Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-13
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Fort Mill Times, Dec. 8: The Pres
byterian, Methodist and Baptist con-
gregations of Fort Mill Joined Sunday
evening in a union service of welcome
at the Presbyterian church for the
Rev. r. H. Wiser, who has just as
sumed the pastoral work of the latter
church. Addresses were made by the
Rev. J. w. H. Dyches, pastor of the
Baptist church, and the Rev. w. r.
Bouknight, pastor of the Methodist
church. The sermon was preached by
Mr.. Wiser to congregation which al
most filed the church,. E. Harper
returned to his home in Fort Mill a
few days ago, following n visit Of ten
days to his brother, Thos. Harper, a
large landowner, in Charleston county.
Mr.. Harper says there has been prac-
tically no frost in the lower part of
the state this fall and that cotton may
be seen blooming down there rs in
midsummer The place of Thos. Har-
per is near Meggets, in the truck
growing section, where Mr.. Harper
was told two tons of cabbage seed,
costing $4,000, had been sown on one
place.. Robert Potts Of Fort Mill,
who is a student at Washington and
Lee university, Lexington, Va, was
awarded the university monogram at
the football reception given during the
Thanksgiving dances in Lexington.
He was one of the hniversitys main
stays in football this year. He stiA
{. has another year at the university and
is expected to be even better next
year. At Clemson in 1919 he made the
"All-Southern' football team.--.--....-.-
Robert B. Lee, son. of Mr. and Mrs. j.
F. Lee Of Fort Mill, who has been in
the American navy for some time, has
written to his parents from Constan-
tinopIe, where he is stationed for the
present as a fireman on submarine.
The letter was written November II,
after Mr. Lee had been in Constan-
tinople only few days. He ewas ex-
pecting to leave the next day for Ga
latz, Turkey, where he was to remain
ten days and then return to Constan-
tinople "We are expecting" said he.
ito leave for the states about the first
of the year. We have n lot of fun over
here going to Turkish dances / will
send you some pictures of the Seven
Wonders of the World some time real
soon. I was through the place No
vember and saw things there that
were made in the years l and 2. All
the Turkish rulers are buried there,
and the ones who were rich have solid
gold caskets, made by hand" Mr..
Lee says his submarine Is now burn
ing oil instead of coal and that he likes
the former fuel much better. AIT
a meeting of town council Tuesday
evening the local board of health was
reorganized by the election of DR.. r.
s. DesPortes DIR. J. B. Elliott, o. 7.
Culp, A. B. Sheppard and f. L. Hugh
es..---....Word was received in Fort Mill
Thursday of the marriage in Green
wood on November 80 of Miss Georgia
OFT, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. A. l..
OFT Of Fort Mill to B. p. Speed of Alb
beville.T The Democratic primary
to be held in Fort Mill Tuesday, De-
cember 13, to nominate candidates for
town officers to be filed at the general
election on Jan. 10 promises to bring
out decidedly larger vote than has
been polled at any municipal election
yet held in the sowr. Up to last night
S75 citizens, including many women,
had placed their names on the Demo-
cratic club rolls. 1t is thought that by