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FORT MILL TIMES
WEDNKitfXIY, AJJGUST It*. 11K)8..
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
facts Picked Up Here and There About
People and Things.
Mrs. S. \Y? Parks apent (Sunday'
wttli relatives in Hock Hill.
Tt if picnic season is about -over
tnnoli io the regret of the young
people.
I)r. X. E. Mnssey, dr., was up
from Koek Hill Hunday on a professional
visit.
Miss Franr.es Bull., t?f Columbia
in >1 ini"-' ' ' ti... to?/< -i
, , ? . .u 1-11- JllBftOS VillJ)
/it the Palmetto Hotel.
The fall trade will be late in ,
opening this season on account of!
tlu* backward. condition of the
cotton crop.
Mr. ami Mih. S. L. Mencimm
are now occupying their handKoine
new residence on Confederate
street, having moved there on !
Monday.
The heaviest rain of several
mouths fell in this section Friday
evening. The ixiin lasted for an
hour and it was estimated that at
least tive inches fell.
The Times is daily expecting
fiome one of it? fanner friends to
bring in an open boil of cotton.
Come on wiili it brother, and let
your name be first on the- roll of
honor.
By a alip of tin* pen in last
week's issue, tin* date of the niari
iage of M ins Ktfie Culp and Dr.
J), (1. Thompson was made to read
"August 15," when it should liuve
hetai September J.
Married Sunday afternoon at
<he h?iiuo of Mr. John Collins at
the Millfort mill, Mr. M. W. Ivuykendul
and Miss Mary O'Brien,
Both of Charlotte, 'Squire J. \V.
McElhaney otKciatiug.
The census department will, as
usmtl, send out its August report
of the* cotton ginned throughout
the country, but it is not likely
that York county wilt he mentioned,
as very little ginning, if any
will he done in this section before
{September 1.
Work, work, work, has been
t he order with the Times man this
week, for our assistant typo. quite
unexpectedly lo us,did the "grand
bounce" stunt on last Moudnv
w
morning. Therefore, if there he
any shortcomings in this week's
issue, kindly excuse im and wo
will try and do better next inane.
Mr. Ed. Rodgers suffered a very
painful injury Saturday afternoon
while at his work in the plant of
the Fort Mill Mfg. Co. 1 u some
way Mr. Rodders' left hand I Hi
fame entangled in the machinery
find liefore lie could release it h
half inch of the middle tinker was
cilt completely off
It ia said that a new bunco game
is being worked on unwary mer?chants
throughout the country.
.A man enters the 8tore, displays a
government h due awl slates that
he is tn the secret service and on
the lookout for connteifeit money.
Me looks over tin* cash drawer and
invariably finds lour or five ''counterfeit"
dollars, which he "contisicaleB."
The whole thing i? a
fraud.
The Horolli comet, alxmt winch
no mucii has been said, has now
passed the |H>int where it is invisible
to the naked eye. It" anyone
in this place Imd the pleasure of
viewing the bright-tailed monster
<1 tiring it? sojourn over those parts,
the news was kept h secret. Hut,
tlien, our people are too busy a
set to sit up half the night watching
for comets.
The officers and mouthers of
the local military organization will
S>r interested to learn that the
federal government has j nut. issued
to the State 2.S00 improved King
Jorge nseu rifles, complete, and
'in addition to these the cavalry
troops of the State have the latest
model of carbine*. The new Iv rag Torgetiseii
rifles arc at the State
/armory and will be shipped out as
soon as all the State encampments
are over.
M r. Titos. McGuire, who is well
iknowu here and who lives just
across the Mecklenburg lino, near
Catawba river suffered the has by
if.!re of his home aud most of its ef
feets out tho ui^lit of the lOth inst.
Jt is uot kuovu iiow the tire originated*
hut <rtj*n discovered, had
;>iiti*ted such headway an to render
it impossible to extinguish I lie
flames. We understand there was
iio insurance ?u the dwelling or
furnishings.
There whs a corner atone laying
?t tlve works erf the Catawba Power
company Inst JjVidny. The ceremonies
was not especially ostentatious;
but it was, nevertheless,
interesting, little con <?f Dr.
Gill Wylieoffit lated?W.Gill Wylie,
Jr. ile delicated the stone to
(the service of t te company and to
the benefit of the people of the
country snrrot uding.?Yorkville
f?nijuirejr.
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Mr. (i. S. Thompson, < >f (i raham.
N. C., was h visitor to Fort Mill
Sunday.
Mr. T. It. Helk left Monday
evening for a short stay at Hot
Springs, N O.
Mr. It. M. Spratt, of Chester,
spent Sunday with his brother,
Mr. .1. M. Spratt, iu this place.
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undti. B. Hull, of lt<?ck Hill, art*
. spending a few days with Mr. Al.
Thornuell.
t M iss Zoe White returned Friday
evening fr??m a visit to the
home of Mrs. M. V. (Ireen, near
Lancaster.
Mrs. It. A. Yoni?ue and little
sons. 1 ioi> and Middleton, are visit
in^; their relatives. Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan Wolfe, in this place.
