11X1,8 ABapT *ow*.
The B?v. J. W. H. Dyches,
pastor of the Fort Mill Baptist
church, announces that the subject
of his sermon next Sunday
morning will be, "The Best Thing
and the Worst." A cordial invitation
is extended the public to
hear the sermon.
News yesterday from the bedside
of Mrs. J. T. Young, who is
a patient at a Charlotte hospital,
was that her condition was someJ
what improved. Mrs. Young has
f been in ill health for some time
r and has heretofore found it nec[
esaary to go to a hospital for
treatment.
At the last meeting of the town
AAimnil nf SVirt Mill annnnnAA.
ment was made that a purchaser
for the $4,000 worth of town
bonds voted some time ago to pay
off indebtedness incurred in extending
water mains had been
founcl in the Loan and Savings
bank of York.
A a meeting of the town council
of Port Hill on Tuesday evening,
March 7, the local fire department
was reorganised with
W. T. Barron as chief, James T.
Young, Jr., assistant chief, W. S.
Belk engineer, and the following
firemen: B. M. Bradford, Mariou
Mills, William Ardery, T. F. Lytle,
Karl Bailes, Sam Stevenson,
T. D. Burrage, Herbert Harris,
Barron Bennett. J no. Bay ne, Henry
McGuirt and R. 1*1 McKibben.
County Supervisor Hugh Brown
spent Monday in Fort Mill ar-~
ranging to repuir the public
bridge over Steel creek, near the
site of the old White mill, two
miles east of town. The bridge
was partly washed away by the
heavy rains of a few days ago
nn<l in nnu' iiiinimuiililu Thi. pnnil
leading to the bridge is not one
of the principal highways in this
section and for this reason, said
the supervisor, a steel bridge will
not be put in to take the place of
the old wooden structure.
A night school for adult illiterates
una others who have received
only the rudiments of an education
was organized at the Fort
Mill graded school Friday evening
with an enrollment now at 79
pupils, most of whom live in the
mill villages of the town. The
classes ore in session two nights
e week and the expense of the
school, absorbed principally in
the salary of, the teachers, who
are paid $1 per hour for their serviees,
is being borne by the State.
The teachers are Misses Susie
While, Minnie Garrison and Era,
ma Anderson.
M . Mrs. urawiord Heaih entertainM
t, ed the Kanawha chapter, D. A.
11,, of rfort Mill at its regular
monthly meeting at her home in
f Whiteville park on Tuesday, the
7th inst. Among the guests at the
meeting Was Mrs. B. B. Heath,
viee president general of the
North Carolina D. A. R., who
made an interesting address that
was greatly apreciated by the
members of the chapter. At the
cnnclilRinn nf tli? nrnorom Mrw
Heath-invited her guests into the
dining room, specially* decorated
for the occasion, where a salad
course, coffee and mints were
served.
The congregation of the Fort
Mill Presbyterian church is looking
forward with much interest
to an illustrated lecture on China
to be delivered in their church
next 8und?y evening by the Rev.
Lacy L. Little, D. I)., for the last
ten years a missionary of the
Southern Presbyterian church,
atationed at Kwanghu, China. Dr.
Little is spending a year's furlough
at his old home in North
i Carolina. He has been one of the
church's most prominent missionaries
in China and with the assiste
auce of the moving pictures taken
of the everyday life of the people
in his field his lecture promises
to be of unusual interest.
* Many Fort Mill people regretted
to learn a few days ago that
F. E. Ardrey. "* popular and progressive
young citisen, contemplated
moving with his family
from Fort Mill to Aiken. For
several years Mr. Ardrey has been
local passenger agent of the
Southern railway. He has accept,
ed a similar position in Aiken and
i k uj..4:Aa
airmwy vios urguu inn nrw uuucn.
During 1920-21 he was mayor of
Fort Mill. Members of the Masonic
fraternity especially regret
. that Mr. Ardrey has moved away
from Fort Mill, as he was an enthusiastic
member of the otder
ar.d did much to further the interests
of the local lodge, of which
he was worshipful master for several
years prior to 1921.
Treasurer Ndl to Satire.
VYes, I have definitely decided
r not to again become a candidate
for recommendation for appointment
as county treasurer. No, you
might as well make it public now
if you so desire."
That was the reply of Mr. H.
?. Neil to. the question as to
, whether or not there was any
d truth in the rumor that he had
| ^ decided to give up the office of
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IQLMBE MMOiUL.
A matter of general interest t
the people of the Fort Mill oom
munity is taking substantial fori
in the pledges of financial assist
anee which citizens of the tow
and others have recently made t
a fund to erect a suitable memc
rial to the Fort Mill soldierf wh
took'part in the yfarld war, th
total subscriptions to date havini
r< ached the sum of $2,080, wit
those in charge of securing addi
tional subscriptions confidentl;
expressing the opinion that th
fund will eventually go beyon<
*3.500.
While the plana for the memoria
have not been definitely decided upo
It la proposed to erect a bronxe mark
er at the srave of each of the For
Mill soldiers?Thomas L. Hall, Jatne
K. Balles. Clyde W. Stevens, Harve:
F. McManus, Walter O. Leaser?ari
that Of FVort T MllUr Knm
wm at Londo. Cheater county, bu
who aerved In the Port Mill com pan
overaeaa and whoae body la bur!e<
with thoae of the five Fort Mill aol
dlers In the Americas Legon poat plo
In the Fort Mill city cemetery. I
alao la proponed to erect a granlt
or marble ahaft In Confederate park
Fort Mill, in honor of all the For
Mill men who were In aervice In tht
World war and upon wnlch ellll b<
bronze tablets bearing the namea oi
theae men.
