Local > and <- Personal.
There was a heavy f<H? in thh*
vicinity Thursday luoraiug.
Mr. A. A. Youns* spent Sunday
with relative* ip Rock HilL
Ma bet Ardrey returned
Wednesday evening frgtn a short
visit to relatives iu Ghnriwtte.
Mr. J. P. McMconay left Wad
nesday morning for filpe West,
vtfhere'W will resale bcs studies
>at .Kcdi. jr.
Mr. J. L Watson, of Ohnrloite.
is spending a few days with his'
mother, Mrs. M. M Watson, of
kthi? plane.
Tlte Baptist parsonage on Con-1
^federate street is nearin^ completion
mad will be fif/idy for occupaucy
in a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Patteraor.
4amc UII from lanwiiit^r Sa??F/tu?>
and remained until yesterday nitb.
wehttives ict furt H \IL
Then? were three fcnt* in Atn?
ant?possibly four. So, neoo"fiin?
to tradition, there will be tlw
4IDOW8 the comity winter.
(t wiU |*5' to 'vinsuit our
advertiaiot; ogia-xaus before .you
4my your good*. Patron ixe lUicae
who atsL. tor your trade.
The ww Jlapti?t at Pitiaville
.was orfcHtiwed with a membership
-of forty, instead of nine,. as was
stated in these columns lc4l week.
The narail child at the ape of
,fonr woifch* thirty-five pounds, is j
i incises hi?h, with a chest meats- ,
urc of 2Q3si inches and a fcead
^circumference of l> 1 i ixahn.
The many friends of Krfw. W. A.
Wright, who lias %eew <eet iously
' ,?ick for about ten day*, ?ill be
pleased to know that lus condition j
lis somewhat improved at preeeut.
When you know anything that
would interest Times readers kiuclfy
rin^ 'phone id anil teJl us. j
We'll jut it down hoa pwbJ<4& it,!
and will thank you tor the favor, j
Leading farmers of the township
now say that the cotton crop is indeed
short, and that the yield will
Undoubtedly be far below conaerv-j
alive esti mutes of even SO days ?|?Ol
"~^iias B-rtlia Massey entectaiued
a number of friends at. tea Theirs-1
*lay ?ep"o?ir>j at her home ou Hast
liooth street. The occasion whs
in honor of Dr. ami Mrs. D. G. ;
TliomjiKon.
The time for payment of town ;
taifi expires tomorrow, and the!
<he town council will allow no extension.
All those wlio have not
paid their taxes had beat j<<> in ai<d
aettl? with the treasurer tomorrow i
and avoid further trouble.
The tire-moudwaU infant of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter CdliiM died;
* Saturday night at the h<sx?* of its;
|>arouta in the village of the Fort
Mill Mfg. Company. The liui ;al
was made Sunday ufcternoua in the 1
eity cemet?*ry.
"All tlie business neao .of Font
Mill, with au maeeptkaa of two or j
three, are natives of tlie township," j
was the remark of a citizen to the
reporter a few days ago. And it's
m. fact, too, though we had uot
thought of .it befom*.
The hunting *???<*? opens November
1st. We hear that game
is more plentiful t&as fall than for
..several years, and this fact means
jtliuch hunting. Frotect your lauds
And game by inserting a trespass
notice iu The Tku-as.
Cards were, issued Monday announcing
the marriage of Miss
ignite Mart <Juip, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Oulp, aud Mr.
tiary S. Thompson., of Graham,
N. <3., the ifiMxrw^r fo take place
<011 the 22ud iast. ?Jt the home of
the bride io tius place,
Mr. and lira. W. W. Warren, of
Gold Hill, have the sympathies of
the entire section in the loss of
their little 5-year old son, Harley,
who died Sunday morning of congestive
chill, i laige crowd of
relatives and friends attended the
funeral service and burial at Flint
Hill church Monday afternoon.
Mr. B. F. Maesey, of lower Fort
Mill, brought to The Times office
on Monday a number of well developed
second-growth pears, pulled
from his orouard that day. He
also showed the reporter several
blooms, which he aaya are 01 the
Jh.ird lot that have appeared on
Ilia trees I bin year.
A number of names of persona
in arrears to The Times are beiug
dropped fraui the list. This is 110
reflection upon them, it may be
that they are perfectly good for
jtheir debts and intend to pay them,
but The Tunes conuot afford to
coutiuue the paper to those who
are in arrears and who have
paid nothing lately aud have
nothing about paying.
The fall trade ia opening up
nicely and the merchant* of Fort
Mill are getting their full ahare of
the buaiueaa. Our merchant* carry
as new and complete atocka of
merchandise as can be fouud, and
t it ia simply a wasie of lime and
money to go elaewhere to buy.
Patronize home industries and
help yynr U>wu thrive and prosper.
OIJRPALI
of Pry 6
Shirts, f
jmp"""**"o"p?"owo
Are arrmng dai
induced us to buy heai
to offer some special 1
Call and see our
interest .
