Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 19, 1912, Image 5
SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST
to TIMES READERS.
Mr. C. T. Crook, of Americup,
Ga.. was a visitor the last week
at the home of his brother, Mr. i
W. H. Crook, in Gold Hill.
The Methodists of the town
have recently improved their
church on Booth street, by the
application of a coat of paint.
Roy McMurray, a student of a
Baltimore dental college, arrived
Sunday morning and will spend h
A ' 1 1'J?..? ?* Uin in f hi c?
me liuuuays at Ilia IIUIUC ill Vino
city.
, The Times will appear next j
week as usual, except the papers i1
will be mailed out Tuesday after- j1
^jioon in order to allow the force
a short holiday.
Mrs. Jennie Edwards Bonner
spent Sunday and Monday in
this city with her niece, Mrs. \
Fred Harris, returning to her
home in Due West Monday afternoon.
x Postmaster General Hitchcock
has issued an order authorizing
all postmasters to deliver "Santa ;
Claus letters" to charitable in
stitutions in the towns where
they are received.
On account of the illness of
Rev. F. L. Glen nan, no services
were held Sunday in the local
Methodist church. Mr. Glennan
has been sick with grip for a;
week or more at his home on
Booth street.
Fort Mill friends of Mr. and
C W Tr.usnn former residenLs i
of this city, will be interested to
know that they are now living in |
Pineville, having moved there a;
v few days ago from their farm in ;
the vicinity of Waxhaw.
On account of the Christmas
holidays the Southern and other
railroad systems of the South
have announced greatly reduced
rates from all points on their
lines. Tickets will be sold December
13 to January 1, with
final return limit January 6.
The 6-months'-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Thrower, who
live in the village of the Fort j
Mill Mfg. company's mill No. 1, !
died Monday morning and was
buried Tuesday in the c ty cemetery.
Tne funeral service was
by Rev. F. L. Glennan of the lo- i
cal Methodist church.
In the matter of hog raising,
Mr. J. L. J.yles, whose 481-pound
hog was recently reported, will
have to surrender the honors to
Mr. D. M. Gulp, of Sprattville.
Mr. Gulp on Thursday butchered |
two "porkers" which netted 875!
rmnnHs The larevr of the hoi?s
weighed an even 500, while the j
smaller one went 475 pounds.
Sam Musgrave, the well known 1
Tennessee horseman who visits,:
Fort Mill annually, was here the
last week ana made arrangements
to return early in January
with a car of live stock. Mr. !
Musgrave will quarter his stock
at the stables of the Mills & i
Young Co. on Academy street.
A pretty home wedding solemnized
Tnursday evening in Steel
Creek was that of Miss Mary
Allen Wilson and Mr. Thomas
Wilson, of lower Steel Creek.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. C. W. McCully, of Central
Steel Creek church, in the presence
of only the immediate relatives
and a few friends of the
contracting parties.
The South's cotton crop this
year will amount to 6,612,335,000
pounds ef lint, exclusive of lintore
rlonQrtmpnf nf mrripnl
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ture estimated in its annual report
issued Thursday. This is
equivalent to 13,820,000 bales,
gross weight, and with an average
price of 121-2 cents a pound
the value of the crop would be
about $856,000,000.
Now is the time to do your
Christmas shopping before the
rush sets in. The local merchants
have stocked their stores
with all the novelties as well as
the comforts and necessities of
the season, anticipating your
trade. They have faith in Fort
Mill and they are in buisness here
to serve you, and they are prepared
to do it better this year than
ever before. Shop early and do
it at home.
To the regret of the many
friends he has made in this community
since locating here several
months ago, Dr. L. O. Johnson
will leave Fort Mill the 1st
of January for Bethune, Kershaw
county, where he is to become
a partner in a drug store.
Dr. Johnson came to Fort Mill
from Lake City and has held
here the position of prescription
clerk at Ardrey's.
Alex. Young is at home from ^
Atlanta for the holidays. %
Do your Christmas shopping 4
early and get it off your hands. '
We hope the merchants will 4
heve a good, brisk business this *
week.
All the little folks are on the '
lookout for their old friend,
Santa Claus. ?
The school children will be
turned loose on Friday for a two f
weeks Christmas frolic. '
The college boys and girls are ?
coming in this week to spend f'
the holidays with the home folks.
In some parts of the country "
there are lew hogs to kill be- i
cause of the ravages of the
cholera. ^
The stores of the town handling
Xinas goods have employed '
extra salespeople to serve the j
holiday trade.
There now seems to be little *
doubt that tiie express companies j r
will adjust their rates to meet f
the competition of the parcels I ><
post rate put on by the postoffice i
department. ">t
At the Clerk's sale Monday I ^
morning of the Griffin proptrty, i
J. H. Sutton boug it the 50-acrej
tract of land, two miles north o f
Fort Mill, for $25 an acre. Tne | >
saleuf the Griffin store and home- >
place, in the same vicinity, was j ;
postponed to Monday, Jan. 13.
Some time (luring Sunday night >
a t hief or thieves made an unsuc- .
cessful attempt to burglarize tne >'
establishment of McEihaney &
Co. on Main street. Tie plate
glass in the front door of the r
clothing department was shat
tered, but the hole made was 7
not large enough to permit en- f
trance. The thief then attemp - >
ted to dig a hole in the rear door >
but in this manner was also un- y
i-lio Bhir.' The !
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loss to the firm was about $5, :
the cost of a glass for the front f
door.
A peculiar accident occurred at
the home of Mr. C. VV. McNealy, ?
on Booth street, Sunday after- ^
noon in which a great Dane and a
goat figured as the principals. .
Both were found in a well. The f
dog was more fortunate than the i
goat and escaped with a few >
bruises; the goat was killed. It ^
is surmised that the dog fell into
the well by accident and that the .
goat deliberately jumped in to f
be with the dog, as the goat en
tertained a strong attachment +
for the dog and the two were in- y
separable when the dog was at ^
home. t
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Two Heavy Verdicts. ^
Two heavy verdicts were re- ^
tuil td rgainst corporations by
Yuik county juri.s at the fall ?
term of the circuit court in York-1 f
ville last week. The damages >
awarded amounted to at>oul
$8,(M) in eaeii case, in both oi ^
which boys sustained personal j
injuries. Some months ago, I
Sam Magill, 10-year-old son of
Mr. C. B. Magill, superintendent
for the Charlotte Brick Co., at +
Grattan, two miles south of Fort ^
Mill, had his left leg cut off by a
train in an accident near the T
brick plant. Suit was brought f
by Mr. Magill, as guardian,
against the railroad company. >
The other case was that of ^
Walter Haynes, a boy of Rock
Hill, against the Southern Power j T
Co. and the Manchester Cotton
mill jointly. The jury awarded
the boy $8,333 in damages. Hay- i
nes was severely burned by j ^
touching an exposed live wire at
the Manchester mill some time .
ago.
LOST--Saturday evening on the t'
streets of Fort Mill, silver-mounted +
Waterman Fountain Pen. Reward if '
returned to Times Office. 7
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Are You Hungry? +
Come to the Crescent Cafe and be 4
filled. Watch the Menu on the window
and see if I haven't something you .
want. Give me your order now for
Christmas Fruit Cakes.
The longer you keep them the better
they are. Only 25c per pound ?cheap- 1
er than you can make them at home.
No drinking of intoxicating liquors T
wiil be all* wed on the premises.
If I please you, tell others. +
If I don't please you. tell me.
THE CRESCENT CAFE, 1
C. A. Jones, Prop'r - Fort Mill, S. C.
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