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W IN HUE IQCAl mj). 7 t?il? ?f 1tK fast Week la and AraJkd *Uws Briefly Tald. Vaccination and sore arms pjsu tors nowadays. Miss Effie Gulp is visiting relJc-' atives in Rock Hill. Mr. G. H. Thompson visited his old home at Burlington, N. C., last week. Mr. Leroy Sprinirs. of Lancss ter, was a visitor to Fort Mill Sunday. Messrs. Ben Massey and James Fulp entered the K. M. M. A- at Vorkville last week. Prof. J. A Boyd, of Huntereville, N. C., spent several days in town Christmas week. Air. W. B. Ardrey spent a few hours in Charlotte Monday, on business. Christmas passed off quietly in Fort Mill except for the little rows that are to be expected during the holidays. On Monday of Last week Catawba river was only two feet lower than during the memorable freshet of last spring. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Gatling, of Hallsboro, N. C., spent the holidays with relatives in Fort Mill. Tit T *r 1 H ^ 1 iun?. at. v/aeu, 01 uoncora, spent several days of last week at the home of her sister, Mrs. S. E. White. Miss Xaunie McElbaney returned Hundny fr<uu Charlotte, where she visited relatives during the past week. Prof. Earl Tlvornwell returned te Kershaw Friday to resume his duties as principal of the high school of that place. Presiding Ekier Bays, of Rock Hill, preached the morning and evening sermons at the Methodist I church Sunday. Mr. IT. H. Johnston and family are now occupying the Mills house on the corner of Booth and Main I streets. The installation of new officers of Electra lodge, K. of P. took place at its meeting cu Monday evening. As will be observed by a notice in another column, the town election will be held on January 13th, instead of the 14th, as has been advertised. Owing to the complete failure of the last crop, s number of land owners in this township are having considerable trouble in renting out i i_ ?i-! uit-ir ihuun luis year. The southbound trains were considerably delayed during the past week on account of the high waters north of this place. Miss Eunice Hall, of Fort Mill, and Mrs. Ossie Hall of Pleasant Valley, returned last week from a visit to relatives in North Carolina. The attention of the authorities is directed to the condition of a email bridge near the Whitesprings ginhouee over which is it dangerous to cross. Mr. Thomas Parks and Miss Daisy Culp, daughter of Mr. Wm. Culp, were married Sunday evening Dec. 29th, by 'Squire Bailee, ? at the home of the latter, north of Fort Mill. Mr. J. M. Kennett iwaivaH a , nice reed rocking chair no a Christmas present from the employees of the weave room of the Millfort Mill, of which he is overseer. Mr. Edgar Price of Steele Creek, visited .at the home of Mr. It. P. Grier last week, Mr. Price was I once a student of the Fort Mill high school. Married on the 28th ultimo, Mr. Frank Johnston, Jr., and Miss Dora Gordon. Notary J. W. McElhaney officiated. The marriage took place at the home of the bride's father, Mr. John Gordon. Several cases of smallpox are reported to have recently developed in a fnmily of negroes on Mr. J. M. " Spratt's place, west of town. There are also said to he several new cases at the Fort Mill Mfg Co.'s village. Capt. T. B. Spratt, of the Fort Mill Light Infantry, requests us to state that a special meeting of the company will he held tomorrow (Thursday) night. The regular drill will take place Saturday .afternoon at 4 o'clock. Through Jthje effect? of an adver- I tisenient in The Times, Mr. S. L. | MeaeliAiu has secured aud shipped < 9,975 tags to the R. J. Reynolds | Tobacco Co., at Winston, N. C. j On account of the wet weather j during the holidays, the boys were i allowed