Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-09-28
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Found
in the Yorkyille Enquirer.

in the Yorkville Enquirer.
If you live in Clover and own
a dog you must keep the dog .tied
uI lii The yard somewhere orelse
take chances of having your dog
shot by the police, for the town
councli has passed an ordinance,
already effective, that all dogs
must be tied up for q period of W
days and the policemen have or
ders to shoot and kill all dogs
that are running at large.
Thus far few citizens of Clover
Eave registered to vote I'M the
fe!ection to be held next month on
the question of issuing bonds to
build sewer system for the
town. Less than rs people have
registered, it is stated. There is
nothing surprising about it, how
ever, for the reason that the
great majority of the citizens of
Clover are already qualified to
vote in the coming election.
Mrs. W. Is. Steele, the oldest
white resident OF iorkvllie, ceIe-
DRAFTED her yJth birthday last t'rl-
cay, Despite her advanced years
AIRS. SIeele enjoys good health
and has use OIL ner lnemal and
physical faculties 10 a degree
equal to that which might be- ex-
i'ccted Of IA much younger person.
airs. Steele was ,enroned 10 yote
~ the recent primary election
and is able to attend church ser
wees quite regularly.
Mr.. s. E. Atkins of York No.
o brought to the Yorkville En-
Quirer Office Wednesday two
stalks Of tall corn, the taHest
measuring l6 feet 4 inches from
roots to Iassel. Each stalk car
ried two ears, fully developed, in
The ease Of one, and but only par
.1aily developed in the case or tn,
other. Mr.. Atkins explained that
che corn was grown OIL first year
new ground, but he could not ac-
count for the unusual height OF
It, which, he says, exceeds cay,
thing he has ever seen.
OF special interest to the, meme
Ders OF the Presbyterian den,mi-,
nr-llOn throughout the county is
the announcement that the Synou'
III the Presbyterian church OF
.Sou.h Carolina is to convene IN
rurity Presbyterian church, Ches-
Ger, OH tuesday, October 3, and
Will remain i'll session through
october o. Approximately 20
ministers and eluers are expected
% attend the meeting. The open
.ng sermon Is to be delivered by
iiev. JAS. b. Green ID. d., of the
chair OF theology of Columbia
seminary, Columbia.
The Clover section OF the coun-
try IS perfectly safe, in the opin-
,cn tor M. l.. Ford, venerable
sage Of Glover. According to
AR erord, :about stheaoniy tlllng
wrong Is that a lot Of,people who
are not working ought 10 go TO
work. The cotton crop is going
to be little short, bur still it is
going to be pretty good crop.
m selling my crop as fast as /.
pick 1t, as | usually do. | notice
ritat lot of farmers are coming
TO town, selling their cotton,
stopping at a hot dog stand and
gciIlng hot dog or two and
soft drink and whistling as they
return home. Things could be u
lot worse and I've seen 'em 10,
worse. F" =
Charged with the abandonment
of his wife;sMrs. Essie Boone, C.
A. Boone, a textile machinist, of
Rock Hill, was arrested in that
town Monday and later released
on bond of $1,000 after he had
been broughtsto Yorkville to be
committed to Jail. The abandon
ed wife, Mrs. Essie Boone, rath-
er attractive looking young wo-
man, was in Yorkyille Tuesday TO-
consult an attorney, in connection
with the warrant against her hus-
band. She isSsaid to have stated
that she expected to prosecute
her husband to- the full extent Of
the iaws !t.i charged that Boone