Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 06, 1901, Image 3
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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'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
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LAST
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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
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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.
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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