Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-03-31
NEWS OF YoRKE0UlRTY
TOLD I'm PARA0RAHHS
Items Concerning People and
Thingss Briefly. RelAteSrby,y
the: Yorl1ville EnQuinsra.,

Thingsa BrieaEs RelAteSrPy,y
the; Yorkville Enquirsrs.,
The mercantile, stock of MRS.
Minnie, :, A. Hood, at Hickory
Grove, bankrupt, I was, sold re-
Gently at public nauction. .,4tor the
Hart Grocery company Of York
vile for 1925.
Harry McCluney, Rob Taylor
and Corbett Hunt. white, men,
who, have been in Jail in York.
vile. for several weeks awaiting
trial, onn,a charge Of stealing the
trunk of Miss Myra- Hunter. a
Winthrop college girl, were taken
to Chester Monday. They are
wanted in that county to answer
charge of robbing, q store near!
LandO.
The worst stretch of Road be-.
tween Yorkville and Fort Mill
just now is at point near Ca
tawba river bridge, between Fort
Mill and the river, according to
persons, who, We're. over the road
few days ago. .s Fort Mill town.
ship people it is said, have plans
for. the building ~ of IA concrete
road from the smaini square of
Fort Mill to the river.bridge.A.
Robbery Of the store. of G.. c.
Deese & Co. some time last Tues
day, night was reported to the
sheriff's Office Wednesday,: 1t is
estimated, that goods valued at
about $400 was, stolen. No money
was obtained for the reason that,
none as.left in the, cash drawer
at the close of he days business
Tuesday. Sheriff Quinn visited
the store Wednesday, but was un-
able to obtain any positive. clue,
There is a theory that the store
was - robbed by some passing.
tramp.
p, o. Purvis, textile operative,
of Rock. Hill, has been bound
over to the court of general, ,ses--
sions under $500 bond by Magis-
trate j. f. Wingate Of Catawba
township, to answer, a charge Of,
malicious mischief. According. to
testimony given the magistrate,
Purvis was intoxicated In Rock
Hill last Saturday night when he
was accosted by. two strange men
who wanted to give him a drink.
They invited him into freight
caboose in the railroad yards and
! there, it is said, they tried to rob
him of 81. Purvis is said to have
handled his two assailants rather
roughly and in doing the job he
tore up things in the cab quite
bit.
DR.. D.B.,Johnson, president Of
Winthrop college, Tuesday de-
clared that Winthrop did not re-
ceive fair deal4at. the hands of
the recent South Carolina, Gem
eral Assembly. d. The. General As,
sembly, he charged, failed to pro-
vide funds for the college that
are absolutely essential to it's well
fare and progress. Although
Winthrop's property is valued at
50 2,250,000, according to figures
presented by the college presi-
dent, the entire investment Of the
State since the college was estab-
lished has been only $831,l1
The balance Of the sum has been
secured from other sources.
Yorkville is to have city hall
which will cost complete about
$4,000, according to plans drawn
by Julian s. Starr, architect of
Rock Hill. City council, already,
has decided to build, the city hall
and the proposition will be fnans
ced through a building and loan
association which has agreed to
furnish fthe money. The, city hall
will be a two-story brick struct-
ure, according to present, plans,
an auditorium with a seating. ca
pacity of 500 occupying the Sec
ond floor This auditorium will
be- equipped, with a commodioqs
stage and dressing rooms. Quar-
ters will be provided in, the build
ing for a large council chamber
in. which police court will also be
held, offices for the city clerk and
treasurer, chief of police and the
superintendent of the town water,
light and power department.. =,
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