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ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST Miss Nell Ligon. of Shelby. \ N. C.? is visiting relatives in r Fort Mill. i Miss Margaret Fewell, of Rock ( Hill, was a guest this week of ( Miss Bernice Mills in this city. f Miss Robbie Snratt who has t been teaching in the public r schools of Batesburg, is at home t for the summer. Miss Isabel Grier is at home * for the holidays after teaching during the past term in Albe- * N. C. v. ' I1 Mrs. Marian McKenzie, of r Rock Hill, was a guest during fc the past week of Mr. and Mrs. t G. W. McKenzie. f Alfred Jones is at home for * the holidays after attendance s during the past term at the * Presbyterian college at Clinton, a The Rev. and Mrs. B. D. * Green of Kershaw, were guests j, during the past week of Mr. j and Mrs. J. M. Hutchinson in ^ this city. s In a game of baseball Satur- t day afternoon between the local a team and a team from the High- c land Park mills of Rock Hill, < the former won by a score of j 13 to 4. t Fort Mill people generally will j. be interested to know that Capt. f James D. Fuln has cabled from Oxford, England, his acceptance r of the position of superintend- v ent of the Abbeville schools for t the next term. y Thomas Harris, 11-year-old son c of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Har- ci ris, suffered a double fracture (J to his right arm Tuesday eve- c nlng while attempting to r "crank" an automobile. t V {] Quite a number of Fort Mill f people attended commencement exercises at Winthrop college t during Sunday, Monday and t Tuesday of this week. s Miss Violet Culp, for a num- 1 ber of years employed in the s "central office of the local tele- k phone company, has accepted a k similar place with the Rock Hill r Telephone company. 1 At 4 o'clock next Sunday ^ afternoon memorial services will be held in the Baptist church in honor of Sergeant Eli Bailes who t was killed in action on the battle fields of France October 8, 11)18. j B. M. Bradford, who has for 1 some time been employed in the 1 . grocery and market of B. C, k Ferguson in this city, has ac- "a cepted a position in the general k merchandise store of W. L. i Yandle at Pineville. I According to the schedule of [ thu Pfltu UltlO RaaaKnll 1 anmm waaw vmwm ?r n/u uunv^ucil I JU\ ?^ ^ the Fort Mill team will meet the team from Great Falls on the j local diamond next Saturday. The game will be called at t 8:30 o'clock and the public is invited to witness the contest. ^ Mrs. Mary Jones, of this city, i on Tuesday received a telegram \ announcing the safe arrival in s New York of her husband, Privutc John E. Jones. Mr. i Jones left the States more than 1 a year ago with the Eighty-first c division. National army, for t overseas duty. He expects to 1 receive his discharge within a i few days and return to his home t here. i Mrs. Delia Norman, wife of | W. P. Norman, of the Pleasant Valley section, died at her home Monday night after an illness of several months. The funeral ^ service was held yesterday after- s noon at Pleasant Hill Methodist t church. Mrs. Norman was 57 i years of age and had resided ^ with her family in Pleasant J Valley for about 30 years. Be- i sides her husband she is survived 1 by several sons and daughters. J John T. Spratt Dead. Mrs. Jennie B. Spratt re- j turned the latter part of last ' week from Cordele, Ga., where i she was hastily called on account s of the serious illness of her son, J John Thornwell Spratt, who died > Friday May 20th. Mr. Spratt was the only son of Mrs. Spratt and was in the 29th year of his age. He was born in Fort Mill and lived here until about 12 years ago. On October 5, 1914, he was married to Miss Annie Belle Rutland of Cordele, Ga., who with two small children survive him. He is survived also by four sisters. Misses Robbie, Bess, Margaret and Mary Spratt. The family have the deepest sympathy of the entire community in this unusually sad ending of a young w> offor fit* term of oar yiaJ Train Strikes Auto, Killing Two. Citizens of Fort Mill and vicinity were shocked Thursday af ?rnoon to learn of the tragic leath at Catawba Junction oi ourtun H. Jamwey, lii? year-old laughter, and the serious injury >f his wife and six-year-old stepson, when the automobile in vhich they were traveling was un down and demolished by i northbound Seaboard Air Line reight train. The Rock Hill Herald of Friday >ad this to say of the accident: Mr. Massey was returning to lock Hill from Marion county vhen the accident occurred. The toad leading from Cureton's fer y to this city crosses the Seaward railway a few yards from he point where the Seaboard >asses under the Southern Railvay tracks. The high concrete lupports and a deep cut shuts off he view of the Seaboard tracks ilmost entirely. Mr. Massey evdently realized that the train vas approaching a few seconds >efore he reached the crossing, lowover, and attempted to stop lis car, as an examination of the eene of the tragedy revealed he fact that the autombile had kidded 50 feet before the train rashed