Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-12
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


that it was his intention to return.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Aiken, March 10: 1t was reported
at the meeting Of the city council, by
one member of that body, that since
Miss Kirk, the lady who is alleged to
be suffering from leprosy, came to this
| city the city has paid out $500 for
quarantine, in maintaining guards and
other incidental expenses in maintain
ing the segregation. The matter OF
taking off all guards but one for the
day was discussed, and 1t Is probable
that hereafter only one guard will be
kept to maintain the quarantine. AT
present there is a night and day
guard. 1t was proposed to take on
the night man and require the day
guard to remain on from early In the
morning to about 10 o'clock at night,
as 1t is not believed that any one will
attempt to get into the premises dur
ing the night hours.
- Spartanburg, March 8: The head
camp of the Woodmen Of the World,
in convention here tonight, elected the
following officers: Head consul, r. A.
Lide, Orangeburg; head adviser, Thos.
c. Hamer, Bennettsville; head banker,
Fred c. Lott, Charleston (re-elected) ;
head clerk, R S. Hood, Sumter; head
escort, w. Hampton Cobb, Columbia; |;
head watchman, w. E. Lee, Anderson;
head sentry, r. N. Edmunds, Edgefeld; !;
board of head managers, c. A. Powers,
Laurens, chairman; A. M. Boozer, Co
lumbia; ]. E. Carroll, Yorkville; Max
G. Bryan, Rock Hill; M. ]. Spears, Dar-
lington. Delegates to the sovereign
convention, which meets in Detroit in
June: DR.. r. A. Gyles Of Blackville, re-
firing head consul, and Robert A.
Lide, head consul, by virtue Of their
offices; l.. /. Parrott Of Sumter, and
A. S. Parks of Greenville; alternates,
r. B. Gross of Holly Hill and Philip
Stoll of Kingstree. The next meeting
will be held at Sumter, this place be-
ing chosen over Chester.
- Columbia, March 8: Applications
for two positions Of inspector at $1,000
year plus $500 for expenses, which
Commissioner Watson will have to fill
under the new factory inspection act,
are still floating in by every mail, and
no part Of the state has been slighted
on the part Of those applying. Com
missioner Watson will not make the
appointments until just before the act
goes into effect, twenty days after Its
approval last week. In the meantime
the commission is preparing digest
of all the labor laws Of the state, which
will be printed in pamphlet form Tor
the edification and guidance OF all
employers of labor. Already numer-
Gus requests are coming IN for copies
Of the new act, particularly that sec
ton which requires registration OF
children at work under IA with full
signed statements from their parents
or guardians as to their ages, residence
and the reasons for their being en-
ployed. A popularity about the new
act Is that 1t requires several impossl-
BILE things, among others the thorough
inspection Of every place In the state
where there are five or more employed.
Even If the inspections were confined
to strictly manufacturing plants the
two inspectors would have over 5000
such Jobs to be attended to thorough
ly" in the course Of the year, and the
act requires these inspections to be
made periodically during the year.
And the inspector Is provided with the
average sum or less than 20 cents per
Job. Commissioner Watson said today
that he would not attempt to carry out
the full directions Of the act, but would
confine the inspectors to the most i'm
portant work, the gathering OF statis-
tics and organizing the work generally
so as to have the work we'll in hand
by the next meeting Of the Legislature.
According to the Spartanburg Jour-
nal, work on the Carolina, Clinchfield
and Ohio road Is proceeding rapidly
and, If not interrupted by bad weather
the contractors say that track-laying
will begin at the Spartanburg end In
about sixty days. Track-laying Will
begin at the Bostic end possibly little
earlier than that, as the grading work
at that end Is further advanced than
at this end. The contractors have
worked right on up to the overhead
bridge at North Church street, where
the c. C. & o. will cross the Southern.
The trees on the edge of Wofford cam
pus have been felled. Beyond the res
idence of Mr.. Rembert the work Of
grading Is actively in progress, houses
are being removed, and dirt is being
taken from cuts and dumped on the
fills. There will be quite high trestle
over Chincapin creek just above Beau
mont. The fills on either side Of this
will require a large amount or dirt.
Again over Lawson's Fork above Dray-
ton mills there Is to be a high bridge
and heavy fills have been made there.
by dump cars from the steam shovel,
but on the east side it has been done
by teams and scrapers. From where
the road leaves the Southern at the
overhead bridge there will be a single
track as far as Lawson's Fork, beyond
which there are to be three tracks for
mile. These are to be used to store
the immense number Of coal cars that
will be brought to Spartanburg daily
for distribution throughout this terri
tory. 1t Is understood that coal pock-
cts will be erected near Drayton mills.
The right of way at this point Is 400
feet wide. The c. c. & o., as every
body knows, is to be well built road.
1t does not run up and down hill to
save expense of grading, but is built on
a level no matter how deep the cuts nor
how high the fills necessary to make
II so. This can be seen In the work
already done. The rail to be laid will
be 90-pound steel rail, the same as Is
used on the main line Of the Southern.
The road will be first-class in every
respect. The contract with Macarthur
Bros. calls for the road to be complet-
ed from Bostic to Spartanburg by Oc-
tober 10, and it looks now like this will
be done, as the work has been pushed
with great energy ever since the con-
tract was let No doubt trains from
Bostic will be running into this city
by October Trains will be running
from Spartanburg, carrying material
for track laying within three months
The Journal says that the road is the
object of absorbing interest on the
part Of everybody. 1t is expected to
do Spartanburg great good and double
the population Of the town within
few years. 1t has already furnished
tremendous impetus to development Of
every sort and has been worth hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars to Spar
tanburg up to this time.