Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-06-01
NEWS ABOUT TOWN.


at Silverstreet, Newberry county.
j. r. Jeter, Jr, who travels out
Of Greenyille for the American
Casualty company, spent yester-
day in Fort Mill with his sister,
Mrs. q. T. Culp.
Miss BuloY Massey, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Massey, has
returned to her home for the sum-.
mer vacation from Mitchell col
lege, Statesville, N. C.
Monthly tests are to be made
of the electric fire alarm install
ed few weeks ago by the town
council of Fort Mill, beginning
with test Friday at noon.
The equipment of the Third
battalion headquarters company,
11Sth regiment, S. G.. N. g., 10
Gated in Fort Mill, now includes
motor cycle, which was received
yesterday.
Sales of cotton in Fort Mill
for Friday and Saturday of last
week and for Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week ran
up to total of ITS bales, accord.
ing to X. Shannon,public weigher.
Mrs. w. +. Harris, accompanied
by her little granddaughter.
Nancy Harris, left yesterday for
visit OF several weeks to Mrs.
Harris daughter, Mrs. w: l..
Reardon, at Graniteville, Aiken
county.
W.~B. Ardrey, Jr., has accepted
a position with the North Caro-
lima highway commission. Fol
the present he is located at Pine
vile, but expects to be transfer
red to Wadesboro within a few
weeks.
Friends of Mrs. j. Y. Young
have been pleased to note the re-
cent Improvement in her condi-
ton since she returned Saturday
from Rochester, Mimi, where she
was for several weeks a patient
at a hospital.
. M. A. Cohen, who came to Fort
Mill from Charlotte, N. c., sew
eral months ago and opened here
a dry goods store, yesterday clos
ed his place Of business and
moved his stock of goods to Gas
tonia, N. c., where he has had
branch store for some time.
; An important transfer of Fort
Mill real estate occurred a few
days ago when Mrs. L. NJ. Belk
sold to l.. A. Harris the two Main
street store rooms which have
been occupied for several years
by the Cash store, of which .Mr.
Harris is one of the proprietors
During a Thunderstorm Satur-
day afternoon the home of w. H
Crook, in the Gold Hill neighbor.
hood, was struck by bolt OF
lightning. The bolt did little
damage to the building, however
and only slightly shocked Mrs.
Crook. Mr.. Crook thinks the
house would have caught fire but
for a heavy rain which was fall.
ing at the time.
The closing service of the ten
day meeting which has been un-
der way at the Fort Mill Presby-
terian church, with the Rev. w.
Ii. Miley, ID. d., evangelist for
the synod of South Carolina, do.
ing the preaching, was held las,
night. DR.. Miley's sermons were
listened to attentively by large
congregations and the meeting il
thought to have done much good 4
To Miss Mae Afford, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Alfurd OF
Fort Mill, who has been making
her home with her grandmother
IN Union for some time, came the
distinction ut the close of the ses-
sion of the Union high schoo! las,
Friday night Of being first in the
graduating class of l9 girls and
one boy and of winning the Kath-
leen Arthur medal, presented
each year to the student making
tue highest general average for
The term.
= Special services in celebration
Of the laying of the cornerstone
OF ST. John s Methodist church
are to be held on the first Sun
day in July, yesterday said the
Rev. w. Il. Bouknight, pastor of
the church. The cornerstone was
placed in position yesterday af-