Local ^ and Personal,
Cotton brought 10.10 on tin*
local market yesterday.
Prof. ?T. A Boyd. of Pineviile,
was a visitor to Fort Mill Saturday
Already the little ones are !> i^initino
to talk of '"Santa Clans."'
Mr. David Culp lias aeeepted a
position Willi (lie MeKlhan y
Pa i ks Co.
Miss Mntiie Span* >w, of Davi !
Hon, N. C, is \1sii1n4 Mrs. Lizzie
Wither*:, at this place.
Mis. M. A. \t allien, of Taylorsville,
X*. (3 . is a miest at the home
xjf her fathor, iiev L. A. Harts 11.
Messrs. Waitt'i mil 1 In belt
Dutilup, two |kjp ] 1 ni- young in nf
were up from Hick llill i'Yui ly on
business.
? A local weather piolit says v.*e are
going to liiuv a very *colil wintei
and advises everybody to lay iu a
good supply of iui'l.
Wo me pleased to announce
that Kev. W. A. XN": i^rlit is rapidly
recovering from his recent sev. r
illness. 11 ih many friends wish to
see him out again in a few clays.
The fourth ??u:irt"tly me. tiny:
of the Koit Mill eireuit wi.l convene
oil t lie ISth of November lit
Jl o'clock in St. -Johns Methodist
cliux'ch at this pitt-e. All otlicers
are requested to l>e present.
Several laud owners lutve add ii
their names to the trespass notice
since (he last issue. The hunt
ing season opens next Mom! tv and
it you valui' 3*?>11 r lands ami uume.
your name should also I>. ?*? !< 1 ? ii to
the bsf. '17) cents pays for it.
Mr. Ira (1. Smythe, a farmer of
lower Fort .Mill, rent toThe Tim s
o Hire a few clay a^o two ol the
finest stalks of cotton that we have
seen this year. The stalks wet"
about -1 feet high anil the finis
were lie ivily laden with extra
large and healthy bolls.
Reports from (odd iliil Saturday
wer? to tlie .IT ct that Hud
(section was visile 1 by a heavy r tin
ami hail storm Friday nioiit. Tint
oniy dame of consequence reported
wnfi tli<* killing o." a tine .Jersey
1 >nII, owned by Mr. \V. F. lioyd,
which was struck by lightning
during the storm.
Constable T A Mills, assisted
by Mr. J. L. I'attrison on Fi itiay
raided the home of Alice Allen, a
colored woman better known as
"Hig Six," and seized therefrom
eight pints and two gallon jugs of
whiskey. The following day Con
stable Mills and Olficer .lohtldon
relieved one dim lvobiiiBou of two
gallons of "red eye.'
{Saturday was by several decrees
(lit* coldfHt day tif the season in
1 liis section. tlie thermometer-> rci*
isterinif at 40 at 0 o'clock in the
morning. Not only was the morning
cool hut was very disagreeable
owing to the (I a in piles < of t lie raiis
Friday n glit. However tin* we-.tiler
moderated during tlie afternoon
and the crowd of buyers in town
was about equal to the average
Sa t urday.
M.-rubers of the town council
are still eiideav iriug to contract
with tin* (hitawbi I'owor Company
for sufficient eloetric power to
light the streets There has h en
a hitch between lli c >mpmy and
couiicial as to r.itt's for the p over,
but it is beln V' ! that a contract
satisfactory to h >th parties wi I In*
arranged within a few d iys an<l
the town will have electric li dit^
upon the completi hi of tli<* power
company's plant.
A t eMail I liou?e 011 the plants
lntioti of ('apt. S. K. Wirt . north
of town ami occupied by Andy
\Vliit? and family, colored. was
destroyed by tire Thursday afternoon.
The ori 'in of the lire is
unknown as While an I family
were at work in the field and d:d
not d seover the fire until the
house had almost burned down,
('apt. While estimates h s loss at
$150. while the colored man suffered
the I >-s of a 1 of his hoiisebold
goods.
Miss A/alee Kimbroll. daughter
of .Mr. H. M. IviIII 1 ?r?-11 of the eastern
pari ol the township, and Mr.
Wes. Osborne, of (J Id Mill, were
married Sunday afternoon by \V.
(). liailes. I he iioI<m1 mrirriau'e art is
of upper Fort .Mill. Another marriage
Sunday was that of Mr.
liistoii Pe.m-nt.er and Miss ('>rn
Wadford, which took pluee at the
home of a Mr. McGitiuis in the
village of the Fort Mill Mfg (' ?.,
Magistrate J. W. MeKlhaney f
tieial i ng.
