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IN THE LOCAL FIELD. Events of the Pa-? Week In and Around Town " rlefly Told. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mendenhull on Sunday, a son. An exchange has discovered that cotton aeed meal will run potato bugs out of the patch. Architect Hugh White, of Rock Hill, spent Sunday at the home of his sisters near this place. A tine milch cow belong toCapt. S. E. White was killed by a southbound train one day last week. This is tht season when that j lazy, "tired feeling" comes on and makes a uian want to a fishing. Lemons and sugar are cheaper this year tha\ they were last, and the lemonaC'i lorer is in clover. it Mr. M. Mooney, of Shelby, N. C., is a |; itor at the homo of bis father-lj aw, Mr. R. T. Bailey. Mr. B. Ar.1 Ipratt came up from Chester Saul day and spent until Monday v i relatives in this place. ./ Mr. MonjT i Merritt come over from Point I, C., Saturday and spent Sunw y with relatives in this place. " Messrs. IV. Charlotte and W. H.McCaw.r the Rock Hill Journal fliiATit f^mw h mi re in )><? / !??? Sunday ni? . Miss Amf Harris, of Pleaent Valley, is ft nding a few days with her cow n, Miss Aileen Harris on Booth treet. As is alwi# the case, a large crowd of Fo'v Millians went up to Charlotte y<^ ?rday to participate in the 20th v'.J May celebration. A ten dnyY' protracted meeting will begin a;; le Methodist church on the first f,'r nday in June. Services will be4 eld daily at 4 and 8 p. m, Messrs. J.': . Spratt and J. H. McMunray Iq Monday for Greenwood to attern a meeting of the Grand Lodge K. of P. of South Carolina. Mr. *T. B. Mills has been confined to his home several days with an attack of fever. Ilis condition has not improved any during the past day or so. The knowing ones say thin will be the best crop year of a decade. They eay the ^oots of the cotton ? 1 L -Ll i At- A * pitiui * are awui mree times qh long this year as for the same time last year. Work on tin Jones roller mill on Catawba is progressing nicely, mo6t of the t>rick work having been completed. The owners hope to have the mill completed in ample time for handling the approaching crop. 1 Mr. J. W. MrElhaney, our popular liverymen,I informs us that his new livery Lable in Pineville is being taxed tl its utmost capacity these daysj notwithstanding the fact that it was opened only two weeks ago. Plant tansy at the root of your plum trees, or hang branches of the plant on the limbs of the trees, and you will not be annoyed with curculio. An old and successful c?:-i? it.- -i null. mo*vi LIIIUIWIICH IIIU HUUVC, and says it is the most successful cureulio preventive he has over * tried. The sermon of Rev. F. O. 8. Curtis Sunday night was n spiritual feast for the large congregation which entirely filled the Baptist church. The sermon was delivered for the especial benefit of the young men, many of whom wont out to hear the reverend gentlemen. Whether the beef trust has had any effect upon this immediate vicinity we are nnable to say, but it is a fact that the market men here are at present totally without 1 \ ii l _ m. *71 * *# 11 iiume rtiiHou came. a ne r ori i?l ill markets nre being supplied with Western meat, and to say it costs, well?it's out of sight. Mrs. Win. Thrower died at lier lionie on White street Friday evening, after a lingering illness with consumption. Mrs. Thrower wus a Miss Anderson before her marriage of u year ago. The funeral services were conducted by Kev. W. A. Wright and the burial was made in the Fort Mill cemetery. The prettiest row of shade trees we have yet seen are those along either side of Sprat* stn^et, in I j Sprattville. These trees were planted by J. M. Spratt about five years ago and with the exception of three or four they are all growing nicely and bid fair to make Spratt street one of the prettiest ( thoroughfares in the city. The electric storm of last Wednesday afternoon played lmvoc ii.. i ? - 1 wivu me iocri 'plione exchange t and many of tlie patrons were cut ' off until the burnt out 'phones ( could he repaired. It is reported that the lightning. struck aud killed a young white man and se! verely shocked another in the Belnire section. ' We congratulate the city gov- ' eminent upon its enacting a law to prevent bicycle riding on the ' pavements of tho town. This prnc- 1 tice had become a nuisance and ' The Times had been requested by 1 a number of citizens to mention 1 the fact, which we fully intended 1 had not the council acted in the ( ! matter 1 Thursday is Wagoner day at the ' Charleston exposition and there will in all probability be as large, 1 if not a larger, crowd in attendance as innt or nny qny during the ox- ] j I position. The rate from Fort Mill I ] for this occasion is $'1.35 and any j 1 one wishing to see the big show I can find no bettor tiino