Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-01

| cotton, because of q fear OF q rising
market, and in many cases they
have been paying at their doors every
cent that It would cost to bring the
cotton from neighboring markets.
LOCAL LAcoNIcs
To Begin Work Monday.
Bethesda and Smyrna schools enter
upon the work Of their fall and winter
terms Monday. The schools Will run
eight months.
Repairing County Bridge.
Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: 2. V.
Bradford has q force Of hands at work
repairing the county bridge over the
Catawba river. II will take some 1T
tie time to complete the job.
Cotton Picking Record.
Mr.. 7. E. Love Of Glover, writes
old negro boy, working for Mr.. ]. p.
Adams, picked 403 pounds Of cotton
last Wednesday.
Many Prisoners.
There are now twenty prisoners In
the York county Jail. The great ma
jority Of them are negroes. According
to Sheriff Brown, this Is the largest
number Of persons who have e q con-
fined in the Jail at any one time during
the past five years.
Commissioners Of Election.
Governor Manning has appointed ].
ID. Smith Of R F. d. No. 1; ]. b.
Jewell of Rock Hill No. 8, and Jas. M.
Campbell Of Tirzah, commissioner OF
state and county elections to succeed
DR.. I. j. Campbell, ". B. Keller and
J. B. Neil, resigned.
Several Professed Faith.
AS a result Of a series Of services
conducted in the Newport school
house by Rev. Henry Stokes
which services terminated Sunday
night, several persons Of tho Newport
community were converted and VIII
become members Of Olivet Methodist
church at Tirzah.
Smallpox in Fort Mill.
Fort Mill Times: Report has
reached Fort Mill from the Harrison
neighborhood, six miles east Of this
city, to the effect that several cases
of smallpox have appeared among
the colored people Of that section
during the last ten days. Following
this outbreak Of the disease nearly
all OF the people Of that section have
been vaccinated and 1t Is believed
that the disease will be stamped out
within a short time.
Boil Weevii Scare.
Fort Mill Times: What was believ-
ed by several to be q genuine boil
weevil was shown On the streets OF
Fort Mill Thursday, the bug having
been found in a load OF seed brought
in by j. M. Harris Of the Pleasant VAL
ley section. The bug was not the
boil weevil, however, as Is evidenced
by the following letter from the agri-
cultural department to which the bug
was sent by a Fort Mill man: Insect
submitted for determination Is no the
boil weevil, but belongs to the family
known as grain weevils, probably the
rice weevil, calandra granaria-'
Death of Mrs. J. J.. Edwards.
Following an extended illness, Mrs.
Maggie Edwards, wife of Mr.. ]. ].
Edwards Of the Tirzah section, died in
the Fennell infirmary, Rock HILL
Tuesday night, and was buried at
Neely's Creek cemetery near Leslie,
yesterday morning, following funeral
services conducted by Revs. Henry
Stokes, e. B. Hunter and w. 3. Ste
venson. Mrs. Edwards, who before her
marriage was Miss Maggie Gettys,
was born in h Neely's Creek COM
immunity about So years age. She was
known to a wide circle Of friends and
acquaintance. Deceased Is survived
by her husband and three sons:
| Messrs. Walter and Ebenezer Ed
wards of Gastonia, N. c., and DR..
James Edwards, who lives In Oklaho-
ma. Several brothers also survive.
Captured Big Still.
Sheriff Brown, Magistrate A. ].
Quinn and Deputy Carson Hedricks Of
Glover, captured a Large Illicit distil-
lery about one-half mile northwest Of
Enon church about 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning and although they destroyed
the plant, they were unable to appre-
bend the operators Of the moonshine
outfit. Having received information
that a block was being operated in
the vicinity Of Enon church, the Of
ficers spent the early hours Of Tues
day morning securing the country and
at last their efforts were rewarded by
the discovery Of the big plant, which,
according to Sheriff Brown, Is the
largest that has been taken in York
county in some time. About SOC gal
Ions of beer was found at the still,
which it appeared, had only been in
operation a short time. 1t was EVIL
dent that the operators had just dis
posed of the product Of their plant
since no liquor was found. The still
was a homemade affair Of about 20
gallons capacity, and appeared to have
been constructed with much care, I'M
der the supervision Of an old hand.
The officers also came into posses
sion Of a good double barrel shotgun
which the owners left in their hurried
flight. Jim Moss, a resident of the
Kings Mountain battle-ground section,
was arrested Wednesday. charged
with being n Of the operators of tho
distilery. He was released on L bond
of $500.
Assessment Of Bank Shares.
The matter of the assessment Of the
capital stock, surplus and undivided
profits Of a bank has been
ly interpreted, In the opinion Of the
South Carolina tax commission, In
that there Is a widespread impress
sion lat the assessments should be
placed against the individual stock
holders. Section 345 Of the civil
code" said A. W. Jones, chairman. "re-
quires that the value Of such shares
shall be entered on the duplicates Of
the county in the names Of the own
ers thereof in amounts apportioned to
the number OF shares owned by each.
This does not mean that the value OF
these shares shall be entered along
with any other property that he might
own, nor does 1t mean that this tax.
as assessed. is to be paid by the indi-
vidual shareholder 1t is provided in
section BAT of the code that the banks
may pay the taxes assessed against
the shareholders, and by the act Of
February 81, 1913, state banks are re-
quired to pay these taxes. So 1t will
be seen that II is entirely al errone-
Gus idea that these taxes against
shareholders are to be paid by each
shareholder separately. These taxes
are to be paid as they have always
been heretofore paid. by the banks
for the shareholders" Mr.. Jones has
sent detailed information to the county
auditors in regard to the proper
handling OF bank assessments.