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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
WILL DO OWN PAVING.

The concrete paving which the
town council of Fort Mill author
ized OH the grounds of ST. John s
Methodist church, to be paid for
from the town treasury. will not
be done with the assent of A. o.
Jones, Nj. j. Adcock and II. F..
Lytle. members of council, who
also are members of ST. John s
church. Monday Mr.. Jones stat
eel that while both the congrega.
lOn of st. Johns and the three
members of council were grateful
to the town for authorizing the
paving, that personally he and
the two other members of 'cOun-
cil thought it unwise that the
cost of the work be met by the
town and that he was certain. as
chairman of the street committee
o. council, that when the paving
was put down it would be paid
for by the church itself.
- thought at the time the res.
"lution authorizing the paving
came before council it would be
best not to adopt it, but for rea.
sons that are hardly worth men.
tioning did not oppose it, said
MIR. Jones. but now that | have
urned the matter over in my
mind number of times, | have
reached the conclusion that tn.
best thing for both town council
and the church is to decline to
have the work done under the
resolution. The paving from the
street to st. John 5 church and
around the building to the Sun
day school rooms will be done in
due time, but it will be paid for
from church funds. ~
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
Car of Other Davs

An interesting relic of the days
when the automobile industry
was In ITS infancy may been seen
In the rear OF Starnes' garage Oil
confederate Z street in the shape
OF Il Brush runabout. The car
was built about II years ago and
was the second automobile TO be
brought to Fort Mill for use 10.
cally. Fifteen years ago it was a
familiar sight in Fort Mill chug.
glng along over the streets of tho
town and nearby country roads
as best it could with it's single cyl.
nder and other mechanism now
considered antiquated.
The car was owned by w. +.
Harris, who operated it in con-
nection with u livery stable he
was then running here. Mr.. Har-
rls got the car from a Lancaster
man, to whom he traded six
horses for it. A peculiarity of
the car was that sometimes it re-
fused to climb d hill in the ordi-
nary way, but having greater
motive power going backward
than forward could always be de.
pended upon to back up the
stecpest hill in this section.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
GASOLINE IN WELL.
Water at Palmetto Hotel Rem.
dered Unfit for Use.

A mystery that remains unex.
planned after three days was dis.
covered in Fort Mill Monday
morning when w. +. Harris. pro.
prietor of the Palmetto hotel
went to the well on the hotel
premises to draw bucket of wa.
ter and found that in some way
gasoline had entered the well in
large quantities, making the wa.
ter unfit for use. Mr.. Harris
drew from the well several buck.
cts of the gasoline and water
which he poured into large
pan and then applied a match to
the admiXture. 1t burned freely
for several minutes.
Whence came the gasoline was
questioned asked by many, but
the question remains unanswered
There is small gasoline tank
buried in the ground in the rear
OF the office of the Fort Mill Tele.
phone exchange. about so feet
from the well, but the owner of
the tank, S. l.. Meacham. says he
does not think that, even should
his tank have. sprung leak,
enough gasoline is escaping to
scep through the ground to the
hotel well.
The next nearest buried gaSo-
line tank to the we'll is that at
the grocery of b. c. Ferguson. on
Main street, 200 feet away. Mr.
Ferguson is said to have stated
that he is confident his tank does
not leak, and there is the ques,
tion whether, if it does, the gasO-
line trickles through the earth in
as large quantities as was discov-
cred i'll the well.
Gasoline in the we'll at the Pal
metto hotel was not discovered
for the first time Monday morn,
ing. however. Two years ago the
fluid got into the well is some
mysterious way. Then there was
buried gasoline tank at gar
age about so feet away. The
owner said the tank leaked and
ii has since been taken up. The
water at that time remained i'm
pregnated with gasoline but a
few days and the incident was
forgotten. Now it is recalled by
the temperance of gasoline in
the well.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
Saw Brown Mountain Light.

The story in The Times of last
week telling of the mysterious
light frequently seen in recent
years on Brown mountain, N. c.,
was OF peculiar interest to Miss
Julia Boyd of Fort Mill, who saw
the lignt some time ago from the
piazza of hotel at Blowing Rock,
a few miles from Brown noun
tain. Hiss Boyd was spending II
summer vacation at Blowing Rock
and having heard much of the
light and the mystery surround
ing it, was watching for it one
evening about 9 o'clock when it
suddely came into view and after
apparently hanging suspended
above the mountain top for few
scconds disappeared.
Tie theory that the light was
that of "a locomotive on the
Clincafield road winding it's way
through the mountains toward
the Tennessee line was exploded
by the fact that the light was to
he seen only at intervals, Miss
Boyd said, adding that if it had
been a locomotive headlight it
could have been seen nightly as
the train passed through that sec
tiOE. Nor was the light trick
Of nountaineers bent upon furn.
ishing the hotel guests and cOun-
Try side with fake mystery, for
camping parties on Brown noun
tain made sure that no deceptive
methods were being used to pro.
duce it. In Miss Boyd's opinion.
the best explanation of the light
is that it is an electrical phenom-
enon, as was stated in The Times
article.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
NEARING COMPLETION.
New st. Johns Church Soon tn
Be in Use.

