Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-13

shaft has been sunk so feet. An
abundance Of ore is in sight running
in value from $40 to 500 per ton.
The mine is equipped with hoisting
machinery, pumps, etc, delivering the
ore at once into the mill. This vein
is 3 to 4 feet thick and there are
three other new openings with very
rich ore in each one
National Union Bank Case.
Rock Hill Herald: Dunlap, Dunlap
G. Hollis, attorneys, have received a
copy Of the decision rendered We'd
nesday by Judge H. P. Green, in the
suit brought by the National Union
bank and the First Trust and Savings
bank relative to certain taxes paid un-
der protest. The decision upholds
the contentious of the plaintiff In one
respect and denies the claims in an
other. The county treasurer Is re-
ouired by the order to refund to the
banks some $1,1O0 Of the taxes paid
under protest. An appeal to the SUI
preme court will probably be taken by
both sides to the litigation. 1t will be
remembered that the county assessors
accepted the returns as landed in by
the banks, the state board accepting
the returns also. AS was customary
in making the returns, the banks
omitted to include certain county and
school district bonds, which had been
purchased as non-taxable, also GER
tain United States bonds. The comp
troller general afterwards instructed
the county auditor to include these
bonds as taxable values, taxing them
against the stockholders rather than
the bank as a whole. The taxes were
--.l x,-lar n~atact on6 cI1if wa START
ed to recover the portion on h bonds,
etc. The court held thai the comp
troller general did not have the au-
thority to change the returns as pass
ed by the assessors and consequently
the county treasurer Is required by
the decision to refund to the n
this part Of the taxes. 1t Is expected
that the comptroller general will APP
peal from this ruling. The banks also
contended thai the state could not tax
the United States bonds held by the
bank, as the constitution says no state
shall discriminate against U. 5. ponds.
AS Brown consols are not a the
bank contends the state cannon tax
u. S. bonds without discriminating.
The decision does not support the
contentions that the stockholders can
be relieved Of taxes on bonds suppos-
ed to be non-taxable.
Commercial Grading Of Corn.
The grades for commercial corr
which were promulgated by the secre-
tary of agriculture on January :, 1914,
and which went into effect on July l,
1914, have been generally Opt
throughout the corn belt and IN the
cities in that part of the United States
and at the gulf ports, but are no IN
.z - tho ottiac o1nnU tho AtlQntlC
seaboard. The grades include the
classification Of white, yellow and mix.
ed corn into six grades and sample
and have been recognized by the Grain
Dealers National association, the state
associations affiliated with this or
g~aniZation, the state grain inspection
departments Of Washington, M1nne-
sofa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Okla
homa and the department Of agricul-
ture, commerce and industries OF the
state Of South Carolina. In order
that the producers, dealers and con-
sumers throughout the United States
may more fully understand the correct
Interpretation of the government corn
grades, somewhat detailed eXplana-
tons are given in Bulletin 1913 OF the
department, grades for commercial
corn. The classification which was
made by the secretary and became ef-
fective July l, 1914, divided CONNER
cial corn into six classes and Sample"
the classification being based on the
moisture content Of the corn, the
color, the amount Of damage, foreign
material, and cracked corn. 1t Us
includes eleven general rules for
making this classification. Necessarily
even with the definite limits for the
more important factors, points will
arise on which the best experts may
differ. For this reason the bulletin
gives somewhat in detail methods or
securing a representative sample from
bulk corn, mixing samples for detailed
analyses, the size Of samples, sleeves
for screening, moisture tests, deter
mining the amount Of damage OF corn,
foreign material, and cracked corn: 1t
also includes a color plate which
represents, as nearly as possible, the
various types Of kernels from the
standpoint of color. This bulletin may
be had free upon application TO the
department as long as the supply
lasts.