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v>" ; ^ SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS . PICKED UP ABOUT TOWN Miss M. E. Skipper of Lancaster la a guest In the home of Mr. and Mrs. E W. Kimbrell. Mrs. James Bonner of Due West, who is attending the summer school at Wtnthrop college, was the guest Tuesday of Mrs. W. F. Harris. Miss Helen Heath of Midland, X. C., is spending several days in Fort Mill visiting her brother. Crawford Heath, and other relatives here. W. D. Crist, editor of the Yorkvllle Enquirer, and his son. James l>. Crist, chief reporter for The Enquirer. were visitors to Fort Mill Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Starnes of Huntersville, N. C., and Misses Allie Mae Miscally and Mary Griffith of Flock Hill were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. I.. Lyles. The second cotton bloom of the season reported for Fort Mill township was brought to The Times office several days ago by Eb Buyne, a farmer in the upper section of the township. C. S. Hutchinson, who is connected with the otflce of the county superintendent of education in Sumter, is it Furl Mill u,11 in* ........i.... i lion ut tin' home of his brother. Or. John M. Hutchinson. Miss Ksflter Meachntn returned Tuesday morning from Oreenvllle, after attending the annual State meeting of the Haptist Young People's union in tliat city during the lust few days as a delegate from the Kurt Mill union. An enjoyable picnic in honor of the Fort Mill teachers attending the aunt mer school at Winthrop college waKlveil at Indiatthook school house, a few miles front town. Friday evening I y Miss Carrie Spencer of Itock Hill, teacher of the fifth grade in the local school. Ha lies' bridge across Steele creek, two miles from town, is now closed to traffic owing to repairs which arc being made on the structure by a force of carpenters. For some tinte the bridge has been considered dangerous, the floor being in especially had condition. Herbert <Ht son of l>r. and Mrs. A. I.. <Mt. and Russell Phillips. two Fort Mill hoys, recently enlisted in the navy for n short training course hi Hampton Poods, Va. The course they will take Is that provided hy the government for hoys under IS year/ old. I hi rink; the last week a change has occurred in the management of the | store of the Fort Mill t'ooperative av s elation. \V 10. Critlin having re tigned and the idacc tilled hy the eieetlon of (i. W. Startles, who has keen connected with the huslness for some time. The sale of a splendid farm o' ICO acres in lower Fort Mill township was effected a lew days ago when .1 H. Mills truiu'ft rred to Monroe White a part of the idil l>. A. l.ee plnr* The enivh'erntIon is aid to have heen $00 per acre. Mr. White Is >. progressiva younc farmer and plans to hring tm> plane up to a high state of cultivation. Revival services which will continue through the week and perhaps longer were begun Monday night at the Fort Mill Baptist church with the Rev. T. V. Mct'aul of Bennettsvllle conducting the services. Two services will he held each day. ai 10 o'clock in the morning and X:lf? in the evening. An interesting feature of the meetings Is the singing of Mr. Met'aill, who possesses :i spleniliil baritone voice. J. P. Collins of the Itelair section of Lancaster county has boon appointed magistrate of Indianlanri township to succeed MaKistratc I>. K. Hall, who resigned recently on ac* J c(>unt of illness. No candidates have | yet announced for the place in the j August Heinocratic primary and there is very little interest in politics in I the upper section of Uaneaster conn- i ty. yesterday said A. M. Itlakency I of Helalr. There is considerable interest in Fort Mill in the auction sale today / ot the small farms Into which the cherry plantation, between Winthrop college and the Catawba river, has been cut and i? is expected that a ] nuinhei of I teal men will he on hand j to submit bids on some of the farms. land which has been