Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-09
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What Our Neishbors Are Saying and
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Fort Mill Times, Aug. d: The an
nual reunion of the family OF Mr. and
Mrs. |. A. Patterson was held at their
home Ave miles east of Fort Mill
Thursday, July 2S, when Mr.. Patterson
celebrated his S5th birthday. The
FIVE sons and three daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Patterson and their 80
grandchildren were present, besides q
large number of other relatives and
friends, there being in all about $50 in
attendance. The day proved de-
hghtful and happy one for all. A
hountiful dinner was served in the
grove near the home and in the af-
ternoon a number of watermelons
were enjoyed. Many old acquain-
tances were renewed and number of
new ones made and the pleasure of
the day will be long remembered by
all who were present at the reunion.
......-.Fort Mill Saturday afternoon on
the local grounds routed the Hawthorn
mill team of Glover, the score at the
end of the visitors half of the ninth
inning being 25 to 3 in favor Of the
locals. In the sixth inning a quartet
of Fort Mill batters got two three
baggers and two doubles in succession
The game was so one-sided that many
of the fans left the grandstand before
1t was half over. Fort Mills next
game will be played Saturday after
noon with Aragon mill in Rock Hill.
Work on the new church Of St
Johns Methodist congregation has
been considerably delayed recently by
the n-arrival of material to be used
in finishing the auditorium and it is
now said to be doubtful whether the
building will be finished before the
latter part of September. Doug
lass Minis left fielder of the Fort Mill
baseball team, is to be given tryout
by Columbia before the end of the
South Atlantic season which ends next
month: Douglass is considered one of
the most promising young ball play
ers in this section of the state and To-
cal fans who have observed his bat
ting and fielding in the games he has
played with Fort Mill this season will
be. surprised If he does not stick the
professionals. In a recent game he
got two three -baggers and an equal
number of home runs.
Chester Reporter, Aug. q: The
monthly meeting of the city council
was held Tuesday evening. those pres
enc being Mayor George w. Byars and
Aldermen Hamilton, White. Peay, Lee,
Coin and Peden. Chief of Police
Grants report tdr the month of July
read as follows: Arrests, II; fined, 45;
continued, T. sent to gang, 6; dis
charged, 13; fines, s3OS.00.~--.~.-..... Mrs.
Pauline Price Park, widow of Mr..
James II. Park, of Great Falls, who died
about three weeks ago, died Monday
evening at a Chester hospital, and
was buried at Evergreen cemetery
Tuesday afternoon, the funeral. being
conducted at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. s. B. Price, parents of the de-
ceased. on Mcclure street by Rev. J.
s., Edwards. Nh9. Park was very Ill
during her husbands last illness, so i'll
INTACT that she couldn't bc told of his
the Methodist church. Two sons arc
left to mourn their mothers death.
1.-THE A. X. P.'s were weakened by
the absence Of "Dody" Phillips, who
has won such a place in the hearts of
theS York Clover fans that they cant
be induced to spare him when there's
a game in those parts.....-.....Mr John }.
Kee, one of the county's best known
citizens and most successful farmers,
passed away Tuesday morning at his
home near Richburg, after an illness
of several months. Funeral services
and intermept were at Pleasant Grove
NJ E. church yesterday morning, the
service being conducted by Rev. A. g.
Rice. TO be informed of the
the death of a nephew in an aerOplanC
accident in Germany nearly three
years ago and to hear nothing to the
contrary until gust recently, and then
in reply to a letter to receive very
interesting communication from the
nephew in question was the expert
ence of Mr.. c. H. Culp. This nephew,
Mx w. Cobb Morris, was often in
Chester when boy, and is probably
remembered by many of our citizens.
When the United States entered the
war young Morris was working in
Canada, and was Just on the point Of
becoming a Canadian flyer; but re-
turned to the states and volunteered
inA the air service. After passing
through the various stages in the
training prescribed by Uncle Sam for
his flyers, young Morris reached the
front few days after the signing OF
the armistice, and was assigned to
patrol duty 1t was the following win
ter, that Lieutenant Morris met with
thA accident that very nearly cost his
life, and he was, in fact. reported dead,
which information got to relatives i'll
this country. and was accepted by
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