*N THE LOCAL HELD,
Events of the Past Week In and Around
Town Briefly Told.
Dr. T. 8. Kirkpatriek spent
yesterday in Charlotte.
Business holds up very well
despite the cry of hard times.
pearly every other person you
meet nowadays is suffering with a
cold.
All sorts of conatry produce is
iri demand in Fort Mill at good
prices.
The drummers are now traveling
in droves seeking orders for spring
^jkjoods.
f The Millfort mill was shot down
Monday on account of making
repaira
Dr. C. B. Stevenson, of CharlnttA
n'OO n Hf-II
? w ?*V| ?< mw m ? in t iiVyl tvj 1' UL I 1X1.111
Saturday.
Miss Frances Harris left some
days ago for an extended visit to
ielatives at Wake Forest, N.C.
Miss Mason Harris hAs resumed
her duties aB teacher of the music
claa6 of the Gold Hill high school.
Accord ing to the almanacs, the
days now are at. >ut one hour longed
than they were the first of the
year.
Congressman Fitdey is making
an effort to se< ire an appropriation
of $100,000 for a public
building at Ko k Hill.
Mrs. W. M. Kimbrell, of Greenville,
S. C.. spent several* days of
last week with relatives in this
community.
Mr. Joe Donahoe and Mrs.
Minnie Campbell, employees of
the Fort Mill Mfg. Company, were
married on the 20th of January.
There has been a gratifying impixwepient
recently in the condition
of Mrs. A. A. Yountr who wuh
seriously ill of the grip.
At/a meeting of the town council
on Monday afternoon Mr. T. B.
Belk was elected to serve on the
board of health.
Mrs. S. B. Meacham and son,
Harry, of Brooklyn, N. Y., are
visiting their relatives, Dr. and
Mrs. T. B. Meacham, in this place.
A genuine case of smallpox is
reported from Pleasant Valley.
All the school children there and
I many others have been vaccinated.
The police should watch all
strangers coming here, and if any
nrp fnnnrl \rlin flnn'f ouam I
^ any business they should be told
to move on.
Mr. James Epps has been ongaged
by Mr. J. W. Ardrey to
manage his Kimbrell farm, south
of town. Mr. Epps moved to the
place some days ago.
Mr. Geo. W. Scott, of 'Burlingbop,
N. C., has accepted the posi- I
tion of chief engineer of the Fort
Mill Mfg. Co. He began work
last Wednesday.
Jas. H. Thornwell, Jr., who was
reported as being seriously ill of
pnuemoniA in Clinton, has improved
sufficiently to be brought
to his home iu this place.
The Daughters of Confederacy
are requested to meet Friday afternoon
at 3 o'clock nt Mrs. Thornwell's.
Each member will be expected
to p iy 20 cents dues.
On account of the delayed shipment
of a bill of goods, J. C. Hill,
a travelling salesman of H. E.
Bucklen & Co., of Chicago, was
.1,.*..:?i i j ...
uciniiiai utrr? several Q.U.VB Ol last
week.
The "central girl" of the local
exchange had a brief "hello" with
tfie central *at Columbia Wednes- i
day morning. It was caused by
the crossing of the wires near Mr. ,
L. A. Harris' home.
Congressman Finley has the
thanks of the citizens of Fort Mill
for the quantity of seed sent for
distfibution in his district from
the agricultural department at
"Washington.
Now is the time to rake around
the roots of the fruit trees to expose
them to the cold so that they
will not be in too big a hurry in
crowding the season and causing ,
the trees to bloom ahead of time. !
The two large boxes furnished
by the postoffico department, one
to be placod at Griffin's store and
one near the home of W. H. Windie,
arrived Saturday stid woro at
once put in place. The boxes are
to be used by the public in posting
mad matter.
