Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-09-11
Rock Hill Lad Shot.

thursday morning ABOUT 1O:3O
o'clock Palmer Wilson, about
fourteen years of age, shot Jesse
Green, about eleven years of
age, with a shotgun, shooting
out one eye entirely and the
other so badly that possibly he
will lose his sight in case his
wounds do not prove fatal.
Re signs Superintendency of Mill.
Mr.. w. H. Still, who for the
last year has held the position of
superintendent of the Millfort
mill of this city, resigned the
position on Saturday, and is sue
ceeded by Mr.. Bratton Fennell,
an experienced mill man of
Columbia. Mr.. Still will move
his family to Rockingham, N. c.,
where he has accepted position
similar to the one held here.
By Boat to Charleston.
Murray Mack, Alex Young.
Herbert Harris and Fred Minis.
Fort Mill young men, embarked
on the placid waters of the
Catawba early Tuesday MORN
ing for river trip to Charles
ton. The start was made from
the club house. west of town.
and the young men anticipated
little difficulty in making the
trip after passing the big power
dams at Great Falls and Rocky
Creek, in Chester county.
Winston Wins Pennant.
The first season of the North
Carolina league closed Wednes-
day, Winston-Salem winning the
pennant by margin of four
points. The other clubs closed
in the following order: Durham.
Raleigh, Asheville, Charlotte,
Greensboro. The pennant was
undecided until when Winston
Salem was scheduled to play
Greensboro and Durham
doubleheader.
The 1-cent Parcel Stamp.
The 1-cent parcel post stamp
has been discontinued. 1t was
so like its brother the 2-cent
letter stamp-that many dis
honest persons succeeded in
hoodwinking Uncle Sam in hav-
ing 1t carry tirSt-clasS letter
mail. Postmaster General Burle-
son has sent out a warning to
postmaSters to watch for the
masqueradlng stamps, and any
person caught using them with
deliberate intent to cheat the
Government will be severely
punished.
vii. Become Journalist,
Fort Mill people generally will
be interested in the announce
ment that j. X. Breedin has re-
signed the position of dean of
Anderson college and will engage
IN the newspaper business at
Manning. Mr. Breedin's wife
was Miss Sophie Huggins, daugh-
ter of Rev. j. ID. Huggins,
formerly pastor of the Fort Mill
Baptist church, and is well re-
membered in this city. Mr..
Breedln's new paper will be
issued weekly and will make it's
appearance within few weeks.
Parsonage WorX Begins.
Work on the new Methodist
parsonage, plans for which have
been under way since the old
parsonage and contents were
destroyed by fire about year
ago, was begun on Monday morn
ing. The building is to be
two-story brick structure of
seven rooms and is to occupy
site facing on Church street.
j. NJ. White, a well known
builder OF the town, is super
vising the construction of the
house. The Methdist people are
deeply thankful to Mr.. S. S.
McNinch, whe has donated suf.
tlclent brick from his big plant at
Grattan to build the parsonage.
No Cotton In Street.
There will be no more cotton
dumped in the street in the rear
OF the cotton platform. accord
ing to an ed'ct of the city coun-
Gil at meeting held few nights
ago for the purpose of consider
ing the question. Heretofore
1t has been the custom or local
cotton buyers to place cotton in
the street when the platform
became crowded, and complaints
mad been made to council by
number of citizens of tho hlnoL