Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-23
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
items OF General Interest CliDpcd
From the Yorkville Enquirer

From the Yorkville ENQUIRER
Charged with abandonment OF his
wife. Anthony Thompson was COM
mitted to York county Jail Septem-
ber IA by Magistrate ]. c. Conner.
Charged with the theft of an au-
tomobile. the property of ]. c. Ham
bright OF Rock Hill, c. r. Bradford
is in the county Jail. having been
committed September 13.
From Sioux Falls, s. D.. to Gaines
Vile. Ga. on motorcycle, "a distance
OF about 1.5O0 miles, is the expert
| ence of William Darby Glenn, son of
Mrs. W. ID. Glenn of Yorkville. who
returned to his home in Yorkvi.le
last Friday. after spending most of
the summer working in the wheat
and oat fields i'm Western States. Mr.
Hlenn was accompanied home by his
friend. w. r. Echols OF Rappine, Va.
VINO spent few days here en- routa
10 the University of North iCarolina
ut Chapel Hill. Young Glenn is also
student AZ the University of North
carolina and expects to enter upon
HE senior year there next week.
Just how much pay the managers
who served during the two primaries
IN York county will receive for their
work has not been determined. hut
they will receive something -. the
nico'ing OF the York county executive
committee held Thursday Il rcsolu-
ton was adopted to the effect that
the sum of S12 he allotted to each
precinct for the payment OF the man
ayers after all other bills have been
paid. The resolution provides that
II after outstanding bills have been
paid 1t is found that there is not n
sufficient amount on hand to distrib-
ute VIZ among the managers OF each
precinct, then the amount that IL on
hand Will be distributed among them
u was made clear that bills for con-
struction of booths and printing will
he paid first
a. h. Smith, cotton grader for York
county. will have offices in Sorkvillc
and Rock Hill, II was decided at n |
nceting of the farmers representa-
ives OF the nine townships of YorX |
county held in tho court house in |
iorkViile "Wednesday. The meeting |
was held under the auspices of the |
York County Cotton association. with |
DR.. j. B. Johnson. president or tho |
association. presiding. President John |
son read telegram from w. w |
Long of the extension department Of |
clemson college. under whose direc- |
non the federal cotton graders work. |
stating that 'it is agreeable to lis TO |
have the county grader divide his |
time between York and Rock Uill." |
1t was decided that thc county grader
VIII alternate week about at his |
zforkville and Rock Hill Offices until |
January 7. when nc will hc free to |
operate in any section of tho county |
where his services arc desired About |
30 prominent farmers OF the county |
attended the meeting held here.
York county cotton rrowCrs ana |
others to tho. numhor, of moro thnn |
200 gathered in the York county |
court house here Monday morning
IN observance of Southern Cotton day. !
the meeting being held under tho |
rusn.ccs of the York County Cotton |
7S"ociation. branch of the American |
Cotton association. PiinciDal speak |
rrs. before the meeting wore Rcv. !.
IL. Oates, pastor OF the Yorkvtllc A. |
Y. p. church. and Hon. ]. s. Hrricc,
well known lawyer of Yorkvillc. both |
speakers urging tho farmers t0 stuck |
by the American Cotton ASSOCIATION. |
Officers to serve the York County as |
sociation during I he ensuing year were |
elected as follows: President J. r. |
Johnson. Rock Hill: treasurer. J. II. !
r. Jenkins. Yorkvillc: executive com |
mittee. j. T. Crawford. McConnells- |
rille:t. w. B. McGill. York No. l: D. p. |
Leslie. Lesslie. Jas. d. Grist. York |
Vile. secretary OF the association. de- |
clincd reelection. stating that it
would be impossible to serve longer |
because Of his increasing duties with |
the Yorkville Enquirer Mr. Grist |
was accorded a rising vote of thanks |
by the audience in appreciation of |
his untiring zeal to the work Of the |
association during the year just come
TO close. majority of the mem- |
bers of the association. on motion of
Mr. c. y. Inman, pledged themselves
to hold their cotton until fair and
just prices can be obtained: to utilize
the warehouse facilities OF the county
and to increase their acreage in fall
grains.
MILL COMPANY PUTS OUT BLAZE. |