JN TH? LOCAl FIELD,
Facts Picked Up H?re and There About
People and Things.
Architect H. E. White was up
From Bock Hill Sunday.
Capt. T. B. Sprutt is Kj)0!iing the
week with relatives in Chester.
Mr. J. L. Watson, of Charlotte,
was a visitor to Port Mill Monday
Slight.
Mr. A. A. Bradford, Jr., spent ?
few hours in Charlotte Thursday on
b uuiness.
M iss Mabel Ardrey is visiting
her sister, Mrs. W. A. Watson, in
Charlotte.
The Millfort Mill Company is
hnvitlf twelve r>*?u.- (onomnnt li"""
es erected.
Mr. A. R. Kimbrell came up from
Rock Hid yesterday afternoon for
a short stay in the city.
M iss Wren Harris returned to
Winthrop yesterday morning after
n short at 11 y at h >r home in this
place:
As is customary each fall, the
hunters of Xortli Carolina are now
infesting the hunting grounds of
Fort Mill township.
The local lodge of Odd Fellows
gave a very enjoyable oyster supper
in their ball Friday evening at
which they entertained a large
number of friends.
Mr. A. R. McElbaney went to
Charlotte Monday to accept a position
with the Carolina Clothing
Company, of that city.
Mr. R. H. Massey came over
from the K. M. M. A., at Yorkville
Saturday and spent until yesterday
at his home in this place.
Many of the locals sports have
planned big hunts for tomorrow,
but if the weather does not sjjeedily
c ear up, it is likely that they will
i..,
i;r uioa^j|JUiuicil?
A congregational basket picnic
will be held Thanksgiving day at
the Presbyterian manse. The entire
membership of the church, it
is hoped, will attend.
This has been a remarkable fall
?beautiful growing weather with
just enough rain to keep vegetation
in a flourishing condition. Cotton
blooms can be seen all over the
country.
M r. and Mrs. Alex. Barber have
issued invitations to a reception to
to be given at their home tomorrow
evening from 8 to 11
o'clock, complimentary to Mr.
and Mrs. S? L. Meacham.
It is said that there have been
rumors of several enterprises, including
a million-dollar one, which
have the tiehl around about here in
view for a location. The Catawba
Power Company's cheap power is
the attraction.
A number of Fort Mill D. O. K.
K.'s will go to Charlotte tomorrow
evening to take part in the celebra?*
1. A:i. i i i
nun me yuccii v/iiy louge una arranged.
The lodges at Charlotte,
Spartanburg n?d Columbia are the
only ones in the South.
Judge A Id rich announces that
the circuit court, at Yorkville,
will observe Thanksgiving in aecoidance
with the proclaumtion of
the president and the governor,
and that there will he no business
transacted during the day.
The jxjlice have had a remarkably
quiet time of it during the the past
few days and Fort Mdl is evidently
on her good behavior. Monday
morning there was oidy one case
on docket, a helpless drunk, and
court was over with almost before
it began.
Many of the back streets of the
town have recently been given
thick layers of sand and cinders.
This mixture, when packed, makes
a good hurd walk and its use should
be extented over the entire outlay
of Fort Mill's crimson-colored
streets.
Mr. J. M. White, an expert mill
man, has resigned his position
with the Fort Mill Mfg. Company
of this place to accept the position
of boss weaver at the Hawkinsville
(Ga.) Cotton Mill. Mr. White
left for Hawkinsville yesterday
morning.
f\rK, "\i i?
v/uitn i?i?nocy nau HIl excilltlg
race with a negro suspect in 'Conner
Row Saturday. A young man
who had been stationed to guard
the rear of the house, is said to
have bent a hasty retreat as the
negro made his exit from a back
window. The negro escaped.
Sam Mellwain and Will Neely,
the young negro men who entered
the home of Mr. W. I. Jones, near
Fort Mill, a short while ago and
stole therefrom numerous articles,
were convicted at Yorkville Wednesday
and sentenced to three
years each in the penitentiary.
The Times mnn is in receipt
i of a letter from Mt Olive, N. C., in
which it is announced that secondcrop
straw berries are being sold
on that market. The berries are
from vines which bore last spring
and if the weather is favorable a
few days longer, the crops it ie
aid will be worth many dollars
to the truckers.
