Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-11-04
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS
PICKED UP ABOUT TOWN

The cold snap of last Friday and
Saturday morning produced enough
frost to kill practically all the cotton
IN this section.
Mrs. j. II. Crowdcr has been seri-
ouSly i'll of crysipclas at her home two
miles south of town for the last ten
days. Mrs. Crowdcr's condition was
reported somewhat improved yestcr-
day
Walter NJ Epps. w. II. Jones and
w. NJ. Atkins of Fort Mill township
have been drawn to serve on tho
petit jury during tho first week oC tho
November term of court for York
county.
The fall session of the Gold Hill
public school is to he resumed tho
latter part OF tho month. following n
suspension OF n few weeks on account
or labor conditions in that commu-
nifty.
An Overland automohilc said to
have been the property Of Il Rock Hill
man, caught fire on the nuhIiC high
way near tho homo Of w II Cook
I'm tho Gold IIiII section of Fort Mill
township Wednesday afternoon and
was soon completely ruined bv the
nnmos.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Young Friday
evening gavc n 1Iallowc'on party in
honor Of their son. Arthur Youn.:. nj
f"otr residence on Han street About
2E young nConlc were present rpr tho
evenings fun and to enjoy tho re-
tr"shm"nts which were ScrVCd ut n
late hour.
Capt. George Potts has returned to
Fort MIL III" EniICs- Potts Lumber
company Of which nc has boon man
a""r for several months and who's"
plant is located near Blythcwood
having Su%nCn1Cd operations tCrluO-
rarily. Capt Potts SayS work n the
plant will bc resumed rs soon aG there
Is better demand for lumhCi.
one of the busiest places in Fort
Mill as present is the Fort Mill GIN
merry. EARLY in the morning long lines
of wagons loaded with seed cotton
awaiting their turn to have the staple
Einncd may he sCCn in IN" StrcCts ad-'
jaccnt to tn" girncry. Thcrc arc few
idle moments for the employees of
tn" ginnCry during the cntirc work
day.
StHnhopn Lyon of shelby. \ c.,
grandson OF Mrs. Alice Harris. has nc
copied n postion with the First Ma
tionnl Rank OF Fort Mill and several
days ago began his now duties ON
January | next he is to succeed Il. II
Ardrcy MS teller Of the bank. Mr..
ArdrCy plans to devote his entire time
next year to his farm in the Harrison
section of Mccklcnhurg county.
While harvesting hay in II field near
his home in Fort Mill township a few
days ago. Il. G. Wilson found n United
states penny which was coined in 1916,
one year after tho battle OF Waterloo.
The penny is in good condition. both
thS words ID figures on it being ca
to, e
contains about three times the amount
of metal put in the one cent piece of
today.
Saturday ut noon work was sls-
pended at both the mills of thC Fort
Mill Manufacturing contpany to CON
tinue through the present week. ac-
cording to notice posted by tho
company which stated that the stIs-
pension was due to the unfayorable
conditions of tho cloth market \
number OF the mills employees have
hecn engaged in other work during
the week.
Many Fort Mill families are report
ed to bc without the usual supply OF
coal with which to heat their homes
i'm the face OF tho fact that tho cold
weather of the fall is just around the
corner. Recently number OF cars of
coal were received by local dealer
which was quickly disposed OF at
$3.50 per ton. There is said to he
good prospect OF decided drop in
the price of coal within the next few
weeks.
The financial depression which
struck the country several weeks ago
has had tho effect of decreasing to n
noticeable extent the local travel on
the Southern railway trains winch
pass through this section, according to
railroad man who Is in position to
Observe the number OF persons riding
I'm the coaches. IT is also said that
there has been n decided falling off
recently in the number OF passenger
tickets sold at the Fort Mil station.
DR.. j. Il. DesPortes this week has
rs his guest his father. w. H.. Des-
Portes of Ridgeway. who is making
his first visit to Fort Mil since the
close of the War Between the states.
more than half century ago. Mr.
DesPortes Wednesday afternoon was
visitor at The Times office and in
the course OF n conversation recalled
that many years ago no stuck" type
on the Winnsboro Herald and News.