Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-05-29
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vi OnelOy, N. w., are guests OF
Miss Frances Harris in this city.
Miss Mary Ritch is dangerously
i'll at the home of her brother,
Mr.. j. Landy Ritch, in the village
of the Fort Mill Mfg. company's
mill No. l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brown
and little son, Of Salisbury, N. C.
were guetts Sc veral days during
the week of mir, and Mrs. j. T.
Young, in this city.
Mrs. Lee Armstrong and chill
drer, OF Spencer, N. c., are
visiting at the home of Mr..
j. II. Sutton, Of the township.
Announcement is made from
Winthrop college that on ac-
count of a lack of seats in the
new auditorium annex, the Fresh
and sub Fresh classes will be
allowed to go to their homes, if
they so desire, on next Friday.
The college commencement be-
gins on next Sunday.
Mr.. Z. T. Bales, of Flint Hill
is seriously ill at the Charlotte
Sanatorium as the result of an
operation performed several days
ago. His son, Rev. P. M. Bales,
arrived Saturday from Louisville,
KY, to be at his bedside.
The Times regrets to learn
that Mr.. A. S. White, one of the
Oldest and most highly esteemed
residents of the township, is
seriously ill at his home two
miles south of town. Reports
yesterday morning from his
bedside We're to the effect that
his condition was unchanged.
The Times is in receipt of an
invitation to attend the COM
mencement exercises of the
Thornwell College for Orphans.
which will be held June 8, 9, 10
and 11th at Clinton. The bac-
calaureate sermon will be de-
livered by Rev. D. w. Brannen,
ID. D., of Milledgeville, Ga.
Troop No. l of the Fort Mill
Boy Scouts marched to Rock Hill
Friday on one of the longest and
most interesting hikes the troop
has had this year. The distance
is II miles, and it was covered
in the good time of three and
one-half hours, exclusive of the
dinner hour. While in Rock
Hill the scouts made the round
of all the moving picture shows.
They returned to Fort Mill on
the evening train.
Mr.. H. S. Trott, representing
the Ferd Brenner Lumber COM
pany, of Salisbury. N. c., has
been in Fort Mill and The town
ship for several days in quest of
oak, ash and other hardwood
timber. Mr.. Trott offers cash
for standing timber and those of
our landowners having this class
of timber for sale could profit
ably dispose of it by dealing
with Mr.. Trott.
Mary Carothers, the little
7-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Randolph Carothers, died
last Thursday morning at the
home of her parents on Con-
fenerate street after an illness
of only few days. The funeral
service was conducted from the
home Friday by Rev. w. A.
Hafner and the interment was
at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian
church. a few miles north of
Fort Mill.
Plans have been completed
for the installation of modern
glass fronts in the store rooms
OF the Ardrey Drug company
and the E. w. Kimbrell company.
the work to commence as early
as the necessary material can be
assembled. Besides the glass
front in the Kimbrell store, the
floor of the storerOom will be
lowered to the street level and
this will prove a great con-
venience in the moving of goods
in and out of the building. The
work it is understood is to be
done by Charlotte contractor.
Congressman Finley has intro