Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-04-11
Pension M oney.


The state pension fund approxi-
mating $250,000 was sent out from Co
lumba yesterday by the mailing Of
checks to the different clerks Of the
court throughout the state. There are
9.431 names on the pension rolls Of the
state for 1911, as against 9,529 for last
year. The number Of pensioners, who
died during the year was 742, and AZ
were dropped because Of the income
limit. To the list of last year 623 names
were added, and the total decrease Is
161. The money Is beino divided
among the pensioners this year as fol-
lows: Glass A, $96: Class B, $72; class
C-1. $4S: Glass CO, $20.60; Class C-3.
amount of pension money included In
the York county check is $7.S72.
The Case Of Ed Cation.
Charlotte Observer, Tuesday: To-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock Mr.. w.
NJ. Smith, former recorder, will conduct
the hearing to determine whether or
not Ed CatOn should he required to
serve out the remainder Of the term Of
eighteen months to which he was SEN
fenced for immoral living and from
which he was pardoned by Governor
Kitchin a few months later on the con-
dition that his behavior thereafter
should he irreproachable. Cation per-
mitted some Of his neighbors to have a
cockfght on his place several weeks
ago. The day elected was the one on
which the neighbors were wont to rest,
the same being Sunday. Some went to
church, others preferred to spend their
time i'm the more diverting occupation
Of watching two fowls goaded into a
CORY death struggle. Those who went
n nnNkhLht QrraQtQh
fined. Those who went to church be-
came indignant at the choice which the
others had made and straightway
camped on Caton's trail. They said he
had gone back to his old way Of living,
anyway. A petition to Governor
Kitchin that he be made to complete his
road sentence resulted In the ordering
Of an investigation. Cation fed, but
was finally retaken. He is to have this
privilege Of showing that he has been
model citizen since his release.
sion are barred.
Barytes Mine at Kings Creek.
Columbia, April 10: Among the three
new enterprises commissioned and the
three chartered today by the secretary
Of state were several Of general inter-
est. One was the Cherokee Chemical
company, with $4,000 capital, organ
lied by moneyed men Of Norfolk and
Bristol, to develop barytes deposits at
Kings Creek, in Cherokee county. The
corporators Of the Cherokee Chemical
company are Messrs. H. E. Graves and
B. c. Cochran Of Bristol, Va, and Mr..
S. V. Fulkerson of Norfolk. The gen.
eral nature of the business which they
propose to do Is mining, quarrying,
smelling and dealing in barytes, In its
various forms and chemical combinA-
tions, and In ores, metals, minerals,
clays, stones, quartz, marbles, woods
and other natural materials; and In
carrying on a general merchandise
business in connection Herewith; and
operating grist and flour mills; and for
these purposes the company shall have
the authority to buy, sell, hold, lease
or otherwise dispose Of any real estate
or personal property deemed necessary
to the proper prosecution Of its busi-
ness and may, on any property so ac-
quired, erect and maintain buildings,
machinery and structures necessary
for grinding barytes, smelling, manu-
facturing and treating ores, metals,
ETC., and making all kinds Of chemical
combinations therefrom; Z. to build
and operate dams, waterways and
tramways."