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t ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEIEST. '5'.'-. *- J Born Saturday night to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Lytle, a . daughter. SBT. M. Hughes of Lancaster, was a week end guest in the home of his mother, Mrs. S. M. Mills. Mrs. Frank Lee, of Chester, was a guest during the past ^ week of Mr. and Mrs. Jame* T. Young. Miss Johnsie Kell, of Atlantic . City, N. J., was a guest during the past week of Mrs. E. M. Belk. Miss Mary Lewis, of Tazewell. | Va.t a student at VVinthrop college, spent the past week end here as the guest of the Mioses r< i a fcprau. Mrs. R. K. Warner, of Zephyr Hills, Fia., and Mrs. E. H. McCall, of Spencer, N. C.. are guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs^C. VV. McNealy on Clehourn street. Mr. C. S McLean, of Rock Hill, has accepted the position of assistant cashier of the First National Bank and has entered upon his duties. Regular services will be held next Sunday morning and evening in the Presbyterian church and be conducted by the Rev. W. H. Campmon of Columbia. A congregational meeting wili be held at the close of the morning service in the Presbyterian church Sunday morning, March 16 when the matter of calling a pastor and other important business transacted. A marriage of interest to Fort n*: 11 1 , . u... rn i mm was iiihl a uesuay evening of Dr. S. Eugene Massey and Miss Isabelle Toy, which took place at the home of the bride at Freeman, W. Va. Dr. Massey is a son of Postmaster and Mrs. B. H. Massey, of Fort Mill, and has many friends in this city and section. Dr. Massey and bride will reside at Roanoke, Va., after a trip East. The Majestic Theatre today presents Helen Gibson, the daring railroad actress in a thrilling Western railroad drama. Tomorrow the Paramount picture, "Seventeen," featuring Jack Pick fold vsili hold the boards, while on Saturday the Western king, \\m. S. Hart, will be seen in "Selfish Yates," said to be one of Hart's best productions. Saturday's program also includes a two-reel Big V comedy Arif it io/1 ' 'Oi "*-> rv n Viniki^u Ullll^/O ctUU OUUII1Urines." Capt. Potts at Camp Jackson. Amons: the recent arrivals from overseas is Capt. Geo. W. Potts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas O. Potts, of the Pleasant Valley section. Captain Potts landed with his regiment in New York some weeks ago andjvas stationed for a time at Camp Upton. The regiment, composed of colored men of the Southern States, was tranferred the last week to Camp Jackson, this State, and since that time about half the command has been discharged. Speaking of his work overseas, Captain Potts says that he had a wonderful experience, but was very glad to get back to the States. Eleven men in Captain Potts' company were cited for bravery, and of the original 204 in the company only about 75 came out of the fighting uninjured, all the officers being wounded and one killed. Captain Potts expects to receive his discharge from the service at an early date. Mayor Patterson Calls Meeting. To the Citizens of Fort Mill and Uommunity: / Having received numerous requests tor information regarding the movement now spreading throughout the United States for the building of a Monument or Memorial Building as a Soldiers' ^ and Sailors' Memorial for the valiant service of the men who helped to win the World War, 1 do hereby request all the people who are interested in this movement to be present at the school auditorium Friday evening, February 28th, at 7:45 o'clock, for the purpose of selecting a Committee on Memorials and offering suggestions that will be of helti to the committee, and also of deciding on methods of financing x and administration. I also request the officers and members of all the patriotic organizations of this community to be present at this meeting and to see that the meeting is given as wide advance publicity || as possible. ^Jifour co-operation is earnestly Respectfully yours, a a Patterson, Port Mill Ft*, 24. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED <* M AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, f A. O. Anderson, Well Known J Mill Man, and Young Charles ? McNealy Met Tragic Deaths n Sunday Afternoon. v Plunging headlong over a * omKonlrmAnf ? -w. WW VIllVHIIOIilVliV) VIIV |Anderson car of CharleB W. ^ McNealy, of this city, at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon carried down a 10 their deaths little Charles t McNealy, son of Mr. McNealy, t and A. 0. Anderson, overseer of fc carding at mill" No. 2, of the ii Fort Mill Mfg. company. The v accident occurred at the Bailes t bridge which spans Sugar creek t about two miles east of Fort Mill, arid the bodies of the un- tl foriunates were not recovered t for possibly two hours following the accident. In the car at the time were Mr. McNealy, Mr. Anderson, Charles McNealy. t Clarence S. Link and Marion p Mills, all of thia oitv Thpnartv u was enroute to Charloite, where f Mr. MeNealy intended to take a t train for S* Una, Ala., where a c position had been offered him. a The car was being driven by Mr. i MeNealy and seated beside him t was Mr. Anderson, the