Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-02-24
NEWS AROUND TOWN.
short Stories Picked Up Here and
There by The Timcs ReDorter.

Anese Dy Tho Tfmcs Reporter.
W. b. Ardrey, postmaster of For
niiii, has been confined to his homs
since last Sunday as a result OF step.
ping on rusty nail which penetrat-
ed his foot about a half inch.
Snow to depth of about an inch
fell over the upper section of South
Carolina late Tuesday afternoon
None OF 1t is now left, however. the
warm sunshine of Wednesday, having
quickly melted II.
Assembly has recommended to Gov
ernor Cooper the appointment of
James e. Epps for membership on
the Fort Mill township road commits
sion to take the place declined sew
eral days ago by J. r. Garrison.
The second quarterly conference of
the year Of Philadelphia Methodist
church, two miles north of town, will
be held at the church Sunday after
noon at o'clock, followed by a SER
mon by the Rev. George c. Leonard,
presiding elder of the Rock Hill dis
trict.
While the work of remodeling St
Johns Methodist church is under
way, services of the congregation are
peing held in the auditorium Of the
Fort Mill graded school. The exer-
cises of the Sunday school are held
at 10 O'Clock every Sunday morning,
followed at II o'clock by a sermon
by the pastor. Night services have
been temporarily abandoned by the
congregation.
f. E. Taylor and his family are this
week moving from Fort Mill to Char
iotte. where he has bought n meat
market and grocery on College street
to which he will devote his time. Mr..
Taylor came to Fort Mill from Wax
nav. n. c., about three years ago
and had since conducted here n bus
mess on Main street similar to that
he will run in Charlotte. He and his
family have numerous trends in Fort
Mill who will regret to learn that
they are leaving the town.
DR.. J. l.. Spratt went to Co
lumbia Tuesday to confer with the
ndjutant generals department rela-
tive to the rifle range which the Tom
Hall Guards wish to locate on his
land near Fort Mill. Differences be-
tween DR.. Spratt and the department
>as to the rental to be paid for the
use of the land are said to have been
adjusted and 1T is expected that work
soon will be begun on the range The
anxious to bring the company up to
the point of efficiency in marksman-
ship maintained for many years by
the old Fort Mill Light Infantry.
The Rev. w. r. Bauknight will
leave Monday morning for Green
wood to attend there that day the
educational conference to be held by
the pastors of the Upper South Caro-
lima conference. The meeting at
Greenwood will be presided over by
Bishop u. V. w. Darlington and
plans are to be adopted for the cam
paign to raise within the conference
$1,250,000 for educational purposes
OF the church. Mr.. Bauknight will be
accompanied to Greenwood by the
Rev. George c. Leonard, presiding ell
der Of Rock Hill district, and the
Rev. ]. w. Spcakc, pastor of St
Johns church, Rock Hill.
The late w. T.. Griffin, who died
as his home in Fort Mill on Tuesday
morning Of last week, is thought to
have been one of the most thorough
Bible students in this section of the
State. According to close friend
OF Mr.. Griffin's. he had read both the
Old and New Testaments 10 times.
1T had been Mr.. Griffn's rule
for years." said this friend. Ito read
daily n certain number of chapters
OF the Bible and he seldom allowed
business or anything else to interfere
wits his reading. Mr.. Griffin was
good man. He made no display OF
his religion, but he was consistent
member of the Methodist church
and besides contributing literally to
Its causes also helped in financial
way other churches of the commu-
nifty"
Unsuccessful efforts were yesterday
made by The Times in Columbia to
ascertain what disposition Governor
Cooper intends to make of the bill
passed by the General Assembly sew
eral days ago extending the time with
light penalties for the payment OF
State and county taxes until May l.
Governor Cooper was in Charleston
yesterday and inquiry at the execu-
tive offices failed to elicit any infor-
nation as to his attitude toward the
bill. Should the governor veto the
bill, n determined effort will be made
to pass it over his veto. The 4
statement Is made that less than so
per cent Of the property owners of
Fort Mill township have paid their
state and county taxes for 1920 and
Is IS presumed that n similar condi-
The sum of $2,132.43 was distribu-
ted Wednesday among the members
of the Tom Hall Guards as compensa-
ton for attending the company drills
between September 16 and December
81 Of last year. The check for the
.militiamen came Through the adju-
'tant generals department in Column
;bia from the war department. Pri-
Yates received 81 each for attending
drills, the non commissioned officers
were paid n little more and the off,
GERS receive a fixed salary for their
services. The Tom Hall Guards was
organized early last fall and although
the company Is only little more
than six months old, already 1t Ia
ranked by the adjutant general as
one OF the best in the State. All the
officers. most OF the non-commission-
cd officers and n number of the pri-
Yates are overseas veterans of the
World war.
There has been some discussion in