Arhur C. Lytle. mayor and exaervice
man, la chairman of the aeveral
committee* appointed by the lo
cal Legion poat to raiae funda anc
otherwise plan for the erection of tht
memorial. Col. T. B. Spratt Is chair
man of the committee representing
the business Interests of the,community:
Col. W. H. Nlma, the military
organizations; B. D. Cutp. the Andean
Legion; Mrs. J. L. Soratt. th?
Bed Cross; Mrs. R. F. Qrler, tin
Daughters of the Confederacy; an<1
Mrs. J. B. Elliott, the I>aughters ol
the American Revolution.
In addition to the fund which It li
expected will he raised by populai
subscription toward erecting the memortal,
a substantal subscription will
be made by the old Fort Mill Lighl
Infantry, which has In Its treasur>
several hundred dollars that will be
expended In the compilation of a history
of the company from the date
of Its organization In 1?00 until It returned
from servco Ip the World war,
the histories to be sold and the proceeds
given to the memorlnl fund.
The committee In charge of the compilation
of the history of the Fort
Mill Light Infantry is composed of
the following c'tlzens of the towCapt.
8. W. Parks, chairman; Col. T.
R. Spratt. Capt. F. M. Mack. W. R.
Bradford and A. C. Lytle.
Subscript Ions thus far pledged to
the rrtemorlul fund are as follows:
Leroy Snrlngs $200
Kanawha chapter. D. A. R $100
Fort Mill chapter. Red Cross I"'*
T. B. Spratt 50
S. W. Parks B '
Oeorge Fish I 50
J. L. Sprntt 50
W. B. Ardrey. Sr 50
Co. K, 118th Infantry 50
Cntnwba lodge, A. F. M 50
fill Subscriptions.
i. o. itirxpaincK. w. K. hcik, W.
B. Meuchnm, Sr.. W. B. Meucham.
Jr., 8. L. Meachnm, D. A. I.eaeer. A.
C. Lytie, L. A. Karris, C. S. Link J.
K. Biilci, A. O. Jones. Sr., N. M. McManui
J. B. Elliott. J. M. Belk, Elliott
Springs..
15 Subscriptions.
A. O. Jones, Jr., John E. Jones. F.
M. Mack, Fred Nlms, Jr.. B. C. Ferguson,
B. A. Fulp. W. F. Stevenson.
10 SubMTrtptloiM.
W. H. Nlms. It. F. Orler. Jr., O. T.
Culp, A. L. Parks, 8. A. Lee, L. J.
Massey, John S. Potts. Oscar Gamble.
B. M. Bradford Barron Bennett, K.
R. Patterson, T. F. Lytle, J. T. Young,
Jr., Heath Belk, J. B. Mills. John 8.
Bnyne J. R. Halle, W. R. Bouknlght,
E. T. Whltesoll. John J. Adklns. Osmond
Barber, Herbert Harris, W. H.
Martin. O. W. Potts. Elmer Gordon.
R. M. Bennett. J. O. McElhaney, J.
B. Broadnsx, Earl Bailee, Andrei!
Ferguson. D. P. Brown. B. D. Culp.
W. B. Ardrcy. Jr.. Paul Hoke, Gladys
Rltch, Earl E. Broom. Mack Archie,
O. W. McKcnzle J. I,. Howie. J. M.
White,. E. 8. Parks. W. T. Barron,
Oscar Hammonds. Chas. P. Hope,
Crawford Heath. F. E. Ardrcy. R. If,
Vlser, W. P. Rogers, K. B. White,
Bon F. Patterson. C. W. Eason. T. N
Reeves J. R. PesPortes. Y. O. Pottts,
\\. T. Poby, J. C. Cunnup, Mason
Merrow. W. R. Bradford.
5 Subscription*.
8. I,. Garrison,' P. G. Culp, W. G,
Griffin. W. S. Moss. H. D. Harkey
Harmon Harkey. Rollle Bailee. Withers
Massey, V. D. Potts. Lee Phillips
S. A. Ltgon, Mias Lottie Broadnax
Miss Hattle Huntley, A. A. AdowK
W. J. Steele. E. F. Phillips, J. E
Epps, F. H. Wilson. 8. E. White, Fred
Rltch. J. M. Gamble. G. 8. Lemonds
J W. H. Dyches. Fred E. Long. Leroy
Cook, Banks Patterson, Jamei
"uughn, Hope Harris. Henry
Patterson, Barnev Klmbrell, Ira WH
son. Arthur Honeycutt, J. I.. Honey
cutt, W. C. Whitcftldes. Geoige It
Erwtn, Allle Cunnup, Cleatu* Parts
James C. Brow.i, John McGu''?. \d
ron Smith, Harold Itoaa, Malcoln
Smith, Luther Patterson, Lonnl*
Robinson.
Total, $2 030.
Examination for Postmaster.
The * civil service commissioi
announces from Washington tha
a competitive examination wil
be held in Rock Hill on April 8
1922, to select a postmaster fo
Fort Mill to fill a vacancy whicl
has existed since May 5, 1320, am
which has since been filled bj
temporary appointments. In thi
circular announcing the examina
tien, the civil service commissioi
says that "this is not an exami
nation under the civil service ac
and rules, bnt is held under ai
executive order of May 10, 1921
providing for such procedure.'
Which means that the- civil wr
vice commission may recoraraenfor
the appointment any one o
the three applicants receiving th
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| uigAiuvi. ?filing an a unuu via. hi
examination.
j Capt. S. W. Parke is actiu;
! postmaster of Fort Mill under j
temporary appointment lie re
ccived some months ago. Y enter
day t'apt. Parka stated thai vc
lass he changed his mind he wo\il?
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