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liS THE LOCAL HELD.
Etenls of the Past Week In and Around
Town Briefly Told.
Snow! Snow!! Snow!!! Slush! I
Slush!! Slush!!!
Wood dealers are . ?aping a rich
harvest during the snow.
Rabbit hunting and sleigh rid- j
ing is the order of the tiny.
An election will be held in Fort
Mill on March 3. See notice in
another column.
The young people of the town
e ijoyed a delightful "hop" in the
town hull Monday night.
There has been acracely "nothin1 |
doin" in police cireles since the
close of the holiday season.
Mrs. W. A. Watson, of Char- !
lotte, visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Ardrey, this week.
We are requested to state that
the Southern Railway no longer
lias a 'phone in its office at this
pjaoe.
Mrs, W. J. Caveny, of Rock
Hill, returned to her home Monday,
after a visit to relatives near
this place.
\iro s: \r \t:ii 1 1 *?
.vA>?. x?i. imiio iciuiut'u 10 uer
home in this place Friday after a
visit to her son, Mr. T. M. Iiu^hes,
in Lancaster.
Capt. and Mrs. W. E. Ardrey, of
Ardrey's, N- C., spent several days
of last week a the home of Mr. j
J. W. Ardrey.
The merchants will do well to I
put in an extra order for levins
and rubber boots when the next
snow begins to fall.
The koo(1 price of cotton comes
rather late. The farmers in this
section have sold most of the cotton
raised last year.
Ilicks, the weather prophet, hit
the nail on the head in his prediction
fi?r n liiir
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14th and 17th of February.
Mr. Wm. Garrisou, of Chnrlotto,
spent several days of the past week
in Fort Mill. He is now engaged
in the insurance businesss.
About a dozen members of Electra
Lodge, K. of P., of this place,
went to Charleston last night to
participate in the exercises of
Pythian Day at the exposition
today.
The town was without vaccine ;
points Tuesday owing to the1
rush of business Monday. It is
thought that three-fourths of the
population has been successfully
vaccinated.
The oldest inhabitant cannot tell
about a winter in a dim past when
4 1... l e i
me ^luuuu wh8 rrozen neany every
morning from November 5 to February
ID, as has been the case this
winter.
The former patrons of the Barbersville,
Pleasant Valley and Belair
postoflices, who have not socured
boxes on the new rurnl route
No. 2, nre now receiving their
mail from the office in this place.
The snow of last Friday measured
14 3-4 inches at this place.
One of the older citizens says
that this is the deepest snow since
January, 1851, when it was 24
inches deep in Charlotte, his home
at that time. He aiso says that !
smallpox was prevalent in the
city then.
There were two marriages at
the Catawba House this week by
the proprietor, Rev. E. A. llartsell.
On Monday night a Mr.
Dacus and n Miss Vainer, of
Jamestown, N. C., and yesterday
morning Mr. Oscar Grigg and
Miss Maggie Wilhelm of this
place. |
Since the last issue of The
Times three cases of smallnoxhave
developed among the employees
of the Millfort Mill. These are
L. C. Walker, 11. S. Wolfe and
John Moore. Mr. Moore is said
to have the most severe case of the
1hroe. It is also reported that
W. R. Phillips is ill of the disease
at his home near the upper mill.
The members of the Fort Mill
Light Infuntry expiessed their
feelings with shouts of joy last
Thursday when informed by Capt.
Spratt that the legislature had
appropriated a sufficient sum of
money to defray the expenses of a
trip to Charleston. The company,
JO strong, will leave Fort Mill
Thursday night at 10:30. Qni'.e a
number of citizens are expected to
go at that tirue. A
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Further Tax Extension.
Tin* time for the payment of j
taxes has been furthered extended
until Mnrch .'10. The bill was in- ,
troduced by Representative Ashley,
of Anderson, and has passed
the house. It received a sec md
readinir in the senate M md.iv
night, and will undoubtedly finally
pass that body and will receive the
sanction of the governor.
Death of Mrs. Merrill.
Mrs. Rebecca, wife of Mr. Snm ,
N. Merritt, of this place, died Sun- |
day morning at It-.30 o'clock after
an illness of about three weeks, i
The deceased was about 70 years
t?f ago and a good Christian woman
and a wife and mother devo
ted to her family and her home. '
She was a member of the Baptist
church and her remains were interred
in the cemetery at Flint Hill
Monday. A husband and several
children survive and mourn her
sad death which was the result
directly or indirectly of smallpox.
On account of her advanced age
and other conditions she was unable
to withstand the dread disease.
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Pettus' Body Seen But Not Recovered.