After months of more or less
veNatious delay. there is now the
prospect that the congregation of
81. Johns Methodist church will
be able to worship for the first
'Ime Ill their new and commodi.
Gus church edifice on Sunday.
November ~. For some time the
building has been practically
completed except for the installa-
ton of the heating plant and the
window lights. Work OH the
heating plant has been rushed for
he last ten days. however. and
there now remains to finish this
part OF the contract only the in
Stallation of the boiler, which is
expected to arrive and be placed
in position within the next three
II four days. The window lights
have been shipped from Atlanta.
according to Il letter received the
carly part of the week by an Off
Ger of the church. and the work
of putting them in will consume
only "A day or two. Apparently
Ill will be in readiness for the
morning service at the church on
the last Sunday in the month.
With the completion of the new
church building for st. John $
congregation. the MethodiStS of
Fort Mill will have what is con
Sidered by many one of the most
modern and complete places of
worship in the upper section of
the State. Especial care was ta-
Ken by the architect i'm designing
The building to provide for the
growing Sunday school needs of
the church. There are rooms for
;hr various advanced. intcrmedi-
ate and primary classes and the
arrangement is such that the
departmental idea in Sunday
school work will be carried out
as is found i'm few churches out
side the large cities.
No special program has been
arranged to mark the use of the
church for the first time on No
vcmber 81, but later on with the
laying of the cornerstone of the
building special services in cele
bration of the event will be ear
ricd out. The pastor of st. John =
is the Rev. w. r. Bouknight and
10 his untiring work and energy
much of the credit for the cree
tion of the new church building
is given.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
GRADED SCHOOL NOTES.

Last Friday, Armistice day,
was observed by the school. ABOUT
300 of the pupils and the teach,
crs attended the county fair i'll
mock Hill III body and most of
them marched in the parade.
Miss Kathleen Armstrong has
charge of the second section of
The nrst grade in the absence of
Miss Ether Lofts, who is spend
mg several days at her home in
uireenville.
The members of the football
,cam have received invitations TO
Il banquet to be given in the
school auditorium by the girls
composing the basketball team.
Among other things in store for
the boys is the presentation of
the high school letter to all who
played IN aS many as four games
his ScaOn.
There will be no school OH the
Friday following Thanksgiving,
as the school will be closed for
four days, from November - to
November ~, inclusive. The lost
day will be made up during the
spring term.
Patrons and other friends of
the school are invited to visit the
class rooms and observe the work
being done. By dropping in at
odd times one may see what is
being done by any class. Such Wis
It's would not only help the
school but would give better
idea of the work the children are
doing and are expected to do.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
Mrs. Jennie Britain Lewis Dead.

Fort Mill friends of Mrs. Jen-
ME Britain Lewis. who lived here
. a few years ago with her son,
Frank Lewis. and her daughter.
Miss Mary Lewis, were panied
Monday TO hear OF her death last
Friday i'll Fort Worth, Texas,
where she was visiting relatives.
At the time Mrs. Lewis lived in
Fort Mill her son was secretary
and treasurer of the Fort Mill
Manufacturing company. The
family moved here from Tazewell,
Va, and had many friends in the
community. Recently the home of
the family has been in Greenville.
The remains of Mrs. Lewis were
taken to her old home in Virginia
for interment.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
Football Season Ends.

The Fort Mill high school foot
ball team played It's last game of
the season last Thursday with
the Ugh school team OF Lancas-
ter, to which it lost, IL 10 >. The
game was played on the loca;
eridirOn. tort Mill should have
scored II points, said the report
OF the game written for The
Times. Several times the team
was within IA few yards OF Ian
casters goal, but the punch 10
put across II touchdown was lack
ing. The local team flashed
clever piece of football when
three OF the play ers. OH IA kickoff,
downed an opponent behind his
goal and got the two points cred
tied to Fort Mill.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
Urges Corn as Fuel.

Secretary Wallace of the de-
partmcnt of agriculture urges
farmers in the corn belt of the
Central West to burn corn in.
stead of coal. He says it will pay
both farmers and other people
living III country towns to make
the substitution. Corn at 10 cents
bushel will equal in heating
value coal at 50 ton. The bet
ter grade of coal, however, is sell
ing for $40 a ton.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
WOULD AMEND LAW.
Citizen Holds Magistrates Should
Issue Marriage Licenses.

