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LOCAL anil PERSONAL. Miss Zeluia Kirkpntrick, of gSifoL (Charlotte, is visiting at Mr. Young-: r idood's. nliove the city. Mr. John Withers, who line been ' spending several months with his, mother, has returned home to the ' farm near Chester. Mr. Ii. J. Massey and Miss Mablo ' Anlrey left Monday night for New j York. They will be gone about Mrs. James drier and daugliter Dora, returned Saturday from a' yisit to relatives in Charlotte. AT iuc T.nnicA \f 1 ^ **"** 4M 1 iov i*x i'i 111 w( y 1Q CIIIl'I* J tabling a number of her friends with a house party at her home bo. J Jow the city. Anions her visitors ^ are Misses Margie Leckie, of Chester, and Bessie Poag, of Hock Hill. Miss Hattie Curtis returned front hep homo in Laurinburg where she lias been spending Iter yacation. Miss Curtis left Monday with Mr. 8. A. Epps for the northern markets where she will study the fall millinery styles. Dr. and Mrs. T. S. Kirkpatrick sprang a surprise upon the young j people by giving: a delightful "at j home" Monday evening. The occasion was in honor of Misses Key, Jjockie and Poag, who are visiting; friends iu the city. Dr. J. B. Mack went up to Charlotte Monday night to meet Mrs. Alex. Mack and children, of Austell, Oa., who will spend sever- | hJ weeks with relatives in the city. ' Misses Laura McCain, of Waxhaw, N. O., Nora Williamson, of ; (J uthriesville, and Jennie Mae! Miller, of Newport, are visiting in jLhe city. Air. P. T. Pegram spent Tuesday in Steele Creek with hi6 father, j who is seriously ill. Louise, the 12-year-old daughter of Mrs T. A l'ni-L-a u-iiu il..i ,,j ?. ... ... .%w, Mtto tliV 4 IOJL1 LI 1 | of a very painful accident yester- j day afternoon. A crowd of cliil- | dren were playing around the home of Mr. \V. H. Parks and in mounting the front steps, Louise slipped and fell, breaking her right arm near the wrist joint. Dr. i T. 13. Meachaui set the broken | hone. News reached this place yesterday afternoon of the tragical ! death of Osgood Ileath, a young) sou of Mr. and Mrs. <). P. Heath. ( at his home in Monroe, N. C. Ho , was examining a pistol when it was accidentally discharged, the bnll entering his heart killing him instantly. Communion services will ho held ( in the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning Preliminary set vices will be hold Friday and Sat- ' urday at 11 a. m. and 8. p. in. by ' the pastor, Dr. Thornwell. Considerable delay was caused the southbound freight train last |( Saturday by the derailment of a j ' box car near the Millfort Mill. | The car was loaded with brick from | the Charlotte Brick Co. The family of Mr. J. P. Chowder ! will remove from their country home in a few days to one of tho Pegratn cottages on White street Mrs. J. W. Hinshnw came down ' from Charlotte Friday and spent several days with Miss Ethel Ross at the home of Mr. J. P. Crowder. i ' Mr. S. W. Parks is receiving bids fojr the completion of the Johnston property in Spmttville. Johp Cauthen, colored, was fined $2.50 hy Mayor McElljaney Satur- 1 day for using boisterous language j on thp streets. The fine was paid. | j Mr. ?f E. Williamson has been ( confined tp his room for several 1 . i " Mays Willi chills. ( Dr. j, Iy. Spratt and Mr. J. E. % Ardrey attended (ho annual liall : 1 at Battery Park hotel, Asheville, ! ' N. C., lasf Wednesday evening. ; On the p'turn trip, the Aeheville i H excursion reached Fort Mill at ">..'{0 ^ a. in. Inst Friday. All theexcnr- 1 sionistB enjoyed themselves largely * and all arrived safely except one of b young men who stopped over a j .couple of days to visit a "special" ( friend. * Last Saturday was the fifteenth anniversary of the earthquake, which did so pinch damage to the pity of Charleston. n Mrs. Dr. AVhite, of Yorkville, i ppeijt last Wednesday with the ll family of Mr. T. B. Belk. ,'i ' 'I s -* 11 - " Mr. and Mrs.