" ' LOCAL
ANP PERSONAL ITEMS.
Good cotton. 7 50 to-day.
Born, c:: Saturday evening to
Mr. and Mra* R, V. Macon, a aon.
Mr. J. Me Murray ia attending
Krekiue College, at Due West,
S.C.
A Mr. Tliouins wm severely
injured at the dam Friday by a
heavy atone falling upon him.
Mrs. T. H. Meachan, Jr., and
child, of Greenwood, S. C., are
gueats at the homo of Dr. T. B.
TVf eneha in.
The Fort Mill Light Infantry
hag had a neat room built in one
-couuer of the town hall for their
gUIbo. .?tC.
Mr. W. W. Sellers hft Wednesday
evening for Dunn, X. C., where
he will be eugaged in buying
cotton.
One of our jovial friends asks us
to state that Mr. tt. P. Sutton has
at last found his little dog. Ho
says to ask Mr. Sutton.
Saturday wan the best trade day
our merchants have had this year.
Au uuus*ia|ly Large crowd of farmers
were in town.
Work was suspended at the dam
Monday ou account-of high water,
the riyer having overflowed their
works on Sunday night.
Mrs. 13, i). Heath and children
returned to their home in Charlotte
Friday after spending several
days with relatives in this place.
Mrs. John Love died Wednesday
at her home near the upper
mill after a long illness. The remains
were taken to Mtn. Island,
N. C., Thursday for burial.
Mr. Jos. P. (xilos, who has just
recovered fiviui an attack of typhoid
fever, came up from Hock
Hill Sunday and will spend several
days with relatives in this township.
Mr, 'W. IS, Deaton, whose ad
vertisenient appears in another
column, has opened up a first-class
meat market and restaurant in the
Jones building on Main street. A
nice dining room has recently been
added thereto.
Bill posters for John Robinson's
shows were in town a few days ago
and the small lioy has had his usual
"look and laugh." From present
indications a good crowd will
go to Charlotte tomorrow to sec
the circus,
Mrs. C. D Phillips is visiting
her son, Mr. W. M. Phillips, in
Rock Hill. It is reported thai
Mr. Phillips will move with hit
family to Lnurinburg, N. C., in a
few days.
Among thoso from ChnrlotU
who attended the Belk-(jatliii<j
marriage were Mr. B. D. Heath
an uuce of the bride; Mi&tfes Ada
Heath, Annie Morrow, Eula Heath,
Mrs. \Y. O. Nesbit and Mr. Henry
Be Ik.
Misses Esther White and Avn
Kimbrell have opened a dressmaking
establishment up stairs in
the Massey building, to the rear ol
the Woodmen hall, and will be
pleased to have their lady friends
call and see them.
Mr. Joseph Smith, wife and
children, arrived yesterday morning
from Pittsboro, N. C., and are
guests at the home of Mrs. Smith's
parents, Mr and Mrs. A. A. Young,
Mr. Smith has been in ill health
for several months and it is hoped
that a visit to Port Mill will benefit
him.
General J. W. Floyd has advised
('apt. T. B. Hpratt of the F??rt Mill
Light Infantry, to assemble his
coml)anv Saturdav for the annual
inspection. The company will
assemble in the town hall at 3:3C
o'clock, p. m. All members are urgently
requested to be present
The Book Hill and Vorkvillecompanies
will also be inspected thin
^ week.
Mr. L. K. Brown, until recently
manager of the Hook Hill roller
mills, spent Thursday in Kort Mill
Mr. Brown, who has had years of
experience in the mill business, is
interested in the erection of a mill
at this place and his business in
town last week was to try and organize
a company to build out
here. lie stated to a Times reporter
that all the business men and
farmers want a mill, but each our
1 wants the "other fellow" to build
it. Too bad.
"J" *'
Miss Annie Stevens relumed t<> j
her home in Hock Ilili Monday
morning.
Mr, uud Mrs. Ralph B< lk of
Walkup, N. C., visited relatives |
here last week.
Mrs. S. M. Mills is visiting her
son. Mr. T. M. Hughes, at Lancasi
cnster this week,
| Col. Leroy Springs and little j
; son, Elliott, spout Sunday at the ,
, home of Capt, S. K. White,
Mr. J. K. Wiljiuiuson left Satur|
day night for the Pan-American!
j at Buffalo. He will l>o gone for j
: about ten days.
A Mrs. Thomas died Friday n ar
i tiie Fort Mill Mfg. Company. The
burial took place at McAdetis,
N. C., Saturday.
There is talk of the S. C. A d.
ie.- :? :* i.
