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PS A iv ' * ? * | IN THE LOCAL FIELD. ___ Cvents of tbe Past Week In and Around Town Briefly Told. Cotton is bringing 7 90 cents on this market today. Mills ?fc Yonug announce a great display of holiday goods. Only two weeks in which to rmv V * State taxes, unless there is au extension of time. Mr. Joo. Hoke will visit the Charleston exposition during the Christmas holidays. Next Wednesday being Christ.mas day The Times will be issued on Tuesday of next week. Jas. H. Thornwell, Jr., arrived home from Cliuton, S. C. Friday and will spend the holidays here. A large number of the young people enjoyed a party at the home of Mrs. L. P. Fulp Friday evening. J. E. Ardrey came up from Columbia this morning to attend the Ardrey-Spratt marriage this aftertioon. Miss Mason Harris returned from Rock Hill Friday evening after a visit to her aunt, Mrs. T. O. Til r lowers. Mrs. J. M. Kennettand children left yesterday morning for Lexington. N. C., where they will spend several weeks with relatives. On account of the extreme cold weather, and the nearness of the holidays, the graded school at this place was closed Monday morning. Mr. W. F. Downs, who until recently was employed at Fishing Creek, S. C., has accepted a position with the Charlotte Brick Company. The advance in the price of cotton during the past few days has caused a rush in sales. An unusually large number of bales were marketed at this place Saturday. Mr. Van. Blankensliip, who moved from this township to Arkansas about 13 years ago, is visit\ing relatives in Gold Hill. This is Mr. Blnnkonship's first visit iiere since going West. A I * a numoer oi young men, in-1 eluding a eon of Contractor Ordway, arrived in Fort Mill Saturday morning from Danville, Va., and are stopping at the Palmetto Hotel. They will be employed on the cast wing of the Catawba dam. The following subscribers have recently been addod to the locai 'phone exchange: Mrs. M. J. Hall, No. 78; Millfort Mill cloth room, No. 81; M. J. Adcock, No. 79; Kirkpatrick's farm, No. 80. There are now 194 phones on the list. A little more than two weeks remain in which citizens can register to vote in the town election. Those who have not registered should do so at once. The only ' .requirement is that of presenting your county registration certificate. * Cards have been issued an nouncing rue marriage ot Mr. ?Jno. j Collins End Miss Bessie MeEl-J haney, of Poortieth, N C., to take place at Belair Methodist church on the 18th instant. Miss McElis a sister of Mr. E. L McElhaney and Mrs. J. W. Erwin, of Fort Mill. On account of the recent outbreak of smallpox in this community, the Home Missionary Society will not hold its fancy work bazaar in the town hall Friday evening. The goods will be placed on sale at the home of Mr. E. W. Kimbrell, and the people are invited to call and aee the many pretty things they have. In response to the letter of Intendant McElhany anent the smallpox among the negroes in the upper section of the township, Dr. Bacot, a State physician, came to Fort Mill last week and, after examining the cases, pronounced it smallpox of a very mild form. No now cases have been recently reported. Some excitement was caused in town Saturday morning by the discovery at the upper mill of what . was suspected of being smallpox. 1 .Therrt i? nf nrnonnt ... ?> |/>UUI.UI/ vuiiniuciauin ! k difference of opinion as to whether a it is smallpox on account of its B mild form. However, the authorA ities have taken such precaution as they think will prevent a spread B of the disease. BB On account of a number of the membors wishing to attend the reception of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. fl^B Spratt Thursday evening, Catawba Lodge No. Ob, A. P. M. will meet fl|^B at 4 p. m., instead of the usual BB hour, 7:30. The meeting iomorB^Brcw afternoon will consist of work ^H^Bin the third degree and an election officers. Mr. F. T. Pegram, who has for HB^R number of years been proprietor B|B the Palmetto Hotel at this place, |^^Bil retire from the hotel business ^^^^^Ber January 1st and will take up ^^^^^Bning on the place in Bethel H^^^^Bnship recently bought by him. ^^H^^RPegraui's family will not move country at present, but will BflH^^R)y one of their cottages on BHH^^R) street. Wo not BEB^Rd who will succeed Mr. PegRBBB the Pulmotto, mSaBsm^ ' Mrs. R. V. Macon is visitiug relatives at Blythewood, S. C. Rev. J. B. Massey, of Richmond, Va., is expected home during the holidays. Santa Claus is coming. The chiklren should all read Meacham & Fpps