Do not forget th?
ways filled with a cor
We can also save
MILLi
i The municipality of I'tueville
) had ?4c4baM of excitement Thursday
night, aaya tlt? Charlotte
Chronicle. X priaoaer escaped
from the calaboose, fire was aet to
the prison and two stores were
burglarized^ ail iu the space of a
: hours. The prisoner oiade his esjjeape
by aettaug; fire to the floor of
1 the calaboose, a sinai 1 wo'den
slructore, aaud it is supposed by
ij euuic Clint tue wt8 the burglar who1
3 filtered the: uteres. Nothing c#f
1 value wm ugimed from the atorea,)
j from which it ia presumed the
- burglar wa? after tuouey.
1 It ie uid that the Southern Hailway
intend* before long to iuauguraWe
a rule requiring total abatiuewoe
uf itu eauployeea in reapouaible
poailiona. lu thia way they
will follow uereral western roada,
which uot oniy require total abfliuieecea
at ita employees whether
ou or <duty, hu t says ihey must
Ovt ^lyarettK. or arnoke anything
ou a fiaeoetiger train or about
a aLaiiou or depot. Superintendent
Racuauer of the deviaiou exJteudiug
from Aaheville to Spartanburg
baa practically inaugurated
such a rule ou ilia linea ?.lready.
Drove Horse ft* Its Death.
Through the carelessness of m
drunken negro, Air. W. T. Hoagiand,
oaf of the town's liverymen,
ou Saturday night lout one of his
best horses and had a buggy hiuI
set of harness completely toru to
pieces.
The accident occurred at a point
near the Catawba Power Co.'s
dam, to which Prauk Moore, a
uogro driver for Mr. Hoaglaud, 1
had started with a white man who
cHiue here frotu Charlotte. It is *
said that Moore aud the white man *
both became intoxicated after leaving
Port Mill, aud when near the '
dam lost their way aud followed a '
path leading through the wood*. I
The couple had gone ouly a little .
way into the woods when the horse
plunged head-first into a deep |
gully, breaking its back and other- .
wise injuring it so seriously that
it died early Sunday morning. ,
The buggy aud harness were com- (
pletely wrecked. It is not kuowu (
the men were iniured. as M f M IIV I ,
left at ouce fur other parts and the ,
white uian had not been seen up
to thia wr.ting.
Mr. Hoegland ia making an effort
tu get at the facta aud if he
succeeds, someone will be held ac- j
countable for this act of crituiuai i
carelessness.
Items of . Local Interest.
Bock Hill Hsrald, 10th.
Mr. L. K. ilruiiH, of Antiiatun, j
Ala., having resigned hi# place a#
vice-president, treasurer aud direc ?
tor of the Catawba Power (Jo., Mr.
W. 8. Lea, Jr., was on Wednesday
elected vice-president and direc.or .
aud Mr. W. H. Martin, Jr, treas- a
urer, with the vice-president's aud t
treasurer's office at the darn. 1
The York Baptist Association,
compo8?*d of the various pastors
and delegates of the thirteeu Baptist
churches in this county, will J
convene in the Rock Hill church c
next Thursday and will cover Bun- i
day following. *
Thursday afternoon .about 1 o'V
j and WIN1
oods, (Notion
>sant&. ?
*MIU C
ly- Our increased s<
rier than ever before,
bargains.
STOCK before you bi
: fact that our Grocej
nplete line of choicest
: you money on Furn
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8 That i
I Dan Valle)
S It's tti? "t
ItHE COMPi
it... r n?? ts:-i.
\.;iurutv on iur mini ui i?irs. niuuey
Robinson, ueur Kd^emoor, Lillian
Dunham whs shot and mortally
wounded by Press Massey, bolb
beitt^ colored. The woman died
about h 11 hour later. Massey claims
that he tired accidentally, but several
witnesses testified that when
he went to the house he was mad,
and that shortly afterwards picked
up a breech-loading shotgun that
was lyin^ on the piazza and fired
intentionally. No cause for the
shooting was shown, however.
Massey was sent to Chester jail
yesterday morning.
It was Gen Bradley T. Johnson,
wh<>se death is announced,
witii lion. Henry Stanberry, who,
wheu South Carolina was under
the heel of the despot, came to the
rescue of our fellow-citizens who
were called before "Lord Norbury
Bond" to answer for the alleged
commission of the Ku-Klux outrages.
Gen. Johnson whs a patriot
and his efforts to save the sons
of York and other counties of
South Carolina from the persecutions
heaped upon them should
ever be reuibered with love aud
;rat itude.
forkville Kuqolrar, 9th.
Mr. J. B. NcDonald of Wiutiaboro,
11as been appointed hh special
judue to preside at an extra term
of court in York county, be^inniiiy
iinuiediaiely after lie a jounimeiit
jf the regular November term.
l%>urt will be in continuous session
for one month, retjMirinj^ the services
of 144 petit jurors.
