Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-07-06
NEWS OF YORK COUNTY.
Ietms Of General Interest Found II
the Yorkville Enquirer.

1etms Of General Interest Found In
the Yorkville Enquirer.
There was an interesting rumor on
the streets Of Rock Hill Saturday to
the effect that the Duke interests
would soon uegin construction OF q
new cotton mill ut Great FAILS.
From a most reliable source there
| comes the information that the citi-
1ehs OF biacksUurs, nuslilng Cncro-
nee county town, have subscribed
.iic SUM Ut $oV.vVV to. ue turned over
- any reputable manutacturer wno
| cares to invest $i5O,U0O in a cotton
mill at Blacksburg. The Blacksburg
| yeop.c are very anxious to build an
,ther coIlon mill in that town, it Is
| stated, and 1t is believed that it woulu
| not De very hard matter to raise
much more than $50.UG0 in Blacks
uurs for a cotton mill.
Mrs. Lucia Ewart Quinn Is now
definitely In the race for treasurer Of
York county. There has been more
| or less talk OF the entry of Mrs.
quinn for quite a while. In fact.
even before the tragic death OF her
| husband, the late X. l.. Quinn, friends
tried to get her to enter. They knew
| mat her long experience and proved
Fitness for the place would make her
/ most acceptable candidate, but she
would not hear to anything OF the
kind then.
Fire which was discovered about
, o'clock Friday night completely
gutted the Frew building on Main
| street. Rock Hill, occupied by the
Rock Hill Furniture company and
did much damage to the millinery
department OF the Mutual Dry Goods
company. which occupies the store
| room adjoining. The fire is believe"
| to have caught near the elevator
| shaft. According to officials OF the
furniture company the loss is about
100000, with insurance in the sum
of $4,000. 1t is understood that the
damage to the building is also pretty
| well covered by insurance.
Enrolment Of voters. both men and
women, to vote in the Democratic
primary election in August has in
,reased considerably at Glover dur
ing the past week. Not only the three
members of the enrolment commit
| .ce but others I'm Glover arc now in
teresting themselves i'm the matter of
| enrolling those who are entitled to
enrolment, and the past week 1t has
| appeared that there ia going TO lie Il
heavy enrolment at Glover.
Candidates for county Offices are be-
| ginning to spend great deal of time
in Rock Hlk They are interesting
| themselves principally just now in
urging the voters to enroll. They
have hard job OF 1t. since enroll
ment in Rock Hill so far has hardly
reached 1000. and there is little in
| clination on the part of Rock Ilii'
folk to put their names on the club
rolls. Information Is that few wo-
men are enrolling. There are more
than 1000 eligible to enroll, 1t is said
by those who are in a position to
know. 1t is learned that an effort
| will be made to get the candidates
for State offices to come to Rock Hill
on the night OF August 2. the day
they are scheduled to come to York.
| vile.
| Hon. James 8. Glasscock, who has
been In steadily decling health a,
| is home Mt Harmony, can hardly be
expected 10 last more than week OIL
| two, possibly a few days longer
| Heavy stupors have been coming on
him during the past week. and al.
though ne has been rallyinS iron,
these. he Is noticeably weaker. Most
OF the members of the family are
at his bedside. and of the larger
| number Of friends who are calling
| only few are allowed to see him
recnuse OF his weak condition. His
mind continues clear, however. dur.
ing his brief periods Of wakefulness
md although fully aware that the
end Is approaching he Is calm and
serene about It, still maintaining hi.
interest in the ordinary affairs ci
life. He Is at sweet peace spiritu'
ally. with perfect faith in the Savior
in whom he trusts. and he Is resigned
to the final summons. Mr.. Glass
cocks next birthday is 81. in Au.
gust. His family consists OF his VIE
four sons. and five daughters. al
grown and all married except oat
son and one daughter.