Merchants report good collections
1 this full, and farmers are not talking
of hard times. Their cotton
. crops, though light, have furnished
them the money they needed to
liquidate their indebtedness ami
their well filled corn cribs make
them independent.
"The report that Ex-OfficerNivens
was shot while escaping from
u Rock Hill police some days ago,
is untrue," said a Port Mill man to
a Times reporter a few days ago.
The speaker had visited Charlotte
recently and it was while in that
city ti 1 at he was thus iinformed by
a gentleman who had mot and talked
with Niveus a few days previously.
State Constable Howie, of Chief
I Pant's division, cantured IS irnl
! Ions of whiskey Wednesday night
on the mixed train between Charlotte
and Rock Iiill, s?ys The
Herald of Saturday. A five gallon
keg was found covered up i 11
the coal of the tender, a throe gallon
jug in the baggage car, and a
live gallon keg in the water closet
of the passenger coach
A report current on the streets
a few days ago was that a genunine
case of smallpox had developed at
the Dam. This was a inistuke, however,
the report being started
through information received at
the Dam that a suspect was on
his way to that place from the vicinity
of Iiock Hill. H o evidently
changed his couise, as the Dam
people say lie fail< d to put in appearance
there.
Voters who care to participate
j in the approaching municipal election,
should remember that it is
necessary to obtain 1903 registration
certificates in order to vote.
All
. ?*n\nio irrniui^ ?iilllll till"
| corporate limits of Fort Mill who
are qualified to vote in State and
county elections are entitled to
register in town, and can do so by
calling upon W. B. Meacham, registrar,
at the Savings Bank. The
requirement to register is that of
producing your county registration
certificate.
Maeon "Net Guilty."
The Yorkville Enquirer of Saturday
gives the following summary
of the trial of It. V. Macon, who
was indicted at Fort Mill a year ago
of breach of trust with fraudulent
intent:
Until recenly, Macon was station
agent for the Southern railroad at
Fprt Mill and it.wuh claimed that
his accounts were short to the
amount of in his trial the
prosecution tried to show that
Macon had appropriated the mouey
to his own use and changed entries
1 on his booKs to cover up the shortage.
It was shown very clearly
t !...? ~ ..i?* : ?- i ? *
mm. a ouwutimr t'xisivju, uui uy way
of explanation, t lie defendant
claimed that lie had frequently
made good over-charges of freightetc.,
and that his duties were more
than one man could perform in
consequence of the large increase
; of buisness at his station, it was
, a physical impossibility to keep up
with his hooks and keep them
straight. The jury returned a ver,
diet of not guilty. In his trouble,
i Macon had tiie backing of a number
of the best citzens of Fort Mill
and the general feeling all along
has beep that he was unjustly accused;
that is, that if lie were really
short he has not intentionally
, defrauded the railroad company.
Magistrate Mills' Work.
Pursuant to law. the county supervisor
submittod to court last
week, a summary of the criminal
work dono by the various magistrates
of the county, during the
past year. The following is the
report of Magistrate Mills, of Fort
. i Mill townsliin- Tscm./l *>7
rents; sent nine defendants to the
chaingang and bound nine over to
tlie court of general sessions. In
all he had 22 convictions and no acquittals.
Five warrants were un!
executed. The total amount of
i tines collected was $145. Salary
self and constable for criminal
work amounted to $145, nnd rereiv.
ed as fees for civil work, $17.40.
Ribulldiag the Sprlngsteln.
The work of rebuilding the
, Springstein Mills, Chester, S. C..
which were reoenly badly damaged
by fire, is being pushed rapidly.
The walls of the old building were
found unsafe and have been torn
entirely away. All the debris has
been cleared and laying of bricK
commenced. A new dye house
| will be built on the other side of
i the railroad from the mill ? >?! ?
large and more convenient building
will take the place of t ho burnt ono.
It is hoped that the mill can com- i
rtience operation again by Janu
ury 1.
Exporting Chinese.
Two passengers coaches attached
i to, No. 39, carrying 62 Chinamen,
i pasased through the city yesterday
j iTjornjilg, ep route to China. UniL.
