Church Directory,
Bsvtlat Church.? Fev. M. W Gordon
-pastor. Frvachlufl every first Sunday
tiitcht nml third Sunday mvrtnag and
and ni^ht. Suuday jickool every Su# - I
<lay at LU a. ui.
Mettodht Church?He v. i. C. (gaudier I
paMor. Preaching frst Suiy iav at 11 ;
n. ui. aud 7 p. in; third Sunday at 3:30
p. m; fourth Sunday at 7:30 p. in. Sun- >
,d- ty school at^Oa ni. Prayer meeting
Thursday evtiyiiug at 7.30 o clock.
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LcjraJ - and ' Personal
",Gel M?<* habit" Head Alr-El- j
ilntliey-Parka Co.Vad.
Mr. Ka h. McJBUiauey ciitiie :
<enind<y ftcut ttock Uill and r^p. ut !
llie day with.relatives in tliib place, j
TU? condition of Mr. H. M. !
Jvu;ibreU. \Vtrluwe illtteHS has been I
iiol?'.l Beverai ticn?*H iu theae col- !
riiuint], .j* reported mu. li improved. 1
ijy a alii* lit chaise in tit - Si uib j
>eru'rt schedule <>n Sunday, N<?. 33,1
sue aouiiinounu m 'ruing lrii.ui ia ,
now due here hi 9.0,1 instead uf j
'3.13 rs formerly.
The oil mills have ativancd tlie
jjrice of.cotton weed to 30 ccu'h
jper bu heb but even with Huh increase
.very few loads of ae.'U* are
coming 'uto this iveiket.
The local fj?>ok C'lkI) s ae delight- !
?wlly entertained Wednesday after- ,
Aioon by Mrs. i>, L. M eacnatn, at
4ier handsome new irorue on Con- ,
^federate atreot.
The Ladies . Home M iasiouary
Society will serve oysters in the
jti>wu hall ucxt Friday evening
,?10111 6 to 9 o'clock. The public in
.cor dally iiivit d Ui attend.
Mr. J. H. linden, ?Uo with bis
?atn>ly hafr'e resided iu tke SpittA'ille
section of tl?i? town fcr waver
,at years, has decided la retvtw to
Hie fa!4? and vw.l< ill a.fewdr.ys rejnove
to his place iu upper Foi l
Mill lowuslup.
Mr. S. A. Eppa entertained a
party of geudeuieu friend* hi tea
'Tliursd iy eveuiug from 8 to 11
o'clock, at taa home on Forest
street. About h dqzew were.present
and tlie occasion was reported **
being one of much eujoyiueut.
Married Sunday at the Jjf'^f 'r
Mill by Msgmtrate J. W. MrEihai.ey,
Mr. W. U, Cre usltaw and Mit*i
jMsry .Hicks. Another a triage
jperfowsed Ay Magintrat- McfcXUaaiey
wjist&Ht ou Monday evening
?if Mr. 14. VV,. Clore and jfciss C. B.
Myew?, .of Iredell county, X. C.
Mr. F. t Well. *, vlt is well
known to a-number of people here,
i?HH reaig^.ed bi? position aa Hiipt rint.
ndant Che Savannah division
of the Southern Railway to acce Pt
the management of the Columbia
.Electric Hi?d Power Cotupmy, of
Columbia.
Representative J, R Haile |*ft
Monday for Columbia to be in Ht
lenaance upon ?lie legislature
which convened in that ity ye*:
terdsy. Mr. Unite will remain in
O duinhia until the adjoin nnt nt
.?>f tlie legislature, about th 23tli
.of March.
Mr J. B. Meudenhall. ?? (drier's.
r>. C., was a welcom d visio to
i?\ir Mill during ihe past week.
JVCr. Mendenall is u ?w superintending
a large brick plant at Gri-r's
jfor N. Ashe, of Yorkville, which is.manufacturing
the brick for a large
cotton mill to b erected at Griefs
til the ti-ar future.
In its announcement of the marriage
of Mr. Howard Banks and
Miss Torre i*e in Charlotte laat
Wednesday The Times stated thai
,Mr. Banks was a nephew of Mr.
.Alex H Banks. The Chester Ltui tern
informs us that the two are
-only cousins. ThaukK, Bio. Big-lmm.
A report current on the streets
for the past few days whs to the
effect that the Catawba Power
company will close the gates t its
<hini on next Saturday, and the,
huge basin above will begin to fill.
