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1F0BT HILL HELiNCE. Pithy Points Gailicrc-o for the Perusal of Tinio? ReaJcrs. Miss liattie I'anks,of lioek llili. is the glies' of Miss Julia ThorilWell. Miss Mary Thornwell is s| oiuliuga month with her brother, l'rof. 15. 15. Thornwell, in Mayesville. Mrs. A. I', llartsell returned to . Concord, N. C., Friday evening, after a visit of a few days to Mrs. Lucy Fulp. The many Fort. Mill friends of Dr. Alex. Mack will learn with regret that he is seriously il! in I lawkinsville, (la. Fort Mill, according to the census bulletion giving the population of South Carolina, is a town of 1,394 persons. m James S Crenshaw, a young innn who has been employed at one of Itlio cotton mills in this pi ieo for several years, enlisted in the army at the recruiting station in Charlotte4 last Tuesday am! was sent to ft Cuba Friday. Mr. Alex. Harbor has bought the O. \\ . Potts resilience on Finest street. Mr. Potts moved to Pleasant Valley about two years a^o and the residence has since been occupied by Mr. S. A. F.pps. There has not been a single case tried before either Intend ml McKlhaney or Magistrate Mills since the new year be^an. Thus it will be seen that these gentlemen are not having to work over time on account of their otlieial duties. C ipt. \V. Id. Ardrey is one of tin* four iiieinbers of the North Carolina Legislature who voted for F. M. Simmons for I nif.wl tor a few days ago who voted for Zob. Vance for Senator in tin* Legislature of 1S"!>. ('apt. Ardrey has not served continuously in the Legislature since 1?S7(J, however. The management of the Charlotte Jlriek Company, whose plant is two miles south of Fort Mill, is being greatly inconvenienced by the remissness of the Southern ltnilwuy in putting in a side track for the company. Most of the machinery for tin' brick company has been on Hat cars in the side track here for several days. A real estate deal involving the transfer of more than (>l)0 acres of land in this township was consummated last week when Dr. T. S. Ivirkpatrick bought the plantation of Mrs. Lawrence Moore. M r. d. L. Patterson has been employed as overseer by J)r. Kirk pat rick and moved with hi* family from Fort Mill to the place Monday. Some time ago a small number of young people of the town met at the residence of Mr. K. \V. KimImell and organized the Fclectie club, the object of which is to afford entertainment at id am usement for the members. Since the lirsl meeting, the membership of the club has grown until most of the young people of the town who take liny interest in social matters are identified with it. The meetings of the club are held semi-monthly, a Ways at the home of a member. 1A farmer living in this township remarked to The Times man a few cliffs ago that it is singular that some of the progressive stock deal* its in nearby (owns do not realize that a sale stable in Fort Mill would pay. Of course, all would prefer to see such a lmsim ss open* . ed by a home man, but that man does not seem to be in our midst. During the past two months a great many young mules and a number of'horses have been bought by farmers in this community and in ouMi case the purchaser had to go f....... i . 'i 1 i ,i m ii j wiii 111 ii 111- hi BiTTIir i 11 ' i\ 1 lli I of stock he wanted. The Times does not wish to make itself officii.us to the gentlemen who?co?npose the town council of l'orti Mill by otTeiino gratuitous I suggestions. but it does seem that some authority should be given tinpblicje .officers of the town to rid Main Street of the twenty or more fagged .vagabonds that stroll from store to store, stealing what lhe\ can. from sunup th sundown. Most of theso vagabonds are boys who.- .acres rphgo from it) to 18 years; and they iye too trifling to work if ? f. t'ered i job. Six months .< n< h on the cliiin gtmg, with tin occasional floggilg, would prove ellic .emus. > 7 l i. The Old iYlaidV Convention. Tlio ()hi Mauls" ('onwillion hold in tlu' town h ill last evening was a decided success. 