Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 12, 1902, Image 3
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
Everts of the Past Week in and Around
Town Briefly ToML
Mr. J. T. J. Harris epeut Muaday
Hi Charlotte.
The jireseut price of cotton is j
.8.90 for the best.
Dr. J. L. Sprat* spent n few
hours iu Charlotte Saturday even- j
The Times now lias two b >nn
fide subscribers in ttio Philippine
Islands.
Eggs and butter are still scarce
and are bringing \1\ and 20 cents
respectively.
Mr. T. I). Faulkner, and daugh- !
tor Mrs. A. L. Parks, returned Mon- j
day from a. visit to relatives in
Cb a riot to.
The Charlotte Brick Cooipauv
now has its plant running full
blast, since the skies have cleared
somewhat.
A Now York cotton expert says
that cotton is worth 0 cents and
will probably command 10 cents i
before the end of the season.
A Mr. Davis, of Gastonia, passed
through Fort Mill Friday enroute
from Monroe to his home with a
select herd of cattle.
Prof. Jackson Hamilton went
down to Hock Hill Saturday
morning to attend a meeting of
f|%?A V/rrl/ \r *
...v . vi ii v/uuitij xrai uoi o xissiiciation.
Farmers nre getting badly behind
with their work on account
of had weather. There has not
been a half dozen plow days in
six weeks.
Mr. W. Henderson Colt harp and
nil his family have the smallpox
at their homo about six miles
above here. Mr. Colt harp has a
very severe cnse.
Rev. I)r. Bridges, of the Presbyterian
College, Charlotte, N. C.,
preached in the Presbyterian
church at this place Sunday morning
and evening.
Mrs. Moore, a returned missionary
from Japan, delivered an interesting
lecture to a large crowd
of ladies Sunday evening at the
Presbyterian manse.
The rear coaches of the southbound
through passenger train
were covered with several inches
of snow as they passed through
Fort Mill Thursday morning.
The recent cold weather it is
thought, will retard the buddhig
of the fruit trees and will more
than likely save the crop. A big
fruit year is promised us by the
wiseacres.
Now it a good time t<> lay gravel
along the sidewalks, while the
ground is soft and muddy. The
gravel would readilv become act
iii the mud and form an excellent
crete,
Tn the Circuit Court at Monroe
last week H. II M< user, a farmer
employe of the Millfort Mill at
this place, was acquitted of the
charge of disposing of mortgaged
property.
A young son of Mr. Frank
Withers, whose home is about
six miles north of Fort Mill, is
now engaged as flagman on u
{Southern freight train which passes
this pluce daily.
It will strike the uninitiate 1 as a
little peculiar, but merchants give
out as a fact thut the cash trade
for the past two months has been
better than it was for the corresponding
time last year.
An infant of Mr. and Mrs. ?T. P.
Bnrrnge, who live at the Millfort
Mill, died Wednesday after an
illness of several weeks. The
burial was made at the Fort Mill
cemetery Thursday morning.
Some of our farmers are still
holding their cotton. These are
the iii'-ii who raise their own supplies
and make their cotton their
surplus crop. They can always get
better prices by doing this.
Mr. Frank AIcGee, the young
man who was struck by a train on
Sunday of last week, while steadily
improving, is still confined to
bis bed at the Palmetto Hotel. A
brother of the injured tnnn has
iniiiii un i 11 Ii mi t I? a ? ?.? hi^^L*
?yv\ u n ivn ibivi# ?.V#| l-llU [/fl-Tl nrra,
There has l>een another change
of operators at the depot in thin
place. Mr. H. C. Hippy, who 1>hh
been the day agent for several
months, has resigned to accept a
similar position at liockton, S. C.
Mr. 8. C. Yates succeeds Mr.
ltippy.
While a few of our farmers have
been hauling fertilizers from this
place, it is said that the sales have
been practically nothing as compared
with last season, when, up
to this time, hundreds of dollars
worth had been hauled to the
farms.
The rural delivery of mail mat*
ter gives general satisfaction txt>
those on the lines. The people
living a mile or farther from the
line do not like it. Thoso who
hud daily servico by the Star
routes are also opposed to the rurul
delivery.
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Wo nre }?lnd to have seen our
Gold Hill friend. <-Sp|ii tor," on
the streets several t inn's recently.
He walks with cons de^a ,)le diiKculty,
but with nppea'ei It. detertuiuation
that is admirable. lie
has the deepest sympathy of all in
his misfortune and The Times
hopes for his early and complete
recovery.
Supervisors Gordon'and Caskoy.
of York and Lancaster counties, i
mot. by ugreomotit |at Barber's;
bridge. east of Fort Mill, yesterday j
and after viewing (lie situatiion
appointed a time for letting the j
eontraet for repairing the bridge.
