Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-07-21
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items Of Interest Pound
lin the Yorkville Enquirer.

Ilttie cotton mas been SOLO On
the Rock Hill market for the past;
ten days or more and indications
Monday were that there would
be nightly little selling in the
near future. A Rock Hill ware
houseman who is familiar with
storage conditions in the city,
told The Enquirer's correspond
ent Saturday morning that there
were no less than $1,000 bales OF
cotton, the property of farmers,
stored in Rock Hill warehouses.
An aftermath Of the Fourth of
July celebration in Yorkville is
some 40-odd worthless checks
which have been placed ia the
hands of Magistrate Fred c..
Black for collection. Most of the
checks are for small amounts,
given to merchants and other
business people by people of Sin
Sufficient funds" during the cele-
bration.
Sam X. Moore, substitute mail
carrier on Glover No. 1, had a
narrow escape from death when
his horse was killed by lightning
near Bethany church Tuesday af-
ternoOn. Mr.. Moore was render
ed unconscious by the bolt and it
was some time before he was able
to grasp the situation. The buggy
was uninjured.
The country store" or curb
market originated in Rock Hill
some weeks ago by Miss Juanita
Neely, woman $ home demonstra-
ton agent for York. county, con-
,inues to do a good business on
Saturdays: A large quantity of
country produce, inelud;xg chick,
ems, butter, eggs and vegetables,
Was brought i'll by ladies from
The countryside Saturday morn
ing and as usual most OF it, was
disposed Of at priees satisfactory
- everybody concerned.
Work of making the necessary
excavations for the new school
building to be erected in Clover
has been commenced. The new
building will join the present
building and it is proposed to
push construction work as rap
IDLY as possible. The new build
ng, it is stated, will hardly be
ready for occupancy by the time
the fall term of school opens.
Construction work on the new
was brouht in by the ladies from
,ng IN Clover is also being push
ed rapidly. The building is be-
'ng erected by day labor in charge
OF a competent overseer. The ed
lllce will not be completed for
several months.
Alleging that he poisoned about
lS OF his chickens valued at $50,
Louis Roth, Yorkville merchant,
has issued a warrant for o. &.
taylor, superintendent of the
orkville oil mill, charging mali
cious mischief. Taylor denies
poisoning hoth's chickens, but
ciaims that he did throw some
dough over the Roth side Of the
-rnce that the chickens might be
attracted to it and incidentally
taught to stay at home. Inciden-
tally Taylor comes back at Roth
with the charge that Roth's son,
Louis, got the Taylor goat by
pouring gasoline on it and then
setting 1t OH fire. The matter is
scheduled for a hearing in Mag
isirute Blacks court as soon as
.he court of general sessions is
over.
Cotton, corn, garden vegeta-
bles, timber and other property
suffered serious damage last
tuesday from the effects of a
fierce storm that swept over the
Union and Filbert neighborhoods.
four miles north of Yorkville, in
The afternoon between 2 and 3
o clock. In spots the rain came
down in volume that was sugges-
tive of cloudbursts, and in other
places in showers that were CO.
pIous, but not excessive. The hail
fell In like manner, i'm some pla-
| ces almost running the crops and