Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-10-14
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
items OF General Interest Cainncx,
From the YorkvilIe EnouIrer 5 s.,

VI Nchcrm interest CatDpNd
From the Yorkville Enquirer
| William Locke. five -year-o,d son a
Mr' and Mrs. Ernest Locke OF TIE
mount Holy community was run oyss
anu padly injured on the streets a.
Nock fiii last Saturday afternoon
pY an automobile driven by l.. "a.
. ope. me little fellow was at once
taken to the Fennel infirmary. I54s
condition seemed to be so (,esner.ss
as 10 offer small hope for his rss-
covery. fF
MISS Alice Boyd. for several yeafA
past principal of the Leslie school.
mas resigne.. to take similar posf-
tion ut Ifmmonsville. Miss CamFnle
NouueS' VINO has been assist<Siit
'eacher ut Leslie. has also resignest
III oruer 10 go to Timmonsvlile. VIS
,ni,is f Nic"~.s OF Ebenezer and Mf$s
Natherine iemming Of Society IIflf.
al,ihston county. have been elected
teachers at Leslie. lHT
=. +, Nance and Henry Randolph.
cherokee county farmers, were fined
slS and s5. respectively. last week for
iaiiure to send their children to
school In accordance with the terms
or the compulsory school attenuance
act. The defense OF both men was
'hat they could get no help in gath
erlhS their crops and It was necces-
sary To Keep their children from
school for that purpose,
Iirzah -'sociate Reformed Presby
terrain congregation has signed a call
Tor the pastorship of the Rev. r.. ~
Byrd OF the Virginia prespytery for
all OF his time. This action was tn
Ken at large congregational meet
ing in the church last Sunuay ng..
lisv. j. l.. Oates of Yorkville acting
as moderator. In the call the con-
Eregauon offers to give MIR. Byrd an
annual salary OF $l.l00. q manse and
GROUNDS, and ..c understanding IL
that 1t Is to be supplemented u, .sy
odditional from the synod. -
The Glover Cotton ManufactrrinE
company's plant announced to ern-
pioyees Thursday that until furtiter
notice operations would be on Alnif
time basis or a total running time iof
~ l-2 hours per week. The mill
closed down Thursday afternoon az
2:45 after resuming operations lAat
Monday. The mill was idle oil hat
week. Unsatisfactory market con-.
ditions are said to be responsive for
the cut. Local merchants anu. - !;
business people in Clover say that
they as well as the operattvea arc
.eeilng keenly the reduction In rum
ming time.
! The housing accommod odationa tor
ihe schools of this town are notort-
ously wretched. and they conststsitc
the most disgraceful reproach that
now rests on the community. surely
II Is not to be said that 6urspeopIe
nave not sufficient interest In their
children to acuuaint thems elvys With
the crowded and altogether made
quate conditions of the school ..-.
ing, and If they are acquainted with
these conditions. surely II Ia not to
De SAID that they are unwilling to do
everything in their power to remedy
ihem. -..'eady the thing has gone
on long enough to he bitter re-
proach to the community. and there
Is no time to he lost In making up for
past negligence. The town needs Il
better building. and 1t needs a better
building ut once. There is absolutely
no excuse for delay
Most all the cotton fields through
out this whole section are white Wuh
open cotton ready to pick, and while
In many fields the pickeFs are as
busy as they were at this time last
year. that rs not the genera, rule,
The decline Ia price has been accom-
panied by wave of discouragement
rot only TO the farmers to whom tho
cotton belongs but to the lahorers on
whom he depends to do the picking.
But said a young farmer to Views
md Interviews the other day, while
! do not like the situation at all. and
while ! feel that there Is something
wrong somewhere
do not know any other way for It
than to just 60 and do the best 1
can. l wou'u he willing to leave my
cotton in the field. but 1t would de.
teriorate there. and / am trying to
get 1t out as fast as possible. Mayuc
can do no better than to gin and
sell everything l have. but am not
doing that. am just putting my
cotton in the seed cotton house and
in the course OF time I will have 1t
ginncd. When will sell | don't