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r ' ' LOCAL and PERSONAL. Catawba river was nearly fifteen fe*i high on last Sunday. 1 Pleasant Valley people are brag- ' giug on tlie new Bailes bridge. Mrs. Leroy Sjirings returned to 1 lier home in Lancaster Monday. Mr. O. L. Potts was up from Chester for a short while Friday. ( irrot. ?J. A. lioyd, of Rock Hill, > was in the city for a few hours I yesterday. Mrs. M. D. Scott, of Charlotte, j i N. C. is a truest at the home of Dr. 11 J. B. Mack. * i Mr. J. E. Williamson returned I last nitflit from a business trip to Newport, Teun. Miss Fannie Erwin, of Albermarle, N. C.. is visiting at the home i of Capt. iS. E. White. Rev. A. L. Stou^h and Mr. Earl , i?: ii_ ^pcuwrif ua x uitrv lilt', WtTU fliLionj_j I our visitors Tuesday. I Miss CJara Bell McDowell, of Steel Creek, visited the family of Mr. Jns. Grier this week. Dr. Sam P. Wqtsou is in New York City taking a spec in 1 course in treatment of lung diseases. Prof. B. 15. Tbornwell left Monday for Spartanburg, where he will attend the State summer school. Miss Maud Sledge came up from Chester last night and is visiting at the home of Mr. It. F. Grier. A team of baselull coons came over from Pleasant Valley Satur- j day and beat our niggers 2.7 to 17. Owners of horses will profit by reading the notice of Mr. N. L. Buyue, which appears in another 1 column. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. White came up from Bock Hill Saturday even\ !?... nnJ C 1.... I ? ?? nj/riH uiiuutiy wini reninV- ' es near Fort Mill. Messrs. Sam and Star Kimbrell are at home from Arkansas. They are still showing the effect of their experience with smallpox. Mrs. Alice Peterson returned I to her home near Hamlet, N. C., on Monday, after an extended visit to j relatives near Fort Mill. Mr. Frank Wright and Miss Katie McAteer, operatives at the j upper mill, were married on Sunday by Squire W. O. Bailes. Agent It. V. Macon and wife have commenced housekeeping in one of the cottages recently erectby Mrs. B, O'Conuel on Confederate street. A drummer perched on the top of six big trunks on a two-horse wagon left here yesterday for Clover. It was a sober ride for one of this jolly tribe. One cannot but wonder what a productive coutry this is when he has only to open his eyes and see ^ the verdant growth of grass and weeds in every conceivuble spot ; where the power of man is not constantly directed against it. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Macon and little Alex Young spent Saturday in Winusboro. They reiurned Saturday night accompanied by Mrs. J. E. Bruce and children who will spend a fow days with Mrs. Bruee's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Young. During a thunder storm on Monday afternoon lightning struck one i of the piers of the Southern railroad bridge across Catawba river. The sonth corner of the pier was shattered off considerably, but the damage to the trestle is slight and trains are crossing as usual. The Sick. The condition of Miss Beulah Kimbrell, whose illness was noted ; in last week's Times, has improved but very little, if any, since our \ last writing. | An infant daughter of Mr. and i Mrs. C. C. Crapps is reported seriously sick at their home near the Fort Mill M'f'g Company. \i. tr t n..?i? " u. u. i. nuerBOii is on me] streets again after a slight attack of typhoid fever. Mr. Bates Chapman is seriously i I ill of pneumonia at his home at the upper mill. ? ? Before the Mayor. | _ | Things have been on the quiet in police circles during the past few weeks, but the monotony was jhroken on Sunday and the mayor ' {held court ou Monday morning, {when the following cases were disIposed of: \ The proceedings began by imroosing a fine of $2.50 or ten days <ln a mortal of the male persuasion who had taken on more of the tlhemi tally pure on Sunday than he Qonld manage and gave vent to < lfis feelings in words that, caused c|hu roll-goers to turn a deaf ear. Ifee paid the two-fifty. I Cora Blackniond and Mary Giles, two colored females, had a set to on iMfonday near the home of the former in which vile expressions and BMilpher-hued words suggestive of brimstone regions formed a conspicuous part. Mary seemed to lie at fault and was fined $2.00. Cora Was released. Important to Farmers. On account of the bad weather the farmers' meeting, which was lo have been held, at the town hall on last Saturday was called oil' until next Saturday ifternoon, when the meeting will be held at Gold Hill school hous e : The nnrnoM nf tlio m.win.r 5^ organize tlie farmers of the town- ; ship into h protective associatioi , whereby they will be enabled t?