Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
ROCK HILL news BUDGET
AragOn Mill Village Has Interesting
Fourth Of July Programme.
TALK OF new MILL FOR GREAT FALLS
Candidates Are Trying to Get Rock
Hill Voters to EnroIl-Furniture
Store Is Destroyed BY Flames-Oth-
er News Notes of the Metropolis of
York County.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)

er News Notes of the Metropolis OF
York County.
(By Staff Correspondent
Rock Hill, July 3.-An independence
day celebration is to be held at the Ara
gon mill here tomorrow, the principal
features of which will be several ath-
letic events. Two baseball games are
scheduled-one for tomorrow morning
and the other for tomorrow afternoon,
the strong Ranlo team of Gastonia, 9to
oppose the Aragon mill team in both
games. In addition to baseball the
program calls for picnic dinner, trap
shooting contests and other attrac-
tions. Many Rock Hill people will go
to Chester tomorrow afternoon on ac-
count of the baseball game between the
Sunday school league teams of Chester
and Rock Hill. Still others, especially
ex-service men, will go to Fort Mill to
spend the day at the celebration to be
staged there by Fort Mill post of the
American Legion.
Another Mill for Great Falls.
There was an interesting rumor on
the streets here Saturday to the effect
that the Duke interests would soon be-
gin construction Of a new cotton mill
at Great Falls. Speaking of the rumor
we'll known Rock Hill banker said:
Il have it straight that the Duke in
terests have had the sum of $4,000, 900
set aside for long while now against
the time when it would be considered
opportune to build another mill at
Great Falls" People here today from
Great Falls said that a site for the new
cotton mill had about been decided up
on and that they were expecting def
mite announcement relative to the new
textile plant at any time.
Blacksburg Wants Mill.
From most reliable source there
comes the information that the citi-
zcns of Blacksburg, hustling Cherokee
county town, have subscribed the sum
of $4,000 to be turned over to any
reputable manufacturer who cares to
invest $150,000 in a cotton mill at
Blacksburg. The Blacksburg people
are very anxious to build another cot
ton mill in that town, it is stated, and
it is believed that it would not be a
very hard matter to raise much more
than $4,000 in Blacksburg for cot
ton mill.
Furniture Company Burned.
Fire which was discovered about Q
o'clock Friday night, completely guttcd
the Frew building on Main street, oc-
cupied by the Rock Hill Furniture
company and did much damage to the
millinery department of the Mutual
Dry Goods company, which occupies
the store room adjoining. The fire is
believed to have caught near the ele-
vator shaft; but nobody has any idea
as TO its origin, since the last employc
TO leave the store left about 7 o'clock
building was a mass of flames and it
took hard work on the part of the fire
men to prevent the spread Of the
flames to other buildings in the block.
According to officials of the furniture
company the loss is about $4,000, with
insurance in the sum of $4,000. 1t is
understood that the damage to the
building is also pretty we'll covered by
insurance.
Boil Weevil Trap Exhibited.
A boil wccvil trap exhibited on the
was an object of interest to many far
mers. The trap is fastened to plOw.
A bar shakes the cotton plants and the
wccvils fall off into pans affixed TO the
trap. While the farmers were eager
and anxious to look at it there were
Lone who were inclined TO buy.
Shopmen Quit Work.
Twcnty-four employees in the Rock
Hill shops OF the Southern railway
quit work Saturday morning in ac-
cordance with the strike order issued
ny tHc oiueI VI IsllINby oIloDIlItIl' L liz
local employees walked out at 10 o'clock,
the hour set for the walk out. Local
shOpmen were not inclined to discuss
the matter. 1--WE got orders from the
heads of our union to quit work and
you see we have quit" was all the
comment that one of the shopmcn
would make.
Candidates Are Worried.
Candidates for county Offices are be-
| ginning to spend great deal of time
in Rock Hill. They are interesting
themselves principally just now in urg-
| ing the voters to enroll. They have a
hard job of it. since enrolment here sc
far has hardly reached 1000, and there
is little inclination on the part OF Rock
| Hill folks to put their names on the
club rolls. Information is that few
women are enrolling. There are more
than 1000 eligible to enroll, it is sai(
by those who are in position 10 know
1t is learned here that an effort will bC
made to get the candidates for state
Offices to come to Rock Hill on The
night of August >, the day they arr
scheduled to come to Yorkvillc