Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 19, 1901, Image 3
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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 ,
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^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\
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? ?? 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.
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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.
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Before the Mayor.
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| 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
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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 .
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 $1.00 bottles guaranteed
by Thus. B. Mcacliaiu. Trial
bottles free.
HFICB SALE.
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ten days
ily engaged in
ds into cash J
11. There is money in it for you.
t is no inoney-innking game for us.
? will he u dissolution of our firm
nr business and the making of an
nil bogin at once
j of all Shoos, Pants,
y, Mens' Underwear!
tore except Groceries and a few
sold exactly at what they cost us.
plain fact, which is explained by
chine made Fruit Jars.
e above brand of fruit jars. We
but we are going to make them soli
< the
rO cents per dozen,
95 cents per dozen.
s unle will bo strictly for CASH,
ices for we nro after Bottling up our
g goodB.
on8e come forward and settle their
uoney jnst at this time.
I
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uoicfi Dollars
at Ei
Would be no chenpor than the goo
Great Slimmer CI
We are selling out AT COST, and a |
cost, all summer goods, such hs Dies
Hats, Fruit Jars, Bicycle? Clothing, &
If we have anything that you peed, i
very little money.
We have too many goi
money.
If yon want Ico crenm nt 10 cents a <
how you can ^ct it at this price.
L. J. MAS
New Arrivals.
Meneham & Epps
their second lot of the cm
by A: Co.'s Oxfords and i
%/
ment surpasses all otl
beauty.
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You will want for y
band turned in Kid, Pat
strap Sandal. We have tl
For street you wil
- .1 _ J- oo 4 1
jviu at sz. iviso a nice
See our Patent Lea
over Men at 4$. 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.
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t
We claim and bete
beat shoe on earth
ly complaint is that,
WILE STORE."
Proprietor.