Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-08-03
NEWS or YORK rCOUNTY.
Itsms of General Interest Found
in the -Yorkville Enquirer.

The enrolment for York county
totals about 1905 more voters
than most of the prognosticators
had figured on. The "dopestersf
now have it that at least 5000 OF
the 6,275 voters enrolled Will cast
,heir ballots on August 29.
The little child Of Bright Mul--
lis Of the Lowryville community
suffered the loss OF a foot Friday
hen 1t was caught in moving
machine. The child was standing
III front OF the machine when the
mules started Off, the rapidly
moving blade severing the mem-
Der. lhe child was taken to
Chester hospital for treatment.
While they did not register Op-
position in the meeting, some >of
the members Of the executive
committee thought that the as
sessment fixed Tor the house OF
representatives $25-was too
high. They thought that if the
assessment was fixed at $40 Oh
$l5 it. would have the effect OF
encouraging more candidates TO
enter the field.
A small quantity Of liquor and
u complete moonshinlng outfit III
operation fell into the hands OF
Magistrate Il. l.. A. Smith and
Constable Mcknight whem they
made a raid OH lands said to be-
lcng 10 Misses Eula and Lena
Wllkerson near Hickory Grove
Friday night. A colored man
was engaged i'll operating the dis
illery when the officers came
OH the scene, but made his get-a-
way after the officers had been
recognized. About three gallons
Of whiskey was captured and 200
gallons o1 beer were poured OIL
the ground. The distillery was
destroyed.
Well" remarked DIR. ID. l..
Shieder of Yorkville, one of the
candidates for county treasurer,
W hetAer / Am elected county
treasurer or not, l will have had
the satisfaction of having learn
ed York county as l never knew
it before when this campaign is
over. l have known all the time,
of course, that it was a big cOun-
ty; but until l began to travel il
had little idea that it was re.
ally as large as it is, and there
: has been much satisfaction and
pleasure in visiting localities tha,
probably would not have visit
cd had | not been in this race.
A series OF services in progres:
2 at Glover Methodist church, di
, rected by Mrs. G. s. Steidly o.
7 fGastonia, conducted each day
and night last week, came to ,
r close Sunday night with con
. gregation that taxed the seating
r capacity of the church. Mrs
l Steidly, who is an evangelist o
1 the Shelby district Of the West
: ern North Carolina conference
. was perhaps the first woman
D ever to hold an evangelistic cam
r paign in York County. Her ser
t mons, delivered each day, wer
S strong and forceful and she prov
t ed herself to be u preacher o
e great force and persuasion. Mrs
: Steidly was formerly associate'
with the noted evangelist, Rev
a Baxter McLendon.
v James NJ. Campbell, chairmal
II OF the Tirzah Picnic association
d who was in YOrkville Monday
;, said that practically all arrange
l. ments had been made for the III
e nual agricultural picnic which j
). to be held at that place on Aug
e ust Is. Hon. j. Skottowe Wan
e namaker Of st. Matthews, pres
o dent of the American Cotton al
y soeiation, has accepted an invits
It tion to be present and make tn
n principal address. DIR. j. T
e johnson of Rock Hill, presiden
+ OF the South Carolina Cotton al
), sociation, will likely preside. d.
d Clarence Poe, editor of The Pre-
u gressiye Farmer. who was ais