Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-01-27

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bia, agent <,sf 1 sss StSte ooerd5ef pup
spent |siast Friday at homes IN Fort
Mn I'm which children were some
finic ago placed by the welfare
board. &
J. w. Wilson spent several days
in Fort Mill last week as the cues,
OF his sister. Mrs. l.. J. Massey. Mr..
Wilson Is connected with the internaI
revenue departments OF the federal
government with headquarters In
Statesyilie. N. c. III
Special order No. 4. adjutant gem
erals department. Columbia, Directs
n. +. Grier. Jr.. second lieutenant cs
the Tom Hall Guards. to report on
February 20 to the commandment Of
the infantry training school at Camp
Benning. Columbus. Ca, for four
months course OF instruction.
The Rev.. w. II. Bauknight expects
to leave Saturday morning for silver
Street, Newberry county, where he
will assist Sunday in the dedicatory
services of a Methodist church. Due
t. Mr.. Bauknight's absence, there
will be no preaching services at st.
Johns Methodist church Sunday.
George Robert Donovan, aged two
weeks and four dys, son of Mr.. md
Mrs. John Walker of the upper mill
village. died last Friday and was bur-
led the following day at 1880 o'clock
in the afternoon in the City cemetery.
Services at the grave were conducted
by the Rev. J. w. II. Dyches, pastor
of the Baptist church..
,R. Holt Ardrey, well known and
popular young Fort Mill man, was
stricken with appendicitis on Tues
day Of last week and was operated
upon at n Rock Hill hospital last
Thursday afternoon. Reports from
his bedside yesterday were to the ef-
feet that his condition was satisfac-
tory. 1t Is expected that he will be
able to return to his home in Fort
Mill next Sunday.
Final arrangements have been
made for the reestablishment of tele-
phone connections between the Fort
Mill and Pineville exchanges which
was discontinued some weeks ago.
The Times Is informed by S. L..
Meacham, owner of the Fort Mill ex-
change, that the work of repairing
the lines Is now under way and that
the service will again be open to the
public within a week or ten days.
Col. +. Il. Day, u. S. A., inspector
Instructor, National Guard of South
Carolina, paid an official visit Thurs
day night to the Tom Hall Guards.
This was Col. Days first visit to the
local National Guard company of
which he spoke in complimentary
terms, following an inspection of its
quarters and records. Col. Day was
recently assigned to the adutant
generals department In Columbia as
the successor of Col. Leon ). Ro-
deiza, retired. While in Fort Mill
Col. Day assured the officers of the
Tom Hall Guards that he would
bring to bear all the influence at hrs
command to see that the company
was supplied with rifles within the
next two or three weeks.
Differences which had existed be-.
tween Hamilton Carhartt and the
textile union which resulted several
months ago in the closing of the
Carhartt mill at Carhartt, three miles
south of Fort Mill, were adjusted one
day last week at a conference be-
tween Mr.. Carhartt and representa-
tives of the union and the mill is ex-
pected to resume operations Monday
morning. 1t is said that the places
of all the employees who went out
on strike last April are open to them
u.der the agreement. The mill man.
ufactures blue denim which is mad Q
into Carhartt overalls and employs
around 200 persons. A number OF
the striking employees Of the mill
lived at Union hall in Rock Hill dur
ing the time the mill was closed
Two young white men who gave
the names of j. II. Orr and S. How
ard Meyers were taken from n north
bound freight train passing through
Fort Mill late last Wednesday after
noon by V. d. Potts, chief of police,
and have since been held as prison.
ers In the Fort Mill police station.
The young men said they had run
away from the army at Camp jack
son, Columbia, according to the state
ment of Mr.. Potts. and were on the
way to their homes in Pennsylvania.
Both wore the uniform of army pri-
Yates. Mr.. Potts at once informe ed
the authorities at Camp Jackson of
the arrest of the men and last Fri
day afternoon he received wire
from the commander of the cautp
requesting him to hold the men until
q. guard could arrive in Fort Mill to
take them back to Columbia. Moth
Ing further has been heard by the
Fort Mill officer from the Camp
jackson authorities and meanwhile
both men are locked up in Fort Mil