Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-08-04
NEWS AROUND TOWN.
Short Stories Piclnsd Up by The
Times Re1nrtAr.

Mrs. c. H. kleuppelberg of
Brevard, n. G., is visiting rela-
tives in Fort Mlll.
A. y. McElhaney of Kershaw
psent Monday in Fort Mill as a
guest of his mother, Mrs. Addie
McElhaney.
Miss Marjorie Mills has re-
turned home from weeks vaca-
tion which she spent with rela-
tives at Connolly Springs, N. c.
Mrs. M. l.. Henry of St. Peters
burg, Fla, is visiting her parsQts,
Nj. and Mrs. j. II. Sutton, and
other relatives in Fort Mill town
ship.
Col. Leroy Springs Of Lancas-
ter and Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Ad-
ans of Chester were guests Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Fish.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Grier en-
tertained at their home during
TIE last weekend Mr.. and Mrs.
L. {. Grier of Greenville, Mrs. r.
l.. Erwin of Charlotte, Caldwell
Harris of Trenton N. d., and Mrs.
Elva Harris of Albemarle, n. c.
MIR. ad Mrs. Fred Minis. who are
living temporarily near Blythe
wood, Richland county, where
MIR. Minis has charge of the lum-
nf h., I
Der company, spent the early part
OF the week at their home in For,
Mill township.
Work on the new church OF
81. Johns Methodist congrega-
ton has been considerably de
layed recently by the non-arrival
OF material to be used in finish
ing The auditorium and it is now
sand to be doubtful whether the
building will be finished before
the latter part of September.
Second place in the recent
short story contest of the Colum-
biz State was won by the Rev
DR.. Robt. q. Lee, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Chester.
who is son of MIR. and Mrs. ID.
A Lee of Fort Mill. The title OF
the story Was FLAMES and Gin
u,rs, for writing which DR.. Lee
VAS awarded Il prize OF $lUU.
Misses Mary and Ruth Nc.
Laughlm returned to their honl,
III fort Mill few days ago, to,.
lowing visit of several day =
they had made to relatives AT
Concord, \. {. They We're accom-
panied home by their cousins,
Frank Mclaughlin of Concord
ana Sylvester Mclaughlin of De
rita, n. c.
Fort Mill Saturday afternoon
Oh the local grounds routed the
Hawthorne mil team of Glover.
the score at he end of the visi-
tors half of the ninth inning be-
ing % to 3 in favor of the locals.
In the sixth inning IA quartet of
Fort Mill batters got two three
baggers and two doubles in sue
ccsSlon. The game was. SO one
sided that many of the fans left
the grandStand before it was half
over. Fort Mills next game will
be played Saturday afternoon
with Aragon mill III Rock Hill.
Douglass Minis, left fielder Of
thr Fort Mill baseball team, is to
be given tryout by Columbia
before the end of the South AT
luntic season ends next month.
Douglass is considered one of the
most promising young ball play
erS IN this section of the State
and local fans who have ObServ-
eG his batting and fielding in the
games he has played with Fort
Mill this season will be surprised
II he does not stick with the pro-
tesSlonaIS. In recent game he
got two three-baggers and all
equal number of home runs.
An encouraging report of the
last six months business was
made few days ago by f. $.
Parks, manager. to the stock
holders of the Fort Mill Coopera-
tive association at their Semi-an
mlal meeting. The report showed
that the store of the association
Is doing larger business than
ever, notwithstanding the finan-
cial depression. and that little
had been lost during the year in
bad accounts. A dividend of ~
per cent was declared, payable