Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-07
GiRNERED With SCISSORS
News From Within and Without
the County,
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
What Our Neighbors Are Saying and
Some Items of Fact, Some of Commen.
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF


and All Helping to Give an idea OF
Doing.
Fort Mill Times, Nov. 2: "The sweet
potato crop of the members OF the
Fork Potato association, in lower Fort
Mill township, is much less than We
had thought it would be up 10 the
time the potatoes were dug last week,
n dav or two ago said L. NJ. Massey
secretary of the association. 1--WE had
hoped to get an average Of 200 bushels
Der acre" he continued, but the yield
was much less than that. We attr!-
buted the short crop TO the excessive
rains which fell shortly after the
plants were put out, which made II
impossible for us to give them the
work they should have Rad. All the
notatoes have been put in our ware
houses and are now being cured, py
artificial heat, q process when taxes
about two weeks.~..-....Mrs. Elizabeth
Saville Erwin, widow of James b. Ell
win. died at the home of her grand
daughter, Mrs. G. S. .Lemond, IN fort
Mill early Monday morning, following
an illness which had extended over
several months. Mrs. Erwin was in
her 10th year and had spent pracu-
cally all her long life in the Fort Mil
community. Two fist fights be-
tween white men in Fort Mill Satur-
day gave the Main street loafers and
others a topic Of conversation 1or a
few hours. Each of the four men VINO
took part in the fights was fined by
Recorder Ott.........--~At the auction SAFE
Tuesday of the Office fixtures, a guam
titS of paint, farm hardware, doors
and sash and the machinery OF the
Fort Mill Lumber company, including
o two ton truck, w. B. Ardrey was
the successful bidder, the whole being
knocked down to him for S2,25O The
sale was conducted by DR.. j. L. Spratt,
receiver. who first offered the proper
" in several, lots. Bids were then
solicited on the property as whole
and Mr. Ardrey was the successful
bidder At the sale were number OF
Mill people and others who think tina
Charles S. Kimbrell will not have a
good defense when he faces jury in
tie superior court for Mecklen6urg
county charged with the killing sew
eral, days ago of John Skidmore at
Kimbrelrs store, just across the line
in North Carolina, are certain to learn
how badly mistaken they were in
that conclusion" said a neighbor Of
KimbrelTs a few days ago. 81 do not
know, of course, when the case Will
be called for trial, but when it is call
ed l am confident there will be num-
Der of witnesses on hand to testify
for the defendant. AS yet he has
made no public statement of the kill
ing, nor has he employed lawyer to
defend him. He will make the state
ment when the time comes and he
will also employ good counsel to de-
fcnd. him." "A marriage Of much
interest to their friends in Fort Mill
was that of Mack Archer and Miss
Reulah Granger by Magistrate j. r.
Halle on Saturday evening, October
2S. Mr.. Archer is Fort Mill World
war veteran who was severely wound
ed in the attack of the 30th division
on the Hindenburg line and both he
and his bride have made their homes
in Fort Mill for q number OF years.