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Its THE LOCAL FIELD. Events of the Past Week In and Around Town Briefly Told. Mr J. \V. Ardrey spent Monday in Waxliaw. Mr. L. J. Massey has been in northern markets since Wednesday. Messrs. Joseph Hoke and S. L. Meacham left yesterday morning for the Charleston exnosition. Dr. J. H. Tbornvell will lill his ' pulpit at this place next Sunday morning and evening at the usual i lours. The balmy spring weather seems to hare taken all the enthusiasm out of the criminal element of Fort Mill. The Daughters of Confederacy will meet at the residence of Mrs Thornwell next Monday afternoon iat 4 o'clock. Traveling Auditor Richardson, ' of the Southern Railway, spent Monday in town in the interest of ill is -company. Messrs. H. E. White, of Rock Hill, and J L. Watson, of Char-j lotte, were among the visitors to Fort Mill Sunday. A Mr. Webb, a drummer, inspected one or two houses while here Tuesday with the view of locating his family here. It iH riirlit amusing to see tli?? 'hotel and livery stable drummers pounce upon a traveling man when he alights from the trains. Mr. S. A. Epps, of the firm of Meachnm ?fc Epps, left Monday (vo i np; for the North to buy the spring stock of goods for h.s tinn. Mrs E. Fullwood has been se- , riously ill during the past week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. I *J. fl. Harris. It is said that she { is now improving. Under the new law the age for road duty is from IS to 50 years, instead of from 21 to 50 as formerly. Those interested will do well to note this change. A Southern freight train of forty-three loaded cars passed through Fort Mill Monday morning. Two engines were required to pull the tremendous load. Misses Myrtle Blankenship and Maggie McFaddeu came up from Winthrop and spent several days of last week at the former's homo, in upper Fort Mill township. . A tenant house at the upper mill has heen fitted neatly up and furnished and the school opened Monday in charge of Miss Essie hi 'i xunrcuH wuii uuriy pupils. Mori' have since been enrolled. There has been two deaths n( the county stockade during the j KHt two weeks. Hiith were negro men and one is said to have been sick since last summer, when he had an attack of typhoid fever. It will he interesting to knowthat Warren White's "calico"' j mule died last week. It has been ? familiar sight here for about years and was faithful to the end. ; Death was the result of not being all grey. A chicken thief paid the hen coop of Mr. It. F. (irier a profit- | able visit last Wednesday night, departing with four tine liens. Other losses of chickens are re ported to have occurred dur n $ the ! week. The first week in April has been set aside as ''Educational Week" ' at the Charleston exposition and an effort will Ins made to have as many pupils present from all the colleges and schools of the State as ' possible. Mr. W. L. Hall lost a fine milch cow on last Thursdny. The cow ; had been tied out to grass, and i became entangled in the chain causing her to fall, breaking her neck. Mr. Hall considered the ! cow and a young calf worth $10. Mr. Frank McGee, who was injured by a train at this place two ; weeks ago, having recovered suffi- 1 ciently to lie removed, left Saturday morning for his home in Greenwood. He was accompanied by his brother, Mr. S. H. McGee. Our people have known for years the value of Macadam road, I nil U.. ?<iii it nuim j f i iiv. i n in i rnuiiH ll< >11 I follow for the past winters ex rience, we will be badly fooled. We have just enough of it scattered about to forcibly impress it's worth upon everybody. Last week was probably the first week in two mouths that there was no new cases of sin dlpox to report in Fort Mill. The disease is now on the wane and it is no unusual sight to see at one time numbers of people on the Htreets whose faces are badly pitted as a result of the disease. The new road law empowers the hoard of county commissioners, if they see tit, to make a levy of one mill for the purpose of working the county roads. They are also authorized, where two-thirds of the freeholders of any township petitiou for a levy of one mill for the purpose of working the roads j in the township, to make it. Tin s cond dea'li to result from smallpox i? Fort Mill occurred on Tuesday night of Inst week when i an infant of Mr. T. M. MeAteer died of the disease at its home in j tlie Millfort Mill village. Mr. | MeAteor s family has boon sorely afflicted with smallpox and the death of his child evokes the j sympathy. The burial took place , Wednesday. Mrs. B. (VConneH wns pninfuilv injured Friday by falling from the ! second floor of the barn near her , home. Slio had none to the barn in search of eggs and, while on the upper floor, stepped into a hole which was covered with straw, and she fell a distance of ab nit ten feet. Dr. Meacham attended her j and she is now able to be out again. Dr. D. G.Thompson informs us . that there is not a single ca.