Items of Local Interest
The 1 uniting senson ?xpire<l
Friday, nnd there will be no inor
birds shun until November.
Mrs. L. J. Massoy returned Fri- j
<lnv from a visit to her nu?tlier. Mrs.
Wilson, of Morgantou, N. C.
Mrs W. M Onlp is spend in" n
few <lrivs Willi her dnmrhfrer M i"
G. S. Thompson, nt Graham. N C.
We are informed Mint duri n" the
past week. 1he Charlotte Bliek
Oompany shipped to various points
thirty-seven cars of brick.
T)r. C. Ren Stephenson, of Charlotte.
spent Sunday with his m<>Mier
Mrs. Sarah Stephenson, of this!
place.
A cold wave struck tins section
Sunday and by Monday mornip?r
the mercury got down to the free/- ,
iiifj: point.
Mr. W. R. Carothera and fanii'v
are now occupying the R>u hothouse
on Bootli street, having
moved there last weduesdav.
Mrs. Mary Clawaou and Mr \V. \
Ij. Adkins were happily married
Sundav evening by M-?lt stride ,1.
W. McEllianey, at the hitter's
Dome on Uontederate street.
The farmers have been rushingj
the plows for the past week nr?pnrinptlie
land roc planting. With enother
week of fair weether ii is j
thought they will he as fnr along :
with their work as is usual at this
lime of the year.
Several large rolls of wire and
other electrical goes is have arrival
here for the Catawba Power Company
ami it ia underatood that the
wire will be stretched from Fort
Mill to the company's plant during j
the week.
Alter spewling several weeks on
his farm north of Fort Mill. Mr
T. II. Bailcs luts decided to again
engage in the mill business and
with his family has returned to
town. ?
Prepare now for the candidates
and the prone.Iiors l>v starting otT a
good crop of chicken-?, says n i x
change. The melon patch is also
an important factor in the campaign
times.
The resolution of the hoard of
health regarding the placing of
hog pens inside the town, should
have read fifty yard-. iusVad of
tifty feet, from any dwelling 01
street.
The Fort Mill Tennis Club is a
new organization which was perfected
a few days ago. The cluh
have erected a nice court to tic
rear of the Spratt Machine Shops,
and numbers of young people daily
enjoy tlio sport of this delightful
game.
The Times goes to press prompt j
ly nt <? o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
and all matter for publication
should ile in our hauns Monday
evening or bright and early Tuesday
morning. EVreons wishing to ;
lmve news ileum or business locals
inserted should bear this in mind.
Mrs. Sue Wright, of Fort Mill,
has decided to remodel the resi- i
/douce and otherwise improve the
old Wright homestead, near Hartsville.
When the work is completed ,
it will he a very desirable piece <d
property.?Hartsville Messenger.' .
The friut, according to one of
our oldest residents, has thus far !
been effected butltitle by the cold
wtalherof the past few days II
it is effected in tny way it is helped
r,... 1....n > "
n?i mo uuu cuuseu ilie youngest
of the buds to drop oft", and in Ibis !
way will improve tin- quality of
those which will mature.
The closing excercises of the!
Flint Hill sclnxd took place Fri- :
day, and consisted of speeches, ro
citatiaus, etc., and a big picnic dm- ;
ner. In the afternoon a game of i
baseball was played between tbej
Pineville and Flint llill nines in 1
which the former was victorious1
by a score of 11 to 8.
Lando Davis, the colored man
whose lllnoss with smallpox was !
tioted in last week's Times, is mi- i
dor quarantine at his home on i
"O'Connor How." Davis is get tint;
.Ia.W, I" I ' 1 ' '
aiuiifj nr ncn (IB COlliU UeeXpy. led.
and while he has been very sick 1
for several days, his ease is said to 11
be of a very mild form.
