Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-12-05
GENERAL DANFoRD sAve
He TAKES PRIDE IN III g
OFFICERS AND MHt
GREAT PIE EATING e9G
Mortality at Camp Wadsworth AgpS
South carolinians Especially ~
Serious and ALARMING. 3 Il
Camp Jaekson.


"I am proud of the place. the o6leQD,'
and the men," said General Danfor1 ~
a party of Columbians at innchoS
with him after he had shown tie
over Camp Jackson. "And wish ~.
say" said the general. addresslhx
Mayor Blalock. that to the people .
Columbia is due some OF the credl
Secretary p. H. Wiseman has j6Sk
received a letter from the headuu1z
ters Of Association Men. the Y. -. C.
A. national magazine, congratulatfn1
him and his co-workers upon securing
over 5000 subscriptions Tor the mnE1r
zine in Camp Jackson.
According to the New York head
quarters Camp Jackson sent In moro
subscriptions than any other camp n.
the United States for Association Men.
during the recent drive for subscriY
tions.
According to the report handed IN.
by the health authorities at Camp
Jackson to DIR. G. E. Smith, city health
officer, measles is the most prevaienk'
communicable disease ut the canfoH
ment at present.
One of the most amusing and e.
toyable Stunt Night" entertainmentp
was held at the Remount "Y". Ths
opening feature was a pie eating COR
test by five volunteers. Five uto1e
delicious blackberry pies were bakee
by Cook Carlos Dyer and the way the
boys went after them threw the house
into commissions OF laughter. Each
contestant had his hands tied behind:
him and was required to stoop. ovex
and eat his pie off of the table In:
front OF him. ~
Damp seNer.
A great celebration was held -
Camp Sewer Thanksgiving Day ana
the program of events eclipsed any
thing of the kind ever attempted In
this vicinity.
Two army aeroplanes, which were
recently driven here from Camp Jack
son for instruction work, took an Inn
portant part in the Thanksgiving Day.
program, which began at 8 o'ctock
The planes did a number OF thrilling
air stunts. In addition to the airplane
work, the program included two box
ing bouts OF four two-minute rounds
each, a push ball game between the
Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth Infantry
regiments, big cake walk, footban
gamo between the Forty-eighth ana
Fiftieth Infantry regiments and .
sham battle by the demonstration bat-
talon OF the Twentieth division
Camp Wadsworth.
Uncertainty appears to prevail m
both city and camp concerning the IN
ture of Camp Wadsworth. Rumors OF
every kind are to be heard, but thus
far nothing official has been received
here concerning the disposition the
government win make OF the local
military establishment. ConstructioE
work is going on unabated, no orders
having come to hold up operations of
aa5y- LinI.. .---'wn-OiS OiS on the Liberty th1
ater, new hostess house, laundry apkS
ether buildings goes on apace.
Orders have been received looking
towards the demobilization OF the de-
velopment battalions, but carrying lont
OF these orders depends upon further
orders to be received.
The following deaths have occurred
at the base hospital at Camp Wads-
worth. during the past three days, OK
Spanish influenza: Privates AlieR
Owensby. Woodruff; Claude Williams,
South Carolina (place not givenl,
Glover G. CLANCY. Swansea; Frank
Bristow, s. C. (place not given); Jno~
e. Young, Williamson; Frank NJ
Blackmon, Darlington; Armon Cook,
Allsbrook; Virgil Blackwell. Cherc-
kee; Derieur Edge. Moore; Eugene
Weathers. Fountain Inn; John T. Hal
liday, Toney Creek; Ryan Mcdaniel
Laurens;; James Presley. Walhalla