-e of ; smallpox in town and we know of none within sever! miles of town. ! Practically the whole town has. been vaccinated and a majority of (lie country. All the homos of j those recently ntllicted with the di-ease have bee i thoroughly fumigated and it is now thought that there is no danger, whatever, of infection from that source. .During the past ten days some of the ball players have been busy solicit ing subscriptions wit h which to rent a new ground, buy uniforms, etc. It is said that the citi'/ens have donated quite liberally and that the most of the required money has been raised. The boys ; say that they are going to have J the str? ngest team this y. ar that Fort Mill lias had in a number of years, and promise some irood ball. The anti-dispensaryites of Yorkvilli*, according to reports, are still sore over their defeat, and although the dispensary will be established there soon, the friends of the great moral institution will receive neither aid, sympathy nor support from the opponents in carrying out the law. In fart, the situation has waxed so warm that some or the anti State rum people have made threats to boycott iii.-r- hant? who favored tlie establishment of the : dispensary. ; Kx-Supervisor T. (I. Cutp an-' nounces that lie will be in the race attain tliis fall for the office. Mr., Gulp is considerably stronger in his home township today that two years a^'o although tiien there was Iitt le opposition. M r.Gulp retired from otTice with no remunerative occupation to fall htick Upon, an old man with a large fn.uily de. pendent upon him, and his pluck and remarkable energy have been the subject of admiration and will not be withot their reward. The Presbyterian clinch is said to bo badly in need of a. new roof and other repairs and because of the extent of the needed repairs the question of the removal of the church to a point imarei the centre of town has arisen and will come up tor discussion Hiul q?'11si< 1? r>11ion ?t an early date. As is well known, the present location like the conn ty bridge, was the result of a compromise between two or thlee factions and pleases 'nobody. And although this fact has not perceptibly effected the harmony of the church, it is an eyesore with some people to this clay. The first transgressor Willi whom the mayor has dealt in s ?nie weeks is one Kd. Alredge, who on Sunday loaded up/on che.ip liquor and lay down on Whito street to sleep otV tin; j'^. A hlnecoat wii<>11111'_r nun w?*y sinmniMl over , !i in psostrato forijn and 1 mtnt*< 1 i;it?*ly 11 list led tin* bdoze fi_;lit**r on to the lockup, lie was it leased, however, when a friend deposited live j dollars with the mayor for his ap- > jieiranee on Monday. Alrodj^ej nii^lit have saved a few penis of his friend's lie?ney hy conduit up i for trial, hut as money is of very little value to a drunken man, lie i failed to appear and the town is now a V. better off. Rock Mill Wants Rev. I.ingle. For the second tiln t during tinpast. year the Presbyterians of I lock tlill have unanimously called Kev. Walter L. Jungle to the | astorate of the First. Presbyterian church of that c?ly. The second was extended at a meeting of the congregation last Sunday. A correspondent writing to the Charlotte Observer from that place says that Kev. Liable made a very favi rable impression on tluise who heard and met him wlu-n lie visited that charge s-veral months ftL-o, and it is hoped, and believed, ny everyone th >t lie will aceept lie* ca 1. Whilo the church lias not had i? regular pastor during tli?past year, the pulpit, lias been tilled notrly every Sunday by some visitino niinister. Mr. W. R. Carol hers, of Port Mill, was in the citj* Friday. Ho content* plates