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LOCAL and PERSONAL. Mrs. S. E. White spent Monday in Charlotte. Miss Mason Harris visited friends in Charlotte during the past week. Born, to Rev. am! Mrs. R. A. Yongue, on Monday of last week, | a Son. Mrs. Jas. Hydobaugh, of Char lotte, is visiting relatives in upper Fort Mill township. Messrs. Rillue & Stevens have put in a Aock of fancy groceries in the Leonard building. C. R. Craven and little son -t*ttine UI? from ttiwlr Hill s:.....i ? ,/ _ -r ""I I'UIIUIIJ J and are visiting relatives here. Mrs. Edward Heeves Ins returned to her home at Statesville, N. O., after a vitVA to relatives iu Fort Mitt. l)r. J. .i Mack returned Monday from Memphis, Tenn., where lie had been to attend the Confederate j reunion. The Fort Mi!! and Pineville base- | hall teams will cross bats on the; diamond at thin place on Saturday afternoon. Messrs. Eli Wright, -T. S. Griffin and West I)<?hy with their families have removed to Fort Mill.?Rock j Hill Herald. Miss Rosa Curtis, ?f Laurin- i hurt:, N. C., is the guest of her 1 sister, Miss Hattie, at the home of Mrs. J. L. Watson. Mr. L. A. Harris came down from Concord Saturday night and ! Slli'llt Siniiilu" o?wl ' _r ... ........i.j luiiiiutiy in ins home in tliiM place. llov. Dr. .T. B. Mack will fill the j pulpit of Kev. Chalmers Freser at the Presbyterian church in Lan- ; caster next Sunday. Miss Alice Willinins, a chnrminc young hidy of Lancaster, arrived yesterday evening and is the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. M. Hughes. Miss N innieThornwell returned Thursday from New York City, j Where she has Ixm-ii under treat- j nient at the Wylie hospital in that city. Quite a crowd of young ladies j and gentleinen went over to Hock Hill Monday to attend the com- ! lueiiceiueiit exercises at Wiuthrop college. Mrs. Lou McFadden returned to . her home iu Chester Fridnv after , spending several days with the ] family of Dr. T. B. Aleaclmm in (his place. Aliases Janie and SuIli?* Dunlap, | of Chester county, returned to their homes Sat urday, after visi ins.!: the family of Air. 1). N. Gaston, ] near Foit Mill. Miss Judie Telfair, of Aloravian Falls. N. C., returned to her home last Thursday after an extended visit to the family of Mr. T. 11. Barber, at Barbeisville. The lots and walkways of the Fort Mill cemetery are badly in need of living cleaned oil". The grass and weeds have grown up fast and thick during the recent wet weather. Air. J. K. Ardrey, manager of the South Carolina baseball team, will take the club to Newberry Saturday, J line 8th. and expects to have several games there commencement. week.- The State. Mr. L. IS. Ligon spent several days of this week at Ins home in this place. Air. Ligon has a posi- | lion with the Seaboard Air Line I'flilu'OV at H ul,?l.n-enii ^ ?' .....I "J "" i,. w., mm came home to move his family to! that place. Mr. It. F. Mnssey recently re-! oeivecl a shipment of 2G,0O0 sweet potato plants from Hartow, Fla. Mr. Massey did not plant the en- j tire lot, however, mk there were several others interested in the I purchase. The Spratt Machine Company, of this place, which was awarded tho contract for the erection of the! brick power house for the Catawba Power Company, lagan work on the building Monday morning. Mr. C. F. Jlodgers lias charge of the work. The Charlotte Observer of re- . cent date publishes the marriage of Misa Louise Rotiuey, of that fitv to Mr \\ (1 Itiirtim -Tiiolr sonvillo, Fla., which took place in Savannah, Gii., 011 May 2(5. Miss Boiiney is well known here, having for several yearn lived herewith her aunt, Mrs. Lntio Gibson, and attended the Fort .Mill liiuh school. Her mother was a Miss Charlotte Mftssey, of this place. I)r. Sam I'. Watson was very success ully examined by the State medical hoard of N< rtli Carolina, at Kalei^h last week, and was issued a license to practice his profession in that State. As stilted before, Dr. Watson will prohahly eventually lojate at Aslieville. tail has not decided where ho wil. ! locate in the near future. Simon Mdler, a colored tenant on the plantation of Mr. T. II. Barber, near