The Rock Hdl Journal of Wednesday
says that the hotly of dim
l> ti.. .. * ? ' *
ireuus, a colored ?oy who was
drowned at the works of tho Catawba
Power company several
weeks ago, was seen last week
The power company hands were
dragging a guy rope across 111*
river when it caught upon something,
which proved to he the body
of the drowned boy. The tug of
the guy brought the body to the
surface and pulled it loose from
the one which its hands were gripping
in the death struggle. Tinmen
for some reason or other
failed to catch the body and it
floated on down the stream.
A Valentine Party.
Quite a unique affair was a Valentine
party given at hospitable
home of Mrs. Ale* lt>irh>?r l?Yi?l.n*
evening in honor of Miss Anna
Barber, of Barbersville, S. (\
Mrs. Barber was assisted in receiving
by Mesdanies Epps and
Finch, and it is entirely superfluous
to say that everybody who
attended enjoyed themselves, for
anything else would be impossible
with a hostess of so much geniality,
especially when so ably assisted.
Each couple was provided with
a card containing a quotation
which was more or less oracularly
prophetic of the fortunes of lov in
storo for thetn. Aftoi sometime
had been pleasantly spent in
reading these quotations the party
assembled in the dining room
where an elegant supper was
served. After supper a merry
evening was spent in listening to
various valentines read, especially
the original ones,which were more
personal and interesting.
Music was furnished by Fort
Mill's "One Man's Hand," and at
' one o'clock to the sweet strains of
["Home Sweet Home'' the llappy
I party prepared for a delightful
sleigh-rido to their refpective
j homes. A'. Y. Z.
A Telephone Operator Burned to Death,
Screaming in agony and with
her clothes abHtze from head to
[foot, Miss Mamie McKnne, night
operator of tho Charlotte telephone,
ran frantically about the
room of the exchange on the third
floor of a building in that city at
3 45 o'clock Saturday morning,
then dashed out the door and lied
down three1 flights of stairs to the
street. She was met at the bottom
of the stairs by parties attracted by
her HPt't'niMW w-lir. i-i.llo.l I..VI- ?l...
snow and extinguished the fire.
She died a few hours later. Her
dress had become ignited from the
stove in the office.
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Virginia-Carolina Wins.
The senate Friday evening
killed the anti Virginia-Carolina
Chemical company bill hy a vote
of 20 to 10. The purpose of the
hill was to revoke the license of
the company to do business in this
State. It was perhaps the hardest
fought measure that has oonio up
this session. Senator Graydon
led the fi<_'ht against the cotnpanv
hlid lie made mi earnest effort to
have the bill passed. Senator
Walker made the strongest., clearest
and most logical argument
1 against the bill. His speech was
in the nature of a ''heart to heart"
talk to senators, and his candid
statements of conditions went
home to every senator. The larye
i vote by which the bill was killed
j was somew hat of a surprise.
| Several new skilled workmen
arrived here yesterday to work for
Messrs. S. S. Or,1 way A. Co. on the
Catawba dam.
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The board of health of Rock
Hill lift*; ili'ti'l'iii I n?? 1 ii"''1"1"
compulsory vaccination ami will
enforce Llio provisions of the ordinance
recently mlop'.ed. A few
days ago a white man who refi.sed
to he vaccinated and resisted the!
otlicers was lined $5, which-he
paid.
Tax collections in York comity
up to yesterday morning, amounted
to 5MeJ,tK)S.7li. The total nuiiibi r
of receipts issued was J?0,t>ll
Originally there were lO.oUU i?eeipts
on the hooks, and the a^reuate
amount of taxes en I led for
was (?(>. This leaves m arly
1,000 receipts sill to issue and
more than SdHOllO t?? ?-/?lt...a Ti...
... , ?x. vw v wm V ? . J II*final
limit on which taxes may be
paid without penally is March I.
....Although no cases have yet
been reported in the town, smallpox
is more or It ss preva ent all
around Vorkville. Stephens denkins,
a well known ne^ro preacher,
died at his home near |)elptios
last Sunday, of smallpox, eomplicatcd
with urip. His widow and
two children nrt? now down with
smallpox. Cases of smallpox are
reported on Mr. Win. Dohson's
place, two miles northeast of
Yorkvillo, and there is a suspected
case on the farm of Mr. S. \V. Ionian,
on the western outskirts of
town.? Volkville Kmpiirer.
Thursday application was made
to the Secretary of State for a
charter for the Rock 11 i 11 Railroad
Company. The road is to run
from Rock Hill to Harmony, in
York county, a distance of ei^lit
miles, to use either steam or electricity.
