Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-03-30

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J. H. Murphy yesterday sold hil
home In Whiteviile park. Fort MIL
70 Henry Hammond. Jr. !,
MfS. Manly 8. Young and her little
son Of Concord. n. c.. are guests Of
ArA. Young's mother. Mrs. Alice
Harris.
Misses Lucia and Ruth McLees OF
! Greenwood and Miss Alice Smith Of
Pendleton were weekend guests OF
Misses Agnes and sophie Link.
A. w. FraSor. who has been the
guest OF his daughter. MRS. e. w.
Kimbrell. for several months. return
"a this week 10 hts home in Baldwins-
Vile. n. X.
The Rev. J. b. Massey. d. d. pro-
fsssor of Bible at Hampden-Sydne
college, Virginia. recently spent sew
sral days at the home of his mother.
Mrs. B. II. Massey. In Fort Mill.
More than 500 Fort Mill school
tchildren. white and negro. have been
fascinated since a case of smallpox
was reported in the upper section OF
the town two weeks ago. Many grown
people living In Fort Mill also have
been vaccinated during the last fort
might.
A. M. Giles. farmer, who moved
from Fort Mill to the Belair neigh
borhood. in Lancaster county. three
years ago. has been, critically III at
his home for several days and little
hope Is now held out for his recovery.
Mr.. Giles Is the father Of Mrs. III. ".
Richardson of Fort Mill.
Capt apd Mrs. NJ. c. Willis of York
were visitors to Fort Mill Saturday.
and while here Capt. Willis stated
that he probably would be u candi-
date In the Democratic primary next
August 10 succeed County Treasurer
HI. e. Neil who announced a few days
ago that ne would not again seek the
vnce.
Miss Jessie Merritt. teacher of the
boys intermediate class OF the Bap-
tist Sunday school. entertained her
class and girl friends of the MEM
bers last Wednesday evening in the
berean room of the church. num-
ber OF games were played and re-
freshments, consisting Of ice cream,
cake apd confections. were served.
Showers Sunday night and Monday
tnterfered with plans many farmers
OF the Fort Mill community had made
to begin In earnest preparation OF
their lands for the years crops. Thus
far little spring plowing has been
done In this section. but a number OF
Farmers have taken advantage OF the
wet weather to haul fertilizer from
town to their fields.
) j. Il. Smith Is preparing to move
next week with his mother, Mrs. A.
X. Smith, and his sisters, Misses SAL
lie Smith and Cammie Smith, to the
Catawba Junction neighborhood I'm the
eastern section OF the county, where
Mr. Smith will take charge OF the
family's farm. from which they
moved to Fort MiIi several years ago.
The Smith home on CIebourne street
VIII be occupied by J. F. Oates and
his family. w
Friends I'm this community OF the
Rev. ]. b. Black. former pastor OF
the Fort Mill Presbyterian church.
who resigned about q year ago on ac-
count OF III health. heard with inter-
est a few days ago that he had so far
recovered his health as to be able to
accept the pastorate OF the Presbyte-
rian church at Red Spring. NJ c.,
and that he and his family were pre-
: pairing TO move from Morganton,
N. C., to that place
The - 600 worth of Fort Mil wa
sterwsorks- bonds recently sold to the
Loan and Savings bank OF York have
been received and signed by A. c.
Lytle. mayor. and, C. s. Link, town
treasurer. and delivered to the pur-
chaser. The bonds were sold several
weeks ago-at 9S and and accrued In
iterest. Among the number of bids re-
ceived for the bonds was that of the
First National bank OF Fort Mill.
whose offer. the second highest, was
81 and accrued interest.
A number OF Fort Mill citizens.
representing the town council, the
hoard of health and the board of
trustees OF the public school, last
Thursday night listened to an inter-
esting address by DIR. A. II. Hayden
Of Columbia on local health condi-
tons. DR.. Hayden Is connected with
the Stnte- board OF health, His visit
to Fort Mill was the sresult primarily
OF the report by the local board of
health OF case of smallpox in town.
Dr. Hayden in his address called at
tentton to the provision or law which
makes vaccination against the disease
compulsory and urged that the law be
enforced In Fort Mill.
Capt. Elliott w. Springs OF Lancas-,
ter, who expects to become n Fort
MiN citizen as soon as the work OF
remodeling the old White mansion in
the nner section of the town is COM
plefed, was a visitor here Monday.
capt. Springs Is said to have spent
something like $4,000 in the i'm
provements which have recently been
under way to the old mansion built
by his paternal great-grandfather, the
late Capt VIM. E. White, in 1882,
and when he moves into the mansion
= few weeks hence II will be one of
the most modern homes I'm this Sec
ton, with electrical equipment and
other conveniences new to this COM
munity.
Ntnety-odd pupils are now enrolled
IN the night school which was estab-
iished at the Fort Mill graded school
rev weeks ago for adult iliiterates
ana other grown people who had re-
ceived only the rudiments OF an edu-
cation. Seven teachers are employed
70 instruct the various classes from
the first to the fifth grades, In which
the ages OF the pupils range from 10
70 b0-odd years. The sessions OF the
school are held on Monday and Thurs
dny nights and marked progress is
being made by most of the pupils.
according to the statement OF one OF
the teachers. Among the plans for
the success OF the school Is a public
'sntertainment to be given by the pu-
pills when the session closes few