The postoffiees of Bnrbersville, I
Pleasant Valley and Behiir will be
discontinued on February 15. The j <
present patrons of these offices ' i
who desire to receive the new ser- i (
vice will be required to change i
their address to "It. F. D. No. 2, 1
Fort Mill, S. C.M ; J
The making of liens goes on as ,
usual, and thus it seeuis that the 1
apprehended, difficulty of tenant: '
farmers in getting their supplies j 1
will not materialize. The usual j
crops will, therefore, be planted, j,
In inofit cases the oat crop has , 1
been killed and the wheat crop as j ^
yet makes littie show.
Mr. S. L. Meacham has been ' .
busily engaged during the past 1 j
week on his telephone system. ?
which was so seriously damaged '
by the freeze. Polls and wires' 1
J i I
were down at numbers of places |
in town and all outside ? < inunctions i
were cut off for several days. J <
James Hill, an employe of thoij
Millfort Mill, was before Iiiteudant , ^
MeElhaney Monday cliarged with ,
being drunk and creating a dis- ]
turbance at the home of his father- <
in-law Sunday. The mayor im- '
posed a tino of Hill was then
placed under bond to keep the |
peace. i
The Times received a pleasant
call one day last week from Mr. 1
J. H. Coltharp. We are pleased
to state that Mr. Coltharp has re- ,
covered sufficiently from his recent
nnrnlvtir. <*trr?k?? ???.?: > ..is..
* J "w "v "K"111 11" ^
to walk. We trust that it will be
only a short time until our old |
friend is entirely well again. (
There has been a slight change
of rules at the Southern depot.
The west side) of the yard, next
the waiting room, is now used for
boarding and alighting from the (
trains, instead of the east side as '
. I I
heretofore. This change was , |
made on aecount of the danger of )
crossing the tracks in front of ' i
approaching trains. j '
Owing to the high water, ser- j
vices on the rural delivery route j (
No. 2 did not commence Satuiday ,
as was expected. The tirst trip of i
the F carrier was made Monday. j(
The boxes, 40 in number, for the ! J
route arrived last Friday and were 1t
immediately put in place. i
Mr. Frank Skinner, who is well
known in Fort Mill, has live cms s
of smallpox at his homo in Char-1
lotte. Mrs. Skinner, three ol her ! 1
children and a Miss Mary Merritt, j .
are afflicted with the disease. Mrs. j
Skinner before marriage was a j
Miss Patterson and lived in the j
Pleasant Viillev sei?Ur?i?
At itH meeting Monday the f
White Building and Loan Associ- f
ation elected the following officers ,
nnd directors. Officers?S. E. t
White, president; J. 11. MeMarray. >
vice-president; W. 11. Meacham, | J
sec'ty nnd treasurer. Directors? t
Dr. J. 13. Mack, J. M. Spratt, Dr. ]
T. 13. Meacham, ?J. 11. McMnrray. i
W. 13. Meacham, S. E. White. 1
The finances of the association are
in excellent shape and everything ]
is favorable for a prosperous year, t
Caught a Hun-A wa y Boy.
Thursday ()ffie?*r Nivens received (
a message from Mr. ?J. N. Clontz. I
of Bethesda township, asking him
to look out for a boy and horse. '
Later in the day the boy and
horse appeared and the young '
man was locked up to await ihe '
arrival of Mr. Clontz, who came '
the following morning. Mr. Clontz ! 4
stated that the boy. his 15-yenr-old 4
son, had left his home several days 1
before and had ridden away on one 1
of his horses. The hoy had been 4
ill. ' i "
roia logoi ti i iiiK** 11 ready for school, '
and on refusng to do so, had been |
given a Found lashing. This in- '
spired young Clontz to leave his 1
home, and slipping his clothing ]
from the houae, he proceeded to 1
carry out his intentions. Tti
young fellow had during his absence
visited nearly all the places
in the county. Mr Clonlz carried
the hoy hack to his home Friday
night.
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A Washington despatch says
that the famous < )wena Cherry i
Tree Company, which is under in- <
diotuient by tlie postal authorities,
is making a desperate effort to '
keep its case out of court. They 1
have submitted a proposition to
compromise by paying hack to
the army of women tliey have defrauded
of money the sum of $30,000,
which they claim conslitu <*s
all the funds on hand. Among
those indicted are a preacher and
his daughter.