> keep well informed iih to cotton acreage thronghout the country 1 kihI will, during the fall, receive 9tat< men is at the number of bales | ginned from tifue to time. This j will prove a great benitii to the far- i nioiH as they can then tell when -to market their cotton and how much toscllsoas to not flood the market, which would cause a reduction in prices. This is a matter of great importance to fa-iinors and all should attend the meeting ? Death*. On Friday night an infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McManus died at the homo of its parents at the upper mill. The I burial took place thttiirday afternoon. Mr. ntul Mrs. S. R. Torrence, who live fn the northern part of Fort Mill township, had the misfortune to loose, by death, their two-year-old daughter on Sunday evening. Mr. Jan. Benjamin Kimbrell, a native of this township, and father f M r.*i utiwior On strcTil - w 11 <,He home iff oil Monday at hirt lforn. CYrrpojyiotte, where he hart been living for abont 20 years. Mr. Kimbrell was born June, 19th, 1832, was an ex-Confederate soldier and a good citizen. Mecklenburg camp of veterans, of which he was a zealous member, attended I his funeral in full uniform. Cnpt.. Alex. 0. Ardrey. cousin of Mr. J. W. Ardrey, of this place. ' died at his home in Dallas, Tex.. I last week. C ipt. Ardrey wns an elderly gentleman, and, as will be recalled by some, visited his rein, tives in this section for the first time last year. He was a prominent man in his section, an ex-Confederate soldier and a typical Southern gentleman, "f.t wns The intention of Mr. J. W. Ardrey and ; Capt. W. E. Ardrey. of Ardreys.to I .,:?n i.:? __j i j- *?" * *inii iiiin una ins inmiiv miring tlie reunion at Dallas next year, j Scarcity of Labor. Notwithstanding the large a- ' mount of labor-saving machinery bought, by the fnrmers in thin section during the past two or three years, labor is scarcer than ever known before and consequently is commanding greater compensation. Tlds contrary effect is due to the fact that tlic negroes are being gradually attracted to the cities, while the building of the dam at the river and the presence of the new brick factory have very little effect, as most of tht> labor employed at these two enterprises is imported, which fact is contrary ' to the supposition of a groat many ! people. However, in view of this scarcity of labor and the incessant rains, most farms nr-? in remarka- j bly good shape, though not near so good as would he under more favorable circumstances. The Internal Revenue Law. Changes in the internal revenue stamp tax law, by which the special tax will be modified or removed, will go into effect on July | 1. While this change will save a| large amount of money to business ; people and others the financial gain will be small compared to the joy which will prevail at the ending of a regulation which caused no end of worry. After -Inly there will he no stamps on bank checks, telegrams, bills of lading, bonds, sight drafts, express receipts, mortgages ami scores of other documents. There is also a list of 'modified articles," where a reduction will ho allowed, and the tax will remain on nianv nrticlpa nnrl . - - -- J " *' **"v* for many dealers until further orders from the Government. ? - Mecklenburg's Roads. D. P. Hutchinson, president of the board of trustees of Charlotte, N. C., testified at Washington Thursday, concerning the successful effort made by Charlotte to establish gttod roads in the .