Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-02
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Items OF General Interest Clippe<1
From the YOrkYi Enuuirer

From the YOrkville ENQUIRER
The secretary OF state has granted.
the Wymojo yarn mills of Rock Hill
authority to increase their capital
stock from $150.OO0 to $45O.OO0. Au-.
thority has been granted the Lock
more mills of Yorkville to increases
their capital from 100000 to $780,
600.
A copper distillery Of about SO
gallons capacity was captured by
prohibition officers in the Pamah.
section about one-half mile northwest
OF A. NJ. McGill's store Saturday.
night. The distillery had beer run
out when the officers came and nei-I
ther liquor nor operators were taken
DIR. j. B. Johnson OF Rock Hill,
president Of the York County Cotton
association, has received information
.at A. Il. Smith has been appointed
cotton grader for York county by
the extension department OF Clemsc ~
college. Mr.. Smith was to report
September 1.
Information from Bethel township
Is that the partridge crop in that
township for this fall and winter Is
very encouraging. Mr.. T. II. Riddle,
well known citizen and bird hunter
Of Bethel township who was in York
lille Saturday. said that there are
many young partridges in the town
II ip and 1t was expected the hunting
would be good.
Charged with handling ginger
keeping the same for sale, Franz.
King. white man, was arrested III
Rock Hill Saturday A quantity OF
extract OF ginger was taken by tho
officers. King gave bond. Lon Small.
y white cd nv nfI n r
of tho Carhartt mill village in Rock
iIill Saturday. charged with having
liquor in his possession. About one
half gallon of moonshine was taken
from Small. according to the Taidiug
Oh, ers. The man gave bord in the
sum OF 500.
Homes OF r. l.. Baker. w. ".
Haynes. f.. ID. Blair. Il. l.. Cox and
". NJ. Bishop I'm the Aragon mil, viii
lage, near Rock Hill. which were
flooded by the water as the result OF a
cloudburst I'm that section last Fri
day have been cleaned OF mud and
their occupants returned. Informa =
tion Is that bottom corn In tho east
ern section OF York county was badly
damaged by floods and II Is believed
that thousands OF bushels will decay
t"tawba river was nine feet above
normal at the southern Power COM
pany's dam Saturday morning. The
upper Rock Hill road by rirzah ard
Newport and the lower Rock Hill
road by way OF w. +. Jackson's store
are badly washed by the heavy rain9
Candidates for county and town.
ship offices on yesterday filed state
mcnts OF expenses incurred In tho
rccSnt Democratic campaign In nc .
cordanoe with law as follows House
OF Representatives. r. NJ. Mitchell S41,-
s. f.. w. Pursley $5S.35. Erwin Ca
r0thers SAB. w. II. Bradford SAC; :;
State senate. John II. Hart $3.50:
clerk of court. w. r. LatiInor sl32.-
so. II. f.. McMakin $lO6.35. T.. e.
clinton $lO2.90: supervisor. II. W..
i'oyd $1O2.50. Hugh G. Brown $8S. .sa,
{. T.. Gordon $S5.75. II. +. Lee SS4 :
-: sheriff. Fred f.. Quinn $1O2.50. j.
Cal steele $97.l0: county commits
s'oncr. ]. c. Kirkpatrick $22.II. l.. j.
l.nmpkin $21.35: Magistrate. Kings 3
Mountain township. A. ]. Quinn ST.
10: magistrate. Bethesda, T.. A. Craw :
ford $40: magistrate. Fort Mill. ]. Il.
Halle $3.50; magistrate. Broad Riv-
Cr r. l.. A. Smith $l1.33: magistrate.
Bethel John NJ. Ford. $3.50.