ad. Mr. J. P. Crowder has removed his family to the Springs place, north of Fort Mill. Mr. W. S. McMurray, of Baltimore, spent Saturday aud Suuday at his home near Fort Mill. It is said that the mills in this place will give their employees five days for the Christmas holidays. The children are wondering whether there will be a Christmas tree this year. We have not heard of one. W. R. Bradford left Friday evening for his home in Lexington, Ky., after a visit of several weeks in this place. As a result of the rains of Saturday night and Sunday, Catawba river was 1G feet above low-water mark Monday. Mrs. J. R. Boulware, of Rook Hill, spent several days of the past week at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. M. Grier. Mercury in the thermometers stood at 14 degrees above zero Monday morning. Tiiis io colder, by several degrees, than any day this winter. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Meacham, Jr., of Greenwood, S. C., arrived Monday evening aud will spend the holidays at the home of their parents, Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Meacham, in this place. The Clover Reveiw, a York county weekly newspaper, has suspended publication. In his valedictory, Editor Gwinn says that ho thought the people of Clover wanted a paper, but he finds that he was mistaken. Intendant McElhanoy has not yet succeeded in finding the owner of the shotguns which wore advertised in The Times some weeks ago. It is thought they were stolen in North Carolina. Report reached town Monday that a free-for-all fight had taken place at the Catawba dam on Sunday, in which several negroes were : j , i_i_- i ? ^ cuuBiueruuiy uruisea. imo arrests have been made on account of the melee. John Jenkins, a nepro man who baa been held in Charlotte several days as a suspect, was released Friday. Jenkins was arretted last Wednesday at th3 \*o:ks of the Catawba Power company, three miles west of Fort Mill, by Messrs. It. C.JBeik and Uobt. Gordner, of Mt. Holly, N. C. A preat n.any of our people have not yet become acquai ited with the recent change of schedules in the Southern, and a number have been disappointed by beinp too late to catch the trains. The only chanpe of any consequence is in the southbound train which is due here at 7:50 a. m. A tenant house on Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick's place, south of town, and occupied by an old colored man, was destroyed by tiro Thursday arternoon. A peculiar incident in connection with tho tiro was that Mr. S. L. Meacham was on his way to the place to install u 'phone in the house, when he discovered it to bo on fire. Prof. S. M. Mason, who recently accepted a position with the war department was on last Wednesday notified that he would be expected to report for duty at Sullivrn'e island on December 2Gth. Prof. Mason will remain in Fort Mill until the 20th, and aftor spending a few days at his home in Yorkvillo, will depart for his new field of labor. In veiw of the fact that smallpox is prevalent in this community, Mr. J. E. Williamson, superintendar.t of the mills in this place, has sent each of his employees a ciri eular letter requesting all thoee, who have not been, to submit to vaccination at once. He also asks that no strange negroes be allowed to come near or enter the homes of his employees, Mr. Lee Warren, whose home is about two miles north of Fort Mill, came to town Thursday afternoon suffering with a bullet wound in his right leg. He was cleaning his Distol. a 38 calibre. wlier> if At the meeting of Eleotra Lodge No. 87, K. of P. on Monday evening the following oliicers were elected tr?f?erv?a dnrir?rr ; " 'Twas tho night before Christinas And ail o'er tho houso," Do you remember wlmt a great event the Niget Before Christmas ue8d to be to you ? We can furnish you come holiday presents thai are calculated to make tho Day After tiie Night Before one long to be remembered by children and adults alike. Bcoks. Everybody expresses surprise that we should have such nice ones and by such notablo Authors and they are dumfoundod by the pricos. Think of dainty little was accidently disd barged, the ball entering his leg from the hnek side and lodging directly over the knee cap. Dr. T. S. Kirkpatrick dressed the wound. The following invitations have been received in Fort Mill: "Mrs. Ellen K. lielk requests the pleasure of your presence at the marriage of her daughter, Margarot Elizabeth, to Mr. Lewis Marcellus Clyburn, Tuesday evening, December twenty-fourth, at 3 o'clock. Dixie, South Carolina.'' Miss llolk has a number of relatives in this place. uoQKs in licit white vellum with ornamental designs in gold and artistic doral decorations at 35 cts. per volume. And yon can get each titles as "Scarlet Letter," 'Elisabeth and Her German Garden," "Visits of Elizabeth," "Paul and Virginia," "The Poets," etc. All-Linen Juvenile Books at 5 and 10 cents. The prettiest little Testaments you ever saw at 25, 40 end 50 cents. Xmas Cards. Boautiful works of art, with holirlo\? ? ~ ? 