Fort Mill, was shot and fatally wounded bv Jim Horton, also colored, on I* riday afterk uooii. Miller and Qorton engaged | iti a difficulty about ten days njja, after which the latter had not been seen until Friday when he went to the home of Miller and called him therefrom. On reaching tin* yard, Miller was f.red upon, the heavy charge of shot taking effect in his right side. Morton then made for the woods and has not been captured. Miller died Sui day from the effects of the wound. ?? - Graded School Matters. At a meeting of the board of trustees of the Fort Mill graded school held last Friday afternoon it was announced hy the secretary that all the teachers who were elected at the last meeting had accepted. The trustees also decided to make some changes in the school building for the tietter conveniences and accommodation fit' the n?wh.>rw iitwi ??i..;i- v .. ... t.i |Mi|;ilO. A A r* till I'Mlil! V glass door will he placed when? 1 lie main door now is and hy the removal of a partition and one of the stairways, one largo room will substituted for the hall and one of the two small front rooms. The main entrance will then ho effected through the other small room. It is very gratifying to know that all of the teachers have accepted their positions, for their election, we behove, is most generally approved hy the patrons. Sudden Death Near Fort Mill. A telephone message to The Times from Harr son (X. (.).) neighborhood, announces the sudden death of Mr. SatnT Blaukenship, which occurred at his home in that section on Sunday morning. Mr. Hlankenship had been suffering for some time with slight attacks of heart disease and it is thought that this was the cause of Ills death. Marly in the morning, while talking to h s son -in law, Mr. A. 1?. Hades, lie suddenly fell over in his chair and was dead before anyone could reach him. Deceased was 7.*> years of ago. was a member of the Flint Hill Baptist church, a man of strong character and heart. Surviving Mr I tli i.l* seven children: Mrs. S. II. Kpps, Mrs. Sam Bailes, Jr., Mrs A. B. Bailes, Mrs. .1. B. Bailes, and Mis. \V. H. \V indie, and Messrs. J). V. and Charles Blankenship. The burial was made at Flint Hill cemetery on Monday. | ?Other Damages by the High Waters. | Catawhn river in its recent ramj pajje severed one of the main eon I iicclitl<r links between the North and South by washing away a seej tion of the Amerieati Telephone land Telegraph Company's lines I which cross the stteam at a p int near this place. It was a trying time for the telephone company, for they kept a tfano of workmen | at the river for about a w- ek. and many were the exciting experiences they had in endeavoring to ^et at least one temporary wire ; across the ra^inj^ stream. A boat load of tools was lost and there were many narrow escapes from , flrnUTlitliir ?? ??! ti ?? I I Al i ^ iimii ii mi i rniiiif'i ill (lie workmen just having to wait until the waters went down. A circuit was gotten through by making | temporary connection with the Bell line at Rock Hill, but this congested business very milch and the service was totally inadequate. Rock Mill's (New Paper. The Journal, Rock Mill's new paper, made its appearance on last Saturday and henceforth, for an extended period we hope, will come out t wice a week. The paper is all home production and is well equipped for the business. The first issue is very creditable and an enterprising spirit is reflected throughout its columns which inspires us with the idea that the next out', and the next again, \vi I be better. There is rootu in Rock Mill for two papers and the town will profit incalculably by the competition. A Terrible Explosion "Of a Gasoline stove burned a ladv here frightfully," writes N. 10. Palmer, of Kirkmun, In. "The liest doctors couldn't heal the running sore that followed, but I'uciilill's Aruiea S':i!ve I'll firely cured her." I>il';i 11 il>lt* for Cuts, Corns, Nnvs, Mrnis< >, Skin I and Piles. -."?< at Thus. IS. Mcachain's. Not counting t lit* natoual cnpitol. there arc 41 towns and cities hearing the name <>f Washington. ? Didn't flurry for fluney. The I'nston man, wtjo lately married a sickly rich youu# woman, is happy now, for he p>t Dr. Kind's New Life Pills, which restored her to jierf.