Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11

ness painted or even printed. 1t is eS:;
scntial that the business and the names
Of the owners thereof be registered
with the clerk Of the court and those
who fail to comply with the Act do so
at what might prove serious risk to
themselves. But compliance with the
balance Of. the act Is a very simple
matter. :, All that is necessary IS to
have the names of the owners Of the
business printed on 4 card or. a piece Of
paper with typewriter, and have the
PAPER or card pasted or tackled in a
reasonably conspicuous place in the
place Of business. While the law ap-
plies to every. unincorporated CONNER
cial or industrial enterprise, the object
Of 1t Is probably to get at those people
who undertake to.do business in names
other than their own, and to create the
impression Of financial backing that
does not exist. There are a good many
people who have not compiled with the
law and these will do: well, to Iheed the
notice Of the clerk of the court in res
gard thereto. >:
"The twelve mill tax levy is not go9
| ing to raise as much money in Yorh
county as 1t raised last year" remarked
member Of the county board OF
equalization to the reporter on ting
street the other day.. "and it will NOT
Surprise me if it is going to be necess
sary to raise the levy on the assess
! ment in order to meet fixed expenses.
| 1 do not believe that the assessed val
uation is going to be anything like as
much as it was last year. For instance
we have noted that many people have
returned the s:me amount Of personal
property that they returned last year at
much less valuation. Mules that were
returned at 500 last year are returped
at S35 to $50 this year, and COWS that
were returned at SIS or $40 last year;
have been returned this year at S5 or
$40. That has. not been general Some
| people have returned their mules ana
| cows and other property this year the
same as last. but not all OF them have
| done it-not by a whole lot. We have
tried to equalize these things as we'll as
we could; but surely nobody expects
tSaT:dIlike burs to make "a Thorough job
Of a, thing like this within the time als
.lotted. 1t would take all summer OF
! whereabouts. ',We:arei idoing. the best I'VE
can and that is all that should be eX-
pected; but If the total tax book don't
| furnish a. surprise when it Is made up,
then I am very much mistaken in the
Impressions have gathered.
A dispatch, from Gaffney says that
Mr.. L. IT,. Campbell of that city has
received an order for three thousand
tons of monazite sand for foreign ac-
count: andrthat the filing Of the order
will, probably be extended over "a
period of from three to five years. The
announcement is taken by some TO
promise a resumption Of the monaZtte
industry. which at one time. some
twenty or twenty five years ago. was
deyeloped into considerable import
ance throughout Cherokee, York and
SpartanburS counties in South Caro-
lima and in Cleveland county, North
Carolina. The word monazite. Is
descriptive of a peculiar yellow, rec
or brown sand in which crystals or
the metal thorium occur, and thoriuH
Is of value in :, the construction oil
electric light Bulbs and also in the
making Of certain parts of the electri-
cal equipment of automobiles. The
! discovery of thorium is credited to a
| German scientist, within the past
forty years. and for several years alter
It was applied to commercial Use all
the monazite sand from which it was
derived came from the section Specl-
| fed above Miners received as hlgh
as 25 cents a pound for it. From 20
cents the price fell down to practically
nothing, and it was explained at the
| time that the decline was due to the
discovery Of the same material in
Brazil in larger and cheaper pllanti-
I ties. There has been no market Tor
monazite in the United States for
many years. AS: to whether anything
has occurred to shift the trade back
tn this : section, The, 4orkville. En-
| ,,,;,o,, hoe no inflammation Ii would
suggest that the owners Of lands ana
streams from which monazite can I've
obtained should not allow themselves
to get excited, because the story given
out by Mr.. Cahpbell might not be. as
important: as it seems. But il there
is anything to the promised revival OF
the industry. full information Will
come out in due time.