three r other occupants being in the 0 rear seat. The road immediate- f ly west of the creek bridge is in s a very bad state and it was u while in the act of avoiding a -j deep mud hole that the machine a skidded to one side and rolled ^ down the embankment to the j, waters of the creek. The car t landed upside down in the bed ^ of the stream and nothing could ^ be seen above the water except v about six inches of the rear j wheels. In a manner seeming v almost a miracle the elder Mr. ^ MeNealy, Mr. Link and Mr. ^ Mills succeeded in extricating a themselves from the wreck and ^ reached the surface of the t water. They at once made t numerous attempts to rescue Mr. N Anderson and the little NcNealy r boy but were unsuccessful, and ^ finally when all but exhausted L sought help. A passing car ^ brought the three men to Fort t Mill and soon several hundred f persons gathered at the creek c bank to begin the work of res- t cue. The body of the MeNealy c child was taken from the rear f of the machine and a little later || Mr. Anderson's body was re- r moved from the front of the t car. It was said that an ex- ( amination of Mr. Anderson j showed a severe wound in the c back of the head and this, it ( was thought, probably would s have caused his death had he 1 not gone down under the water. . There were only visible slight . bruises aboih* the little McNealy ( boy and his death evidently was < due solely to drowning. The three surviving members of the party sustained wounds but none serious. The wind shield j and top of the car were completely wrecked. < Mr. A. O. Anderson was about { 45 years of age and is survived ' by a wife. He1 had been em- . ployed as overseer of carding in one of the local mills for a ? number of years. Not only was t he popular with his help, but was considered an expert in his line of work, having in the last few years been offered a number of more lucrative positions but preferred to remain in Fort Mill. He was a good citizen and admired by all who knew him. The remains were shipped Tuesday morning to Saluda, S. C., ] his old home for burial. < Little Charles McNealy ,vas " 11 years old last August. He , n,aa ?l.:U **- ? nuo nic UIIIJ ITII1IU Ul IV1 1". HUU i Mrs. C. W. McNealy and was ' almost idolized by his parents, j He was a handsome, manly little ] fellow; possessed of a wonder-', fully bright mind and this, with , his pleasant disposition, en- 1 t i > ' t , t ;! i i : j The First Na Fort Mi i 4 > ' ? > , < > , * > ' < > _ eared him to all with whom he ame in contact. He was a avorite among the papila.of the :raded school and especially" so rith theboys and girls of the ifth grade of which he was a aember. The funeral service ras held at the Baptist church londay afternoon at 4 o'clock ,nd was conducted by Rev. )r. Dyches assisted by Rev. V. R, Bouknigla. a long proession of sorrowing relatives ,nd friends followed the remains o New JJnity cemetery, where he burial was made. Many ancT >eautit'ul were the floral offerngs, one of which was a lovely j vreath of galax leaves, carnaions and ferns, furnished by he classmates of the dead boy. The friends of both families leeply sympathize with them in heir bereavement. Catawba Bridge Controversy. There is more or less local conroversy over the location of the roposed bridge over the Cataw>a between Wright's and Boyd's erries. -As originally drawn, he bill providing for the bridge, i onformed to the North Carolina j tatute, to leave the location to j he highway engineers of. the! wo States. This was changed j nainly on objection to the ideaj f requiring the county to pay j or a bridge the location and j upervision of which was to be inder the authority of the State. ?he difference as to location is ibout like this: Mecklenburg >eople are said to be desirous of ocating the bridge as high up he river as they can get it, and >eople of the Point section, on he York side of the river, agree vith them on two main grounds, n the first place they urge that inless there is considerable leference to the Mecklenburg >eople there will be no bridge ind in the second place, the ligher up the bridge is located he better their prospect tff geting a fairly good outlet road of vhich they stand in very great leed. They urge that in adlition to the long approaches hat will make the erection of a midge at Wright's ferry out of he question, they will be cut off rom the bridge by Crowder's reek, which creek, because of he immense volume of water it :arries during freshets, will be a urther menace to a bridge ocated immediately below its nouth. It is a fact that whether he river bridge is located above >r below Crowder's creek/ there must be a bridge over Crowder's :reek to permit the people on >ne side or the other of that uream to reacn tne river Dric'ge. People leaving on the south side )f Crowder's creek, generally irgue 1-hat the best solution of -he matter is to extend the Dlover-Bethel road two miles >n the river aud build the bridge it or near Wright's ferry. They dso insist that the Wright's 'erry location will be more icceptable to the larger number )f people who live to the south $ide of Crowder's creek and it vill more readily contribute