-ill-, rounding country. He said th (.I0 miles of niacadaiu road has bt. n established at a probable cost of $250,000. Convict labor, he said, is used iu constructing the roadbeds, as free labor would cost from .'10 to GO per cent more. Mr. Hutchinson said that the saving in the cost of rolling stock was more than equal to the cost of the roads and thai the value of fanning and other lands lying upon the improved highways litis been enhanced 50 per cent since the construction of the new roads. ? Catawba Gold miners. The Gold miners who havebeemj operating a hydraulic plant in tin! Catawba river have made the dis-\ covery that the black sand in the f bed of tho river is rich with gold I An assay of a quantity of this sand recently made shows a yield of?320 per ton. This is an extraordinary 1 ....I :e -.11 II... I 1 i ivn > irivi, (11IU II it t I lilt- Silllll ill the company's workings hold np to it, tiie result will be a veritable 1)< III 'til ZR. (>lci gold miners have always claimed that there is gold in the sand of the streams of this section, and back in the 50's the sand was worked with good results by the primitve method of panning. Mr I. S. Spencer, president of the Commercial National Bank, relates j that when he was in business in the Uwhnrie section as a member of the firm of Bmitherman Si Spencer, ; a great, proportion of his business was with people who paid for their goods in gold dust, obtained by panning the sand in the Uwhnrie river and its tributary streams. The bed of the river is as rich now as it was then and with improved methods of securing the gold, offers j a profitable held for the prospec- j tor.?Charlotte Observer. __ Seven Years In Bed. "Will wonders ever cease.?" Inquire the friends of Mrs. L. Pease, of Lnvrence, Kan. They knew she had been unable to leave her bed in seven years on account of Kidney and Liver trouble, nervous prostration and genera 1 debility; | but, "Three bottles of Electric Bitters enabled me to walk," she writes, "and j in three months I felt like a new i><>r- I son." Women suffering from Headache, | Backache, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting and Diz/.y S]>ells j will find it a priceless blessing. Try it. Satisfaction is guaranteed by Thus. B, Meacham. Only 50c. The dry goods store of D. E. Byrd at lilnckaburg was broken into a few days ago. Tlve safe was blown open and $100 taken therefrom. The burglars effected ingress from the front door in some manner, and escaped through the , rear, leaving the back door open. HAKKEY'S GRAND EXCURSION to Columbia. Tuesday, Juno 25th. Fare for the round trip onlv $1.50. Tickets on sale at E. W. Klmbrell & Co.'s store. Repair Shop. I am still running a Repair Shop at the Spratt Machine CVi.'s shops and will continue to do satisfactory work at ! prices as low as the lowest. On account of the hard times and ! scarcity of money, I have decided to cut the price on horseshoeing to 40 j cents a round. Give me a call, r 6-10 N. L. BAYNE. 1 GREAT SAO For the next we wall he busi Turning Goo rr ere is some good news for yo It is no "cntch" sc-homo for you. 1 It is just this: (Tn June 2itli then and to facilitate the settlement of oi inventory preparatory thereto, we v A CUT PRICE SALI Hats, Shirts, Hosier And everything else in our si other staple goods. Nearly all these goods will bo i That is a plain statement of a a plain necessity. Mason's Improved Ma We have a large quantity of th could sell them to our competitors, some of our other goods by offering One Quart size at c'tianc.'o Quart size at a report n' ?),e Tra Please take note of the fact thi Nothing will be charged at tlu se pi business and can't do it by chargin Our friends who owe us will pi accounts as we are in need of the r HUGHES < Y_ ^ -i'i V I Items of State News. i Colonel Gritfin's friends have ' employed J. A. Mooney, of Green, ville, to assist in the prose^utibn of B. 13. Evans. Commissioner Vance snys thev phosphate business is brighter and I more men are now employed at the | mines. Freight rates have also improved. The Grand jury of Greenville county, in their recent presentment to the court, syys among other things that crime is on the inereuso in that county. William Ho wen and Flanders 1 Host irk, an old nmti eighty years