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iN THE LOCAL FIELD. ?repts of the Past Week In apd Around Towp Briefly Told. Mr. J. D. Potte was up from <Cii*?Kt?r Saturday. Mr. W. F. Harris returned from (Charleston Friday niurht - --J Miss Aihbk- Ardrey 1ms returned from, a pdeaswt visit to friends at Oflffnw, 8. C. A young sob'of ^r- ?T. J. Broom f.? seriously ill of pnuetnonia at j i&e upper mill. Mrs. Leroy .Springe, of Laurastar is visiting her parents, Capt. .and Mrs. 8. E. White. Your attention is directed to the report of the town treasurer for' the. year of 190J, which ai>pears <ejsertaere. Mr. fra 0. Siuythe spent several days of last week with his sons, Messrs. T. M. and lioschelle, in (Uhtstonia. Mrs. David Tr liner and eliil- : <Jren have returned to their home , in New York after a visit to rela- j tires in this place. The trustees of the graded 8Chool ; in this place have not yet secured * teacher as principal of the school ] for this year. Mrs. J. R. Kimbrell and little J ^nstul-soas, Kirk and Hazel Bradford. are visiting Mrs. Blackwelder, I in Ohnrlotte. i Mrs. J. A. Smith will ia the ' near fu*ur? erect a neai cottage on 1 Forest street oti the lot adjoining j that of her father, Mr. A. A. Young i A mule belonging to Mr. T. B. Belk was run over and killed by a train one night last week at a point , near Steele creek bridge, north of Fort Mid. The Ohio Concert Co., a negro ! qaisistrel troupe, gave concerts ! in the town hall during the past ! week. The shows are said to have been good. The regular monthly meeting of Catawba Lodge, If o. it?, A. V. M. will l)e held in the lodge room tomorrow evening. A full attendance is requested. Young men who are desirous of becoming members of the WoodAt. . UT_?I 11 ' 1 i#m ul mt< ?? orui SUOUIU t?tk?? ad- I vantage of the cheap rate now offered bjr the IochI camp. Mr. Joe Matthews, of Glover, and Miss Maggie Alexander, of the Flint Hill section, were married ou January 14th by liey. A. Finch, at the home of the latter in this place. A report reached town several days ago that a case of smallpox bad appeared in Pleasaut Valley. It is uow said that the disease is ' nothing more than a slight ease of cbickenpo*. Mr. S. VV. Parks has sold his Johnston place, south of town, to Mr. Ed Armstrong, of Hock H 11. Mr. Armstrong will at once build a house on the place, which wll bo occupied by his father, Mr. W. II. Armstrong. A report reached town yesterday afternoon stating that a negro man had been killed at the Catawba dam Monday afternoon by a large derrick p >le falling on him We were unable to learn the man's name. Mr. J. B. Erwin, who lives about two miles south of town, is confined to hie home with a severe case of what is said to be smallpox. Mr. Erwin has no idea where ho contracted the disease. Rev. A. Finch had his bicycle toleu from the front piazza of his home sometime during Thursday night. Mr. Finch thinks the wheel was taken by a strange colored tnan who applied for emniov inent an a cook at big liome during ' the day. Through the superintendent, J Mr. Jas. Giilignn, Mr. J. M. Ken- i nett was on Monday offered, by ! wire, the position of boss weaver ' of the Asheville, (N. C.) cotton mills. Mr. Kennett immediately > accepted the offer mid will move to I, the Mountain City in a few days. One of onr grocerymen stated j on Monday that on Saturday ho j had at least a hundred orders for butter, but was unable to till them. The scarcity of butter is thought ' to be due to the largo amount which is being shipped to the lur- ( ger towns. Mr. R. D. McKee, of Fort Mil'. was in town Tuesday to complete i a trade witli Mr. R. L. Fite for a , gart of the McKee estate near elmont. He