the privilege of shooting fifeworks iuside the incorporate j limits. The merchants have very J unit iireworKs 10 carry over until uext Christians. Mr. Marshall Lazenby, who vras up from Rock Hill Suudny, brought the information that Mr. Toiu Airedge, n young man of Rock Hill, died of smallpox at his home in that city Friday night. Mr. G. P. Dobson. who has for some time been employed as a foreman at the Charlotte Brick ] Company's yard eouth of town, has accepted a position at the Ashe j brick yard in Ri>ck Hill, and i moved with his family to that city Monday. . ] Business has been quite dull j 6ince Christmas and is likely to be for the next two weeks. Tlio mer- i chants, owing to poor collections I during the past fall and present winter, are not in the humor to 1 sell goods 011 credit as yet, and there seems to be very little cash j in the liands of the buying public. I Anthony Adger, a negro boy . who has been employed as dray- , man for Mills A* Young, was called j upon a few days ago to account: for a number of articles which had been missed from the store recently. Adger protested inuo- j cence, but was willing to com pro- ; mise the case by paying the sum j of $10. Mr. L. E. Ligon spent several days of last week with his family, ; who are visiting relatives in this i place. Mr. Ligon, who has recently been employed as operator fur ; the S. A. L. Railway at Elberton, Ua., has again been transferred j to Wake Forest, where lie was first assigned to duty by the Seaboard. On Sunday of last week two! negro men, Bob McElwee and Lee j Potta, became involved in a difficulty about some cooking uten- ( sils, aud McElwee fired on Potts with a pistol. The shot took effect in Potts' back inflicting a serious wound. The affray occurred on Mr. L. S. Niveil's place, north of Fort Mill, and at last accounts McElwee had not been arrested. Repairing tbe Town halt At a meeting of the mnyor ntid town council held on Monday of last week it was decided to appropriate $25 to the Fort Mill Light j Infantry to be used in reflooring and otherwise repairing the town hall. The company will donate a like sum aud the balance is to be raised by a couple of our energetic young men who will in a few days open a dancing school in the hall, the proceeds to-be used in the repair work. Howevei^j tHe contract was awarded to Mr. j A. A. Bradford, Jr., relay afternoon and work on t'rtHf li?H ^ gun Monday morning. ? ? * *_ W. 0. W. and I. 0. 0. F. Fleet office^ At a recent meeting of White Oak Camp, No. 51, W. O. W. of ficers for 1902 were elected as follows : J. Q. Cousart, C. M. W. T. Hoagland, P. C. M. S. W. Parks, Adv. Lieut. L. .J. Massey, Banker. T. A. Mills. Clerk. A. R. McEliianey, Escort. J. M. Willeford, O. G. T. E. Merritt, I. G. The Fort Mill Camp I. O. O. F. electod the following as their otlicers for the present year: Geo. McMatius, V. Y. M. J. Adcock, V. G. J. W. Donahue, Secy. A. II. McElhaney, Treas. R. L. Kir by, W arden, W. L. Hall, Conductor. Young .Wan Dies of Appendicitis. One of the most serious opera- | tions performed in Fort Mill in n j number of years was that Tues- . day of last week when a 14-year- ] old son of Mr. W. D. Tlierell was operated upon for appendicitis, j The operation was performed by Drs. Kirkpatrick, Thompson and i Spratt. It was thought a short time after the operation that the ' young man was improving, but at about 5 o'clock he grew worse and death relieved his sutfering ut j a few minutes before six. The j interment was made Wednesday at tbe Pleasant Hill cemetery. V " Prof. Dye Elected But Cannot Accept. At the meeting of the board of trustees of the Fort Mill graded schools, held on Dec 17, Prof. J B. Dye, of Chester, wag