Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-08
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Some Items of Fact, sane of Comment
and ALI Helping: to Give an: Idea OF
What Our Neishbors Are Saying and
Doing. -; .2a>r! -
Rock Hill, Herald, Feb. 4: An an
alrsds2 OF water. taken from the big
main on Johnson street, Shows it is
:stil contaminated, although water
,;lkeu from Main street is pronounced
Gi:SS;k., and for this reason, DR.. J. R.
IIfaler recommends that those using
water on the Johnson Street line con-
TIME TO boil water used for domes-
tic PURPOSES. 1t Is believed that the
trouble is confined to this particular
:. lii,c and frequent flushing under high
! pressure will be made in an effort to
clear The line Of the bacteria.----....Last
! evening DR.. Howard Rondthaler'
former district governor of Rotary,
= was the guest of honor at a luncheon
Dyy the local Rotary club. The affair
was greatly. enjoyed by the local mem
bcrs and the talk Of the guest of hon
n.!, was listened to with great inter-
est! President D. B. Johnson has
returned from Columbia where he
:went:to appear before the house ways
and means committee to present the
needs Of winthrop college. The COM
aitt*e heard DR.. Johnson Wednesday
night and while, of course, nothing
definite was assured, President john
son was assured that it was not
The Intention of the committee to in
any way cripple the work Of the in
stitmtion. The committee also indi-
raiticd That it would recommend sum
o.. money for the completion of the
new lorn,itor:y, in order that $50 adj
ditiotnal students might be accommo-
dated at the next session.
Fort Mill Times, Feb. 8: Saturday
evening about o'clock on White
street near the Southern railway de-
pot.sevcral shots were fired by Police
Omicer v. ID. Potts at Ford automo-
lille in which Hugh Wisher, owner of
The car, -Callie. A. ("Whacker") Smith
and James Archer, all Fort Mill citi-
zens, were returning to Fort Mill from
Charlotte. One Of the bullets entered
the rear end of the car near the tail
light The men were suspected or
having whiskey in the car in viola
tipn al the prohibition laws. it was
stated. and refused to stop when Oh
lei;eil ID do so by the officer. They
rrocee,lei ZIP White street beyond the
town limits, according to the report
current IN the streets Saturday night.
hut returned to town within :ew
minutes and all we're then arrested
and the car searched. Less than q
half. n,int 0f liquor was found in the
1NarIy. i.ut two of the men, Wisher and
S!nf,h. wcce held until Sunday morn
, ing and wore then released on bond.
lrGnii;' the case against the men was
setiIad hy each paying the town
anr:: :Fnioss- the general assembly
alsqnro Sriatry before the end of the
present session. about three weeks
away. approximately $4,000 to care
FOR Tho deficiency due numerous school
,?f$rrii:ts throughout the state as re-
s,iIr nr .,i,r act of 1920 guaranteeing an
fn,,,,,..S.. ior :,uillic school teachers. the
present session of the Fort Mill grad
.l sci.ool :rnbni,ly will come to close
- 1.actor6aV
said on "i the trustees of the school.
The 1920 act provided substantial
infi'S:,sr Tor The public school teachers
Who's" districts; took steps to meet the
requirements nf the act, and the Fort
Mil school district came within the
pr,vj,innS nf the act The Increased
salar;rs t"r the Fort Mill teachers Gid
moi I<G Effect until the beginning OF
;ir. present session the first of last
Sapl"rlin What is considered
tir. outstanding hard luck story of the
season jo:. this section is wrapped up
in The .:xperience of a Fort Mill man
%i.n sorre months ago bought a sec
prl hand Ford car for which he PAID
500. After keeping the car for sew
rinr months and finding meanwhile
,l,:,, repairs on it had eaten up nearly
Slln. more, the owner told his sons, two
boys about grown, that they could
have the car to do with as they pleas
ell provided they did not ask him to
stend another cent on it. The boys tried
to run the car for few days and then
t.iey too became disgusted with it.
Hearing of farmer in the communit"
who had a milk COW he wished to dis
pose Of. the boys asked him If lie
would trade the cow for the Ford.
':he farmer said he would if given 20
tIucks ITO boot" The trade was made
es the farmer had stipulated with the
exception that he threw in" dog.
Tie boys took the cow home and the
following day she died. Later they
sold the dog for s5...--"1f the people
ri Fort Mill want to put this town on
tie. map of the United States good and
strong they are in position to do so
Nv reviring seriously the proposition
advanced some years ago for the
township to sccede from South Caro-