Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-22
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS
PICKED UP ABOUT TOWN

NAlSS 01aEBaIel 0kaSS6y OI ktOCk f1iii
was q weekend guest OF Miss Estha
McMurray.
Mrs. w. r. Bauknight and children,
who have been visiting relatives in
Newberry and Saluda for the last
week, are expected to return home to-
day.
Dawson Potts of Lesslie spent yes
terday in Fort Mill. Mr.. Potts was
for several years chief OF police in
Fort Mill. He is now farming near
Lesslie.
A. r. McElhaney of Kershaw spent
Sunday in Fort Mill with relatives.
Mr.. McElhaney is a former Fort Mill
citizen who served two terms as m ay-
or several years ago.
Miss Clara Culp a few days ago
returned to her home in Fort Mill
considerably improved in health after
being n patient for several weeks at
hospital in Columbia.
Mai. James ID. Fulp of Abbeville
spent Sunday in Fort Mill at the
home of his mother. Mrs. A. o. Jones.
where Mrs. Fulp and their sons hav,
been visiting for the last fortnight
Friends of former Magistrate ID. X
Hall of the Pleasant Valley sectio.
of Lancaster county, who was stricken
with paralysis some months ago, will
learn with pleasure that his condition
Is improving.
Friends of j. M. Armstrong, Con-
fedcrate veteran whose home Is in
the country few miles from Fort
Mill, were pleased to note that he
was able to be in town Saturday af-
ternoon, following an enforced stay of
several months ut his home due to
illness.
A number Of Fort Mill veterams are
planning to attend the first reunion
of the S1st division to be held In CO.
lumbia on Septefber 81 and 30. The
iS1st division trained for overseas
service Mt Camp jackson and after
reaching the front In France saw con.
siderable hard service.
Sergt. Robert M. White spent sever
al days of the past week at his home
near Fort Mill. Sergeant White has
been stationed for some time at the
hospital at Camp jackson. wherce he
was detailed for service at the train
ing camp of the r. o. T.. C. fron, Fort
Mcpherson, Atlanta. He expects TO
return to Fort Mcpherson tho latter
part of the week.
~ t"o "cehS TtNlNal SeTNlCc ~ now
in progress at the Presbyterian church
In Pineville, the pastor, the Rev. Mr.
Robinson, being assisted by tho Rev.
w. w. Orr. ID. D.. pastor of East
Avenue tabernacle. Charlotte. All Of
the churches OF the town arc Tartici-
pating in the revival and much in :.
terest Is being shown. Professor Ra-
crost of Chicago is directing the
music. which 10 feature of each
service.
Considerable local interest attach es
10 the announcement that Pcgram
Bryant. publisher of the Statcsville
IN. CD Landmark. will soon cstab-
lish an afternoon daily. Mr.. bryant
is brother of Buck" and sob"
Bryant and was reared a few miles
from Fort Mill In the Providence
section of Mecklenburg county. rs
young man he attended high school
in Fort Mil and is pleasantly re-
membcred by his classmates and 9th.
ers.
Generous rains have fallen through
out York county during the last week.
materially improving the crop pros
poets for the year. Sections of For;
Mill township had not had rain for
several weeks and vegetation was ne
ginning to show the effects OF the
drought. Cotton withstood the
drought much better than corn.
which was beginning to detcriorate
rapidly. Vegetable gardens al:o had
begun to show the effects of the
drought.
As result of the publication of
news item in The Times Of last
week. at least two Fort Mill families
are trying to secure from tho child
placing department Of the State lnar6
or public welfare children to rear in
their homes. The news item stated
that the board had 22 children for
"hom II was anxious to find homes
whose parents are dead or unable to
care for them. The Times had hardly
left the press last week before one
citizen of Fort Mill came to the Of
nee and asked IL assistant woulI not
be given him to secure n litflo .yIrI