"Braochville?Fort Mill."
Under the above heading the
following communion' ion appear* <i
n the last issue of the Southern
7'hrtBtiuu Advocate:
Dear Advocate: Our move was
vithout incident, travel in these
lays is re lueed to a minimum. To
air fathers it meant much, but to
is it uieans but little. All we
inve to do is to gather up the baaies
and call the dog, the railroad
will do the rest. To say we regretted
to leave Branchvilie would
lie putting it tamely, for a kinder
ind more confiding people you
will not tint I in Methodism. Bigliearted
and loyal, ever true to
their church and pastor. May
their race never grow loss. If 1
should question any part of our
polity it would he the sundering
>f mutual ties, hut such is the lot
>f that peculiar people eulled
Methodists. We are pleased with
the genet al outlook of our new
field. They are big-hearted, broadminded
people of the old Metholist
type, judging from the warm
reception tendered us on every
hand. Cordial greetings have also
been extended by sister churches
which foretoken n gracious year.
Ministerial salary has been raised
mie hundred dollars. We ha\o
ihive llourishing churches ill Fort
Mill?Presbyterian, Baptist and
Methodist. Our Presbyterian
brethren are composed of llugenot
'incestry, known as the Mecklenburg
colony a broad-minded orthodox
class of Protest tuts who
Fire disposed to live and let live.
i ? .11 < .
i iutve nit' nonor or nein^' n lineal
ilcscendnnt of the en me colony?a
Virginia branch of the family. As
to the climate ami typography of
the country, I will have to become
Accustomed to it. Altogether we
lire very hopeful and feel much
tmeournged. W. A. Wuight.
The Orognd lion's. Day.
Sunday being the second day of
February was "Ground Hog Day."
Duly those who keep up with the
peculiarities of the animal life of
the country know what that means,
hut when you tell one who does
know that there will be a late
spring he knows exactly what has
happened; he knows that the
ground hogs came out of their
holes Sunday and getting a glimpse
>f the sunshine they went back to
wait until March comes, llad the
weather prevailing the past week
ontinued the ground lu gs would
rave come out and remained, and
he spring would have been an
?arly one. It is a sign that has
lever been known to fail.
? Young
Moore in Trouble.
The Charlotte News of las'
Wednesday says:
"James G. Moore, a prepossessing
young white boy, was charged
with carrying a concealed weapon.
)dicer White arrested Moore last
light at tho opera house, lb' tesitied
that the bov was trying to
lell the weapon. Moore corromted
what. Officer White said. He
dso stated that he purchased the
;iui in Salisbury from a tramp and
hat he only wish-al to dispose of
t. He said he was a son of Prof.
Moore, the medicine man and
;hat his borne was on Second
itreet, between Tryon and Church.
Neither of tho young man's parents
were in court. He was
Sound over in the sum of $25."
Moore is well known in Fort
Mill, his parents having lived here
leveral years ago.
Aiil tn fllH QnWIflrc
Jolnmbin Record, Saturday.
The 8en<itt* last 11 ii t passed n
)ill whereby it is prohibited that
uiy ex-Confederate soldier should
>e s ut to an alms house. But in
ill eases where such a procedure
nielli be necessary in the ease of
?ther persons, the county board of
oiionissioners aio authorized to
extend aid to such soldiers after
they satisfy themselves III >t he is
unable to support himself and
iocs not receive a pension sufliL'ient
to do so. In several counties
there are old soldiers in the
pnorhouse, but if this lull becomes
!i law it will no longer be necessary
for thc-tii to be put in such institution
as the necessary aid will
be extended to them at their own
homos. The hill was introduced
l>y Senator Douglass, of I nion.
HAD TO CONQUER OR DIE.