ol 1, both of Marion county, got into a quarrel last week when Boweu struck the old man with a hoe and killod him. A rice kitchen will be operated by the Southern rice growers at the Charleston Exposition, it is intended to demonstrate food value of rice and will be in charge of skilled southern cooks. All the dispensaries in Charleston, which have been closed for sometime on account of complications arising out of a legal technicality, are now open and doing business at the same old stands. It has been officially announced, according to the Columbia State, that Mr. M. It. Cooper will ho a candidate next year for Governor on the platform of a rigid enforcement of the dispensary law. Adelaide Dogan, a negro woman about <U years old, was burned to deatl) near Pacolet Friday. She was left alone in tlio house by ; her grand daughter and it supposed her clothing caught tire. It was evident she endured terrible agony I before death came. The stockholders of the Colleton cotton mills, at Walterboro, met a fow days ago and voted to raise funds sufficient to double the capacity of the mills. When this is done Walterboro will have a $200,000 plant. Save* Two from Death. "Our little daughter had an almost fatal attack of wl "opingcough and bronchitis," writes Mrs. W. K. lluvUand. of Armouk, N. Y., "but, when all other remedies failed, wo saved her life with i Dr King's New Discovery. Our niece, who hud Consumption in an advanced stage, also used this wonderful medieino and today she is perfectly well." Desl>ernte throat and lung diseases yeild to Dr. King's New Discovery us to no other medicine on earth. Infallible for Coughs and Colds. f>0e, and $1.00 bottles guaranteed by Thus. B. Mcacliaiu. Trial bottles free. HFICB SALE. _________ ten days ily engaged in ds into cash J 11. There is money in it for you. t is no inoney-innking game for us. ? will he u dissolution of our firm nr business and the making of an nil bogin at once j of all Shoos, Pants, y, Mens' Underwear! tore except Groceries and a few sold exactly at what they cost us. plain fact, which is explained by chine made Fruit Jars. e above brand of fruit jars. We but we are going to make them soli < the rO cents per dozen, 95 cents per dozen. s unle will bo strictly for CASH, ices for we nro after Bottling up our g goodB. on8e come forward and settle their uoney jnst at this time. I k YOUNG. k A ^ ? ^T>- VMM IT>k. WW uoicfi Dollars at Ei Would be no chenpor than the goo Great Slimmer CI We are selling out AT COST, and a | cost, all summer goods, such hs Dies Hats, Fruit Jars, Bicycle? Clothing, & If we have anything that you peed, i very little money. We have too many goi money. If yon want Ico crenm nt 10 cents a < how you can ^ct it at this price. L. J. MAS New Arrivals. Meneham & Epps their second lot of the cm by A: Co.'s Oxfords and i %/ ment surpasses all otl beauty. * You will want for y band turned in Kid, Pat strap Sandal. We have tl For street you wil - .1 _ J- oo 4 1 jviu at sz. iviso a nice See our Patent Lea over Men at 4$. It's a ] MEAGHAM Bargains for We offer for a sh< stock of Ladies' Oxfords Shoes at one-half actua about 150 pairs of thes< from 75c to SI.50 a pair now at 50c to SI a pair, loss to us of 25 to 50 pei your gain. Call early a numbers run from 2 to 4 Mason's Fr We have just ree i Mason's Jars and our p toin. Fruit Jar Rubbers "Eagle" i A new lot just in. lievc this brand to be th for the money. The on! "They last too long." "THE OLD HELL T. 15. BELK,: m da nre earance ScVHBHH|^S many b Goods, tow the to flnilH^HH wis and not e JbhBBMHI us ;sey, have just received debrated Drew, Sel>lippers. This shiphers for style and ffe** k ; our dress oxford a ' vlff! TL ' U?*' ?o'* ' ent vici or a leuir hem atM2 and line for therebyperfect gem. & EPPS. the Ladies. >rt time our entire i and Low Quarter 1 value. We liave 3 Shoes tlifjt cost us and will sell th^in , which is an actual 9 cent. Our loss is / m PS nd get clioicp. The i 1-2. iiit Jars. eived a big lot of rices are rock bots 5c a dozei/. 1 %hoes. ? ? ? ^ w t We claim and bete beat shoe on earth ly complaint is that, WILE STORE." Proprietor.