Birds eat the boll weevil; it is
therefore of prime importance in
the cotton belt to preserve the insectivorous
birds. The farmer or
land-owner or merchant or matin- j
facturer who permits the destruction
of such birds on his property {
is encouraging his own nun. For
the boll wevil is coming. t (
The ginnery of Mr.VV. J.Stewart, i
just outside the incorporate bmits ! j
of the town, narrowly asenped d? - j
struction by fire Monday afternoon. | j
A bale of cotton hud been left lean- 11
ing against the side of the build- m
ing and was discovered to be on i
fire by a party of colored men who I
were passing by. The cotton was .
lolled some distance away from the J
gin house and the tire extinguished,
it is thought the cotton was set on
tire by some boys who hud been
playing there u short time before.
JFTRJEJI
SlXlt O
Wc will give to !
number <>/ beans v
store, a handsome
How to 8e<;u
With every 50-*
these tickets entit
have, the better y
rum it lire. The li
interested parties
(jive ns your pa
cheaper than our
TS/LTJL->1L
(' minty -i| Ktluciuii n .Inc.,
('a! roll, wliu is p lyinjr Ins nn-1
muhI visi's t<> tin1 scIk.o'is ? t" tliej
county, spent Inst Wednesday n
Km l'\ut .Mill town-hip. Mr.Citr-j
foil, jis i? t!>?> will. .> -
-T ? * * mi *\ iitayn ixy
of tin- ofli *o holders of the county,
will stand t"?if iv.? lection in the
approaching p iiiiny.
M ik. L^e Griffin, of Oflioo'n
whose* mind has been deranged for
some tilliO, whs on Inst Thursday
iiinlit taken from tliis place to Co ninbia
lor treatment at tin* State
hospital for tin* insane Mrs
Gritliu, who is a K:8l?*r of Mr T.
M Staines. of this plaee. whs nceompanied
to (Columbia by Mr. I).
Iv. Ilall. of the Osi vol a HOCI i<>||.
Tin* Following treut lemen from
this townsh p have boon drawn to
serve tin* first week of the circuit
court which convenes in Vorkville
on Monthly, April 18. at whic .
?lud{r? (in?re will preside: \V. H
Stamen, J. F. Cmmim/ham, N.
Mc.Atecr, \\\ (>. Ihiiles. W. F
Ardiey was drawn cas a errand
juror.
Mr. W. F. Harris went over to
Vorkville Monday, it beini^ sale.*-day
ther**, and reports that many
'ran! -is of real e tale and peiSotilll .
lll'llll.'lMl' ur*?l*.? 11... fn..l
t l" ' J " V ?V |/> ? ? *?? ?.< U.
Fori Mill people? will road with!
i tercet iho miiim u ireruent of tho'
martiage of Mi.-s Iteesie (iibsou to)
Mr. Morgan 1>. Sprir, which is to
take place at the First L' oshvteriau
ciiurch of (.'liarlo te on the
evening of the KM h inst. Mi.-s
(Jibson is well known here, bein^a
daughter of Mrs. J<. It, Gibson,
who some years ag , resided ii
Fort Mill.
It was stated her? a few day.-I
n<;o that Mack Steele, of this place, i
had. through iiis atto in y. \V. I> I
\\ ilson. Fs<| . of Kock 11 i!!, entered
suit : against the Southern Railway
in the sum of The suit,
it is stated is the result of Stee.eV
having been put otV a passeng' 1
train between Hock Hill and Fori
Mill ?t short time ??go because t!ic
agent at the former place had |
punched the year 1JM5, instead ot
11)01, of h ticket that Steele lm i
bought, and which the conductor
claimed was not good for transportation.
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The Miilfort Mill to Enlarge.
During the past week plans were
drawn t'ora l'JO foot, two story ex tension
for the Miilfort mill. The j
additional room will be erected at i
the North end of the main build-|
inland will be equipped with 1"?0
looms. This will make in all oh 1
looms m the mill. The new build-1
ing will extend tie rose Sprat I street
us it runs at present, but as there
is a consderable eurve in the road
to the oast of the null, it ran lit
straightened so as to cross the railroad
at the crossing now in us-- aid
it tho ?-ame time allow the mill
people a11.}do mom for their p.oposed
enlargement. It is under '
stood tiiat the contract for thej'
ivotk will be let at once, nd that
the grading of the foundaliona will
begin in a few days.