.v ..'
t fl State* Marshal lieUUett, t?t Ne.W
\ ork.aml six deputy marshal* were
in charge <?f the pmty. TheChinamen
were leathered up froiu the
different* jail* in the eoutitry.
i where they liave been con lined for
stopping in the I Tiited States; anil
, in accordance with a recent ruling v
i of the secretary of the treasury ma- t
bein^ sent back to China all
| uovernment expense. Marshal f
Bennett will accompany them as,
far as San Francisco, where he will i
s<-e them safely aboard a ship
i bound for China.?Charlotte Ob- j
i serve r.
Slowly Out Surely.
The Rock Hill .Journal of Saturday
published nil interview with,
Dr. \Y. (J. Wylie as t<> the- work at I
tin* dam, nho.d which Mr. Wylie j
said: "The work is not progress-.1
! ing as rapidly as I ha I hoped for,
still it is going forward surely, if
l slowly and is hoi in; henut ifnlly
; done, and while we will not ho J
! able to supply powei iu the spring,
as we thought, the work will he
completed by .Tune?unless, of;
course, we strike an unusually hard
winter, in which case there will he 1
i a delay of a month or so.'* j
South Carolina Pensioners.
The comptroller general's report
of the operation of the pension department,
just isHiieil. is full of in-j
| teresting information. It is the
first of the repoits from state olfi- !
cials to he gotten out complete.
The total amount paid out in j
pensions was $200,527.00. Tin1
total number of pensioners is 7,- ;
1 750. The number receiving arti- '
' ticial limb fund aid was s7. the j
amount paid out being St*000.20. j
The report has a list of transfers]
i from one county to the another,
those who have died during the year
and such like statistics, which will I
greatly aid the county hoards in
: future in getting tip correct rolls,
i The amount mi id <?ot i.,
county whb$S,01t?,()0.
Pleasant Valley Dots.
I Regular Correspondence.
A goodly number attended l)r.
; Pays' lecture <>11 "Courtship and
; Marriage" at Pelair Friday night,
| Suffice to say it was a grand sue- I
| cess, as one girl became engaged !
I two ('2) hours after,
; Misses Wren and Aileen Flams'
1 of Fort Mill are visiting in the
j Valley this week. , _ |
J. Lester Wolfe, of Charlotte, is
visiting his fathei\d. D. Wolfe this
week.
All who would like to join the
hook club, to beprgani/ud in Pleasant
Valley, will please meet at Mr.
(). W. Potts, on Friday night, Noj
vein her 28.
The report that the O. M. A. are
' contemplating the erection of a
large(?) hall to ineet in, evidences
the fact that they are carrying out
joneof their prime objnets-r-initia
I llllg III*NV 111011)1)018.
Turkeys lire worth from 75 In
$1.50 in Pleasant. Va1 ley when you
huy them ? 30 day's wheh they ctm
' tind out who "hooks" them.
There is h movement on foot to i
I organize a \V. (). W. lodge *in J
j Plesant Valley. What the sequel j
| will be, lam unable to say. ,]
J. J.13.
The News of Rock Hill.
From The Herald.
The site selected by the Treasury
Department for Rock Hill building
Friday was at the corner of main
and Caldwell streets. The property
was bought from the Misses;
I Roach and the price paid is $5.51)0. ;
Thedimoiisiotisure 12'.) by 1115 feel.
Rev. Sam Withorspoon, colored,,
who lives in one oft he Steele lions-j
es, a quarter of a mile northwest of1
i the old Oakland pavilion, has a
j well-marked case of smallpox. The
disease developed Thursday. The 1
j patient is in charge of Dr. .7. M.
Hunter, who has taken the precan- '
| tion to vaccinate the occupants of
the home and in the neighboring
; houses. t
Mr. F. IT Barber sold 51 bales of
cotton on this market Thursday, i
the priee received lieing from 7 1-4
; to 7.05. This lot makes 251) bales
| marketed this fall from Mr Barber's
farm and lie expects to sell 75 per- i
I haps 1(H) additional bales, lb- i
i works 2b mules and puts his land
.in thorough state of preparation, j
.and, instead of selling the seed, |
puts it all, or its equivalent, in cot
ton seed meal, back on tlio land.'
l'o Him lart lie attributes his fine!
crops every year.
Dr. T. 11. Cijrot hers has broil in |
exceedingly ill health for some
time and Dr. (iill VVyle being in '
town this week, was called in and
diagnosed the disease as appendicitis
and his condition was so very 1
serious as to require an imtmdiute t
operation. Consequently Dr. VYylie,
with assistance of several of
the resident physicians, opernted
Thursday with success, the condition
of the patient being very sat
isfuctyry when l>r. Wylie left t o
city that night. lie was still doing
well yesterday.
