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1 ^ N # NEWS ABOUT TOWN. ??- * % Capt. Elliott \V. Springs is in Massachusetts visiting friends. Mrs. J. H. Barnett of the India Hook section of the county recently has been visiting her parents. Mr. ami Mrs. C. F. Rodgeys. Mr. and Mrs. .J. L. Lyles, Mrs. W. F. Patterson and Mr. and Mrs. J*. \V. Hood spent Sunday with friends in lluntersviile,N.C. Carl 11. Jones a few days ago moved liis family from Fort Mill to Great Falls, where lie is employed by the Southern Power company. Miss Bulow Massey, daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. L. .J. Massey, has returned to Mitchell college, at Statesville, N. C., to resume her work as a student. Misses Martha Dyehes, Myrtle Smith and Flixabeth Small left ' Tuesday morning for Anderson college, where they will be students during the 1 session. Miss Winnie Crook expects to leave Friday for .Johns Island, in the Charleston section of the State, where she will teach in the public school during tin- fall and winter. ?J. 11. McMurray. who lias been visiting his son,.Joe McMurray, in Blucksburg for several weeks, came to Fort Mill to vote in the primary Tuesday as he did in the primary two weeks ago. At a social meeting of the 1?. V. 1*. I'. in the Berean room of the Fort Mill Baptist church Monday evening, a miscellaneous shower was given Miss Martha Dyehes by the members of the union in ai'ticipation of her return to An di-rson coI le?e. A telegram received by S. L. Meaeham Monday brought the intelligence ??t the death at Snlhda. N. of tbi* two year obi sot: of tin* lu v. and Mrs. S. 1'. flair of fountain Inn. The funeral services wore held at Kountain Inn Tuesday afternoon. <)obn M. Hanks returned to Cob.iiiibia Monday afternoon, after spending several days with his relatives in hurt Mill. Mr. Hanks is a reporter on the Columbia Kecord and during his visit in hurt Mill gathered material from which he will write a story about the town for The Keeord within the next week. In The Times of last week the statement was made that the eor- | nerstone of St. John's Methodist . church would be laid hist Sun- i duy. The cornerstone is to be j laid next Sunday. September 17, i following the sermon by the pre-1 u;.i: I.I..- i- -1 > " milium I'llirr *?I lilt1 UOI'K I 1111 UIStrict, 11>?? Rev. (i. C. Leonard, at 11 o'e'ock a. in. The 1JI months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \V. .1. Long, who live in tin* upper section ol town. S died Sunday morning alter a brief illness. The funeral was conducted by the Kev. Dr. .1. \V. II. Dyclies, pastor of the Fort Mill Baptist church, Monday afternoon. interment following in the city cemetery. An hour's rain Sunday afterlion brought relief from the sweltiring temperature of the last three weeks and otherwise made life more comfort able for Kort Mill people by laying the dual in the streets. The rain was more or less local, however, and did not extend over the entire township. Families living on lower Tom Hall street are frequently annoyed at night by the firing of pistols in " Baradi.se," a negro set | SHOES SHI | This is one of the mDst + have to buy and in ord< i for your money, it alway % good. We handle the li "STAR BRAND" Al * > ! I which hat been sold in th <? years, and this shoe can i 1 < faction. They are guara \! we want you to do is try o ( ' thnfr tkau ' _ ?.r ?? ivanjr wuiii < For men, ladies, boy's, | a J |;1 TH CAS ; phoi i i S. A. LEE' and T. *? '. " i . : * < , "Smumni ? r " * tlement just outside the limits of the town. Tuesday night about 10 o'clock five shots were fired in "Paradise" which took the night police officer to the settlement, but he was unable to learn who had discharged the firearm. Three additional sweet potato storage houses are being erected in the Fort Mill community?one by ,J. Z. Bailes and S. K. Bailes. andothcr by !^>. K. White, F. B. White and W. M. White, and the third by Osmond Barber. When the houses are completed there will be storage room in the community for 8.7">0 bushels of pota i...i ? '.an i 1...1 two, un iumiii- i in i;u^in i house of the Fork Potato assvciation. which was built about a year ago. The South's Farm Population. The department of commerce publishes the figures concerning ihe farm population of the South ern States as divided between whites and col'ored people. The white farming population of dm South 011 diinuary 1. 