to go down I than tomorrow. It is now a settled i fact that the exposition will close j on May 31. i While it is generally supposed I that smallpox has died out in Fort ] | Mill township, we were informed |i on Saturday that there is still a 1 number of flourishing cnRes over ' near the river, on Mrs. J. M. Odell's i ; plantation. The patients are all , ( 1 negroes, who, as has been their i j custom, prefer to suffer with the j disease rather than make it known, i hence the cases have not been reported. Mr. Green Collins, a farmer of the Belair section, boarded a train at this place onfc day lalst week for Charlotte, when? he is jnow receiv- | ing medical treatment jn a hospi- j tnl in that city for a sieve re burn I, he received several weexs ago. Mr. j ( Collins was standing in front of i an open fire place at liis home when attacked by something like vertigo, causing him to fall forward into the tire. It vas feared for a time that he would lose his! eyesight, but he is now improving i We received ?i letter a few days i ago from our friend Dr. Alex. Mack,1 of Hawkinsville, Ga., in course of ( | which he informs us that ho has; been appointed by Gov. Chandler ( as chairman of a delegation of; twenty-three prominent kjhysiciaus to the Americar congress of tuberculosis, which will be held in New York City Juno 2, J ai id I. Dr.! Mack's hosts <f friends will be! pleased to learn that sue h an lion- i or has been bes.owed on a former . I Fort Mill boy. The election |ir a pit icipal and | teachers for the iFort Mi II graded school for the approach it lg session will l>e held in tjo bank office on Friday evening text. A few days ago a small advQ-tisemen t was inserted in the vant cob mm of a daily newspaper and tin is far the trustees havo recived few less than 100 applications This * is cer i tainly encouraging and it in but | natural to presune that 1 vitli this number to selec; from, 1 ort Mill is to again havens good school as ! any town in this section. A visit to ok Unity cemetery i will convince one that tliere is a lack of prtriotism in the 1 marts of , the people of tl is township, and especially of tlnse who h ave kin- j died buried theip. The (semetery is a veritable t licl.et of bramboo ! briars, etc., and one not familiar i with the spot wmhl hardl y recog- | 1 nizo it as being a burial ground.) The stone fence has gone to decay and large pine trees now stand | where half a decade ago beautiful flowers were lovingly sprejnd upon 1 the graves of loved on'es. We j | would like to seil some <>i\o inau- | gurate n movement to put the old , burial place in order and if it 1h 1 undertaken, why, call at The Times I otfice aivd wo will start it otf with a j cash donation. i Prof. E. E. Thorn well is spend- 1 ing a few days at his home in this place. 1 Biggest Cotton Mill Yet. W. B. Smith-Whaley, the mill pngiuoer who built the big Olym[)i? mill at Columbia, has the < contract to build a $10,000,000 cot- i ton mill in Kansas City, Mo. The mill will eonta in 45 acres of floor space and it ia estimated that the mill villiago will comprize about < 25.000 people. This, it ia claimed, will be the biggest cotton mill in the world. I ? Freaks of the Lightning. Lightning struck the residence j 1 if Mr. W. L. Barron Wednesday , lfternoon during tlie rain storin. j A. number of shingles were torn . from the roof nnd one of the ehiin| < neys was split, but no other dam- j1 igo was done. The tluid, however, ran down the columns of the front piazza also left traces in the hack J part of the house. The members af the family were in the house ind wero very much frightened, but not hurt.? Hock 11111 Herald. ? The OKI Reliable. It is a bad day, indeed, when 1 Mr. T. B. Belk, the hustling proprietor of the Old Reliable, doesn't liave a crowd nrouncl his big store, i When his customers begin to big' back away lit1 ^tt'S to the printer unl puts in an attractive ail or lias < i bright circular struck off ami sends it through town. The duller ! the times the more lie tells the people what lie has ami how he 3ells it. You iiierchniits who think j trade too dull to advertise just watch the Old Reliable's door and 5r-e the customers swarm in and , out, nuid you can pro lit by cluing us he does. - ? Will the JC's Change Hands. . i The expectation is that, the 1 South Carolina and Georgia lSx-' teiisiou railway company will go 1 under the iiiunagemeut of the Southern railway on the lirst. of July. At the recent session of the legislature an act was passed authorizing the Southern railway to lease and operate the old Three C's road, and of course this could not be done until all of the legal formalities had been carried out. The pople all along the line of the Three C's road are anxious for the Southern to take hold of the 1 property and will hail with delight uie Deginnmg ot