coming to Rook Hill in the near future to open a harbor shop.?Rock Hill Herald. I 1788 1901 Only a hyphen separate* the figures, yet one hundred and fourteen year* of history roll between these dates. The Presbyterian Church at Fort Mill was organized the ISth day of March, JT.sS, by the Whites. MeKees, Webbs, | Harnett s, Spratts, Spriugses and Har- j resses and others, all from Waxhaw church oxcopt the Spratts and Springscs. j The dedication sermon was preached by the Rev. James McRea. The present j church is the fourth building. The tirst building was erected prior to l?ss and was located between the waters of , Sugar iud Steel creeks on the York side, j but only a short distance from the lino. I The Uuiue given the first church was j Uuity, ?o called front the fact that i while York and Lancaster, in England, | were rivals, the people of York and I-uu?a.ster counties, by their united efforts, had just completed this building. Tho name was changed from Unity to Fort Mill in 1S7(?. The second building was erected in 1804, one mile west of tilt) tirst location on land given by Thomas Spratt. It was a log house with twelve corners. The third build was erected in 1809 on the lot now owned by W. F. Harris, while the fourth, erected in 1881, is the one now Worshipped in. Of the twenty two names upon the . oJl of th'> church in lsno. only two are now living?Mrs. L. N. C dp and Mr. T. (t. Gulp. Twenty five preachers have filled the 1 pulpit, ranging from a few months service to the many years pastorate of I Ro\. Jas. 11. Thorn well. _ Bitj Railroad Business. It geeius remarkably that in the face of a very poor erop over the 1 entire South lust year the voliuun of business bein^tloue is inunense. This is evidenced by the unpre- , ? i i... : ?i. :i > i iinim-i iMinuirrn in tin- liouoiio. \ We vent 11 iv I<? say that on an average one train per hour day and night pusses through Fort Mill; and tlie very I fe Heenis to bet st r < i ned out. of the monster engines pulling such trains as have never iiefore been seen by the people here. There are ten regular passenger trains a day and often extras. Six of these are through i trains carrying the mail and from eight to eleven eats, most, of which ' are heavy I'ullman sh cping and dining cars. It is said that the freight yard in Charlotte is blocked with cars loaded for the South. A switching engine is employed j here fiom three to live hours i every day and with tire work at , Hock Hdl anil Chester is kept i constantly busy. There is plenty | of life at the depot. One can always see something in the way of a train, fr >111 the Palui Limited, said to be the finest train in the world, to the measly switch ing engine as it bumps to and fro. _ A Compliment to Mr. VS ilhiirn. Itailroad Commissioner J. G. I Wilborn has recently received through the columns of the Financial Heview the following complimentary notice, which will he read 1 with interest by his many friends in this his home county: The National Association of Kail road Commissioners has fm some time proved efficient in its | I ?ll'l ii'ldio* fi lit Jlllll till' r-imi ifln.ili 1 I " *-? I iims been exercised in flic flection of <'Hicei's Iims probably httd its ; share in tliis result. Commission-| erJ.ti. Wilborn, of South Caroli-I iim. who was honored at the recent ('iiurle-ton, S. U. meeting 1 ?y beiui; , elected tirst vieo president, is a man who has, in hiH oflicial capacity, accomplished considerable i o-iol. I ne duties which devove upon a railroad commissioner are not of the lightest character, nor to be undertaken in a spirit of nonchalance, yet lie has acijuitted hiinselt creditable and has earned tin- respect of all with whom lie has come in contact, not withstanding the necessity he has at , times been under to speak with brutal frankness of certain corporations. 11 is election was well advised. WORKIITS 2i IICUIU A LAY. There's no rest for those tireless little workers- |)r. Kino's Now Life I'll Is. Millions are always busy, curing Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Biliousness, lo ver and Atjue. , They ban sli Si-k Headache, drive ; out Malaria. Never urijie or weaken Small, taste nice, work wonders. Try t lieiii. 25c at Meachnin's druo store. NIGHT WAS HZR TERHOH"[ would eoiigh nearly all night l?Miur,"" writes Mr^, CIihh. Applegate, Alexandria, lad , "and could hardly gel any sleep. I liad consumption Ho Imd that if I walked a 1 I>lo?