The marriage license law pass.
ed by the Legislature about ten
years ago has done a great deal
OF good in South Carolina. but
there is one defect in the law
when should be cured. in NV
opinion, yesterday said a York
county citizen to The Times. CAS-
the law is written,' he continued,
1T IS necessary for couples who
wish to be married to go either
before the judge of probate in
person or appear before a magis-
trate to secure an affidavit set
ting forth the fact, as he sees it,
that they are competent to enter
the marriage relation. and then
forward this affidavit to the
Judge of probate before the H.
cense is issued and returned ell
ther to the magistrate or the man
applying for the license. The lat
ter method frequently results in
delay, but after all it is tanta-
mount to the magistrate issuing
the license, which if that official
is able to issue indirectly by affi-
davlt. he ought to be able to issue
directly in the first instance.
Take Fort Mill township as
an Illustration of what | have in
mind. If an application is made
to the magistrate here for mar.
riage license, of course he cannot
issue it, but he can affix his Off
cial signature to an affidavit ad-
dressed to the judge of probate
stating that the license should be
granted, and that ends the mat
ter, for the Judge of probate sell
dom refuses to honor such an affi-
davit; but it is Il roundabout way
OF transacting public business
whlcn could be transacted more
eNpeditiously if the magistrate
were authorized to grant the H.
cense without referring the mat.
te: to the Judge of probate. tLrt
Mill is no more remote from the
court house of York COUNT than
are hundreds of other comm,lni
ties IL South Carolina from their
respective court houses and the
change | suggest would expedite
the public business and at the
some time remove a hardship
many worthy couples are subject
ed to in securing their marriage
licenses by having to go long dis
tances to appear in person ut the
office of the judge of probate or
wait until their application, after
being approved by the local mag
istrate, is sent to the county Off
cial and he approves it and for
wards the marriage license.
Furthermore, the average
magistrate is a man of as good
JUG gment as the average judge Of
probate in deciding who should
and who should not be married
and there is no reason why his
judgment should not be final in
law as it already is in fact"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
Buried in Fort Mill.

The body of George w. Plyler,
q former citizen of Fort Mill. who
died in Rock Hill last Wednes,
day, was brought to Fort Mill
and inferred in the city cemetery
Thursday afternoon. Mr.. Plyl"r
had been ilf for some time. He
was the father of Mrs. Elmore
Gordon of Fort Mill and had 9th =.
er relatives living in this COM
munity.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17

A Thanksgiving service will b"
held at Pleasant Valley Baptist
church Thudsday evening. No
vcmber ~. at I o'clock. A ser.
mon will be preached by the pas
tor, the Rev. j. w. II. Dyches and
box will be there for the recep.
tiOn of gifts of clothing. fruit,
vegetables, money, etc, for the
Connie Maxwell orphanage at
Greenwood. There also will BE-
special music for the services
which the public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
MUST PAY TAXES.
Otherwise Fort Mill Citizens Can
not Vote in Town Election.

Citizens of Fort Mill whorwish
to participate in the town elec.
tion to be held here early in Jan
uary, 1922, for mayor and six
aldermen, to hold office during
the years 1922-1923, will not be
able to do SO unless they have
paid all State and county taxes
due and collectible between Octo-
ber. Is and December 81, under a
decision of the supreme court of
South Carolina handed down last
Wednesday declaring null and
void the election held some time
ago in which it was proposed to
annex a portion of Chester coun-
ty to York county. The vote in
the annexation election was l47
for and &c against annexation,
but on the showing of the oppon-
ents of annexation before the
Chester county board of canvass
ers Of citizens having voted lille
gally in the election, in that they
had not paid their taxes in the
time prescribed by law to enable
them TO vote, the board declared
the election without effect. An
appeal was taken to the State
board of canvassers and thence
to Judge Ernest Moore, both of
whom sustained the ruling of the
county board. Now the supreme
court says the decree of Judge
Moore was correct.
While the opinion of the su-
preme court will perhaps have
the effect of causing some citi-
zens to waive their right to take
part i'll the municipal election in
Fort Mill III January, as it is not
anticipated that every citizen who
is otherwise eligible to vote in the
election will have paid his taxes
by January |, it is not expect
ed that ,the vote will be mate
rally decreased. Usually there
is more interest in town elections
in Fort Mill than in any other
election held here and if early
talk is an index to the amount OF
interest to be displayed in the
forthcoming election it will not
be all exception in this particular
to most of it predecessors of re-
cent years.
In addition to the payment of
all State and county taxes due
and collectible before January
il also will be necessary for Fort
Mill citizens who wish to vote in
the town election in January to
present to the election managers
both county and town registra-
tion certificates. The State law
provides that county registration
certificates to be honored must
have been issued at least one
month prior to the election at
which the holder undertakes to
vote and the law governing the
issuance of town registration GER
tificates specifies that the regis
tration books be open for a pc
riOd of 20 days, closing ten days
before the election for which the
certificates are issued. No date
has yet been fixed, so far as The
Times is informed. for the town
election, but if precedent, if not
the law, is followed, il will be
held during the early part of Jan
nary, necessitating the opening
OF the town registration books
not later than December 10.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
PUPILS ON HONOR ROLL.
List of Fort Mill Boys and Girls
Who Win Distinction.