1 A x vaci^ ^!OCLIU|{ HUU ICXl. And whnt would bo nicer for an Xmas present than a handsome bottle of tlie best quality of perfumery, or a stylish box of stationery? Be sure to call and see, Ardrey's Drug Store. | FOR GOOD WHISKIES, i 7 | WINES, BRANDIES, ETC CALL ON OB WRITE TO W.n. IIOOVEK, CHARLOTTE, N. C. ? v vuo niDUlU^ year; W. B. Meacham, C. C; L. J. Massey, Y. C; R. F. Grier, Prelate; S. L. Meacham, M. of A; J. P. Crowder, M. of W; J. M. Spratt, K. or R. and S. and M. of F; D. G. Thompson, M. of Ex; T. B. Spratt, I. G; Alex. Barber, O. G; L. A. Harris, trustee for three years; B. M. Faris, trustee for two years; T. S. Kirkpatrick, trustee for oue year. SAW DEATH 2TEAB. "It's often made my heart ache," writes L. C. Overstreet, of Elgin, Tenn., "to hear my wife cough until it seemed her weak lungs would collapse. Good doctors said she was so far gone with Consumption that no medicine or earthly help could save her. but a friend recommended Dr. King's New Discovery and persistent use of this excellent medicine saved her life." It's absolutely guaranteed for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma and all Throat and Lung diseases. 50o and $1.00 at Meacham's Drug Store. Trial bottles free. The Amos Owens Cherry Tree Company, of Henrietta, N. C., of which so much has been published, can now be numbered with things of the naet. Manv of its nnmnio / # " in this State received notice to suspend business for one month in order to allow unfriendly feeling to die out. Upon the heels of this notice comes the news from I Charlotte, N. C., that the Amos Owen's Cherry Tree company was i indicted in the Federal court for j usiuK the mails for fraudulent purposes. The officers of the company, it is said, have fled, and many evidences of fraud in the scheme and its methods have been found out. FOR RENT.?A pood two or three horse farm near Barbersville, S. C. Apply to Alex Barber, Fort Mill, S. C. 1 OUR ICLEi Begins until Chris save 20 p< come to se< plete stock T=Pi I We hj g mont of 1 @ means a sa 1 We ha ROCKING <g make a vcr ? To the ,? l)e glad to i g nothing to g will mean ; g In fad g will convir ? can get by 1 THll 1 We h,r ? GUANO, 1 Holici r i In looking for f peals so much to the Clx We will feel liig our stock of Beautiful SANT^ just loaded down with! nice TOYS, etc., for* j i -? -? -? me uoys and Uirls,j for here is where lie} will get the nieH things for the Xmasl trees, as well as tofillj the stockings of tliej many little ones. At visit to this store will! convince you. 4 J 4 AVe offer special ( Dry Goods Shoes, etc. We have nice stoc and inspect our goods The most coinplel found here. TV/TTT .T ivcjust received sever or grain. The price is a???e?@?????shj ay G-r*< ro jA.II. i present for the lov taste and idea of the inawa lily honored if you Presents in this line. 5 : l t i idrc I kS'i-Oh- \ #&'- -:"< : : %* $&> J : ;/. | ^S* | JII11ISTMAS PRICES KTotions, 3 in this line and it before buying, to line of Groceries i Yours for busin .S <&. TO t M M ^ ; .> t~S s V* -f, 3Q??Q8G&g LLE 1 continues ? i want to purchases, & ou a com- ^ lsc, ? c*e. | ther ship- ? Lees. This 0 tlie buyer. @ ortraent of & lich would Q >sent. q x*s we will C5 1 cost you M hat a look Lort, a visit AINS you S m I >r. h al tons of ? low. ^ Beting^ l ed ones nothing ap~ beautiful as artistic /re. I ill call and examine A lot of Christmas Goods that will scoop in the holiday business, for this is Santa Claus' relay station. We have lots of nice things for Christmas that were unknown last Christmas. Come while you have an unbroken stock to sei loot irom. S on our entire line of Elarts, Oa;pjby will pay you to call n Fort K": : ^A uisra-. ^ _ _ V v -v -w w *-* i-r ANNUAL .RANGE ; December 11th and >tmas day. So if yoi ?r cent on your cash 3 US. We will show y of General Mcrchandi ax*nit"u.: ive just received ano furniture, at close pri ving of 25 per cent to 1 r / \ '? ? i i in niuriv <1 IIll'U HJSSl i CHAlllS, one of wl y acceptable Xnms pre Slioes. people who wear she show our line. It wil look, and we know tl a sale. t, to make matters sli ice you of the BAHG coming to ILD RELIABLE S B. BELK, PROPRIETC A