Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-22

work. They had completed the Work
and were going back home Tor dinner
and had reached the crossing between
beaverlam church and Mr.. Broadus
NJ. DaVidSon'S house when the swift
moving and ponderous No. 81, the
Southern veStibule train south, crush
ed into them.
Chester Lantern, July 19: The Ches-
ter County Sunday School convention
convened this morning at 10 o'clock
in the Baptist church, being called to
order by Rev J. 5. Snyder In the
absence of Rev. ID. Tiller Mr.. Snyder
! conducted the devotional exercises.
In the absence of the secretary, MI:
IC. G. McAliley, Rev. ID. NJ. Mcleod
was made secretary pro tenn. The en-
rollment of delegates showed besides
those from the city the following
| present: A. w. Simpson of Edg-
moor, Rev. G. G.. Brown, j. >. NC
Keown, II. X. McGariety, all of Pleas
ant Grove Presbyterian churcn.
Rain kept the others away and more
will arrive this evening. Ihe mum.
Der present from the different city
churches swelled the total number
of delegates to twenty-eight: ....::
Melvin jackson, little negro boy IL
wears old, broke into Mrs. Sallie Har-
din'S residence on Church street TINS
morning at 6 o'clock and stole $22 IN
| cash. He came up the street and
was buving a baseball outfit, intend
| ing to go to BlackStock and play ball
TO-DAY. when he was picked up by the
police and landed in Jail, the matter
having been reported to them. inns
| is a serious offenSe and II VIII likely
go hard with the negro. Polcemali
Williams worked up the CASE. -.
Nv
closed a very successful four weeks
term Friday afternoon. The school
was taught by Prof. j. j. Mcclure ana
Mrs. r. NJ. Douglas, both able ana
popular instructors and good results
were accomplished. The teachers IN
attendance applied themselves ana
obtained many things which Will be
of service to them in their teaching
this winter. Those who attended
were: Misses Sallie Atkinson, Mary
Clark, Essie Green, Isabelle Latham
Fay Carter, Avis Hardin, Florence
Bradford, Heath Johnson, Minnie
Cassels, Bland Sloan, Mary Gibson
Messrs. John Walker and Angice
Macauley. .$3,6S4 OF commutauiols s
road tax was collected at the close OF
the books on Friday night last,
when the time for paying expired.
Some person or persons enter
ed the residence of Mr.. X. T. Varna-
dore at Great Falls on last Thursday
while the family was absent, with
| robbery as a motive. The only thlng
missed so far. is pair of shoes but
more than this may have been taken
| off. The person or persons are uh-
known but a thorough search for
them is being made by Sheriff COL
vim and the other officers. 80. Mag
| ID
committed to Jail Jack Robinson, COL
ored, charged with enticing labor.
This is a very serious offense and car
ries with il a fine of $500. The case
goes to the circuit court for adjust
ment. 80. Sheriff Colvin was in
| formed last night that some one mad
been discovered in the office OF Mr.,
j. r. Alexander on Wall street.
Dressing and rushing to the scene the
sheriff found that the culprlt had es-
capped, evidently being frightened
away. He and Chief Taylor made a
thorough search for the fellow but
the rain and darkness was in favor
of the thief and he escaped. Moth
ing was discovered missing from the
place. Mr.. Editor: In your last
issue, you seem to deplore the alb
sence of vital issues in the present
campaign. If you will reflect for a
moment, and consider how excessive
and burdensome taxation is becoming
i'm the increases of salaries ana new
offices, l think you will not have TO
go very far before you Will discover
some live questions to discuss. For
instance see what a large sum could
be saved in the matter OF biennlal
sessions of the (grinding mild legis-
lature This question was submitted
10
verdict was overwhelmingly for bien-
NAL sessions, but for some unknown
designs, the peoples wishes were
ViciouSly overidden. BY Keeping
this crowd from meeting annually,
thereby preventing so many futile,
and useless laws. stopping the crea-
ton of offices to be filled by nearby
friends. would certainly be a saving
of 100000 per annum. And, again,
think of the immense sum or useless
extraction made on the agricultural
masses, TO keep up horde OF ldIe
gentry, keeping tab on Clemson col
lege 1t is reported, that the 25c
ROYALTY per ton on fertilizers Will
would seem. that mere is place
where some retrenchment, and cut
ting down of expenses might begin.
If there were any good, visible results
why there might be some excuse for
the waste of money. If the law max
ing body had the power to fix the
royalty Why, it seems foolish to say
that the somebody has not the power
to undo their former unwise action.
SO ! suggest as a second issue. that
this fertilizer tag tax be reduced to
ten cents per ton. There are q num-
Der of other things that might be
| hllt
pie are easily blinded and befuddled
by soft office seekers.-EcOnomist.
Fort Mill Times, July 21: Saturday
morning thirty-nine bales of Fort
Mill raised cotton of the 1909 crop
were sold to Mills & Young by l.. ;.
Nivens. The average price paid for
the cotton was Is cents per pound.
No town is worthy of a news
paper if the editor finds the success
of his paper dependent upon the good
will of the lawleSS, ignorant element
of the community. What such town
needs is Il Stockade. w. L. Gran
ford. farmer living in upper Fort
Mill township, has kept tab on the
rains that have fallen in that section
for more than six weeks. For the
forty-six days ending Friday night,
Mr.. Crawford reports that there have
been thrty-twO distinct showers
Many of the rains We're light. while
others were ncavy, neceSSitating the
suspension of all farm work for three
fourthS of the time since he began the
count. ...... The suggestion which
was made publicly i'm Fort Mill some
days ago that Mayor John II. Rod
dey of Rock Hill. would make Il val
liable member of the general assem-
bly, has met with much favor i'm this
section of the county. The Times
would be pleased To learn that Mayor
ROddcy had decided to assent to the
wishes of his Fort Mill friends. There
is little doubt that he would receive
Il ilattering vote i'm this section.
Mr.. J. Porter Hollis of Rock Hill, was
in Fort Mill Monday collecting StatiS-
tics of the local manufacturing indus
tries for the national bureau of the
census. While in town Mr.. Hollis was
asked by The Times if he intended to
be Il candidate for recollection to the
general assembly. He replied that
his private affairs were such that he
could not lose the time necessary to
make the canvass of the county and
that he would not. therefore, stand
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