Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-12-11
Saturday, December IL, 1897.

average of 1856 charges in the conference,
the total membership Of which was 72,54l
IL months ago. Had each pastor Of the
1876 charges made additions to their
churches proportionate with Brother
Humbert's, the gross increase would have
been.13, ,72O, making our total membership
about $1,000. There may be instances Of
other pastors having done as well-we
hope there are-but they have not come
to our knowledge.
Murder Near Lowrysville.
Chester Bulletin Dock Shannon, COL
ored, was shot and killed Monday night
on Mr.. Adam Hardin's place, about five
miles north of town. Shannon was at
another Negro, Jim Mobley's house, who
lives on the same place, and remained
there sometime talking to Jim. They
heard two darkies pass the house talking,
and Shannon got up and left. Mobley
heard him address these darkies and they
started off. together. About 800 or 400
yards from Mobley's house Shannon was
found lying dead Tuesday morning. He
had been shot, the bullet entering lis face
on the left side Of the nose, rang ed up
ward until it pierced his brain, killing
him instantly. Mobley says he heard the
report of the pistol; but paid no attention
to it. thinking someone had discharged
1t in spirit of fun. Coroner Shannon
was notified and held an inquest Tuesday.
The coroner's jury returned verdict
that Shannon came to his death from
gunshot wound at the hands of person
or persons unknown to the jury. DIR. A.
F. Anderson made the autopsy. Neither
Mobley nor anyone else seems to know
who the darkies were that Shannon join
ed, on leaving his house. 1t developed
at the coroner's inquest that Shannon had
severely whipped another Negro of the
neighborhood in fight short time ago,
and that this Negro had threatened to get
even with him sometime. Suspicion
points strongly to this Negro as the MUIR
derer of Shannon.
The Increased Levy.
A member of the board of county COM
missioners explained to the reporter on
Thursday, some of the reasons which
necessitate an increase Of the county levy
from 81 to mills. I'm the first place."
he said, 1--WE have been trying to do with
81 mills that for which we ought to have
had at least Al or S. AS to the $1,000 bor-
bowed last winter, much Of ID was used
to pay court expenses, including the
Reese trial. The repairing of the Jail was
a heavy and unforeseen expense. Then
court expenses generally this year have
been very heavy. The chaingang Is an
other heavy drain. On top of all this, we
are now required to pay the school COM
missioner some $500 for salary and expen-
ses out of the ordinary fund, instead OF
the school fund, as heretofore, and then
there is an extra expense of about $500 for
indexing deeds. The cutting off OF Cher
okee township has hurt considerably. If
the general assembly gives US five mills
levy, we can, by close squeezing, pull
through; and if it fails to give US five
mills, why then we will just have to 60
ON credit. A cutting down of the levy
will only serve 10 postpone the payment
of accounts which ought to be paid cash,
and instead of benefitting the taxpayer,
will only impose upon him the eventual
payment of interest which he might 9TH
erWise escape.n