Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-01-06
NEWS AROUND TOWN.
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Ar. and Mrs. A. T. Lilly Of Bos.
\ tom Mass. were weekend guests of
M. and Mrs. w. b. Ardrey.
Mr1. J. l.. Spratt has returned
fronH q visit to her sister, Mrs. p. A.
Stough. at Cornelius, N c.
Miss Bernice Mills had as her
kuegts during the past week Miss
Goldie Sanders and Miss Margaret
Fewel1 of Rock Hill.
Miss Susie White returned Sunday
night to Washington to resume her
duties as q clerk In the war depart
melt Following ten-day vacation
she spent with her brothers and sis
tersl In Fort Mill township.
a. considerable amount OF unpicked
cotton remains In the fields OF Fort
Miil township farmers and 1t is said
that much OF II may be left In the
fields. At the. present price of the
staple some farmers say they will
: lose little IL the balance of the crop
Is left for fertilizer.
Tuesday morning DR.. J. B. Elliott
vas called to the Fort Mill graded
school to dress the wounds OF a little
boy who had been cut with a pocket
knife by another boy. The injured
boys received painful cash in the
head and another on the arm. His
coat also was slit in the back and a
belt he was wearing was cut in two.
The wounded boy was said to have
been teasing the boy who did the
cutting.
w. H. windle, well known Fort
MIL township farmer, who has been
critically i'll at his home five miles
north OF town for several days, is
reported to be In such condition that
ms family has given up hope that
ne Will be able to SURVIVE more than
q rev days. Mr.. Windle has been
an Intense sufferer for several
months from an organic trouble and
mas nad a number of operations per-
formed at hospitals IN Charlotte and
Rock HiIl.
9. p. sBlankenship, perhaps the old
est white citizen Of Fort Mil town
nhip, who has passed his S7th birth
day. has been critically i'll for several
; uays at his home in the Flint Hill
heighporhod. but yesterday his con-
dition was reported slightly improved.
Last Friday all OF Mr.. Blankenship's
chitoren, except onetson, were at his
oeoside. Mr.. Blankenship Is the ia
- thef Of Mayor ". b. Blankenship of
; Rock Hill He is a Confederate vet
eran and well known farmer who is
held In high esteem.
A pleasant social gthering was held
New Years eve at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. L. j.. Massey when they en-
tertained the members of the '.Win
one club. organized recently at the
Presbyterian church by the Rev. DR..
Trigg A. M. Thomas during the
evangelistic service which he held
In Fort Mill. The party was given to
the Whites" the winners of the
win one contest, by the losers. the
Colds. Refreshments were served
ana music and games enjoyed until
the, town bells rang In the New Year.
Effective last Sunday a change was
made by the Southern railway in the
schedule of passenger train No. 35,
running between Charlotte and CO.
lumbia, that should be noted by the
public. This train now reaches Fort
! Mill sat 6;1s "a. mr., instead Of 5:4S a.
m.,. as formerly. Connection Is still
maintained, however, with the early
morning train leaving Rock Hill for
York and points beyond. the sched-
ule on that branch Of the road hay
Ing also been changed. Train No. 35
now reaches Columbia at s:45, As
minutes later than under the old
schedule. a
A pleasant affair of last week
was at the home Saturday night of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Bales. where the
people OF the community were invit-
ed to enjoy a social evening. Elm
tertainment was furnished by a num-
ber Of tableaux. following which was
an .oldfashioned spelling match, the
sides being led by ]. ]. Bales and
w. b. "a "drey. and in which C. S.
Link proved to be the best speller
of the evening. An attractive feat
ure OF the entertainment was the
singing In chorus OF a number of old
and new songs. The entertainment
child feeding fund and the receipts,
which included several subscriptions,
amounted, to $32.15, which was sent
to The Literary Digest. New York,
10 be forwarded to the starving chill
dren of Europe.
4 have no doubt that the town
council OF Fort Mill is doing the best
II can with the limited revenue at
Its disposal to furnish the community
with an efficient government. but not
withstandins the handicap OF the
council wish some arrangement
could be made to keep the street
lights burning later than 10 o'clock
at night n day or two ago said a cit
iseu Of the town. People frequently
nnd Il necessary to be away from
home later than 10 o'clock at night
and when Il Ia as dark as 1t has been
Tor several nights 1t Is anything but
pleasnt experience to have to grope
Tor ones way through mud with the
noRect nnnnning into a footpad
Rrkness Is an ircent-
nEort Mill needs all
pie for the town
citizen.
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