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I !?f-: LOCAL and PRRSONAL. Catawba river was nearly fifteen fe*jt high on last Sunday. Pleasant Valley people are brag- { igiug on the new Suites bridge. Mrs. L< 'ray Springs returned to her home in Lancaster Monday. Mr. O. b. Potts was up from Chester for a short while Friday. Prof. J. A. lioyd, of Hock Hill, was in the city for a few hours yesterday. Mrs. M. D. Scott, of Charlotte, N. C. is a guest at the home of J)r. J. 13. JMacJk. Mr. J. E. Williamson roturnoil last night froui a business tfi|> to Newport, Tenii. Miss Fannie Erwin, of Albermarie, N. C., is visiting at the home of Capt. S. J:'.. White. Rev. A. L. Stough .ami Mr. Earl Spencer, of Pinevdle, were amon^ our visitors Tuesday. Miss Clara I3ell McDowell, of Steel Creek, visited the family of Mr. Jas. (irier this week. Dr. Sam 1*. Watson is in New York City taking n special course! in treatment of lung diseases. Prof. E. E. Tbornwell left Mon- : day for Spartanburg, wfiere he will attend the State summer school. Miss Maud Sledge came up from Chester last night and is visiting s at tiiio homo of Air. It. F. drier. 1 A learn of baseltall coons came I over from Pleasant Valley Satur1 duy and Iteat our niggers 2.'i to 17. 1 1 Owners of horses will profit by I reading the notice of Mr. N. L. ' I Euyue, which appears in another B column. 1 Mr. and Mrs. II. E. White canto E up from Kock Hill Saturday even1 in^ and spent Sumlay with relativ- \ B as near Fort Mill. 5 Messrs. Sam and Star Kimhrell are at home from Arkansas. 'J1 hey | are at ill showing the effect of their fl experience with smallpox. Mrs. Alice Peterson returned I to Iter home near Hamlet, N.O.. on ' Monday, after an extended visit to relatives near Fort Mill. Mr. Frank Wright And Miss I Katie McAteer, operatives at the B upper mill, were married on Sun| duy by Squire W. 0. Bailee. I Agent It. V. Macon and wife \ have commenced honHokeouiiio in one of the cottages recently erect- I by Mrs. H, O'Coiinel on Confeder-' ate street. A drummer perched on the top of six big trunks on a two-horse j wagon left here yesterday for Clo- j ver. It was a sober ride for one of this jolly tribe. One cannot but wonder what a productive eoutry this is when lie lias only to open his eyes and see the verdant grow th of grass and weeds in every conceivable 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 Winnsboro. They returned Saturday night accompanied by Airs. J. E. Bruce and children who will spend a few days with Mrs. liruce's parents,Mr. and M is. A. A. Young. During a thunder storm on Monday afternoon lightning struck one I /ft f "it morj t\ f ?lw> :i ?..x/ (fix I a vri till ? Mivuuri tl I a I 1 road bridge across Catawba river.' The smith corner of the pier was shattered otF considerably, but the damage to the trestle is slight and trains are crossing us usual. The Sick. The condition of Miss Heulnh Kiinbrell, 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 siek at their home near the Fort Mill MTg Company. Mr. H. J. Patterson is oil tinstreets again after a slight attack of typhoid fever. Mr. Pates Chapman is seriously ill of pneumonia at his homo at jtlie upper mill. Before the Mayor. 1 I Things have been on the (|iiiet in police circles during the past few weeks, but the monotony was (broken on Sunday and the mayor Uield court on Monday morning, Avhen the following eases were dislposed of: 1 The proceedings began by imBiosing a fine of ?2.50 or ten days In a mortal of the male persuasion who had taken on more of the <|hemically pure on Sunday I han lie <"|ould manage and gave vent to llis feelings in words that caused ell ill roll-goers to turn a deaf ear. 1 le paid the two-fifty. Cora Blaekmond and Mary Giles, tJvo colored females, had a set-toon Monday near the home of tin' forn ier in which vile expressions and siilpher-hued words suggestive of b rimstono regions formed a conspicuous part. Mary seemed to be at! fault a.id was fined S2.00. Cora W(hs released. \. Important to i'arniers. On account of the bad weather the fanners' meetinir. which was i to have been held at the town < hall on last Saturday was call- < ed off until ne.