I u.\. Mnuntiji [|HH 1111; lift 1
from Blacksburg to lioek llill in
tii? near future.
Mrs. J. L. Dnbbs returned to
her home in lioek Hill Saturday
after a viait to her moth or, Mrs.
G. W. Melton. |
Miss Lizzie Be lk returned to her
home iu Lancaster county Sntur- |
day after spendi ng several days
with relatives in this place,
i There were niueteen jugs ami
several cases of whiskey put off
the southbound train at this place
Saturday morning:. Is there need
of a dispensary in Fort Mill?
The city of Rock Hill is soon to
%ve a daily paper U? be kntiwn as
The Journal, being the outgrowth
of the aemi-weekly Journal established
there a few months ago.
Mr. S. L. Mencliam has completed
the extension of his 'phone
i line to the Providence section.
i The line now readies n point near
Providence church.
Mrs. E. Fulwood was considerably
bruised on Sunday by the
falling of n pulley at the well of
Mr. T. A. Mills, where she had
' gone loget a bucket of wnter.
Bryan, the 11 -montha-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Goo. Dohson, died
i ruinaay arternoon ot pneumonia.
1 Mr. and Mr. Dobson live in the
Boyd house on the southern out1
skirts of the town.
* The State board of equalization
' having completed its work as to
' cotton mill and railroad insurance,
' Treasurer Neelv now has the books
* in hand to collect York county's
taxes, which work will begin in a
> fow weeks. Fort Mill township is
1 to pay $0,420,412 of the grand to1
| tal $1)2,903,68.8, which will bo col'
j lected this year.
1 i The Charlotte News of last
li Wednesday says that Squire Hoey
; unci 3lr. It. tx. Graham (known in
i Fort Mill ufi Peg-Eeg Graham)
mot today and purchased their
L winter shoes. Mr. Graham took
the left shoe and Squire Hoey the
right. Both were deprived of a leg
in the civil war. Every year they
1 meet and purchase one pair shoes
which isamplesutliciency for both.
Fort Mill now has a night oflicer,
whose duty it is to guard the husi'
| noss portion of the town between
the hours of JO p. m. and
a.ui. Mr. 11. V. Macon deserves
' credit for the town's securing this
much-needed officer, for it was
' : ho who first agitated the matter
1, and who also solicited subscrip
; tions with which to pay the watchj
man's salary. Mr, E. P. II. Xivi
ens, lately a guard on the county
j chaingang, has been given the poI
UIf i(?n
The ladies bookclub held their
first meeting of the season at Mrs.
1 T. B. Bulk's Tuesday afternoon
and effected a re-organization with
1 ! sixteen members. All the old
1 members were enrolled except two
who had moved away and thr?*e or
four new members were taken in.
This attests the popularity of the
1 elub and the enjoyment the ladies
tind in the organization. Mrs.
S. E. White was elected president;
j Mrs. W. 15. Ardrey, vice-president
' and Miss Clara Sledge, secretary.
A list for an order of new books
1 was arranged.
' The Hock Mill Ilorald of last
1 Saturday announces the death of
Mrs. W. S. Nicholson, which oc1
curred in that city on Tuesday
night of last week, after a several
' week's illness of typhoid piMMimo'
mollis. Mrs. Nicholson was tin*
' eldest daughter of the late Isaac
( Newton Wilson, of Fort Mill She
\* : %
*
^ ????@ ? ?'
^ Wai
|j iJiis
jpj spue
O next
Iwcel
we a
goinj
to su
pris(
you.
Mill!
and
You J
ft)
warn mm penetrating the brnui.l
Very little hope in entertained for
Ilia recovery, although he ia atill
alive at tlua writing.
-? ?Stepped
Into Live Coal*.
"When a child I Iniriied my foot
frightfully," writea \V. II Mads,of
IoiichviIIc, \ "which caused
horrible leg sores for dO yea id, hut
Ullcklen's Arnica Salve wholly
cured ine >ift??r everything else
failed Infallible for I hi ins, ( hits.
