Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-04-27
NEWS ABOUT TOWN.

Mrs. w. A. Watson of Char
lotte, N. c., is this week a guest
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Mary Ardrey.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fish en-
tertained as their guest for the
last weekend w. {. Murphy OF
Providence, X. |.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. p. Cooke of
Charlotte, N. c., were weekend
guests of their aunts, Mrs. II. G.
Kendrick and Miss Laura Men
denhall.
Jesse l.. Howie spent Sunday at
his home in Fort Mill, coming
over from Newberry, where he
has the contract for the erection
of modern home.
Friends of DR.. and Mrs. r. NJ.
Potts of the Pleasant Valley com
munity will be pleased to learn
that their little son, Heath Wrenn
Potts, who has been critically i'll
of pneumonia, is now much better.
Miss Mabel Hall, home mission
worker for the Southern Presby-
terian church, Sunday night gave
an interesting account at the Fort
Mill Presbyterian church of her
work in the Kentucky mountains.
At the close of the biweekly
meeting of the Fort Mill council,
Junior Order u. A. NJ, last We'd
nesday evening, the members en-
joyed an hour of social inter
course, during which refresh
ments were served.
Attended by Mrs. j. w. III.
Dyches and Miss Louise Patter-
son, members of the Junior Bap-
tist Young Peoples union of the
Fort Mill Baptist church Tuesday
afternoon enjoyed an outing at
Spratt' spring, near town. After
exploring the woods in search OF
wild flowers, the party enjoyed IA
lunch spread under the trees near
the spring.
Joe McMurray. son of j. III. Me
Murray, was stricken with serl-
Gus nervous affection few days
ago at his home in Blacksburg,
where he is the cashier of bank.
Saturday Mr.. McMuray was ta-
ken TO hospital in Richmond.
Va, and the latest report from
the hospital authorities is that his
condition is slightly improved, al
though he is still seriously i'll.
Tuesday afternoon IA telegram
announcing the critical illness OF
her sister, Mrs. Jennie Spratt, at
her home i'm Columbia. called Mrs.
w. b. Meacham to that city. Word
received in Fort Mill yesterday
from the bedside of Mrs. Spratt
indicated that there was little no.
ticeable Improvement in her con-
dition and members of the family
are fearful that she will not sur
vive many days. Mrs. Spratt has
been in declining health for "
eral years.
ID. A. Lee and S. A. Lee of Fort
Mill were Among the crowd esti-
mated at 5000 which went to
Sandy river, near Chester, Sun
day to witness the baptism of 81
converts who had recently joined
the First Baptist church Of Chcs-
ter. of which the Rev. DIR. Robert
Lee, son of ID. A. Lee. is pastor.
More than $50 persons have join
ed DR.. Lees church as a result of
meeting which he closed few
days ago. making the total mem
bership of the church about 500.
please don't say much in the
paper this week about the base
ball game played in Fort Mill
\last Friday afternoon between the
local high school team and the
Glover high school team" was
the request made of The Times
yesterday by Fort Mill school
boy. "Whv not write it up in de-
tal9" The Times wanted to know.
"Well, if you do the public will
be given the opportunity to learn
more than it ought to know
about the crude exhibition of the
national pastime put OH by our
gang. You see. we got the hooks