Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-23
NEWS OF YORK. COUNTY.
Current Items O: General Inter f-st
From the Yorkville Enquirer.

uiSS on Friuay, most or them WI Ii
not close untilN Thursday, Superin =
tendent of Education Carroll said
Monday. Christmas tree entertain
ments are to be held at u number of
the schools this year as usual
Doubtless many of the readers of
The Enquirer who know Miss Mary
Leslie, missionary of the A. X p.
chcrch to India, will be interested
to learn that Miss Leslie arrived at
Columboa, India, on December 4"
said Saturday friend of the miss
ionary. Miss Leslie is the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Leslie of
HesSlic.
Announcement was made Satur-'
day that the Cannon Manufacturing
!, company and the Neely cotton mills
iSyould he closed until January 3. The.
LockniOrc cotton mill, it is under
spod, will close on Thursday for
Chr istmas, but operations will be
respmcd on the following Monday.
II IS understood that the Nee
ly aud Tavora mills will ie-
sumo operations on January ), with
II red1 :tion of 20 per. cent in wages
OF emI-.yecs. a Is per cent cut was
annouLoEtd by these manufactures
SCN erai. weCks ago.
"A serions Tragedy at the court house
corner about 10 o'clock Monday
morning wheu u heavy truck loaded
with Bruvel coming down Congress
street came in partial collision with
an automobile in which Mr.. Thomas
II. McDow ana his daughter, Miss
Margaret, were. coming out OF West
Liberty street. Because both the iu-
tonioDiiC and truck were under good
control and at slow speed the dam
age WAS slight.
Il am convinced" said Dr. ]. b.
Johnson OF Rock Hill the other lay
IN talikrg of the plan to have the
farmers petition the banks, not to ad-
vance money to any farmer who
would not agree to reduce cotton SO
per ccnt IN 1921" that the plan is
new our only hope. / am hoping the
petitions arc going TO be freely sign
ed i'll every school district in the
County and all over the State and
the cotton belt If the farmers of this
county don't sigh them freely, then j
fol- one am going to step down and,
out OF the cotton association. If the
fnr rcrs would rather pursue n poll
cy - every man for himself and root
hog or die. why, all 3 right. | can
staEI II as weil, as any of them.''
ThC' bank teller in II certain York
count.T bank was talking about illit-
rIhCN the olhcr day. Said he:
'fou'll doubtless be surprised to
hear lc say il. but II is n fact never
tECiCs> chat more. colored persons
hrr"c~ the ages OF say, Is and 25.
who como to the bank with checks
either tor deposit or to- have them
c3shed car write theh- own indorse-
mcnt o.s The back than can white
people. have been observing the
matter !: :or inIHy naonths now. At
first Thought surely there is not as
many i. icIGtc whit rs as there arc
ncSroC% aro"G the younger people.
but care fnl count as proved it to
NY own satisfaction"
While last Satur days business
among local mcrcha nts was about
the dulicst pre- Chris tmas Saturday
known IL years. Christmas trade be-
gan t" show cvid cncc OF picking up
Monday ana sew. raj merchants to
whom the reporter talked this morn
Ing gave it as their opinion that
Christmas buying would. be materi-
any Increased between DOW and Fri
day evening. How ever, they do not
expect ;lS large II volume of Christ
mas trade as was the case last year.
and while they have ON hand ade-
Quat" stocks Of Christmas goods
these stocks are not up to the last
years in yuiU!I".
The home or Rob crt Nj. Lindsay, IL
well known IEcthcsda township far
mcr. living some distano, ,e from Nc
ConnellSvillc, was destrc Yed by fire
o. "dvtsraincd origin early Friday
evening. in addition to the resi-
dence. household effects. an out
house. automobile and the seed from
three bales of cotton were consumed
Joy the flames. Insurance. in hne
sum of $500 was CARRIED on the
dwelling and $1:1OC' on the auromo-
bile. Tho fire. however. entailetl a
property loss of several thousa nd
dollars.
Pat w. Major, " ell known farm er
OF Rock Hill. who moved to that city
from Anderson about a year ago. Is
reported mis- ing II ON his home and
relatives fear that some accident or
possibly foul play has befallen hirl.
Mr. Major left his home last Tues e.
day for Anderson aT.., from there
went to Shelby, \. c.. being taccom-
panied by S. w. Parrish and G. p
Williams. ON the return trip when
the car reach ed Kings Mountain, N
c.. he announced his intention OF
going 20 Charlotte to confer with an
attorney. rcgu riding the, business that
carried him to, ShcIby That was tho
last that his com par ions heard OF
him. According to n report Ireachiiig
j. II. Major. Il Rock Hill relative. n
travelling man claims to have seen
Mr.. Major in Eirming ham. Ala, last