, even run rail-
road. Here too, by just looking on,
one can get fair idea of the volume
of business and system there is in rail.
road work. The present Carolina &
North Western, under different names
and different management, has grown
from a few miles to over hundred.
Passing from the general office, we see
nearby the round.house or railrosd
shops, where all kinds of repairing is
done. The first of the three buildings
is 25 feet square; this is the storage
room for all railroad supplies. Here
we find pieces of machinery in great
variety, the names of which would not
be Ineligible to the majority of peo-
pie. In this same building is the sta.
tionery room. The next room is the
machine shop proper, which is con,
veniently constructed building As by
l125 feet. This is divided into three
Experimentation, wood work, and
painting. The first named is under
the skilful management of Mr.. w. j.
Morgan, of Atlanta. In this depart
ment we find the planers, lathes, drills,
etc., a detailed description of which
would be interesting, but space will
not permit. We also. noticed drill
sharpener made at Buffalo, N. Y.
This machine contains wheel of car
borundum, which will cut the hardest
steel. Drills of any size are clamped
down and sharpened with the greatest
accuracy. All the machinery of this
department is now being placed, most
of which was made by the Niles Tool
works, Hamilton, O., and is of the very
best quality. We pass on hurriedly to
the wood work department., which is
in charge of Mr.. S. D. Scarborough,
an experienced car builder, who has
been with the C. Il NV, for num-
ber of years. None of the machinery
had been placed, so we passed on to
where Mr.. John Reid puts on the fin
ishing touch, making thing of beau
ty and comfort. The working force
will consist of about 20 hands, and the
power for running the machinery will
be furnished by 40 horse power en-
CINE. On the yard tracks were sever.
al freight and passengers cars under
going repairs. Just beyond the sever
al tracks is the coal bin, the capacity
of which is said to be 100000 tons.
The third building is a two story
structure containing the Office of the
master mechanic, Mr.. ]. s. Booth,
who has charge of the entire shop.
These shops will be quite an addition
to Chester, since it is certainty that
the road will be changed to standard
guage and extended in both directions.
Superior service in convenience and
connection will increase traffic and
travel, and no doubt will even do q
great deal more than now towards
building up the city.
CHEROKEE-The Gaffney Ledger,
June %: Up to the time of going to
press on our last issue, no conclusion
had been reached in the case of Jesse
Wesson for the killing Of McBrayer in
Blacksburg. A verdict was rendered,
though, Tuesday, which was guilty of
manslaughter, and sentence of two
years in the penitentiary was imposed
upon him. Wesson is a colored man
of unexceptional character, as all who
know him can testify, and has the
reputation of being a very peaceable,
man and his unfortunate condition il
matter of sincere regret to every one.
However, according to the law, Wes-
sons own statement, and the testimo.
ny of the witnesses, Judge Benet had