NOTICE?I am now prepared t<> furuisli
biugle Comb llrowu Leghorn Eggs,
at $1.00 per netting of 13. My ehiolt- I
ons are lived from prize winners end- i
tied to registration. Apply to J. VV. |
Kounce, Fort Mill S. C. i
S3.
uuxtilTmX
"nr*?ti
i r un
lie customer guessing th
routaincd in a jar. nov
r $7r> Suit of Furniture.
re Guessess
rent purchase we issueties
you to one i?uess.
our chance to possess t
cans will be counted on
and the suit'a warded to
tronaue. e soli vim
competitors, and it costJUespectfully
yours,
"sre
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|fll! 911 111
<i m i '
I special;
1 F
^ During April
(^> Hoy's and Cli
Cjr
CO
? ing will ho si ]
I Regardies
?
X Hoy's Knee 1
@ cheaper than
|| sibly buy th
jg >vnv HOI; onv
P much labor?
<g Yours foi
I Hi Old Is!
g T. S. EE!
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AN NO l XCE.M H NTS.
FOR CLERK OF THE COURTW^o
are aut hori/.e<l Lour.unun<-<> Mr..T.
C. WriJiOUN of R,.cL till ;i< ;i
candidate for I'LKRK OKTIIKCOl RT
for York county, subject to tin- action
>f the Democratic party in tit a nominal
injf primary next suiium r.
FOR ?HIR FF\\"e
are authorized to antionncc Mr.
.IO(l\ K. (iOHD' >N as a candidate
for the ofiiee of SHKKIr'Fof York county,
subject to the choice of the DoinoTat
io voters as the same may be expressed
in the primary election of August
yy.
p-rrp
artarJB m
$75
e exact or nearest exact
v on exhibition at our
you a ticket. Ten of
1 he" more jj?uesses"yoi!
his inasiniliceni Suii of
July 20th, ?\\ three di>S?ods
as cheap, ii not
i \ on nothing to eaess.
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&
ialls Storgl
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PCB^M^'rrajgfr -?' >m? i ?V?- ""TT? '<
Sale 1
'or ApriLS
, our into of
lildrons (Moth,,d
1
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s of Cost I
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CO
&
'ants arc made ??
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you can nos- t'h
0
c cloth, and V<
0
and siivi* j
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business, 0
CPS
.. JWUCT j?*
liaMe Store,!
$ V
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S0??ei| ??@s?l_
Notice of Klectio'!.
Then- will 1> an rl'-ntion lwM, in tlv
1 town of ! *?n*t Mill, S. < li\ tin ij.ii! I
( el vol <T of t o\. n: 0:1 'I' -<l.i \ .
tin- l"tli day of April. I*.?.> 1. I?. -i v r.e
1) mivs of I it ;i. it:. a ml v p hi. to . ! i< '
\> li Jut iiv r? ?i t ti present ehoi er
shall 1)' surrendered, in order to i < pt
incorporation under ll> <.ene>.il lawof
tli>- Stall* governing Munii i| .< 1 ? input
at ions, enacted m 1Si rj.
i allots to i id '.-hall ("ha 1
S nrri'iifh r? ?1." TI use desiring to vote
in tin* affirmative ou st write \ s ,
oil ballot; thoM in the negative, "No."
Ij. N. t ulp r. I). Faulkner and .1, <
Hughes have been appointed man.eg -;-s
Ky order of the ('outieil.
T S. KIUKTATItli K,
Attest: Iuteudaiit.
J. M. SI KATT, Clerk.
WE ARI
!'o --I? w y >u one of tlit prt ttie
MPLLIN!
