Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24
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News From Within and Without
s' the County.
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What Our Neishbors Are Saying ano
Some Items of Fact, Some of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
Doing.
Fort Mill Times, October 10: Tues
day in Rock Hill, Hugh G.. brown
county supervisor, awarded to c. l..
Williams of Rock Hill the contract Tor
repainting the county bridge over phe
catawba. river between Fort Mill ana
Rock Hill, at a cost Of $1,000. The
bridge is to be thoroughly cleaned ana
two coats of paint are to be given II,
the contract calling for completion Oh
the work not later than December l..
There were several bidders for the 'op'
but the bid of Williams was CONSIDERED
the most advantageous for the county
He is to furnish the paint and the Ia
bor necessary to do the work accord
ing to specifications. At the last ses-
sion of the general assembly s2'ooo
was set aside for use Of the superVis-
or,s office in having county bridges re-
painted and already number OF the
smaller bridges have been paln'eo
from this fund.--.-..-The outfit or the
Fort Mill township highway commis-
sion will be considerably improved II
the request that has just been made 10
the state highway commission for cer-
tain woodworking machinery ans tools
is geranted. Monday A. c. SUIT IN, a
member of the commission, went 10
Rock Hill and there conferred win
Tom l.. Johnson, member of the state
bodv. relative to the matter and was
assured by Mr.. Johnson that he wouio
do. what he could to have the request
given favorable consideration....r--.C. 4.
II. Crook has re.arned to his home III
the Fort Mill community after spend
ing several months with relatives at
Springfield, Orangeburg county...''
According to word received in Fort Mill
a few days ago, S. S. McNinch, for
mer owner Of the Charlotte brick
works, localsd at Grattan, two miles
south Of Fort Mill. has recently been
Maid s20.400 by the American Trust
company of Charlotte, in settlement OF
the verdict which several months ago
was rendered by a Mecklenburg coun-
ty Jury in his favor following the hear
ing of the suit he brought against the
trust company, alleging that it had
disposed Of the brick plant and certain
farm lands adjacent thereto in viola
ton of an agreement he had with the
company. The case was hard fought
in the superior court and several
weeks were consumed in hearing II.
An appeal was taken to the North
Carolina supreme court, but the Ver-
dict of the lower court was upheld
Numerous Fort Mill people were called
to Charlotte to testify in the case
some for and others against MIR. NC
Ninch. The trust company had a
mortgage on the br. k works and farm
land which it foreclosed several years
ago, McNinch alleging that the fore
closure violated the terms Of an under
standing he had with the company as
to the sale of the property and that
as result Of its action he suffered
heavy damages. Following the fore
closure proceedings the brick plant
was disrnantle0 and the machinery
sold. A considerable part of the land
was bought by DR.. j. l.. Spratt OF Fort
Mill, who resold it to Hamilton Car
hartt. According to stories which have
come to Fort Mill from time to time,
McNinch now intends to enter suit for
the recovery of the land.........---~Part OF
the outfit of the contractor who will
rebuild the Steel Creek road between
Fort hill and the North Carolina line,
arrived several days ago and it is un-
derstood that he will begin work on
the road at once.
Lancaster News, October 19: Mr.. j..
F.. Nisbet of Lancaster, and Mr.. Plyler
of Van Wyck, returned last night from
Sharon, York county, where they at
tended the fall meeting of Bethel pres
bytery as representatives Of their re-
spective churches. They report good
meeting of the Presbyterian body.
Mrs. Nancy Taylor, aged and respect
ed woman Of the Tabernacle section,
died Sunday afternoon at the home
of her son, ]. NJ. Taylor, in that COM
munfty. Mrs. Taylor was about rs
years old. She was a good Christian
woman, a consistent member Of the
Methodist church. Funeral services
were held at Tabernacle church Mon
day afternoon by Rev. J. A. Bledsoe,
the pastor, and burial was in the GEM
etery there. Mrs. Taylor is survived
by four sons and two daughters as fol-
lows: Messrs. j. NJ, p. c., G. +. and
Thomas Taylor and Mesdames Sim
Starnes and John Snipes..........-.Mrs.
William F. Caldwell and little daugh-
ter, who have been spending some
time here with the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Wylie, have re-
turned to their home in Atlanta, where
Mr.. Caldwell is connected with the
Associated Press.....--.~Mrs. Sallie Greg