Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-08-24
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Items Of General interest Found
in the Yorkville ENQUIRER.

hOck dlif, Siid down a plank
while playing around the new
building being erected by the
First Presbyterian church III Rock
Hill, Sunday. The plank had
nails in it. The boy didn't know
it. The doctor took Ii stitches
in him.
There are nine county prison
ers in the York county Jail await
ing trial at the September term of
court of general sessions, which
convenes on September IL. The,
total number of prisoners i'm the
keeping of the county jailor at
this time is IL, but two Of these
are under charges of the United
States court. -..- ~ ..
Il understand said Mr.. Will
Adams of Bethel township the
other morning, "that the con-
tractors who are building the
Boyd s ferry bridge over Cataw-
ba river are now working on the
steel structure, having completed
the work of building the piers
with which they had so much
trouble for time. The contract
ors building the stretch of road
from the bridge to the Bethel
township roads have about COM
pleted their contract"
The Peoples National bank of
Rock Hill has completed the COM
pilatiOn of an estimate of the cot
ton crop OF South Carolina for
this year as compared with last
year. The total of last years
crop was 770,661 bales, and ac.
cording to the banks estimate,
made up principally from the re-
ports OF banks throughout the
State, this years crop looks like
5s3,264 bales. York county made
Al 1892 bales last year and the
bank puts this year s crop at 25,-
OOO bales, or 81 per cent of last
years crop. '.. f..
Representative +. w. Pursley
Of Santiago, a candidate for re-
election, is telling the voters on
the several stumps of the county
campaign a story that usually
brings laugh. According to
Mr.. Pnrsley, a colored man nam
ed Joshua was arrested ON q
charge Of making moonshiDe liq-
uor. When hailed into court the
prosecuting attorney seeking to
have some fun at the expense of
Joshua, inquired, Are you the
Joshua who made the sun stand
still?' The reply was, "No sab,
Use de Joshua what made de
moon shine"
Five boys of Rock Hill were Sc
riously hurt, one probably fatal.
~. Saturday night OH the ce-
ment road mile from the city
when big truck was sideswiped
by an automobile, driven by an
unknown party. The boys were
taken to local hospitals and are
reported as getting along as well
as could be expected. The dri-
yer OF the automobile did not
even slow up with the collision
and officers have been endeavor-
ing to learn his identity. The
truck, one Of the Arcade mill 8,
driven by Roy Wallace, was tax
ing number Of boys out to the
river bridge for y watermelon
cutting, the party being in charge
of Miss Mooney, community
worker, and Mrs. G. d. Williams,
wife Of the Y. M. G. A. secretary
at the mill.
There is a gasoline war on in
YOrkville and by reason of it peo-
pie who buy gasoline in town are
getting it at q cents gallon.
The wholesale price here is 26
cents, thus giving the warning
retailers profit Of 1 cent gal
Ion, whereas they have been get
ting 3 cents profit. According to
the best information obtainable,
one of the dealers has for some
time past been selling gasoline to
special friends and customers at
q cents a gallon. Another deal
er learning Of this alleged fact,
decided to put the price down to
N cents for all and of course the
remainder Of the dealers had to
do likewise. There have been such