"I was just nh ?ut gone," writes
Mrs. Rosa Richardson, of Laurel
Springs,N,C. "I had Consumption
so luul that the best doctors said 1
could not live more limn a month,
but L began to use Di. King's
New Discovery and was wholly
cured by seven bottles and nm
now stout and well/' It's an unrivaled
life saver in Consumption,
Pnueinoni'i, La Grippe and Bronchitis;
infallible for Coughs, Colds,
Asthma, Hay Fever, Croup or
\\ hooping Cough. Guaranteed
F tiles f>Oe and $1.00. Trial bott.es
free at M cue haul's drug store,
'Three C's" Hustling Too,
While Yorkville people are rejoitini;
over the prospect that tile
Carolina A N oil li wee tern railroad
is making arrangement* to broad
en its irnune and cross the Blue
Kid^e into the coal fields, they
have lost sii/ht of tli?? fu<-r tlmf ?i.^
South Carolina and Georgia Extension
more familiarly known to
our readers as the '"Three C's,"
has gone quietly to wo k and now
I has more than a thousand hands
at work in Mitchell county, N. C.,
lioyond the town of Marion, the
present upper terminus of the
- road, grading the road bed and
making other preparations to carry
their line across the Blue Ridge
and get into the coals Holds too and
get connection with the Ohio River,
through the Louisville &Nushville,
or some other road. A
large number of these hands are
from the North Carolina penitentiary.
(Juite a number of them !
recently passed through Yorkville.
It. does really look as if our,
; railroads intend to put us in touch '
with the outside world at last.:
I?Yorkville Yeoman.
BUCELEN'S ARNICA SALVE.
11?h world-wide fame for marvellous
euros. It surpasses any oilier
salve, lotion, ointment or halm for ;
Cuts. Corns, .Burns, Boils, Sores,
Felons. Cleers, Tetter, Salt Illiemn
Fever Sores, Chapped Hands, Skin
Krnptions; Infallible for Piles.
Cure guaintiteed. Only 25c at
Meaeham's drug store.
To ?rov?at SmaDpcs
When you buy Croam of Tartar
to prevent Smallpox be careful to
buy tin4 pure and you can't buy it !
at 10 cents per pound. Ask your
physician about it. We have both
kinds. Vaccination shields 10 ctg.
Call aPAlt DREY'S.
i
TRY THE
City Barber Sliop j
For a tirst-elass
HAIR CUT,
SHAVE,
SHAMPOO, or
HAIR SINGE.
Carotliers & Son.
Puoi'KI 12TORS.
Third door Bank building. ,
TRESSPASS WARNING.
All persons are warned not to
hunt, tish or for any purpose whatever
enter upon any of the lands
owned or controlled by the undersigned.
The law will be rigidly
enforced against any one disregarding
this notice.
S. K. White. Mas. J. M. Odf.i.l.
J. W. Akdkey. P. Nims.
J. M. Sl'lt ATT. Mk< Pacjiii? Wui?.
Eimiak Jones. W. I. Jones.
I). a. lee. J. B. Mack.
J. H. Coi.thakp. W. B. Hoke.
\v. k. Sl'katt. B. M. Sl'katt.
T. M. Illdiiks. T. S. Kihkpatiuck.
t. c. Sl'katt. h. w. Hl'kkman. i
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;L "The melacholy daye are. here, T
^ The eaddeat of the year," X ,
^ ^\rHEN the colli winds whistle J
x in tho chimney and Jack ?
v. Frost catches tho people with T
? their wood piloH short. When J I
A you feel that tickling] in your > J
4 throat and a pain catches you p
f between your shoulder bluiles 4 j
J Then is I lie time J
j for you to get ?
0 p
P CI1KKKY BALSAM p
& It acts pleasantly upon the 0
0 throat and lungs; itfis harmless, 0
J soothing and agreeable to take. J
^ mm r. trine witn a com on \
j your lungs. Ronioniber that i
4 Consumption kills moro men A I
0 than bullets. 0
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J. U. Tray wick & Co.,
DEALERS IN
FINE LIQUORS
AND WINES,
No. 42 East Tratlo St.
CHARLOTTE. - - - N. C.
to write for our confidential letter hefon- applying
for patents it may be worth money.