to :he restoration and development >f the communication between Mecklenburg and York coun;ies. ? Yorkville Enquirer. Meet Your Friends At the f Dewdrop Inn. LOST?Saturday on the streets of Fort Mill pair of gold rimrned Eye classes. Return to Times office. FOR SALE?Horse, wagon and harlOSS. all for $100. A Imrtrnin (- O. Deese & Co., Rock Hill, S. C. LOST?Between Rock Hill and Fort VI ill Tuesday night complete set of Maxwell auto tools, two jacks and pair Weed chains, never been used. Tools likely scattered in road for several miles. Reward for return to B. M. Lee, Fort Mill, S. C. I tional Bank. : 11, s. c. j 1 I i . < > ? I ^1 York County News Hatters. ( k orkville Enquirer.) % It is Frank, instead of Mills Moore, for whom Former Governor Blease is counsel. Mills Moore is still at large. A number of farmers of the Pine Bark section of Bethel I township have organized for the I erection of a large ginnery to take care of the cotton of that ' community. The house has accepted the judiciary committee amendment of the Hamblin-Nunn bill to require all cotton mills, knitting mills, manufacturing establishments, tixtile mills, to install sewerage j systems or sanitary closets for ] al! houses rented or leased to operatives. There has been started In R> t !c Hill a movement looking to the erection of a hundred thous: nd dollar building devoted to he develoyment of community 1. \ as a memorial to the soldiers v ' o went into the service of th. r country from Rock Hill dur t k the world war. The annual re-enlistment < f York county property for ta: \tion by the auditor was completed yesterday. The work was commenced January 1 and has been carried along for the past fifty days under considerable disadvantage, rendered more acute during the past few weeks on account of Auditor Love's illness with influenza. j The York county supply hill for 1919 provides for Certain increases in the salaries of diff *rent county officers, in accordance with the recent recommendation of the grand jury, for the erection of a bridge over Catawba river between Wright's and I Boyd's ferries, and for the main- I tainance of the various depart- j ments of the county government i at a total cost for the year of $70,210. The levy for ordinary county purposes is five mills and, adding the various levies for other purposes, the total levy on the county as a whole will be 9 1-2 mills. I I FOR AN W I EMERC Accidents and sickne pectedly. They may < ? moment. These are th hank-account" comes t< ? who heed his advice don't, wish they had. * You can never tell wl ? ness will come, but you ? Let us start you with a 4 You can bring in a doll. + whenever you can. 4 Per Cent Interest Pau w t The Savir P33BB9IBHSQMRHDSBQBS13HHI1 93 3 Your Is worth money and so asking you for but a few that we can convince you \ House Fur li 9 Is as complete as you wi larger towns, and, too, y< 8 anywhere. .1 ray us a visit, we'll m 1 Young 6 A ? A ? A A A ? + A ? A 'A ^ A A ? A ' | Steele Moto | Fort Mi Automobile Repaii | General, Goodricl I and T i Our Prices arc * " - - '.r: >"i TK I The ! Uo ! | STETSON, I NO-NAME IVAN Prices from $ j Pat i IflHHMBBDI ?+<$+ ? ^EXPECTED I iENCY | ss always come unex- * confront you at any * e times when "friend- * )the rescue of those * to save?when those * len accidents or sick- 4 can prepare for them. 4 n "emergency fnnd." 4 ar now and add to it 4 J on Savings AooounU. .... . ^ lgs Bank. t I *+*>+&+ <> . 111 imw m IHI ? 1 ? ll I lie Mi Time is ours, therefore we ere minutes, and we know that our stosk of shinC Goods w 11 find in many tf the )u can't beat onr prices ake it worth while for b Wolfe. >r Company, 11, S. C. 4 *s and Accessories. J h and FIsk Tires | ubes. i Reasonable. i t=T| ts are Here ! All of the Newest Shapes a a BLACKS, 1 )W BROWNS, I 1} PEARL, I IT BRONZE. f '3,00 to $7.00 | ' 7?: | terson s j I wmmmmm m mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm | | :| Appreciation | < * > ? - . 4 f Fort Mill, S. C., February 4th, 1919. f Mr. C. S. Link. Agent, - | Union Central Life Insurance Co.. 4 I Fort Mill, 8. C. f ? Dear Sir:? ? i Deff to Man" you for your company's check for T t $1,002 86 handed me today in payment of policy for $1,000 taken November 20th, 1918, by my son, Hanks Jones, who died on January 10th, 1919. This policy had been in + $ effect only 40 days; but the claim was promptly paid, in- + r eluding interest from the date of his death to the time of 'v T payment. Z W. H. JONES. I j Service Saving Safety | f C. S. LINK, Agent \ W f t I I I Our Service Pleases. I I """ I + We desire the public patronage and i i are doing all we can in the way of scr- t ^ rice, quality and fail prices to merit the | ; same. You will always find good fresh ; ; groceries at this store. We are pleas- ? \ iug our most particular customers and } t would he pleased to add your name to ? ?U! USl. f | Parks Grocery Co., \ { Phone 116 I t I F tIhTa In k s | <j For your excellent patronage gjnce we ^ business * ;; here. We trust that the New Year may hare many blese <1 iii|?s in store for you and yours. 11 During the year 191t always remember that- i \ | ? Town, Taylor Has It" i! The Cash Market, Fl?JL??,r' f