Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-21
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News From Within and Without
~, the County.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
,lssine Items Of Fact, Some Of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea Of
What Our Neishbors Are ssyyins. and

Doing.
Fort -MiIlzTimes, June 49,. The con
crete tie recently invented by A. l..
Crane of Fort Mil; o. description Of
which was printed III; ;;Ehe Times 'sev-
eral weeks ago, lis soon. to- be given a
thorough test op$the; main line of the
Southern railway in Cha Flotte,r N. c.
Following a conference which Mr..
Crane. was to have in Charlotte today
with J. S. Lemond chief engineer OF
maintenance of way and structures
Of the Southern, he expects to begin
The manufacture in Fort Mill at once
Of q number of the ties, so that the
test can be made with as little delay
as possible.............The body of Burse
Alexander, 16 year old son OF J. F. AL
exander of Steel Creek, MecNenburg
country, who was drowned in the Cat
aWba near Steel Creek school house
Sunday afternoon on his 18th birth
day, was recovered Monday afternoon
at o'clock,.......,T remarkable in
stance of child shaving ten living an
cestors is presented in the case of the
little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
: Walker. born May &c. at their hone in
village No. 2 Of the Fort Mill Manu-
featuring company. Besides it's moth
er and father, the baby has two liI-
ing .grandfathers. Alex Watford and
/. c. Walker; two grandmothers, Mrs.
Alex ;Watford and Mrs. L: c. Watrord;
one great-grandfather, ]. A. Walker,
and three Observation-Disclosures Nrs.
Mandie Alexander, Mrs. ]. D. Wilson
and Mrs. r. D. Walker, all Of whom
are residents of Fort Mill. The little
girl has been christencd Ruth Estelle.
.......... ... Wilburn Ferguson, manager OF
!. the Fort Mill baseball team, which
Withdrew from a game in Chester a
faw days ago with the Eureka mill
team Of that city because OF decls-
ION Of. the umpire, has received let
ter from the manager Of the Eureka
team, NJ. e. kirkpatrick, in which 1t Is
stated that 'the umpire's. decision
against you was not corEect, for which
I5wish to apologize. as 1T is our sole
ai,n;tto play clean ball" Although
iiis;fefitire life has been spent in Beth
el:;tow;nrship. within II. IL miles of
E6tt MIN. Tuesday. Robt; saye Riddle,
leaaing citizen Of that section Of the
cSGntY, was visitor here for the first
1.-THE: =. With him came Ed. Brandon,
ahother well known Bethel citizen.
They expected to take up here with
the York and Mecklenburg boards OF
county commissioners the location OF
thes catawba river = bridge (which the
two counties, are planning to build.
They.failed.to meet the county boards
here, however owing to misinforma-
tion given them as TO the hour they
probably would be"iu Fort Mill. Asked
why it was he had never before been
in Fort Mill, Mr. Riddle, said the town
was an exceedingly out-of-the-way
place for Bethel township citizens and
that although he had several times
arranged to come here, something had
as often happened to prevent the trip.
ut may surprise YOU said Mr. Riddle,
sto learn that while it is only II IL
miles. from here to my home If one
crosses the Catawba at the nearest
point in Mecllenburs county, there IS
no bridge across the river up there
and it is necessary for. rs to travel As
miles through the central and eastern
sections Of the county to get to Fort
Mil" Mr.. Riddle was one of the first
citizens Of the county to urge the leg
islatiye delegation to make an appro-
priation TO build the proposed river
bridge jointly with Meckleaburg coun-
ty. Tuesday he expressed the opinion
that after the bridge is built many
people will come from Bethel town
ship to Fort MIL to trade.
Chester Reporter, June 16: While
out on his farm few days ago Mr..
II. T. Boyd, Of the Cornwell neighbor-