Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-03
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News From Within i!lll and VIII Without
~. the County.
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Some Items of Fact, Some of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea o,
What Our Neighbers Are Saying and

Same Items of Fact, Some of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
What Our Neishbors Are Saying ana
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Fort Mill Times, Feb %: Handy
White. 3rd, negro farmer who lives on
the Pleasant Valley road near town.
was stricken. with paralysis SUNDAY
morning while, teaching a SUNDAY
= school class at Bethlehem Baptist
church and up to this. morning NOR his
condition. had been so serious tna1 Il'e
doctor advised against moving him 10
his home. Handy Is one Of the Leaders
of his church and has the confidence,
of, both the white and col9red people
of the Complaint was
made last night to Mayor A. c. Lytle
that a vicious bulldog yesterday. al
ternoon had attacked small negro
how in the Sprattyille section OF town
and tcre the principal part OF : the
clothing from his body The owner OF
the dog is said to have stated that ne
would destroy 1t. The town ordinance
makes it an offense to allow vicious
dogs to run at large without being
rnuzzled. Douglas Minis, 'locaI
baseball player, has signed O. contract
with the Charlotte team of the Sonth
Atlantic league and expects to report
for spring practice the latter part OF
March. During the 1921 season ne
played in the outfeld for Fort Mill
and made q record that attracted the
. attention of the managers of both the
Charlotte and Columbia. teams..,..--~.
The supreme court of North Carolina
last, Thursday upheld the verdict OF
the superior court for Mecklenpurg
county awarding s20,344 to S, S, Nc
Ninch in a damage suit he brought FOR
500 600 several months ago against
thei American Trust company OF
Charlotte, in which he claimed that
) the trust company had sold at sac
rifice and in violation of an agreement
he had with it the plant Of the ehar-
lotte : Brick company, located near
Fort. Mill, and other property In Char
lotte. The trust company had mort
gage on Mr.. & McNinch's property and
foreclosed on the brick plant under an
order of the York county court. fhe,
case was tried in Charlotte and con-
srrned several weeks. A number OF
Fort Min citizens Were called to the.
stand, some for and others against the
plaintiff. An enjoyable social event
of the season was an informal dance
given by the American Legion CLUB IN
its club rooms last Friday evening. A
large number of young people were
present for the pleasures of the even
. ing. Among the out=of-town guests
were: Misses Margaret Rotney, Hattie
Belk and Virginia. Barber from Win
throo college and Misses Alexandria
Link, Elizabeth James and Mary Turn
er of Pineville, N. c.. Music was fur
nished by the legion clubs Famous
Players. Refreshments were served.
Lancaster News, Feb. %: Sheriff
Hunter, Chief Bell, Policeman Byrd
and Constable Huey Montgomery
made big haul of mash in section
of the county below Taxahaw yester-
day afternoon. Two 60-gallon barrels
of mash were found in the woods on
the plantation Of Amos Mungo. the
mash was poured out. Arrests will
likely follow in the near future..----.......:-
John L. Adams, of Snr.ch Lancaster,
returned yesterday from Rock Hill,
where he underwent an operation for
the removal of a small growth from
his under lip in one of the hospitals
Of that CITY, Evangelist d. T. Mont
gomery, of Greenville, is conducting. a
revival at the Heath Springs Baptist
church this week. Mr.. Montgomery
spent from Friday until Saturday with
his brother L. N. Montgomery, OF
lancaster. City council has under
consideration the passing of curfew
law for Lancaster-not that the boys
of our city are any worse than in
other towns, but it is well known that
in all towns there are youths on the
streets at night when they should be
at home. Any measure for the pro-
lection of the younger generation
should and will be sanctioned by all
parents.rn..Sh Sheriff Hunter, Constable
Huey Montgomery and Policeman Joe
Byrd went down to Elgin Saturday
afternoon and captured two and one
half gallons Of white lightning" In, the
home of John Hinson, who claims that
it was left there by other parties. Two
or three parties are thought to be con-
nected with the case and the arrest OF
these is expected to follow any day.
Gastonia Gazette, March 1: Miss
Eva Riddle has returned to Gree..ville
S. c., after nursing young Tom Riddle
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Riddle OF
Bowling Green, who is recovering
from a recent severe illness...-..-...Con-
tract for supplying the midway for the
Big CASTOR County Fair next October
was awarded the Lew Dufour Shows