-W. A. \V$no.u returned to their borne in Clirlot to Wednesday evening after i visit to relutiyes in this place. Mrs. Sallie Downs and sut, Ed, moved to Rock Hill and art living with Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Crven. Mrs. E. IT. Phillips and ciildren returned Friday from RocU Hill. | where they have been visiti ? relatives and friends. Mrs. \V. I. Morritt and chidren, j of Chester, who have Ijeen visiting ' at (ho home of Mr. (i. \V. Milkersou, r? turned homo Friday. A crowd of Fort Miliums ittouded the annual picuie at Barrett's Mountain last Saturday. They ! report a good dinner and aliens- ! ant time. The town is making proportions for the repairing the sidewalk on I Audrey's Hill. The walks oyer the city need forking badly aifi it is honed that the tronneil will _ r .. . If I*I,WUIAII j ue the good work. There are sev- I era! bail placet* in the wngonlroads | that need attention also mid it is i hoped that the autliorites wil see that the roads are soon repaired. j Miss Anna Barber returned irom ] Chester Monday whore she*has j been for treatment at the saijita j num. 1 Misses Effie Culp and Nai lie Thompsoj) attended picnic at lie Forest Ilill Academy Saturday. Arthur SatterGeld, a youig man, who claimed l'inovillo as Lis home, was fined ? ! on last Tlnusday for jumping otf and on trai ns inside the incoporated limitsof tW> | town. Mrs. Mattie Stewart and u.i, William, of Charlotte, spent se e al days of last week in the itM, j the guests of Miss Mary Belli. j Mrs. K L. Crier and son, Kolert are the guests of Miss Mary B'lk Mrs. Crier is well known in fort .Mill, her parents, Uupt. and ?lrs. J \V. Marshall, having been r-sidents of this township several years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert McMuray and children l*-ft Thursday for their native State, Louisiana, alter a ten days visit to relatives in York and Lancaster countit s. Mrs. Seth Hutch kiss, formei'y of this place but who has been making her home with her so;i, Dr. N K. Hotchkiss in New Havt^h, Oonn., for several years, will coi e to Charlotte soon to live with h4r laughter, Mrs. W. S. Stewart. The dry goods stores of the town ire again keeping their doors opei until h and 9 o'clock p. m. the senson having passed for early c losing. A nunilxsr of fanners have recently mowed hay and lost it, the . ause being the lack of sunshine that is recpiired to "cure" it. The graded school opened Moi.lay morning with lOti scholars. Many more came in yesterday and today. This is encouraging for ho teachers and the prospects are that there will In; a larger attend- ' mce this session than in yearn. More interest is being taken in the schools and onr citizens are beginning to renlize the necessity of uj jonimon school education. A j dmngc will be made in the model >f teach i net this session. The scholars will be put in grades and hose finishing the highest grade lext June will be given diplomas. ? Accident to Miss Hots In last week's Times a short novas given of the injury to Miaa Bthoi Kcss, but owing to the late lonr on wich the news of the nccilent reached us, we were unable I o give the particulars. .Miss Koss ind a young s<ai of Jilr. P. }rowder, ut whose home sin- was risiting, wore out horse-buck ridng, when the animal which Miss vokh was iid*became frightiiicd and threw its rider. Her out became fastened in the stirrup md she was dragged about fifty tarda before the horse was stopped >y her companion. She was taken o Mr. Crowder'a home and a phy- 1 ician was 'phoned for. lTpcn ( xaniination it was found that her ; nw bono was broken and she was 1 onsiderably bruised. Miss boss s able to be out again. Vhat A Tale It Tells. If that mimur of yours shows a wretch-' it, sallow complexion, a jaundiced look i lotli patches and blotches on the. skin, r's liver trouble; but Dr King's New .ifc Pill regulate tlit; liver, purify the lood, give, clear skin, rosy checks, rich oinplcMon. Only -J>c at Moacbain's rug store. 