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Items of Local Interest Many of our fanners are anxiously waiting rain to sow tlieir small grain crops. There is but one grade of cotton so far this fall. No rain has fallen to stain it. The ln*?t price paid for cotton on the local market yesterday was' 5).75 cents. Mesara. M. M . Colt harp and Robt. Downs, <?f Pineville, wore visitors to Fort Mill Sunday. Mies Lou Pong, whose illneas was noted iu last week's pnper, is ' still dati^eroucAy ill. Little hope for her recovery is entertained. Mr. Herbert Youn*r, of Lkiu'rkter, visited bis uncle, Mr. A. A. Y?uu?, of this place the last week. Dr. T. H. Meachaiu returned yesterday from a visit, to his son. ^lr. T. ii. Meachaiu, Jr., ofdreenwood. Mr. Lei oy Spring's. of Lancns- | ter, was u yisitor .to Fort Mill Sat urday. M rs. A. A Bradford, Sr., returned Saturday evening from a visit to ber daughter, Mia, VV. E. Taylor, of Lai toaster. Catawba Lod^je No. f>4?, A. F. M? ] will bold its regular monthly i meeting iu the indue room toniurrow evei.ing at tbe usual hour. Mi. L A. Harris spent yeeter-; day with his friend, Mr. J. T. Me- ; Clre^or, at Cleveland Sorinira. N. i c. Dr. J. II. Thorn well attended a Pythian meeting in Columbia Monday. The physicians report pneumonia quite prevalent in tliis section, j We have on hand a big lot of ' blank receipts. If you owe os anything, reader, we would be move than pleased to till out one for you. Newspaper folks, like others, need what money ie due them. Among the competitors for the ' West Point cadetship to be tilled by C ougressiuau Finley the high- i eat average was ruade by Jas. A. B rice, dr., of Wiuusboro, the next highest by .Jno. K. Asho, of York ville. Our readers will please excuse the shortness of news matter on the inside pages of this issue, which is due to the publication of the notices of election in auother column. At a meeting of the Republicans of the Fifth District held a , few days ago at Roi-k Hill, C. P. | T. White, the negro editor, was nominated as a candidate for con- | gress. There is little honor and no chance whatever of elect ion for ! Mr. J. W. Ardrey wont, to Co*! luinbia Monday to attend h ineet- ! i.ng of the State executive commit- | tee. The meeting of the committee w?s to consider the case of Walker vs. Speckle for the super- , visorship in Greenville county. A negro infant was burned on Inst Thursday in a tenant house on Mr. R. L. White's place near Pleasant Valley. The inquest whs held hy Magistrate D. K. IJall. The parents of the child were at work in the field when the house caught tire. Mrs. Lydia Burrage, mother of Messrs. II. C. and J. P. Burrage, died Monday mottling at the home of the former, in this place, after an illness of several weeks of pneumonia. Mrs. Burrage was 75 yeais : of age. The burial was made Tuesday afternoon in the town cemetery. His many friends will regret to learn that the condition of Mr. J. T. McGregor, who some days ago went to Cleveland Springs. N. C., | in the hope that the change would elT ct a recovery from his recent illness, has in.proved but little, if ( any during his absence. Light frosts have appeared in , low places for several mornings | past, the first being on Friday, but i tint., if ...... .1 - i? - o -> 1 oiij, miming hub i en it 1 It'll. . Crops are so far advanced that , some farmers say ft real killing /rust wouid be of little cousequence. Those who have kept a watch on such tilings say that the front of Friday wan two days in , advaucs of the first frost of last , year. Mr. J. J. Bailee, the local a^ent , of the New York Life Insurance , Co., on Monday delivered to Mrs. , R. E. Hoke a check for $2,000, in ( payment of the policy carried by ] Jier husband, Mr. Barber Hoke. , who died about three weeks a^o at liis mother's home in Catawba township. I We are plenaed to know that ' our farmers tgenerally, have housed 1 an unusually laqre crop of hay and I other kinds of forage crops. So in t this important item they are well t prepared for next year. With fair cotton, corn ami pea crops and a 1 ^ood yield of potatoes and sor-the firmer hie !:t*'e to * o< ipi'; n jui! now =FREE Commencing Sep ets. Every purchase JH Fifty Tickets ent Twetty-five tickc Fifteen tickets ci Ten tickets entitl