Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-22
NEws Aaour rows.
Items Picked Up Here and There BY
The Times Reporter.

Bht ItuIeS AteROrter.
) Mias Martha Dyches Is at home
from Anderson college for the Christ
mas holidays.
Mrs. Clarence Link of Laurens is
the guest OF MIR. and Mrs. c. $. Link
for the Christmas holidays.
A b. Withers of Jacksonville. Fla.
Is Christmas guest ut he home of
his nephew. JWithers Massey.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Hall leave this
week for Florida to spend the winter
at several OF the resorts in that State.
Mr.. and Mrs. b! NJ. Lee and their
daughter Mildred left sunday morn
Ing to spend the holidays with rela.
tlves at Loughman, Fla.
Miss Thelma OFT, teacher in the
Abbevilie city schools. is spending the
Christmas holidays with her parents,
Dr. und Mrs. A. l.. OFT.
At special service I'm the For;
Mill Presbyterian church, last Sunday
evening by the Christian Endeavor
society, contributions amounting TO
$6O.4S were secured for Near East
relief.
The Fort Mill graded school ycster-
day closed for the Christmas holi-
days. The session will be resumed on
January 3. Most OF the teachers
whose homes are in other towns will
spend the holidays with their families.
The annual Christmas service will
be held at the Fort Mill Presbyterian
church next Sunday evening at
o'clock. at which a special CHRISTINA
program will be rendered and gifts
from the Christmas tree distributed
to members of the Sunday school
According to the ordinance adopted
rby the town council OF Fort Mil, eX-
ecutions Will be ISSUED after january
i. against all property on which the
municipal tax has not been paid. Be
lated taxpayers will save themselves
the cost by paying up before the first
OF the new year.
Z At the recent meeting of the Hap-
: tist State convention in Greenvillc.
DIR. j. w. H.. Dyches of Fort Mill was
elected trustee OF the Baptist nos
pital I'm Columbia to succeed the Rev.
j. X. Smith, pastor of Flint Hin iiap-
list church, whose term expired with
the last session of the convention.
in n game of basketball Friday be-
tween the teams of the Wmnsboro
and Fort Mill schools on the Fort
MIL grounds, the home team was
successful. - to 0. Friday evening
before the Winnsboro girls returned
home they were entertained by MIR.
and Mrs. Esw. Kimprrti -'-.-.-
Union services to be participated
inEb by the congregations of the For;
Mill Methodist Baptist and Prcshy-
terian churches will he held at the
Methodist tFchurch Sunday evening.
January l. at Z o'clock. The theme
OF the service will be. Whats the
matter with the world?" In the dis
I cussion of the subject the pastor nf
each of the churches will take part
Patrons and pupils OF the high
school department especially of tn"
Fort Mil graded school will learn
! with regret that Miss Clarolinc ca
rothers. who has taught successfully
r the history classes for several %cs.
sions, viii not resume her work after
the Christmas holidays. Miss Caroth-
ers plans to stay with her mother NJ
their home i'm the Steel Creek section
of Mecklenburg county.
" NextEweek there will he no Issue
OF the Fort Mill Times For years il
has been the custom of the FER to
appear during Christmas week a. Il
has during all the other weeks NJ :ho
year and the decision To ask the in.
dulgence of the readers OF the paper
that those responsible for it's appear
ance might have n day or two of
during the holidays was reached re
luctantly.
An important real estate transfer
involving the change In ownership OF
more than 100 acres OF what Is con-
sidered among the hest land in Fort
Min township took place few days
: ago when Karl Fars decided to J. NJ
'-~Gamble his farm I'm the Gold Hill
community. Mr. Gamble in turn
transferred to Mr.. Faris the home in
Whiteville park. Fort Mill. which he
bough some months ago from J. Lee
Capps. Mr.. Faris sold his farm TO he
able to devote his entire time To the
Garrison Faris Seed company. Rock
Hili OF which he is one of the pro-
prietors
Three members of the board OF
trustees of Fort Mill school district.
No. 2S, Will he elected on January 10
To succeed w. ID. Wolfe w, J. Kim
hreN and IL. u. Hnrkey. The term OF
office OF the new trustees will he six
years. There Is talk OF one or more
women being voted for i'm the cleo
tion. which will he open to qualified
voters only--that is. citizens who
haye paid all state and county taxes
due by them on December II and
who have county registration ccrtif-
tcates. which must he displayed TO
the election managers before thcSap-
pitcant will he permitted To vote.
- II Il. Merritt of Bopa'usa In. Is
In Fort Mill spending the Christmas
holidays at the home OF his father.
Monroe Merritt. Mr.. Merritt has
rnnny friends in the community who
are always pleased To welcome him
k0n the Visists he mnkes TO his fnmilN