The notice appears J elsewhere in.
this issue. I
Mr. James Gilligan. who until
last snrim? was Riin?frrinteiidpiit of
the Fort, Mill Mfg. cjotnpany at this'
place, died at his hnme in Char- \
lotte last Tuesday aJfter a lingering
illness. The fnnerfal service was
conducted Wednesday in St. Pet- |
er's Catholic ehurepi, and the re- i
mains were takenl to Pawtucket,
Rhode Island, for luirial.
The March wiiuis began on the
first of the months and have been
unusually persistent and severe
ever since. This/has had the effect
of drying tlnj soil very much,
but work is still ilupossib e. \\ liiie J
speculation is sti 11 going on as to
whether the crop of small grain is ,
killed entirely orJin part, it. is interesting
to notice that the small
pat ehes aroundl the houses and
gardens in towns are in good con.i.e....
VIII IV III.
S. C. Yates, aLrent at this place,
lias received instructions to sell
! round trip tieUets to Charleston
f< r $4 2o on necjount of South Carolina
Day at till1 exposition which
is March 2 >. Tickets will ho on
! sale March I'd rand 20 limited to
return in five Mays from date of
sale. Everho ly who can do ho
I should take {advantage of these
low rates to visit the exposition
and see the historic old city of
I Charleston. J
Readers of Jl'lieTimes will be in.
terested in 1 li< i following Act passed
at the recent session of the Legislate
e which is short and comprehensive:
"T1 at all products of the
' farm in this /State may he sold in
i any town or city by the producer
of the Haid product or bis agent
without saitl producer being required
to p ly license to make such
'sale. Provided, said producer or
agent is not engaged in selling the
! produce of other persons.
Fort M ill needs bettor roads
very mucli. A good dirt road
leading to town does much gootl.
1 At preseny nearly all the roads to
this place/are heavy with mud and
! both travelling and draying is
difficult. J A goat deal of the trade
of thisplmee comes from Pleasant
Valley aiid the many fresin Is on
Sugar CueekHn the last few months
| have grejathfl suit <?tT the trade.
1 f ?lw...o, I 1 '
x.L _11cou i' ?aun wt'l t* I HI 1(1 H Il( 1 K*\*tM
more people would come here
from a I longer distance and the
trade <|f the town thereby he
| greatly Increased. Nothing is to
he expe/cted from the present way
of road jna king.
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Amoftig the cotton mills having
ex hi hi lis at the Charleston exposition,
T/he State mentions the fo'lowingf:
Arc-ide Cotton Mill, Tioek Hill.
; S. C., pleached shirting and peri
calos. [
1 Font Mill Mfg. Company, Fort
j Mill, p. C., staple ginghams.
1 Victoria Cotton Mill, lto k Hill.
S. C.1 ginghams.
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Congressman Pinley's Handwriting.
Jbtpresentat ive Finley <1 >esn't
writ j' the most h-gilde hand writ ing
] in tlJie world, siys the Wasingt m
conieRpondent of the News and
Courier. Indeed th.-re is inmdi
I moire of originality than legibility
in mis penmanship. Mo Haltered
hinfiself, however, that through
J practice he was able to write 11
I inline of his home poslotfice. York
viljle. S. (/., quite plainly. Hut lie
nojw has his doubts about t bis. and
I is lsoriously considering t;ikinlt ?
ctJnrse in penmanship in one of the
J night schools here. This is due
t?i fhe f'ict tlint ho recently h;i?I an
i *ii port it ti t. letter directed to Yorkvplle
returned to him from I lie
fiostoffice here, after several days
Ulelay, '.villi the remark written on
t/lie envelope that there was 110
in?st office in South Carolina whose
^lament all resembled the marks
Jon the envelope.
NIGHT WAS HER TERROR.
!''I would cough nearly till night
long,"' writes Mrs. (Mias. Applegate,
Alexandria, Jiul., "and could
ji hardly get any sleep. I had consumption
so had that if I walked a
block 1 would trough frightfully
and spit blood, but, when all other
I medicines failed, three $1.00 bothies
of Dr. King's New Discovery
wholly cured me and I gained 5K
pounds." It's absolutely guaranteed
to cure Colds, Coughs, ha
Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat
and Lung Trouble. Price 50c
and $1.00. Trial bottles free at
Mencham's drug store.
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A School at the Fort Mill Mfg. Co.
The Fort Mill Mfg. Company
has engaged Miss Kssie Marcus,
of Lake City, S. C., who will in a
few days op n a school u' the mill. 1
The school will be tauuht in one
of the tenement houses in the v 11 Inge
and will Iks run exclusive! v
f ... 11... l.~ 1:1 r * i iii
IUI nil' miirilt 111 ill** rnmiivn Ot !
the operatives. Miss Marcus arrived
Monday niuhl and is boarding
at the Fa I met to Hotel.