w Al S4StA4OtAOus
More pupils than is ordinarily
the case got OH the honor roll Of
the Fort Mill graded school for
the first quarter OF the present
session. In furnishing The Times
with a copy of the honor roll, the
superintendent, Capt. r. Nj. Mack,
explained that first honor, or
highly distinguished, is given to
lEose pupils who make a percent
age OF from 50 to 100 and have
perfect attendance marks-that
Is no tardies or absences; second
honor is given TO those who make
Il percentage above 80 and have
no more than two tardles and
two absences during the time COW
cred by the report. The honor
roll for the first quarter follows A:
Primary First Grade - First
honor, Jennie Louise Bradford,
Emile Louise Meacham, Sarah
Lee, Frances Mae Mills, Helen
Phillips, Wilma Reeves, LeStina
Potts. mez Long, Boyd Griffin,
Fred Harris, David Rodgers, A..
\ Williamson, .jr.. Andy Morri-
son.
intermediate First Grade -
First honor, Margaret Baker,
randolph Robertson.
Advanced FIRST Grade-EirSt
honor, Ruth Miller. Harry Doster.
Furman Merritt, Erwin Hunter,
Ona Dulm. Lane Smith, Odell
Walker, Lille May Archie, Edna
May Erwin; second honor, Frank
Hancock, lneZ McCameron. Lois
Siarnes, Anna Sanders. Knox Du-
lin.
Second Grade - First honor,
incz Armstrong, Edith Oates,
Troy Cauthcn, Fcnton Rogers,
Lcma Taylor, Marion Wilson, Gil
more Pitman; second honor,
Frank Carothers. Sadie Stamper,
Elizabeth Bradford. Marion Har-
key, Murray Culp, johnson Will
kcrson. Rebecca Wright, Beady
Wilson, Andrew tite, Jasper
kImbrell, Johnnie Spinks. Anne
Minis.
Third Gradc-tirSt honor. Del
la Mae Woods, Gilbert Gross.
Harriet Carothers, Maria Culp.
Jennie Lou Garrison, Margaret
Wilson. James Allen Ferguson !;
second honor, Evelyn Robinson,
Rochelle Patterson, Ethel Miller,
Cleveland LytIe. Nora Lee Rally,
Carl Lamberth. Eugene Patterson.
Fourth Gradc-tirst honor.
Mildred Mcdlin, Iona MOntgom-
cry; second honor, Charlie Car
ter, Beatrice Ferguson. Sarah
Barber. Floyd Putnam, Mary
Starnes. John McGuirt, Pearl
lloneycutt, Louise Wilson, Ethel
Wright. Howard Patterson.
Fifth Grade-first honor. Helen
Ferguson, Annie McGinnis; see
oEd honor, Emma Bales, Elmer
Lowcry. Myra kimbrell. Julia
McCorkle, Kenyon Young. Allie
Bradford, Lula Parks, Willie
lloncycutt. Melvin Carter.
Sixth Grade - Second honor,
Mary Garrison.
Seventh Gradc-First honor,
Owen Patterson, Faulkner Parks,
Ray Hunter; second honor. Myr.
tie Reeves.
Eighth Grade-Second honor.
Hattie Parks. Cora Massey, Willie
Bradford.
Ninth Gradc-Nannie Lee Phil
lips, Ellen Crane. Dudley Crook
Tenth Grade-Stcphen Parks
Gilmore Alexander.
Urges Corn as Fuel.
Wallace - ,hn Il
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17

Mrs. II. Grier MOffatt of Ches-
ter was II guest of her mother,
Mrs. Augusta Culp, for two or
three days the early part of the
week.
The Rev. II. III. Wiser of Laurel
Hill. \. &, to whom Il call was
recently extended by the Fort
Mill Presbyterian church. has in
formed Col. T. B. Spratt, clerk
OF the church's session, that he
accepts the call and will be ready
to take charge of the pastoral
work about December /.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17
Registration Board Coming.

Arrangements have about been
completed with the county board
of registration to spend Friday,
November 25, in Fort Mill for the
issuance of certificates to citizens
of the town who may, wish to
vote in the municipal election to
be held in January and in other
elections.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17

F. c. Rodgers, Jr., has accepted
position with the Hutchinson
pharmacy.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-17

William S. Belk left Monday
evening on a business trip to At
lanta. He was expected to return
yesterday.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-06-20
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