Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-09
NEWS AROUND TOWN.
snort Stories Picked Up Here ana
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the railway express office at that
place were robbed Tuesday night ac-
cording to reports reaching Fort Min
yesterday.
George II. Drew OF Now yorL
some years ago manager OF the
charlotte brick works at Grattan,
TWO miles south of Fort Mill. spent
last Friday in town.
me ReV. w. r. Bauknight spent
tuesday and Wednesday in Column
oia. on business connected with En-
worth orphanage, OF whose board of
managers he is member.
members of st. Johns Methodist
congregation recently gave their pas
.or' the Rev. w. r. Bauknight. and
ms FAMILY an old-fashioned "pound-
ins' consisting OF a large quantity
OF various articles OF food, for which
grateful.
w. II. Bradford left this morning
Tor columbia to attend q meeting
To-Day, Friday and Saturday of the
state budget commission of which
ne Is q member. The other men,
pers or the commission are Govern
or Cooper and Senator Christensen
o. Beaufort county.
The congregation of St. Johns
Methodist church is anticipating
with pleasure the first official visit
to their church Sunday of the Rev.
q. {. Leonard, presiding elder of
fock Hill districtrecently transfer
red from Anderson district The last
quarterly conference of the year of
st. Johns church is to he held Sum
day morning Immediately following
the sermon by Mr.. Leonard.
according to A Y Williamson of
fort MIL. travelling salesman for an
ONO shoe manufactory. there will
ne n marked decrease in the price
or spring and summer shoes next
year compared with the price at
which shoes for these seasons were
sold to the consumer this year. Mr..
Williamson says the retailer will be
able to sell shoes next year at the
price he paid for them wholesale this
year and still make the same profit
on them.
Following the cut of 1s per cent
made in the wages of the emploveos
OF ;he Fort Mil Manufacturing
company several weeks ago. n fur
ther cut Of about Is Uer cent was
announced for the employees a few
uhEs ago, 1t is reported There ia
SAID to have been little Improvement
receEtiy in the cloth market and va
rious cotton mills in the Piedmont
section of the Carolinas have found
ID necessary within the last few
weeks to reduce the pay of their
help. 'e''
MY. and Mrs. J. Lyken Watson OF
New 1ork city spent n few hours I'm
r"r' MIL Saturday the guests of
Iriehd%. Following a visit of several
u;evs To Mr.. Watson's brother. w A
Nhn l~Nt
watson were married only n few
days ago and had come South on
'neir honeymoon. Mr.. Watson was
ci:izen Of Fort Mil about 90 veors
"so' nut for the greater part OF the
tiine since then has made his homo
in tie North.
d II. Hunt, commercial agent OF
the Norfolk & Southern railway. with
headquarters in Charlotte. was n yis-
itor to Fort Mill Tuesday. Mr.. Hunt
Is confident that business conditions
Will be greatly improved within the
NEXT lew weeks ALREADY there Is n
noticeable Increase in the movement
vi i'eisht over our line in the last
week or TWO as Is evidenced by the
amount being received at our for
minals in Charlotte" Mr. Hunt said
10 me Times. "and I expect to see
the volume assume even larger pro-
portions during the month of Janu-
AIRY. me people are far from bank
rupt and few months hence most
OF US Will have forgotten the present
depression"
The Rev. j. w. H. Dyches. TIL. d.
pastor OF the Fort Mill Baptist
chuich, left yesterday morning for
columbia to attend the annual meet
ihs' the Tooth. of the South Carolina
I'ap'lst convention, which opened
ues u"y afternoon at the First Bap-
list church and is to continue
'hroneh today. Buptists from every
section of the State are attending the
convection and matters OF much i'm
portahce to the denomination are be-
ih6 considered. Reports covering
every phase OF the work of the
ehurch have been read and discussed
ana action taken on various matters
aiiecting the future of the church.
Inc convention is composed of mes
SchSers from the Lila Baptist
churches of South Carolina
a disappointingly small number OF
citiZens attended the meeting in Rock
mn last Friday of the York county
legislative delegation, called to give
the cltiZcns of the eastern section of
the county especially an opportuni-
" 10 offer recommendations affect
ing the county government Repre-
sontativeS of the Tom Hall Guards,
Fort Mill military organization, ask
ed the delegation to include in the
county supply bill for next year an
item of $3.50 with which to help the
company equip its armory. and Col.