Scalds, Soies, Bruises and Biles. ,
Sold bv T. |i Meachaui. 2oc. I
Mr. t'lvdr Barber sjn-ai Suuday hi/1
Keck Hill. J 1
/
I
i ls>OQ?a???0?0<
"
was married to Mr. Nicholson February
17, 1881, and to thorn were
horn nine children, five of whom
survive. They lmve lost three
little hoys since moving to ltock
Hill from this township about ten
years ago.
from early morning until h>
o'elo'-k Thursday night the store
| of Messrs. Meaehain <V' Kpps was
I crowded with ladies and a number
I of womanly men viewing tin beautiful
tleeorations of their thiol
annual fall opening- Miss Chutis,
i who has charge of the millinery
| department, is an artist in the
trimming of hats, and that .--lie has
proven herself to he, is best evil
denced by several ladies who have
' 1.?.../! i I- 4 I. . I...4
, >?.vsi in (u u iw iriii(iii\ (Iiat uir il'ii.i
were the prettiest tlint liavt been
displayed in Fort Mill for a iniiu,
hor of yourfi. Tin* openi ns^, in
jevery particular, whs oho ijrand
SllCCCSri.
i John Cauthon, colored. who. it
will I>o roiMoiiihorod was urn sled
i and inado to pay a lino at tluspluee
a lov, days aj^o, was shot, on Thurs|
day niulit at the plant of tin- Ca!
taw ha Power Company. Cuntheii
was basking in the moonlight near
one of the cabins, when a pistol report.
was hoard and lie was seen to
fall. No one knows who tired the
shot or why it was tired, but it is
said that Cauthen was a desperate
diameter and that ho was shot in
this manner is not to be wondered
at. Medical aid was summoned
from Koek Hill and it was found
I
that the ball had taken < ITeet just .
below the light eye ranging up j
I
I
if
^ ?
iris ?
69
B tb
xP
xe. ?
3'? ? ??????????
A Fiendish Attack.
! An attack \v,-n lately mad * < >tt C
I K. Collier of Cherokee, Iowa, th:i
i nearly proved latal. It euun
| through It in kidneys. Ilia hack go
ihi) mint* ne coulil not sto.?p wit hou
; jjreat pain, nor wit in a elmir excop
; prnppeil by cushions. No reined;
j helped liitn until lie tried Khrtrii
Hitters which effected mich a won
derfuI change that ic writes hi
feels like a new num. This i.inrve
1 Ions medicine cures headache am
j kidney trouble, purifies the blow
i and builds up your healt h. Onlj
J ;")()<: at Menehnni's Drugstore.
"
Harness Gil
I (for blackening and polishinj.
; harness.)
Train Oil
(for preserving .uirness.)
Castor Oil, 2uil. grail*
(for or?-asiiiLC bu^ii s.)
Engme, Cylinder
and other ' his at
ARBREY'S,
AN AnVKKTlSKMIiNT.
This concerns the "IVaenek and Other
Piicins," :inil "Is'fters of Tivn," 1>_\
.lames Hampton Ist.
His book of love h-tt'Ts has !s-en pro
lioiilieeil the (liviiiest anil Ulie.st e\t.ini
Th?lMMikof I'oeins ti.isalrniidy brought
l.i <
i ?ii- . 111 imr miluy ii'iicrs ot r?Migl'aI ul.i
tiou anions which is the following:
Morristown, Teim.. Anj;. l'?, r.ini.
Dear Mi. !.? < : With tin- weird niusie
of "The IVarock ' still ringing in my
ears, I write to thank yon for the heatitifnl
gift of your delight fuI ]M?ons.
I had heeu looking anxiously for its
MpiNturnnce and 1 ran " truthfully" say
that it confirms my predict ions. How
proud your mother must l?c of lief gift
ed son! Tell her I rejoice with her in
your itucceits I never nee a young ntuii
leading a clean, grand lifu, hut what 1
want to congratulate his mother, for I
know how thankful she must he and
how many prayers she has made for
that end.
So many have admired your hook
that I had to wait ami wait for a rlianoi
to read it.
May all your readers see with my eyes
and your suere?s i?? assured.
Your true friend,
i Mi's.) I,, K. I)<niahlsoii.
i Samples of the ahove' hooks are oil
sale at the store of Messrs. \V. 1'
Awl re y it Co., or tlmy will he mailed oil
receipt of the price, il.otieaeh.
THK AHItKY I'KKSS. Publishers.
Ill, Fifth *vi\, Ne\v York City.
1 -, I - T
? W? 3,re Beady
'^r 'T!*?*n-cert cv*r*rp1c*frs ?#to<
^ *l??UKlf toVMrrt MM
^ ^VeUiice mavo D^WSt-iS-!