1 LOOK OUT! Wo .\ro not going to shoot, hot a pnign. Our TWO buyers are now log the heat factories oiiJ whi prettiest good*, anil pronil/e to season. This is our twenty-sect eleven years and the experienced s deaf to our customers as well as m euftomers, free of charge, the full It la useless to mention prices as n prices are alw ays trom 10 to 25 pe State or North Carolina. We can 1 because our expenses are so mi to divide with, no house rent to pa is me only firm in Fort Mill that d alone saves us a?out $500.00 a yci Miss Mabel Ardrey will have clti now In Baltimore In the largest n States copying the prettiest and I, the fall trade. If you fall to see tie It, ao< 11 you foil to get our prices ; Lb JI ? < 4 UllUii )NS ' 1 A J'iMt roci'i1 J ^ <>f Unit Wi'iK *- ;ill c? l??r.s Mm J v uriil > 1 iur t "ntfl J MK ALULA Sai riiffht Of a Yetimr Man ... .? ??!- n wiuicnn. ? VyUCBltT tepi, Friday. Mr I'ntt.s is well known in Fort I Mill, ha\inj lived lien* will) his t'nlIn r, Mr. D. <> I'olts, who was intcndant of the town for several years, nnd his many friends will la grieved t<? learn that ho was forced to take part in such a tnitric atl'air. | Eighty-live | pint rent styles<>F new Writing Tablets at AUDREY'S. Every on? different. See them in window. . jCTiTVXMMnACSHCaA UHUmHCMk Jim Kimbrell, about 2f> years of age, alleged to be of uiihouihI mind, has been locked in a cell at the guard house since Friday. Asth<? nccommodntions at the hendquarters are very poor for the are and treatmenl of the i tisane and as then are no lunacy experts here the authorities were anxious to be ivli ved of their charge. In the meantime, while his mind was wandering, he seemed to realize his whereabouts | and wau keenly alive to t in fart that he was occupying very uneomfortaj hie quarters. When taken from his cell to eat his meals il none times required the strength >r f-.u; men to put hint bark again. Kimbrell has a wife and two children and has bt en living with, j them on Mr. Lee Nivciia' plantation and was working on 'lie dam i when it was noticed that his mind wh- unbnlatieed. It is said that he had not slept any in about ten days before he wan confined to a cell, lie acknowledges that he is crazy but when questioned as to the cause he will give no answer. It is thought by the doctors who liaye bepn attending him that religion has been one of the causes as hp frequently prnys and talks about it nearly all the time. Mr. Kimbrell was taken to York..: 11 .. . i i \ni?- yetHfitiny ny mr. li. A. liar ] ris and turned over to ShoritT Logan, who will raro for him until! the necessary papers are arranged for Ilia admittance to the State Insuju- A?yhuu at Columbia. ? ? Boljbors la PlneviUa. A party of thieves entered the drug store of Messrs. Alexander A Moore at Pineville Fiiday night! and secured about s?JH) in cash. A small safe in which the money was! ii . i locked was rolled into the back yard and blown open, the report of which was heard by a number of j citizens, but the cause was nol learned until early Saturday morning. A messenger was dispatched to J. P. (Jrowder, who lives near Fort Mill, t >r his bloodhounds, riie hounds were lii.n u to the seem i re loading our guns tor the tall CJniIn Baltimore and New York search. ;>lesa!e houses lor the ne?e.