Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-21
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Eyes, we are going to get the bond
buyers to take the full amount OF our
township road bond issue-$75OOO,
said Col. T. b. Spratt of Fort Mill, the
other day. For a while attorneys Tor
the bond buyers were only willing 10
take 5O,00O, due to certain legal tech
nicalities; but recently it has all been
straightened out and we have sold the
full amount to a Cincinnati concern
and the bonds will bring premium,
while we will also save about two
years interest"
How 1t Feels.
Talked to John T. Roddey over at
Rock Hill for little while the other
dly. Since Mr.. Roddey was appointed
receiver for the Lancaster Mercantile
company some months ago most of his
time has of necessity been spent in
Lancs ster, and he hardly gets back to
Rock Hill except for few hours at
time. How do you feel since you had
that operation for appendicitis" he
was asked The reply was: "Wel,
still feel little touchy on the appen-
dix side a little stiff and sore like
with an inclination to dodge or draw
away when any one approaches me on
that side. While l would not say that
/ have fully recovered from the effects
of that operation, still am gradually
recovering. But it is an operation
that requires long time to recover
from at my age
York's Cotton Crop.
ut is beginning to look like now
that York county'.s cotton crop this
year is going to run between 10000 and
$4,000 bales" said D.. J. B. Johnson of
Rock Hill, president OF the South Car
olina Cotton association, in discussing
the matter the other day. For
while" DR.. Johnson went on to say, L
thought York county would get be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 bales; but 1t
would now appear that my estimate
was a little high. Still, with a crop
around $4,000 bales for the county l
am of the opinion that the farmers are
in pretty good shape, all things con-
sidered. Reports coming to me from
all sections of the county would indi-
cate that they are sowing much more
wheat and oats this winter than is
generally the case and you will find
that a big home grown crop Of wheat
and oats will help very much next
spring and summer. No, l am not
making any predictions as to the price
this years crop will finally bring; but
if the crop of the entire country is
proportionately as short as that for
this county l think you will find that
it will reach a higher figure before
long"
Hunting the Delinquents.
Man from Bethesda township came
to the sheriff's office the other day to
see about a tax execution against
negro on his place, for whom the man
had already paid last years taxes.
81 know 1 paid that negro's taxes
said the man, "but l cannot lay my
hand on the receipt, and want to see
what is the matter"
The speaker was a responsible bus
mess man, whose word or memory was
not to be questioned in a matter like
that, and Deputy Sheriff Quinn, as he
does in the case Of every complaint,
went in to run the matter down.
After a careful search, it turned out
that the negro had made a return, or
some white man had made q return
for him, in York township, and he had
afterward moved to Ebenezer town.
ship, where he was living at the time
the Bethesda man paid his taxes for
him, and as he had not been credited
with a return in Ebenezer township
he was entered in that township as an
additional Then in due process, an
execution had been issued against the
return in York township, and in the
service Of this execution the deputy
had located him in Bethesda.
The white man had paiG the tax as
he had stated and of course did not
have to pay again; but the trouble was
not ended here. The original return
in York township, having in the meSS6-
time been carried forward by the au-
ditor. there will he another execution
against the negro next year.
There is just no other way for it,"
explained Deputy Quinn. THE audi
tor has made up his books and turned
them over to the treasurer, and the
treasurer has nothing else to do than
mt the matter through the due course
1t was not the auditors fault, and it's
not the treasmer'S fault The trouble
occurred when the negro failed to
make proper return at the proper
time. and have the auditor transfer his
return TO the township in which he
was then living. 1t is just one case
out of many like it. Mainly because of
ignorance these fellows fail to get
their returns made rs they should, and