Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-04-15
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS
PICKED UP ABOUT TOWN

PICKED UP ABOUT TOWN
An enjoyable concert, attended by
about 200 people, was given under the
auspices Of Fort Mill post, American
Legion, in the town hall Tuesday even
ing by the Davidson College band.
The spring term Of the Gold Hill
school will close Friday evening. April
80. Lester Therrell has been the prin-
cipal Of the school for some time with
Miss Marie Epps assistant teacher.
William d. Rodgers Is now at his
home in Fort Mill after completing
term of enlistment in the regular
army of the United States. Recently
Mr.. Rodgers has been stationed at Camp
jackson, Columbia, but the outfit to
which he belonged saw much hard serv-
ice overseas.
Zone of the pressing needs Of this
town." observed Fort Mill citizen yes
terday, ''is brick plant. There Is q
big demand for brick throughout the
country and profitable sales are easily
made. There is plenty of clay here for
brick-making and hope some Of the
towns progressive citizens will start
such an enterprise"
The average assessed valuation Of
automobiles for taxation In the various
townships of York county, exclusive of
Fort Mill township, Is 1892, and for
Fort Mill township $202, according to q
statement of L. A. Harris. member of
the board of assessors for Fort Mill,
who was in York few days ago and
read the figures for the entire county at
the auditors Office.
The movement for the erection Of q
new Methodist church for the congre-
cation of st. Johns is expected to re-
ceive considerable impetus as the result
of a conference the church officers will
hold this week with the architect who
has submitted tentative plans Of the
new building. The Rev. w. r. Bauk-
night, pastor Of st. Johns. says that
as soon as the plans are approved COM
mittees will be appointed from the con-
gregation to solicit building funds and
that he is confident the erection of
the new edifice will be under way in the
next two or three months.
Housewives and their husbands, who
in most cases furnish the go-out-and-
Observation-Disclosures, doubtless
will sigh for return Of the good old
days when they learn that in an ad-
vertisement printed in The Times on
Wednesday, July %, 1902, l.. A. Harris,
Manager for the Company Store, -
announced an offer for lawns, piques,
percales and duck, that were 6 to IL
cents, now to cents" Goous
similar to those offered by Mr.. Harris
IL years ago now sell for about DO
cents per yard.
Hope was revived day or two age
that arrangements may yet be made by
the South CaI olina railroad commission
for the accommodation of the travelling
public to and from Fort Mill on passen-
ger train No. 32, northbound, due here
at 6:45 p. m. Chairman Shealy Of the
commission has just written the follow.
ing letter to Fort Mill citizens relative
to the matter: ''The commission is still
handling the proposition of Southern
railway train No. 32 stopping at Fort
Mill. Mr.. McGee, division passenger
agent, stated to the commission yestsr-
day that he would have reply in q
very short while. The comm ission is
doing its best to bring results for Fort
Mill"
One of the hardest rains that has
fallen in this section in years was that
of Monday evening between 8 and
$50 o'clock. The streets of the town
were flooded, the roofs of many resi-:
dences and business houses leaked for
the first time and out In the country
some damage was done farm lands by
the heavy downpour. The rain came
down as If from a cloudburst and was
accompanied by considerable wind,
hail and lightning. For a few minutes
during the storm the power supplied
the town by the Southern Utilities
company failed, leaving the streets,
homes and business houses in darkness,
except in the cases where coal oil
lamps or tailow candles were at hand
for house lighting. The rain Of Mon.
day evening also had the effect Of fur.
ther delaying farm work in this sec.
ton, adding to the general apprehen.