Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-19
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traversed by Lewis and Clark from
Portland to Pittsburg. From this point
they will go either by way Of the lakes
to the Hudson river, or by way OF
Cumberland, Md, to the Potomac r1V-
er. Where the boat they use is taken
overland it will be sent by rail to the
points on rivers used by the explorers
of a century ago.
F. F. Sharon, postofice inspector
of Washington, who was in Hagers-
town, Md, a few days ago, investigat-
ing alleged violations Of postal laws
arrested four persons for sending
through the mails written matter at
fourth class rates-1 cent per ounce.
They pleaded guilty and, under the rul-
ing of the postoffice department, ne
. collected from each the minimum fine
of SO. The guilty parties had mailed
cigar and tobacco prize tags and Ia
bells to a tobacco company at Winston
Salem, N. c., at merchandise rates, ana
inclosed in the same package written
matter. Inspector Sharon has lOO
cases in his district, comprising seven
counties in Maryland and eleven In
Virginia, under investigation. DtscoV-
cry of the postal violations was made
by the Winston Salem postmaster.
AN Ottawa dispatch to the wash
ineton Post says: The jawbone Of
sheep tipped with gold is to be pre-
sented to President Roosevelt. L. Z.
Dillman has Just reached Vancouver
from Port Wrangel and with him has
the lower jawbone of a mountain
sheep. The teeth are tipped with gold
deposits from the Alaskan fields. On
the molars there are heavy deposits OF
gold and copper precipitates. The met
ais are as highly polished as though
skilled dentist had done the job. Tne
sheep from which the bone was tax
en- was killed in the foothills of Mount
wrangel, and the metal coating sent
hundreds of miners prospecting up TO
the head of Mimi river, near the great
Copper river. Claims were located
there, one ledge carrying ore giving 90
per cent copper and $40 gold per ton
being found at the top. There Is ex-
citement over the strikes made, and the
unique method by which they were To-
Gated is the first Of its kind.
More men are killed and manned In
Allegheny county, Pa, in peaceful pur-
suits in one year than were killed and
wounded in many of the great battles
Of history. Statistics for the past year
show that there were killed and injur-
ed in the iron and steel mills and blast
furnaces 5000. In other mills, shops
and factories 1000 were sacrihced,
while the coal mines swell this figure
by 400, and the railroads victims in
clude an additional 4,300, making up
grand total of 17,700 who were slaugh-
tered or injured in one year. In addl-
ton to this number, there are thou
sands Of cases that are not reported.
According to employers, most of the ac-
cidents occur through the carelessness
of employees. The frequency Of acci-
dents and deaths in the Edgar Thomas
mills have caused Chief Factory In
spector Delany to announce that he
will investigate that plant next month.
OF all the injuries and deaths in the
county last year. only ninety-two
cases came under the notice Of the
state factory inspector.
The Charlotte Observer has gath
cred from some source interesting In
formation about Franklin ]. Moses,
who was governor of South Carolina
in reconstruction times and who after
the expiration Of his term went to
Massachusetts,, where he has since been
buffetted by fortune in various ways.
For awhile he conducted a weekly pa
per In the town Of Winthrop and after
ward began to vegetate, living from
hand to mouth, largely by borrowing
from his friends. He took to opium
and committed several offences which
put him under the ban Of the law. He
was several times tried and was twice
In Jail. His case became notorious
But at last "he took a brace" as the
slang has It, and Is now member OF
the c. F. King business organization
in Boston and is doing well; and we are
told that notwithstanding his ups and
downs and the infirmities of age, he
still carries evidences Of the grand
manner Of the old South Carolina
aristocracy. He has a son, Franklin
]. Moses, Jr., who is in the navy.
- Knoxville, Tenn, Jan. 16: j. K.
Peden, a real estate dealer Of Green
Vile, s. c., is in Jail charged with con-
tempt Of court in violating an injunc-
tion of the chancery court issued
against him several days ago in bill
filed against him by the Brookside
mills seeking to restrain him. from fur
ther attempts in enticing the employees
of the mill to Columbia, S. c., and 9TH
er mills in that state. 1t was claimed
that he represents the Clinton cotton
mills. He denies having violated the
injunction though adding that he had
already shipped a number of families
from this city and expects to ship 9TH
erS next MOHudy. ne CldilllS NiIeil hS
has been falsely imprisoned and has
retained counsel to bring suit for dam
ages. He has carded this city with
posters asking for mill help, offering
better wages and better living quarters
and cheaper house rents. He claims
that the white mill people here do not
live so we'll as the South Carolina ne
groes The scarcity of mill labor In
South Carolina. he says is due to the
fact that hundreds of the employees
have gone to raising cotton because Of
the higher price of that staple.
- Marshall Field, the millionaire Chi
cago merchant, died at the Holland
house in Chicago last Tuesday, of
pneumonia, after an illness of eight
days. aged 70 years. Marshall Field
was without question the greatest and
most successful merchant of his gen.
Grafton, and he was one of the worlds
richest men, his wealth being estimated
at anywhere from $1,000, ,O00, 900 to $780,