Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-09-18
Death Of a Child.

city cemetery the following day.
To Practice Here.
DR.. A. T. Nicely, whose intention to
locate in Fort Mill for the practice of
medicine, was previously announced in
The Times, arrived Saturday and is
boarding with Mr.. and Mrs. A. o.
Jones, on Booth street. Dr. Neely has
offices in the building of the Massey
drug store.
Gamblers Forfeit Bonds.
Early Sunday morning Frank Windle,
constable to Magistrate r. P. Harris.
nabbed crowd of seven young white
men who were engaged in a game of
cards in the woods just south of town.
Each of the men were required to put
up cash bonds for trial Monday, but
when the hour for trial arrived none of
the defendants showed up and the
bonds were, of course, forfeited.
Romodeling Home.
Under the supervision of Contractor
A. A. Bradford, large force of hands
is engaged in remodeling and en-
iarging the home of Mr.. j. T. Young,
on Clebourn street. A second story is
being added to the residence and this
pleted will give Mr.. Young and family
one of the most commodious and beau
tiful homes in the city.
Kimbrell Building Nears Completion.
The big building being erected on
Main street for the e. w. Kimbrell
company is nearing completion, the
carpenters and masons now being en-
gagged in putting the finishing touches
to the interior of the structure. The
building is not only the largest but the
most modern for the town, and when
completed the Kimbrell firm will have
home which in beauty and appoint
ments will compare favorably with the
storehouses in the larger cities.
Will Move to Fort Mill.
Mr.. Bowman Merritt, Sr., a well
known resident of the township, has
decided to move to Fort Mill and will
within short time occupy the cottage
on Church street now occupied by Mr..
+. r. Patterson and family. Mr..
Merritt few days ago became the
with Mr.. A. X. McElhaney, by which
the latter came into possession of the
Merritt farm in Upper Fort Mill.
County Progresses Educationally.
The annual report of the county
superintendent of education, John f..
Carroll, to the State superintendent
shows progress along all lines, es-
t.l ll,rE Eno t.l 4
three hundred and forty-five white and
6,743 negro children were enrolled
during the year. There was an in
crease of l5 whites and ATS negroes
over 1912. Out of so districts in the
county ID are now levying special
taxes.
Come on With the Shiny Simoleons.
Now that the cotton season is fairly
on and money is becoming more plenti.
full, number of farmers and Others
have called at The Times office during
the last few days and renewed their
subscriptions to the paper. The fal
time is debt paying time with the news.
paper man as well as the farmer and
we hope that many others will renew
promptly. We need every dollar due
us.
To Teach in China.
| Miss Leona 1homa5son, of Ebenezer
this county, plans a trip to China,
leaving the latter part of this month
Her work there will be to teach the
children of the missionaries of the
station. Accompanying Miss Thomas
son will be the Rev. and Mrs. w. W.
Lawton and Miss Pauline Lyde, all OF
this State. The party will sail from
Seattle October and reach Shanghai
about November 6 and will then have q
trip of about 1000 miles into the
interior.
Off for College.
The Fort Mill young men and women
who have left recently, or will leave
within the next few days, for the
various colleges are: Miss Ruth Meach-
am to Chicora, Greenvllle; Misses Lana
Parks, Jack Massey and Esther Nc.
Murray to Winthrop, Rock Hill; Miss
Anne Barber to Limestone, Gaffney.
Miss Lila Hall to Albermarle, N. c.;
Joe Ardrey to A. & Nj. College, Raleigh
farks Boyd, Brice Culp and William
Beik to Clemson College; Joe Belk to
Presbyterian College. Clinton; Monre
White to University of South Carolina,
Columbia.
Tax Time Approaches.
An advertisement of more than ordi.
nary interest to the public is that
published in The Times this week an.
nouncing The opening oil the tax books
Tor the collection of State, county,
school and local taxes for the yeaI
1913. The books will be opened or
October l5, and as in former years
County Treasurer Harry +. Neil will
make tour of the county for the con.
veaience of the taxpayers in making
payments. The Treasurer's dates il