Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-10-12
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Items Of General Interest Found In
the YOrkyille ENQUIRER.

Items Of General Interest Found I'm
the YOrk,ille Enquirer.
There is no more water In the Ca
tawDa than 1t needs, but it Is evident
to al observers that except for that
great dam at Bridgewater there would
be great deal less than there is.
Considerable improvements are be-
ing maze in the Lockmore cotton mill
village. The mill houses are being
repainted dnd otherwise improved. 1t
is understood that the mill is operat-
ing full time, both day and night.
Stories to the effect that there is
an unusual amount of liquor In evil
dence on the streets here OF late are
without foundation, according to
Chief Of Police Ed Steele. 1t is gin
ger and extract that is most popular,
OF rather that is most used by the
oooze-hounds, according to the chief.
, ]. w. Marshall, councilman for
Ward 3 in Yorkville, has rendered his
resignation as a member Of the coun-
eli. Marshall, who for some time
past has been in the employ of a To-
cal grocery, has obtained a job with
The Southern Power company, which
will necessitate his changing his res
idence.- Hence the resignation. ..
A number of football fans went to
Fort Mill with the Yorkville team
Friday afternoon and with pain and
anguish Witnessed the overwhelming
n no lc pnts, fnll 70
the game was we'll under way and it
was determined that Yorkvllle was
no match for Fort Mill and there was
lot OF fans who wished the rain had
come before the game started. -
John l.. Carroll, road contractor,
has been awarded contract by the
state highway commission to build a
stretch OF the West road from the
Bullock's Creek bridge to the town
of Sharon, it was announced Tuesday.
The distance is about two and one
half miles. The amount of the bid
was not made public and 1t was stat
ed that the contract was let private
ly.> Some time ago bid on the pro-
Ject made by Stewart & Jones, Rock
Hill contractors. was refused on the
ground that it was too high.
preliminary reports from q num-
Der of Clover farmers who have ex-
perimented with peanuts this year
for the first time are good. 1t is es-
timated that farmers in the immedi-
ate vicinity have 100 acres or more
in peanuts this year as an experiment
and while all Of them have not dug
the nuts. several Of them have and
are well pleased. jeff Davis of Clo-
yer No. A, who had two acres in pea
nuts this year, estimates his yield at
90 bushels to the acre. Right now
they are worth 81 a bushel and Air.
Davis is OF the opinion that his two
acres in peanuts are worth consider
ably more to him than the same acre
age devoted to cotton would have
been. 10 .rr So +.
No less than $4,000 was saved to
York county by the removal OF the
old Roddey's bridge from its position
In Catawba river and using the
bridge materials to build bridge
over Crowder's creek at Riddles mill
In Bethel township, which bridge has
Just been completed. The bridge at
the mill is about 1877 1-2 feet in length
and it could not be built new for le ss
than $1,000, while the cost to the
county for the whole Job was not
mGre than $4,000. 1t took a force
from the chaingang about eight days
OF working time to hoist the steel
sirders and other parts out o. Ca
tawba river at the site of the OLE Kod-
dey bridge and transport it to Rid
dies. =.
William c. FAIRIES, held in the State
penitentiary In Columbia on charge
OF Staying four members of the Tag
lor family at Glover, September Is,
wants the authorities to bring him
back to the Jail at Yorkville to be con-
fined here until he is tried for his al
legged crime. it is stated. Chief OF
Police John A. jackson OF Glover said
Wednesday that FAIRIES had stated
that he was not given the attention
he thought he deserved by the au-
thorities In the State penitentiary
and that he feared he would die un-
less his surroundings were changed.
His idea was that he would be- taken
care OF better In the York county Jail
and he would have the .satisfac ction
of knowing that he was nearer his
relatives and fYineds.
Sunday School Program.