bought Mr. Fite'e ; intereat in the estate and returned , home that Afternoon. Mr. McKee's brother was Sheriff of Gaston j county many years ago.?Gastonia j Gazette. Twenty-five bales of cotton be- 1 longing to Mr. Pinekney Spratt, of 1 Bela'r, came near being destroyed i by fire last Wednesday night. The I cotton was stacked near Mr. H Spratt's home and but for the ! timely discovery of the fire the 1 entire lot would have burned. The < cotton was marketed the following ; day. i / * C?plured a Bicycle Tttiel, Yesterday about noon, Jim Cuuniimhntu. a ne^ro man, cmne into town riding a bicycle. Officer i iMvens espied the uegro and immediately incpiirod of the man why he was riding his wheel on such a rainy day. Cunningham failed to ; give a satisfactory answer, and was . placed under arrest until some thimr further could We learned of j the hieycle and its rider. A 'phone message from Charlotte stated that a wheel had been stolen in that city on Monday anil was the , property of Mr. .Jim Ivev. The; Charlotte au.horitiee i on nested i that tlie negro bo hold here until an investigation could be made. , When arrested Cunningham had. wrapped in a bundle, a new suit of clothes, which bore the mark of the "Bee Hive,'* a clothing house of Charlotte. It was at first thought that the clothing I had also been stolen, but this proved untrue as the negro produced a receipt, showing that he had paid for the clothing. The wheel, however, does not fill the description of the one stolen from Mr. Ivey, and, while Cunningham admits that be stole the bicycle iu Charlotte, the authorities have up to this time failed to find the j rightful owner. Cunningham is still confined m the truard house I at this place. -? IJappy Marriage This Afternoon. A number of young people went clown to Rock Hill this morning to be present at the marriage of Mr. Edward L. McElhnney, of Port Mill, and M ins Ellen Howie, of Rock Hill, the happy event to take plaoe this afternoon at G o'clock, at the home j of the bride. Rev. A. S. Rodger- j is to bo the officiating clergyman, and the marriage will be a quiet affair, only a few relatives and friends of the contracting parties be i lie nresent \l t au n ?' ? * " * ' * *-V' ** lS" the charming daughter of Mr. ( T. iS. Howie, who whs ouce u resident of Fort Mill, and has many ! friends in this place. Mr. MeFlhany is a popular salesman of Fort Mill and is well worthy of the prize he has won. M r. and Mrs. McFlhauey will return to Fort Mill on the evening train and will for the present hoard with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Krwin, on White j street. iMgke Your Tax Returns Promptly, Auditor Williams arrived yesterday morning and has since been taking tax returns in one of Mr. J. j W. Ardrey's store rooms on Main street at which place he will J remain until Thursday evening. The year 1902 is the time fixed by i law for the re-assessment of real property for taxation, and all real | estate owners, resident and nonresident, and all persons having coutrol of such property in a fiduciary capacity, must strictly com- j ply with the law within the stated time, on or before February 20th, 1902. after which time the .">0 per | cent penalty attaches to nil delin-1 quents. All the citizens of Fort Mill township should take advantage of the opportunity now offered them, and thereby gave i considerable trouble and expense. < Swiped the Groom's Gun. Officer Xivvns received a 'phone i IllPKSJlirO Tlllivc/Inir t ..tvv ni IOI IIUUII I from J . 