Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-12
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News From. Within and Without
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Some Items Of Fact, Some of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea Of
What Our Neishbors Are Saying and

Fort Mill Nnes, April Z: fallure
marked the efforts Monday. of the
Fort Mill township, road commission
to secure from; the county one of the
road trucks recently loaned the county
by the Federal government. Super
visor Hugh Brown informed the COM
mission that the work Of the county
road forces would be seriously hafdi-
capped should he comply with their
request st............ There is nothing doing
in PineVille this week in the way Of
news, sensational or otherwise yes
terday said the chief operator to The
Times. Nobody carved up with
razor, no citizen in Jail for taking un-
to himself an extra wife and nobody
planning to raid his neighbors hen
roost, so far as is known. This is
real nice community and healthy. Why
don't you Fort Mill people vote your
selves into North Carolina-f for no
other reason, to be able to live in the
same county and state with Pineville?
.Testifying Tuesday at the trial
OF the Ross will case in Monroe, n c"
C., C. McIlwaine Of Fort Mill, who was
one of the witnesses to the signing on
the will of Miss Maggie Ross, in which
she beuueathed the principal part OF
large estate. to two negroes. said ne
considered Miss Ross Of sound mind
when she signed the will. Another
witness to the signing of the will said
he thought the woman weak minded.
Miss Ross home was at Marvin Union
county, N. c., - miles from Fort Mill.
She died several years ago and when
her will was probated it became known
that the chief benefciaries under 1t
were a. negro man, Bob Houston and
daughter. ....Mill No. of the Fort
Mill Manufacturing company is closed
for the week A notice posted IN the
mill last week stated that until ar
rangements were made to the con-
1rary the mill would operate only every
other week. The Times is informed
that the condition of the white goods
market is responsible for the mill run
ming on half time........Meach ThoWer
Of York spent Sunday and Monday
with friends in Fort Mill. Recentl!
Nr., Thrower gave up the place he mad
with the Episcopal orphanaGe near
York Tor the last two years ana Is
thinking Of again making his nome III
Fort Mill. and Mrs. j. e. Mills
have issued invitations to the marriage
at. their home in Fort Mill on Wednes-
day afternaani- April 29, Of their niece.
Miss Frances Josephine Smith, to MI:
Avery. Clarence Crayton. Miss Smith
la al former teacher in the Fort MIL
Graded school and is popular with
vide circle Of friends in Fort Mill.
Eort some time she has made her nome
iSt;Chaflotte: Mr. Crayton is a ousl-
r}ass man Of Charlotte....-.... Yesteroa!
tie condition of JoGiah H. Coltharp'
Fort Mill townships oldest citizen
who has been seriously i'll for some
tttrie at his home Il few miles nortn
Of town, showed little Improvement
Mr. Coltharp is suffering from weak
heart and the infirmaties Of age. he IS
Unable to lie down and is therefore
fbrced to sleep in chair. MI. COL
thatp is a Confederate veteran ana Is
one of the communitys best cltlzens'
His illness is q matter OF much con-
carn of his frfendS..-.---.....Persons WHO
We're interested in having the county
a aksi,me control Of the road recently
opened by Senator s. E. Bales oe-
tween Bailes's bridge and the Dooy S
bridge road. which it intersects at
point near the home Of D. G. kimnreli'
one and one-half miles south OF town.
were told Monday by Hugh Brown
SUPERVISOR of York county, that the
boArd of county com nissioners woulo
take official action upon their propo-
sition when the law relative 10 the
county taking over new roads hao
been complied with. The old road 10
Bales bridge from the Doby's bridge
road is an R. +. =. route and IN any
event the county authorltits cannot
divert the mail from it TO the new road'
Z Chester Reporter, April I: DR.. ROD
eft G. Lee, the new pastor Of the First
BAPTIST church. and family will arrive
here this afternoon from Edgefield, and
Dr. Leo will enter upon his new WORK
at once. Chester has, perhaps
never beheld Il more complete trarcsty
on baseball than the game pulled OH
here Monday afternoon by the fhiia-
delphia. Nationals and Rochester IN
tArnationals and it is safe to say that
there will not be any demand from the
fans of Chester for another barn storm
ing exhibition until the memories OF
Mondays game are no more. PMlaoei-
phIa dispatched it's regular corps ol
pitchers to Greenville for tho series
with the Athletics. and sent LOT OIL
ioke slabbers to Chester that must
have been recruited en- route between
Columbia and here. while Rochesters
first two pitchers were even worse. Ihe
cunditlon Of the grounds, OF course
excused some of the fumbles ana Some
OF the grounders that were not Iaggeo
down. but absolute Incidence ana IN