subdivided ? ends aloiiK the concrete and nut- ! c .dam road for a distance of about ' ft nr miles and has been worked up to. a limb state of cultivation. It is understood that the entire tract was i rcntly sold by J. M. Cherry and ; that lite snl.t In I.?... ' t' new owners. The lirsi picnic and hnrhecne ever lit Id in Kort Mill township occurred J", 7 years ago. on the 41li of July. ' 1 s4i*. according to J. H. Coltharp. j one of the eonununity's oldest citl- ! H steps, who has a hoy I I years old at the time. "The picnic was held near 1 the site of the Sprinxs bridge, over , the Southern railway, a few miles | U' rth of town," said Mr Coltharp a | day or two ago. "ami was planned ( to work tip sentiment for the proposed railroad between Charlotte and | Columbia. A speech In behalf of the . uedertokinK was made by Col. .lack Springs, grandfather of Col. I.erov SprlUKs. There was a string band on hand to furnish music for the oeea- I sit.n and it was led by the late Burk ; Sutton." An incident on Main street Satur- | lay nlKht illustrated the measure of | respect entertained by some for the | recent trurtlc ordinance adopted hy j the town eouneil of Ktirt Mill There ! was some confusion on the street j due to an automobile hemming loin- I pi rnrily disabled and the town police] .? officer was assisting Hie driver in getting the car in motion. Very little space was left between this cur ar.d a car parked against the curbing or the opposite side of 1 lie street Tlie police officei saw a motor truck tlilven l>y a boy approaching with, the view of running between the two putomohiles and twice signalled flm boy to stop. The hoy paid no utten tlcn to the signals ami drove on past the officer and between the automobiles. So far as The Times Is informed no case was made out against the boy. T. Heyward Merrltt of Hock Hill #| was a visitor here Tuesday. y W. P. Crayton of Charlotte, N C.P ? was a visitor In Fort Mill this week. a Mrs. C. S. Link is absent this week | J on a visit to relatives in Hickory, fi X. C. J Mr. and Mrs. B. Franklin Massey ? of Hustings, Fla., are vlsitnlg Mr. g and Mrs. L. M. Massey. J. W. Brown of Winston-Salem, X. j| C'.. spent several days of the past j * week visiting friends In'Fort Mill. K. K. Smith, u former Fort Mill |g citizen who is now making his home jS in ?'hattuhoogu. Tenn., is here for J ? several days visiting relatives and @ friends. ? Town council has employed Hiram Jg II. White of Rock Hill to survey and '44 make a map of New Unity cemetery tt which will show the location of each jn lot and its owner. It Is the purpose i@ of town council to issue a regular form of deed to the owner of the J fi lots. S3 S. B. Howie met with an accident 13 in which two of the fingers of his j left hand were severely lacerated by -i ^?i? win if iii worn ai tne plant or Vq the Italics Kuntber company a few lays ago. Several years ago Mr. ei Howie had the misfortune to lose TS two nf the tinners of the same ha ml 0 j i; a similar accident in Monroe, N. l\ W I There was no general observance 9 In fort Mill Monday of the Fourth of J9 July, but most of the stores were ?3 rinsed for the greater |>art of the day JQ ind tlie hanks did not open their il? ors for business. Sunday hours yfl wi re observed at the pout office and J3 tie rural letter carriers did not make the usual round of their , routes I Work went on as usual at both the ' cotton mills, which were closed Sat- I unlay in celebration of the holiday. 1 Mgrrin Klver lnk> Itlack. In Algeria there is a stream inky j black, and not only isit inky in color ! lint 'lie two principal ingredients of; ink are contained in its waters. One I of Its tributaries is strongly impregnated with iron which it imbibes from j lii soil through which It passes, and 1 < other meanders through a peat marsh rich in gallic acid. Australia j has a ?