Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-12-11

but an experiment made at the News
office this afternoon indicated that 1t
will easily burn. 1t is impossible TO say
how much merchandise was stolen.
There is no clue. The loss amounted
to about $500 with some insurance.
The Following is a list OF the income
tax x-payers in Chester county made
public today by Auditor Fshel: A. l.
CASTOR, $24.13; John G. White, $46.oo;
w. NJ. Love, M. u. $S.; Mrs. A: u. r.
Gilmour, $17.42; Rev. A. D. P. Gilmour,
d. ID. s13.O5; Rev. VIM. Howell Taylor,
$2737; c. C. Edwards, s29.36; Mrs.
Mayme Aiken, s10.15; A. G. Brice, So. Al;
s. w. Pryor, M. D., $29; T. H. White,
S47.4O; S. M Jones, $50 Total S305.65.
..... I've Sims, colored, was held up
last night about 9 o'clock on Ashford
street by three white men, and robbed
OF Is cents. .Elihu johnson, colored,
while returning to his home in the
Wellridge community last night from
Chester, was robbed of $40. On ac-
count Of his drunken condition he was
unable to give an accurate description
of the robbers. He had cleared $l3 on
his crop and spent three dollars wniie
in the city. Several nights ago Elihu's
son was knocked off his mule, and
searched by robbers. Nothing was Sc
cured but his hat
Gastonia Gazette, Dec. 8: Mr.. Ar
thur l.. Allen, substitute city mail car
rier, and Miss Laura Selvy, daughter
Of Mr.. Joe G. Selvy, were married at
the brides home in West Gastonia,
Wednesday night, December 2, the
ceremony being performed by Rev.
w. F. Cook, pastor Of the West End
Methodist church. Both have many
friends who are congratulatlng them
upon their marriage, which was very
quiet home affair and which came as
surprise to many Of them. The Gas
ton County Medical Society held It's
regular monthly meeting 1or Decem-
ber at the city hall last Wednesday
with a goodly attendance Of physicians
from over the county. officers for the
ensuing year were chosen as follows:
President, DR.. D. A. Garrison; first
president. DR.. Charles H. Pugh;
second vice president, DR.. T. H. NC
Coy Mount Holly; secretary and
treasurer, DR.. Bessie Puett, Of Dallas;
censor, DR.. j. w. Reid, Of Lowell. An
interesting paper on "Anaesthetics,
was read by DR.. ]. w. Reid. "A thief
or thieves broke into the jewelry store
Of the Torrence-Morris Co., sometime
Sunday night, gaining entrance through
a back window. and stole LADIES
Swiss watch and an empty gold case,
from the display in one Of the win
dows. Why nothing else was taken Is
a mystery So far no clue to the crimi-
nal or criminals has been obtained by
the police. Mr.. w. M. Kohn and
Miss Maude Allen were married at the
parsonage Of Main Street Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
by Rev. H. H. Jordan. The bride Is
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Allen.
Yesterday was a busy day with
the board Of county commissioners
which met in regular session for the
month of December In addition to the
regular monthly routine business, there
was the swearing in Of new county Of
ficers for the ensuing term, the hear
ing Of reports from the retiring ofti-
GERS, the accepting and filing OF bonds,
the drawing Of juries for the January
term Of court and numerous other mat
ters Of business to be transacted. 80.
Sheriff ]. D. B. Mclean and Chief OF
Police ]. w. Carroll returned last
Tuesday night from Columbia, 5. C.:
whittier they went for the purpose OF
obtaining requisition papers from Gov
ernor Blease for the return to this
state Of Frank Dees, a white man OF
Gastonia, wanted here for skipping
his bond and for gambling. Dees was
caught in Rock Hill few days ago.
and they came by that town and
brought their man on to Gastonia with
them. He was placed in Jail to await
trial. Sheriff Mclean and Chief Car
roll are both enthusiastic in praise OF
the treatment they received at the
South Carolina capital and at the
hands of that states much abused
governor. Their request for requisi-
ton papers was resisted by well
known Columbia lawyer. Governor
Bleasc had many kind things to say
to them about Gastonia and this sec
ton Of the country.