Those desirint! to visit the State
fair, wliieh will eoiitinue throughout
the week, will find the Southern's
| resent H' hedule very e nveuient.
No 21, local p-?n?ciiger
train pisses Fort Mill :,t 0 88 eaeli
in ?rning and arrives in Columbia
at 10 45 Returning the tiain
leaves C luinbin at 5.30 and reaches
Fort Mill at 0 02. The fare for
the round rip from this place is
$8.50, which includes admission
fee to the fair grounds.
'
! nun FA LI
rKH&*rr?rs?r ?lv? UMI
of B>r~i G
tm
Shirts, P
Are arriving dail
induced us to buy hea^
j
jo O ffo Y* cnrno c?r\or-< "A t
Call and see our !
interest,
!
.
aWUWV*0**L.-Xm++f- itwrv u:Do
not forget the
o
ways filled with a con
We can also save
'Js/L X Xj: Xj ?
111 :n i. i \ lii? nil - ill tin*- ;i nil 1
otluw si-i-t inns will In* ^rnl ilifil )? !
t ktk >w tli.it Mi.-- N innif TlinriiWt II.
. \v!l ' w;i?; up I'M I t?t | nit Ins* \\
,i .% f r i; : n.
> .' " I'i" 1" l' " i \ ""
covering. '! In' ?iihi. per
Formed hy 1 >r. ] rwi n. < T ('ii i riot le. I
I >r. Mas-ey. of I lock Mill. >:ik1
Drs K rkpitriek, Meuel nui. Sprati |
ami Thomp, hi. of this |.!a was ;
Very sueeessfiii. ami line.-mines
pe< ! (1 c< > I! 11 > ii'.'lt inns I is It l> i
I I'Vi'il tlial within a f \v weeks
.Miss Thoruwtdl will have lull}
i\ revered.
M* S, L. McElhaney Dead.
After iimtjy wee us of int< Mil - '
fi liiiLT, Mr. Samuel L. .M Dili hh v ;
died on Tuesday afternoon of bin" i
wee I; at I is koine near \\ elfsv.lle.
N. V., the cause of his dentil hem
(a tumor of the stomach. I'm?
funeral too!; place We inesday at
liauks' church, Ilev. I Jr .). I>
M .ck conduct iutr and the huriul
was made in the church yard.
Mr. Melvhutny was, up to a
few years n*?o, a citi/.en of this
township, and was in Id in In !i
? -teem hy those who knew hi:e.
Ilo was li I V'-ill's i 1' uoe, find < :
ex-C iiil't-fli i ila s >! im . ii iv.n^ <*11
iisl? (1 lit t In- I) :j mil 114 of 1 be tt'n r j
with ii mecklenburg { n. (\)e< i?iI
lit ny.
I > ? ??h?*i 1 was ilia f it i of M:>
I. \V. Krwiti an I an uncle of .Vir
) \V. Mel'Ilfbiieo . of 1' is ?)ia c,
holh of wtioin wnh a lar_'?' ii mill i
i other rrlaliv?-H and friends attend j
. i-d tIn* fuiier ii.
Thomps>on''Cu!p.
The parlor of ! lie I4 dnm ip
Hotel was on Thursday eVeninv:
the seem* of a beautiful wedd ulu ;
'.Mish Lillian, second daughter oi t
Mr. and Mrs, W M <'11!j , of th i>
place. and Mr i? try S. T uoi up inn. I
of (nullum. N. I' , b- ino t'.ie c ?i; !
trading parties Tue mailing'
? ..i. i . . ?/>
i rn uii'uy n >ui\ | mi'i' Ml | j# l i) ,
and wiib |?* rf<?ri 11? <I by tin* bi id -V
pastor, Uov. I)r. d. li T;.o; i. we!
Mr A. C. Holt, of (iralin n, ne'e
as best man and Miss Carrie ivimbrell,
of Fort Mill, w.ih maid f
honor. (>11 ly Iho intimate friends
and ri lativirt of tin-* family wa ir
[)I?'S lit.
Mr. and Mrs. Tli.unp- - l?'ft o
the evening train for (? rail uri, car
ry ins/ with tin-in t . 1 i.-st wish s f j
a line-1 of reiat ives and fru-nds.
