University of South Carolina Libraries
IF J.N Jttt LOCAL .HltlJ). Averts of the ?ast ^eek In and Around Tow.p Briefly Tokl Mrs. J4iui.es Grier spent Monday in Buck with Mrs. J. 1?. Boy J ware. Mrs. J. M. Odell, oC Concord, JS. C? is visiting her sister, Mrs. Id. J8. White. Mr. S. h. Meacbaiu returned Monday from a visit to friends in 2?orth Carolina. Then.' is a perfect rage of the 111f/1 limy ??" ? ?? Al ? ? ~..W V'K >"(111^(1 aiK</njg I lit? yOUllg ineu of the town. Messrs. Joseph and Alex. Bailes ?re visiting tiie Charleston exposition <liis week. Mrs. and Mrs. Hugh White came ?p from Rock Hill Sunday ?ior?iwf? <?u e ?isit to relatives. The election for a warden to fill the unexpired fcenn at Mr. Ira Q. Smytlie will be held next Monday. AtteuUon is called to the schedule of the Southern's local trains, which appears on the editorial f)RgeMr. Wtu. PhiUips, who was sua pected of having smallpox, is out again after a very slight attack oJF varioloid. Mr. W. T. Sellers arrived Sat 1 C 1\ *T / > uiuiiy i.rum f UQQ, i>. U., (111(1 spent seyeral days at his home iu this place. Mr. S. J. Kimbrell and daughter, Miss Avie, were visitors at the liowe of Mr. A. R. fyimbrell iu Root JHUll Monday. Mr. Duncan Wolfe has moved from the Phillips house 011 Clebourue street to the houie of his father iu Sprattville. A large party of citizens are contemplating a trip to Charleston about the first of April. They w ill go dou u iu a body. On account of the incessant rains, the street are in a worse condition uow than at any time during the present winter. Messrs. L. J. Afassey, T. S. Kirkpatrick, W. B. Meacham and J. H. AtcAfurray returned from Charleston Friday evening. Messrs. James Fulp and Lamb Perry came over frop* the K. M. M. A. Saturday and spent a short jtiiue at the home of the former in this place. After Friday the 50-cent-a-day penalty will be imposed upon all citizens who can not Rive satisfactory reasons why they have, riot been vaccinated. We are requested bo announce that &ev, A*.Finch will fiil hisap-i . poiubweatuat the Baptist church ~ nexttiunday morning aud evening at the usual hours. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hall and children and Mrs. C. F. liodgeis and daughter, Miss Fannie, went to Charleston Friday to spend a few days at the exposition. I"* A *"* - " ? * rvey. A- i?inch, of this place, has accepted a call to the pastorate of Blackstock and Woodward Baptist churches, and will move to the former place in a few days. Misses J?itfy Kirkpatrick, Louise MgAfurray and Corinne and Sadie jjepdncjc came over from Winthrop Friday and spent a few days with relatives in Fort Mill. Parties wishing to purchase the $4 .70 tickets to Charleston and re-1 turn duriug the exposition should Lear in mind that said tickets are on sale ouly on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week. Dr. T. B. Meacbaut on Monday received from Dr. Evans, chairman of the State board of health, 400 vaccine points. Tljtise points are to be used upon parties who reside outside the incorporate limits of Fort Mill. In the Graves tKy.) Circuit Court on December 27th. 1001, Judge Bobbins issued a decree divorcing Win. It. and Margaret I. Biadford, who were married in Hllrtrtlllltllirir r-niint\r Si t1 "" "X ??"'JI "-"'J W i April 2.<)th, 1899. Ooly one case of smallpox has appeared in town this week. The | victim is Mr. \Vm. Smith, who is confined to his home, near the old ' mill, with the disease. It iH said that Mr. W. M. Crook, of Gold Hill, also has smallpox. Since tlie establishment of two rural deliyery routes leading out front Fort Mill, Postmaster Mas- ! sey has decided to haye an addition made to the postotKee in this place. The room will l>e built to the rear of the office and the work will begin in a few days. The News and Courier has this to say alxjut Dr. J. H. Thornwell. 