Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-05-05
NEWS AROUND TOWN
Short Stories Picked Up by The
Times Reporter.


again living in Fort Mill, after having
made their home in Huntersville, Ne,
for the last two years,
Mrs. George Hall Of Charlotte, N. c.,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Crane
of Fort Mill, is a patient at Charlotte
hospital, where she was operated upon
for appendicitis few days ago.
An address which pleased about 100
farmers of the community was delivered
in the Fort Mill town hall Saturday af-
ternoon by DIR. N. E. Winters Of Glenn
son college, who is an expert on soils
and fertilizer.
The Fort Mill ball team Saturday af-
ternoon connected with the minor end
of 6 to l score in game with Great
Falls on the latter teams grounds. To
poor fielding was attributed the loss OF
the game. The next game of the locals
is scheduled for Saturday afternoon
with the Pineville team of the Meek
lenburg County league in Fort Mill.
j. Lee Capps has given up the place
he has held for several years with the
Fort Mill Lumber company and left yes
terday morning for Jacksonville, Fla,
where he will spend several days with
his two brothers who live in that city.
Mr.. Capps said it was not improbable
that he would later move with his fam
lily to Jacksonville.
Sacrament Of the LorG's supper will
be observed at the Fort Mill Presbyte-
rian church next Sunday morning. In
the absence of the pastor. the Rev. J.
B. Black, who is Ill at p Charlotte hos
pital, the officers expect to have q men,
ber of the faculty of the theological
seminary in Columbia preach the COM
Hnunion sermon.
Miss Nora burke and S. G. Bassin-
ger. young couple from Charlotte, N. c.,
were married by Magistrate j. R. Halle
Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Bassinger is
said to have stated in low tone of
voice that he and his bride came to
South Carolina to be married to escape
possible display of mother -in-law OBJ
lection to him.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Fort Mill Presbyterian church plans
to fill Sunday evening the hour usually
given over to the evening service with
special program to which the congre-
CATION and the public generally are in
vited. 1t is expected that the principal
address will be made by member OF
the faculty of the Columbia Theological
seminary.
Announcement of an engagement of
local interest which has just been made
il that of Clarence S. Link, Jr. , of Lau-
rens, son of Mr.. and Mrs. &. S. Link of
Fort Mill, to Miss Ruby Lucille Ander-
son of Williamson, who are to be mar
ried in June. Miss Anderson is the
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. J. +.
Anderson and at present is teaching in
the Abbeville public school.
The linotype is both q labor-savmg
and time-saving machine for newspaper
composition. but it sometimes breaks as
do other machines and causes things to
20 awry in the Office. Such has been
the experience of The Times this week.
Monday the burner on its machine gave
out and new one was not to be had this
side OF New Orleans, forcing the paper
to return to hand-set type for its local
news this week.
The military bureau Of the war de-
partment has approved the report made
OH the condition of the Tom Hall Guards
by Maj. b. +. Ristine, following his in.
spection of the company on March 22.
Among other complimentary references
to the company. which received q good
rating, Is the statement that Fort Mill
Is "a community of only 2, 600 people and
that 1.-THE company has for many years
been matter of general interest and
pride. This has been increased by the
service OF the company in the World
war;"
Farmers. of Fort Mill township are
planning to plant several hundred acres
of their lands this year to velvet beans.
One shipment of 60 bushels of the beans
was received /by farmers of the lower
section of the township few days ago
independent of many smaller shipments
which have recently been received for
local planting. Velvet beans are highly
recommended as forage crop and are
usually grown with corn or cane, but
"they amt specially good for folks to
eat" in the opinion of a negro inmate
of an insane asylum who was seen
masticating mouthful of green ones.
Three hours and thirty minutes were
consumed Tuesday evening in the hear
ing in Magistrate j. r. Haile's court of
a case against White Baker. Oscar
Parks, Allen Knight end Zeb Gordon,
all of Fort Mill, on the charge of disor-
iy conduct before the jury returned a
verdict of not guilty. The warrant was
sworn out by w. H. Mckinney. An
other warrant, sworn out by Ed Nc
Kinney, charges Allen Knight with as
sault and battery with intent to kill.
This case is yet to be disposed of by
the magistrate. Both cases grew out