Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-04-22
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS
FROM OVER The COUNTY


of York county,. has been appointed
road supervisor for Bethesda township
and is planning to do considerable
work in putting the roads in his town.
ship in first class shape.
Miss Juanita Nicely, county home
demonstration agent, announces that
much interest is being taken in the
buttermaking contest which she plans
to inaugurate in the county within a
few weeks. The object \of this con-
test is to arouse renewed interest in
grade and pure-bred mlch cows and
the indications are that there will be
large number of contestants enrolled.
Considerable alterations and repairs
are being madeN in the building of
Bethesda Presbyterian church, one of
the oldest and most historic religious
edifices in York county situated nine
miles south of York. An elevated
floor. vestibule and new heating system
are among the interior improvements,
while some repairs are being made on
the exterior. The establishment of
Bethesda church dates back to the
period preceding the American Revo-
luton, when York county was sparsely
settled and virtually the entire popu-
lation consisted of Scotch-Irish, Pres
byterians. SO 6 F
The immersion in the muddy waters
of the Catawba river of the coffin con-
tanning the body of Adger Hudson
while enroute from Van Wyck to
Tirzah for burial may cost York county
some money, heirs of the dead man
having sued for damages in the sum
of $500. The truck bearing the body
was preeipitated by Catawba Indian
in the employ of York county at the
ferry on the river a few miles from
Fort Mill, it is alleged. Part of the
sum asked of the county is for the ex-
pense, it is alleged, incurred in get
ting thestruck out of the river.
Yorkville Enquirer. -,
Textile operatives at one of the lead
ing mills in Rock Hill are seriously
considering the matter of going on
strike If their demands for wage in
I crease are not met by their employers,
I it was learned Tuesday. y.--Operatiyes,
it is said. claim that they cannnt make
ends meet on the wages they are re-
ceiving at the present price Of necessi-
ties.
The next meeting of Bethel Presby-
terial, auxiliaryEof Bethel Presbytery,
will be held in the First Presbyterian
church in Yorkville, twas announced
this morning. Arrangements have
been made for the holding of services
regularly at the county jail in York
vile and at the police station in Rock
Hill, with occasional services at the
county chaingang. ~"
The Blue Buckle Cotton Mills com
pany Of Rock Hill, which. purchased
the Manchester Cotton, mills some time
ago from John r. q Barron and aaso-
ciates, is now making improvements
and engagements to the-property that
will cost in excess of 81 200, 600, It was
learned TuesdaJ. The company is
building large addition to the mill
and is erecting more than 100 houses
in the mill village.
Horace l.. johnson has purchased a
Ford automobile from the town of
Yorkville. Constable johnson pro.
poses to use the Ford in his work as a
State law enforcement officer. The
town council purchased Ford some
time ago from,S. L. Courtney. local
dealer, but sold the car to Constable
Johnson when it became apparent that
the-town could get. along about as
well without it. r
Miss Alice Garrison. one of the-two
compulsory school attendance 6fficers
for York county, has sworn out war
rants before, Magistrate r. L. A..
Smith of Broad River against Hampton
Byers and Mrs. M. E. Cobb of Smyrna
school district charging them with
violation of the terms of, the COM
pulsory school attendance act. 1t Is
alleged that the two parenta kept their
children out of school without legal
excuse. ~ -
Page another advance In the cost of
drinks. Bratton Hughes, Rock Hill
man who was in Yorkville Yesterday.
said that druggists In that townswsre
now charging ten cents for coca cola
over the fountain and the indications
are that there will be general ad-
8 vance in the price of soft drinks. Coca
cola and other cola drinks are now sell
ing for cents, one cent of which is