1 01 iiiih place, in its write up of Pythian day in Charleston; "A resume of the events of Pythian Day without a word about the , grand keeper of records and seal,' the Rev. J. H ThorjiwelJ, would be most incomplete and could only be compared to some paint* ing of an evening which had no' evidence of a moon, for Dr. Thorn.well is the bright and fieautiful light of Pythianisin, which sheds its soft and benevolent light on every J?njgh|in South Carolina." i The price of staple provisions. are about 50 per cent higher than they were two years ago. Corn, bacon, lard, potatoes nud canned i goods haye ail advanced. Flour, sugar aud coffee keep dowu somej what. The fauiilies who have to live from tbe stores and meat (shops say that housekeeping now i l costs at least fifty per cent more than it did a year ago. Very little of the snow which | fell here ten days ago is to be seen j now, except in spots where the suu cannot strike it. On Thursday of last week considerable sleet and rain fell which froze and the day was one the most, disagreeable of the winter. The town has been j experiencing a wood famine for: two weeks, the cause being the al- ! njost impassible conditions of the ' roads. However, this want was! i partially supplied by the town nu- ; thorities, who received and distributed among the needy, a car load of good dry wood, allowing each one-fourth cord. Up to a few years ago the operatives of the mills in this place were partially supplied with wood during the cold weather from the wood yArds.of the mills, but this sonne of supply has been cut off now, as the mi tie use coal exclusively and the people are compelled to depend upon the couutry for their winter wood. ? To Preveut Smallpox. At a meeting of the citizens of the township, held Saturday after j noon, ii was decided to petition the State board of health to take? steps to prevent a further spread of smallpox in the township. In his reply to a letter in regard to the matter, Dr. Eians, secretary of the State board, stated that .1 i il ? i auoui uie only means ot stamping 1 out the disease is to enforce vaccination; that lie did not have the authority to institute compulsory Accination generally, and advised the citizens to write Governor McSweeuey in regard to the matter. Tho following township board of heaith whs suggested at the meeting: Dr. D. G. Thompson, B. M. Faris, D. A. Lee, J. L. Kimbrell, and D. G. Kimbrell. Fort Mill l ight Infantry in Charleston. The Fort Mill Light Infantry. 32 strong, left Friday morning at ?S o'clock for Charleston, arriving in that city at 5:3d p. rn. The company ws landed in tho exposition grounds, near the quarters which bad previously been arranged fgr theiu. They were quartered in a large comfortable two-Rtory building, along with a number of other companies. Early ^Saturday morning the boys arose and in a body boarded the cars for the city, where they remained until the parade was formed on Broad street at 11 o'clock. The parade consisted of Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia troops, numbering about 3,000. After traversing several of the principal streets of the city the troops ' were marched through Marion Square where the parade was reviewed by a number of preminent military men. among whom was Governor White, of West Virginia. The march was then made to the exposition grounds whore the companies were dismise'd. The Fort Mill company is to he congratula e 1 upon the excellent showing which they made in the parade, and it may well be said that they were numbered among the first for their correctness of step and military bearing. The company remained over Sunday, veiwing Charleston, Sul- I livans Island, Fort Sumter, etc., ! and returned home Monday inorn- | ing. ? Work at the Catawba Dam. Yorkrtlle Yeoman. Mr. W. H arris Wylie, superin- i tendent of the Catawba Power i Company's work on Catawba river, east of Yorkvilie, was in town yesterday. # When (piostioned, lie spoke quite interestingly of the work at the -iver. The company ia building firstclass work, calculated to stand the j force of flood water and of such proportions that the capacity of the dam can be increased in after years, should the demand justify it. j The construction corps has had' many difficulties to contend with in the work of building. The record of the past year freshets and very high water has scarcely been exceeded in the known history of! the river. Fortv-HAv?n limuo iii twelve mouths, and forty-five times since the middle of last, March, the water hns been over the coffer dam, necessitating a sua pension of operations and causing considerable damage each time. What this means may be inferred when it is known that there have been years when the river has not i been so high a single time. The company is not at all dig | J!