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Lunioer ror sale.
I am prejared to fill your order* for
Lumber, delivered at Fort Mill. Give
we a bill of your want*.
10-14 4to ALEX. BARBER.
Porkers Wanted.
I will pay the higlu-at market pricea
'or a number of Porker*, fit for market
Hirpoaea. Phone No. 14. Fort Mill, 8. C.
10-14 tf. W. K. SMYTHE.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All peraona are hereby warned not to
mot, fiah, or in auy way trciq>aAM upon
my of the laud* owned or controlled
>y the underaigued, under penalty of
aw. W. H. Jon km.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Notice la hereby given that all perion*
are warned not to hunt, fl*h, or
reapaaa in anyway on the laud of the
tnderaigned. Thoae who violate thia
>otice will be dealt with to the full exentof
the law, aa well aa suffer other
onsequeucea that may follow.
J. P. Balls*.
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STOCK
s, Shoes,
md Caps
lies in these lines have
and we arc prepared
iy, It will be to your
y Department is als
eatables,
iture.
JTT3STO.
u. Bought g
r Flour Yet? I
5?3"t SOlci. X
\NY STORE,!
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
| _
, TUo books of Registration for tho<iuali
ifled voters of the town of Fort Mill for
, the year 1904, are now open at the
! Savings Bank, between the legal hours
of 9 a. in. and 3 p. in.. and will close
Oil the 1st day January 1904.
W. B. Moauham has beeu appointed
1 Registrar.
By order of the council.
T. S. Kikkpatriok,
Attest: Iuteudaut
J. M. Spbatt, Clerk. |
? NEW MARKET. j
i I have opeued a flrat-claas ^
# Meat Market iu the aid Culp 4
T tftand ou Main atreet and will ^
T keep oil hand* at all time* a t
aupply of choioe Beef, Pork, ^
(> Mutton, Suuwa^e, etc. My #
0 prices will always be an low m
A an the lowest. ' i hone your 6 ,
a orders to No. 2P una receive \
\ prompt attleutio'! and fair ?
\ dealing- J
1 W.L. HALL. *
<' gj?~ SVoai* Fish and Oya- W
P tera every batutday. #
Hi Spices
Ready-mixed and prepared,
put up in ten
cent packages, hold,
ing 1-4 of a pound.
Best oi Everything
In the way of other
spices and flavorings. 1
COLEMAN'S MUSTARD
WALTER BAKERS' CHOCOLATE
WALTER BAKER'S COCOA
POSTUM CEREAL
CORN STARCN
BUTTER COLOR
CEYLON-INDIA TEA.
Ardrey's
, THS U
PRates JJSS
"THC 5UMM
SOUTHERN ?
-l|k Cotnp
R?waf wat?!T
^ Put. Tralflc Mf?.
V WfcSHIKOTTJ*, o. c.
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NEW Af
(CLOAKS for Ladic
Latest Styles. Lowest pr
tirst choice,
h TRLNKS, all size
SIDEBOARDS, $
BED ROOM SUI1
IKON BEDS, $2..<
PANTOGRAPHS
CRAYONS, 5c se;
PASTEL COLOR
DRAWING PA PI
10c OUTING at 8
DUCT / ' * * '
APRON G1NGHJ
Harrisburg Shoes, th
'and don't wear out.
New Dress Goods a
| Cloth, Dimities, Etc.
Don't fail to see our
i half your money.
L. J. Mi
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A Few Fal
72 x HO inch Skirts, nicely heiun
x 12 inch Pillow Cases
il-4 Pepperall's Unbleached Shc?
4J 4 Pepporall's Blenched Sheeliu
it-4 Bleached Sheetiurr
CJ " - - 9-4
? n n
-IS inch Pillow Cisin^
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19 x 45 inch Hurk Towelu with b
Nice Table nnd Bureau Scarfs. ..
A new line of Beltd
j Buck Cotnba
All Wool 54 inch Skirtiu^s (a rea
9 x 10 1-2 feet Art Squares, all wo
9 x 12 feet Art iSquurea
9 x 12 feet 13. B. Squares
Meacham
tRIYALS.
s, smf Children,
ice ;. Calfi eai ly and get
js a lit jvi'ccs.
12,1 0? *7.3 and 2:|po
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Wt CTsn,
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, 25 cei*k.
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2 l-2csfaeet'
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ic kind that* tffc ttte feet.1
nd Trim mi nfrsr^ Caonon i
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led,
FOfc
;tiu^ 20?v
tf 2S?-:
23c
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12 1 2c
10c:
order (a big bargain) 10c
2oc
50c
25c
il bargain) 60c
o and 2-ply $8.00
$9.00
$27.50
Q Epps.
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a good Shoe, try a
pair of
DOUGLAS, or
HAMILTON
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