'I'lii* audience was not only highly entertained, lmt t!if promoters ivuli/.''d n lit- i* little stun with which to buy now i-liairs for tlit- town hall. Tin* convention wns supposed to represent it meelri:' of the spinsters of the coimnunity, who, when in O .. iimwii urM iilUU'll, ICHl.'lll lilt V knew concerning man and woman. Tin y related their disappoint mollis of tho |mst and told of their hopes for llto fntnro. The local Idts on single men, haclich is and widnwi'vs wore all good. The e ?.-tumos of die twenty-five young ladies who ivpta seiitod tli* spinsti is were vety ?|ii lint and w? il gotten up. The diameters represented eldei ly ladies of ante-bell urn days. .Mrs. S. 10. White, who undertook to furnish this amusing entertainmen t for the community, desei vos great credit for its success .Miss Cora \\ ilson, of Morgantoii, N. ('.. as "IVnchie Pinkie White," tin* deaf woman, was one of the best repiescutations of women's peeuliai it ii s. - -* * ? Boring f jr Water Through (iranite. The water supply of the Clover cotton mill in not entirely satisfactory to the management, says the \ orkville corrcspoiidcut of the News ami Courier. The water at present is obtained from a branch, which is situated a short distance from the mill,and when the weather is excessively dry the supply sometimes gets low. The town of Clover is built on n rock granite, at that and it extends from a point several miles west of the town to n point about for niihs east, and is several miles in width. The rock does not si.wwahovcground,except at irregular intervals ?<f perhaps two or three miles. At many points along its course it is from ten to twenty-five feet beneath the surface l ..I.. .. --- r <iiki diiuic it Jin* (ii)iin' ot <i.s lino farms as nro to bo found in I ho I'icdmeiit sootinn. At liio point wlioro (Mover .stands tlio depth of I ho earth from tlio surface down to the rock varies at from ten to twenty-five feet. Several attempts have boon made to drill through the rook, I>111 without success About three months since the cotton mill people concluded that tlmy would undertake the job of drilling an artesian well, in tlio hope that the} would stlcecd in securing, in this way, all the water needed for all puip ?ses. An expert whose business is to drill wells was contracted with lodri.l to a depth of TOO feet, if that depth was necessary in order to get what was wanted, at a stipulated price petfoot. lie finished his conduct last week and the entire hole from top to bottom, save ah nit ten feet of earth at the beginning, is through solid granite. The company has now decided to en odd h i t < 1 o..< iii tin* hopi s of sccunmr what they originally sought. At present the How of water amounts to ahoul ten gallons a minute, and from i!0 to 10 gallons is what is wanted. I; x-Congressmin Tillman Dead. I0x-( 'onore.ssniiin (ienrjje I> Tillman died after a lone; illness at his home at ("arks Hill, in Kdi^riicld county. Saturday morning, in the Tilth year of his a^e. lie was a brother of Senator Tillman and waa member of Congress fr< in 1 ">7 > t ? l>'.t.'J. when lie was succeed*d bv ,1. W, Talbelt. Have you p iid your subscription to The Tinu s? Asa result of the recent heavy rains in this section. Catawba river was considerably swollen Monday. I >r. ('. 15. Steve iison came down friiin ( 'liiirlnU.. I.'..:.I : ' ? ..i i 111 i IJ IIJ^II! Mllll paid a professional visit to Mrs. \\\ .1. K inihrell, who 11ms I icon cri t ically ill for some timo. As will 1)0 s?'i it liy a notice puplishcd elsewhere in these columns, all election will lie held ill I'\|| t Mill on .Monday, Fopriinry IS, to elect the SUeecsstil* of I )|*. T. S. Kirkpnti iek, wliu-e resignation ms m war it n of the tijwu was tendered and mcccpi? d at the neet in;* of the e in ?