Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-10-09
Miss Massey iii.

and Mrs. B. f. Massey, has been
seriously ill of fever for the last ten
days at the home of her parents on
Booth street. Miss Massey's con-
dition yesterday was reported as some
what improved.
Cotton-Picking for Orphans.
The pupils of the Flint Hill Sunday
school will hold their annual cotton
picking for the benefit of Connie Nav
well orphanage on next Saturday. The
school will be divided into two SQUADS
one at the home of Mr. w. H. WindIe
and one at the home of Hon. s II
Epps. This plan has been tried out in
former years and has always resulted
in the raising OF substantial sum for
the orphans.
Mrs. Atwater Entertains Book Club
The Adelphian book club met the
last week with Mrs. j. N. Atwatcr. at
her home on Confederate street. An
interesting literary programme was
enjoyed. reading by Miss Gwineth
Bratton and vocal solo bv Miss
Blanche Lawrence were the features
of the programme.
MIR. Bennett Will Build.
Mr.. Robert l.. Bennett, a well known
resident of the town, has bought from
A. k. McElhaney, broker, the j. nj.
Kay lot, on Forest street, and will
In the near future erect home there
on. The lot has frontage of so feet
on Forest street and extends throupb
To Grace street distances of 2lO feet
The consideration was said to be SITS.
Weighing the Mails.
Beginning October lst and CON
tinuing until the 18th of the month. a
check Is being kept on all parcel post
matter r. ceiyed at the Fort Mill post
office and at the postofiices all over the
country. The postofice department
contemplates a thorough investigation
OF the extent to which the parcel post
is beng used, and with this end in view
instructions were sent out to all post
offices calling for various counts of
parcel post matter.
First Killing Frost
Follow lg are the dates of the earliest
killing frost in South Carolina for the
last eig:.. years and this item shmuld
be cut out tor future reference bv all
Interested: October Is, 1912; November
), 1911; October -, 1910; October %.
1903; November 5, 1908: October ii
1907; October IL, 1906; November II
l"Oo; November Z, 1904. From these
figures it will be seen that October II
was the earliest killing frost and
November II the latest.
Crops Good in Alabama.
In a letter 10 The Times few davs
ago, Mr. Claude b. Faris, "A Young
man who about year ago moved with
his father, Mr.. Il. NJ Faris. to Pitts.
view, Ala, says that the crops in that
section of his State are excellent and
that the farmers are reapng a rich
harvest from their years labor. Mr..
taris is young man who knows the
art of soil-tilling in every sense of the
word, having graduated from the
agricultural branch of Clemson college
few years ago.
Boy Scouts Sclf-Supporting.
According to a news item under a
New York date line, the Boy Scouts of
America, an organization heretofore
supported by philanthropy, will in
the future be self-supportng by
taxing each of the 300 600 members
70 cents year. Troops of the first
class will retain 15 cents for local
work, sending the balance to the
national council for the broader work
OF the organization. Troops of the
second class will retain onlv , cents
of the contribution.
New Concern Begins Business.
The Patterson Dry Goods Store. a
new concern which handles the line
indicated by its name. opened for
business last Thursday, temporarily in
the big upstairs room over the First
National bank. The business is in
charge of MIR. E. r. Patterson. a
young man who has had years of ex-
perience in the dry goods business here
and elsewhere and who is well known
to the trading public of this section.
MISS Kate Culp is a saleslady for the
concern. The Patterson firm will oc-
cupy the building now occupied as a
dry goods store by the Mills & Young
firm when this firm vacates the room
within few weeks.
Sad Death in Marvin.
Mrs. Mary Bennett, wife of Mr..
James Bennett, died Tuesday morning
at her home in the vicinity of Marvin,
ten miles east of Fort Mill, after a
painful illness of several months of
heart trouble. The burial took place
wednesday morning in the burial
ground of Pleasant Valley Baptist
church. Mrs. Bennett before marriage
was Miss Mary Lee, sister of
Messrs. ID. A. Lee and J. F. Lee and