?
There is talk in (Jhestor of a
through passenger train being put
on at an early date between (.'liarhit
te and Lancaster, <rver t he tracks
'of .tJie, Southern Railway and the
" Lancaster and Chester. This will
be a great convenience to the traveling
public.
Asleep Amid Flames.
Breaking into a blazing home, !
some firemen lately diagged the!
sleepiug inmates from death. Fancied
security, and death near, it's
that way when you neglect coughs
and colds. Don't do it. Dr.Kind's
New Discovery for Consumption
gives tierfeet DT(itei-tii>ii n?rui?.o? ..ll
Thru;ft, Chest and Lung Troubles.
Keepit near, ami avoid sulTering.
death, Mill duet op's bills. A tea- \
spoonful stupsa late cough, persistent
use the most stubborn Harm-I
lo'?s and nice tasting, it's guaraii-j
teed to satisfy by TIu>h. B. Meach- .
am. Price ode and $1. Trial but- :
ties free.
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The cholera plague in Manila!
continues unabated. It lias made!
tin appearance among the men of!
the Tnli iniantry, ami seven have .
already died ami a number 01 1
others are seriously ill.
^ Luck
In Thirteen.
Bysending Id miles Win. Spirey,
of \\ ulton Furnace, Vt., got a box
of Bucklen's Ainica Halve, that
wholly cured a horrible fever sore
on his leg. Nothing else could, j
Positively cures Bruises, Felons.
Ulcers, Fruptions, Boils, Burns,
Corns, and Piles. Only 25c. (Tuur.antoed
by Thus. B. Meaclmm drug- !
gist.
a at:? : - >
<? iumauuii uuiiur apologizes to j
liis readers for lack of news as fol- j
lows, which shows t he t rial to which
a country editor is often subject:
"We expected to have a marriage
and a death notice this week, hut
a violent storm prevented the wedding,
and the doctor being sick
himself, the patient recoverd, and
we are accordingly'cheated out of
both items.''
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Startling, But TrueI
"If every one knew what a grand
i medicine 1 )r. King's New Life Pills
I is" writes I>. II. Turner, Dempsey|
town, Pa., "you'd sell a 11 you have
in a day. Two weeks' use lias made
a new man of me." Infallible for
constipation, stomach and liver
troubly. 2i>c at Meucham's drug
store
ANOTHER
CHILD
SAYED.
Ahaskie, N. O., Jan. 1 1, 1901. 1
Mrs. .Too Person:
Allow me to express my gratitude to
j you fur tile wonderful eure your
REMEDY
I d
nifti e on my little baby girl. Some
eig t months ago she was afflicted with
soil e blood impurity, which resulted in
rav sores and scabs on her face and feet,
wh eh troubled her severely for twelve
mo iths more or less. After trying differ*
at remedies and four pliyisicians
without any permanent relief, l?y
chance I saw one of your paiiers and
stui e of your testimonials I decided
to try your Remedy. After using it a
snort win in, sin* began to improve, i 1
W'l en she had taken two bottles ot' it ;
the sores were entirely healed. I con- j
shier your Remedy one of the best blood l
purifiers on the market; also one. of the
bos: medicines for teething children.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. A. (J. Razomnre.
About Coughs.
Look out for Hint little
couuii. Tt will grow if yon let
it. Your throat won't stand
tensing long. Von cannot :
ntford to catch cold mid trust!
to luck to get rid of the i
cough. The cough may he a
triHe easier one day and worse
i ill** nov t A ? 1 '?' 4
. . .11 At. /I KIl^II It I I ^ III
cou^h ? is one of tlit* hardest
things to lose. 1 >111 there in a
way?an easy way?to shake
it out of the system. Simply
take j
CHERRY BALSAM.
A few doses bring relief. A !
few more complete the cure, t
25 cents a bottle and your
money cheerfully ba<k if it
don't do you good. We soli
lots of Laxative (Quinine Tablets.
They are the best wo J
know of to break up a cold, |
and we recommend them curr
iidenl ly.
Ardrey's Drug Store, j
4 A . t
(Special E
A lot of ladies'
and 5s, at eost.
q Boys' Overcoats
? years, at cost.
