Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-24
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER a., 1915.
Grover Bond Issue Carries.

Grover Bond Issue Carries.
Kings Mountain Herald, Sept. %:
The town Of Grover. our neighbor,
has covered itself In glory. n re-
cent bond issue for school building
carried in the ratio Of SO to IL. The
issue Is for not less than $4,000 and
not over $4,000. Arrangements Tor
selling the bonds have been about
completed and work will begin on the
new building right away. Grover q
one Of the best schools In the county
and when 1t Is housed In the new
building, will be q monument to the
good people Of the town.
Fort Mill Invention.
Fort Mill Times, Sept. %: R N.
Hood Of this city, on Saturday receiv-
ed information from Washington or
the granting by the United States
patent office Of letters Of patent upon
a car wheel fender which Mr.. Hood in
vented some months ago and for which
application for patent has been pend
ing for some time. The serial num-
Der Of the patent Is 74426l. The
fender can be attached to the trucks
Of railway and street coaches and Is
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passing over any object which might
fall upon the tracks. Mr.. Hood will
arrange to give a demonstration Of the
merits Of his invention to railroad Of
ficials within q short time.
Oats Will Como in Good.
II tell you my GA crop Is going to
come in good this fall and winter"
remarked Mr.. J. Claude Bell Of Guth-
~riesville, who was a visitor here Tues
day evening. Corn in my immediate
section Is not good this year, while
the oat crop Is good, and where wo
don't have enough corn to do we can
make out with oats" Mr.. Bell said
that he made over 800 bushels Of oats
on his place and more than $50 BUSH
| els Of wheat. The cotton crop In the
Guthriesville section, he said, was
pretty good but was short. The great
majority Of the farmers in his COM
munity intended selling their crop as
fast as they could get 1t out. M. Bell
said that he was unwilling to sell his
cotton r at 10 cents per pound, be-
cause he believed that It would bring
q much better price between now
spring.
classification Talk.
Charlotte Observer, Wednesday: A
month ago the Observer outlined O
number Of railroad possibilities for the
Blowing Rock section Of the state, and
one va the running, at some future
time, Of electric cars from Indepen-
dence Square through Gastonia and
Lenoir and on to some point OF the
extended Carolina & North Western
railroad. The recent trip Of Mr.. Duke
in that section Of the state has re-
vived speculation and has inspired
new hopes in the minds Of h noun
tain people. The electric car trip
spoken of is not only q possibility, but
may be said to be q probability. The
identification Of the Carolina & North
Western road would bring 1t to pass.
porous line, but 1t has been always
under a progressive and aggressive
management. It Is surrounded by cir
cumstances that create natural advan-
tages for its operation by electric
power. The cost Of changing from
steam to electricity would be an item
of much consequence, but n that In
q short time would be mor b a
offset by expedition in service and
economy In operation. There may be
great possibilities In store for the
Carolina & North Western.
TO Tax Shareholders Direct.
Auditor Love has received from the
state TAI commission a list OF 467
| shareholders in York county banks,
with instructions to add to the person
ALLY already charged against each n
oU per cent Of the book value OF his
or ner bank stock holdings. Hereto
lore the banks have been making re-
turns for their stockholders, and pay
ing taxes for them. The tax commits
Il otnn onrI0hf IN afIlIQliZa hank raflrnA
on this basis according to their own
ideas Of justice and equity. The banks
| went to the courts, and Judge Watts
held the commission up. 1t seems
now that II Is the intention Of the COM
omission to require the banks to pay
taxes on their realty only, and require
each shareholder to pay taxes on his
own stock holdings. The assessment
laid by the tax commission Us nearly
twice the amount most Of the banks
have been returning heretofore. In
other words, the commission is evil
DENLY seeking to get from the share
| holders the same amount 1t originally
sought to get from the banks. The
auditor will have to carry out on his
books the amount charged against
each shareholder and the treasurer
will have to include all these amounts
in the different receipts. That this
new move on the part Of the tax conf
mission will be resisted as strenuously
as was the effort to raise the assess
ment against the banks goes without
saying. The tax commission however,
claims that It Is only trying to enforce
the law as 1t has stated all along.
Issnhower Case Comes to York.
Winnsboro special Of September ~,
to the News and Courier: At the
opening Of the court this morning.
Judge Rice announced that the case OF
the state against Jesse Morrison, Jas.
Rawls and Ernest Isenhower, charg-
ing them with the shooting Of Sheriff
A. d. Hood, Rural Policeman Boul-
ware and the negro prisoner, julie
Smith. ON the courthouse steps In
at York. During the day q formal
order was signed by the judge direct
ing that the ase be tried in York
county. The question Of granting the
| change Of venue has caused consider
able discussion since the judge order
ed the case to be heard by the jury
Of another county, and q great many
citizens have expressed themselves as
desiring the cases disposed OF by q
jury composed Of Fairfield men, be-
lieving that the county should not
SQlII TIC OQlulu VI tEyluS OuC Va ~
most deplorable and terrible tragedies
that ever occurred in South Carolina
to another county in the judicial cir
cult. Solicitor Henry requested the
grand jury, who were In session, to
make q report in the matter and ac-
quaint him with the views Of the peo-
pie, and In their report, which was
not read yesterday, but which was
made a part Of the record, they I'M
qualjiedly reported that the cases
should be tried in this county. How
ever, it must be stated that few peo-
pie with whom the correspondent has
talked are Of the opinion that a jury
free from bias or passion could be Sc
cured without great difficulty, as al
most every citizen seems to have q
conviction either on n side or h
other. The next term Of court Of gen.
eral sessions for York county con-
venes November 20, but whether these
cases are to be tried at this term has
not been determined.
MERE-MENTloN
w. B. Slaughter, president Of the
Mercantile National bank Of Pueblo,
Col, which failed last March, has been
arrested by Federal officers on account