Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-12-30
NEWS AROUND TOWN.
Short Stories Picked Up Here and
There by The Timcs Reporter.

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atives.
Clarence Link OF Laurens was a
guest at the home OF his father, c.
8. Link, during the Chritmas holi-
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il. Barron expect
Z, begin housekeeping within the.
next fortnight In the Harris cottage
on south Hall street.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Jones left
Monday evening for few days,
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. E. s. Reid at
Chatham, Va.
Mrs. j. p. Zimmerman and little
sons of Trenton are guests o. Mrs.
Timmerman's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
X. l.. Bennett.
"A. Lee Phillips and Parks Boyd
arc at home from Newport News. Va,
spending the holidays with relatives
In Fort Mill.
The sessions of the Fort Mill grad
e.. school Wa, ne resumed Monday
morning. following a ten-day recess
fer the Christmas holidays.
Friends OF b. e. Patterson Of Farm
vile. N. c.. former mayor of Fort
Mill, were pleased to welcome him to
town last week as a Christmas Wis
itor.
Mr.. and Mrs. withers Massey and
their children of Charlotte, N. c..
were guests during the holidays of
Mrs. Massey's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. A. Bradford.
Zack Spratt. who is in the gov
ernment service in Washington, ID.
c.. is spending the week in Fort Mill
with his father. the Rev. James
rn nd ~fh lott
The Rev. ]. w. II. .Dyches accom-
panied by Ladson Mills motored TO
Rich Hill church 10 miles south of
Lancaster, Saturday morning. to con-
duct the funeral of Mrs. r. o. Small.
Mrs. Charles s. Smith Of Morgan
ton, N. c., and Miss Carlotta Smith
of ,Asheville. N. c., mother and sis
ter, respectively, OF Mrs. ]. b. Black,
are guests OF Mrs. Black at the Pres
byterian manse.
Miss Mamie Bell Lipe was married
to Robert l.. Collins in the study OF
the Baptist pastorium Sunday morn
ing, December 26, at 10 o'clock. the
ceremony being performed by the
Rev. J. w. H. Dyches.
Work at the mills OF the Fort Mill
Manufacturing company will be re-
sumed Monday morning, according
to announcement made to the ope-
ratives when the mills closed last
week for the Christmas holidays.
DR.. and Mrs. Leroy McMurray of
Fernandina, ria, are spending the
week ut the home OF DR.. McMurray's
father. ]. II. McMurray. DR.. and
Mrs. McMurray expect to leave for
their home Saturday. accompanied
by his sister, Miss Esther McMurray
and Mr.. McMurray.
N. p. Johnson. former Fort Niin
citizen who is now making his hom.
in Danville, Va. is in town rnis
week visiting relatives and friends.
Mr.. Johnson is one of The Times
good friends who says he looks for
ward each week to the coming of his
paper as one does to the arrival OF n
letter with n check in 1t.
A good piece of detective work
was done during the Christmas hol-
idays by Police officer V. ID. Potts
when he located and arrested in
Rock Hill n white man named l.. f.
Bivens and his wife, wanted by the
Columbia authorities on the charge
Of stealing clothing and jewelry from
stores in that city. The man and
woman were taken to Columbia
Saturday morning by a deputy from
the Richland county sheriffs office.
The Rev. DIR. j.. w. II. Dyches and
his family were treated to an old
fashioned pounding" by the men,
bers OF the Pleasant Valley church
and congregation. Thursday after
non, December %. II. w. Culp and
III. ID. Patterson were the committee
to deliver the goods" which DR..
Dyches says consisted Of an abund-
ance and variety of substantial and
delicate foodstuffs. for which he and
ciation ~.
So far as The Times Is Informed.
only one arrest was made in Fort
MIL during the Christmas holidays,
that OF negro accused OF robbing
Rock Hill stores last Thursday. The
man was taken from Southern pas
senger train No. 2S Thursday even-
ing by Police Officer v. ID. Potts. At
the time he had in his possession
ladies' wearing apparel said to be
worth $l25 and four pairs of fine
wool socks. He was locked up in
Fort Mill for the night and Friday
morning was turned over to the
Rock Hill authorities.
The public roads OF Fort MIL
township generally are i'm bad con-
dition from the rectn heavy rains,
peing In places almost impossible.
What Is said to be the worst section
or road near town Is between Fort
MIL and the Catawba river bridge.
Monday night a Rock Hill oil truck
and Fort Mill lumber truck were
stuck fast in the mud at that place
ahd not until Tuesday morning did
the drivers succeed in getting the
trucks out. One of the county Off
Gals was asked n few days ago if
the county could not repair the river
road and his reply was you ought
TO see the road between Tirzah and