^ Cooking Stoves i
? Sewing Machine!
Special bargains
? Clothing.
? New lot of Furn
x Best stock of ch
? town and lowest pi
x see what you can
? L. a-, nx/r
('Phone ?
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J An Enjoyable Thai
f May the tiny prove h br
? mince pie be just right; the pit
^ the tinie':honored turkey done
^ have much to be thankful for,
? The St
A Ami that to our cotumerci
^ in the business world, we owe
life. We, too, have much to
^ ceasing efforts to attain. leade
$ being deserving of it,'ltHVe In
^ unprecedented fall prttronngt
^ approbation and hearty good w
\ and in lieu thereof we extend
^ f< r their many evidences of pi
^ during this season and resp
^ trade. Yours
* Meach am
THANKS!
' ! ;? . ? j, f - .
Til? 1ST ationa
The tiny when reunited fnmiliet
ft'slnl hoard iti joypua and thanks;
have every reason to he.thankful,
our gratitude and we profoundly sh
that gratitude. On this occasion it
ilevoled to thoughts that ore in ban
in aceordande with that spirit, our e
on thai day, which is the 27th. It i
be well fitted for the occasion, so wt
Thanksgivi
On all DRY GOODS, NOTR
In fact, will cut our whole line in a
BARGAIN
GROCER IKS?We carry in st<
do not neglect to order wliHt you ne
Youth to p!
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(Phone ]
HOUSEFUt
E. M. ANDREWS, I
Everything for home
comfort sold here,"on
L?< LOWEST (A
Everything favors credit bnyirij
prjceB elsewhere. Our qualities arc
bility. Our terms are practically ^
nent and the balance in weekly or
your convenience. Our stoi k consi
P Aft LOR and BEDROOM
SION TAHLKS. ft ALL ItA
ENAMELED BEDS. CU
DINING-ROOM CHAIRS,
( A UTS. BABY OAKKIAG
Our stock leprosents nothing but
very latest output of the best factor
profit* jiiBt to advertise the fact that
of House Furnishings.
E. M. ANDRE
J, 8. LYNCH
bargains. 1
shoes, in 3s. 4s, X
, sizes 8 to 18 ?
>5.50 to 816.50. 1
s, HALF ritlCE g
in men and boys' ^
iture just in. ?
ildrens' Shoes in 8
riees. Come and <?
save by trading 8
* X f (<p
* >
iksgiying To All. ?
ight and lmppy one. The ^
nn pudding properly spiced;
to ? fine torn, and may you
but don't forget ^ uf .
uffing ^
inl success. To our standing A
many of the good things of ^
be grateful i'or. Our uu- T'
rship iti our line, through ^
^en amply rewarded by an ^
>. w ) l i 11 > ^ (Wa Jl
?ill of our pal roruj every whore ^
our thanks to one and all ^
reference bestowed upon us W
ectfully solicit yonr future m
very truly, f
A% Epps. |
GIVING-1
Festet IDety
i and fiionda pather around the
pivinp mood. For ourselves, we
llie tf'ttb ot 1'lOVICleilCe floiMHl.il
fire in the common expression ovf
in tiltimr that t!it"> day slionM ! a s
nony with tlmnks^iviny il^vn. 5*.
itore will bo closed after D o'clock
?s very important that you uhoutd
i will offer you
n? Prices
DNS, SHOES, TANTS, HATS,
manner which bhould appeal to
SEEKERS.
Dck many <?ood tiling to eat, so
ed for your Thunkf?<?iving dinner.
ease,
"STOUKTO,
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1 ' " 11 I III mill
tNISHINGS.
ROCK HILL, S. C,
CREDIT-!
i DTT nin/inn
ion nut jj0.
r. Our credit priced are CA8K'
person"hy guaranteed I:t?r
fOUR teniiB. A t?mn!! fa rat p'?yv
monthly amounts, nn'.nged to ?nc
8ts of an excollent uHSorttUc-nt of.
FURNTTIJR E. KXTRN"(1KS,
Bit ASS nnrl Will T li
1FFONIER8, < XHJOH
PORCH R( >CK 8RS, (JO
l-;s, FAN< V ROCRKRS.
the ucweat styles of furniture, Clio
ien. We are selling it at rih'orl
we curry a full and complete iiue
ROCK H'LL, '
, MANAGES.
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