-ct health. lufallihle for .laundiee, ISilliousness, Malaria, I'Vver and A^tie and all Liver and Stomach troubles. (lentle but effective. Only ? '>cat Meacham's drug store. - A systematic count of States shows that there were lynehns in Anicricu during the past sixteen years. " i OVli* rnli COUNIY. Items fiom Cnuumporarles Grouped fur Titties Readers. liook Hill Horn Id. j This is indeed an unusual yean. , Snow fell at this plaee Friday, the Haktsbeiie.; hut few, hut plainly observable f??i several inimiles. Mr. Geo. 11. Grafts, the contractor who erected the county bridge over Catawba river, came to Rock Hill Thursday and in company with Supervisor Gordon went out to the river to inspe t the bridge. Mr. Crafts with Supervisor Go.don called at this office in I he afternoon and stated to us that, while he had not made ? i definite calculatinn, he was of 11n* | opinion that tlio bridge Inn! stistabled damage amounting perhaps to ?2.01 K>. iMr. Crafts thinks that tin* bruise not having been carried away last week, it has withstood a | test that ought to allay any apprehensions the public may It tve had that it is not a safe structure (it tdl times. Out former young townsman, Mr. \Y. 11. Hardin, who is now j prospering in Norfolk. Va.. is to be married. Tin-bride-elect is Miss \ iiginia Katn-ay. The marriage , will occur in the Kpworth church in Norfolk on the afternoon of lune 12th. at o'clock. Rock Hill Journal. MissSlonie Patterson, of Fort Mill, is visiting her brother, Mr. 15. F. Patterson. , A ronini ssiou was issued by tin' Secretary of the State, May 215, to tMo JLCoek llill \Y'i?_"?u works to I?? capitalized at ?7,000. .Messrs. 0. L. \\ rot on and II. M. \Y rot on are the eorj> nators. They will make new wagons and do repair w nk. Yorkvillc Yeonian. The K lim's .Mountain Military Aeadeiny will close the session J line 5. The Jasper Idixht Infantry re-i turned Wednesday evening from Cliiekainau^a. They were in hij?h olee and report a line tune. Mr. W. W. lioyee and family left Tuesday mornino for ltoek llill, their future home. We regret to lose them and hope they wiil sooner or later return Colonel Mill Ashley, we lielieve it is, who lives at the Joe llamel plaee on Charlotte road a mile northeast of Yorkville r>*| orts that on the day of the hie freshet on the Catawlia, a haystaek went floating down, while on top was a r ester reading a newspaper. Hon. J. ('. WiJiorn, of die State railroad eommissiou. left Tuesday for Sanfraneiseo, Cal., to attend a I national meeting of commissioners. Mr. 11. Massey, of Tir/.ah, also went. Ol Ml' T I 1"? T cuieilll >101111. I ?. went l.O .Memphis to attend the bio Con- . federate reunion. lb-fore return- ' illy he will visit Oxford. .Miss., to look in upon the man in jail there who claims to lie Kceuc. Yorkville Enquirer. The threatened renewed freshet in the Catawlia river did m>t materialize on Monday. The highest point reached this time was II I feet, or considerably less than half the bio rise of the week la-fore. Mrs. Adeline Sheerer, wife of i Mr. T. Kl/.aphaii Sheerer, died at her home near lilnimville last Sun- i day, of appople.vy. She was am d | about '?l years. She leaves a hus1 band and six ehihln-n. The funeral took place a' Sharon Monday. Mr. >1. >1. Matthews has h-ll at The Fmpiirer ollice an intere.-t iny copper coin that beats the iniaye and superscript ion of (b-or^e III I and the date of 1 T> 1 lie found it in one of 11 i s fields near I turret t's mill, nine miles math of Yorkville. For many years previous to tin* war tin4 field was used as a muster ^r<xind. Tolln Lindsay and Will Jackson, two lleel'o js, In came involved ill ii ddlieulty at (1 lean's stoie, in York county, on Monday of last week, which resulted in tlie shootintf and killing of darks >n by ljindsay. The Sut ro cotton null at Yorkvillo will lie sold at auction on Tuesday, ! lily o. liiddeis will lie l'i (juil'ed to (le)iesit a certitied cheek for $1.