< il ht*!?.l Mi i !:?y aftern on. An Interesting Letter fiom Pike. Kdi'.or Times: While 1 have not had the pri\ilep-and pleasure of a recent visit to the progressive town of Fort Mill and t ho enj ivmeiit I have often exfHTieneed in the hospitable homes of Fort Mill township, lam far from lis im; interest in the progress ami welfare of that |M>rtion of York eounty. Some of my warmest personal friends of hypim; days are living in that township, and w h ot I ? et the hi'-rt Mill I' imcs it is almost like a letter from home and kindred. 1'ut 1 have lived in so many localities and have formed so many ties offrieiidsliipth.it it matters not wli re 1 p>. especially in York and t'hosier counties, I meet valued friends of past years. 1 am constantly meeting all over the State men with whom 1 formed a lifelong attaeiuiient during the four years of hloody strife between the Northern and Com hern armies. 1 was in !>aiuberj? not 'onrt ap*; and it may inl< re.-' some <?f |Jh* olil members of the Seven l?"i 111 Snut h Candi'ia Volunteers to tell I iicai that I nirt .Joseph Dickinson, wlto was a lieutenant in t 'nmpany C of our iv^inient. His Jirotlicr was rapiaiu ??t' t in' company ami was hilled, and Kcarsc, who was tirst lieutenant, liecair.c captain. and .Joe Dickinson hccaum tirst lieutenant. 1 le is well pres. rred for a man of his ajje, and is treasurer of the eounty and li is l? en serving <" that capacity for years ami has been re-elected. Kcarsc is still living, and so is Ilcnr\ I liner. wl?o was captain of Company II, hut 1 did not meet cither of them, as I was t hereonly one day and hot h of t hem live out in t he count rv. I went from Florence to Charleston, thence to (S recti I'mid, and there 1 took a bobtail train hclnu^iu^ to the I'laut System for Walterboro, where 1 remained one da;, and niuht. Walterboro is a ipiaint old town of ina^nilieent distances and unique eonformation. It was tirst established lmi^ years ajjo as t he residence of rice planters of w hat is now Colleton county, llverv planter wanted plenty of elbow room and built to suit his own notion ami convenience, ami t hat accounts for the shape, or rat li ei'no sliaiH', of the town. I don't think t here are any I wo st reeis in t lie town run ninjj parallel. Hut the old place uives e\ idciiee of a ;{nud ill al of life and enterprise. They have a cotton factory and quite a number of very jfood stores. Colleton is a very lar^e eounty. hut a fjtvat ileal of it is swamp land, wort bless for agricultural purposes. 'J"liere is a \ cry lar^e iic^ro populat ion in t he county com paved wit h t he whiles, for I he reason that it is only in the higher regions of I I.:. Ml - .... . .min i 11i.ii ? iiiir.. n 111 or r;iu live, :i!111 a very lurj;<' IHirtion of thi* county lies immediately on tli<- eoast. l.ea viiqj Walterboro, 11 raveled on that same bobtail train up to llhrhar.lt, in 1 'a in I ti'i'j* county, which is the cud of t he line. Fimiu there 1 drove through the country to the town of F.a inhere. I was very glad to travel from I h.irlestou to (irccn l'oiid in day time. It is a region of country with which I was quite familiar in istw. 1 exported to see some orcat changes, but did not. If any of the old members of the Seventeenth South Carolina Volunteers will visit Adams Kun or Johns Island Station, although tlu y may not have been there since isiitt, it will seem to them that it was just yesterday they left, of course there is a few more houses and a few more farms, but the f.irniui;; is of the most primitive kind. 1 saw one very line rice farm on the Ashejion river, but that was there before and during the war. In passing through this region my mind went back to I lie line old t i mes we bad dow n l here in the early six t ies roast in^c and eating potatoes and poor swamp beef and li'.?lit iim tleasaud sand flies, but fortunately we were spared tin; iulliet ion of iteb and lire until I lie lirst Maryland eumpii^ii, and while fleas and >iikI tlies are soniewliat hothersoine, t hey are not so bad a . some ot her e<nidi tions (.'onfederate soldiers often had to IllCCt. Tin- (t.r the western ?? < !inn of York county did not need a bridge across Catawba river and hut few of t hem will ever l?c i:nli, idually bemdited hy it, h it it has I fell ail absolute lieee-.