1920. is given sim 11.720.S4S and . the eol need form population as o.Oit.4S9. In Texas and one or two other States the whites predomi mile iu much larger proportion than these totals show, while in other Southern States the per eentuge of negrivs mi the farm is larger. The negro farm populaliev ot South ( hirolin-i is (i lO.ddT ae.iii st Lt white farming population of M!M l:H . In Mississippi the ? ?1 ored farm population is 7-JT~?0 ami tin* white :"?47.C)H7. An! in 1m.tl, States a large number of r 1 j? ro farm laborers live within !.? limits of incorporated towns It:.' go to 11n* plantations to work. Outside of Texas tin* en-ton m duslry in the South is nearly |-? inleiit upon colored lahor. am! even in Texas thousands of negroes work in the cotton fields. The figures do not reveal the per rentage o1* negroes who own their own farms in 11n* South, hut ilia' percentage is increasing. Thous ands of Southern negroes are eul tivat ing cotton fields that they own. Great Loss to Church. Tin- Christian Observer. Presbyterian church paper, published it* Louisville. K\\, in its last isMie prints the following editorial appreciation of the late ('. K. (irahaiu of (Ireenville. who was the fat Iter-in-law of Mrs. Allen Crahatn. daughter of Dr. T. S. K irk pat rick of Fort Mill: "The entire church will sorrow over the death of Mr. C. 10. (irahaiu of (jrecnvillc. S. ('., whose generous gifts to the cause of ministerial relief a few years ago resulted in the Southern Presbyterian church securing the (irahaiu building in Jacksonville. I'la., as a part of the endowment fund, of ministerial relief. Mr. (irahain's death occurred in Aslie\ille. N. ('.. on August and came with startling stnldcitncss. "lie was a man whose counsel v as sought by representatives of all departments of the work of our church, and he was generous in his gifts to the whole work ot the Kingdom of (iod. Mr. (Iraham was a man of gentle, kindly spirit, who adorned the doctrine t f Jesus Christ both in his perse nal and business life. While the church suffers a great loss in his lemoval. it has occasion for gen uiu' ?rratitmto 1o liod tor I In* lit'*' and generosity of t his godly man." )ES SHOES j important articles we a 1 | sr to get value received 4 s pays to buy something 4 I L LEATHER SHOE | is town for nearly twenty 4 not fail to give you satis- 4 nteed to satisfy, and all 4 ne pair and be convinced 4 i what you pay for them. 4 girls, and baby. N 4 4 H STORE f NE 8 1 F. LYTLE, Mgrs. - 4 ? i Widening Panama Canal. Dredges are busy widening the Panama ennui at tlie famous t'ulebra cut, by shortening La Pita point. In addition to eliminating I the possibility of slides, this will , give pilots a elear view of other vessels approaching. ? Sometimes it is eonseien'c and then again it is fear of being found out. II FORT MILL, S. C. j \ GENERAL INFORMATION. \ 1 t ~ i CITY GOVERNMENT. j | f A. C. LYTLE r. Mayor / i J ('. S. LINK - -Clerk j j f A. L. OTT Police Judge I j \ N. M. M< MANIJS Chiel of Police ) } I I>! '? A OF TRAINS, (j No. Ill Southbound 7:55 a. m. i* | i No. 4 Northbound 8:30 a. in. 1 | I No. 1 IK .'MnilliOoiiml.. 11 :?l a, m I | No. 114 Northbound. 11:55 a. in. ! F No. 5 Southbound vf?:33 p. m. f + No. 32 Northbound *0:38 p. m. 1 f MAILS CLOSE. ( For tr:>in No. 31 7:30 a. m. J J For train No. 32 6:10 pi in. f ! For train No 5 5:10 p. in. j i J For train No. 4 8:10 a. in. f s Note?No mail is dispatched on j J trains Sunday afternoons. \ POSTOFF.'CE HOURS. t I Daily .. 7:45 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. I a Sundav 7:45 to 9:30 a. in. \ i S. W. PARKS, Postmaster. J IN OUR FACTORY ON THE PREMISES While You Wait We (If i?rn. make and furnish for your individual eye needs any kind, style or shape lens known in the optical world. We Are Specialists in Eye Needs For Glasses Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted Broken Lenses Duplicated n i" (>ptnm< trists ami Opticians 8 Izard Ituildiiijr (hound Floor jj Hampton Street I ? BOCK HILL - . S. C. I 7 "A Fine Job" W AS Til K <)\Y N ! :K S V KKI) 1 ( T i \ hen he first looked a! It is newly t painted ear. S1NCK TllKN we have done many good jobs and re hoping to do more. \YV use lie l?KST and most entlnrin?r Painls. Oils, Varnishes, applied by Skilled Painters who are tints mms ?