\t Saturday aftcrno ui, when the meeting will I. lit , l r-fo . "< ueiu ai viold J I ill s<*l!<>' i| lions \ The purpose of \he meeting it- to organize tlie farm*-is of the township iuli) a protective assoriatioi , 1 whereby they will he enabled to i lceep well informed as to cotton acreage throughout th" country ami will, during the fall. ivc< ive , stab inenis of the number of hub s ginned from time to time. This ] wdl prove a great benifil to the I'arinois as they can then tell when -to market their cotton and how much to sell so as to not Hood the market, which would cause a reduction in prices. This is a matter of great importance to faamors and all should attend the meeting ??? Death*. On Friday night an infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (loo. McManus died at the home of its parents at the upper mill. The! burial took place Saturday afterf I ( will Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Torrenco, ; who live fn the northern part of Fort Mill to\viihIiip. find the inisfortune to loose, by death, their two-year-old daughter 011 JSnnday even i in;. Mr. das. lienjamin Kimbrell, n native of this township, and father of Mr. H : ' .... * .' 'brell. whose home is oil Monday at his h? rn. <"Vrrc->fltotto, where he has been living for about 20 years. Mr. Kimbrell was U>rn dune, l'.lth. , lSd2, was an ex-Confederate soldier and a jrood citizen. Mecklen- ; burg camp of veterans, of which he was a zealous member, attended his funeral in full uniform. Capt. Alex. P. Ardrey. cousin of Mr. d. \Y. Ardrey, of this place, died at his home iti Dallas, Tex., last week. Ctpt. Ardrey was an elderly gentleman, and, as will be recalled by some, visited his velatives in this section for the first time last year. He was a prominent man in his section, an ex-Con- 1 federate soldier and a typical Southern irentleman. \J.t was fhe 1 intention of Mr. d. W. Ardrey and Capt. W. K. Ardrey. of Ardrey*. to visit him and his familv during the reunion at Dallas next year. - ? Scarcity of Labor. i\oTv\nnKTaii(iuiLr tno targe a-' mount of Inbor-snving machinery i bought, by tin4 farmers in thin sec- ' tion during tho past two or three j vcars. labor is scarcer than ever i known before and consequently I is commanding gran tar aompensn- j tion. Tibs contrary etTect is due to the fact tlmt tho negroes are being gradually attracted to the , cities. while the building of tho j dam at tho river and tho prosonee | of the new brick factory have vary little oflFoet. as most of the labor employed at these two enterprises ! is imported, which fact is contrary 1 to the supposition of a great ninny people. However, ill view of this scarcity of labor and the incessant rains, most farms ?r> in remarkn bly good shape, though not near so good as would he under more favorable circumstances. The Internal Revenue l.aw. * I Changes in the internal revenue stamp tax law. by which the special tax will lie modified or re- j moved, will go into effect on July 1. W hile 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 end- 1 ing of a regulation which caused no end of worry. After July there : will he no stamps on bank checks, i telegrams, bills of lading, bonds, sight drafts, express receipts, mortgages and scores of oilier doc uments. There is also a li-t of ''modified articles," where a reduc- 1 tion will bo allowed, and the tax will remain on many articles and for many dealers until further orders from the Government. /Mecklenburg's Roads. , I). P. Hutchinson, president of the board of trustees of Charlotte, I N. testified at Washington j UM .1 . ?i i ii ii i nun t , i i mi l 'I II 11114 I III* HIKTChSfill elTort made I?y Charlotte to ? stahlish ?<jr 1 r< ads in (In- ?n tt< >ll ii?i i: eouiit ry. Ill- said tli ,-i IK) miles of macadam mail has la bi established at a probable cost of ^2>)0,(KK). Convict labor, he said, is used in constructing the roadbeds, as free lab ?r would cost from .'{() to (>0 per cent more. Mr. Hutchinson said that the saving in the cost of rolling stock was more than equal to the < .->1 of the roads and thai the value >f farming and other lands lyintj upon the improved highways has been enhanced ."?