work on the con - | tern plated improvement of tlie property, which has been nllowed to run down to some extent 011 no- | count of the lack of funds for extensive improvements. Chopping Cotton by Machinery. \V. B. Castles of Hickory Grove, J this county, has patented a device ! for chopping out cotton, which is pronounced a success l?y all who have seen it. Last year In? used it in his own crop and saved so much cost and obtained such good results that ho had it patented. It is said that the machine is of in- I estimable value to cotton growers, i since it does the work of eight 1 men and dots it better than by hand in the old way, and owing to the growing scarcity of labor fin the farm during cotton chopping season, and its unreliability, the I farmer will no longer be dependent | |1 A ! 11 t i ! I I Ul?in IIUHIIII^ limor IOI* II1H IM'ip lO chop out his cotton. Combinod with the cotton picker, thin nmy add now hope to those who care i to hold to what has for so lonir | a time been the staple crop of the ; South. It is also claimed f<>r this machine that it is adapted to the , su^ar boot cull lire and other pro- j ducts sown in drills where the thinning process is required. Ito7oais a Great Secret. It is often asked how such start- i lill^ enres, that puzzle the besl physicians, are etTectod tiy Dr. Kind's New Discovery for Consumption. Here's the secret. It cuts out the phlegm and (Term-infected mucus, and lets the life-^iveinj^ oxygen enrich and vitalize tinblood. It heaPs the inflamed, eolith-worn throat and Inn^s. | Hard colds and stubborn couirhs Boon yield to Dr. Kind's New Discovery, the most infallible remedy for all Throat and Liiiilc diseases, (iuarenteed bottles ">()( and * 1 00. i'rial bottles free at .Meaeham's ilrn>jf store. I Rev. Liable to be Installed. A meeting of tii? Bethel Presbytery will be hehl in Rock Hill oa Saturday, May II 1st, to receive the Rev. Welter L. Lingle into the Presbytery, and the next day. June 1st, Mr. Lingle will be installed pastor of the First I'resbytorinn church of this city. Mr. Liable is oxpectod to arrive with his family on the 2lUli or 30lh.?Krx k Hill Herald. Agents Wanted, LIFE OF T. EEV7ITT TALMA 0E. t>y His ?on, REV. FRANK DEW ITT TA L- 1 M AOK ami associate editors of Chris-j t tit.ii Herald. Only book endorsed by : I'lilinuK1' family. 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Masse * NEW G1 I H1MY? MS? ^ We are constantly ndddiu ^ line. The latest arrivals are New Lawns at 5 nnd 10c, New Embroideries nt 5, S, 10 and 1 ^ 50c, lllack Silk Mitts nt 25c, ? ^ 10c. A fresh lot of that Woni ^ leading shades 3 and 4 inches ^ Ribbon I. 2, 3. 4, 5, 10, 15, 20 Jk grades of this ribbon. Also i Jk llavo you seen our line ^ white and colored Negligee? ^ Shirt on the market. Colors j is 05c. Also Shirts at 50c. b ^ A new line of NVoinena' G ^ Gauze Bants to match at 25c. $ MEACHAIN | The Gash B g DON'T LET lrl ? The following pi you that we will ? A limited amount @ cos, the 6-cent. kin White and Colore* g too low to tell. La x regular price 35c g Ladies Dropstitcli ? kind, at 10c. Lap ? Embroidery a @ Come and get y< ? per yard. We ( S saying that will sa g 10 cents per yard. | Slippers. S rri)iH v.?i v Oiilvy i qj . ....... ... |. Q in sizes 1 to 1, the kp 011(1 ) 5c per pair. &! of Ijsidies S1.50 SIi 0 cut Tip, at ?1. rl Gv of Mens Sal in Hals j&J ()iir shoe trade : tbut we still wantt larger and we are X will accomplish it. best shoe on the m ? est price, come t o t ? OLD RELIAI ? T. 15. BEI.K, 6) P. S3. New lot c ^ everybody f?0?@??@@? ?? Q? argalns. | in your dress yon g of Patent .Vici or g hoes. We have g styles at 83 to 5 i w?%/\Mn rt4* T K-* ^ ip|icio itfu IU 0 Slippers 50c to 8 'gains in MillinSummer Dress g Latest styles in ? best spring trade 3 Quality, styles ft I it. g Phono ? J P No. 71 OODS. | g to our nlready complete ^ Now Ginghams at 10c, ^ White P. K. at 10c, New ^ ^21o, New Belts at 25 and ^ tfice English Long Cloth at ^ ier Wash Ribbon in nil the W wide at 15c. Black Velvet ^ \1 25 and 30c. We have two ^ i complete line of lacee. ? of Lyon brand Shirts in ^ They nrj the beat dollar guaranteed fast. Our price ^ 'aat colors. ^ auze at 5, 10, 15, and 20c. ? fl&EPPS. i - 1 Li ?L --J uyer's Bazarr. | rPASS YOU! j| ices will convince ? save you money: ? of Assorted Cali- 6b it d, at 4c per yard, jjp 1 Lawns at prices 8 dies Sun Bonnets, 6a , our price 25c. ? t Hose, the 15c ? Robes at 25c. 8 nil Insertion. | >ur choice at 10c A lon't hesitate in ? ve you from 5 to ? shoes, Etc. I of Ladies Slippers ? wi mi ..4 k/V S% OJ.f^F IVI 11(1 ?ll ?>U (X| Twenty-four pairs ? oes, Stock or Pat- 8 rwciity-ibur pairs fA at Si. ? is daily growing, S .o make our sales satisfied that we f* If you want the & arket at the .'iowhe 7 1LE STORE. I Proprietor. ^ *? Glothinj* foa? f1!) |0???0?C????O :?3