Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-08-25
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Current Items of Interest Found
in the Yorkville ENQUIRER.

Hill chamber of commerce is try
ing to get in touch with the imdi-
annapolis (lnd.) baseball team
with view to trying to interest
them III coming to Rock Hill for
spring training next year.
Il feeln4uite sure that the York
county chaingang will not have
completed its. work in Catawba
township by September l, and |
think they will be doing, fine if
they complete the work by Jan
uary |. said w. Hall Spencer.
n'ember of the Catawba township
.'oad commission.
Officers and members of the
Frank Roach post of the Ameri-
IAN Legion are considering the
.'ra OF inviting the South Caro-
ma department of the American
Legion to hold its annual con
vention for 1922 in Rock Hill. 1t
las not been definitely decided
yet whether the invitation will be
trtcnded to the convention at it's
\cwberry meeting. but definite
decision will be reached within
he next few days.
On. yes. we've got plenty OF
oolH wrcvilS. said &. ID. Reid.
prominent tatawba township far
mrr when the correspondent ask
c'' about it Saturday. "They are
dong some DAMAGE Mr.. Reid
went on to say, land am ex
1cctmg that the effect OH the
crop is going 10 be very marked
between now and October -. The
poll wcevil is here to stay and
the sooner we farmers generally
realize that fact and begin to
make arrangements to grow
crops other than cotton the bet
or of we are going to be-.
Mr.. w. :. Pcrcival of the Og-
len nrighborhood was in York
VILE Monday on business. Asked
about the bolt weevil in his see
lion. he said that there is no
doubt of the fact that the weevil
~ there. "On the farm of Mr..
N'aglc. a near neighbour he said.
you cannot only see what the
wrrvll has been doing. but you
can see the wrcvil himself. He is
also AT work on Mr.. ". l.. John
son $ farm. do not know GER
AMY whether | have any weevils
or not.
Martha Ratchford. negress, said
o b" at lcaS, 40 years of age.
iicd Sunday of the imfirmities of
old age and was buried i'm the
cemetery AT Mount Zion church
for colorrd people near McCon-
nclISvillc Monday, Il large crowd
G! co!orcd people attending the
'Hnrral. The old ncgress. who is
sad to have had remarkably good
health during he long lifetime.
recently became sick at the home
OF her Sonn-law who lives on
Mr. Il. NJ. Bratton 5 place in Be
theSda township. Some people
claim that she was considerably
more than 10 years of age. bur
that was the age stated .bv her
son on the burial certificate.
ork county farmers will not
nave the benefit of the services
OF il United States cotton grader
during the coming yeaf. accord
ihg To announcement Saturday of
DR.. }. b. Johnson, president of
h" York County Cotton associa-
ton. II is evident" said Presi
len Johnson in discussing the
Lia.i'r. that the farmers are
no' very much interested in the
ma. Ter -- certainly not TO the
POM of putting up the necessary
ln'H"y 10 insure the services of
grader. Several weeks ago we
d'v'dcd the county into school
districts with view to trying to
get hem 10 guarantee their pro
rata part of the graders : salary.
only one district in York county.
bethesda. No. %, guaranteed ITS
pro rata part. We did not get
UP quite enough money TO pay
the cotton graders expenses last
year, with the result that had
ic dig down in my pocket to the
amount of SllS TO make up the
deficit and do not care to do