*t nnd make pricea very Interesting this >nd visit to New > ork In the past ;.niued In that tliuc la north a great ursclves. We propose to give nur bviiellt of *>'jr expensive experience, riost of you already know that our r cent lower than any house In this ifford to sell goods so ruuch cheaper itch lighter We have no partners v. no bad debts to mckc up for and llscounta every blli. This discount ar. irjie of our Millinery room and she is lilltnery establishment in the United atcst styles and selecting stock for r hats before buying you ?III regret j you will be read. . MASSEY. i i > T I > I > / \ T . i A ii i? l>< > ;\ r> : r V< 'I tl IU*\V 11 >t !? r Kii>i)<in HI 4, t i! pmv silk, ;> ii i* wiiio nt i;> ? * * M A KITS. ? 1 ?>f tin. rohhery. but for some reason, could not traee the o"ilty party. Nothing has been learned an to the ! whereabouts of the robbers. 0. L. FoUs Kuls a. ITogro :n Chester. Last niviht Mr. < >. L. I*??ttts sliot nii'l killed Will Stevenson.colored, in tin lane at the tea of lleyinnn s store which runs down toward the Spriuujstcin mills. According to j Potts'.- statement. us lie was f^oim* Mhrouuh tbi grounds toward the i railroad. In came, upon two persons i :?' nil lit piu'/./.a t thf factory of i jjiM- I-) whom. 11?f>*?hiutr they wore i b >ys. lm mldi'i s. ;l some remark. ' and wis ??rn?-<! m response by a man Th? n la- discovered I hat tin >!ii r was a woman, anil wt jit on *ti111? up with someone else. and a little later met the | saint.' }*t rsnns. when tin* man curs iniT liirn and ehar^inic him with | following t'lm, dtf\v u pistol ami [ napped it a* him. Potts then drew his pistol and lio-d twice, <. 11 ' j ball taking eU'eel in the Iwm 1 with j tlic result nienlioinil above. He then toh! his companion to call a doctor and policeijian; Policeman .Johnson was found about the depot. and when he arrived, found the dead ne^ro clutching a pistol, which showed evidence that it had been snapped Mr. Potts surrendered and is in jail. The woman tu I.,.i,l 'f . MILLS & (Successorb to H ! I11) | J"* - * ***.??* nAvN? Something We keep a full stoe We will give your on I'ul attention and delh door. Something t (\_ t. .; llP^-ns*. i We also carry a full / Notions, Pants, Shoes MILLS & i "THE OLD REL I These prices < One pound of good One pound of good ()no nmmd of <nwwl I Oik* pound of 'Possi Olio pound of white ( hie pound of good Nice salt mackerel Uork salt, 50 pound ()no dozen 1 -k2 gallo ()ne dozen 1 -4 gallo One pair of men's g A set of good buggy Lot of buggy whips, Bagging < IVIr. L. N. (blip has liti l/vi^ i?l' -1 ^ Miiv rt \/i i M1^ ^ I 11*4 illMl I good as now goods ai from 20 to 25 cents a small lots are 55 oonts 00 cents for heavy woi largo lots, 25 bales or Call on Mr. Culp or Store" and see the bag These prices ( "THE OLD REE t. n. r,klk Wf W ^ T . <v YOUNG, allies ir Young.) Do Not Forget to call up No 12, when you are In need or? nice to eat k of FRESH GOODS, lers prompt and career your goods at your - ;* , - \ o Remember Our stock of Hats, for boys and moil, has never been so com* plete as now. stock of Dry Goods, , etc. YOUNG, TABLE STORE." can't be beat: green coffee, l()c. rice, 5c. tobacco, 25c. um baking powder, 5c, fish, 5c. soda, 5c. 10c each, s and over, 1c. ii Mason jars, $1. n Mason jars, 75c. ood pants, 40c. . 1. PA llill'llt'SH, O'-OU, l 10c, up. i ' . \ * * ' and Ties. renovated about 6,000 ios, which are just as ul can he bought at bale less. Prices in for light weight and ght,. Special rates in ever. a "The Old Reliable Iging and ties. ;an't be beat. I ABLE STORE." , Proprietor, ^