Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-08
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What Our Neishbets are. Saying and
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Fort Mill Times, 'Mareh'a: j: LEE
capps Of Fort Mil Sunday received
Word of;a: painful accident with which
: his: brother. c. T.: Capps,' met in Jack =
senville, Fla; Saturday, afternoon: Mr.,
:apEs Operates a foundry in jackson
.yitler and an. oil tank on which he was
doing some repair work exploded,
: burning seriously his left#arm and
side. Miss Carolina Carothers,
tehcher:i in the high school department
nf .the,Fort Mill graded school, was
painfully injured last Thursday after
noon by being struck on the head by
aaswingSng door at the school and has
since been confined to her room. Miss
.Earothers swas, unconscious for a while
following The. accident She was about
TO pass through the door when it was
/. opened ."hurriedly from the opposite
side and struck with considerable
force. IT was: feared for a day or two
thar :it might: become necessary for
4issIC Carotfers to undergo an opera.
,Jon as. a result Of the Injury. but yes
/. trrtsuy her condition was said to be
considerably improved. miss Edna
L.a~rence, was. able Monday. morning
10 return to her duties as teacher of
Esnglish,,in the high:school department
of;the Fort Mill 2graded. school after
being iii of measles AT her home at
Sharon for several ys::........:..:.Nfrs. .... j..
j.. McGregor Of Huntsville, Ala,
daughter. of Mrs. Augusta Culp Of Fort
Min; ;.tas;heen seriously ill at>her home
for. :sevei.al days. but word received
iron, sser,bedside a day or two ago said
mat, She twas considerably improved.
10 uarters of the Forst Mill troop,
Roy Scouts Of America; have been fitted
,rn>in the graded school building and
,litlt The coming Of spring renewed
intsrcst;: In the, organization is being
manifested. Bruce H. Stribling is
scnutnlster of the troop. ,Scrgt.
Robert b. White, who for a number Of
years had Been member of the hos
nital, eerns at Fort. Mcpherson, Allan
ta,. has Been transferred to Fort Mors
: gan Alabama. Sergt. Whites home is
in Fort Mill, township. He has been,
in the army FOR 2o-odd years.. B. M:
Bradford is erecting a store room on
East. Hal street in which. he expects
te.open. grocery business within the
, next month: Mr Bradford is an ex-
rerieaced, groeerNsnan aaayjng. fer. years
hrcn engaged In the business in, Fort
Mill and nearby :, towns. Charged
with attempted criminal assault upon
an. II Hcar old girl in. the. upper sec:
ton of Fort Mill Tuesday afternoon,
Gtalsde Gordon, young white man. was
arrested about. s O'Clock Tuesday
e srs,,,lr7 by Special, Constable ". D..
Potts on a warrant swora out before
Magistrate J. R.. Halle by the father
of, thr.:girl. Gordon was taken" to
Rock Fill Tuesday evening by Officer
3. Potts +" and left at the city prison,
whence. he was to be taken to York
fail Wednesday morning by Sheriff
Quinn The story of the alleged crime
asITold .by the child to Officer Potts
was to the effect that She had gone TO
The home of her uncle Tuesday after
noon to"assist her grandmother about
n soft drink stand which is run in the
house Gordon came to the stand in
the absence of the grandmother and
c.tltit} for some candy. A door opens
beti wceIl the room in which the soft
. drinks ARE sold and bedroom and
Gordon carried the child through this
door: into the bedroom, according to
the story. and in this latter room is
said 10 have. committed the crime with
which h" is charged. Officer Potts is
authority for the statement that when
ha nelsstnd Gordon, the accused man
iz,il he knew nothing of the crime
With which he was charged. Gordon
appeared to have been drinking" said
. ,i!p ftcer.There are said to be
no indications OF resumption of work
At fSirhartt mill No. 2, at Carhartt
notwithstanding the report which was
circulated several weeks ago to the
cfiuT that differences having been
sr,,i-d between the owner of the MILL
.Hainilton Carhartt. and the employees
vino went to strike last April. it was n
matter of few days only until the
plant would again be in operation.
Yesterday The Times was informed
that many of the houses in the mill
yilinFe ARE still unoccupied and that
no families have recently moved into
ts!n village. Fort Mill is not
represented on the diamond this year
by team that will be able to-. win
Hiany games it will not be because of
lack of enthusiasm on the. part Of
many fans or the community. who
h.'d meeting in the town. hall last
aiEht at which plans for pldcing y
t..am in, the field were thoroughly
Considered. A number Of short talks
we're made in 'behaff of the organiza
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