Coining Marriage
In v.tatn nis i" i ing as f .1 -\\s
wt-ri' received li iv ii I < w (l.ys ug :
"Mr. and M is. \\ . liiain 1.. Sir: to.
iii\it<- yon to lie present at th
fringe of t heir daughter ('I ir.i o
Mr llarpt-r K. Woo ih on W . dii>-?
day evening, November t lie four!! .
li i ii teen handled and three at
eight Iliirty o'clock. Purity I'resli, tei
ian clinrcli, Church Chest, r.
Sou! h Car diiin."
These you in/ people are well
known in Fort Mill, both having
formerly resided here. Miss Shah.e
was for a number of years a to idler
in the Fort Mill graded school,
j and by her amiability of disposition
and Christian character en
! deared her to many. Mr. Woods
j also won many friends iu this see:
tion while engaged iu the drag
I business hero.
, and WiNTE
WJ r' T*" ':? '1?' TJ-J. TXL zn:rA^r , ? ,f?-;
oodlSj NotSonsp;
&ao?sP Hats &m
ly, Our increased sales i
rizr than ever before, and
bargains.
STOCK before ycu buy,
wmAv'"AV? r?-va
! fact that our Grocery 1
uplefce iine of choicest eata
you money on Furniture
S &> "3Z~ O 1
v^y v_i> o' o'Z JC> iv'O i.^'c/C>V>'Zs:0^
j Piave iTO "cl
?
That Sack
| Da si Valley Fl
^ I tfs tile bGG
$ T H E C G M P A N
?
C;.' -oJ
mfOJIfl II Oil 1
rllM FUR!
For want of room wv aiv
oil!* ontiiv stock of
I I >li>i i\; ??iwi i i ; i i t
1CIIIMMU1V (lila \
Merchants. as a rule, cut *
late to hciictit t heir eustomc
in& to h i:,h prices, until
over, and the i;oods cannot V
lisr tileai at very low !ii?ur
benefit? Not th? customer,
they don't need th?m alter ll
V* e have adopt d :> i:ei> ru
an* cutting pries at tin* von
on on all sail and winter l',o<
this ri.nht at the time whrii v
Ol'oJiis? r?ecau-.0 \Yi* :i ro !: (
(Jroeeries and Hardware, *i
carry iari?e stocks in other i
cided to sell the following i
sacrifice, and iet them j?<>.
We do not want to be mini
not offering a few old faded
n this way to get rid of tin.:
the latest styles in everythii
nought for this tali and win
stock in town.
Dry (ioods of ovorv drs
5si<? for Mon, Youths a:i
and Caps for Moii, Y'out
Shoos fov lUon, Youth
Shoos for Ladios, Misro
Ladios' Furnishing Co
nish i! w Coods, (jllovos,
pandtM's, liiosiorv, Rtt\,
j)ots, Mai tint?\s aia! V
Whito Qniiis, Coir.t
Trunks, Suit Casos, Ha:
We haven't space to nicnii
that are h- re for \ on.
We are calculating to bene
sel ves. Von will save mone\
for our immense stock of Hai
and all be pleased.
(iriliia Brand Clothing, Je
Hats, the Single, Battle Axe, I
tia Shoes. Those are all the
and see for yourself. We tli
Yours for business,
Old - Belial)
T* B. BELK, Ps
R STOOK Oott
i U i 11?? 1 >i <c? . ?
2000 yds
AH iiast (
Slices, > ?
Rnc rcsi
50c Drcsji
Gaps $i.is Tat
fl_ Hcst Cool
? \T ... A
i i L-aicrs,
I . 4 J < I IS 11 C O t 1 1 ( /
m these lines have >)CW j <)t
od,
we are prepared
Now ]
half you j
C ill
It v/tli be to your to our m
j mist bo >
1 ' cl CO ill P
and see h
Department is ah
bles. Old
Made
~j~ jnt a-.
10-4 ..
10 I ..
D <2>sLfVik C&C^ - . j
0 L..J ,
"Poll rrl^ -}- i. \ 11. i In
-? ?3 - ?
vlj Wi MIC!!
of ?y I len\ v i i
l!*? a in I
13is r ?et? | L a.sold
jgj M.
