Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-10-21
NEWS Of York COUNTY.
Items OF General Interest Ciipped
From the Yorkville Enquirer


From the Yorkville Enauircr
Rock Hill is to have an aeroplanc
corporation which will engage in the
hyins OF an aeroplane for exhibition
purposes. o. c., and r. N. Boyies
and Ralph Mooney are the organIz-
ers OF the. company.
total, OF 232 women have been
registered to date ut sharon. Smyrna.
hickory Grove and Blairsvillc. The
number NJ EACH OF rho Eve precincts
Is as follows: Bullock's Crock s.
Smyra 13. Blairsville 43, Hickory
Grove 81. Sharon ~.
The Neelvs Manufacturing company
closed down Monday morning for n
period OF two weeks. Inability to
sell products is understood TO have
forced the cnmparr to elise. Tho
otn"r three Ynrkville mills are in
operation at the present time.
AS the result of injuries received
in Rock Hill week ago. William
LOCKE. aged 5. son Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Locke, died in q hospital IN
Rock Hill last Friday. The younu
boy was struck by an automobile
driven by L. A. Pone Of Rock Hill.
That the price of gasoline is com
Ing down and is going to drop mate
rally In the near future Is the pre-
dtction Of j. II. Carroll, well known
automobile and oil and gasoline deal
or THE wholesale price of gasoline
iS coming down. Mr.. Carroll Mon
d." morning predicted. '...-. ..
York county along with hundreds
of York county farmers Is holding
cotton for higher prices. Supervisor
Thos. w. Boyd said yesterday that
INC county bad on hand about ten
baics> of cotton which had been
grown on the county farm TIE cot
ton is the accumulation OF several
years. z- -.9. ,r.. -. -.
The York county board OF educa-
tion will give no general holiday to
school children I'm the rural schools
on account OF the York county
fair. according to announcement this
morning hy John T.. Carroll. superin-
t"nicnt OF education. Trustees. of the
various schools. however. aro allowed
to use their discretion In the giving
or n holiday In their respective school
dist riots. Tho County board declined
tn give general holiday because of
the TACT that such n holiday was de.
clared last year and hundreds of
school children and humorous teach
ers instead OF attending the fair went
visiting, - 81
Harry E. Noii, who In addition to
being one OF the most efficient county
trcasurcrs in South Carolina. Is a
close observer OF men and general
events, was discussing business con-
fifons md the apparent "spirit" OF
the people in n local barbershop the
other night. Ono trouble" he said.
AMI In fact the greatest tronhle with
almost everybody and everything Just
row Is that we all do too much ca
I''7ttv t",king. Even. If times are a
little hard and conditions are not so
bright there is no use talking about
II and bomoaning the fact The thing
TO do Is for everybody Ia keep his
mouth shut and get down to hard
work as never before. for one have
quit IT." And those who heard Mr..
Nell were OF opinion that he was
about correct In what he said,
THAT gasoline shipping tanks or
hHrrcis which arc made OF iron IL
the latest thing for use asNboilers for.
m"onshine d'stiIlcries Is tho infor-
r'ntinr h-ought hcrn Monday by Dis
trict Constable Horace l.. Johnson,
who with assistant officers raided a
dis'iilory at the homo of Sis Giles.
colorcd- on tE1 Walter Bankhead
place in Bethesda township near
Iowryvillc enrly Sunday morning
The plant was rot In operation when
tho officers came. hut about ls8 eal-
lors of irash was found pourcd upo~
tho ground, white the distillcry was
made us'icss for further operation.
Walter Giles son OF Sis Giles. was ar
reafed. charged with alleged connec-
ton with the OUTFIT, and was later re-
lcascd on bond In the sum of $500
The distillery Is tho first to be re-
ported found In Bethesda township
In n long time, ..