Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-05
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point Is the instance Wnen MI. Sndn-
uIer showed up the presIuenl Tor
falsely accusing him. 1t IS more than
mortnylng to have a president VINO
viii lnuuIge in sucn low-down pollt-
lcaI Draws, and stlll more 50 10
know InaI ms statements cannot be
relied upon"
line most intense municipal cam
palgn chicago mas experienced In
many years closeu TUESDAY nlgnt by
the election or rrelerlck "A. busse'
Republican, Tor mayor, over mayor
Dunne, Democratic candluale Tor re-
elecuon Dy a pIurallty Oh ten 10 n1teen
thousand. The issues in the campaign
were based on the improvements OF
the traction system. The kepuoncans
favored an ordnance passed Dy the
Democratic council over the mayors
veto providing Ior twenty year iran
chises for the car companies, the city
retaining the right TO purchase the
systems on six months notice. the
ordinance also provides tor the uni
versal transfer and fitty-tIve per cent
OF the net revenue TO De paid 10 the
city.
The postoftice department an
nounces that the special series OF
Stamps in three denominations to COM
memorate the founding OF James
town will be issued, beginning April
is, for sale to the puDnc during the
term of the jamestown exposition,
from April 26 10 November 50, 1907.
The stamps are rectangular in shape
and of three denominations-1 cent,
2-cent and scent The l-cent stamp
contains, in a semi-circular frame, a
portrait OF Capt. John smith. In the
upper corners are medaIlions OF Po-
canontas and Powhatan. Upon a.
scroll is the legend, rounding OF
jamestown, 1905" on the base,
Capt. John smith," with the years
of his birth and death-15SO-l631.
The 2-cent stamp contains a picture
depicting the landing OF the settlers
at jamestown in 1907. On one side
is a tobacco plant and on the other
d stalk of Indian corn. Underneath
on g scroll, are the words, rounding
of jamestown, 1901" The 5-cent
stamp contains a portrait in an oval
frame of Pocahontas and gives the
years of birth and death-15s5-1617
That the railroad rate law is aim
ed at shippers as we'll as railroads,
says a Washington dispatch, was strik-
ingly brought. out in case just tiled
with the interstate commerce COM
mission. shippers Of oil in North
Carolina are involved. They are
charged with defrauding railroads in
the matter of weights and classitica-
tions. The law makes it misde-
meanor for any shipper to make false
representations as to weights of COM
modities, or to falsely bill or classify
commodities offered for shipment in
interstate commerce. The shippers in
question were caught redhanded, and
the carrier promptly made complaint
to the commission. A hearing was
held, and the evidence collected was
certified to the attorney general with
a recommendation that criminal pro-
ceedings be instituted against the Of
Tending shippers. Under the law,
shippers convicted of false billing or
false weighing may be fined and i'm
prisoned. The indications are that
the government will lend every effort
to make good in cases arising in North
Carolina in order that an object les
son may be provided for other ship
pers who are prone to let their incli-
nation run away with their discretion.
With a view to promoting better
passenger service and also to getting
closer to the people and their trans
portation wants, several Of the rail-
roads in the west, including the Bur-
lington, have created new position.
The incumbent really has no title, and
the various vice presidents call him
what they please. One western vice
president calls his new official ''the
general public" 1t is the sole duty
OF the general public" to travel over
his own road and the roads of his
competitors and take observations rel
ative to the service, the way the
trains are handled and how the pub
lie is treated. He is in no sense OF the
word a "spotter," but he is the man
who tells the management how the
public is handled on his particular
road and on other roads, and who
draws comparisons regarding the ser
vice furnished by the different lines.
The general public" is expected to
travel in the day coaches and to buy
his ticket at the stations where he
gets on trains. In doing so he notes
how the station agents handle the
public in selling tickets and giving in
formation which travellers desire re-
garding time, connections and other
matters; sees how the train is handled
at stations and what can be done to
facilitate it's running.
There are many strikes in prog
ress throughout the United States be-
tween organized labor and their en-
ployers. The labor unions generally
are demanding shorter hours and
more pay. The threatened strike of
railway conductors and trainmen of
railways entering Chicago, has not
yet been ordered. There is strong
probability of settlement of the diff
ferences existing between the employ
ers and employees. About $50 gran
ite cutters are on a strike at Mil
ford, Mass, for three cents an hour
more pay and half holiday on Satur-
days throughout the year. The strike
of brewery operators in st. Louis has
not yet been settled, although negotia-
tions for a settlement of the differ
ences are under way. The acting gov
ernor of Alaska has asked the presi-
dent to send troops to keep order at
the Treadwell mines in Alaska, where
700 miners are on a strike. Strike
sympathizers threw bricks at street
car in Montgomery, Ala, Monday,
where car conductors and motOrmen