Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1914-03-19
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

the home of his parents on
Clebourn street.
Governor Blease has reap
pointed S. H. White of Rock Hill
commissioner for the Catawba
Indians. The State makes an
annual appropriation of SIS, 700
for the support of the Indians.
Alex E. Young, for a year or
more prescription clerk in Mas
sey's drug store in this city. left
Monday morning for Charlotte
to accept a position with Jordan's
drug store.
Mrs. Jennie Ferguson has been
seriously i'll of gastritis for
several days at her home in this
city. Her daughter, Miss Edna
Ferguson, was called home from
Charlotte Sunday on account of
Mrs. Ferguson's illness.
According to the astrologers,
the moon was in eclipse last
Wednesday night from 9 O'Clock
until shortly after the midnight
hour. The eclipse was invisible
to this section because of cloudi-
ness.
j. N. Amber, of Winston
Salem, N. c., assisted by corps
of engineers, the last week made
a survey of the city of Fort Mill
for the purpose of forming an
estimate as to the cost of the
proposed waterworks system.
This survey was authorized at
meeting of city council several
weeks ago.
A meeting of the patrons of
Gold Hill school, at which mat
ters pertaining to the welfare of
the school, has been called by
the board of trustees for tomor-
row (Friday) afternoon at four
O'Clock. The meeting will be
held in the school building, and
all patrons are urged to be pres
ent.
People of this section and the
Confederate veterans in particu-
lar. will be interested in the ap-
preparation of 81, 500 made by
the general assembly for the ex-
penses of the State reunion to be
held this year in Anderson May
27 and %. The general assembly
has made this appropriation for
several years, and no exception
was made this year.
The Rev. S. P. Hair, of the
local Baptist church, left Fort
Mill Monday morning for Paco-
let, S. c., where, at the First
Baptist church, he will assist
the Rev. H. j. Snider in meet
ing to continue throughout the
week. Services at the Fort Mill
church will, The Times is re-
quested to state. be held at the
usual hours on next Sunday.
At meeting the last week of
the Home Missionary society the
members decided to give pub
lie entertainment at an early
date for the purpose of raising
funds to further the special
charitable work in which they
are now interested. The society
has in the past provided occa-
sion S of this nature of so much
enjoyment that the coming en-
tert ainment is looked forward to
with a great deal of interest.
The annual movement of fer
tiliZer from this city to the sur
rounding country is on in full
blast and on each of the town.
ship roads may be seen daily
numbers of wagons loaded down
with the material. To date the
sales are practically the same as
that of a year ago, and up to the
average of the business for sew
eral years, except possibly 1911,
the ba nner year for the sale of
fertilizer.
The Majestic Theatre is today
Wednesday, offering it's patrons
an additional attraction in the
illustrated lecture of Capt. Sid
ney Hinman. who has spent many
years in the life-saving service
on the coast of this country.
Capt. Hinman also hasOn exhi-
bition several dogs which are
used in the service. Besides
these, there are a number of