-.il V fill' Unpeople of Fori Mill township for years. York county is rich in mineral wealth, ami all that is needed is capital ami i nterprise to develop it. The t iiarle^ton e\position will offer a tine opportunity to a'ivert lse t lie iiiinerul resources of t h county. 1 see the (Jeneral Assunhly has eat il tv. n lho Stale's share of tin prolits of the dispensary to per cent. 'ITi.it is a little hard for the prohibition comities, hut of course tiie prohibitionists don't want this blood money to oo into their sell i >1 fun I. < >!! of I lie standing can didates for county superintendent of education in York county carried r-ami i. : i.e.. .1 mi |>< i i <> 111111 ci.11111 s i in* cri <111 < >1 moving t lie only dispensary and i it only place in york county where liquor could lielev'.i lly ,'>ltl. .lust ice a hi 1 c? mi iii? hi in siincts of gratitude demand that this mac. sliouhl not lie allowed to run - ? often ami fail of elect ion when there is s ich an overw helming prohibit ion sen tiiiiec.t in the county. it is (rut that this lahor of love was the means of reducing your public school fund, but then it made the fund pure and clean ami keeps it from stinking in the nostrils of the men who drink their liquor from bottles that have m? exctf on them. Pike. chester, feb. 5, i'd. I 1 ONION SKTS, CLOYKU SKKI), OAHDKX SKKI), A! 1 kinds; t lie* bost Jllld till* ' v' I im.2JE.53iPs;. Vest Chains. You \\ ill In* su 'prised :il I hi* low I r!cr:; \ii' as' fort ho li -si quality filled rlriias, lmth for ladies' ami "lilriiK i! u.-' . \ laiv ?rt im lit in desirable patterns. I.rt us show them to you thi* nest timr you are in the rity whether you arr routly to purchase or not. J/t/rimrft//////// ( f. j " 1 '."a'XJTSZKJ**^ 'l'lioni* -.'TT. CHAKI-O'ITH. X. < '. A Meat Market At wliirlt reasonable pri rs predominate lias tit hist In rn established in till' .lollrS l)ltill!il)o, on Main street. where tlit* rhoiivst I > 1'. I'. I-', I'OIJK n tul S \l SAtl i: rati lir hail a', any timr. You have lirrn |in\ ino I 2 1 rrnts |i *r pound I'or K..utid StraU. I'll s -11 you Ihr 1 irst at IO rents. 1'* I S I I a ml ( ) \ S 11.US (in every style) Saturdays, (live mr your orders. 'Plume 11. W. E. DEATON. I?7'^ '; ifim&L; ""y hL' h-.-Za i i if I ? S / s i < <3 -ii f - ^ \' -- ..W n< > r111Nd si:u\ i;d to please or to satisfy in some restaurants. .lust a litile souiethiiio uioiio with oveiythim;. It's the other way lirre. Kmular and o ensionnl quests are well supplied w it h wholesome, seasonable food ii delicious flavor cooked to tii:11 dcofcc oi pet feet ion attained only I iy expert ham Is. 1 '('{Hilar prices; plea-ad patrons. Hand Bros, hoik mux G. W. NORMAN & CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LIQUOR DEALERS, HoX Co. - - - ("II ARl.oTTK, N. <\ I take much pleasure ill calling your alteiuioii o> l lie very low prices ot my line "il<l op*'ii furnace Whiskies, wheh tor tillceii years have hail no equal, fit her for drink or nicilicinal purposes. lhi\iu^ pur haseil lar^e quantities of Old Mountain t 'or 11 Whiskey at very low prices lasr summer when distillers were pressed for cash, I am prepared to ei\e special at lent ion and very low quo tat ions to anyone wanting anything in my line. All orders must he accompanied hv cash or hank reference He careful to examine my price list, which includes jno and ho>:: Svvei't Mash Corn, $1 .aO to $1 .?.T Ohl t orn Whiskey, very tine . ti.lH) I iood Hi IS" (i 111. . 1.Ill? 1 '.est Holland < in, 2 00 Fine < Join va (>iu, . J',00 First rate Siiiihcani live, l.tiO 1!. si Siiiihcani live, 2.tilt Fine llioh tirade lives, P.,tin N .rili Carolina Apple I'.iandv. - - "? < Mil N . <lVarh lira i ly, . I'ip N< \v K'urlaiid !<?1111, I 7a pi'.nii atnl Homy, . y.