into it. The cow-catcher >f the freight caught the car ust as it crossed the track, hrowing Mrs. Massey down a teep embankment and hurling he older child several hundred eet away. The automobile was [ragged down the track anproxinately 500 yards before the train vas brought to a stop and was a angled mass of iron. . Mr. Masey was not thrown from the ar until it had been carried [own the track over two hunIred yards. The infant was aught in the wrecked car and emained there until rescued by rainmen. Mrs. Massey suffered i broken leg and arm and interntl iniurit'S. Catawba is nine miles from his city, and physicians rushed o the scene of the accident as :oon as the news was received lere. Mr. Massey was still eoncious when medical aid reached dm, hut died before he could >e removed to the hospital. He ealized that death had called dm and asked the physicians to :ease their efforts in his behalf ind give their attention to his vife and children. Mrs. Massey when hurled from he car struck an iron stake, vhich cut an ugly gash in her imb. A Rash was also cut in ler forehead and her spine was >adly injured, as an examination >y the physicians revealed. She ind the two children were irought to Fennell's Infirmary n this city. An operation was lerfonm-d last night in an atempt to save Mrs.* Massey's ife, and today her recovery is rery doubtful. The infant >assed away at the hospital durng the early part of the nixht. . The freight train which struck he automobile was going north >n the Seaboard. it was a long reight, carrying 41 cars, making a. a:i\i ? i*? - l uimuuit iur me engineer, iV. D. Ferguson, of Abbeville, l?> itop the train quickly. Mr. Massey was one of the nost prominent citizens of Kock dill. He was a contractor, loing road construction and grading, and was also a farmer, ie was returning yesterday ifternoon from inspecting a road construction job in Marion county vhen he met his death. The grading at Camp Jackson, Colimbia, was done by his firm. Will Teach Agriculture. At a recent meeting of the )oard of trustees of Fort Mill tchool district, it was decided to tdd an agricultural course which will be in charge of an expert vho will give his entire time to die work at a salary of $1,5(KJ 3er year. The meeting was atended by John R. Carroll, county superintendent of education, and Prof. J. R. Peterson, )f Clemson College, the latter Dresenting the proposition for che consideration of the board. The school board is considering ilso the adoption of a domestic science course and has already ;he betfinninp: of a manual trainnt? school. | AUTOMOBI DOES YOUR CAR u = ^ Don't Ruin a Good Car W 5 Let John X (j q Shop Near Overhead fit Catering Only to Tho PHQNES: GKT1^I7.W ^ S"" V Crop Coalition Report The agricultural department's - first cotton condition Be port of : the season, issued Monday mornf ing, was awaited with keen inl terest by the cotton industry as ' an authoritativeendication of the prospects of this year's crop. i rnvate estimates or the concti\ tioii have ranged from 72.3 to 77.6 per cent of a normal, with ' the majority from 75 5 per cent upward. The government's report placed the condition of the crop on May 25 at 7&.6 per cent. > The condition of the crop last year on May 25 was 82.3 per i per cent of a normal, while in 1917 it was 69.5 and in 1916 it was 77.5. The ten-year May 25 average condition is 79.2. No estimate of the acreage planted will be made by the department of agriculture until the July report, The acreage figures j have been the source of much speculation, in view of the ef-. forts throughout the South for a , i reduction of the plantings. Un-, official estimates of the planted area have placed the reduction : i around 10 and 12 per cent of last j year's acreage, which in round | numbers was 37,000,000 acres. | Children Must Attend School. Miss Belva Sanders, recently! chosen by the county hoard of education as one of the two attendance officers prescribed for York county under the provisions of the educational act passed at the last session of the general assembly, went to work in the office of the superintendent of education Monday morning, says The Enquirer. The principal duty of the attendance officer?the basic purpose for which the office was es tablished ?is to look after the complete observance of the compulsory attendance law. These officers will collect, information of all children of school age, both while and colored; and see to it that they attend school during the period specified in the jaw or know the reason why. New Hotel for Rock Hill. The citizens of Rock Ili;l have subscribed $33,000 in stock of the hotel company which is being organized there. This sum will be doubled by means of a loan through the Mechanics Building and Loan association, making the total amount available for investment iti a new hotel building approximately $65,000. Subsetiptions to the stock of the proposed company have been solicited voluntarily by members of the Rotary club. A meeting of the stock subscribers and other interested citizens was held