We do not vouch for the truth of
"the statement, however, as it emtio
us only as hearsay from aa outeide
course.
A perusal of the statement of
itit? Saving Bank iu anot!x?r column
is < onclustve proof that tliio
institution has experienced a very
successful period during the 8ix
months ending vfaauary 1. The
Havings Bank of Cott Mill may be
classed with the successful!
email batiks cjf the St** to, and the
showing Cur (the past ?ix mouths
drefl *cts much credit upon the offi
cer? of the itietittiiroii.
Mr. D. 4. Forbes, a fnnner living
about three miles went of
Clover, in thia county, is the
owner of a ?ne biood sow, and ;
.claims that during th?- past y**ar
the animal jas givan birth to three
broods of plus, numbering iu all
(fifty one. ' ?he first br<x?d was
sixteen, mtic, the second seventeen
and the lastciglriteen. Mr. Forb s
says that h* sold all the pigs to a
(neighbor at the uuiforoi price of
$2>eauli.
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By a poster at the post office we
Aearu that Auditor W, B. Williams
m :*
GrF 3
We extend to oh
and prosperous N
j>at during -
the future. The
successful; year of
*
not yet satisfied 1
are determined to ?
you will find orirst
goods thai can he f
our repiLtaftkuVl'or j
and keeping, price
Again thanking y<
UVEills
1 1
liiib'br^un hl~ HiruiiHi auvHH f?u ,
the purp of tstkisr^ r** t a r As of,
thr- taxable property of the county |
fur 1 i# '4 *Pli? (IntMU 11 1
Mi. Wiliinuin will visit fc'ort Mill
are Thursday ami Friday, January
21 st und 22in I Our reedei-N should
rem?'iubei ifcrnt tne law requires
] tlii* return of all new fluidities j
greeted and t'lier properly acquir
eil ? tlie las: return, .nth -iw p> !
the town-hip a.-H sNore will te or- |
the delinquency 'and the' UMlul !
penalty will attack: Any return!
which aaya 'Mho same,*' or 'Muijj
j change/' is n ! in <-i !?/" I'lility w'til
j the law ..ti l will not tie uccep ril.
Tf you failed to pa.y yotir tax in
1 December only one per cent penalty
will he eolle tod in Ja- tfary;
t wo per cent in Ft -binary; 7 per
cent irotu March I te 15, after
which the sheriff wfll catch jdu if
y??u do not pay. ' ' '
Mrs. Eliza McKitinry Dead.
Mr?. El iza Ann Mc?inney died]
Sa ur lay morning at her home n
the Harrison neighborhood, afteran
illness<if several muitlis. Mrs
MeK>nin y had at taint-d ill old -lie.
| probably 75 years, and was tinI
widow of the late W'-m. Alt Kinu-'y ;
| Sin* is survived by so ccal sons and
d iii^hteis. hemdos quite k muw.I'T
of maud cliildieu.
Tiie funeral service t<aik plae.*
Sunday alternoon nt Harrison
church, of which deceased had
' been a member f >r many year-.
The Town Electrafa.
Tlir muiicipal election b?'id in,
Fort Mill Monday for , uiten-An'
and for wardens to erv? dur-inir
the year passed , df quietly,
which WAX due to the fact that the
candidates for office were without
ojip .sit ion, The ticket read: T. M.
KirIcpatrick, Mayor; K. P. Harris,
A. A. Vh uiitf, J. M. Sprntt, S. L.
Menclmm, Wardeiia. A count <?t .
the ballots disclosed the fact tlui.i
only 2li votes were cast. The i\vw,:j
council will be sworn into office!
during the present week.
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Payment of Poll Tax Extended
Comptroller Go eral Jans !???-- i
reversed himself ill his interpretation
of tho special act making a
misdemeanor the failure to pay
poll tax within the time pr?
Scribed for the payment of orh?r
taxes and *U?;jecting the deltaq
out to a hoe before a magictra
e. He baa adopted tl*e more
liberal construction that the limit
ic not Dec. Slat, as lie previously
ruled, which ic the final time foi
payment of other t-ixee without
penalty, but March 15, the laat
day on which taxes may be paid without
execution against lit
property. Mo- those who hav*
failed to pay their polls? and their
tiame is legitfn in this county? '
tnav d i rto'atiy lime b tweeit now l
and the l5t of March without
paying a magistrate's costs or fines.
