Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-24
Scraps aud fafts.


morrow. Sims was sentenced to serve
six years behind the bars, but his ex-
celient conduct has given him the
benefit Of the full reduction allowed by
law for good behavior. Sims arrest
and conviction caused a great sensa-
ton at the time, as he was one Of the
leaders in the younger set of Allan
ta's society and a welcome visitor In
every home Of the capital. Although
his defalcations caused the bank to
suspend, It paid dollar for dollar to its
depositors. and something above pal
to stockholders, but retired from busi-
ness as a result of the stain which had
been put upon 1t by the act Of Sims.
New York, Sept. 81: Members OF
the American Newspaper and Pub
fishers association have appointed a
committee and instructed II to call the
attention Of President Roosevelt to
what the association asserts Is the un-
lawful combination Of paper manufac-
turers to keep up the price Of white
paper and to demand relief from what
they consider an oppressive burden.
Herman Ridder, president Of the
American Newspaper and Publishers
association, in an interview, said:
This is a fight in the common inter-
est. The printing and newspaper in
dustry Is the third largest business in
the United States. Its future cannot
be left to q few manufacturers who
hide behind the tariff wall and hold 1t
up.'" G. F. Underwood, Of the Inter-
national Paper company. said in an in
terview, that the cost Of labor and
the articles entering into the manufac-
ture Of paper have increased and that
very few manufacturers are making
money under the present conditions,
and that new contracts must be made
on a higher scale"
= Boston Transcript: The results Of
q special investigation prosecuted for
six months past by a committee of
which Prof. Charles r. Henderson Of
the University Of Chicago, is chairman,
are before the public. Its largest gen.
eralization sums up the prison prac-
tice that II finds followed throughout
the country in these words: Force a
man into idleness and give him thieves
and degeneratee for companions"
Well does the report characterize this
as satanic recipe for manufacturing
crime;" but 1t goes on to demonstrate
that this Is the policy literally and
systematically followed in this country.
Especially are the county jails In the
United States "a national shame"
"The very structure Of the typical Jail
is wrong" says the report. From
ocean to ocean one uniform plan has
been slavishly copied from bad models
"a cell or cave of cells surrounded by
a corridor" In most cases this corri-
dor is the only spot where, the prison
ers are permitted to walk or take ex-
ercise, and this must be necessarily in
an atmosphere full Of taint both ply
sical and moral AS the report points
out, mo man builds a pigpen or q
hencoop on such a plan, much less a
residence; the modern barn or chick
en- house has an outside court for daily
exercise"
For several months past the Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit company has
been having q great deal Of trouble In
trying to satisfy the demands Of the
people OF Philadelphia, and the service
given by the transit company has been
constantly and harshly criticised and
condemned by the press and public of
the city. The transit company claimed
to be doing the very best it could with
the money and facilities at hand. That
every dollar Of its earnings went into
Improvements, for fixed charges and
extraordinary expenses. That the
stockholders got nothing in the shape
Of dividends. Last week at the annual
meeting Of the stockholders, President
Parsons Of the company, gave de-
tailed statement of receipts. expenses,
etc. In part it read like this: RE
ceipts for year ending June 30, 1907,
$1S,292, ,OS0.27; cost Of operation, $1S,-
656, 1850: deficit, $364,04S.53; cause OF
deficit-increased wages, increased
cost Of supplies and large amounts
paid In settlement of accident claims;
amount paid for accident claims last
year, $1,217,5S6S5: increase Of $685.
26662 over previous year. This in
crease Is due largely to a new enter
prise which has grown up, and which
has been termed ambulance chasing.
The slightest accident is hunted UP
and reported by runners in the en-
ploy Of lawyers of doubtful standing
many Of whom are briefiess except
for this class Of business, but who are
most expert in preparing cases Of this
character in such a manner that they
will meet the requirements Of the law
and catch the sympathy Of the jury
There are many physicians in league
with these lawyers, whose testimony Is
OF such a nature as to exaggerate the
injury and to show that any trouble
the claimant may be suffering from
nave pCCH DS liS oSSA
dent.
- New York, Sept. 20: Records OF
the stockholders of the Standard OIL
Company of New Jersey. laid bare here
today at the hearing of the govern
ments suit for the dissolution of the
alleged oil combine, disclosed the fact
that John n Rockefeller owns 247,692
shares, or nearly five times as much
stock as any other individual share
holder, and that he and his associates
who signed the trust agreement in
1882 still control a majority of the
Standard OH stock. Measured by the
present market price of $440 a share
the holdings Of Mr.. Rockefeller in the
Standard Oil company have a value OF
sos, 100000. The stockholders record
of August IT. 1907, shows that the
University OF Chicago is the owner OF
5000 shares of Standard Oil stock
The depression in the price of Stand
ard Oil stock within the past ten
years, about the time the agitation
against the company began, has been