at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night and a hoard of corporators. composed of J. B. Creirrhton, Majestic Tomorrow Mary Pickford "Hulda From Holland," A riinliuotiniT atnrv fi{ 11 aiuant little Dutch lassie who. without her consent, was used as a pawn in the game of frenzied finance and who, by the use of nimble wit, became the queen of the frenzied financier's. ILE PAINTING NEED PAINTING? ith a Poor Job of Painting, H tson Do It > Bridge. Rock Hill, S. C. 3 I . M Who Want the Best. 5 JAS. A. JOHNSON, Mgr. Dr. W. G. Stevens, R. E. Barron, DeWitt Johnson and O. K. Williams was appointed to apply for commission as a corporation. The board of corporators, having been authorised to take such action, met Wednesday morning and decided that the corporation shall be called the "City Investment company" and that it shall 1 be capitalized at $65,000. An j application for commission as a j corporation was forwarded to the secretary of state at CoJ,um- \ bia Wednesday afternoon. As ( soon as this commission has | been granted a second meeting i of the stock subscribers will be called to select a suitable site for the hotel. FOR SALE?One young Jersey Milk j 30W with first calf. Kind and gentle s- ith good qualities. Price reasonable. Apply quick to Alexander Barber. W1NTHR0P COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 4th, at 9 a. m., and also on Saturday, July Sth, at 9 a. m., for those who wish to make up by examinations additional units required for full admission to the Freshmen Class of this institution. The examination on Saturday, July .r>th, will be used only for making admission units. The scholarships will be awarded upon the examination held on Friday. July ith. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When scholar J ships are vacant after July 4th. they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to President Johnson for scholarship examination blanks. These blanks, properly filled out by the applicant, should be filed with President Johnson by July 1st. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open on September 17, 1919. For further information and catalogue, address President D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. _ Old newspapers for sale at The i l imes olhce. DR. A. I OTT , DtNTIST Oflice hours, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. (I)r. Sprutt's office) Belk Building, Fort Mill, S. C. TV I THE SAVINi | OF FOR T \ Chei t I lute; ! Phone ) ^ 1 22 i ?? t / Tra' k n ^ !\ea *+ i <+*+: i < . ? i*#^ 1111 < i >iii ? ?i IHI?i Kama ta&^s^n w 1 Cao. YOH I and Ves Being agents for the Hor we are in position to give yoi sizes, and also on several diff t fits. If interested, phone No we will be glad to furnish yo i you want. | Don't forget, also, that v I very best class of merchandi* your order for anything you 1 Satisfaction, guaranteed a I The Cas 8 S. A. Lee and T. F. & ! Superior ? Phon? j Automobile repai | No Job too L.arg \ FordSpc Clot I I 1 Men's Medi |j 44 Sum i S Boys* Wool I" Sumn Men's and I Men's <4Stetf IPana " "Ide** and E i Pat SS B^TV/C | MILL. | eking Accounts, rest Accounts, , : Deposit Boxes, fis, f ley Orders, * tiers' Checks, ; ?nd a I i Banking Service. * i nwm?i?M?? ? ??M? ir Fruits I potables. ne Canner Mfff. Company, 1 prieos on tin cans,' both erent styles of Canning Outi. 8, or come to see us and u with all the information ve handle a biff line of the ;e, and will be fflad to have nay need. ilways. h Store, I Lytle, Managers. S bmmbmmbmmJ Garage, | s71. I irs on all Cars. | e or too Small. jcialists. | y Job Turned Out. I ' Lumber,Yard. | |M?nager. V -* ' i "i hes For Men { | and Boys. ! 1 I um Weight Suits. I Tier Weight Suits. ? Suits. ler Suits. I | 3oy's Shoes and Oxfords. I jon" and "No Name" Hats. 1 i ma and Straw Hats. I _ ? * Shirts and Collars. i ioys' Work Shirts. I \ "Headlight*' Overalls. 8 J B. V. D. Underwear. I 1 Neckwear, Sox, Etc. r I T A n c a n r I -i I V I O U 11 O | I : For Sale \ ^ Ten-room residence on corner of Confederate and For- ^ - rest street, the J. A. Boyd property. Lot contains an & t acre and is a bargain at the price asked. * | Five-room cottape on Booth street, the property of f Hon. J. R. Haile. This nronertv is verv near Main ^ * and the section is constantly improving. + 1 " I have a number of other bargains in Fort Mill real ? * estate ranging in price from $600 to $4,000. * 1 1 J * ! i I | C. S. LINK, Broker . I | f Fort Mill, S. C. i ^ m ... . I | I Our Service Pleases, f i f I I " 1 We desire the public patronage and t arc doing all we can in the way of scr- ^ vice, mmlitv ;ind f:?ir nric^c to mora ?>? ?, ^ * ",x" lllw * same. You will always find good fresh % * groceries at this store. We are pleas- | j ing our most particular customers and | would be pleased to add your name to | <j> our list. I | | Parks Grocery Co., 4 1 | Phone 116 | '| I -*+* ???f ?+?? MI ! Steele Motor Company, | I Fort Mill, S. C. * J ~3 Automobile Repairs and Accessoriefti * I ? . * | General, Goodrich and Fisk Tires \ J [ and Tubes. . | Our Rrices are Reasonable. i I '