Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-07-23
FORT MILL MEIANGE.
Minor Happenings In and About Town
Told in Paragrahs.


Saturday morning, after visit to
friends in Dallas, n. G.
Miss Josie Fewell, daughter of
Mr.. Will Fewell, of Rock Hill. is
visiting Miss Louise McMurray.
Miss Corinne Kendrick, an nc
complished Rock Hill young ladv
Is the guest of Mrs. j. B. Menden
hall.
Mrs. M, M. Watson has moved
INTO her pretty new cottage on
Booth street, opposite the resi-
dence of Mr.. II. +. Grier.
Having been convicted before
Magistrate Mills IF CARRYING an nm.
lawful pistol, Tom Seigle, colored
is serving short sentence ON the
county chain gang.
:, lne LINES Is requested to state
that there will be preaching in the
Presbyterian church Sunday morn
ing at ii o'clock by the pastor.
Rev. Dr. Thornwell.
Monday morning the first con
tributlon to the proposed monu-
ment to be erected TO the memory
of the late Prof. l.. Shurlev was
received by Mr.. w. B. Meacham
from Mr.. Il. j. McIlwain. of Clio
Alabama.
Misses Kitty kirkpatrick, Wren
Harris and Louise McMurray left
this morning for All Healing
Springs, n. c., to attend a house
party, to be given by Miss Grace
Kirkpatrick, daughter of the Rev.
Mr.. kirkpatrick, president of the
Jones Seminary.
1t is stated that the Dover Yarn
Mill, at Pineville, will suspend
work Saturday at noon and will
he closed for six weeks, the object
of the shutdown being to re-
arrange the shafting throughout
the entire mill and to install a
number of new spinning frames.
The Fort Mill Mfg Company has
another secretary and treasurer
Two weeks ago Mr.. e. s. Link. of
Chester, came here with view of
accepting the position, which had
been rendered him on account of
the i'll health of the then secretary
and treasurer, Mr.. w. b. Meaciiari
Mr.. Link returned Monday morn
ing and assumed the duties of the
place.
The Fort Mill baseball club has
arranged match game with the
Pineville team which will be
played on the grounds of the latter
Saturday afternoon at 4.3O o'clock
The home team, composed of the
following young men, is sanguine
of success: 5. W. and f. 5. Parks,
James aud Allison Thornwpll. B.
G. Ferguson, Ben Massey, Walter
and Edgar Hoover and Jas. Kizer.
While cleaning off the yard of
MIR. j. G.. Warren, local section
master of the Southern, few days
ago n negro man unearthed n for
eign coin which appears TO have
been made III 1475. The coin is SO
worn that the year in which it was
made can not be read distinctly.
but all who have seen it are of the
opinion that it was made in the
year indicated. The coin is of
metal that looks like copper, and is
about the size of the old style one
cent piece issued by the govern
ment years ago.
Among the number who took
advantage of the excursion rates
from here to Columbia and return
yesterday the following were noted:
Messrs. ID. n. CASTOR, p. K. and
j, w. Collins, Andy Coffee, :. j.
Kimbrell, Grover Hall, Il. B. Belk
and little sons-Ioe and William
j. w. Bales, ID. K. Thompson.
Walter Bales, Guy Blankenship.
j. p. and Wilson Crowder, f.. III.
Phillips, j. II. Bales, j. G..
Farmer, j. b. Chapman, A. A.
Bradford. Jr., and Misses Eunice
Hall, Mary Hagins and Beulah
Crowder.
Joe CASTOR is weaver at the
Millfort Mill. Monday morning
he went to work as usual not an
ticipating that lie would soon find
the services of "A physician neces-
sary. Charley Thomas was an
employe of the mill some time ago.
and while at work there he and
CASTOR had differences which were
not adjusted before the former
quit work at the mill. SO Thomas
entered the mill Monday morning.
slipped up behind CASTOR and
struck him two stunning blows on
the head with shuttle, intiicting
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