Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, April 03, 1919, Image 3
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Miss Dora Grier visited rela;
lives in Charlotte during: the
past week.
Miss Ruth Williamson, came up
from Winthrop college to spend
the week end as the guest of
Miss Ruth Meacham.
me transrer or tne. Presbyterian
church manse on Confederate
street to Clarence
Hoagland was effeeted this week.
Miss Mary Lewis of Tazewell,
Va.t a student at Winthrop college.
was the week end guest of
Miss Agnes Link on White
* street.
Miss Sophie Link, a student |
at the Asheville Normal & Collegiate
institute, is spending a
ten day vacation at her home
here.
Miss Bleeker Lee, who has
been at her home here for a
week, left Monday for Charleston,
where she has a position
with the Western Union Co.
Fort Mill jurors for the second
week of the April term of York
court are J. B. Mills, A. O.
Jones, B. C. Blankenship, J. H.
McMurray, Jr., Jno.. S. Potts,
O. T. Culp.
There was a thin coating of
ice throughout this section both
on Monday and Tuesday mornings
but it is not thought that
the fruit was damaged to any i
great extent by the cold. The
belief is expressed that the
present cool spell will mark the
passing: of the winter.
Relatives in Fort Mill of Sergt.
Edward B. White have received
notice of his arrival in New York
from overseas, and that hp has
gone to Camp Funston where he
will receive his discharge.
Sergeant White has for several
months been serving with the
American Expeditionary forces.
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A recent'marriage in Fort Mill
was that of Sergt. Malcolm
Rogers and Miss Daisy Starnes,
daughter of Mrs. Minnie Starnes.
Sergeant Rogers has lately returned
from France, having
suffered a slight wound in the
fighting last fall. He and bride
are making their home in this
city.
Pupils of the Fort Mill school
nti 11 nri n miKl 1/1 Avnyninn 111 f Via
win ^ivc a [juuhv. caci V.10C 111 tue
auditorium tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock, after which, at
3:30, a meeting of the ParentTeacher
Club will be held, and at
4:00 o'clock Misses Garrison and
Ashe, of the county demonstration
force, will entertain the
meeting with demonstrations,
suggestions, etc., along the lines
of their work.
Mr. S. H. Epps, member of the
County Pension Board, requests
The Times to issue a call to all
the non-pensioners of Fort Mill
township to be present at the
Savings Bank of Fort Mill next
Saturday afternoon at 4 o'olock
to be enrolled. It is urged that
every non-pensioner be present
at the meeting, which is to be
a very important one.
Mrs. J. B. Elliott, president of
the Red Cross chapter, urges
every member to meet in the
work room Friday afternoon at
5 o'clock for the purpose of arranging
the details of the reception
to the returning members
of Company G, of the Fort Mill
Light Infantry. A full attendance
is requested as the chapter
intends to take charge of the
affair and desires representation
from every section of the town
and township.
The ladies of the Fort Mill
Presbyterian church are preparing
to entertain Bethel Presbyterial
which will convene in
annual session in the local church
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be tbree sessions and delegates
to the number of 45 are expected
from the churches in Bethel
Presbytery. The opening session
-will be held at 11 o'clock on
the morning of April 15 with
Mrs. Mason Carroll of .York,
president, presiding. The programme
promises to be most
interesting and includes addresses
from missionaries returned
from Brazil and Korea.
Special music is being arranged
for each session by a full choir
of ladies from the several congregations
of the town.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following transfers of Fort
Mill real estate have been recently
ly recorded in the office of the
county auditor:
B| Joe Hucks to L. A. Harris,
1 lot; consideration, $100.
C. F. Rodgers, Jr., to W. L.
Ferguson, 1 lot; consideration,
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Tuesday was pretty much of a
general holiday in Fort Mill owing
to the fact that a geat number
of the people wished to attend
the ceremonies in Rock Hill in
honor of the returning soldiers
pf Companies G and H of the
One Hundeed and Eighteenth
infantry. The First National
Bank displayed a placard on
which wus written "closed in
honor of the best company of
the best regiment of the best
division of the best army in the
world." The two cotton mills
and the public schools were
closed and the trains to Rock
Hill were crowded to the limit
while the highway was filled
with automobiles and other
vehicles carrying friends and
relatives of the soldiers to join
in the festivities.