** / ' ' I ' ?' * ? heartened at the disaster that has i been piled upon it, twit is goin^ ! steadily ahead with the work, which i will probably rank alont; with the ' finest in the So,uth when finished. In reply to a question if the; company contemplated building an electric railroad from Hock Hill , to the dam and possibly from there | to Yorkv.lle, Mr. SVylie said they had no intention of Uoiiitf so, their so.e idea bein^ to furnish power; and he, moreover, did not think there was any demand for such u ] road. . Tlie reporter then suggested that in the minds of some, tlie recent incorporation of a company to hnikl a railroad to run from Hock Hill to Harmony, on the Seaboaid Air Line, had been connected with i his company. "Oh," he replied, "that is an- j other matter; that road is to haul freight." But he neither affirmed nor de- ) nied the suggestion that his company was connected with the j scheme. Selected County News. There will be no free rural de j livery on the proprosed route by way of Zodak, Bethany, Carp, etc., : until after July 1st. That much is settled. The reason urged by the ! post office department is that the appropriation for this purpose is | exhausted, and no ot her new routes I can he established until the new appropriation is available. It is probable that there will he no other trouble after the date named, for there are few routes that, would I serve a section of country where ! free delivery is worse needed. ? Yorkville Yeoman. Wednesday Magistrate Nunnery sent a negro man, calling himself Sain Barber, to the chaingang for i JO days for cruelty to a child. Barber claims to be from Columbia and was tramping from that city to Charlotte being accompanied by , a little colored boy. The child broke down and could go no fur tlier than a mile or so above Ogden. ! Becoming enraged with the child, | Barber knocked him down and stamped him in the face several > times with the heel of his shoe, i producing painftd injuries. Per- ' sona in the neighborhood, feeling indignant at the cruelty of the 1 brutal man, had him arrested, with | the result that he is now in chains at the county stockade Mrs. Betsy Sturgis, tho centenarian, is very seriously ill at the home of her grand-son-in-law, Mr. Blackwelder, near the river. She was ip an unconscious condition yesterday morning.Mr. James A. Barber, who had the small hone in j his left leg broken about ten days ago. ifl still in bed, but is getting along all right. He was running across his lot, when a hog jumping in front of him, when he fell breaking his leg.?Bock Hill Herald. Mr. Craven, of the Victoria mill, invites all doubters to call to see him, and he convinced that small- i pox is in Rock Hill....The Catawba Rifles of this place did not ( go to Charleston Friday as they i expected to do, on account of a misconnection regarding arrangements for transportation, which Capt. Dunlap blames on Adjutant General Floyd in neglect in^x>r failing to answer a letter on the suhjeet... .The sm^^^^ situation is still steadily iy^Hl/- , ing. In fact the disease is j^^Hst stamped out of the eoni^^^ity. i There are now only thrre~^T ?ises | infected, as against six when The Journal Inst reported. The three j cases now in charge of tho city are almost convalescent and all will be discharged in a short time, if the present pood luck continues. The ! conditions at the Highland Park and Manchester mills are well in hand of the respective manage- J meats of the two mills.? ltock Hill Journal. The clminganp has been in almost complete idleness since the snow began to cover the ground on Friday of last week, there being no work at which it could be piofUoM.r i ? iuuij rNi|)i|ijrt-l| .... A MiapiClOllS case, tlmt in supposed to lie smallpox, Ijhh developed in the York Cotton Mill vi lage. A young man named Charlie Prfcssley, died laat week of what was supposed to he pneumonia. After his death an eruption is reported to have appeared on hia body. Since that time hia father, Mr. Cnlvin Pressley, has been taken down, and the doctors think he haa smallpox. Dr. JJaeot was telephoned for at McConnellBvillo, on Thursday, to come and give hia opinion \ of the oaae. There is no especial excitement on account of the situ- i at ion; hpt it ia understood that if Dr. liacot cohfirma the diagnosis of tlie physicians, a quarantine will probably he instituted hy the town of Yorkville against the mill village.?York villa Enquirer. ? - ? Hon. W, N. Elder, of York, haa 'icceptB^a position in the bookkoepiiVdopartinent of the State LjovernWent in Columbiu. [ % SAD TO OONQUEB OE ECS. "I was just lib iiit gone," wiites Mrs. Rosa Kichuidsou. of Laurel Springs, N, C. "1 had Consumption ho taut that the iieat doctors Haiti I could not live more thau a month, 1 mit I bewail to use Di. King's New Discovery and was wholly cured by seven bottles and hui now btout and weli." it's an unrivaled tifo saver in Consumption; Pnneuiou.