Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-10-19
NEWS OF YOBK. COUNTY.
Items Of General Interest Found IN
the YOrkv1le Enquirer.

Sneak thieves in the vicinity OF
Cover are no sespecterS o. persons,
but would just as soon steal lronl an
oIicer OF the law as anybody else
Last Saturday Constable II. L. John
bile while ne went INTO a store. When
hs came back 1t was gone.
The governor has declined to order
the closing OF the schools of the
State on October "a tor the benefit of
the State ;air. He says there Is no
such power vested in him. 1t is to
be presumed, however. that that Co
lumbia bunch will have this little
oversight corrected as soon as possi-
BILE.
DR.. f. l.. Wylie, for some time past
chairman OF the board of trustees OF
the Clover schools, has resigned his
trusteeship. His successor has not
yet been appointed. DR.. Wylie is a
member OF the board Of public works
and 1t was u case OF being unable to
hold two public Offices, which is con-
trary to the law OF the State.
With large number of ministers
and elders in attendance and u good
ly congregation OF Sharon townspeo
pie attending the opening meeting.
the fall session OF Bethel presbytery
OF the Presbyterian church was open
ed in Woodlawn church at Sharon
tuesday morning. The presbyterial
court was opened with sermon by
tlnncnn. II
pastor OF Purity Presbyterian church
OF Chester. r. B. Caldwell OF ( hes
ter Is the retiring moderator.
Hugh G. Brown, county supervisor,
said Monday that while he was un-.
able to say just when construction
work on the two bridges TO Ge built
over Bullock's creek, one on the est
road and the other on the, Sharon
Hickory Grove road, would begin,
that the material for. the bridges is
ROW being gathered. Timber to be
used in each bridge is being treated
with creosote preparation by "a
: $harlotte lumber concern which has
the contract to furnish the timber,
according to MIR. Brown.
s Mrs. w. r. Youngblood OF Sharon
has the distinction OF being the first
woman in York county and possibly
the first in the State to carry the
mail on rural delivery route. De-
spite the fact that last Friday was the
18th as we'll as Friday, Mrs. Young
blood started out on her temporary
job as a carrier of Uncle Sans mail
and she got along just fine, giving
the patrons. Of Sharon No. 2 the same
courteous service that her husband
has been giving them for 20 years or
more, .. ~, 2,
The congregations Of the First Bap-
list church OF Clover has decided to
build a new church to- cost in tho
neighborhood of $15. 900. AT recea IT
meeting of the congregation the pksm
for the building OF the new chunclh
was explained and the compensation
went on record as favoring sncR, aa
project. Members OF the church, a,c.
cording to the pastor, Rex. il. "a.
Hemrick. have been very liheralI in
their subscriptions to the, church
building fund and the understa ndinf
Is that practically the. emErei sun
needed Is in sight. The, church viii
De OF brick veneer construction an
VIII be equipped with a Sunday schoSl
department to have not less than u
,csass rooms.
York coanty's educational system
is an institution that Is costing near
ly half millionl dollars to finance:
according to ngures CLEANED from
the annual report, of County Suparin-
tendent of Education John e. Carroll
Tor the school year ending July 4,
1922. which report has just been for
warded to John e. Swearingen. State
of education. The re-
port shows that salaries of teachers
ana other school expenses in the
schools Of the county Tor the period
named totaled $437, 1898. The value
OF white school buildings and grounds
N York county is given at /$546, ,075
and the Equipment Is valued at $4S,-
b15. Figures relative to school en-
ro'inlent as given in the report are
1T Ge resting. The total number of pu :
pills who were in school the past year
was 1851. There were Just 81 more
cclored pupils than there were white.
the colored pupils totaling 1856 and
the whites 7.745. This is q distinct
gain In the number of white pupils inj
the schools and shows that the mel
srnes are decreasing in school at
ter dance, -sinceit has been only three
ye irs ago that the number OF negroes
e. rolled was 1.o06 more than the
whites. Just What elfec. the COM
.isory school attendance laws have.
mad in bringing about this increase
In enrollment OF white nuni,s cannotf