There are at home here quite
a number of soldiers who on
account of wounds have preceded
their commands home and
others who have been discharged
from the service without
seeing service overseas and
these to a man made up a part
of the reviewers of the parade
and received their full share of
the honors which the home
people had reserved for them.
Among these were LieutenantColonel
Thomas B. Spratt,
Captain Sam W. Parks, Lieutenant
Frederick Nims, and Sergeant
Joe Belk.
The ladies of the local patriotic
societies are arranging for a reception
to the returning memI
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oers 01 me rorc ivjiii ljigm
infantry, the majority of whom
were expected to reach home
last evening. The affair will
probably be jield on Tuesday
night.
Rev. Nr. Black Accepts Call.
A communication has been received
by officers of the Fort
Mill Presbyterian .church "from
the Rev. J. B. Black, of Elizabeth
City. N. C.. in which he announces
his decision to accept
the unanimous call recently extended
to him by the local church
to come here and take charge of
the pastoral work. He expects
to reach Fort Mill about May 1.
The local church has been without
a pastor since last July, when
it was made vacant by the resignation
of the Rev. R. K. Timmons,
who ?had accepted the
presidency of Stillman Institute
at Tuscaloosa, Ala. During the
past nine months the pulpit has
been filled almost regularly by
temporary supply and the fact
that the congregation has fully
met the assessment by Bethel
Presbytery in the three million
dollar campaign for benevolences
is an indication that there has
been no lack of interest in the
affairs of the church during the
interim.
At a meeting held recently the
board of deacons was authorized
to dispose of the manse which is
an old building and undesirably
located and erect a new and
modern building which will
probably be located on the church
grounds.
Men Nay Re-Enlist.
Enlisted men, drafted or enlisted
for the dnration of the
emergency only, who express a
desire to re-enlist in the regular
army for one or three year
periods under the provisions of
the act of February 28, 1919.
and have no restrictions on them,
and who otherwise may not be
immediately available for discharge
will, in the discretion of
their camp commander, be discharged
from the military service
as rapidly as conditions permit.
The discharge will be absolute
and in no way will be conditional
upon re-enlistment. The fact
that the discharge was by reason
of "exoiration of term of ser
vice" will be noted on final
statements and discharge certificates.
In such cases, however, all
proper encouragement and influence
will be brought to bear,
entirely free of administrative
or coercive acti6n, to ensure the
re-enlistment of such men. Men
who would not otherwise be discharged,
will not be discharged
unless commanding officers are
satisfied that they will re-enlist.
The men getting discharged
are to receive the $60 bonus as
well as traveling allowance.
Higher Telegraph Rates.
An increase of approximately
20 per cent in domestic telegraph
rates became effective Tuesday
according to a ruling of Postmaster
General Burleson.
The increase was agreed upon
at a meeting of the Federal wire
board and was made necessary,
Mr. Burleson's announcement
said, to meet "the increased cost
of operation, occasioned by wage
increases now in effect, made
during thfi p&st y^ar,y'
Mjr. Burieado added that the
advaoee would be bmrefy sufficient
for this purpose."
Will Baiid (Viae Bridfes. The
Southern Power company
expects to let the contract with
in the next few days for the construction
pf nine concrete and
iron bridges at an estimated cost
of approximately $li>0.000, from
Great Falls, in Chester county,
to Lugoff, a distanct of 30 miles,
which will bfe a part of the excellent
road which this^company
intends opening up through its
extensive farm lands of 65.000
acres.
I T. W. Ruff, formerly of Rockton,
now of Great Falls, who is
manager of the power company's
farming lands in that section,
anticipates getting this property
into cultivation within the next;
two years. Mr. Ruff is doing;
some wonderful scientific farm-j
ing in that section and is making
a splendid success of the work.
York County News Natters.
< korKville Enquirer.)
According to the census report
York county ginned -41,281 bales
of the crop of 1918, against
31,388 bales of the crop of 1917.
The ginnings for the State
amounted to 1.267.135 bales of
the crop of 1917. against 1,578,569
bales of the crop of 1918.
A marriage of interest to a
wide circle of friends was that
of Miss Mamie Darwin and
Robert G. Ratchford, which was
solemnized at the home of the
bride's sister, Mrs. J. F. Kell in
Rock Hill, Wednesday afternoon.
