Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-04-06
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Found
in the Yorkville Enquirer.

the efforts of the Rock Hill chap
Ter, u. ID. c., will be located in
the new City park, near the Fen
nell intirmary. The name of the
park will be changed to Confed-
crate park.
The postoffice department has
established u star route service
from GastOnia by Pinkney rural
station at Bowling Green. S. g.,
to Glover, S. c., II miles and back,
six times week, one way only.
The postmaster at GastOnia is a,
thorized to employ temporary
carrier at not exceeding $3.50 an
nually. The carrier Will be re-
quircd to carry first and second
class mail only.
Messrs. j. ID. Gwin and +. f.
Clinton of York county registra-
tion board had quite busy ses-
sion of it Monday at their Office Ill
the court house. Most of the citi-
zens applying for registration GER
tificates were people of iorkville
who desire to vote III the ap-
preaching municipal election.
Being without friends and mon
ey and unable to work. Mrs. Pink
Huggins, who is charged jointly
with Albert Zimmerman with the
Staying of her husband last No
vcmber, near his little store OH
the Charlotte road near Yorkville,
has found shelter at the county
home. Mrs. Huggins was released
from Jail several weeks ago on
bond of $500 furnished by two
citizens of YOrkville.
j. l.. Houston, clerk of the pen
sion board of York county, said
Monday that there were ii Con-
federate veterans in York county
who have net annual income OF
$l 900 or more a year and who
therefore would not draw u pen
sion this year. The recent Gen
eIal Assembly amended the pen
sion law SO that any veteran hav-
ing net income of $1,000 or
more would not receive II pension.
People of Sharon are so orderly
and law abiding that there is no
need for the services or u police
man there. Consequently j. p.
Hope, who has been employed
as policeman there for several
months, has rendered his resigna-
tiOn. AT mass meeting of Sha-
ron citizens held last week it was
suggested that the policeman
should resign, for the very simple
reason that no policeman was
needed. Hopes resignation fol
lowed.
Uncle Sam has increased post
Office box rent at the local office,
despite the fact that rents as u
general thing have II downward
tendency. Until the quarter be-
ginning April came in. the rent
for the smaller lock boxes was 40
cents per quarter. 1t has been
increased to 90 cents per quarter.
Boxes Il size larger now rent for
IS cents quarter, while the
drawers cost 81 per quarter.
b. b. Hare of Saluda, agricul-
tural Statistician for South Caro-
lima. has issued statistics OH the
number and value of live stock
in South Carolina. He gives York
county $500 head of cattle val
ued at $75,90O, $50 sheep valued
at $3.50 and lS,SOO hogs valued
at $l72,960. Chester county has
1900 head of cattle worth $67,-
620. $4,000 hogs worth $4,000.
Lancaster county has 3.4OO cattle
worth $46.92O and $4,000 hogs
worth $40, 400.
Can ex-Gov. John Gary Evans
of Spartanburg capture the Dem
ocratic nomination for governor
The dope" around the State
house is that the former governor
will again seek the gubernatOrial
office as the representative Of
the anti-Bleasc forces. Stat"
house politicians argue that MIR.
Evans has been talking and writ
ing of politics quite bit during
the. past few weeks and that he
is the strongest anti-Blease cam
didate that could be put out. For
NAL announcement of Mr.. Evans
candidacy Mt any time would no:
be surprising.