1?. Perguron, proprietor of the Central hotel, at Hock Hill, stating that a pistol had been : stolen from the hotel during the i day by a white man named Frank j Kilter, liitter had informed Mr. Ferguson that lie was coming over j to Fort Mill, and it was only a'; short time after the message was received tintil Hitter came walking up the railroad. Ollicer Niveau ( arrested the man and after a short ( talk with him succeeded in getting the gun. Kitter was allowed to go oil his way after paying the costs. ( The pistol was the property of Mr. O. <). Ferguson, a young man who; was married on Wednesday to j Miss Harnett, near ltock Hill. ? The South Carolina Convict System, j , Mr. Brevard Springs, of this city, regrets that the Legislature uf South Carol inn saw tit to decide ' that convicts should not be hired I to farmers or other persons afler January 1, l'.)i)2. For many years ' Mr. Springs has hired from the '? State 21 convicts, which lie worked on his farm near Fort Mil, S. C. , ] He U'lid the SIjiIm " " 'I. I _ _ 4 ' ?-vw a i^i''II i ll i J for ench of tin? convicts. He i guarded h ! k 1 fed 11 i * * 111 and the i State furnished clothes and paid for medical treatment and loss of j i time by sickness, Mr Springs jays the convict labor is tii?* beat i lie has ever had. Other South i Carolina farmers a^ree with Mr. Springs, and it is not thought that < the present sy tain of hiring the < convicts t<? the counties at $.">0 a ' year each will prove entirely satisfactory. Charlotte Observer. Gold Hill Gleanings. Jan. 21.?We have no apologue to make for our long silence. It may have been enjoyed by the readers of The Times. The health of this community is good at present. W. IS. Griffin line secured the services of Mr. Dave Gibson as "yardsticker" for the present year. The farmers have heeu busy of | late. Some are sowing wheat to take the place of oats which are j about all killed. The outlook is i ..I-. F -- *1- F - - > -- 1 ? v ^ 'UI1IJ nil ill/W IJII IIHT Jll l/JIS time. We were discussing the silnation recently with a young tanner, who had been getting on j reasonably well until iast year when he fell behind badly, and lie seemed to have taken on a double dose of the blues and was no good anymore. We told hiiu that ho was not up-to-date at all, that lie ' ought to get him a horso and bug- j gy, stick a pistol in his hip pocket, 1 a watch in his vest with a large yellow c hain hanging to it, a bunch of cigarettes in another j>o kot, 1 and, we stopped to catch our breath, when another man re* marked, yet lacketh he the one thing needful-a Mask of whiskey in another pocket. Well, he ailr?itt...l ll.:.. I- - r 1 - iniiLii mm 10 ut? h very ntsuiou- 1 able outfit, but we see lie is 1 mining in tlie old rut yet. 13. M. Faris has opened up a broom factory in our midst and has been turning out from twenty to forty dozen brooms per day. Call on hint hoesekeeperB. Married on the 2*>lh ultimo* Miss KUa, daughter of Mr. A. H. Merrill, and Mr. I'ut Graham. There are several more couples standing: on the brink of love which you will hear from later on. Mr. A. L. Thomas, just across the line, has been prospecting for gold on his farm and is said to have made a rich find. Mr. Sam Garrison we hear is hunting up picks preparatory to opening up a mine on his ranch. May success reward you, brothers. Miss Cainuue Crook is teaching a school at Kureka, up on the'' Thorn's ferry road. Splinter. Fort Mill Liquor Causes a Row. S. A. Anderson, a bar-tender for G. \V. Norman, of Charlotte, was1 recently before the court of that j city charged with an assault on j Berry Cunningham. Anderson ; claimed that Cunningham was attempting to carry away some j whiskey. He accosted him, asked ! him about the liquor, and Cun ninghain claimed it belonged to a man in Fort Mill. After the whis- 1 key wits taken away from Cunningham. he went, hack into the saloon and