Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-06
LOCAL LACONlCS
Election Commissioner Resigns.

Election Commissioners resigns.
Mr.. w. B. Byers Of Rock Hill. has
rendered Governor Blease his resig-
nation as a Federal election commits
sioner for York county. His successor
will be appointed right away
Tax on Insurance Premiums.
York county will this year get ST.
01367 as her share of the additional Ii
cense fee on premiums collected by IN
surance companies in the state during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1914.
Clerks Sale.
In accordance with previous notice,
the clerk Of court in the case of w. L.
Witherspoon, plaintiff VS.. William
Ragsdale, ct al, defendants sold tract
of land containing 81 acres, formerly
the property of w. E. Holmes yester-
day. The property was bought in by
Mrs NJ. E. Witherspoon for 5000
Sheriff's Tax Sale.
The personal property of Will Cur
renee was sold by the sheriff, yesterday
under tax execution. The property in
cluded household furniture and shoat,
and the amount realized from the sale,
S6.75, was just five cents more than
the taxes, penalties and costs.
County Ginners' Report.
Mr.. Joseph NJ. Taylor, special agent
of the census department in charge OF
ginning statistics in York county, re-
ports that up to September 20, 5,654
bales had been ginned in the county as
against 1872 bales up to the same date
last year.
For Railroad Commission.
Auditor Love recently received in
structions from the comptroller gener-
al to levy 1928 against the Rock Hill
Telephone company and the McCon-
nellsville Telephone company-S6.O .O5
against the Rock Hill company and Is
cents on the McConnellsville concern,
the tax to go to the South Carolina
railroad commission. This item has
never appeared in the annual tax bud
get before.
Tax Receipts.
County Treasurer Neil and his assis-
tant Mr.. j. B. Parrot have been very
busy since August, writing tax receipts
and the work will not be completed for
a good while. Nearly $4,000 receipts
have to be written and the research
connected with the issuance of the re-
ceipts is rather strenuous task. Treas
urer Neil estimates ii would take one
man working ten hours per day, nearly
one hundred days to complete the
work.
Corner Stone for County Home.
A corner stone for the new county
home building has been prepared by
the Palmetto Monument company, but
as to whether or not there Will be any
special exercises in connection with the
placing Of the stone in the building,
has not been announced. On one face
of the stone the following appears: N
Gaillard Walker, Architect. Taylor
Walters Construction Co, Contractors
1914" On another face is the follow
ing: County Commissioners-T. w
Boyd. Supervisor; ]. w. Smith, w. w.
Jackson. w. w. Miller, Engineer. j. S.
Brice, Attorney"
Negro Killed His Brother.
Tom Holly, colored, shot and in
stantly killed his brother Jerry Holly
at the formers home on the Judge
Moore place. two miles beyond Brat
louisville Friday night. From the evil
dence takes at the inquest, 1t appears
that the negroes had been on bad terms
for some time. Friday afternoon Tom
Holly invited his brother Jerry who
lived on a nearby farm, to come over
and take supper with him, saying he
was going to have beans and Irish
potatoes" for supper. When Jerry
came he found Tom had nothing to eat
He then began teasing his brother
about his lack Of provisions and words
led to a fistic encounter. Another
brother separated the two, and Jerry
thought the fuss was over. Tom, now
ever, went into another room, secured
single barrel shotgun and with the
remark, Il am going to Kill the =
fired, the load taking effect in the left
eye and blowing part of the head of
Tom Holly then made his escape and
has not been captured.
After the Blockaders.
The blockaders in the northwest
ern section of York county are con-
tinuing TO do business, but every
now and then they are temporarily
put out Of business. Last Tuesday,
Sheriff Brown, in company with
Magistrate Quinn, Constable Hedricks
and Chief of Police Bendiman of
Glover. raided blOckading plant
about two and half miles north of
the Kings Mountain monument.
When the sheriff and his party ar
rived about o'clock in the after
noon, the only person in sight was
just dropping over distant hill, all
the moOnshiners making good their
escape. The furnace with the outfit
was still very hot. but the manufac-
turers of the blockade stuff had evil
IDENTITY gotten a straight tip on the
raiding party and pulled the hot still,
cap, worm, etc, from the fasteningS
and got away with the outfit. How
ever, the raiders found and destroyed