Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-11-02
NEWS OF YoRK COUNTY.
Items Of General Interest Found m
the YOrkvllle Enquirer.


the YOrkvllle Enquirer.
A fertilizer factory is the latest In
dustry proposed for Clover. accord
ing to reports in circulation there.
J F. Pursley, prominent business
man, is promoting the enterprise and
number OF other prominent busi-
ness men are to be associated with
him in the matter, according to re-
ports. Lumber for use In building
this fertilizer mill or mixing plant
has been purchased.
Although they have voted to issue
bonds in the sum of $4,000 to in
stall q sewerage system and to ex-
tend the water mains of the town,
there Is little probability that work
On Clover's sewer system will begin
before next spring, It is stated. The
public works commission of the town,
which Is composed Of DR.. r.. L. Wylie,
w p. Smith and Capt. w. L. Brison,
are now engaged with the towns at
torney is preparing the necessary no.
tices advertising the bonds for sale.
Practically the entire force of the
Yory county chaingang is now engag-
ed in building that section of the
West road from the wsterworks plant
to the asphalt paving on west Liberty
street. The town authorities some
time ago made arrangements with
tho county commissioners whereby
the chaingang was made available
for constructing that portion of the
West road within the town limits.
The West road has been top-soiled to
point in the Locust Hill section
lear the home Of Mr.. r. b. Hartne.
on York No. 5, which is about three
miles east Of Sharon.
An industry of the Hickory Grove
community which was begun a num-
Der OF years ago on small scale and
which has been developed until II
low reaches into thousands of gal
.ons is the manufacture of sorghum
'yrup. Perhaps the largest manufac-
.urers in this section are W. s. VIII
ierson & Sons, who have SO far this
'eason made more than 5000 gallons
r syrup and whose total will proba-
)ly reach the 1000 marke before tn -
re through. Other farmers OF the
community who give much time to the
manufacture Of sorghum syrup are
sasssss. BROWN and Bruce and G.. w.
and Arthur Wilkerson. They will make
,ereral thousand gallons this year.
Attended by members of all the
denominations in the town and many
people who live in the country, there
was much interest In the recent Sc
|afies Of services coducted in Woodlawn
Presbyterian church., Sharon. by Rev
w. A. Hafner of Gaffney. Rev, Haf-
ner is well known in the Sharon Sec
ton, where he formerly lived. Be-
fore going to Gaffney he was pastor
of the Presbyterian church in Fort
Mill and he has on various occasions
preached In most of the Presbyterian
churches throughout the county. A
minister of the Gospel who breaches
he Word in plain and simple phrase,
he is generally regarded as one OF the
most forcefull. Presbyterian ministers
IT the State e\and the large congrega-
tions that heard his sermons at Sha-
ron attest his popularity with the
people OF that section.
Hose Norman, ". who died Thurs
day at his home on York No. 5, and
who was buried at Woodlawn ceme-
terry, Sharon, Friday, was unique
character, we'll known among Sharon
people. It Is claimed that Mr.. Nor
man was the original of the charac-
ter Hose Norman in Thomas Dixon's
novel, the "Leopard's Spots" while
others claimed that It was Norman's
brother, Tom Norman, from whom
Dixon drew his character. Hose Nor
man and Dixon were great friends in
their younger days and several years
ago Norman went to Charlotte to see
Dixon, who was appearing there with
one Of his plays which he had dra-
matized. Norman told this CORES
pondent several years. ago: Reckon
am the man that T0Ia Dixon had in
mind In his book, but he made me say
lot Of things and do a lot of things
In that book that Inevef did,
Although 1t will probably be- next
spring before the Boyd's Ferry bridge
is open for traffic. the contractors
are making very good headway. AS
the structure stands at this time,
practically all Of the steel work has
been completed with the exception OF
the 500 foot span across the stream
proper. The approaches extend al
together over more than a thousand
feet According to speeiomo:er
measurement the bridge Is just Is
miles from the courthouse In York.
vile and sign posts up near the river