used profanity. Trouble fob I lowed and it was evidenced that j Anderson struck the negro. An j dei'sou was fined and the costs. Cunningham was taxed with the costs for being drunk. Burned While He Slept. v.n;irun u* news. Edwin Davis, a small colored j hoy, is in the city tombs, being! carod for by the city. Davis has a badly burned foot. Coming , from Yorkville, S. C.. last Friday, 1 night overtook him, and he built a. tiro in the woods and lay down to ; sleep. Some time during the night Davis awoke to lind that his1 left foot, an 1 not the wood, had been furnishing fuel for tin- Haines, lie managed to hobble to Charlotte and nt the police station told his story to Chief Irwin, who has since allowed him to remain in the tombs. His foot, especially all of his toes, are badly roasted and lie wsll be unable to walk for some time. IT GIRDLES THE GLOBE. The fame of Buckleu's Arnica Salve, as the best in the world, extends round the earth. It's the one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Hums, Bruises, Sores. Scalds, Boils, I'leers. Felons, Aches, Bains \ and all Skin Eruptions. Only infallible Bile cure. 25 e. a box at Meacham'a drug store. "***" ? Some of you who think you are j well tin in mi?!l i ?n/ Inut 1 r j11 j l" ipell the words in this little senI: "It is agreunhle to witness I lie unparalleled eestasy of two harassed peddlers endeavoring to gauge tiie symmetry of two peeled pears.M Read it over to your friends and him* how many can ?pell every word correct ly. THOUSANDS SENT INTO EXILE. Every year a large number of pr?or sufferers whose lungs are sore anil racked with coughs are urged to go to another climate. Rut this is costly and not alw ys sure. Don't Vie an exile when Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption will cure yon at home. It's the I most infallible medicine for ' Coughs, ('olds, and all Throat and . I.ung diseases on earth. The first dose brings releif. Astounding cures result from persistent use. i Trial bottles fioo at Meachnm's Drugstore. Price oOr and $1.00 I Every bottle guaranteed. / Niggers in the White House. Niggers in the White House looking mighty curious, N itTL't'l-S rilllll1IH? MViirvltiimr na r> ~?-j ?-"r>i Wljite folks getting furious. Niggers ou the front porch. Niggers on t he gable, Niggers in the dining room. Niggers at the table. Niggers in the east room Make a mighty throng. Niggers in the music room Ringing a coon song. Niggers in the hallway 'inking oft' their wraps, Niggers j.u the pool room mooting game of craps. Nary a place in the White House Without niggers many; Ha by in the nursery, A nigger pickaniny. Niggers on the stairway \4/: ? l - - ?? 1IJU \ery uilieu SillK'iy, Niggers in the Him* Hooiu Assembled for society. Niters iu the front yaril, Niters in the hack, Niggers come iu omnibus Aiul niggers come in hack. On they go to Washington With ii mighty rush. Forty thousand niggers Getting iu the push. Trouble in the White House, More than you can tell; Yelling just like maniacs, Niggers raising h?1. I see a way to settle it Just as clear us water. 1^*1 Mr. ilooker Washington Marry Teddy's daughter. Or, if this does not overtlow The cup of Teddy's joy, Then let Miss J)inuk Washington Lit* wed to Teddy's boy. But everything is settled, Roosevelt is dead; Niggers in the White House Out off Teddy's head. ?Exchange. - ?? Married His Step-Grand Daughter. Bein^ refused a license in Virginia, .lames M. Turner, a well todo fanner arose before daybreak Thursday morning. and after rid iiitf over .rrf> miles with Mn^tfie .Stephenson, his step ^rund-dan^liter, they were married Thursday afternoon by Justice Waltou, at Hopes' Hotel, in (iatesville, N. (.'