Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 14, 1915, Image 3
FORT MILL COTTON MARKET.
Cotton, per lb 12Jc
Seed, per bu r>5c
1 ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
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Miss Jessie Wilson, of Florence.
was a visitor to friends in
Fort Mill earlv chis week.
Miss Lois Johnson, of Win-??
throp college, spent the weekend
with Dr. and Mrs. A. Theo.
xT?~i.r 4-u:~
ncnjf, in lino uii.v.
Miss Kathleen Armstrong, of
the township, had as her weekend
guest Miss Elizabeth Mather,
of Columbia, a roommate of Miss
Armstrong at Winthrop college.
Miss Mary Culp, formerly with
the dry goods department of
E. W. Kimbrell Co., this city,
has accepted a similar position
with Efird's Department store at
Rock Hill.
Little cotton has been ginned
and marketed in Fort Mill during
the last ten days, owing to
the recent spell of bad weather
having greatly retarded cottonpicking
Operations.
Joseph Brackett, a well known i
>oung mill man of the town, on ;
Monday purchased the fancy
grocery stock of J. S. McKibben.
near the Millfort mill, and will1;
conduct the business in the!
future.
The many Fort Mill friends of
Mrs. James H. Thornwoll, of
Winnsboro, who has been ill for
several weeks, will regret to
learn that she suffered a relapse
several days ago and that her
f condition now is considered ex-'
tremely critical.
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Work was commenced several
days ago on a two-story dwelling
for G. L. Norman, the house
being located in Whiteville Park, ,
the new residential section of
the town. R. L. Bennett is the
contractor.
Glemson College advises the 11
farmers and other owners of <
hogs to beware of advertised i
"cures" of hog cholera. The
college veterinarian and his as- <
sistants have made tests of all <
that have been submitted and (
have found that all are fakes. ;
The election'for mayor, to fill
out a three months' term, is
being hejd in this city today.
The two candidates for mayor,
B. E. Patterson and W.
Carothers, together with their
respective friends, are actively 1
engaged in bringing voters to r
the polls, and much interest is i
manifest in the outcome. The 1
polls close at 4 o'clock p. m. i
Fort Mill friends of Mr. Robt. j
1
E. Henry, formerly superintend- 'c
ent of the two local cotton mills, j T
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will regret to learn of the death .
at Tazewell, Va., Thursday of
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his father, Maj. R. R. Henry. ^
The elder Mr. Henry was a na- |
tive of Chester, having been
born in that city April 26, 1845.
He had been ill for several
months.
H. E. Merritt, of Bogalusa, i
La., is spending a few days at }
the home of his father, Mr. I
J. M. Merritt, of the township, r
Mr. Merritt was, by chance, a \
visitor in the city of New Or- 1
leans when the recent tropical t
storm struck that city and drives t
a very interesting account of the
excitement and vast amount of \
damage done in the city and a
vicinity by the unprecedented i
high winds. i
^The Fort Mill high school *
football team overwhelmed the c
Farm Life school team of Pine- v
vilje Friday afternoon, in spite s
of hard work on the part of the 1
visitors. The score was 38 to 0.
Hafner, for the locals, did some 1
splendid work, and Johnson of s
the visiting team played a good c
game, but without experienced
assistance. The Fort Mill team
will play off a tie with the York- >"
ville team on the grounds at the ii
county fair at Rock Hill Friday, j ?
The first frost of the season in (
this section was noted by those
who were up early Sunday morning.
The effects of Sunday's!
frost, and another on Monday,
is plainly visible on vegetation in
low places. There was also a
thin coating of ice in piuces Sunday
morning, according to statements
of several citizens.
Local merchants and bankers .
say that business has picked up i
wonderfully during the last few '
weeks and that in point of sales !
and collections, they could hardly :
ovnnnf l-v ltf??.. ^ ^
ca|jv.vif ucuci. lviaiiy ui nit; j
merchants are collecting papers
carried over from last year.
Cotton selling around the 12-cent i
mark is making everyone opti-!
mistic and hopeful.
The South Carolina synod will
convene with the Oakland Ave-,
nue Presbyterian church. Rock
Hill, on next Tuesday, October
19th, for its annual session, j
Delegates from each Presby- j
terian church in the State will !
he in attendance. The Fort!
Mill church will be represented '
in the meeting by Rev. VV. A. I
Ilafner. the pastor, and Mr. i
T. B. Spratt.
The photoplay "Mother" presented
at The Majestic theatre |
Monday night, was highly
praised by the large number who
saw it. The ladies, especially,
were pleased with the picture.
Manager Jones, of The Majestic,
has lately contracted with the
World Film corporation for a
number of feature pictures, and
the patrons of his show may
expect some exceptionally good
numbers in the next few weeks.
Tr.e third annual fair of the
York County Fair association
opened yesterday at Rock Hill
with a record-breaking attendance.
Several score of Fort
Mill people were in attendance
the opening day and each pronounced
the fair a decided improvement
over former York
fairs. The fair will continue
through Saturday, and Friday is
expected to be the banner day,
Lnis Deing Educational Day,"
when thousands of school children
of the county will be present.
The weather the first, two
Jays of the fair has been ideal,
ind from present indications,
he same conditions will obtain
hroughout the week.
The News of Gold Hill.
rimes Correspondence.
Editor Times: Like the old .
ndian, we have been 4,heap,
nuch sick" of late, but feel
nuch better at this writing, and
t has been so awfully dry with
is since the lid was put on the
4th of September. A fellow
ust can't get a drop for his
itomach's sake nor his other
nfirmities. Now. to use the
anguage an old soldier used
luring our war when he found
le had to fight without any
ireastworks, "Dad blame it all,
lin't we in a pretty fix."
Mr. Andrew Merritt enter-;
ained a few of his friends at a !
possum dinner on Monday, last,
t being the 71st anniversary of
lis pilgrimage on this old earth,
lis table was laden with sol
nany good things Uo eat that!
ve couldn't sample them all. ;
toay many more years be added
o his life and 'possums to his
able. j
We learn that our neighbor,
V. H. Windle, proposes to have I
t good, old-fashioned corn huskng
this fall. Glad to hear that, '
t sounds good, brother. Having I
>ut one hand available, we
ouldn't shuck much corn, but
vith one hand and a good
tomach, we can do justice to
he chicken pie.
Now, Brother "Hy," we are
lot after encroaching upon your
pace, for we wouldn't if we
ould, and couldn't if we would.
Splinter.
Gold Hill, Oct. 12.
WANTED ? To hear from party havfor
sale nice Brown Leghorn cock
r cockerel, latter preferred. State I
rice. Box A, Fort Mill. S. C.
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Sugar, 25 pounds for
Best barrel Coffee at 7 poun
All Coffee sold at a big sa1
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