Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-04-21

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While on a visit to her daugh-
ter in Charlotte a few days ago,
Mrs.SJ. P. Billue of Fort Mill was
taken seriously i'll and is now a
patient at IA Charlotte hospital.
DR.. j. B. Elliott and DIR. r. 81.
Dcsportes attended in Columbia
this week the annual meeting of
the State Medical association. The
next annual meeting Of the asso-.
citation is to be held in Rock Hill.
j. u. Bales of the Pleasant Val
ley section of Lancaster county
has a beautiful field Of several
acres of alfalfa from which he got
the first cutting this year on April
10, several weeks earlier than al :
falfa is usually ready to be cit in
this section. g.
Capt. Joseph Lawler of Spar
tanburg, who commanded Compa-
ny F, 11Sth infantry, 30th divis-
ion, was visitor to Fort Mill last
Friday and Saturday. While in
town Capt. Lawler renewed his
acquaintance with many .ex-serv-
ice men with whom he served
overseas ia. ~t.., .rr..as..ss
Col II. B. Spratt Of Fort Mill
Was the principal speaker Sunday
afternoon at the funeral exercises
held in Rock Hill for Sergt.,
Frank Roach, Company H. 1lSth
infantry, 3Oth division, who lost
his life in action overseas. The
body of Sergt. Roach reached
Rock Hill Saturday.
Fort Mill trends of Mai. John
E.} Ardery, brother of Mrs. j. L..
Spratt, will read with interest the
announcement that he has been
transferred from Fort Mcpherson,
Atlanta, having finished his as
signment as adjutant of the 4th
army corps. Maj. Ardey's new
station is not known in Fort Mill.
A number of trees were blown
down, branches were broken from
many others and several tin roofs
on business houses were damaged
by severe wind storm which
struck the Fort Mill section late
Saturday afternoon. Power wires
also were blown down by the
wind and a part of the towa was
without electric lights Saturday
night.
The Rev. j. p. Black. pastor of
the Fort Mill Presbyterian church.
has been patient for several
days at a Charlotte hospital and
il is not known when he will be
able to return home. The officers
of the church have granted Mr..
Black an indefinite leave of alb
sence from his work that he may
try to regain his health. which
has not been good for some time.
The Rev. Edward Mack. ID. d.,
professor of Bible history at I'm
ion Theological seminary. Rich
mond, Va. spent Monday and
Tuesday in Fort Mill at-the home
of his mother, Mrs. Harriet Mack,
and with his sisters, Mrs. Eliza
beth Belk and Mrs. w. B. Ardrey.
DR.. Mack. went from Fort Mill to
Montreal, N. c., where he will
spend several days before return
ing to Richmond, Va.
The Medlin Plant farm on r.
+. ID. 4, about three miles from
Fort Mill, is doing thriving bus
mess this spring shipping plants
to various sections Of the coun-
try. w. A. Medln is the owner Of
the farm and few weeks ago he
received in one consignment 400
bushels Of sweet potatoes which
have since been bedded for plants.
From these potatoes he expects
to ship thousands of plants and
already has in hand many orders.
He also is shipping many cabbage
plants.
s. S. McNmch, former owEer Of
the dismantled brick plant at
Grattan, near Fort Mill, is can
didate for mayor of Charlotte. n.
{. In the announcement Of his
candidacy Mr.. McNinch say, he
thinks number of offices in the
city government should be filed
by women. Several years ago
Mr.. McNinch was mayor of Char
lotte, being elected as Democrat.
Afterwards he qpit the party and
ran on the Republican ticket for
Congress from the Charlotte Jis-
trict. Now he appears to be back