*k I would cough frightfully i and spit blood, but, when all other medicines* failed, three !?1 00 bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery wholly cured me and I gained f>H pounds." It's absolutely guaranteed to cure Colds, Coughs, La (Jrippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung Trouble. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free at i Meaclmin'a drug store. WANTED.?Ladies to do writi 11^ at home. I furnish postnue 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 help is paid. For further particulars call on or address Mrs. J. S. Deaton, Fort Mill, S. C. Wanted?Sehnnims Knrlu 1^;trl Red Elephant, Apple Jack, Hane'a I Natural Leaf, R..I, K. and Speckled Beauty tobacco taj^s. Will pay 30 cents per hundred in cash. Ward Petiram. Valuable Land for Sale or Bent. One tract containing 1' 0 acres. One tract containini; tMi acres. ; Well timbered, located near Bar- ' bersville. S. O. Terina reasonable. | Apply to Alrx. Barber, Kurt Mill, S. C. Wood's Seeds. i Ferry's Seeds. Craig's Seeds. The choict st vaiieties of each growth. The coarse aeeds such as Beans, Peas, Corn, Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Millet, and Clover in bulk. Onion Sets. We also have a limited quantity of the famous Buncombe or North Carolina cabbage seed in bulk. Spring Cleaning. Don't commence until you l*et Koine our B> d Bujjj l'ois on, prici? 15 and 25 cents per bottle. Ardrcy's Drugstore. J. U. Traywick & Co., DKAIiKHS IN FINE LH);!OHS AND WINES, No. 12 Kast Trade St. CHARLOTTE. - - - NO. TRY THE City Barber Shop For a lirst-rlaHH HAIlt ClIT, SHAVE. SILUIPf)(), or HAIR SINCE. Garothcrs d Son. l'liOl'KlKTOKK. Third do<?r Hank buildingto write for our confidenti.il letter liefore it|>plying for patent; it may lie worth money. We promptly obtain U. 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Cy I THINK % One thousand su: S FIT you perfectl; ^ st.vlos. colnrfi J 7 This is the advanta your clothes are nu course tliey cost a the ready made "ta get kind," but thin ed selection of styl prices, all guaram arc selling agents i America's leading 1 see the samples an< measure. A perfec L. J. MA ^ ^/< ? Gone North foi Our buyer ia now in ^ ing tlie market for ji n and Suimm r (ioods am promine to return with ^ of goods* that we have ^ lnHt HeaHon goode, but from the loom 8. N< that you can put on a in^ and knowimg that v the latect. That has ^ noiim into l)UaiuHKS?1< thereby keeping our rank. So remember 01 ing your Spring auc ^ Anything we well you \ represented or we rc J Meacham & _ _ v HBF ^rr i @002)????????? I ft OLD REl 1 IS STILL IN ? V%VV\V%^V^%V % g A\ c are in the x times are hard, j ? when times are g< x jiriees and we will js? -% g CLOTH INU, 1 CLOT g? Wo have just op $0 date line of Clothii x and Children, and 6o bargains, especial X suits. We are ove @ drens suits, ages fr x and will close then ? Make your boy 1 ? have this rare opp< 0 small cost. 1 SEEDS, Wo have a full X (harden Seed, Irish Q toes and Field See( H FOR SALE?Ca: 2 head of Horses and I Tie OLD BEL ? T. 15. BELK, ^?00009? 9?0000 tr ^ . .. . -. l < * _ ' _ " ' 11 OF IT. | its of Clothes that ^ y. All different ^ es and nnnliti.w ^ -1 ge you have wlnn $ ade to order. Of $ trifle more than S tke what you cau 5 k of the unlimit- j#? es, qualities and ? teed to fit. We For Strauss Bros., g ailers. Call and ^ :1 let us take your $ >t fit guaranteed, w tSSGY, | /A. /Ok. Mi <\ v.* ' Hew Goods. | New York a.'arch- ^ obby line of Spring & 1 makes you a linn the prettiest line ever had. No o'd ^ new stutT, fresh ^ Dbby goodh?<*oo :y ^ nil to a city feel- ^ you are dressed in ^ been our aim since ^ > buy the very latest ^ store in the front ^ nr store when buy- a* I Summer GoodH. ^ must prove out ns ^ 'fund your money. ^ Unno kT? # 0?000????0?55 .IABLE Store! THE LEAD ? <* 0 trout rank when c;< nuf 4- L #~i ?? ? - list nil* KttUIC US X ood. Watch our help your pocket. ? ? RING, ? CLOTHING. ^ ened up an up-to- ^ tig for Men, lioys S? have some special lly in childrens ^ rstocked in chil- ^ om 5 to 8 years, o? ** 1 out below cost, x nippy while you irtunity for such >2 w EVfcJtVUS. g stock of Fresh to and Sweet Pota- p 5? sli or on time?30 ? Mules. x JABLE Store I 0 ^ *1 (0?0?0???S^