>i iiieir mm. aim return (?<n* old ear looking like a NEW ONE. JOHNSON'S pa,^op J AS. A. .I??IINS??N. Man;iKLT. \uto IInt* is. Ilody ami Top lUiiltlera ROCK HILL, S. C. | fr^uent C X Headaches 5 T "I suffered with chronic HP constipation that would bring on w\ y very severe headaches," says kJ X Mrs. Stephen H. Kincer, of [T ^ R. F.D.I. Cripple Creek, Va. W M "I tried different medicines and kj X d'd not get relief. The head- IT aches became very frequent. I W y heard of |y n ti ix?ii- n i i ircutonrs w BLACK-DRAUGHT w a and took it for a headache, and v] the relief was very quick, and Hr it was so long before I had M J another headache. Now I just La 1 keep the Black-Draught, and ! M don't let myself get in that M ^4 condition." ^ 2 Thed ford's Black-Draught jr (purely vegetable) has been M y found to relieve constipation, XI and hy stimulating the action of IT S M the liver, when it & torpid, helps M y to drive many poisons out of Xl your system. Biliousness. IT r^j indigestion, headache, and M kj similar troubles are often XI relieved in this way. It Is the IT W natural way. Be naturall Try M Black-Draught. U JU Sold everywhere. Dk s t ?b e (if . A Carolina Newspaper 1 Gives to its readers the 1 ' off the wires, fairly and acc ! Associated Press, greatest nt sal Service report and Ne\vs| A paper produced by an of Carolina people ami seel market news, social news, fr features for the benefit a Sunday comics. A Few of the many features that LOTTE OBSERVER the idea! Carolina* are: F.d.toriAls t?y aide writers. Th<* O'llv eompiete Fraternal Ord ill tilt' South. Weekly Articles ay Frank H. 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LONG. l?OK UK NT lb-modeled store ind dwelling in Fort Mill. Apply to Mrs. .1. \V. A., phono 17. Teeth in the law is what makes the law breakers gnash their teeth. ^Making' ServeC IN the early days?o contests, Barney to win every race?s His consistent succes drivers to ask for tiies to his specifications. Twenty years of roc victories?with a stea fy ing demand for tires as,! -?convinced Barney ( these speed tests points a better tire for everyda The enthusiastic recej field Cords by the publi was right. Scores o: prominent dealers in th and many thousands of exDerienced in the u?e o witness by their decidec that Oldfield is doing^ a better job of tire making This volume, handled tive way in every phase The Most T rustwort h Tires Bt Jill! 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Scientific Writing A Church Directory, wei story by Montague Real Estate page, etc. Special attention is call lited by the world's Section, the object of whic and promote the industri containing general social interests of the st e housewife. Carolina. |? o f pc ' ' l)ai!y and Sunday ... | Daily Only .. . I Sunday Only vuiatinn Department, THE CHARLOTTE OBSE | Good Drue There are over 12,000 drug stores that because of the dependable cli chandise and service to the public tributors of NYAL PRODUCTS, places the interest of the customei action, and the service rendered is plcte until the customer is entirely When you have a prescription to b it to a good drug store?one that strength drugs, and compound it ii by your physician. You are assur drug store service at Nyal Qualit; is one in Fort Mill, and it is? MOORE'S DRU W. C. MOORE. Ph. 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I detailed report of Sports m on Sunday an I several including the well-known eorge MeManus. ?, and oth-T feature articles, kly Sunday school lessons, ed to the Mndr-in-Carolinaa h is to encourage, advance, al, commercial, civic, and ates of North and South Vlo. 3 Moi. 6 Mos. 1 Yr. 73 $2.25 $4.50 $9.00 65 1.75 3.50 7.00 40 1.00 1.75 3.50 KVF.R, Charlotte, N. C. ; Stores in the United States taracter of their merwere selected as disEach of these stores r first in every trans: lint pnnrirlnrnrl nnn ? ? w w \/V*l.l?VtV4 V<V1 Vy W lit * y satisfied. e filled be sure to take will use only pure, full 1 the manner prescribed cd of uniformly good y Drug1 Stores. There G STORE , Manager I Will I icing\m % I s resulted ; ; TT :low what 4+ )wn to be II g during. I; TT rtant race * " TT been won - - -XX Test Run " "m TT f Oldfield - i on rough " [ "IT the Most -J-Jin every- \ " " TT ' and Tire -? +? lie a new 1111 ire coBt? '' Tr V. car owner .. XL las these 11 "H* I ,? .pj j ? ' 5 i;