Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-08
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS
PICKED UP ABOUTTOWN

VINO Is attenulnB the summer ScnOOl
at Winthrop college. was the guest
Tuesday Of Mrs. w. f.. Harris.
Miss Helen Heath of Midland. y.
c., is spending several days in Fort
Mill visiting her brother, Crawford
Heath. and other relatives here.
w. ID. Grist, editor OF the York
Vile Enquirer. and his son. James ID.
Grist. chief reporter for The Enuuir-
er. were visitors to Fort Mill Friday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Starnes of Hunt
ersville. \. c., and Misses Allie Mae
Miscally and Mary Griffith of Rock
Hill were weekend guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. J. l.. Lyles.
The second cotton bloom OF the
season reported for Fort Mill town
ship was brought to The Times Office
several days ago by Eb Bayne, n
farmer in the upper section of the
township.
{. =. Hutchinson, who is connected
with the office of the county super
lntendent of education in sumter is
il Fort Mill spending tcn-day vacu-
uon ut the home of his brother, DR.
John NJ. Hutchinson.
Miss Esther Meacham returned
Tuesday morning from Greenville.
after attending the annual State
meeting OF the Baptist Young Peo-
pies union in that city during the
last few days as Il delegate from the
Fort Mill union.
An enjoyable picnic in honor of the
Fort Mil teachers attending the sum
EIer school at Winthrop college wa
given at Indianhnok school house. a
few miles from town. Friday evening
by Miss Carrie spencer of Rock Hin.
teacher of the NTH grade in the local
school
Bales bridge across steele creek
two miles from town. is now closed To
traffic owing to repairs which are he
ing maie ON the structure by Il
force Of carpenters. For some time
the bridge has been considered dan
fer0us. the floor being in especially
bad condition.
Herbert OFT. son of Dr. and Mrs.
a. l.. OFT. and Russell Phillips. two
Fort Mil boys. recently enlisted in
the navy for a short training course
at Hampton Roads Va. The course
they will take is that provided hy tn"
government for boys under Is year
old.
During the last week Il change has
occurred i'm the management Of the
store of the Fort Mill Cooperative as.
s""i'tion, w T.. Griffin having re
signed and the place filled by the
election of G. w. Starnrs. who has
been connected with the business ror
some time.
The sale of n splendid farm OF lGO
acres in lower Fort Mill township
was effected Il few days ago whca j
h. Mills transferred TO Monroe White
n part of the old -. A. Lee plac.
The C"r"iGcration is "aid to have
been 500 per acre. Mr.. White is h
progressive young farmer and plarS
u bring the nlncc up to n high state
OF cultivation.
Revival services which will con-
tinue through the week and per
haps longer We're begun Monday
night at the Fort Mill Baptist church
with the Rev. T. V. McCaul OF Ben
nettsville conducting the services.
Two services will hc held each day.
a. 10 o'clock in the morning and S:l5
in the evening. An interesting feat
ure "f the meetings is the singing OF
MIR, Mctaul. who possesses Il Splcn-
did baritone voice.
OF Lancaster county has been ap-
pointed magistrate of Indianland
township to succeed Magistrate u. *.
Hall. who resigned recently on ac-
count of illness. No candidates have
yet announced for the place in the
August Democratic primary and there
IL very little interest In politics in
the upper section OF Lancaster cOun-
tY. yesterday said \. NJ BlakencN
of Rclair.
There is considerable interest in
Fort Mill i'm the auction sale today
ot the small farms into which the
Cherry plantation. between Winthrop
college and the Catawha river. has
been "nt qnd II is expected that IA
number of local men will he on hand
to submit bids on some of the farms.
land which has been suhdivided
& "nds along the concrete and ma
G dam road for a distance of about
four miles and has been worked up
to high state of cultivation. II is
Understood that the entire tract was
7 Gently sold by J. NJ Cherry AMI
tnt the sale Is being conducted by
Z = new owners
The first picnic and barbecue ever
held in Fort Mill township occurred
:" years ago. on the 4th OF July.
lNIS. according to j. III. Coltharp,
one OF the Community's Oldest citi-
HcnS. who has Il boy II years old at
the time. The picnic was held near
the site OF the Springs bridge. over
the Southern railway. few miles
h'rth OF town. said Mr.. Coltharp Il
caN or two ago. and was planned
10 work mp sentiment for the pro
posed railroad between Charlotte ana
Columbia. \ speech in behalf of the
undertaking was made hy Col. Jack
Springs grandfather OF col. Leroy
Springs. There was n string band on
hand to furnish music for the occa-
sion and IL was led by the late Burk
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