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Much Pleaased With the Rural Delivery.
Yorkville Yeoman: Messrs. Hlan- J
kenship and Crook are two of the
leading farmers of Fort Mill town
ship. They have recently secured
a rural free delivery system t hrough
their neighborhood. When asked
on Tuesday how they liked it, they
answered that they had no idea
what a oreat convenience it would
be, and they would now feel as if
thov had lost track with the woild
if the route was abolished.
Cherokee's Uiij hoy.
We had a visit yesterday from
Master Laurens Vnssey, son of Mr
1. li. Vnssey, the champion heavyweight
of Cherokee, and we enter
him against the State. Laurens
at oiglit years old is hands >me.
Iniglit and active. lie is 1 feel,
JO 1-'2 inches liigli, and measures
at flic waist 11 inches, el) inches at
the chest, neck 11 inches, wrist S
inches and weiglis 117 pounds.
Ciall'ney ljr?lj?er.
Selected County .News.
President K. T. Few'ell of the Arcade
mill, Hack Hill, has about completed a
plant for the consumption of "mill
waste." As the name implies it will
put into marketable shape that which
is lost from the ordinary cotton mill.
Tho output from this mill consists of
felt and commercial hats.
Tim election for or against a dispensary
for Yorkville eanu- oil' last Friday
ami resultetl in hi! votes for, and To
against it, making a maj ?rity of 21
for tlm rum shop. A few days ago a
motion was made before Justice Jones
to have the eleetimi enj titled, but the
motion was refused. The dispensary
will be established in a short time.
Mr. H. C. Collins, of I'elair in lain
I castor county, tells tlm liaiicusicr Km
terprise that Mrs. Sarah Collins, who
lives itvcr in York county. is hi? years of
i age. She is the mot her of ten children .
Her husband, the late Win. J. Collins,
and live sons were in the Confederate
war. Cue sou was killed and one died.
She has 1 living grand children and N
dead; and hi living great grand children
and h (lead. She is ill lihh! he:il?li
Representative Kin ley received lint ire
I Thursday from the Secretary ?>1* War
that a vacancy I-rum the .">1 li district
would orhur at West I'oiut on duly I,
and lie was requested to lunke the neressary
arrangements for having a new
appointment made. The competitive
examination to till the vacancy will ho
held at Yorkville. on June lit.
J. (J. Anderson, president of thereinoiul
club, of Ko.dc Hill, visited Washington
last week in the interest of a
public building for that city. Together
, with Representative Finley, Mr. Aiider
son 011 Friday appi-ared before the
House committee on public buildings1
and grounds and o tie red some strong
points in support of the proposed build
iag. It is thought that t be chances are
good, but tlie result cannot be learned
for thirty days.
The Kock Hill Herald says that Mr.
A. 11. Ferguson of that city has entered
suit against tlietf. ti. it N. Kailroail for
damages sustained to his lands
lying along the Catawba river on ae- (
| sount of the Hood in the river in May, '
1*11)1. The lands in question lie below ]
the Iuuk, liiixh embankment approaching
11"' railroad bridge on the west bank i
and that was built l?v tin? railroad com- j
puny. liciwi-cn the embankment and
he outer cdpHif l lie bot toms is a trestle
and Mr. Ferguson claims that on at*count
of the rush through the trestle of
the back water occasioned by the embankment.
his laud was washed and
torn terribly. Messrs. Wilson A; Wilson
will prosecute the case.
Yorkvillo Yeoman: Mr. J. L. Mc(Jill's
ftinhou.se was burned on Wedlics
day. There was 17 bales of packed cotton.
a bah; of loose cotton ami Too
bushels of cot ton seed in the house.
Fart of the 17 bales will bo saved,
1 Tofcssional cracksmen nitroglyocrinized
the safe of the Victor cotton oil
mill tit Yorkvilie Friday night. The
burglars only g<>t SJ.?, as large sums of
money are not usually kept in the sale
over night.
York.ille Enquirer, IvStlj: A meeting
of Ihe York delegation was held in tin
otlicc of Senator liriee yesterday for the
purpise of recommending to the State
dispensary board mimes tor the county
board of control. Messrs. liriee and
licamguurd were present. Inasmuch
as t here are only three members of the ,
delegation now, it was agreed I hat each
name a man. Mr. Ilaile telegraphed
the name of Mr. .) S. Drakeford, and
accepting this, Messrs. liriee and IleumL'lia
I'd comiileted I lie board liv addiiie
the liaiiK'S ol Dr. .1. It. Saye ami Mr. .).
R. Lindsay. Although the appiintive
jmwer 1 i?'H with I lit* Mate hoard, it is
not probable tlr.tr there will bo any
change iti these recommendations.
STItlax*^ a alvH . ??-D.
