Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-29
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items Of Interest From
the Yorkville Enquirer.

remarked Dr. w. w. Fennell,
while in Yorkville the other day.
'These small bullets like they
use in most other places give
trouble' enough, but these big
bullets, such as they use here and
down in Kershaw, ase still more
difficult to handle.''
Along with the regular taxes
this year the treasurer will col
lect from dog owners an extra
tax of $l.25 for each dog owned
by them, and issue, to the dog
owners a tax paid tag. which tag
the dog will have to wear as evil
dcnce OF the payment. After the
time for the payment of taxes ex-
plrcs, dogs without collars will
be subjected to seizure and their
owners will be subject to penal
ties.
That business is picking up is
the common testimony. Tuesday
morning travelling business man
said that his collections last Sat
urday We're better than they had
been for months. "Of course
said he, Eve have been selling
goods all along, some for cash
and some OH credit, but for some
time collections have been simply
bum. | believe things are going
to be better from now on
II do not know how III come
out at it, but | am going to make
Il try said John Cameron, who
lives about 3 l-2 miles south of
lorkville. Il am going to put
ont several thousand peach trees
on my home place. | have been
told by people who know that |
have exactly the right kind of
soil, and although it is hit or
miss proposition we all know that
we get a good peach crop i'll this
locality with reasonable 'frequen-
cy. | have the money. il is mine,
and | am going to make the eX-
pertinent.
1T is very well to talk of
freight rates not having anything
to do with the price of goods
said Il local furniture dealer,
but We know better than that.
Take thOeS tables over there for
instance. We sell them at $l5
each and % cents out of each
dollar Of the cost price goes for
freight. In other words, where
we paid IS cents for tables, we
paid 13 cents for freight OF
course it does not run that much
all along the line. In the case of
rugs, for instance, the freight
does not run more than per
cent of their value. That is be-
cause of the unbrcakable charac.
ter, the smaller bulk and the
higher cost price i'll proportion.
George A. and u. NJ +. Nc
Carter of the Bethany neighbor-
hood were arrested by Magistrate
Quinn and posse on last Thurs
day,charged with operating d still.
The officers had been to the still
the day before and left it with
out breaking it up. They went
back Thursday and concealed
themselves nearby. The two Nc
Carriers came up and the officers
arrested them. They claimed they
had nothing to do with the still,
but having heard of the presence
of the officers OH the previous day
came to see what had been done.
Both We're put under bond for
appearance at court.
Frank l.. James, Carl j. Gaul-
den and James ID. GriSt of York
Vile are suffering from painful
cuts and bruises as the result of
an automobile wreck that occur
red during IA JOY ride on the
Adairs Ferry road on the western
outskirts of Iorkville last Satur-
day night shortly after II o clock.
The three young meu were riding
N single-scated torpedo body
Ford runabout, James driving,
when Suddrly the car left the
road. shot up five or six foot
cmbankment, turned about nose
first and spilled all three to the
ground. McsSrS. James and Gaul-
din We're so seriously hurt as to
be unable to get up, but MIR.