Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-02-28

Boyd left ibis week
y 3 10 her daueliterx Mrs
- 3 &teS ia Mt. Holly; N. O.
rthuf Z Dung came home from
W6ihinfton and Lee university,
sexfne efon. Va, last Tuesday and
spent several days with his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Young.
The Rev: j. w. II. Dychfs left
this morIt:ng for Columbia, where
E<5will attend todaya meeting of
the board Of trustees of the Bap-
tist hospital, of which he is a
member.
IL j. Massey, Osmond Barber,
I'm. Mack and A. o. Jones. Jr.,
Sunday were elected elders of the
Fort Mill Presbyterian church,
following the regular morning
service of the church.
The Fort Mill Baptist Sunday
school contributed Sunday $25 to
the building fund of the Rescue
orphange in Columbia whose
main building was destroyed by
fire few weeks ago.
The Methodists Of South Caro-
lima are planning to care for
considerably enlarged number of
children at Epworth orphanage.
Columbia. by the erection of an
additional dormitory, for which
the. contract was let a few davs
ago. according to the Rev. w. r.
Bouknight of Fort Mill, member
Of the board of trustees of the in
stitution.
The last of the essays written
on Washington as Soldier bv
rnnils of the 16 public schools in
the Fort Mill section and entered
in the contest of the First Ma
tional benk were received bv III"
Judges Saturday. AS soon as the
judges have completed their work
of spradin" the j"apers announce
ment viii be made of the winners
of the 16 cash prizes offered by
the bank. .r.
Douglass Minis, local baseball
player, has signed a contract with
the Charlotte team of the South
Atlantic league and expects to re-
port for spring practice the latter
part of March. During the 1921
season he played III the outficld
for Fort Mill and made a record
that attracted the attention of the
managers of both the Charlotte
and Columbia teams.
Complaint was made last night
to Mayor A. G.. Lyle that a vi
cions bulldog yesterday afternoon
had attacked small negro boy
.,it the Spsattvi]ie section of town
and tore the principal pert of the
saothing from his body The
owner of the dog is said 10 have
stated that he would destroy it.
IA +swn ordinance makes it an Of
fense to allow vicious dogs to run
at large without being muzzied.
II Word was received III Fort Mill
a few days ago of the marriage i'll
Columbia last Thursday of S. l..
Garrison of Fort Mill and Miss
Amy Garrison of Charlotte. n. G.
, Mr. and Mrs. Garrison are now
on bridal trip to Charleston:
Mr.. Garrison is a well known citi-
zen of Fort Mill and both he and
Mrs. Garrison have many friends
here who will be interested in the
announcement of their marriage.
Il. n. Alexander, well known
Confederate veteran whose home
is,~in~ the Steel Creek section of
Mecklenburg county. n. c., was
visitor in Fort Mill this morn
ing. Mr.. Alexander served in the
9th South Carolina regiment dur
ing the War Between the States
and received a severe wound from
which he has never entirely re-
covered. Although advanced in
years, Mr.. Alexandcr's general
health is good. ..E
Handy White, Sd, negro farmer
who lives on the Pleasant Valley
road near town, was stricken with
paralysis Sunday morning while
teaching Sunday school class at
Bethlehem Baptist church and up
to this morning his condition had
been so serious that the doctor
advised against moving him to
his home. Handy is one of the
leaders of his church and has the
confidence of both the white and
colOred people of the community.
An enjoyable social event Of
the season was an informal dance
given by the American Legion
club in its club rooms last Friday
evening. A large number of
young people were present for
the pleasures of the evening
Among the out -of-town guests
were: Misses Margaret Rainey.
Hattie Belk and Virginia Barber
from Winthrop college and Misses
Alexandria Link, Elizabeth James