Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-02
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Batesburg special Of Sunday to
the Columbia State: Batesburg ana
Vicinity were visited by a severe wind
hail and rain storm yesterday arter-
noon. The wind was especially strong
around Hibernia- The barn OF Col;
A, B. Watson was blown down ana
completely demolished and several OF
his horses and mules were killed or
hurt The hail covered the ground
and In many places completely de.
stroyed the crops Of young corn and
cotton, so much so that much OF II
will have to be replanted. Fruit was
beaten from the peach and plum trees
in large quantities. What makes the
results so serious as they are Is the
fact that the same farmers VINO sur
fered so heavily from the hall storm
last year arr the ones that suffer most
this time.
= Columbia special of April 80 to
News and Courier: The state pension
board will meet some time next week
for the purpose Of going over the ap-
plicatlons which were returned 10 tne
respective counties for correction or
revision. The number Of mistakes
made by the county boards this year
Richiand, for instance. the entire
batch OF applications had to be sent
back because the county board han
endorsed them all in the wrong place.
In addition to mistakes like tnese,
which are technical. 1t was shown that
there was a great deal Of carelessness
in some Of the counties In passing ano
recommending pensions 10 persons
who were not entitled to them Tne
state board tries as much as II can 70
stop these fraudulent pensions, TOT
In
them cannot be caught and there are
no doubt many receiving pensions VINO
are not entitled to them,
THE annual meeting Of what is
known as the ogden Movement for
Southern Education" was held IN 60
lumbia last week, its sessions coming
TO an end on Friday night, The move
melt was originated by Robert Z:
Ogden, a New York millionaire, and
has the cooperation OF hundreds OF
people Of New York and New Eng
land, who are interested In the aeVel-
opmcnt of education In the south
Many southern educators are lendlng
their earnest assistance. All OF tne
southern states were represented al
the Columbia conference. except rem
nessee, Mississippi and Virginia. Mr.
Robert c. Ogden was reelected presl-
Governor Aycock Of North Carolina
was elected vice president The ed
ucators had a great time in Columbia
and had arranged to visit several otn :
er towns In South Carolina, ana IN
other states, but the unfortunate trag-
edy at Greenville broke up the pre-
viously arranged plans,
Columbia special of April 80 to the
News and Courier: The comptroller
general has sent out to the various
county auditors a notice as to proce-
dure in the assessment Of property
next year. The rate Of taxation In
each county has also been arranged
and the figures show In an interesting
way the difference in taxation In some
of the counties, Charleston holds the
record as far as low taxes are con-
cerned. and outside Of special taxes
for school districts, with which the
comptroller has nothing to do, Pickens
is shown TO be the highest, the rate In
that county being Is mills, against
Charleston's 1Os mills. BY counties
the rate is as follows: Abbeville, ~
mills: Aiken, ia mills: Anderson, l23
mills: Bamberg, 13 mills; Barawell IL
mills: Beaufort, 134 mills: Berkeley
IA mills: Charleston, l0s mills; Cher
okee. IA mills; Chester, 133 mills: Ches-
terfield, 16 mills; Clarendon, III mills
Colleton, 1bA mills; Darlington; lS1
mills: dorchester, l3s mills: Edge
field, 133 mills; Fairfield. l23 mills;
Florence 121 mills: Georgetown, l2l
mills: Greenville. 14s mills; Greenwood
Il mills: Hampton, 133 mills; Horny
14a mills: Kershaw. II mills: La7cas-
ter. Is mills; Laurens. 14a mills; Lee
143 mills: Lexington. 123 mills: Mar
ion, l3A mills: Marlboro, 10 mills;
Newberry, IL mills: Oconee, l3 7-lO
mills: Orangeburg. III mills; Pickens
1s mills: Richland. 123 mills; Saluda
16k mills: Spartanburg. l53 mills;
Sumter, IL mills: Union, l63 mills;
Williamsburg. 12a mills; York ia