Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-02-11

LETTER FROM CHESTER.


No land was sold at this place by the Sheriff
on last Monday. One tract, which was adver'
tised for sale, was not sold in consequence of
satisfactory arrangement of the debt by the
parties interested The only sales made by
the Sheriff. we're few bales of cotton aud
some cotton seed. On the next sale day, the
first Monday in March, the desirable residence
in town, built by w. Harrison Gill, deceased,
and occupied for long time by his widow,
will be Sold The house is exceeding y COM
Portable, the outbuildings are good, and the
lot is largeand we'll located. Our good friend
and fellow. citizen, Capt. j. L. Agurs, having
lately vacated his pretty suburban residence,
and moved into the "Gill house" will, in all
probability, become the proprietor of the place.
Treasurer Yocum tells me that the amount
of taxes, remaining uncollected at the present
time, for this county, is about $4,000 A third
vf +Aia amount. he thinks, can be attributed to
the failure of so many persons to pay poll tax.
He says he has made the closest collection ever
made by any treasurer in the State. For the
accuracy of this statement, am not prepared
to youoh aor have the time or the inclina-
tion to hunt up the necessary facts aud figure.
to corroborate or invaldate the statement.
Treasures, and ex-treasurers, who have a
tender regard for their laurels, can engage in
this delightful employment, if their inclina-
tions so lead them.
The great effort made by Dublin Walker,
our colored Senator, to defeat the con6rma-
ton, by the Senate, of Yocum's nomination for
the Treasurership, accomplished nothing.
Chamberlain, who stood squarely by Yocum,
counteracted the influence Of the mighty Sen
ator, and won another triumph in securing
the confirmation of his nomination. Having
secured the rich plum of the county, Yocum
has resigned the Sheriffalty, and Coroner j.
A. Walker is now acting Sheriff. William
Walker is the deputy for his father, and per-
forms his duties we'll and faithfully. An
election will doubtless be ordered by the
proper authorities for the election Of Sheriff
for Chester county. Then the pulling of the
political wires will begin among the party
politicians. Very great uncertainty exists in
regard to the man upon whom the nomina-
ton will fall. Probably the party managers
may decide that the welfare of the party and
the eternal fitness of things require the Sc
lection of a colored man.
S. j. Couch, our spokesman in the lower
branch of the Legislature, has introduced a
bill providing for the levy Of special tax to
meet the Indebtedness of the county. The
bill was referred to the appropriate committee,
which reported favorably upon it, While a
considerable portion of the Indebtedness of the
county is just and should be paid, the fraudu-
lent deserves to be utterly repudiated. This
ought to be done, in face of the fact that the
late board of county commissioners ordered
the indebtedness, both fair and fraudulent, to
be paid. The taxpayers of Chester will be
willing to pay an honest debt contract
ed by their county officials, but they will
complain bitterly, and may simply refuse, to
pay tax levied to satisfy dishonest claims.
Couch has introduced another bill in the
House, which makes the pay certificates Of
jurymen and officials of the court receivable
for taxes. This is a good bill. The effect
will be to prevent gross imposition upon ig-
norant colored men, who have been heretofore
posed to sell their certificates to financial
sharks for mere song.
Our town authorities are doing very good
work in setting out trees along our principal
streets. 1t is to be hoped that they will live
and flourish beyond the sanguine expectations
of those who are industrously engaged in
planting them. Ifso, poor and suffering hu-
manity will, in the course oftimc, D. ia. .ored in
midsummer with the enjoy 'uent of a "bound-
less continuity of shade" which will be de-
lghtful in the extreme. However, observa-
tion has shown the extremely precarious ex-
istence enjoyed by trees in this latitude, until
. after they have weathered safely the drought
of the first summer. Mr.. G. G. Macoy, who
is new member of the council, is particular
ly Jealous in setting out trees. He is not sat
is6ed with sitting in his office and issuing his
instructions therefrom, but gives the matter
his personal supervision. If he makes as good
"city father" as he does an officer of the
court, then our town will thrive and prosper
during his reign.
A letter, written by General j. E. B. Stew