Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-10-27
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items of Interest From
the Yorkville ENQUIRER.


week to appear before the gov
ernment cleanup squad which is
passing upon compensation claims
of soldiers. The squad began
work i'll Rock Hill Monday morn
ing and concluded Saturday. 1t
is stated that the examiners found
large numbers of ex-soldiers in
this section suffering from vari-
Gus causes and filed their claims
with the government.
Frank Roach post. American
Legion, of Rock Hill. Perry Gill.
post commander. is anxious to
have ex-SOldiers from every see
tlon of York county in Rock Hill
on November II. Armistice day,
as guests of the York County fair.
Frank Roach post is cooperating
with the fair association in try
ing TO get. every white Tex soldier
OF York county to come to Rock
Hill that day. A big dinner will
be served free of charge to all
soldiers and a most attractive
program is being arranged. Sec
retary Fcwell of the fair associa-
tion says that dinner will be pre-
pared for no less than 500 ex-
service men.
Sweet potatoes seem to be Il
drug on the Iorkville market. :"
said last Tuesday a fermer who
brought 25-buShcls into town to
sell and who couldn't do it. II
tried every store in town this
morning and every one of them
was already supplied iwth pota-
toes. If York county farmers are
going in for the culture of sweet
potatoes ON II big scale some ar
rangemcntS are going to have TO
be made for the sale of them. No
doubt there are many cities with
III IA radius of 100 miles of here
that would be glad to have all
we York county farmers have If
they also know about it, Also. if
this farmers should have potatoes
for sale next February. he will
have no trouble finding buyers.
Several thousand more fruit
trees will flourish on York county
farms next year as the result of
campaign for the planting of
more fruit trees which Miss Ju-
anita Neety, York county wo-
man $ home demonstration agent,
has Jujst completed in conjunc-
ton with the chamber of com
mercr of Rock Hill. During the
campaign. which closed last
Thursday, orders We're taken
from farmers for $500 strawber-
~ plants, 2,236 peach trees, $50
pear trees. 7 plum trees. $50 APP
pie trees, Is pecan trees, 80 cher
ry trees. = ounce trees, Is figs,
~ grape vines and l55 berry
plants. These trees and plants
will be distributed about Decem-
her | to Iorkville, Glover, Sha-
ron, Fort Mill and Rock Hill.
That the textile industry is
looking up by reason of the fact
that the demand for cotton goods
Is growing and at a profitable
price, is indicated by the fact that
ii number of the largest cotton
mills IN York county have re-
Gently increased the wages OF
their textile employees. Three of
the largest mills in Rock Hill in
creased wages from II to 20 per
cent last week and the Cannon
Manufacturing company of York
vile increased wages of its en-
ployceS 10 per cent. effective with
the beginning of operations Mon
day morning. The Arcade and
AragOn cotton mills of Rock Hill
increased the wages of their EN-
ployeeS 10 per cent last week and
the Blue Buckle cotton mills of
Rock Hill raised wages 20 per
cent last week. 1t was learned
Monday that other textile plants
IN York county have voluntary
wage increase under considera-
tiOn.