The capital is placed at
$10,000 nnd the ineorporatois arc
T. .). Koddey, \V. 11." Wy 1 i? and
C. \V. F. Spencer, all of Bock 11 ill. i
C'l.pl. .1. il. w. Stevens, of
Iloek II ill, and Ilia 8 >n dames, who
compose tli** Stevens Lumber Co.,
have removed their mill from Kershaw
to a point on tin* proposed
j Cliefiterlield and Lancaster Kailroad,
a lew miles above Cliernw. i
.... Friday, Mr. .Luther Fell, of
Westville, S. C., came to K ek
Hill, having in custody two white
men. whose capt ure was made at
Sloan, N. O.. Wednesday. They
were charged with having robbed
Mr. Bell's store at Weslvillo on
the night of February nth, when
thoy dole sundry goods, which
they disposed of and which led to
their capture. Tliey confessed
: their guilt and agreed to return to
this Slate without requisition being
made for them.? liock Hill
Herald.
Tlio Pitchfork Senator.
The most intense man in the
fifty-seventh congress is Senator
j Tillman, of South Carolina. lie
puts on the loud pedal for every
word he utters on tin* senate floor.
He means every word lie says and
punctuates every sentence with a
I vivid gesture. This ge-turo consists
of extending tin* first two
fingers < f the right hand like
prongs of a nilchfi.rU tlu-n
them in tli^ atmosphere in tin* direction
of his opponent. Ho is h
| Democrat, but you know that
already.
Senator Tillman sits in hischair
tamely, as if dreaniinj* of the time
when the platform fell in K(Icefield
and stopped the free fiu'lit in
: progress at that moment. Hut lie
is not dreaming at all. He is listenining
for some Republican to
cive ntteiaueo to a statement that
may be vulnerable. When a Republican
does t his he is iuiuied ately
sorry, for Senator Tillman
immediately pitchforks him. Atlanta
-I ourual.
BUCELEN'S ARNICA SALVE.
lias world-wide fame for marvellous
cures. It surpasses any other
salve, lotion, ointment or balm for
Cuts, Corns, Hums, Hoi Is. Sores,
Felons. Ulcers, Tetter, Salt llheuui
Fever Sores,C-happed Hands. Skin
Kruptions; Infallible for Files.
Cure cuaranteed. <)i?1 y 25c at
Meacham's drue store.
The Canadian povei iiinont seems
t i know how to curtail the reach
1 of the octopus. As a result of an
inquiry into the combine of the
paper inmufacturers it was decided
to reduce the customs duties on
j paper from 25 to 15 per cent ad
valorem.
A FIREMAN'S CLOSE CALL.
"T stuck t<> tny engine, although
every joint ached and everv
nerve was racked with piin,"
writ' h (J. W. Bellamy, a locomotive
fireman, of Bunington, Iowa, *'l
I was weak and pale, without anv
appetite and all run down. As I
Was about to give up, I got a bottle
of Klectric. Bitters and, after
taking it, 1 felt as well as I ever
did in my life." Weak, sickly,
run down people always gain new
life, strength and vigor from their
lino. Try them. Satisfaction
guaranteed by T. B Mcacham
Price 50 c? nU.
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A California judge has doe dod 1
that the vagrancy law is uncon- !
Mutational us it denies to a certain
d iss tin- "pursuit of happiness.'*
If iis provisions wen* logieallx |
curried out, says the jiulge. it
would he possible to idai e under
?f r? s* tlif millionaire taking a
nlennuso trip in his private ear.
Tin* brother :o<a! til' tin* mml who
11 w i*lI in u Ya?;nboiidiu\ liave now
a local as well as a poet ic ?1. f?nder. j
Yak able Land for Sale or Rent.
Oik* tract containing 1' 0 acres.
One tract containing 00 acres.
Well timbered. located near I'ar
lierHville. S. C Terms reasonable.
Apply to Alex. Barber, Fort Mill.'
S C.
Town Election.
Ira G. Sinytlie having it sinned
as warden of the town of Fort Mill.
S. (A, an election for one warden
to (ill 11 its unexpired teiin will lie
held on Monday, the did day of
March. 1002.
I'olls opell at 10 o'clock, a. Ill ,
and close at ll o'clock, p. in.
T. I). Faulkner, L N. Culp and
.T. C. Ilu-hcs iiro ap|it?intcd managers.
15y order of tin* council.
d. \Y. McKi.uam.v.
.1, M. Sl'uatt, I ll'ondniit.
Clerk.
To Prevent Smallpcs.