() per eent sinee the construction of the new roads. \ Catawba Clald miner?. The Gold miners who havolnvn peratint; a hydnmlic plant in the Catawba river have made the discovery Unit the hlaek sand in the i?.,i ?.'r ?iw> i. ? ... .. i i ? < I I- i nil *>1111 Aii assay lit" a<pinntit\ of this sand rTi'iil!) made sh??\ys m \ i ! I . ! >liU per ton. IMiis in mi extraordinary i ich yield. it lid if all the sand in llv company's u. ikiiu - hoid up to if. tiio result wili b. a v?,tabl? I ? ill ' V I. Old oohl millers 1 iv always claimed that there is po!d in the sand of t ho st mains of t iiis seel itui. mid bark in tin' .'ill's tlii- sand was worked with j^oml results by the priuiitve met hod of pannini;. Mr I. S. Spoiled*, president of the I 'oininereial National Hank, relates that win n lie was in luisiness in tin* I * wlmrie sect ion as a member of the firm of Smit herinun ty Spencer, a j*rent proportion of his biii-iuesa was with people who paid for their ooods in jjold dust, obtained by panning the saiul in the I wharie river and its tributary streams The lied of tie' river is as rich now as it was then and with improved methods of seen riult t lie uold. 'ti ers a profitable field for the prosper- j tor.?Charlotte ( )bserver. Seven Vears In Bed. "Will wonders ever eease.V" IiKpiire the friends of Mrs. L. lVase, of Liwreiiee, Kan They knew she had been uiiahle in leave her lied ill seven years on account of Kidney and Liver trouble, nervous pros! rat ion and genera t debilit v: hut, "Three bottles of Electric Kilters enabled me to walk," she writes, "ami in tlnve mouths I felt like a new persou." Women sufferingfrom Headache. Kaekacho, Nervousness. Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting and i iiss/.y Spells will find it a priceless Messing. Try it. Satisfaction is guaranteed by Thus. 15, Meacham. < inly otic. ? The dry goods store of 1). K. l.vrd at lilaeksburg was broken in to ft few (lays Hgo. The safe was blown open and ?100 taken therefrom. The burglars effected ingress front the frontdoor in some manner, and escaped through the rear, leaving tlie hack door open. HARKEY'S (5R AND EXCURSION to Columbia, Tuesday, Juno 2*?th. Fare for the round trip oulv $l.ui). Tickets on sale at E. \V. Klmtirell & Co.'s store. Repair Shop. I am still running a Repair Shop at the Sprat t Machine Co.'s slmpsaud will eontinuo to do satisfactory work at prices as low tis the lowest. tin account of the hard times and scarcity of money, 1 have decided to cut tlm price on horseshoeing to It* cents a round. Give mo a cull. (5-lit N. L. HAYNE. . GREAT SAC! For ifoe next we will foe bust Turning Goo TTuiv is some igood news f'>r yoi It is no "cntrir* sclwiM" for you. I It is just t!iis: On -hino 'Jltli then nnd to i'ucilituto tin* settloniont of <u inventory prrpurntory thereto. wo v a ('I T I'lilCK salt: Hals. Sliiils. II osier And everything else in our st other staple goods. Nearly all those goods will ho t That is a plain Htatoment of a ] a plain necessity. Mason's Iinprovod Mat w e havo a Inrge ipiaitity of th L'ould soil tin in to our competitors, some of our other goods hy offering One Quart sizr at 1 ?'"'<> Quart si/o at report . ' o?e Tra Please tnke note of tho fact (hit Nothing will he charged at those pr business and can't do it hy churgini Our friends who owe us will pi accounts as we tire in need of the n HUGHES I ? \ V V ! ' . ? \ Items nf State News. Colonel (Iriilin's friends have employed*). A. Mi oney, of Green, villo. to ;is> ist in Hit' prosecution of II. 11. Evans. (' munissioner Vanre says the phosphate business is brighter and I inor?- mi n are now employed at the mil es. Erei^ht rates have also improved. 't'lie G and jury of (.1 roenville I e untv. in their recent presentment t the Court, savs anion*' otlinri things tl.nt crime is on the increase in thiit enmity. William I'owen and Flanders Hosti -k, an old diiiii eighty years ol 1. both of Marion county, not in- . t?