Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-11-11
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS
PICKED UP ABOUT TOWN

SO far as The Times Is informed
no exercises celebrating Armistice
day, November II. are being held In
Fort Mill today.
Police officer ID. V. Potts Tuesday
moved his family from Leslie to
Fort Mill and Is now occupying
cottage in Sprattville.
Mrs. w. L. Reardon and children
or Graniteville are guests OF Mrs.
Reardon's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
+. Harris, at the Palmetto hotel.
j. II. Merritt is the only Fort Mill
man drawn to serve on the petit jury
during the second week Of the No
vember term OF court for York
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Moffatt OF Ches-
ter, who were married in Lancaster
few days ago, spent Sunday In Fort
Mill as the guests OF Mrs. Moffatt's
sister. Mrs. w. l.. Eoyd.
Alfred Jones. student at the Pres
bytcrian College of South Carolina,
clinton, and Glider Bauknight. stu
dent at Newberry college. Ne'vbcrry.
spent last week at their homes in Fort
Mill. ~.
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The Rev. ]. w. II. Dyches. Hastor
or the Fort MIL Baptist church, ex-
poets to leave today for n visit nf
several days with relatives I'm Barn.
well county.
The total amount of taxable prop
erty in Fort Mill township. according
to the records In tho office OF the
county auditor. is S1,05S,971, which is
an increase OF $153.201 over the tax
able values OF last year. The number
of polls assessed In the township is
6S3. @
Gregory Dyches has received off,
cial notice from Miss Juanita Nicely.
county home demonstration agent.
thrt he was the winner Of the second
prize for the host record OF poultry
work done In 1920 in boys club work.
Tho prize is n SIS tennis racket which
was donated hv the York Hardware
Company OF York.
Aaron Williams. negro employee In
the dye house OF the Fort Mill Manu-.
featuring company. reported to tho
police Friday evening that another
rcgro had just held him up and un-
dertook to rob him In the vicinity OF
tho mill. Aaron said that as he was
passing n tree the man jumped from
sbohind II and grabbed him. demand
ing his money. Aaron further said
that he grappled with the man and
twice threw him to the ground. Then
the man came at Aaron with n knfo
and cut his trousers which caused
Aaron to conclude that n good ruh
was better than poor stand and
he gave the would-be robbcr all the
room he needed for practicing the
latest strokes and ,counter-strokes to
be used in carving his next reluctant
victim.
The November meeting OF Kanawhu
chapter. d. A. r., was held Fricuy
evening with Miss Zoe White as Eost-
ess Mt her home two mile south OF
town. The chapter has Il membership
OF 30. 16 Of whom we're present at
the meeting 10 take part in the lit
erary program and afterwarG to hear
u discussion OF the recent election. At
the business session OF the chapter Ii
was decided to furtner assist Tom
assoc school by establishing the chap
ter's second foundership. to be named
In honor OF the late Mrs. Mary Stew
art McMurray, who was for years n
member OF the chapter. Mrs. ]. R
! Elliott and Mrs. J. J. Battles were
elected delegates to the State corfer-
ence of tho d. A. r. to bo held in
Anderson ext week.
A. A. McKeown,, district demonstra-
ton agent, and J. r. Blair, York
county demonstration agent were In
Fort Mil for several hours Tuesday
afternoon in the interest OF meeting
to be held here next Tuesday morn
ing to forward the organization Of the
American Products. Imports and Ex q.
ports corporation. which proposes to
deal in cotton on n big scale and sell
tho staple direct to the mills Of the
old world. The corporation, OF whose
board OF directors former Governor
Manning is chairman, Is to be cipi-
talized at s10.O00,000 which Is to be
apportioned among the cotton grow
ing States, South Cardinals portion
being S2,500,000. Farmers especially
are urged to take stock In the corpo-
rdtion, to be paid for either in cash
or cotton. Other York county meet
I 'rgs in the interest of the corpora =
ton are to be held in York next Mcp-
day morning and in Rock Hill Mon
day, afternoon. Following the Fort
Mil meeting Tuesday uorning a
meeting Is to be held at Glover Tues
day afternoon. DR.. J. b. Johnson OF
Rock Hill. president OF the York
County Cotton association, Is expected
to be one of the speakers at the Fort
Mill meeting.