Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-19
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items Of Interest Found
in ithef Yorkville ENQUIRER.


in ,the Yorkvills Enquirer. ],
It lis announced from Washing
ton that there will be no public
building bill at the present session
of Congress, and Yorkville, which
has been waiting and waiting,
will continue to wait for quite y
while yet.
The postoffice department has
Supplied Postmaster E. E. Poag of
Rock Hill with an army Colt re-
volver for the use Of the postoffice
messenger in Rock Hill and to re-
main in the postoffice at Rock
Hill at other times ready for use.
County Superintendent of Edu-
cation John f. Carroll said Mon
day that the close of the present
week will mark the, close OF prac.
tically all of the rural schools Of
York county. There are, how
ever, few rural schools whose
respective terms will not come to
close until the end of next week.
Dogs got into the sheep pasture
of Mr.. j. ID. Land, on York No. l,
a few nights ago and killed three
sheep before they were discov-
cred. Mr.. Land is very much dis
turbed over the situation because
it is very well understood that
when the dogs start on flock of
sheep they do not let up as long
as there are any, sheep left. 4
Considerable cotton was sold IN
Rock Hill last week. Various
merchants asked aubout it said
that their records of sales showed
that some cotton was selling. Most
of the cotton sold, however, was
low grade. There seems to be
little tendency on the part of
farmers of the Rock Hill territory,
to sell their better grades in any
considerable quantity.
Because of the unreasonable
weather of the past several weeks
fully 40 per cent of the farmers
of the Rock Hill territory who
had planted cotton will have to
pi6Irt over. according to the, esti-
mate of well informed farmers.
Ii is evident that at least a por,
ton of the crop of every farmer
WAS killed and consequently all
Of them are busy replanting, some
on more extensive scale than
others, of course.
Eleven of the leading business
houses of Glover have joined
forces with a view to offering
dollar day. bargains to the
Clover trade next Saturday. 1t
was announced yesterday that all
o: the stores and business estab-
lishments interested would make
unusually attractive special offer
ing on account of dollar day."
and it was expected that hundreds
OF people Of the town and the
community would take advantage
OF the special bargains offered
for the occasion.
County Treasurer III. f. Neil
and his assistants are about ready
to begin the work Of writing tax,
executions to be turned over to
the sheriff for collection in all
eases where persons have not paid
their 1920 taxes within the time
prescribed by law. 1t was stated
Monday that the time for writing
these executions may be gotten
under way this week. While the
officials could not say definitely.
they were rather of. the opinion
that there would be much larger.
n'mber of tax executions issued
fog the year 1920 than there were
for the previous wear.
Otis Fewell, 16, negro, who
figured in the courts several
weeks ago after he and his grand
mother, Violet Shaw, were arrest
cd charged with Fleeing Miss
Margaret Thompson of Ebenezer
ont of $500 by alleged hoodo
and hypnotic practices, is in bad
again. Fewell is alleged to have
struck negro boy of Rock Hill
over the head with bat last
Wednesday. seriously injuring
the boy. He escaped following
the alleged assault and police off,
GERS throughout the county have
been advised to be on the look
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