>n ijuairel last week when 15owen struck the old man with a hoe and killed hitn. A rice kitchen will he operated by the Southern rice growers at the i Charleston Kxposition. It is in-1 tended to demonstrate food value <>r rice and will be in charge of skilled southern cooks. All the dispensaries in Charleston. which have been closed for soinetime on account, of complies-' lions arising out of a legal technicality, are now open and doing business at the same old stands. It has been otlicially announced, according to the Columbia State, that Mr. M. 11. Cooper will be a candidate next year for Coventor on the platform of a rigid enforcement of the dispensary law. Adelaide Dii^iin. a ne<?i?? woman ! about 70 years olil, was burned to death near Pacnlet Friday. She was left alone in the house by her orand daughter and if supposed her elothintx caught tire. It was evident she endured terrible njjony ' I> f?>re death came. The stoekholders of the Oolle-| ton eotton mills, at Walterboro, met a few days ago and voted to 1 raise funds sutlicient to double the capacity of the mills. When this I is done Walterboro will have a $200,000 plant. ? ? Saves Two from Death. "Our little daughter lind an almost j fatal attack of whooping cough and bronchitis," writes Mrs. \V. K. llavUund. of Arnionk, N. V., "but, when all other' remedies failed, we saved her life with | Dr King's New Discovery. Our niece, | who tiail l'onsumption in an advaueod stage, also used this wonderful medicine and today she is perfectly well." lies-| |M>ratc throat and lung diseases yeild to | Dr. King's New Discovery as to no other medicine on earth. Infallible for Coughs i and Colds. f?0e, and $l.tM) bottles guar- I anteed by Thus. 11. Meaeham. Trial i bottles free. IIFICUALE. | ten days \iy engaged in ds into cash. 11. There is money in it for yon. t is no money-making tfaine for us. will bo a dissolution of our firm ir business and the making of an nil be^in at (ini't1 I of all Shoes, Pauls, y, Mens' Pnderwear ore exeept (IrocorioH and a few a?ld exactly at what they cost us. plain fact, which is explained by : hino made Prilit Jars. e above brand of fruit jars. We but we are (?oin^ to make tliein sell t hern IW \ \ I J ( | /1 ~ I III;/.I'll, !)?> cents per dozen. ; sale will he atiidly for CASH ices for we are after nettling up out Lf goods. rnso come forward and settle their loney just at this time. Sc YOUNG. 1 OoSd Dollars at Ei; u ouia De no chenpor than the g<xx Great Summer Cl( We are selling out AT COST, and a f. cost, all suinnier goods, such as Drew Hiits, Fruit Jyrs, Bicycles Clothing, &i If wo have anything that you need, n very little money. We have too many got n money. ? If you want Ice cream at 10 cents a q how you can got it at. this price. L. J. MAS M Ml I lYUIdi Meachani & Epps their second lot of the cc by & Co.'s Oxfords and S nieiit surpasses all otl beaut v. You will want for v< 9/ hand turned in Kid, Pah strap Sandal. We have tl For street you wil Kid at 82. Also a nice 1 See our Patent Leat over Men at 48. It's a p MEACHAXtt ( Rarcrains for 1 1 V/l I AYe offer for a sho stock of Ladies' Oxfords Shoes at one-half actual about lot) pairs of these from 7f>'' to ft 1.50 a pair y ! of l^nvy fin'l.I i11 ir lii| - in . " ' \ i <>f lir r < !.) s in now at 50e to 8l i , loss to us of 25 to 50 per your gain. Call early ar numbers run from 2 to 4 Mason's Fri \Ye have just reec * Mason's Jars and our pi loin. Fruit Jar Rubbers i ? B I ^ v 9 9 e A new lot just in. lieve this brand to be tin for the money. The onb *' "They last too long/' "THE OLD REE T. l'?. KELK, I . ?" - r. 4 . mi'v j "N . ; 5 '} i i ???? m. * V 'T|i tls-iw. >*3k % * . ijpfnt'-' ?hty Gents\ i , ?? ? ^ mr dress oxford it ent Yici or a f<mr lem aL $2 and for her by perfect gem. fi EPFS. I 1 IfWWW 9 I I the Ladies. rt time our entire and Low Quarter 1 value. We have . '^11 Shoes tli fft cost us and will sell th/m jL i!i - \vor!(. f is an actual 9 cent. Our loss is id get choicp. The l-k> jl nit Jars. ived a big lot of ices are rock bot 5c a dozen. ?l?oes, We claim and be? best shoe on earth y complaint is that, lBLE STORE." 'roprictor. is we are selling during our ?T iarance Sale. jreat many things at less than i Guode, Millinery, Slippers, ow is the time to get it (or a. xls and not enough uart, call and let us tell you SET, have just received lebrated Drew, Sel Uppers. This shiplers for style and