. They live in Isle of Wi^ht. county, Virginia. Turner gavo his no?> as 40 years, but looks older, wuile Ma^ie is a comely blonde of ID. FOB, KB NT. A good two or three horse farm near Barbersville, S. (!. Apply to Alex Barber, Fort Mill, S. <j. FOR GOOD WHISKIES, WINES, BRANDIES, ETC CALL ON OK WHITE TO AU l? ll/\/\iri.ii? >> . ii. llViU V liH, CHARLOTTE, N. C. "Ti?e molacholy daya are here, J The saddest of the year," J "1\T I HON the cold winds whistle in the'ehimiiey and Jack J Frost catches the people with x their wood piles short. When J you feel that tickling) in Jyour A throat and n pain catches you ^ between your shoulder blades ? ? Then Is (lie (hue J ? for you to get ? ? CHERRY BALSAM t ? It acts pleasantly upon the ^ ^ throat and lnngs; it'is harmless, ? J soothing and agreeable to take. J J Don't, trifle with a cold 011 J 1 your lungs. Heiuember that ? A Consumption kills more men 4 # than bullets. A * ARDRKYS DRIJW STORK * + + TRY TUB City Barber Shop For ti first-cluBB HAIR CUT, SHAVE, SIIAMUOO, or HAIR SINGE. Carothers & Son. PROPRIETORS. Third door Rank building. NEWS AND OPINIONS OF NATIONAL) IMPORTANCE. r 1 a w <->? ? I II E - SU W ALONE CONTAINS BOTH. Daily, by mail, $6? year. Daily and Sunday by mall, $8 a year. The Sunday Sun IS THE OKRATK9T SUNDAY NKWSPAl'RH IN THE WOULD. Price 5c. a copy. By mall, $j a year. Address THE SUN, Now York, I * &F11IW 1 ALLWINTE | AT C S and many thing S cost. One $25 Indies' Cunt Suit, a ^ ?mt, at $6.W5. Out $20 Man's Su ^ ut Indies' Gap*** au?l Jaek? I Blankets at $2.40. All Winter Dr w New stock of ladies' mens' an Our losses 1aait year were *<? 1 y| only a strictly CASH business tUii opened, ami goods will be charged ^ have paid promptly. All goods ar MP and all customers letting acoouu jgb charged credit prices. which are It % L. J. MA JK 'Plioue No. 71. ; twwxwv&xx I Sloes Far ^ Hiuj, little, old hih( young. ^ The very heat makes of Shoe* i ^ Wo have built up a won ? Solby & Co/s ladies Fine Slut * The famous Walkover Sli X beat Shoe you can buy. Eve ir the School Boy's Pride, made ^ of the beat ncliool Shines on tli about iheiu, they will tell you ^ Also the name shoe for the li ^ Shoe for iniaaea and children. 0 A full line of Kubbera Le ^ you want Shooa, come where ; select from. Yours for the J MEACHAIV ^ 'Phono ] IX -LIV Ud.U Reliable Store < "? - ? tw iWXIC tomers and pro I New Yea | "We tlx | friends x liberal 0 . age dxx g past yo; g futvire,. ? past, w< g ?~v-erytlxj g power ? tlx? Deop x Again youforp & -W? are 1 Til OLD II ? T. B. BELK, i "It's just as natnral fo: g ers to follow." ???oH8)?0???0?S 1 txxx^^xj^ .v? G OUT | "D cnnr/t^ a mm m % -V^l Lmf ^ OST, ? ;& at less than ? t $7.!>0. One $15 Ladies' Coat S it at $11.50. Boys' $4 Overcietts ^5 its at oue-half price. I'ikiu "$4 J5 em Goods at COST. ^ d cfcildreus' Fiue Shoes just in. m) seavy that we are forced to do m i year. 2*q new auconut* will to ?> only to those old easterners who ^5 ? marked at lowest ea?k pr.i<*es ts stand over 80 /dayM will .he (0 ) per c*ut more. kSSEY, | Everytiody. \ Yes, all kinds of cyOES. ^ that the market afford*. <jP derful trade 011 t U?? Drew, *p es in the past twelve months. ? oe for men at $3.50 is the ry pair guaranteed. Also ^ by the same jnvople, is one in marKet. Ask the hoys tlmt they hold thorn up. tile ^ents. See the Star ^ g^ina and Over Gaiters. Tf ^ you chu have a variety to J Shoe trade. I 4. EPPS. J No. 04. ^ 5?$* 1 i w ?sitscus* 9 . a liappy g sperous ? r. I anlt our g for tlaelr a patron ? ring tlte | ar. In * Im.o ?.3 as ?xx 'tixw 0 3 slxall do | LAA?? 111 OUT" ?) to please ? >1?. % ttieLn.35.ln.fr s EtstfEL-vors $5 lly yours, S mi m I Proprietor. ?? as to had as it is fir elk- g Qy