()00 before their iiids will lie considered. Business Notices ITesii linker'-. I trend every Saturday at !ouch's. Nice Flower I'ols at Jones's, 5 and 10 e? nts each. You can always ^ct llic t.cst Frui ts at .1 mew's. nor \vk\tni.k i.s coviino. Hut you don't care lor that, .lust call regularly at our lee ('ream I'arlor and enjoy a cool, refreKninir drink, or a pl.ite of our delicious lee (/ream. 'Phone II and we will deliver any of the above refreshments at \our residence. Mfci\UkAVs L?RLU LnPORlU.l. I . Silverware\W arc mldiiiL; at all times to i our line of Sterling Silver all the most desirable pieces for table use. For presents or use in your family you can tinil nothino better. I ' Phono >>77. CI IA It I .OTT K, N. C. Why Do You Throw money awav bv bnv. U J J J iiiLi a cheap ^rade of Harness, when you can ^rl the lies! llaml .Made Harness at the same price? How is your saddle? Xiuv'h the time to have it repaired. (Jive me a call. J. E. MARSHALL, Oim. Central Hotel. Kock Him* S. C. I Have You Catarrh ? An Atomi/.er will last for years, yet in a few week's time it will pay for itself in the relief it will nive you. It puts the medicine riuht at the seat of the trouble and will cure. One should l>e m every family to uncork the no-e and head when stopped up with < ??l? 1. It is pleasant and refreshing ami convenient to nuo at all tiiucK. For sale at ARDREY^S. From The Devil up to the proprietor, everybody about this print shop is trying to make it the best' print shop for you to employ. Let us print for you. R. M. LONDON, Rock Hill, S. C. DR. J. L. SPRATT, SI HOKON DKNTIST. < XVicf in .lours building, Main Stivrt, Fort Mill, S. C. MilV N. tf. '.It'll/ \\ lien (loiny: (hit. Olio's appearance should ho a subject I'm compliments, and not of apolonies ami explanations. 1 >ress is so largely a mat tor of linen t hat I lie laundry quos t ion isaU important. Ilisre^ardiiifj the rule of spin ami span tells severely against the olVemler. The perfect work of the Model Steam I-anndrv, ('harlotte. N. tall tie- time at short prices has won the jjenera 1 favor of ^rood dressers. Shipments imule W'eilnesilay evening. Kb. I< M? Ki.it why, Aoknt. I'oti (JOOI) WII1SKIES, \Y I N KS, KUANDIKK, ETC., ( \ l.h i >S' < >!: WIMTF. TO \\\ II. IIOOVElt, OI.IKMMTK, N t. 1 ' ' v^^5 Selling out at Gost A lot of Sllimiior TWss r.rwMlo MilliiiAim V/> i J } Slippers, Hats, &c. Now is your time for genuine bargains. Headquarters for Fruit Jars at 75c. and SI per dozen. J el lie Glasses at 30c. per dozen. t ..i. k - -- i i mi ?<!! nuDiuTs at oc. per dozen. Special Bargains in Summer Clothing, Bicycles and Sewing Machines. L. J. MASSET. Quilts and Gounterpanes. What looks nicer at all times, and especially in summer, than h nice white bed to rest our bodies on? Is yours looking as nice and white and inviting as you wish? If not, call and see our line of Counterpanes and Quilts. We have them at all prices, 75c, $1, $1.25 $1.50, ?2 and $2.25, We call especial attention to our $2 and $2.25 Quilts. They are satin finish and are beautiful. Table Linen. Is your appetite good? Do you relish your fetal as yoa should? ]f lm| 1......^ .... . f ro .Li . T ltf 1 - J",. ,,, n.ii lime oimir <11 IJUI LLUUf* W e HHVe 11 BO and white Unit it will make corn bnead taste like hom.'$ 62 inch wide all Linen, at 00 ceiits. 72 inch wide all Linen,\special at 75 cents 62 inch wide n>li Linen, special at 50 cents. MEACHAM & EPFS. ^? v * Bargains for the I ariips o ~ Wo offer for a short time our entire i stock of Ladies' Oxfords and Low Quarter Shoes at one-half actual value. We have about 150 pairs of these Shoes that cost Us imm mcto JSl.oO a pair and will sell them now at 50c to 8! a pair, which is an actual loss to us of 25 to 50 per cent. Our loss is your gain. Call early and get dlioice. The numhers run from 2 to 4 1-2. Mason's Fruit Jars. ANe have just received a big lot of Mason's Jars and our prices are rock bottorn. Fruit Jar Rubbers 5c a dozen. "Eagle" Shoes, A new lot just in. AVe claim aiul be* ? iWi ? lieve this brand to be the best shoe 011 earth for the money. The only complaint is that, ''They last too long." , ' -Cj&O fyv- >3 "THE OLD RELIABLE STORE." T. B. 1IEI K, Proprietor. . ^