Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-23
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North Carolina. $43.946,5S: South Car
ulina, $35.2lO14; Tennessee, $46,936-
.S5: Virginia. $46.946S5; Mississippi
$39.122.37; Kentucky, $5O,S59.OS;
Louisiana. $35,21O.14; Maryland, $751;
297.90; Texas, $7O,42O.27.
The American Magazine compares
prices in Detroit, L. =, and Windsor
Canada These two towns are Separ-
ated by a half mile of river. The same
hat that costs IS in Detroit can be
bought for So in Windsor and a suit
of clothes that sells for $25 in Detroit
can be bought for SIS in Windsor
Both hat and suit are made in the
United States and the labOrer gets the
same wage for making each. The
tariff enables the manufacturer to rob
the consumer in Detroit, while In
Windsor he has to sell in competition
with the world and the consumer does
not have to pay royalty To million
aire trust magnates.
- Cherryville. y. c., August 90: In
cenSed at the intrusion to the village
of two suspicious men, whom they
believed to be illicitly retailing liquor
a small posse of citizens, headed by
c. s. Reynolds, spent hours last night
hunting down the strangers, bringing
them to bay at an early hour this
them to halt, Reynolds fired, killing
Andrew Pruett one Of the strangers,
instantly The other. Riley Fallan,
was captured and jailed. The grip
the men carried between them con-
tanned contraband liquor. Both hailed
from the adjoining county of Lincoln,
Pruett, the victim, leaves wife and
three children. Reynolds who headed
the attempt against the alleged boot
leggers is superintendent of the cotton
mill here. The corOner's jury. which
held an inquest this afternoon, fasten-
ed the death of Pruett upon Reynolds
and held him without bail for court on
the ground that he acted without war
rant of law.
Wa. 'ngton. August 10: The cen
sus of 1910 is going TO cost about Is
cents per capita-that is, the total eX-
pense of the 18th census will cost be-
tween S14,OOO.0O0 and SIS, 900, 900.
As there are about 90,000,0O0 people
in the country. this will mean about 10
cents per head. This is about $1,000
600 more than congress has appropri-
ated for the service-$12 200, 900. The
remainder of the cost of taking the
census will be paid for by a "defcien-
cy" appropriation. On July 1 the bal
ance of the appropriation on hand
was $5,111,6l71S. There is consider
ably less now All but about 5000
enumerators have been paid off, and
most of this has been done since July
l. They are being paid as fast as the
vouchers can be put through. Nearly
$4,00O,000 has been paid out to emu
merators The pay roll at the census
office in Washington is nearly $780,
600 month, or pretty close to $2,500.-
600 per year. Some time ago there
was considerable dissatisfaction among
some Of the clerks because Di-
rector Durand placed them on "piece
work" basis with some new machines.
The machine is a very complicated
one in its workings, though it is easy
to manipulate. The clerks complained
that their unfamiliarity with it made
1t impossible for them to make a liv-
ing wage. Now, however, since they
have become accustomed to the ma
chimes, and are better able to operate
them, they make in some instances
almost twice as much as they would
be making at this time had they con-
tinued on the fiat salary basis. Some
of the women who work the machines
earn as high as Sc a day.
II wonder if it wouldn't be a good
idea to transport our undesirable citi-
zen to one of our island possessions
in the Pacific and leave him there
without money 50 that he would have
to work to pay his passage back
home" remarked G.. A. FoXworthy,
of San Francisco the other day. He
would have a busy time of it. Last
year l made u Pacific voyage We
touched at the Island of Tahiti This
is member of the Society group, and
is under French rule. While there l
met an American who was down on
10 l1tnl 10 Of l.,
appearance, and ii was quite likely
that he wasn't missed much at home.
He was working for 60 cents a day
10 earn the $40 necessary to buy steer
age passage to San Francisco. Living
is not very expensive in Tahiti but it
was certain he had a long job ahead
of him. There has been a lot written
about the easy life in the tropical is
lands of the Pacific. Most of that you
can take with a grain of salt. There
is no more chance for white man to
get along and make money, unless he
has capital, than there is in any other
place in the world. There is practi-
cally no land for sale. The natives
hold to their property jealousy. Real
estate transactions are almost un-
known in the island and in the ad-
joining ones. If a settler buys unim-
proved property. he must wait 10 or
. years for cocoanut trees TO yield
any profit. Americans go down there
frequently with the expectation of liv-
ing in an earthly paradise, but they
come away usually with their Illusions
shattered. They can make more and
have better time at home with the
expenditure of the same amount of
money and labor
y Washington, August 20: South
mil 1s lot, ,t,,,,
of the rates on steam coal from the
various fields which supply them fu-
cl. The Victor Manufacturing COM
pany, of Greers, s c., and other large
cotton operators i'm South Carolina in
stituted complaint before the inter
state commerce commission against
the Southern Railway company and
other carriers urging that the present
rates on coal from the Coal Creek re-
gion in Tennessee are unjust and un-
reasonable and recent advances made
in those rates are unlawful and are
discriminatory. The southern railway
filed in July tariff on coal from the
Coal Creek region i'm Tenn, to South
Carolina points including Spartanburg
:. c., as the baSing point for the in
CreaSing rates. of about | cents Il ton.
This tariff became effective August
18th. The COmplainantS now ask that
the recent advance be suspended. TINS
could not he done 10y the commission as
the tariffs had now become effective
The ComplainantS advance the propO-
SitiOn that the cost Of transportation
of coal to them from the fields should
not exceed their ability to pay prOvid-
ed the carriers receive a fair return
for the services rendered. This is q
new phase Of the transportation prob
lem applying To the fuel and what the
commission may do with it is the sub
ject of conjecture. The old rate
from Coal Creek field to South Caro-
lima points is $3.50 a ton. Compla
ants maintain the rate should not cX-
Ceed $l.55 Il ton. The advanced rate
is $l.g5 q ton to the basing points in
South Carolina. The commission is
urged to fix the rate as to the proper
lawful charge.
- New Orleans. August 81: This
week i'm the cotton market which in
reality. will be the last week of the
old season. will he devoted mainly t.
attempts. ON both sides of the market
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