*?, La lirippe and Bronchitis: iiifn>l*ble tor ( '?nirrliB , - ? WU?, I Asthma, "ay Fever, Croup or ^ Whooping Cough. Guaranteed bottles50c and $1.00. Trial bott.es free at Meaehain's drug store. \V ANTED.?Ladies to do writing at home. I furnish postage and stationary. Will pay $15 per month. This is no fake. 1 have full control of the business and no remittance is made until all my heli> i* pnid. For further particulars call on or address Mrs. J . S. | Deal on. Fort Mill, S. C. Valuable Land for Sale or Sent. One tract containing J'O acres. One tract containing *M> acres. Well timbered, located near liarbersville, S. C. TerniR reasonable. Apply to Ales. Barber, Fort Mill, S. C. Town Election. Ira G. Smythe having resigned as warden of the town of Fort Mill, S. C., an election for one warden to fill his unexpired term will bo held on Monday, the 13rd day of March. UK)2. Bolls open at 10 o'clock, a. m., and close at 2 o'clock, p. m. T. if. Faulkner, 1j Ai. Gulp atul f. C. Hughes are appointed managers. By order of the council. ?J. \V. McElhani:y, .T. M. Spkatt, Intendant. Clerk. Start Right. By employing your time during ; the bad weather in preparing for the busy season. Make work for yourself and you will make money. Paint Your wagons and other vehicles and your farm machinery. It will double the li e of your prop erty, double its appearance, keep it always in trading condition and be a credit to your industry and progj^jyeness. W 0il ^^ftur harness. The best farm- i er#B|lo it. Those that do more practicing and less preaching. One of these told us two years ago | that he had been using the same wagon harness for twenty years and he attributes it to his care of them. The rats don't etd oiled TV. harness. t Rose Your SW|^ Get the sluggishness nut^^^HB systems. Allan's Conditi^^B^IPH 1!: Aj H guarantee every packa^flo^39H^B is all medicine. Tht^TonBHBHB printtd on the package and aiiy^ doctor of any kind will read it and recommend it. Ardrey's Drugstore, Garden Seed Headquarters. TRY THIS ?ity Barber Shop Fur u tirf>t-cla8H HAIll CUT, SUA VIS, SHAMPOO, or H A lit SINGE. Carothers & Son. PUOI'UIKTOKS. Third door Rank building. mzn to writ*; tor our confidential letU r before h|>plvinft for patent; it may be worth money, we promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign PATENTS and TRADE MARKS or return ENTIRE attorney's fee. Send model, sketch or photo and we send an IMMEDIATE I FREE report on patentability. we K'vt* tlie Sent leKiil service and advice, und our in trgi-ii are inouer?ie. i ry U8. SWIFT & CO., Patent Lawyom, Opp. U.S. Patent Office,Washington, D.C. F< >K GOOD WHISKIES, WINES, I BRANDIES, ETC., CALL ON OR WRITE TO A\\ II. I LOO V Kit, tii\U!.om;, n c. 1 NEW Gl 3 Wc have just reed % dies, Children^ al 5 Shoes and Mens I^| $ styles that will injfl g lot of Madras Gil 3 waists and mens 3 of White Goods^M jo t'all and get^H 3 bet utiful good^HH 3 int 'rest you. ^ 'Phone No. fl H j Offer flBI IOne dozen nice Tin patterns, at 25 cents. One year's subsei Designer for 90 cents A nice Morocco-b Bible for 81. The sa 81.25 Testaments f White knitting Co Blue and Brown k 23 cents. Two spools of Clarl Ladies all-wool Ho Nice Pearl Buttons i MEACHAM piTSSjili cjp bushel, ? received a big lot ol (<? Molassek, aiul we tl ? will advance later an gs friends to buy soon. 8 FEllTI LIZ ERS?< ? on Cotton Seed Mea 8 and all kinds of (xiia ? ing. W e are strictly S2 and will not be unde ? SPECIAL NOTH ft>k for siii In t *? i I'd/In W? Willll l|llin Iber of Horses and Mi wo will trade or sell j week, we have decide Tuesday and Friday i this purpose. 1TH8 OLD BELli ? T. B. BELK, Pi ?0? 000000 0? 0?0t ription t<^Hfic ound tcac^Rr s 5 I jne indexed for ? or 40 cents. % tton, 19 cents. ? nitting cotton, 5 $! k's Thread, 5c. ^ >se, 19 cents. ^ S 5c per dozen, ' a. epps. J 3???????8? $ I TIT n CU & MLB Mil. I roprietor. g 4 liavfi mi lmn/l SS )f home raised g wliich we will <g net cash, for a 3 ffc?Have g New Orleajre || hink the prie^ q (1 we advise our* ?? [Jet our f^ces 3 1, Acid, Kainit 8 no before buy- ?? in the business ? rsold. 22 [1 W o have x i> a large nam- ? lies, and while 2 1 any day in 1 lie g 5(1 to have every x special days for g \BIMts? J roprietor. * .