Y STORE, |
CO (iivt'ln'i
Bur ns . j Me
I'wwl t<> cul down
i?<)()(is <\\('(k|)t ,
* rociTii^s. ?
wices when ii is loo /
rs. rhey wait, hop- /
Use season is a hoot /
>e us?d, ihey adver- /r\
os. Whom does ii fc xMs
Why not? Because /' ^
\ J SC<ic()il is ()\ Ci'. / '
ie lor this laII. W* M
opening ol the s as- jfty:1
ids. V; h\ do we do
\ should make our Y ???l_\\
:rcusing our line of \
ind haven't room to :;= If o \
ines. So we have ile- h. g \
inos out at a ureal /(.\ o \
f -.v r*i
mdcrsiood. We are V yy ^
and out oi style goous Vn.
We are offering >, Ti
ng. All new goods. y . -50.
jr trade. Th large ? v^\'; 'y^
v<\ ' Ac *
\. c
icript ion, Ciotli- ,
(1 (hildron. Hals ^
Its 2*in 1 ( 'liiMrcn,
s ainl ( liiidron,
1 / n - 1 ?
*; n?H! ^ uiKiron,
l)(ls, (/cut s' 1^III"AO<k
W VJ!!% Sll.NFurnitim*,
Ciir- y^N
\mi'ow Shades, f
\; rt s, Blanket s, r;<A
.*:*' Vs' ?
on all the good tilings
!ii you as well as onr- y
r wnilcwrmak room t(T
*d vvan- and (Groceries 1 ^Jefferson
and .Madison ' ^C\i
Itiehardson and Por- j 7
h<'Si brands. Come
ank ymi in advance.
le Store
?oprietoi,1 I 1
onOff. Prices Off.
Outing at - - 4 c
Calico at - - - 5c
rd-wide Domestic - 5 1-2
s Goods, all wool - - 25c
? Goods at - - 41c
;ss Goods at - - - 95c
Tcta Silk, yard-wide at - 91c
king Stoves ever made at $6.25 to $14.5(?
at - $1.35, $1.75 and $2.50
n 36 inches wide 6 k2c lb
Ladies and Childrens Jackets just receiw
" ' 90c to $6.75
aaasaa??
ot Millinery just arrived, prices about
Kiy other places.
3iniI that the Fall trade has not come up
Seipations. We have a big stock that
>idf if low prices will do it. All we ask
arisou of qualities and prices. Try this
o?\ many dollars you will save.
IS. .3. MAft&rv
AW Li U I 7 II /""Ml *8. wf B - Q I
Dixie Blankets,
oi Southern wool by Southern men.
vv .1 ! I mkets $2.7.1
,, liner ^rnde 3.50
Mill Better grade 1 3.75
Best 11nit 1 it y 5.00
\ n il in white, grey and Blaek worth 75c 5U
: :<j :o tes r.wba r.
I' D t e Lined I'mh-rwear for hoys, girls unci
I' \ a (I girls' sizes, 25c. Womens' sizes, 50cts.
BB. . in t ho womens'goods. 25c. Pants to match in
) eei.l kinds.
OE CTJRTAinXTS.
h ?v. in:,' some specials in Lace Curtains. See our
i ns. rin y aie the Best values we have ever offered.
ji. x i^i^i int e: ii ~*sr.
!> has not had one idle moment since our opening.
\ .>ur order and if she doesn't make you as stylish a
a <,'in L.''t in Lock Hill or Charlotte, and sell it to
per, why, return it and got your money.
acham & Epps.
I . M.. -UL-Xt
Just Received
n X, A new lot of the celc^
>l* kv y hrated W. L. Douglas
Shoes in all leathers.
' f you believe in wear\&fW
ing a good Shoe, try a
m pair of
DOUGLAS, or
\^-rr\ HAMILTON
' & BROWN
^Ezrji SHOES.
A Durability, style and
\ com fort ;i r<? t Vi o oliiAf oc
. . ?. ? V % B11V1 WO"
, \ sentials of these goods.
;i| See us for Hats. Can't
H be equalled.
MeElhaney-Parks Co.,
Thi* Prhe-Culffrs.
! the line for business,
^ ! the line for pleasure,
si^-j | t11e line for all the best
TWE ! SUMMER RESORTS
1 - -1- ?-r ?^
Omp'ete Summer Resort Folder
Trailed Free la Any Address.
I** T
tSi.'/l/J j | V/. A.T-tri:. S. H. Hardwick. W. H-Tayios.
Pass. Tralfk: I :r. C n'l Pass. Apent. Asst. Gen'l At*>
i| '..ASHINUlON. L?.C. V//-SHINQTOM, D.C. ATLANTA, OA. I
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