Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-15
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Interesting News Items Clipped From
the Columns of Exchanges.
iorkv vile Enquirer.


SHOW that marriage licenses are is
sue" 10 persons ranging from l6 and
ON up. License to marry WAS recent
~ issued To J. Frank Scnour. GS. and
Mrs. Lizzie Moose. IS. both of Rock
IIill
Miss Ina j. Ashc of McConnCIlsvillc
mas h""n appointed adult school Mt.
t"ndanc" officer for York C0untv for
tn" summer the appointment having
h"'h made upon recommendation or
TN" county board of education. Miss
Ash" will organize schools omon~
adult illitcratCS over York county,
during the summer. She left vcstcr
iHN afternoon for Columbia To con-
suit with state officials of the admit
school department in regard to the
work i'm York county,
Th"rC is mighty little Iiuuor MAX
ing going on in Bruad River town
snip now so far as We have inform.
Hti"n. said Magistrate II. l.. \. Smith
III" other afternoon. I'm fact therc
- loss of II Just now than at any time
H. uull" 4 while. We have inf0rma-
non "l or" plant that is doing huSi-
ness and as soon as wC have things
set Just right, we expect to make n
raid that will result in cleaning up
tn" nuisance"
''IlN"r y. Dawson. loom hXCr of tho
'arhnr't mill in Rock IIill. who is al
legged 10 have shot and killed NJ &
I'utl"r. t"Ntil" operative. following
! diili"ultN in that town about seven
weeks ago. will probably he placed on
TRIAL in the court Of general sessions
tomorrow. 1t waS learned Yesterday
'hat former Governor Cole l.. Rlcasc
"i Columbia and j. Harry Foster of
Rock i'm will assist Solicitor Henry
i'm tn" prosecution. while the dcrcnd-
"nt will hC represented by Thos. T.
MCDow and w. l.. Wilson
In ali probability most of those de-
PENDANTS who are charged with va
riouS violations of the liquor laws and
who arc now on bond will bc tried at
IN" present term of the court of COM
mon pleas. Solicitor Henry AN
r0unCCd yesterday morning that in
AC"ordanCC with u recommendation of
IN" grand jury he would try all cases
at this term where defendants were
charged with selling and storing Ii
uuor and wcrc on bond. 1t was said
yesterday that if the recommendation
If the grand jury is strictly adhered
Ia there ar" so many of the cass that
il will hardly Il" possible to complctc
tive work of general sessions this
week.
NO. | cannot he candidate for
the legislature" said Mr.. J. \. Ma
lnn"y of sharon 80. =. He had come
i (" The Euuuircr office to bring Il
card of ithdrawnl In tho first
rlacc do not hink I am the man for
the position. have had no expert
"u"c or training along that line. and
| canr"t SOC that there is any call
tor m" TO take the place. | am n
very busy man. do CarpCntCring in
.dditiOn to my farming and | have
engagements that will take up all my
time during the summer. of course
feel an interest in things political and
in the public welfare and am willing
10 Il" my fun duty aS best | can;
hut as see il. am not the man for
this place."
Farmers of I;road River township
lrC about ready to lay-hY their cot
ION ANA corn. Most of them say that
they have about the best prospect
for u cotton and corn crop that they
r:VC known in many Years and il they
do not make Il good yield of both
:hcy are going to hc disappointed
corn i'm Eroad River hottums is Cs-
p"cialiy good and il is hard for u
pHSSrrhy TO sec u man and mule plow-
ing the corn in that section because.
ar it's hrght.
1--WE have at present - children.
littl" boys and girls who want homes
with good reliable families and who
are in urgent need of thOS" homCS.'
said Miss Claire k"arsc. field agent
uf the child placing department of
tie South Carolina board Of puhli"
welfare who WAS in York county last
week. "ThcSc "hildrCn.' Miss kCarsc
went ON to explain. range in ag"
from two tO II years. They arc TN"
children Of parents who arc either
dead or unable t0 take care of them
md VINO have no relatives who want
them and they are therefore under
care Of the state. Most OF them com"
from the cities and they ar" at the
arc whereby careful training in good
homes they can hccom" good ana
useful citizens of the state. The
south Carolina board of public wei
fare. of which q. Croft Williams is
secretary, WAS created 10y act of tn"
last General Assembly. The child
llacing department operating under
the board OF public welfare is di-
rcct"d 10y Mrs. W. &. CathCart OF Co
mmhia. We arc now looking for
homes for those children who are
now under our care and we arc also
anxious to get in touch with social
workers over the State who may ad-
,siSH nf n h1I shi1lrnn al mood
care. The work of our board is much
the same as that of the various or
phanagcs except that We go on the
theory that Individual or home care
for the child is much more adVanta-
\, ous :" the child than is institutional
caro-. II YOU learn of some good