When you Imy Cream of Tartar
to prevent Smallpox lie careful to
buy tin' pure and \ou can't buy it
at 40 cents per pound. Ask your
physician about it. We have both
kinds. Vaccinalion shields lOcts. 1
Cm 11 at A K DREY'S.
TKV T1110
Ci ty Barber Shop
For a first-class
f IA1H ( I T,
SNA YE,
SHAM TOO, or
HAIR SINGE.
Garothcrs Soil.
l'liOl'KIliTOUK.
Third door Rank building.
T R ESS l?A SS WARNING.
All persons are warned not to
hunt, I'ikIi 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
I his not ice.
S. K. Whitk. Mas. .7. M. Odki.i,.
f. \V. Akdkky. F. Kims.
.T. M. Seuatt. Miss Bcssirc Wiutk.
I'-hi.u; Junks. \V. I. .1oni:s.
IX A. Lkk. J. B. Mack.
,T. H. OoijTiiakp, W. IX IIokk.
W. K. Sl'uatt. IX M. Sl'katt.
T. M. Hcoiiks. T. S. Kikkpathick.
T. O. Spkatt. H. \V. Hickman.
^ "The melacholy days are here, X
? Th<i saddest of the year," _ \
^ Al^llKN Ihe fold winds whistle t
^ in the chimney ami .lark ^
J Frost witches the people with J
^ their wood piles short. When J
I jp you feel that tickling ill your ^
I ^ throat and a pain eutehes you A
: bet ween your shoulder blades
<? Then is I lie time ?
^ *
J for you th get J
! % CIIKKItY BALSAM *
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t It acts pleasantly upon the #
^ throat and luii^s; it is h,tnnl? <>., ^
J soothing and agreeable to lake. J
\ Don't tritle with a cob I on .
w V
a your Itin^.i. Keineinher that m
A Consumption kills more men q
f t hail bullets. (p
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Patent Lawyers,
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BRANDIES, KTC.,
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$ dies, Childrens
? Shoes and Mens
$ styles that will ii
$ lot of Madras Gi
& waists and mens
5 of White Goods i
g Call and get
5 heautiful goods.
$ interest you.
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har^aiiiH:
^ Fifty-two inch Table F
^ Wonn-ns' 1-il Wool Ves
| SPECIAL N<
Co h>r huIo or trade
@ her of Horses am
@ we will trade or
week, we have (h
Co Tuesday and Fri<
^ this purpose.
: I Tlis OLD F?I
? T. B. I5EL1
?8>?2>?303?0?S
^ anywhere, for 50 cents. Tli
0 j^ood all cotton goods.
0 Women's goo.l heavy C
pt il5 cents, for 25 cents.
^ A few suits of mens1
& were $2, the Hiiit now I
Blankets going f((1- )t KO
gA ami $1. Wool Blankets, w?
J| A full line of Womens1
and 75c. A few pairs of CI
\ now 50 cents.
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1 Tie] OLD" PJ
<0 T. 15. 15E til
0 SEED OATS
? about !>()() buslu
? Rod Rust Proof (
?| sell at Hoc a bus]
? few days.
? BKST A! OLA
? received a bit*- k]o
0 Molasses, and \\
0 will advance late
0 friends to buy so
? FKKTIL1ZEU
? on Cotton Seed
^ and all kinds of
? ini?\ We are str
x and will not bo i
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eceived a lot of La- fe
and Mens Fine <E
Sir
Ilats in the latest j
itercst you. Also a <k
inghams for ladies ^
shirts, besides a lot
ind Domestics. K
first choice of the ^
The prices will &
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! Bargains, t
10 week we offer the following ^
elt, worth 50 cent*, for -AO els ^
t mid Pauls, worth (55 cents ^
lis price is what you pay for u
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'ottou Vest and Pants, worth fp
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V\ oolen Shirts nnd Drawers,
or $1.50. ^ ,
ng? Cotton Blankets 50 . 75c, ^
*re $3.75, now $2.80. JK
Ovorgnitors at 25c, 4oe, 50o, ^
li Id i ons' Gaiters, were 75 cts, ^
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SLIABLE Store. |
v, Proprietor. ?
We have 011 hand
Isjof home raised x
)ats which we will
10I, net cash, for a g!
,SSKS?Have just'H
t of New Orleans ||
i\ fill ??!.- -fi?" ?1 ? ?
v umiiv tui' priee
r and we advise our ?
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IS?lie! our prices ^
Meal, Acid, Kaiait <$
Guano before buy- S2
ietly in the business ?
indersold. S*
JTICE?We have
quite a large lium- <&
[1 Mules, and while S
sell any day in the 0
[a ided to have every g?
[lay special days for 0
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