Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-04-01
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
April 1st-"All Fools Day."

Creek, is spending q few days
with her aunt, Mrs. Mary Ken
drick, in this city.
John B. Erwin, a well known
resident of the town, sustained
painful injuries to his left leg
Tuesday afternoon in fall on
White street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Columbus Kim
brell, of Charlotte, were week
end guests of the formers pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Kim
brell, Of Gold Hill.
DIR. j. B. Elliott, a well known
physician of the city, was mott
fled several days ago of his ap-
pointment as local surgeon for
the Southern railway company.
Announcement is made that a
carnival company will exhibit in
Fort Mill during the next week
and will donate a portion of its
earnings to the local fire depart
ment.
Fort Mill jurors drawn to
serve the first week of the ap-
preaching term of York court
ave: S. l.. Boyd, N. l.. Carothers,
R. M. Hood, w. l.. Ferguson
and H. H. Windle.
j. Harry Foster, ESQ, of
Rock Hill, who was in Yorkville
this morning, said he had been
appointed a special Judge by
Governor Manning, to hold court
In Lexington county, beginning
the third week in April. York
vile Enquirer.
Some sixty stitches, it was
stated, were required to close up
the gashes which a colored man
named Johnson received Sunday
in a difficulty near the southern
edge of town. The negro was
very weak from the loss of blood
when the attending physician
reached him.
At meeting in Union the last
week of representatives of the
fair associations of several of
the upstate counties, The date
for holding the York county fair
at Rock Hill was fixed for
October 13 to 16. The Union
county fair will be held the
following week.
After today, (Friday) only
five more days remain in which
York county citizens can pay
their taxes without penalty.
Something like $40, 600 yet re
mains to be collected. The
total receipts of the treasurer's S
office up to March Is, were
STA, 828. 81 91-Yorkville Enquirer.
w. w. Long, State demon
stration agent, is urgent in his
plea that top dressing for oats
and wheat be supplied with dis
patch. Mr.. Long thinks this
especially advisable this spring
in consequence of the excessive
rainfall, which has depleted the
soil of its nitrates. He advises
that nitrate of soda be used,
both because Of it's ready avail
ability as a plant food and be-
cause the prices this spring are
not unreasonable.
The board of trustees of the
Fort Mill graded school has
mailed out statements to the
parents of all scholars who are
delinquent in the payment of
fees for incidental purposes, ac-
companied by a statement to the
effect that all scholars who fail
to pay up in full all such de-
linquencies by April 5th will be
suspended from school until
such amounts are paid. 1t is
understood that quite a number
of the scholars have paid no fees
for several months.
The Times is in receipt of a
program for the Field Day ex-
ercises to be held in Yorkville
next Saturday, but on account
of lack of space cannot print it
in full. Among the most i'm
portant events of the day will
be a parade of the pupils of the
various schools of the county,
mental and athletic contests,
and addresses by Governor Man