elected to succeed Prof. S. M. Mason, as nrincioal of the ri-Iwk.I Pr??f. Dye whs at once notified of his election, and inquiry was made as to when he could come to Port Mill. In his reply, Prof. Dye asked the Fort Mill board to allow him a few days in which to tender his resignation, etc., nt Lowrysville, and promised to let the board of trustees hear from him as soon as this had been douo. The next letter from Prof. Dye stated that it would be impossible to accept the Fort Mill position, as the trustees of the Lowrysville school ha I refused to release him from his pr- sent charge. Steps will at once he taken to; secure a teacher as principal of i our school, and it is hoped to have everything arranged to open the] Kind oi year just eios< thing Store" of Mills < ord has been establish >>f customers who have ord, is due the compli business vision in eh jlvhich to do business, with obsolete ideas o disposed to be umvilli mauds of the hour as 1 ers. Our aim lias alw customers better good better treatment than other establishment, a of the upbuilding of tl the reason that the ye than the last, the last before it and so on ba have tried our level la as you have wanted Hi have been to a degree endeavor to improve t that we may merit to < your patronage4 and p;i that Dame Fortune w ing the coming year a prosperity on every vc ? MILLS & scoooi oi? February 2. Gold Hill Rural Mail Delivery. Carrier J. R. Haile, Jr., made ' his first trip over the new Gold j Hill rural delivery mail route Inst ; Wednesday, Jan. 1st., leaving Fort Mill at 10 o'clock n. in., and ( returning at dark. The route takes a westerly direction from Fort Mill passim; the homes of! Messrs. Edgar Jones and S. P.! Sutton, tlienee by Griffin's store' into Gold Hill, and returns to town ' by the Springs old place, the dis-! tance being about 25 miles. There j are 25 boxes on the route und were purchased, at ^1.25 each, by the following parties, near whose homes they have been located:' W. I. Jonee, Edgar Jones, J. H. Sutton, W. E. Griffin,O. P. Blankenship, J. G. Smith, W. 11. Windie. C. B. Kimbrell. W. 11. Boyd, J. P. Stroup, C, B. Smith, W. H. Crook, S. L.Garrison, Z. T, llailes, S. H. Epps, Jr., J. Ii. Kimbrell. W. It. Warren, S. P. Blankeiiship, J. Iv. Carothers, J. It. Miller, J. B. Nichols. W. O. Bailee, J. H. Potts, J. P. Crowder, D. V. Biankonship. Parties mailing drop letters at Fort Mill for patrons of the route will observe the fact that a 2-cent stamp must be placed on the let ter instead of a 1-cetit stamp as heretofore. Parties along the route express themselves highly pleast-d with the new service, and regret only one thing?that thoy did not apply for ! it sooner. 1901a" ! 1 A year in the can that marks some impr some advancement in tile in material for enl i*i Annual 4 Per Cent Dividend Paid Out The stockholders of the Savings Bank of Fort Mill held their ho- j iiuhI meeting January 0, and elected the following Iujuixl of di- I rectors: S. E. White, ?T. B. Mack, j t a f c. n ii* i? *? i 1 ?. in. r:?(Hiiti, . i). lucacuaiu and W. I. Jones. Tlio directors then elected officers hs follows: S. K. White, president; J. M. Spratt, vice-president; W. 15. M enchain, cashier. J. B. Muck and J. M. Spratt were appointed on the ti nance coin in it tee. The usual semi-annual dividend i of 4 per ct.