Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-06


period of i'll health. He was perhaps
the best known man in his town and
county. Senator Ketchin was presi-
dent of the Merchants and Farmers
bank and was interested in other en-
terprises. He entered public life as
mayor of Winnsboro. He then served
in the lower house Of the legislature
and for two terms was senator from
Fairfield county. He was chairman OF
the banking and insurance committee
of the senate at the time of his retire
ment
Collections from the state income
and gasoline taxes through September
80 amounted to s1,304,54 it was an
nounced by State Treasurer S. T.
Carter, last Tuesday. From the in
come tax the total received was $751;
1929, while the revenue from the 2
cents a gallon tax on gasoline amount
ed to s43,557.35. Receipts from the in
heritance tax, which was provided for
at the last session of the state legis-
lature when the income and. gasoline
taxes were authorized, have been
small, it was stated but the corpora
ton license tax has increased the
states income by a large sum. some
dealers are paying the gasoline tax un-
der protest and have announced
signed advertisements that
thew intend to contest it's constitution
ality by court action.
A shortage of teachers, which has
been experienced in this state since
the armistice has been fully relieved
the state department of education de-
clares Approximately 10000 persons
in South Carolina now hold the nee
essary teachers certificates, giving an
of two teachers for every
school room, it was stated. AT the
May examinations for teachers certl-
ficates, held in every county OF the
state, $50 white applicants passed the
required tests, while 919 failed, ac-
cording to a statement by the depart
ment. or the negro applicants, 315
were successful and 522 failed. The
figures show that 81 per cent. of white
applicants could not meet the tests,
while the percentage of negro appli-
cants falling was 62. 1t was an
nounced that 1000 young men and
women had been granted certificates
upon the showing that they held A. b.
or B. S. diplomas. The fall examina-
tions will be held in each county
November and 4, it was stated.
"A sale of considerable interest in
this section was that of the Lancaster
Mercantile company of Lancaster,
which was sold a few days ago by
Receiver John T. Roddey under the
terms of court, Magistrate w. T. Will
liams acting as auctioneer. The stock
and fixtures were first put up sep
nrately in departments and brought
put up as a whole and bid in by John
T. Stevens and Col. Leroy Springs at
s27, 500, this sale being confirmed by
the receiver. The grocery stock was
bid in at 500, which was the upset
price on it; the hardware stock at
s10,216.16, also the upset price fixed
by the appraisers, and the general
merchandise stock at S10,S7555. the
upset price. Fixtures in the hardware
brought $295.2O, fixtures
in the general merchandise depart
ment brought s5,247. All of these
were bid in by Mr..
Stevens without opposing bids. Fix
lures in the grocery department were
bid in at 1850 by Blair Bivens of
Monroe, n. c., but the bid did not
stand as the whole stock brought a
higher figure than the total of all de-
partments.