' J whs Iroubled for several years !
with chronic indigestion ami nervous
debility." wrilt-H l'\J. (been,
of Lancaster, N. II, No remedy #
helped me until 1 began lining KIcctrie
BiltorM, which did mo more
good than all the nieUieine I ever
used. They have also kept my
wife iti excellent health for yeans.
Sue says Klectrio Hitters are ju.-t
splendid for female troubles; that
they are a grand tonic, and mvigorator
for weak run down women.
No other medicine can take its
place in our family." Try them.
Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed
by T l>. Mcuchuiu.
WAXTFD - Ladies to do writing
at home. 1 furnish post aye and
stationary. Will pay $1"> per
month. This is no fake, i have j
full control of the hu tineas and no |
rrmittam e is made until all my
lie In is mi id fur fmi !""
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liinis < ??iI on or address Mrs. J . !S.!
Denton, Fort Mill, JS. C.
Wanted Schnapps, Early Bird.
Red Elephant. Apple Jack. Ma tie's
Natural Leaf. IE.I. R. and Speckh d
Beauty tobaeco tnr;s. Will pay |
lit) cents per hundred in cash. ;
Ward LViirnm.
Valuabld Land for Sale or Kent.
One tract, contaiuini; 1' 0 acres. I
Due tract containing IM? acres.
Well timbered, located near Barbersville.
S. ('. Terms reasonable.
Apply to Alex. Barber, Fort Mill,
S. 0.
Wood's Seeds.
Ferry's Seeds.
Craig's Seeds.
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The choict at vaiieties of
each growth. The coarse
SCi'tls sueli as Beans, Peas,
Corn, Watermelon, Canta
loupe, .Millet, ami Clover in
bulk.
Onion Sets.
We also have a limited
quantity of tin* famous Hun
com lie or Nort li Carolina cabbage
seed in bulk.
Spring
Gleaning.
Don't coiumoiice until you
^ct some our lied line Poison,
price In ami lin cents
per bottle.
Ardrey^s Drugstore.
J. 0. Traywick & Co,
DEALERS INT
fine eiq;johs
and w i x fs,
No. 4vJ East Trade St.
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Third door Hank building.
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We promptly obtain 1'. S. and Foreign
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the best lei;:il servieo and advice, and our n
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? T. 15. 1JELK,
? SKi:i) OATS?1
g about JM)0 bushob
? Rod Rust Pro,of Oj
2 soli at Hoc a buslu
g few days.
? BEST MOLAS
c5 t'/wl ?? 1- * A
V itA'i'lWU (1 JOL
@ Molasses, and we
? will advance later
(O) friends to hiiv sooi
j| FEirri LIZE11S
g on (lottoii Seed M
x and all kinds of (i
g ini?-. Wo are strie
>a and will not l>e on
g SPECIAL NOT
g for sale or t rude qi
? her of Horses and
g we will trade or se
? week, we have dec
C$ Tuesday and Frida
g this purpose.
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1 T. 15.15ELK,
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This is the advanta
$ your clothes are m(
? course they cost a
5 the ready made "ta
$ get kind," hut thin
? ed selection of styl
$ prices, all guaraul
5? are selling agents 1
g America's leading t
g see the samples am
g measure. A perfec
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% MONEY r<
1 SMi
2 1" going tlirou;
^ Shoes, we lind too
^ --w2s, "2 I-"2s and 3sI
n order to get rid
^ have decided to let
\ I n the lot will be f
^ SI.,'>0, 82, 82.oO an
^ have tlieni for $1,
4* 81.1)8. If your siz
& come at once and ti
^ nice shoe.
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OF 1T? ?
its of Cloffo^s (\u:t
r. All dtiV rout
L- -1-j
.5^ ami i,in.
ge yon have *
ide to oi ili r. Of ?
trifle more ilian g
ke what yr u can
k of the v.nii.nit- ?
es, quantum and $
iced to lit. We ?
or Strauss firos., 1?
ailers. OnlT and ||
i let us take your $
t lit guaranteed. &
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4LL FEET. %
our stock of \
innnv small si/os K
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-in ladies shoes. ^
of these goods \? e fs>
them go cheap. ^
omul shoes w orth ^
(I S3. Yon may ^
SI.48, SI.75 ami ^
0 is in the lot, ^
jot a bargain in a
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Proprietor. t
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We have on hand
? of home raised
its which we will &
1, net cash, for a x
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SES?Have just' cj?
of New Orleans ?
think tlie price <Ja
and we advise our jpj
jjjj
-?C.j?ct our prices ^
eal, Acid, Kainit
uano before buyMy
in the business S
dersold. g
I ICE?We have g
lite a large nam- ?
Mules, and \\iiil<^
II any day in the p
idod to have every y
y special days Tor
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