^wus paid out t> tlie stockholders. <?? A Brilliant Christmas Affair. One of the chief attractions of' Christinas week in Fort Mill was | the Christinas tree and exhibition i by the pupils of Miss Annie Ca- i rothera school. The exercises in connection with the tree consisted of songs and recitations, and all who were presold say I hat the! children all did their respective; parts without even the slightest hitch. The town hall was the scene of the exercises and a large crowd of people were present. | Miss Carothera wan assisted in the exhibition by her father, Mr. W. R. Carothera. IT GIRELES THE GLOBE. The fame of Bueklon's Arnica Salve, as the beet in the world, extends round the earth. It's the, one perfect healer of Chits, Corns, Burns, Bruises, Sores. Scalds j Boils, Ulcers, Felons. Aches. Bains and all Skin Kruptions. Only in-i fallible Bile cure. 25c. a box at .Meachain's drum store. FOR RUNT.? A good two or three horse farm m'.rr Barbersville, S. O. Apply to Alex Barber, Fort Mill, S. 0. FOR (jlood whiskies, wines, brandies, etc CALL ON OB WRITE TO w. ii. iioovetl otuii.o c. I ____ 1902. f :er of a business house ovement in methodsideas is certainly ferthusiasni. Such is the ed with the. "Every& Young. A new reced. To the. thousands 5 helped us to this recunent of clearness o| oosing a house with , not weighted down f merchandising, nor ng to hei id to the der? voiced l>v its customays been to give ouj Is, better service and they c(add get in any nd thr.t is the secret lis institution; that is ar jusfi past was better better than the year ck to the start. We ^st t/,) do tilings .just loin, and feel that \v# successful. We will he r ext. year in order aven a greater extent irtisanship. We trust ill smile on you durnd stamp her seal of iiture. YOUNG. 4. V ... ajj I SELLIM | ALLWINTI | AT C ? ana many tiiinf S cost. Oh One $*25 Ladies' Coat Suit, a ^ Putt, at $U.D5. Olio $20 Man's Su ^ at $2.25. Ladies' Capes and Jack Dlankets at $2.40. All Ladies' Di flr Now stock of ladies' mens' an jA Our lossog last year were so ^ only a strictly CASH business thi opened, and floods will be eliargetl ^ have paid promptly. All goods ai flP and all customers letting aecoui Ufc charged credit prices, which are 1 | L, J. Mi |R 'Phone No. 71. * GREAT B $ For the next fe> ^ ten* some rare barg ^ ing goods: All Christ mas goods must go, r d&i $1 and $l.2"i Cake Plates ami ^ 7f? and !X) cent Plates and Bowl \ Our lino of Capos and Children half price. A few pieces of heavy Skirting ? $l.*J.'i, now Ui'.j and t)0 cents per i A few pairs of lClkin 10-4 Wool buy them now for.-$'5. WT Bargains all through our store. Wishing you a happy and pros with many thanks for your patri $ MEACHAI ? 'Plioue ^ lOiXVOuOuOiOX'/iAAAin rvi 1 The Old I 0 tSmers 1 anaprc 1 New Yes 1 "We tti I 0 friends ^ liberal 0 age dv ?| p??*.sft yc O futnre, ^ pa!St, -X7V . ? everyth j X power !g ttL? loeoi X, Again x' youforj ?> -w"? are X Rcspcutf: I Tie Dili Jt S T. IJKIil g "It's just as natural fo g ers to follow." ?0? IG OUT || lR GOODS I I rs at 1 r>cr? S I it $7,110. Que $i5 Todies' Coat it at $11.60, Boys' $1 Overcoats ^ ets at one-half price. Elkiu $t 5* ess Goods at COST. id children*' Fine Shoos just in. dw heavy that wo are forced to do s year. No now accounts will bo I only to those old customers who re marked at lowest cash prices IK < v its stand over 110 days will bo 0 i>or cent more. ^ . .--g ARGA1NS | v days wc will of- # ains in the follow- J rgardloss of cost. ilad Howls, at 75 conta. s, at 50 and 00 conta. is' Jackets arc going almost at : and Dross Goods, was 85 and f Blunlu cb, were $3.75, you can ^ iVnnn anrl 8eo them, ^ l?onms new your, wo are yours mage during 19U1. V1&.EPPS. \ i No. <71. ^ 3 ?@ 0?:?e?v3?0?@ Bsitscus- g ^ n. f-| n T^T^-rr X ? .joj >sperous | Lr' I Lanlc- our ? 3 fox* tlreir q patron- 2 iring trie ? iax*. Intlie 2 , as ixx tlie e sliall do ^ ^ Lirrs irr our ? to "pleas? g ple?. ? th.ank.ing x oastfavorg ?< ully yours, 'J: _ _ ' w iLIABLE SIB | V| ) (7) C, Proprietor. | j : is te lead as it is fur oil* j | ?@?@?&'@6),?@S 2 j ujM