Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-07-20
NEWS OF YORK oouRrY.
Items Of General Interest Found
in the HorkvilIe Enquirer.

GOV. WILSON 1t. harvey mas re.
appointed Dan T. Woods Of York
vile as chief game warden for
York county.
Six persons convicted in the
court Of general sessions for York
county last week were taken to
the county changing to serve
sentences. The chaingang now
includes Al persons. ~ -.
The home. of Mr., Ide Reece' in
the Santiago section Of King g
Mountain township was destroy
ed by fire about noon, last We'd
nesday. The fire is believed to
have been caused by a defective
fue. A part ofgthe furniture was
saved. Insurance in the sum of
$3.50 was carried on the mouse
and furniture. r..
Moonshiners' hopes of a run"
early this week were blighted
Sunday morning when State Con-
stable JohnsoH Magistrate Love
and Constable Hedricks of Kings
Mountain township destroyed a
still which they found about one
and one-half miles: north of Kings
Mountain battle-ground. The still
was one of the sheet iron kind
and nobody was around when the
officers came upon the scene.
While attempting to screw q
loose tap ON tank of chlorine
gas last Thursday, Ira F. Hutch
ison, member of the Rock Hill
water and light plant force, was
overcome by the gas and narrow
ly escaped suffocation. Fellow
employees came to his rescue and
oxygen was later administered to
him. He is getting along nicely
and it is expected that he will be
fully recovered in few days.
H. G. Brearley of Columbia, as
sistant secretary of the State
board of charities and correc-
tions, inspected the York county
Jail, county home and chaingang
last Saturday. Mr.. Brearley was
quoted as saying that the pres
ent chaingang camp located near
Black 8 mill, about two and one
half miles west Of Yorkville, was
III the best condition he had
known it to be in for several
years.
Examination of the two up
town club rolls Monday showed
that a total OF 500 men and wo-
men had enrolled to vote in the
Democratic primary in August.
Ages, OF several women appear on
the rolls as~"21 plus" and ac-
cording to the ruling of j. A.
Marion, county chairman, these
names will likely be stricken off.
Information is that the enroll
ment at he Cannon mill precinct
is now about 100. 80
Convicts engaged in building
the West road from Yorkville to
the Cherokee county line have
reached a point about even with
the home of II. b. Hartness, about
five miles west of Yorkville.
Construction work on the bridge
at Black IS mill, about two and
One-half miles from YOrkville, has
reached the point where the force
is about ready to pour the neces-
sary concrete. 1t is expected that
the bridge will be completed
within short time. -..... &c.,.
Notions for new trials for Clar.
ence Whisonant and Oliver Crisp,
young white men of Rock Hill,
convicted Tuesday of conspiracy
to rob Alexander Long, Jr., were
refused. Perry Bateman, third
member of the trio, did not join
il, the petition. Bateman and
Crisp were sentenced to three
months each on the tchaingang or
a fine Of $50. Whisonant was
sentenced to three months or a
fine of 500. Fines Of Bateman
and Crisp had not been paid up
t6 Monday morning.
!, A new bridge is to be built
across Crowder's creek at Rid
die g mill, Supervisor Hugh g.
Brown stated Monday. The pres
ent bridge is tottering and is
likely to collapse at any time, be-
ing dangerous for traffic in its