I Misses Flizaheth and Catherine
Beau, two charming youti? ladies
of Clinton, are visitim; the Misses
Thorn well, on Confederate stre. t.
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-mi. nt'n n. umt< iKHt .Miss Jiessic
(Jilcs were married Sunday afternoon
at the f irmers home in
tli? upper mill village by 'Squirt1
; J. W. Mi-Kllmiiey.
'And Gov. lley ward lias pardoned
'Squire Mailt*.*"?(iastouia
i Gazette. Yes, but there are a
good many who have not yet pardoned
the governor.
Mr. Star Al. Mason, of tin1 quartermaster's
department, I*. S. A,
at Sullivnti's Island, S. ('.. s?>- m?
? -vend days af the past week with
I friends iu this place.
Indications all point to a higher
price of canned tomatoes ami lovers
of this popular vegetable are
advised to put up as. many of thetn
as they possibly can.
At its monthly meeting a fewdays
ago the hoard of county com
' tuissinners awarded the contract
for painting (lit' Culp bridge over
: Catawba river to T. W. Pawls <if
I Yorkville, the contract price beint;
$304.25.
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Fort Mill's second ball nine met
jdefeat at the hand* of a Pineville
team last Wednesday by a score <?f
9 to 5. Another i?anie took place
I Saturday between the first teams
of the above places in which Fort
Mill won out by a score of 15 to <?
More than three thousand persons
at tended (ho bij^ educational
<4atiierin? at. Tirzah last week. Addresses
were made by Snpt. O lb
Martin, Prof. Clinkscales, of \Vof!
ford, and otlior prominent gentlemen.
A large crowd were present
from this place.
South Carolina's first bale ol
new cotton wiih marketed at Bain
l>erg Thnisday afternoon. It w?h
'mown I?y Abe Simmons, colon d
jnud weighed 4!>S pounds. This i.\
seven days later than the first hah
, of last year. The earliest hale evor
marketed in South Carolina w?o
! on July t>, 1N!)0, grown by the
same negro.
The Highland Park Imll team
will couie over from Hock ilil!
Saturday afternoon and again contest
hall honors with the first niiu
of this place. This gauje prom is
en to la* one of much interest, at
two games have been pJayed hy
these teams this season, each win
iiing a victory, ami it is need lei
to say that the "rid)" will he cJose
J^y contested throughout.
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I limited, we \frere con
i which to stcire the <
t for a short time we ai
3 this at once, wik are g
:GIAL BARtQA
Y DAYS in ever^ftur
ust go and if^ye hav?W*
lues than any house
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ly to b>uy, call and see tl
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Mr. lid.I Armstrong and family
linve inawil fruin Koek. li'ill to
thin phi<j|Mn 4V>'
Mr Ilentli, a pi il^Wient
riii/.ou i^tt*iaiieastyr /iid ?\efcterclay
in h hfi^rihi I iiitjjhw ^ ork.
The i?c\u<> \d spirits
and if the 2$n^*eeas. iiis )iold out a
i little louden tht^ftwitton erojis will
he very vr?>\??d iu^ll(^i< immediate
sect ion. rile <i d i\3h>n is fruited [
well front Ixpttoui ?<> 'op, hut Hi-ii-eoiik
juct iii nit' required to
hold it and lyriuir it to maturity.
That the {proposition of Mr. J,.
\V. Ardrey tea sell t ho State% farm!*
and engage 1 the couviets 'on ll e
roads, as sulVinitted in V..?i- I
convention decently. is approved
throughout tlhe State is attested
i hy tin* publirnty piven tin* resoln
lion and t lie uunnv fiivorahlc coinincuts
of the \tarious papers.
W. (> Blahkck received a^riy! t
painful scalp wound while at work
Friday at the (lam on Cntnwlm river.
Soino workmen who were at
work on the Willi nh ?vc Mr. Hlalock
dropped aipieee of iron which
.struck him out the head. It was
reported here J Friday afternoon j
that Mr. lilaloelc's skull was cm-It
ed and he was im a precarious o.m
(lition, hut a "pUone message Yesterday
seated thmt his injuries are
not s ri >ns atl all.? Hock Hill
Journal, Tuesday.
The inquest Tpnrs(|fl.yv',oWr1111e
remains of J. 1R. *>rinan. the
white man who I was drowned in
('atawha river op Monday m?>rn
i 11 yr of last week, ivas held hy Cur
oner ljonthian. of Yorkville. he
havim* been calleal in the ah-once
of Sipiir.; J W.! McFilhaney. of
this place. The jury, after deliberating
for H< me time over theevi
denee suhmitted, rendered a verdict.
to the simple effect that the
i deceased came to his death hy
( drowning. The remains were interred
Thursday afternoon in the
public cemetery.
Mrs Annie Jones Dead.
Mrs Annie donea, tin- beloved
wife of Mr. A. Oscar Joiics. (lied
Sundny afternoon at ,r? l."? oeloek ai
her home on Cleboui ne street after
an illness of about. three inontliH.
