Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-07

morning for a visit of several days
ito relativesat North, Orangeburg
county.
1 Mrs. John E. Jones and her lit
tie daughter are visiting Mrs.
Jones sister, Mrs. j. j. Stewart,
a, Mt. Holly, N. c.
Charles McGinnis, well known
farmer of the Providence section
of Mecklenburg county, is criti-
cally i'll at his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. f. Rodgers,
who have made their home in Ba-
din, N. C., for some time, are Wis
iting relatives in Fort Mill.
Miss George OFT, teacher in the
Abbeville graded school, spent the
last weekend at the home of her
father, DR.. A. L. OFT, in. Fort Mill.
B. M. Lee left Fort Mill few
days ago for Summerville, Dor
chester county, where he is tenn.
porarily employed as passenger
agent and telegraph operator by
the Southern railway.
Miss Marjorie Blankenship,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. V. B.
Blankenship of Ebenezer, is a
member of the class which will
be graduated from Coker college,
Hartsville, next month.
Andral Ferguson, Fort Mill boy
who has been a members for sew
eral years of the local baseball
team, Monday morning reported
to the manager for a tryout with
the High Point team of the Pied
mont league.
Early risers in this section Fri
day morning observed considera-
bic frost on house tops and else
where, but not in sufficient guam
tity to materially injujre the
vegetable gardens or other ten
der vegetation.
Meacham Thrower of York
spent Sunday and Monday with
friends in Fort Mill. Recently
Mr.. Thrower gave up the place
he had held with the Episcopal
orphanage near York for the last
two years and is thinking of
again making his home in Fort
Mill.
The Fort Mill Lumber company
recently was awarded the con-
tract for supplying the lumber
and other building material for
residence to be erected in Char
lottc, N. G.. A number of motor
trucks have been busy for several
days hauling the material from
Fort Mill to Charlotte.
Fort Mill friends of Capt. w.
f. Younts, who formerly lived at
Fineville, N. c., are watching with
interest his race for mayor of
Charlotte. The election is to be
held few weeks hence. Capt.
Iounts is now in the federal ser.
vice, being connected with the in
ternal revenue department. There
are two other candidates in the
race besides Capt. Younts.
Mill No. 2 of the Fort Mill Man
ufacturing company is closed for
the week. A notice posted in the
mill last week stated that until
arrangements were made to the
contrary the mill would operate
only every other week. The
Times is Informed that the condi-
Gition of the white goods market
is responsible for the mill run
ming on half time.
l.. A. Harris has agreed to al
low the municipality to use for
an indefinite time for park pur-
poses the vacant lot he owns OH
upper Main street. There is less
than half acre in the lot, but
with it's large shade trees doubt
less could be transformed into a
pretty little park which would
prove of great convenience and
add much to the appearance of
Main street.
Hugh E. White, former Fort
Mill citizen who is now living at
Gastonia, N. c., where as a mem
Der of the firm he is in charge of
the office of the G.. G.. Wilson
company, architects, was a visi-
tor to his old home near town
Saturday and Sunday. Mr.. White
says his company has just re-
ccived commission to prepare
the plans for a seven story medi-
cal building to be erected in Co.
lumbia.
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