(C) lllM'li illlll i'.Vi', 1.7a < ?1<I Norman < 'orn. y> old :;..Vi Kim1 I'.oil led \V h is!; ic>, m<*los< li>< I () > No ' iiarac will In- mado !" ? la ^ whi-n you waul sik Ii quantities. Most r. -;]> rt fully, G. W.NORMAN aCO. &a*\ CRYSTAL LENSES -f. TIUDC MARK. J-/34/ . \ Cwiity i=4 Alwyt m>/r '*# <" ' ' ^\ ^ :;.;vS kf?- i\te..: > ?;_, :-. mm i W. It \K!)lii;V k CO., Wi llis. Kl IWllt sin n\ Messrs. W. I.. T!<>k<? and N* f.. r.ayno have ?>p mod a ^ojiornl repair shop in l'orl Mill and I hoy solicit yoi^lMrrtrk. Have them shoo your liorscs. tf >v i t LAST < >><>< tl 4 NY hat Low AN inter (*< offered at and below wli the time for genuine la are beginning to arrh room. New lot famous Han rived. If wood is sea !joader Airtight 8leate wood to pay for iUolT i Only a low loft, which Now lot of Furniture jr. mA SVKV\ February i We still have <>u hands a few OA determined to s. ll during the month On pes that wore $1.25 n ('apes that wi'i'i' ?1 .all n On pes that were $2.25 n Oapes that were ?2.50 n 1 Jaeket. No. It I. was $<! l! Jackets, anil US, \v< A hill line of ()VKU C.A ITKKS factory prices, A few pairs A LL-W'()()L H1 jA ^ reduced prices. One dozen .11'TK SMYRNA It I weaves, will be cl< scd out at ?l.lN>. < hir special sale of \V 111T ! ' 11 (] Now is tli. time for mot hers to d MEACHAM \\ makes a man fee! that is comfortable to i wit ii t ho iatost s1 vie, In uhtH mvd IVoin good st has t hose merit s is the mj) every statement t ha shoes wit It our <> uarant HUG!IKS 4 iNKWS AM) OPINIONS or j| N ATK > N A 1, IM ! '()KT A N( 'K. T II E - S IT \ A l.( )NK CONTAINS I JOT 11. Daily, by mail, - $6 a year. Daily and Mimliv by mall, SS a \ear. ' I The Sunday Sun l I - Till. (iUKATF.ST SIM? \ V N KWSV.WKI! IX 1 THI: wcui.i). ' I Price 5c. a copy. I?y mail, $2 a year. Artrtrex* TtlH SUN, New York. , j~rHOL! D A Y^RE S^fj j1 The Lamp of 2 f tl Tim lamp Iliat doesn't Mum iif |r> 11-r Ii ii| |-ili;tlia^i' ; tlir lnill| r ii.nml hiaynin*?l; tlm 1 / V\ ,ur'l' i 1wiili, you hut' "Cbe ]Vcw f '' '.? / 'j., Otb<-r lamps iii.-r. 1 i fTornl I ?/ tli.-v may ! , in t r: ' , Run* the lamp nlTei ! y?>u i? "i iJAjg on it ; OVi iy lamp lias it. t^H ONI Turnips 31 W,. ran Ii,1 ovrrv In 11 p want. (?\ wantn new lamp or rtorr, nn ol JV?, J isli.'i), ay:i'. uvni'tod or ntli'T2 k V*y \-i/ - i " a Mow Rochestei Sfitil vmi li'rratnrr i i, iii,* sia.jis 1; , W? tmM'I cl M.IST.s in (lie I 'y Lamps. Consultu TH? ROGHESTF.fi LAMP CO., I i ii , ? I r* > ail Ifc I I mm\ mm ' i J I CALL! mh!s we have left are olesale cost. Now i i irgains; spring goods i ? - ,e and wo need the i isbur# Shoes just arree, i?et one of our rs. i1 saves enough 11 a verv short time. * go at cost. just arrived. SSK1T. ! i AL Bargains. ri'iS and d ACK HTS that wo are of February. ow 85c ow 118c i>W $1.50 o\v 1.7 .*? .50. now 4.50 *re tfj.nt), now. l.To for men, women and children at s K KTS that will he closed out at (IS, 2 1-2 by 5 feet, and beautiful >l)l)S .still continues, o spring buying for tUeir children. & EPPS. SH X e Mices. good to find a alloc lis foot, in accordance tirly priced and manlock. The shoe that liattloAxc. We hack ( we make about these ee. ? YOUNG, ?v For First-class Servico go to imill/IOYN - RESTAURANT, Opposite 1st I'n?sl>y tori mi church, CHARLOTTE, N. C. i >111 * 1 u ill'* I'll v. Lir^si lunch counter in the State. J'.'l West Trmlu strout. ?:A.*>Y X\ORK, CiOOI) PAY. Make up a elwl? for the YORKYIIAiE i:\gi the MOST family liews?aper in >-outh Carolina. Liberal eoinH ii-alion to eluhnuikers. Scholarships u < on verse ami Due West Female colI'Ui's, worth $i>t) each, to the you off lain s who return ami pay for the 'art* "st, i>ts. Now is t he time to begin. Write o ns for part ieulars. I.. M. (iK 1ST & SONS, Yorkville, S. C. fehl I. S^For EVERY DAY USE steady Mafejts ? or smoke. or cause yen l> Mint looks K'""' vle-n f Jf iiup tlmt you never will- 9 locbester. VgPf/ nil nrouiii! (food , New. / JtRm.K y.A No inalli-r w In-tln r you m)-< I I one re|>nlrt;<t or reflij. cfivYlr 4 uai.e or lamp transform 1-?Til 1 f. wo cau do it. Lot nil /*C 'SrUtSjcr"*^ O * !r.-atin<*rtt^>l diseases si k-J' \ 'is rarUTlace >t *"? Br.rolay