Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-03
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Fsort Mill Times, January 81: The
York county legislative delegation 'on
Friday recommended to Governor
Cooper the appointment Of w. H.
Crook as member Of the Fort Mill
township road commission to fill the
vacancy created by the death of c. p,
Blankenship few weeks ago. Peti-
'tions were received by the delegation
in behalf of two Fort Mill township
citizens, but that requesting the ap-
pointment OF Mr.. Crook contained the
greatest number of signatures...-.-.-..---...- 50.
The Fort Mill township road fund was
Augmented last Thursday by $4,000
alta meeting Of the York county legis-
iative delegation in Columbia, after
the delegation heard q statement by
Col. T. B. Spratt, chairman Of the Fort
Mill township road commission. Some
months ago the commission proposed
to the delegation that an appropria-
tion of $4,000 be made for the roads
''of Fort Mill township upon the un-
-derstanding that the county would be
relieved of all obligation to the town.
ship under the Stewart road law. Re-
Gently, however, the commission de-
cided to withdraw the $4,000 propo-
sition and to substitute therefor a re-
quest that $4,000 be set aside as the
codnty's part of the cost Of construct
ing the road from the Catawba river
bridge to Philadeiphia Methodist
church, all of which eventually would
have been built by the county under
the Stewart law. The delegation
agreed that the proposition appeared
fair to the county. The $4,000 rs to
be divided into two installments, half
to be paid in 1922 and the other half
IN 1928. 1t was the understanding
that $4,000 of the sI5,00eo was to be
used in building a steel and concrete
bridge across the branch between
Fort NH and the river BRIDGE
There has been a noticeable increase
in the amount of work being done by
the sanitary department Of the town
since the new council began It's duties
on January 10. Shortly after assum-
ing the office of mayor, Arthur c. Ly-
tie informed the negroes employed in
the department that there had been
much complaint about the lax way in
which they were doing their work,
and that 1t would be necessary for
them to stay on the job ten hours a
day. Since then the garbage wagons
have been scurrying around at a pace
new to thenl.--.-.-.....Jo John Alva McGinni
"a years old, son of w. F. McGinn, of
the Harrison section of Mecklenburg
county, N. c., died Of pneumonia Sun
day night at Rutherford college, N. C.,
where he has been for the last two
years a student preparing for the
Methodist ministry. Mr.. MeGinn was
an exemplary young man and his
death, following an illness of only a
few days, was a great shock to his
family and friends. He is survived by
hts father, three brothers and four sis
ters, Charlton McGinn, Banks McGinn,
Fred. McGinn, Mrs. Sam Carr and
Misses Grace, Maud and Irene McGinn.
Mr.. McGinn's mother, who was Miss
Fanny Culp, died q number of years
ago. The interment was at Harrison
churchyard Monday morning, follow
ing funeral services at the McGinn
home.