Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-21
GARNERED With SCISSORS
News From Within and Without
the County.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Some Items Of Fact, Some of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea Of
What Our Neislbors Are Saying and

and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
What Our Neislibors Are Saying and
Doing. -. ,.....
Lancaster News, Jan. 1e: Mrs. Fl. +.
Barr and Miss Lula Pittman spent
Saturday in Columbia attending the
funeral of their uncle, John Green
Sims. of that city. Mr.. Sims was Il
guest of his, niece. Mrs. Barr during
the Christmas holidayS-----.......Col. and
Mrs. Leroy :; Springs have returned
from a stay of several weeks in New
YorkJudge Ernest Moore is in
Charleston for a three weeks term OF
court. J. B. Johnson, OF Rock
Hill, met with the Lancaster county
cotton farmers at the courthouse yes
terday and urged the Importance of
presenting q united front toward re-
ducing the acreage OF cotton in Lam
caster county during the coming year.
In a very forceful address he showed
his audience the actual need OF the
farmer not planting more than one
third Of his cultivated land in cotton.
which need he said was caused by the
inability of countries that formerly
used cotton to buy or even set within
their borders the cotton few years
ago they were getting from America.
:........... Married January 10. 1921. John
R. Montgomery and Miss Bonnie
Small, daughter of W. J. Small, OF
Pleasant Hill township, b. +. Adams.
Notary Public, officiating.
Chester Reporter, Jan. II: Harry
Webb and Albert Modlin two Of the
FIVE young men arrested in Rock Hill
in connection with the robbery OF
Westbrook G. McNeil's store near Lam
do and other crimes. were brought
from Rock Hill this morning by De-
putty Sheriff James G. Howe and
committed to Jail. The other three
are wanted for the theft of Win
throp students trunk. and are in jail
at York.. Mr.. F. B. Fitch. former
resident of Chester, is here to buy cot
ton for the American Export and I'M
port Corporation, and will have head
quarters at the store of Geo. w. 6yars
& Co. Mr.. Fitch will be on&the mark
ct for all grades of cotton. and If he is
able to secure a sufficient amount Of
the staple will be here permanently
..:......... The city's filter plant was con-
siderably damaged by fire early Fri
day morning, the fire originating in an
automatic electric switch and spread
ing to all parts Of the filter house
when the oil , in which the contacts
are encased exploded, thus throwing
the burning liquid over the machin-
cry and to all parts OF the room. All
nfItthe pumps were put out OF COM
mission, and the auxiliary plant had
to-; be brought into play. However,
one of the pumps was got into running
shape within few hours, and tenn
porary roof was put on the. building
Saturday, and the premises cleaned
off,, Further work will be deferred un-
til the arrival of the insurance adjust
ers. The city carries $1,000 insurance
on the building. and $500 on the
machinery. The fire was much moro
serious than generally thought. and
with a little more headway would have
occasioned far more serious damage
than was the case.".....-.Mr. q. +. Love.
the son of Mr. s. L. Love Of Lowry
vile, who served several months in
the war, and Miss Lille Canupp, the
daughter Of Mr.. d. Z. Canupp. one OF
Bullock's Greeks most charming
young ladies were happily united i'll
marriage Wednesday night, January
18th at 7.3O o'clock by Rev. j. H. Var
borough............The receipt Of large
orders by the Baldwin and SPRING
stein Mills is not only local mani
festation of return to "normalcE'
the same thing is reported from
most of the mills throughout this Sec
tion, and means that the worst is over,
and that conditions are beginning to
back just to where they were, so far
as the price of cotton is concerned
the indications are that the extreme
sluggishness that has prevailed for
the last few months will soon disap-
pear, and the money part, the indus
trial world and things generally Will
move along at livelier clip. TO the
good old tune of prosperity......."..A
small still and quantity Of mash
were discovered in the home Of Israel
Miller. colored, on the Lancaster road
Saturday afternoon by county Off
GERS. Miller had previously been ar
rested by city officers on 4 charge Of
Transporting. Miss Mabel Roberts,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Rob-
erts, of the Armenia section, was bur-
led yesterday at New Hope NJ. z.
church graveyard the service being
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Eoulware. Miss
Roberts died in olnmbia.............The
spirited effort that will he made by
some of the citizens Of the eastern
side Of the county to prevent that sec
tion's being transferred to York coun-
ty-not that they have anything par
ticularly against York county, but Just
doesn't care to be transferred from