Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-26
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Some Items Of Fact, Some Of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
What Our Neishbors Are Saying ano
Doing.
Fort Mill Times, July q: With the
disappearance of the proprietor, Har-
ry Carros, the doors Of the Fort Mill
Candy Kitchen were locked Wednes-
day afternoon under orders Of the
sheriff. There are said to be, num-
Der of creditors of the business. Moth.
Ing has been seen of Carros in Fort
Viii since Sunday morning.-.........Mrs'
Mildred Wooton of Columbia, agent
for the child placing department OF
the state Board or Public Welfare
:. Monday brought to Fort Mill ana
placed in the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. X.
b. Num- a bright little boy five years
old who was recently put in the GUS
tody OF the board by the Connie Max
we'll orphanage authorities with the
request that they find q good nome
for him. Mr.. and Mrs. Num- plan 10
.adopt the little boy, the second one
they have secured from the board.
Both the child's parents are dead and
80 far as is known he has only one
living. relative, an uncle....-.-.....A two
story brick building is being erected
on Confederate street between the ial-
metto hotel and Starnes's garage
which will be the home Of The Times
after September !. The Fort Mill
Lumber company has the contract 10Y
the erection of the building......-."-'J
Frank Ashe, the Rev. r. c. Wilson
James Ashe and ]. Luther .Ashe o:
McConnellsville and w. n. AchH OF
Van Wyck. lancaster county. were
visitors to Fort Mill Tuesday after
noo::. rhe McConnellsviille party was
returning home from Van Wyck
where they had spent the day at the
home of w. n. Ashe.....-...~"John r.
Oates, for the past six months poss
dyer for the Fort Mill Manufacturing
company, is this week moving MS
family from their former home at New
Bedford, Mass, to Fort Mill. They
will occupy the old White mansion on
the outskirts Of town as soon as some
painting is done in the interior OF the
building, which, Notwithstanding the
fact that it was built SO long ago as
1892 and in recent years has been
used as a lodging house. is still III
good repair generally.~.~....The nrst
load of home-raised watermelons OF
the season was brought into town
from the country several days ago. the
melons sold at good prices. There IL
said to be the promise Of an abundant
crop in this section this year.~.-..-~J. L.
McElhaney Saturday afternoon sue
ceeded w. B. Ardrey as acting post
master Of Fort Mill. An effort hao
sbeen made to haveta ain inspector come
from Atlanta to check up the stock
and accounts of the office before the
transfer was made, but for some rea-
son the inspector failed to arrive. -
G. Culp will continue 10 act as aSsis-
tant >postmaster of the office.-....-.An
effort is being made by relatives ana
friends of "Fonk" Furr to secure MS
release from the state penitentlar9 OF
pardon or parole. Fnrr was sent up
for two wears from Kershaw county
several months ago after beng con-
yicted of bigamy. He is said to nave
been inmate of the prison hosp''a
practically ever since he began serving
his sentence Has the boil weeVll
reached Fort Mill township? {. T.
Crook who has observed the WORK oi
the weevil in both the lower sectioh
of South Carolina and in Georgia, Is
confident that it is established on the
farm of S. A. Epps in the Gold Hill
section OF the township. Several days
ago Mr.. Crook was requested 10 eX-
anime a number Of cotton squares tha'
had fallen to the ground on Mr.. Epps
farm and he said they had undoub,ed-
ly been attacked by the weeril. Oth-
ers who examined the squares anc
claimed to be familiar with the meth-
od of attack Of the weevil however
did not agree with Mr.. Crook.