-alt river, and there is another, ; he Itio Salado, in Argentina, South ' America. The Athabasca river of j I'nnada has two important salt | n arches one of which rises in a mil- j oral salt soring and the other has ts source in the t'ariboo mountains, which contain vast deposits of salt ' oi k The Itio de Vinagre?the Vin- ! car river- f New t>ranada, in Cen 'ral America, is sour front the sul- i of.uric acid in the water, while the j | range river in South Africa contains | uutti i which renders it poisonous to , ish in part of its course. Wludc Town on Spree. The town of l?etlanoe, la.. Is rei.ieriug from a two-day spree which I suited from the wrecking, in the j heart of the town, of two oil tank ; cars tilled with California wine.' Knch car was marked tilled to capn- j iiv, ' ami each was tilled to capacity. was part of tin government stock I ? port wine being moved front San ' "mnciseo to New York. Both cnrt | i t.1 smashed so badly that they het;n leaking and the wine poured front half :t dozen spread seams und broken rivet holes. The bucket hrig. d< gathered and tin cups, disltpans ami Witslt tults were pressed into et v ice. When tlte home supply of wine-holding utensils gave out, peoph rushed to (lie store to buy more, hut the stores were closed. The clerks were at the wreck. ? Tack* in Rock Hill Street*. ?& Uoek Kill Herald. Complaints are being heard on all j S ides in this city to the effect that 0 somebody has been scattering tacks over the city streets and even tn the . roads in the country nearby, and |M these tacks are doing and have done ; gB already great damage to automobile tiles. The number of tacks found in GC tires during the past week or two , clearly indicates that the tacks have SH ucd been scattered by accident and K2 most of those removed from tires T11 v e been new, indicating that they | #2 I.ad been on the ground but a short j fju Save the surface | and you save all. And to ^ do this economically use ? DEVOE Lead and Zinc Paint We know that DEVOE takes fewer gallons and wears years longer because it's pure. It contains no worthless adulterants but is made of pure Lead and Zinc, pure Turpentine Dryer, pure Linseed Oil?and nothing else. Lytic Drug Company FORT MILL. S C H MMBBHi ! Remember?Paint Devoe Paint 1 - TORT MILL TQDB8, FORT " I Llj/ *B SI h No. 2 I Detr Sommer is here, and ience of a real City | W The "Red Star" Stov burners that will lasl & made. IThe "Red Star" Detr finest baker in the w sides as a lemon cra< Come in and see the "work like gas." YOU Everybody is Invite Tirzah P TO BK Hi l l) V I I WEDNESDAY, AUG1 Hear Hon. J. Skottowe W am aiuaker. can Cotton Association. Hoar Mrs*. CJ. H. Matthls of Cudsden. farnirr and orator In the Sout h. Ml'KIC RV THK TIKXAII ('(IIIM Barheoued heef prepared hy "I'ncle Ji most lainous barbecue chef In the South. Candidate* for county offices will he I Candidate* for State offices \?iil he titer Everybody will he there. Are you coming? Picnic I* to he held unde r the auspl<*< YORK COCNTY Ct ?T TIRZAH PICNIC AS The cost of The Times is 01 Seiid in Your Subsi MILL, S. 0. 18 RED J oit Vapor Oil Si with a "Red Star" Stove in your kitchen yc {as stove. e has no wicks oi asbestos rings, 8 1-2 lb : a life time, uses 25 per cent, less oil than ; oit Vapor oil stove is absolutely safe, co< rorld; will bake your biscuits in a jiffy, and :ker. se stoves and we will take pleasure in shov N G & W O FORT MILL, S. C. id to the icnic I !!avc .?.?. | Buy ii LIST 4TH I .">0(1 I l?r<-M<l?-ni <ii 111?> Aiiu-riAla., forrnu>st woman I,(MM) rv ltXNI> j Prices without bi in k" i 'rri'il of Itock Hill. Hurt-. I I tiie aMnaunflMMn r? >X ASSi il'IATO ?X, Si >i MATH ?X. tilv 81.25 a year. JO E3 S* L-riptioU. |AT THE TIMES 1 '! II PT I STAR k m tove 1 >u have the conven . special *?rey iron \ny otlu'r oil stove yw <\i V fc >ks quick, and the as brown on both ving you bow thry m L F E, | ^MWiroyi iihiimm bii wr? ?nif ?l71 i Money by 1 n? Ice Books 1 *01111(1 iiooks, SI5.00 y Pound Hook, Kfi.OO | uoks, 70c per 100 lbs; effective June 1 g ' ). T. Gulp I PRINTING OFFICE - - PHONE 112