Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-01-29
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

CapC. John w. Ardrey has
been confined to his home fo..
several days by illness.
Mr.. Harry D. Harkey has been
Ill Tor several days a. his home
III Sorattvilie.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. P. Heath and
daughter, Miss Helen Heath, of
Charlotte, We're visitors the last
week at the home of w. F. Har-
ris in this city.
S. A. Anderson and family who
have resided in Fort Mill for
several years, moved the last
week TO Mr.. Anderson farm i'm
Lower Mecklenburg county.
Elliott and John B., the little
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Ben
nett. have been i'll for several
days at the home OF their parents
on Forest street.
N. L. Carothers, proprietor,
has recently made great i'm
provement to the interior of the
Acme barber shop by the install
latlon of handsome cabinet and
other up-to-date fixtures.
The time for the payment of
State and county taxes with the
one per cent penalty expires on
next Saturday. After that date
and during February the penalty
Is two per cent.
According to statistics of the
census bureau, there were 80, $50
bales OF cotton ginned in York
county up to January 16, as COM
pared with 80, SAG bales ginned
TO the corresponding date liz
1912.
The ninth cotton ginning re-
port of the census bureau for the
season, issued at 10 O'Clock Fri
day morning. announced that
l3, 589. I'll bales of cotton had
been ginned prior to January 16.
j. W. Latham was here .e
last week from Elerbe, N. c..
where he has resided since leav-
ing Fort Mill several months ago.
MIR. Latham's health, which was
very poor when he moved to
North Carolina, is much i'm
proved.
The marriage Sunday after
noon in the village of the "old
mill" of Miss Minnie Burrage
and S. P. Johnston was wit
messed by a large crowd Of the
friends of the couple. The cere-
mOny was pronounced by Magis-
trAte r. p. Harris.
Members of the local military
organization will be interest, d t.
know that Lieut.. Col. David G.
Snanks, of the Federal Inspector
generals department, u. S. A..
has been designated as inspector
OF the South Carolina militia fol
the inspections OF 1914.
County Supervisor T. w. Boyd
is circulating petition to be pre-
sented to the governor asking
that all York prisoners now in
the penitentiary be returned t.
the county chaingang. The.
chainEang is now at work on the
spur road between Fiibert and
Allison creek.
The Rock Hill Chamber OF
Commerce has, according to The
Herald. taken up the matter with
Congressman Finley OF securing
some aid from the national
government for improvement to
the roads in York county. The
government has recently offered
aid TO several counties OF the
State in road building.
The home Of Dr.. J. l.. Spratt.
in SprattVille. narrowly escaped
destruction from fire FRIDAY
morning when a stick of wood
rolled from the fireplace in The
living room ana ignited the
floor. Fortunately Mrs. Sprdtt
entered the room from the lining
room before the fire had g..incd
headway and eXLinguisheL lnc
flames.
Representative Finley has in
troduced in congress u bill pro-
viding for a SIS, 900 postoffice
building at Yorkviile. MIR.
Finley ranks next to the chair
man Of the postofflce committee,
and the people of Yorkville feel
confident that he will in a very
short time secure the building
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