Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-06-01
NEWS OF YoRk COUNTY.
Items Of General Interest Found
in the Yorkvills Enauirer.

There is a probability that Rock
Hill will have six voting precincts
by the time of thet holding Of the
State primary election in August.
1t was learned Tuesday morning
that d. l.. Moss and other voters
will probably petition the York
county Demecratic executive
committee to establish a voting
precinct at the Arcade Victoria
mills in Rock Hill for the conven-
fence Of the men. and women vot-
ers of those two communities.
| Rev. j. L. Oates, ID. d., for
nearly l3 years pastor Of the
Yorkville A. r. +. church, who
on Sunday announced to his con-
gregation his acceptance Of a call
10 the pastorate of Columbia A.
X. p church, said yesterday that
Re expected to take up the duties
of his new 'pastorate about Au-
gust l. That, however DIR, Oates
said, is only tentative date, and
he may go to Columbia a short
time before that date or a short
time later.
"As to how much damage the
boil weevil is going to do in York
county. this year, think depends
largely on the weather in June
ord July" said County Demon
stration Agent John r. Blair the
other day. IF there is a lot of
rain during these two months the
weevil will likely increase into
millions and may take a toll OF
60 per cent of the crop. If it is
pretty dry l don t believe he will
damage the crop more than Is
per cent. l have information that
he is showing up even now in
practically every section of the
county"
There is probability that
Carhartt mill No. 2, at Carhartt
station, ,betwene Rock Hill and
Fort Mill, may resume operations
pretty soon. b. M. lvey, manager
tef- the Carhartt- mill in Rock Hill,
who also has charge of the plant
at Carhartt, has just returned
from New York, where he went
on business connected with the
mills. The mill at Carhartt sta:
tiOn. has. been.,s idle for. quite a
long while. Hamilton Carhartt,
owner Of the two mills, who is
now i'll New York, expects to sail
for Liverpool England, in a few
days on business in connection
with his mill there.
When the spindles in the now
cotton mill at Glover begin num-
ming some months hence, Clo-
ver's population will be we'll over
the. 1000 mark. The cens'.s of
1920 gave Glover a popuation' of
l,6O8 and it is a practical Ger.
tainty that the building of the
new mill village which will house
the employeeseof the newest man.
ufactory will. mean at least 500
more people for. Glover and. very
probably more. Information is
that since announcement in The
Enquirer of the" building of. a
second mill in Glover by the
Hawthorne interests ~real- estate
values have gone up considera-
bly,. 1t is quite probable also that
several new building firms will
be looking toward Clover for a
location.
That textile magnates of the
East realize that they can no
longer compete with teh spinning
mills Of the South in the manu-
facture of yarns and, are making
plans to build their future mills
in the Southnis the information
brought bysJohn r. Hart, Esd,
who has returned from or.ham
ton, Mass, where he conferred
with mill men whom he repre-
sents as attorney in York county.
"The textile nbusiness is looking
much better in the opinion of
Massachusetts textile men and
others in the East with whoa /
Talked" said Mr.. Hart Monday.
"While they are not expecting
bonn times like 1919 and the ear
ly. part of 1920, they are expect
ing to see the textile BUSINESS of
the country get back to normal"
Only nine of the ~ members