^ 4 b- 1 nv? corns i*K*d, aivi *.v?e c
Q (i.i: wjs.iv *b-jut 'Iiifcf ,wlw
cr.iBKjeetetoi? iwtow tiiia, ?o 4li<
| 0 y/ur *. ?*? l?y bariixji^ oei<^S?K
^ - M:r i-wj ^rent sfdemutm >
. s jt A1 ' TV. ")tttf Aa vu< 4 w
'W Vice <b mti ho| i
I . ?x'j t "?i 1 t. see osr iL*!i
4 ^ .-* il! k J1 j3fifi?rati>rrcr
? U'tt.'. Mv y v.iv ;???! ttkoot; 3
r.av !k.v 4<?>? ,runny iic?
P wO >*nd ?vi ts<'i^?H?3s ,'liiS
(lil'ir s
J L. J. IV] J
#
m s s
^ H H
5 o 1
S E
S
All kui^H of SHOES. 1
jP rn*)r. K?'riH^. All tho latest TV
JK yo-i vwtnt ?4U(l you h?ihII Uure
g ; !r tiso o :ehrat'?d J)rou\ Sel
o2. 4 L>.r?() mid $J. Tl?rt
utnt'o:; AIsoh line ?;f wnl
W S? <> > Co., <hat noxl 110 itiLruC
W ipxds yoara. If y<
I fm ask t?j ?? ? our special ^(.oU ?i
V Lyntt., Mam. A full line of <
Uk :S?ar Shoo Co., <>t" l/ortsiiioutl
^ Iroui $1 1<> $1 per jwiir. An
i ^ SIhmu
If you want any kind of
iR vvf liavo them.
S MJGACHAI
i| "TILE OLD KEL
'These prices?
()no pound of good
. i
< )no pound of good
Olio pound of good
()no pound of 'P08SI
()no pound of white
One pound of good
Nioo suit ninokorol
Uook sail, 50 pound
iin 1111'/ / in 1 O 11..
wm u I " v
(>no dozen 1 -4 gallo
One pair of moil's g
A sol <4 i*ood buggy
Lot of buggy whips,
Bagging i
Mr. L. N. Culp lias
bales of bacilli* and t
good as now goods ai
from 1o 25 cents a
small lots arc 55 cents
/?i k ' *
t)ti cents tor Heavy wei
large lots, 25 bales or
Call on Mr. Culp or
Store" and see llie bat*
These prices*
"THE OLD UELI
T. 15. BELK
V P
\
^1
. ^H
? _?--^?BB^^M
mm
*
To Show Tea
k i-rf FALL <QOQ6SS
5<^CK tiMmafll flte
roitcuft Hk? awSt CastbSioua/^^^H^^^^^H
<**t?jKvctaUy attractive and
i* p?u La?y otiter pdaoes. 0?r
*y tn-y la prill tke wo<jfl oner
?r* 31 EL PCiCE ?d MR. VHH
wfiivuit tike -dUier, iaal we
i ee .T ad* >(ut? Cent Svv to. P!
S1kx?. .Kuery Infcy Jummrs ^
r *L:i! fo fuunkwa/? Wew.
n.Mji'f.' .quality uu .weill as ^ B1
[load turn-id wedAo, ?.r*5. <*om- ? '>V
it>s And Seek. Ask for ir.*hat S
it. In 4V?r?HTi',a iShoea <we jS )Pj
by ?& Coue 4a r?e acid wi ta at ^ J
se Kidfl haw a cixti^ud cep- ? J
t? made by tin? Uay "State m
lection, 08 We ?dd ltfipaa * ?
ju want n medium pricedone 4R
!*ot? made .by dtnei^&ltaBD, of 4R
ii ildtvii<s -S1k*? made l>y fcho 9
il, Ohio. All kinds of Hkoes aH|
i elegant line ut Children'? '9
Hlioee, rMave. and see ua, for S
HI A EPFS. |
IABLE STORE."
can't be beat:
ppreen coffee, 10c?
rice, 5 c.
tobacco, 25c. 7^
..... , VU
fish,
soda, 5c,
10c each,
\ ' ' ' ' ' A '
s and over, lc.
11 Mason, jars, 81,
11 Mason Jars, 7i5c,
ood pants, 40cJ
harness, 87.50,
10c. up. /
and Ties.
renovated about 6,000
ios, which are just as
ul can be bought at
bale less. Prices in
for li^ht weight and
ght. Special rates in
over.
a "The Ohl Reliable
mid ties.
;an't be beat.
IAI1U4 STORE." j
, Proprietor.
' . . .