Atidrew Philpa. a farmer and *
merchant <>f Laurens, whh robbed
Thursday night and his store
burned. He found his larwre
pocketbook, in which he had place
$107, ctnpty in the road. The *
thief took one of his mnieg. and
this \v?s found at a neighbor's. I*
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ew War. We. tutor<
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the past -atvd' ask a
year 19(13 hasbeeu
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our misiues* eajreei
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with the volume Of ou
dimb sf ili higher. Du
(tck Ahvav? cmmlete
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bund, and we ^ ill qiu!
t , ? * . , ,
&<i rvawv.honest
*8 down frv tin? lowei
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*u for your liberal |
Yours lor business,
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In nir Mi
Want:
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W
Ta "iA;oknniw
,8 , for Cotton Sc
g . ... Speeial prioefi
j| <: (itt oiir; jTiyk#
8 . inR anyihin;
X still at the
JTjt
8 Yfturs for hfluj
1 Tig 9M ti
8 T. ?.?U
... Mtreu. or imw .. 1
In norortanos sntfc fee schedafe, ef-#
?otive Nov. 29, 1903, the ftouthM-u'^
KMwaKer ' train* n?w arrivs at ro
till a*.follows: 'C
jrao* c? ajllott*, '' " %T 11
io. 27 (tegular stop) 7:S| ?. ,
? S3 i flag atop) 9:13 tT.y .
,, 25 (regular atop) . ... 7:07 p. W.
? 29 (flag stop) 10:20 ,, ,?v
ri.ox colcxbia. \'
To. SO (regular stop) 9:13 a. m#-.
,, 26 (regu ar stop) 2:18 p. m.
,i 28 (regular atop) 8:13 ,, ,,
? :tl (flig stop) 9:06 t, ..
KTC3-.
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UluVb for a liappy
^eiate tlie liberal
1 continuance in
**" ? t.
by far* the most
t * .rj -ii y.? ,
v b?t we are not
* V! ,v '
r business, and we
ring the year 1904
., k, ' %
*vith the wry host
i * . ? i ??
o?vor t(v, maintain
tr bu^i'iioss .
at itoU'h posfcihlo.
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TRESPASS1 NOTICE. - *
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. perma* are .hereby warned nnf. 10
fcuni,Jish, or in pay/way upon
hAjr of- the 'l&ndfl t?wn.<( or c-o/i trilled
by'the uudorsign^i, wuiuer penally of
law. . - - - \v. h jones
i >; . ,1. w. Ahi>rky.
. .? - , J. H. CQETHARP.
'. r - D. A. LEE.
ALfcX. NIVTTItB.
t " .' v. J>D. WITHERS
< i-t V -f D. 8PK1NG8.
. E. B. SPRINGS.
h. w,.w:m i?(.
> i < ; r ' J. H. SUTTON.
B. F. M AS'SKT.
I. H. 34ERRJTT.
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We have just receivi
Austrian China that sii
September. On accoun
a dt> count of fourteen p
jw>se to give our custoine
iSet, or odd Plates or Cuj
see the goods and save tl
| Special E
50c Mercerized O,xfor4s
50c Skirting, 54 inches i
$1.00
l.OO Broadcloth, now
I i V#* 't?-- J -
iv;u unaerwear, now. i
SO cent Underwear, now
A few Ladies' Coat S
Winter Goods at cost, 01
llarrisburg Shoes just r<.
KniiVroiderie < at *0 y.ei
value, Call am save tin
JL J? 1VU
T
i ~ " ' ~
if Boys9 Kin
! C {?
> mm >?? We have a complete atock
ce per pair. Boys* Corduroy per
t aOtuetliinK thrt will laat, a 5
if Ir ? ? CIm'I and Hmidow atoc
ct -20i wih ?u\. T -p nod oudeii
tt ii Z. tt at* toi boya and g
if CiU v^a in ?J mitia for boya
i % Cup . 5. 10, I ">, 2.# hikI 50 (
; ? y - * I'll"1* fid Apron Gmghai,
otij
That del ye<l fthipoieiu of
t Istiv. e X.'tnittj b
n mil I of Wliit?Cbiua by
P kU'n ??v? tv<l Dinlien, 3 tii:
,j* >.?. -ui<i Or?*Hiu T. ?h. These k<x
.,V/. "ijt in Hi?* inM' turn week
. itn.idh ut Jin-. Idpfirei
| "irV ' ivtJ we tli . before Thin in on
>V,,'f*" <!(? not ia'Wit? ?