Mrs. 'I<iiion was n dnlighter ol
j Capt. and Mm. M. M. Wolfe, the
former of whom survives her. ller
i death brines to the coin muni ty and
the church a great los?, and to her
hushnnd, father and little son that
which is irreparable?and how end
to he taken so early in life, for sinwas
only "2?l years of age and had
1 been the wife of Mr, Jones for
. In.t four sliyrt years,
4 Mrs. Jones had hcen a member
' of the Fort Mill Methodist church
for quite a numhereof-yedrs and
1 was ever loyal and faithful to hei
' duties ac such, nevov btpng absent
' from its services without a cause,
i So likewise she was true to her
I family duties an affectionate wife
and mother, loving and obedient
? to her i arents Slie lm.l ? l??
, - mil fl Iflim"
circle of friends. and a nreat com*
puny attended the f uncial, which
whh conducted by her j astor, tlie
Kev. Mr. Wright. The burial.was
< made in the family plot at the city
cemetery Monday vdteiiioun ut 1
o'clock.
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goods, and as these
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roing to offer some
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diat you need, we'll
in this section,
* w nm+mr^gm t***0+*
ie stock anyway,
TTZCsrO
Soap,
Cheap and Serviceable.
If you want Soap and not
perfume, one of tin- host toilot
articles on the market is j
FAIRY.
You get a lar^e white cake
for oo. It is a beautiful soap
and you will liud it elegant
for the hatli.
Glycerine and Tar
Is not to he surpassed as a
rou^li dirt remover and owin^f
> to its healing and antiseptic
* qualities it lias a splendid ef?feet
upon the skin. 11 is also
f> cents per cake at?
Ardrey's Drug Store,
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The Charlotte
Steam Laundry, 1
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M^ELHAHEY-PARXSCO.
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Fort Mill, S.
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* Shipments Wednesday Evenings. ^
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DO YOU READ?
If s<>. 1 can furnish you with (lie
following standard literature:
Brotulwuy MaK^wrttn l"x'
Ainsloc's ,, 10c
McUlurii'H 10c
Century JMe
Black Cut 08c
" I^'slic's Popular Monthly.... H
Serihtier's ,, 2.V
Smart Sot 2'>r
Strand I<><
Collier's Wookly i:,. 10c
Vanity Fair loo
I Oldies' Homo .Touvt'.iil1. > 10c
American Hoy lOo
Juritfu i Hte
Park l"o
Nioklo Muffii/ino. ....... Oar
Mntisoy 10o
Artfosy 1(k!
Also several weekly newspa^
pers for sale, ' 4" -? \
1=1. E Parks,
At Ardrey's Oru& Store.
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NEW H
SEWING My
Are the best. Why? Bee
as lone as any other miieh
sew better, and never get
pet)pie use them. The m
use them. Rich people u
can afford to have the b<
tliein because they know t
cheapest in the end. We 1
for the past 1?) years, and
from actual experience,
chines, nor run a wagon, i
at HALT the price. You
le getting needles for our
need any repairs. Cash c;
Call and see.
L. J. MA
fib You K
** That Drew-Sol
J* host WOllllMls' sill
w2.r>() and JJ.00 tlia
S ThatJ*#
** 11. (1. Godm an
host womons' slio
Sl."jr> and 1.50
: Thatft
? The host morel
f 1??' II
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Z They Do.
?? To be had only at the store i
z Meachaiv
| Here Tliey 1
The most complete lines
town nil now j^oocIh, latest sty
As to price, don't mention
and we will make the prices to
Two t>ishipments of the
< should ho' them before they ui
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Our stock of shirts iH so
% v
rolling new customers anions t
Several times during the j
4 4 ties to call for a shirt and aftci
paring quality and prices with
them in half-dozen lots.
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southern 1
Comp
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|\A5LWAY W.AT?,,.
Pass. Traffic Mgr.
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iCHINES.
ausethey lartt TWK'E
ilie. They run lighter,
out of order. The best
ost intelligent people
se thein, because they
est. Poor people use
liev are the best and
have been selling them
know the above facts
We do not peddle 111ajonsequently,
can sell
never have any troubmachines,
and never
>r Easy Payments.
SSEY.
tiwvtwwwwv,;
now ? I
by Co. make the
no for S2, 2.25, ! ?
t is made ?
& Co. make the 8
>es on earth for K
units in the conn- 8
ove goods? 8
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11 Be Foil j
of HATS and CAPS in $5
les and beat qualities.
that, but come to see us 3^.
suit your pocket book. irtof
above linen just in utid you ??
re picked over.
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>od that we are daily en- %6
he shirt-wearers. 55
Mist week we have had par
seeing the lin:? and comthose
of others, would buy ??
Parks Co j|
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ME FOR BUSINESS,
NE FOR PLEASURE,
N'E FOR ALL THE BEST
ER RESORTS
lete Summer Resort Folde*
i Free to Aoy Address.
S. H. Harowicit. *. M.T*n-o?,
Gen't Pass. Ae?ru. Asst. Gent Pass. Aet.
WASH IMG TOW. O..C. ATUKTS, OA.
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zo your home printe r