Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-17
miscellaneous Reaaing.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neishborins Exchanges.
CHESTER

bought place at EpeneZeI, duoNe
Rock Hill, and expects to move there
by the first of next year. The neigh
borhood and county can i'll afford to
lose such men as Mr.. Dickey and his
excellent family. ..... While the police
court roster Is not covered with cases
these days, the police are not idle, as
evidenced by three persons whom they
recently landed in Jail. A colored man
named Arthur Smoot came to Chief
Taylor and between tears and sobs
told him about having pawned DAVID
Abel, another colored gent, a watch
for a small sum OF money. That when
he went to redeem the watch Aoel
would not give 1t up, alleging that ne
had lost 1t. Smoot said the watch be-
longed to his mother who died recent
.ly. Abel was arrested and lodged In
iail. Now there had been a valuable
watch lost by white family and they
had told the police. Chief Taylor went
around to the Jail and talked with
Abel. After a little while Abel told
the chief where he had hid the watch
and they went and got it. The police
had already arrested Ellen Taylor. who
had worked in the house Of the white
people from which the watch had dis
appeared, on suspicion that she was
the thief. She confessed and implicat-
ed Arthur Smoot, to whom she had
given the watch. They are all now In
iail and can think over their evil ways
until the time Of trial. ...... Auditor 1.
Med. Hood has received the assess
ments on the railroads Of Chester
county as fixed by the state board
There has been a considerable increase
and the income from the tax on this
property will be much more than last
year The Southern is assessed at
$4S3,966, the Seaboard at $41O,317, the
Carolina and North Western at $4,000
and the Lancaster and Chester at $751;
925. The total of all the roads is ST.
O2S,1OS as against $S43,455 last year,
an increase of $1S4,653. The Southern
was hit heaviest, their increase
amounting to about $500 per mile
being raised from s15,420 to s21,s2O
per mile. The Seaboard was assessed
at $13,S00 per mile, an increase Of ST.
900; the Lancaster and Chester at 49,
500. an increase of $500 per mile;
and the Carolina and North western
was left at $4,000 per mile. The as
sessed valuation for all county prop
erty is close to $6,OOO,OO0. The South
ern Power company is returned al
$3.50, 900, but by next year when their
plant will be nearer completion this
will probably reach s5OO,0OO. The city
property assessed valuation shows an
increase Of about s125,o0e, this increase
being mostly due to the railroads.
LANCASTER.
News, September IA: Yorkville, fol-
lowing the example Of Greenwood,
Newberry and other towns, is trying
to raise money to build a hospital
The suggestion, we believe, was first
tor Of the Yorkville Methodist church.
in sermon recently preached by him
He emphasized the value to every
county of a public hospital located al
the county seat. The News has beer
striving "off and on" for a year OF
more to awaken interest in Lancaster
upon the subject Of establishing nos
pital here, but our efforts have thus
far borne no tangible fruit. What is
needed Is for few representative cit
fzens to take the matter in hand an6
push It! II individuals will not take
the initiative, why not the Masonic
Lodge, Junior Order and other frater-
mites unite I'm a movement to secure
hospital? A public spirited citizer
told us some weeks ago that he would
donate a choice site for a hospital In
Lancaster. Other citizens would nc
doubt subscribe literally were the
matter presented to them in praeti-
cal form. Mr.. James T. Thomasson
son Of Mr.. Fleming Thomasson Of the
vicinity Of Rock Hill, was shot and
killed from ambush at Great Falls yes
terday morning, where he had gone tt
make an arrest. The weapon usec
was a shot gun. Mr.. Thomasson was
at one time q state dispensary consta.
BILE. He was about so years old anc
leaves a widow and several children
We have received a report from
Mr.. r. p. Neal Of Heath Springs, Of
the number of bushels Of grain thresh'
ed by him this season as follows: 1,O0(
bushels of oats, AIS bushels Of wheat
total, l,415. These figures make the
the small grain crop In the count!
thus far reported 1906 bushels. ....
AS noted in our last issue. County gu.
pervisor Perry went to Indian Lanf
the first OF the week to inspect the new
bridge, known as Bales bridge, ovel
Big Sugar creek, on the road leading
from Pleasant Valley to Fort Mill. HI
was met there by Supervisor Boyd o.
York. Mr.. Perry returned Wednesday
The bridge was found to be all righ
completed according to plans ant
specifications. The structure is 35t
feet long. 13O feet being Of steele. Th'
cost of the bridge and approaches I!
about $3.50, one half Of which thu
county of York pays. An attemp
was made here Tuesday night to as
ssssinate a we'll known colored black
smith, Arthur Moore. He was lyint
on the floor of his house, face down
ward. when some one on the outside
shot him in the back with a shot gun
A number OF the shot entered hi:
body. inficting serious wounds. Tht
force OF the shot was weakened some
what by Moore's suspenders. through
which the bulk OF the load passed
One or two of the shot struck a small
child in the room on the foot. Wed
ncsday morning a warrant was sworr
out before Magistrate Caskey charging
Johnson Benson, the colored man who
has figured in more than one BLIND
tiger case, with the shooting.
warrant was also issued against hin
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