f:peod.i at ipt? pries.' i
y 1 . i "?
i; Meciolxa:
'1 vja . :,s
I Get the
1 ,r .\?on,t?&* t&e'H?.Hit <>C ti
j ? ' . \*t r, t.v't t;t? Hal.il <?C.I
^^5 _ . Well, tiet Hit! [Libit of
mil }'u.ut? '
tli^ Habit of I)
i-'.'J* J.< I <s Habit (,
,i %.. . <' 4- i it tlio Habit
'5 Ev?-t j ?1 ?Itrt th?- Hal
",V|"' , :5 ' and tl
''jfr'* v" V k?^|?y?u i
j JS' * !i. Gd U*. kidjit."
5 McELHANE"!
* OLOTHING
Iff i
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| ... . on ttie
Carolina Furniture
of Rock mil, S ?*
for bargains. ^
Furnlfutfe*.
Stoveta,
; t ' - ' " .
Pianc^ncE;
CaroliP'/uMiiure ft.,
F Jk Hill. &."<? \V.
ng New.
id a cask of fine white
lould have arrived last
t of the delay, we get
er cent, which we pro- *
rs. If you want a Dinner
ps or Saucers, call and
le discount.
veil ggdlllOa .
fur waists, now - ,40c
rvide, now - - , - 35c
? m - - - 7 5c
- - x - -' - 75c
/> m . 75c
- - - * - 371*2
iuits at half price. All
r less. New lot famous
'ceived. 2,000 yards of
* cent less than actual
jney.
kSSEY.
j j 1 ' 1 * *
ee Pants. :
of boya pants from 25c to 75c J I
its?tha bast school pants? SS * "'+
-kings for boya," the beat that aft ;A.
shirts for boy a,.35, .45 and 50c 5 ft >;
;irla 3 to 10 year* old. 25o. 5 a
and girl*, 10, 15, 25 and 50c. '22
eft*. 5
??.- ginghams 5 and 7 l-2o. S &i; V
Itx'SL.
White China that we should c| t> i
na arrived. You can no# buy.'IXi ?aM V .
* he piece. Dinner and Te?<? ?C
sea of plates, Baker*. 8^drir a*
da have advanced 10 per cent/^'cZ
?. but we bought about three iff
iiid will sell at the same price |(
ir third season to handle these > 4 a
site, to aay they are elegant 2Z"
m.?E!p?r>s ||
s
:u;n
s HabiC 1
toying your Hsts? \?,
t* atying
your shirts and tj^fb? ?? .
buying your Clothing^'i^ich
>uying shoes? r
f buying shoes?
of buying shoes?. v<tK^ v *! "
)it of bbying fro^/i#, ' * >? tn:
lie quality.of gcpds. we a^t . . >q .
a the habit of ,tr^d^g with, ue.' 2*' " '
i-PAR?^ Ctt. Sj
and SUCIUtv ? ' '* V* '
? **.- .....Lugyww^i^p^f
| fORSAIJfc. .
| liO'ltd'. a ore* (1*. S~ ColJtb#FPp
plaqe) >U'X?-& aiike* nyrth p^/P^t ,
MiU. IliSOlf,
Hirl Mjiii! Cr a^rffytion *?Mr.'
e?U4* and. Bfd^yjy, difrtar. or
u?_ ~ %
?ooia.
I; feawa iuiM pH 8ort* ??? . 4
and city propaijy, m 9^5%,or 1ms, .
U>rojgfW*i1 t6wr State. ? Tlpo, it i? ? A
my to ,b*y aa?*mll aa to *
uellL^ Myjrt'i? >**?,.any4)i?t. you i
wiah <Jooe *? >J lipa,,fia*il for. at fl
my ad4re?*. Bo, ai\je JA*fcpva tip "''*
>vwpropu?itio^rijr y?? i?mt to- .
do buaiaraa. Wp neye* ItnMP lor
cvrtar?? wK*t we cap ,d*>> ontlfciiwe
try. I a?m>r: prc|tpe^t|b?i I
on n ajdl aO cbapp il yriU wul^tpopr J, JE
ht*?d ^wim .; $&
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