Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-04
LOCAL LACONlCS
Hbaindand Moued

TheI moving of the chaingang plant
from the old location just west OF
Leslie station to a point near Black
mill about two miles west Of Yorkville
was completed yesterday. The start
was made early yesterday morning,
and the outfit began moving at about
9 o'clock, passing through Yorkville
Yesterday afternoon shortly before
dark. The new location was reached
about o'clock.
Liquor and Still Captured.
Three quarts Of liquor, quantity of
mash and a complete still in operation
at the time of capture fell into the
hands Of prohibition officers who made
raid on the Barber place northwest
Of Glover last Friday. A white man
who was engaged in operating the still
when the officers came made his es-
cape. He was identified and 1t is ex-
pected that he will soon be captured
The raiding party included A. j. Quinn,
H. L. Johnson and Frank Morrow.
Parole for Adams.
Andrew (Buck) Adams, ex-service
man of Rock Hill who was serving a
sentence of two years on the county
chaingang following his conviction OF
grand larceny In the court Of general
sessions last year has been paroled
during good behavior by Governor
Cooper Adams served in France and
Belgium as q member OF the 1lSth
Infantry of the 30th Division. His
father is a prominent citizen OF Rock
Hill.
Shot Into Negroes House.
Roosevelt Taylor negro, was, COM
mitted to Jail yesterday charged with
shooting into the home of Buddy
Leech, colored. Roosevelt admits the
shooting. He told officers that Bud
dy who is married took his (Roose-
velt's) girl to church and he raised a
row with Buddy about that. Then
Buddy "road laid" him and hit him in
the head with a rock. Then he got
his single barreled gun and shot intp
Buddy's house. Buddy heard him conf
ing and went up in the loft and was
unharmed. Roosevelt is looking for
bondsman.
Halloween Entertainments.
The Union School Improvement AS
sociation entertained at a Halloween
party at Union school house Friday
night. The sum of $37 was cleared.
The Filbert School Improvement AS
sociation entertained a large crowd
at hot supper at the school house
Saturday night. Short talks were
made by Superintendent of Education
John L. Carroll and Senator John T..
Hart. About 500 was cleared for the
benefit of the school,. The Philadelphia
School Improvement Association en-
tertained at a Halloween party on
Monday night, clearing a good sum.
Insurance Fees.
York county gets s2,O65.63 in insur-
ance fees for half the current year up
to June &c. according to figures made
public by Insurance Commissioner Nc
Mahan last Wednesday. The insur-
ance companies doing business in South
Carolina are required to pay tax OF
per cent on all premiums collected in
the state and one-half of this tax goes
to the counties in which the premiums
were collected in proportion to the
amount of those premiums collected in
each county. Charleston county leads
the list with $9,133.2O.
Chester Annexation Case.
The case of w. L. Alternately ct al,
appellants, VS.. Samuel NJ. Wolfe ct al,
respondents, ldiIilidlIy hhoWH aS TIC
case, was heard Tuesday
before the supreme court. This case
arose out of an attempt of section of
Chester county to annex to York. The
election for annexation carried, but the
Chester board of canvassers declared
the election void due to the votes of
number of men who had not paid taxes
as required by law. The state board
of canya sSarS affirmed the action of
the county board and an appeal was
taken to the supreme court.