We promptly obtain U, H. and Foreign
PATENTS
I'<1 TRADE MARKS ?r return ENTIRE
attorney a fee. Head model, aketch
or plioto and we mud an IMMEDIATE
FREE report on patentability, we give
the beat legal service and advice, and our
charges are moderate. Try us.
SWIFT & CO.,
Patent lawyers,
Opp. U.S. Patent Office,Washington, D.C.
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| COOKING
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nvi> nuiTU llirft* 11111(3
car load. However, we are stii
cannot do this very long. If y
any time this year, it will pay
We Bell the best Sewiu
States at HALF PRICE.
Don't fail to see our new i
Chiidrens' Shoes. E/crybod3
Shoes have no equal i:i quality
We still have a few Ladict
that you can buy at HALF PI
If you want low prices
Credit stores can't touch our p
L. J. MA
'Phone No. 71.
? Clinon Br.n
I OK) M .
Bitj, little, old ami young.
The very best makes of Shoes
We have built lip a woik
Selby <fc Co.'b ladies Fine Shot
The famous Walkover Sh<
best Shoe you ean buy. Fvet
the Sehool Boy's Pride, made I
of the host school Shoe-; on tin
about them, they will t 11 you 1
Also the same shoe for the lit
Shoe for misses and children.
A full line of Rubbers Let
^ you want Shoos, come where y
A select from.
^ Yours for the i
J MEACHAIVI
' Plume I
???0? 0??GO? ?? <
1 Tie BIB BE
? T. B. 15 ELK,
| SEED OATS?V
g about 300 luishols
^ Ivtul I > ? /W ?4* /
^w **v\t itiitii i i \MM \/<t
2 s(^l 1 at 75c a bushel
<g lew days.
1-%-%
BEST MO LAS!
received a I>ii?* lot
Molasses, and we
w ill advance later i
friends to buy soon
2 FEHTI IJZEKSQ?
on Cotton Seed M<
H and all kinds of (o
S) in?\ We are strict
X iltwl %%' * I 1 n/?l l>" >'?>'
QQ ???? T ? All I H/l *M" (lilt
& wta,^V
? SPECIAL NOI
?j for sale or trade qu
@ ber of Horses and ]
<g we will trade or sel
? week, we liave deei
<5$ Tuesday and JKrida
?} tliis purpose.
I Tit OLD B
? T. 15. 15 ELK,
<3?? S03O?? ?0 S?
STOVES |
K C ll<>A MTrt lw.nf?l. ( I 1 *"
- ? - ?~ VJUI IftbJ.
11 selling at oid prices, but
V V
on expect to buy *t.. *c
vou to buy it NOV'
ig Machine in the United &
t
stock of Mens', Ladies' nno >.t
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r knows that Harrisbu*g ^
' and price.
?' Capes, Jackets and Hai? ^
ilCE. ^ #
buy from a Cash Store. ^
irices.
5SZY, g
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Yea, all kinds of SITOE3. ^
tlmt. the market afford*.
lerful trade on the Die'-.,
s in the past twelve "lontha. ^
>e for men at $3.50 i? 'he
y pnir guaranteed. A!ho
I \\J llin cum.i ? -
..j >(.v DiuiiD in ill..* '
e iimrKet. Ask the \ oyu (?
that they hold the;:i up. ^
tie ^ent.s. {See the Star
?s'
V
*gina atul Over Gaiters. I1 ?
ou can have a variety to ^
Shoe trade.
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im lit i
Proprietor. fej)
r*
Ve have 011 haw; iof
home raised
Is which we w ii> v,
, net cash, for a
&
SES?-Have ji . r4
of New Orleb ^
think the price j&
ind we advise our $
$
K 4* 4*. A. A ^ A ^ ^ ^ ^ ~ "
?I Jot our prices m
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wil, Acid, Kainit ^
uano before buy- ji,
ly iu the business 0
lersold. 0
ICE?We have &
wv
itc u large num- $
Mules, and while *
II any day in the s?
(led to have ever* 1 ?
p.
y special da} s 1. r
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Proprietor. ^
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