Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-01

| dtneF ana OOfl DdnqueI riltst eStHiS
Affair-Cotton Association PresI-
dent Sees No Hope for Cotton
Market Increase-Many Worthless
Checks Uttered-Other News and
Notes of the York County Metro
polls.
(By Staff Correspondent)
Rock Hill, Feb. 2G.-Charged with
the theft Of two automobiles from q
| Charlotte concern and with beating Il
board bill TO the amount of $50. a
white man giving his name as S.
Clansy Mungo was arrested here today
by Chief OF Police j. N. Youngblood
and Deputy Marshal Frank G.. Allen.
Mungo will be taken to Charlotte for
trial. 1t is(alleged that Mungo bought
two Fords in Charlotte. representing
himself as another Rock Hill man. 1t Is
said. that when he purchased the cars
he gave another name and insisted
that the automobile dealer call up a
Rock Hill bank to ascertain validity Of
the checks. When the dealer called the
bank asking. if the check Of the man
whom Mungo purported to be was good
the reply was that it was o. x. He got
an automobile which he sold n short
time afterward in Charlotte.
He is alleged to have obtained a
second car using part Of the money
that he obtained for the sale Of the
first car for payment. He is alleged
TO have brought the second automobile
to Rock Hill and then trouble started.
The automobile dealers notified Rock
| Hill officers VIXEN the check was pro-
tested to be on the. look out for Mungo
When Deputy Allen approached the
man today seeking to collect payment
on the board bill, Mungo assured the
officer that If he would wait short
time until he collected money from
the sale Of an automobile he would pay
the bill.
"Yes, we also have Il warrant for you
for the theft Of two automobiles" the
officers explained. Seeing the jig was
up, Mungo quietly went along with the
officers TO the city police station. He
is said to be carpenter, is about %
years Of age and has a family.
Many Checks for Collection.
Magistrate ]. f. Wingate Of Catawba
township is said to have no less than
100 checks in his possession, given him
!-hy-ba4iness peoplc--of Rock Hill and
II, n I
the checks at the banks on which they
were drawn developing the information
insufficient funds" One of, the hard
est hit local firms in the way of worth
less checks is said to be 4 local rcstau-
| rant which has many Of them, the ma
! iority being small sums, the drawers
of the checks having dropped In at
different times for Il meal and rendered
the worthless paper in payment there
Of. Circulation Of worthless checks
around Rock Hi2l, il is said. is Il matter
that is giving local business people no
| little amount of uneasincss.
Commission Asks for Authority.
The Catawba township road COM
mission which consists Of Dr. j. t.
Johnson, c. D. Reid and w. Hall
Spencer, has asked the York county
legislative delegation TO pass an act
girii:- tho commission power to borrow
$4,000 for use in road work in the
township. The purpose Of the act ac-
cording to tho chairman of the road
commission, is to put the commission
in position where its paper will be
more easily negotiable. The annual
road tax in the hands OF the commits
sion totals in the neighborhood OF sl0,-
600 year and the purpose of the act
il is said, is to enable them to borrow
the money ahead and thus expedite
the work. Since the appointment of the
township road commission. plans Tor
the promotion Of rOadwork IL the
township have gotten well under way
and the commission believes that 1t
/ will br able to give the taxpayers OF
| Catawbl full value for their money. a
number Of public spirited people of the
community have volunteered their SER
vices in dragging the roads and doing
other work Among those who have
already done considerable work gratis
arc Mcssls. X. S. puag and J. S. Glass
cock
Growing in Favor.
Rock Hill is growing in favor us q
center for the purchase of Indies wear
and dress goods. a number Of ladies
from Charlotte came down today to
shop in Rock Hill, finding that they
could get better values here than they
could in Charlotte. Almost every day
ladies' from all sections Of York county
come TO Rock Hill to shop. There
we're a number Of Yorkvillc ladies here
:lay.
Eastern Teachers Meet.
\ number OF teachers of the Rock
Hill schools and many of those from
schools around the country went TO
Fort Mill today OH account OF the
meeting Of the Eastern Division Of the
York County Teachers Association.
The programme was an interesting
one and the attendance upon the meet
ing was unusually large.
To Go 10 County Jail.