The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. J. L. Oates, pastor
of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church of York, in the
presence*cf a u \v friends and
relatives. The brid-gjvom lives
several miles e ist oi York and is
a well known farmer.
The Rock Ilil! Masonic Temple
corporation has decided upon a
plan to build a handsome home
for Rock Hill Lodge No. Ill by
means of bond issues to the
amount of $22,000. The plans
contemplate a three-story buildiny,
with store rooms and offices
in addition to the necessary hall,
and it is expected that the earning
capacity of the rooms will be
enough to more than pay interest
on the bonded indebtedness.
The banks propose to lend the
members money with which to
hliv hnnrls ?Hvnnr?irirr *COO nn
each $100 bond and leaving: the
number to pay the money back
at the rate of $1.45 a month.
About 200 members of the
113th Artillery, Thirtieth division,
passed through Yorkville
last Seturday over the C. &. N.W.
railway on their way home
to points in North Carolina.
The county board of commissioners
finds that the King's
Mountain township road petition
lacks about twenty names of the
number necessary to legalizing
the calling of an election, the
shortage being due to the fact
that a number of signers are not
registered voters. The act calls
for the signatures of qualified
freeholders and this is taken to
mean that the signers must be
registered.
Mr. J. F. McElwee, who has
charge of the delivery of nitrate
of soda in York county, says that
up to this time the applications
approximate an aggregate of
1,800 tons.
The other dog is "Jack," the
mascot of Company II, of Rock
Hill, S. C. "Jack" was with the
company down on the Mexican
border and is also a veteran of
the battles of France and Belgium.
He looks none the worse
for his overseas duties and is
very proud of the fact that he
has returned to the U. S. A.
"Jack," the boys say, has taught
"Major Fritz" English and a
few things about American fight
in#,?Charleston American.
WANTED.
To engage five to ten gallons of pure
Sweet Milk per day for the Summer
season. Fort Mill Candy Kitchen.
City Pressing Club,
Henry Hissey, Prop.
Next to Patterson's Dry Goods
Store.
CLEANING. PRESSING and
REPAIRING.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Prices Reasonable.
W e Buy
Old False Teeth.
We pay from $2.00 to $35.00 per set
(broken or not). We also pay actual
value for Diamonds, old Gold. Silver
and Bridge-work. Sehd at once by parcel
post and receive cash by return mail
flAZEKS TOOTH SPECIALTY
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NkV Naaey far 1lttd?.; * Road-building
authorities tare
predicting that 1919.- .1920 and
1921 will proVe the greatest m
the country's^-history in tha
matter of road construction. In
view Pf the unprecedented .appropriationaof
funds for Federal
aid for road projects and the
activities of the States In extending
their road-building prOgrarrs
the prediction appears to be fully
justified. The
Division of Public Works
and Construction Develonnrtents
of the UnitOd States Department
of Labor is authority, for the
statement that there has been
a revision and enlargement of
road-'building plans in almost
every State in "the Union since
the signing of the armistice.
This is due not only to the pressing
need for road construction,
which has been suspended during
the war, except where construction
was essential to military
activities, but also to the
obvious desirability and prudence
of getting public works under
way so there may be such a demand'
for labor as will absorb
the labor surplus.
Ultimately there will be a
labor shortage in the United
States. At present there is a
surplus, and this is apt to grow
to embarassing proportions during
the next few months of
demobilization if no conscious
effort is made to immediately
revive building and construction
activities to provide buffer employment
until our industrial
readjustment has been et mpleted.
Quite as important is
the effect of an immediate acceleration
of construction w ?rk
on general business conditio: s.
Federal, Slate, and municipal
construction projects, assisted
by private and corporation buiiding
activities, will be pot <\t
stimuli for general business ? . d
will prevent the stagnation wh:cli
would spell commercial disaster.
Federal aid for road constr action
for 1919, 1920, and 1921 has
been provided on a more liberal
scale than ever before. If millions
of Federal funds are not
absorbed by the States in Sta'e
road projects, it will be no fault
of the Federal Government.
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In addition to the above, we have at all times a choice j
supply of Freeh and Cured Meats, Fish. Etc.. and can fill ?
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