Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-12
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The community in which Clemson
college Is located, desires to be annexed
to Anderson county. A petition asking
for the necessary election has already
been forwarded to the governor.
Rev. N. A. Whitman, editor Of the
Farmers's Union Sun, has been ap-
pointed supreme court librarian, vice
John s. Reynolds, deceased. The ap-
pointment came from Associate JUS
tice Jones unsolicited, and although 1t
is only temporary, it will probably be
made permanent.
- Spartanburg, Nov. 10: Tucapau
cotton mill in this county, the Carney
mills in Cherokee and the Loray mills
at Gastonia, Of which T. e. Moore Is
president, which have been manufac-
turing heavy goods, will in the near
future begin making fine goods for
the reason, 1t Is said, that the demand
for fine goods Is greater than for
coarse goods.
Anderson Daily Mail: "A news dis
patch sent out from Spartanburs sew
eral days ago, said that the visit OF
several officials Of the Carolina, Clinch-
field and Ohio railroad in Columbia and
Charleston is Indicative that this COM
pany will construct a main line from
Spartanburg to Charleston via Colum-
bia This inference Is incorrect. We
have information form an official source
that the Clinchfleld system is figuring
with the Seaboard Air Line to have its
train detoured over a line to be con-
structed by the Seaboard from Shelby,
N. c., to Charleston. If these plans
materialize-and information causes US
to believe that they will-Spartanburg
will be the terminus Of the road, and
tt.t1 hn n
And the line will go no nearer 'tolum-
bia than Lugoff, 80 miles away
Washington, Nov. 10: Labor
conditions in Great Britain are going
from bad to worse, judging from the
report Of John L. Griffiths, consul
general at London, to the department
Of commerce and labor. Wages are
being lowered and the hours Of work
are decreasing, while an alarmingly
large increase in the number OF
those who are registering as unem-
ployed Is giving grave concern. Last
year, during the entire twelve
months, the wages Of 464,000 persons
were reduced because OF the bad
times In the six months Of 1903
from January to June, or just half
the time, 1,0S1,273 were compelled to
submit to reduction in their earn
ings. The gravity of the situation is
wildly set forth by the statistics of
the unemployed, prepared and COM
piled by the British government
These show that in the first three
days of registration in London last
month $500 more persons applied for
work than in the corresponding
three days of October, 1908. There
Is at present a bill before parliament,
drawn by the trades boards, which,
II 1t becomes a law, will authorize
the board Of trade to establish a
minimum rate Of wages in all trades
where there Is satisfactory proof that
the scale Of wages paid Is unusually
low or unfair to the workers.
Greenwood, November 10: The
thirteenth annual conference Of the
South Carolina Daughters of the
American Revolution opened Tuesday
evening at half past eight o'clock In
Waller Hall, Lander college. The
was called to order by the
state regent, Mrs. r. Moultrie Brat |
ton, after which America" was sung |
by the choir and the audience. Then |
followed responsive readings from the |
D. A. r. ritual. This was an i'm
pressive feature and greatly enjoyed |
by the audience. Mayor Kenneth |
Baker then extended a formal well
come in behalf of Greenwood. |
Mayor Baker was exceedingly happy |
in his remarks. He welcomed the
ladies most cordially and referred to |
the noble work they have done and |
wished them God-speed In their fu-l