Spring Or
At us :f?v.* pri of iib ever olTered. ^
our Millinery vo'Un Mud is nssiste
!i:ivt d!)i lit one in.11 livo huts tiimr
srloct from, anil will hp | h used to
We lmv."* nothing hut new styl
n'ire stork wis bought from At"
'(Mud out in lie Baltimore fiiv, ai
< all u l si I , n? \v i (Is am
Compare C
And dun I forget thai \ou opt i
e\ rv dol! : s v.'oitli of ^ooils you 1
x_?. ar. ^ssuji
rwe" Will
In mi.Is Lawn tups ?t L'.'m*, oOi
(Mb!iIivn s w'is1 I' K Mats at
I Mi ild n - Wli 11 Lawn 1 )resI
ii i >id. v i ii.-. - .1... I 4 4
. . - y . ...!? imp< i UUII at nfi
Z V 3 3 3
Ml ! .i. 'i S mi in. - in (! ivt'i! .
ZZ n i o Is. o rb to
i " mvr, I \vi i.i ndi ill I i i r
IT! _ . Ill 1 *> ri'lllS.
Cotto
In 14 ?y *? I >! I thick ;?t.
G-rene
Ir^^ioi;. lii'.i mi I lil'iiwn, pit
Ninthly inoin s aide. the tiling
Si <>0. FWty im li lltisU^*!- Lition,
JLj3.cL1c=>:
Wo h'lvo sovinil roiiI bm^iiin.tiiiisli
ul si "ill ii i! /. II. Drop Mit<
11)o, 11 . 'J-x; nml .V> .
$$6acham
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Mules!
Mules!
.!;;.; received n tar load of extra tine
U..i . i - -- -
:nrv> ruin inn -)I| you V.Ill Always
me wi!ll tfoml mnpiy on hand. Call
a in' iJ*> h'i iii?.>s wiili inc. !i yosi baw:u'i
Ibc ?.;::?!< ! v.i'l svil \ hi anil give yon all
I he llh!v >l?il W.'Ulf.
Vi. v .'cspecffiillv yours.
S.J.Kimball
Hock niii, s <:.
J. U. Trayw ex & Co.,
dk.a i.r.r.s i.v
FIXE EIQF<>HS
AN 1> WMN ES,
No. 11 Cast TiM.de St.
CIIA LI LOT T IS. - - - N. C.
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St
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5 READY
Ht and most fashionable Iities of
5RY and
ess Goods,
lies Louise damson has charge of
d by Alias Alabel Ardrey. They
iim! and several hundred shapes to
have your order.
xi:11: -
r.o 111niiifiy huh Benson, ns our
instil nur, Cator & Co., who were
nd all the old stock was destroyed.
!?
D\xt Prices.
ii ticket fur the $300 Piano with
HIV fr. m us.
k?3?3IEr5r.
Show You .
75c and $1.00
*J V, 50 . 7-)c. 05c and $1.50
cs. neatly made, trimmed in ein .
75 and Si 00
G-ood.3
in I iillie. \ "i \ swell, at 35e the vrl
oker Suiting
m. I Slue mikI i>'ack mixed, nil the
tl Voii
20c t lie yard.
Lrdeen
rt wind goods, 18 inch, at 2.5c.
meeting
t<?r a waist. One yard for a waist,
.">() cts.
3 Hose.
i to otl'er. One a beautiful plain
di in black, white, tan and greys. at
i ^ IT.
? i , ' V
&& V ^ H
Work Well Done.
Have j on Table Cloths, Counterpoint's,
Doilies, Window Curtains,
iMnnlods, etc., laundered by the
Model Steam Laundry,
of Charlotte, N. C,
Prices for laundering the ttbovo
n11 icleR cheerfully furnished.
( >ur shipments nre made Thursday
mornings and returned Satur
McElhaney'Parks Co,
The Clothing a"1# Shot ?**
JUtAXM .avdlVr willi your eyes and
hWjjpWfaf*. U?v^iiu*n? tested and
ftlrei with pri |)-T Exam ^ .
! in At ion ntfcwiiutely Tree and passes ^
ul half price for a short time. Satisfaction
iruaranteed or no pay.
L. J. MASSEY,
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