Five tickets entit FUJI We have a conip] Bedsteads, Washstan Kitchen Cabiiets, Sc Chairs, Sideboards, Novelties of al kinds. DRYGOl Our stocks of Dr Pants is heartier tl prices lower. JLtok ov G-I2.C Our Grocery dep food products obtain livered at your home MILLS- $ The p'overnineiit report cn the corn crop poinla to a yield of over 2,450,000 bushels, while the vheat crop ia placed ut about 550 million who uno. The statement is made tlia. Mr. K. G. Snndifer, a young man who was until a short time ago employed on The State, will n a short time begin the publication of a new paper at Yorkville. Mr. Handifer has bought what printing material remains of the old Woman outfit and will put in other type and fixtures. The UHine of the new paper will be "The New Era." M rs. AI ice Smith, wife of Mr. Win. Smith, of Lower Steel Creek, died Wednesday evening after an illness of several weeks of typhoid fever. Mrs. Smith was 28 years of age and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Farts of Gold Hill. She is survived by a husband and three small children. Tho funeral and burial took place Thursday at Flint Hill, the Rev. M. W. Gordon. of Fort Mill, conducting the service. Mr. F. G. Whitloek returned Friday from Abbeville, where he had been attending court as a witness in the case of a Mr. Wilson ra. the Southern Railway. Wilson, who brought suit for $2,000 igsinst the Southern, was the enijineer who over ran his orders and ran his freight train into No. 07, the fast innil, two miles north of Fort Mill about a year ago. The result of the suit lust week was a mistrial. At a meeting of the emergency committee of Winthrop cellege a Few nights ago it was reported that the college waterworks would have Lo shut down or* account of the lack of water, incident to the long by spell, and arrangements were made with the Rock Hill city waterworks to supply the deficiency for the present. The same conlition exists in Chester, Union, Fairfield and othor counties in the jpper part of the State. ? Rah Rpnnnh !?** ??? ??? ? ? < ?IIU IIM1M W11U V IUated the condition of his pardon iikI returned to this State, killing lis wife while on a visit to her, las been convicted of mnnslau^h,er in Hampton and sentenced to ive years imprisonment. J0ST?Black spotted setter hitch, named "Trixie." Had on new leather collar with nunie plate on same Trfi vj 'k. will 1 c .1 i' ' i '.j y i K.I'I . I ! FREE! FREE!==: Member 1st, 1904, we will issue trade tickof 50 cents entitles you to one ticket. E PRESENTS: itles von to a Handsome Framed Picture. *ts entitles you to a smaller picture, it itles you to a nice, large plate, les you to a nice dinner plate. les you to a nice piece of Glassware. lete line of lip-to-date Suits, Odd Dressers, ids, Hall Racks, Schiffoniers, Wardrobes, wing Machines, Safes, Cupboards, Tables,; Springs, Mattresses, Rugs, Pictures and # I i ? ? . ? . . i (JDS, NOTIONS, ETC. y Goods, Notions, Hats, Caps, Shoes and lis season than ever before, and the er our line; we will save you money. : DCERIES. artment is always filled with the choicest table. All orders promptly filled and dcat the very lowest price. : : : Yours for business, t YOUNG, SEUo U U L LI, Ha U L BJ, * $1,500 worth of Furniture and Stoves to go REGARDLESS of COST. Think a minute! A $2.50 Folding Spring at ?1.75, or a nice Chair at from 40c up. We are going out of the Furniture and Stove business, hence these low prices. ANOTHERFACT. Have just received from New York a big line of Clothing, bought at bargain prices, for men, boys and children and it will be riOTjh 111 vnnr mwL'of tn Ki?*r fi?n?vi i.a ? ?- j ?? *?? v *j\r *'11 II t/111 (ID* VV 111 \ close out a lot of Men's Pants at and below' cost. We always have big bargains in Shoes for all. Wear a Jefferson Hat and be in style. ZE3IOT STIJFFI Big Buck Tobacco, 35e a pound. Two Pounds Levering's Coffee, 25c. One Gallon of Good Molasses 20 cts. 1 KING QUAL for nii HARRISBU1 for ladies a Make a strong teai beat. They are made foot. Wear one pair, more be our customer our word for it, but ti don't prove to be the wore, you get your i goods just arrived. I get a Piano Tieket wi Hj. J-. Is/LJ | Brown Dr 0 Will have a run thiH seat Wo have an elegant line of b QP Coat anrl Shirtwaist Suits, w of Silk from 50c to $1.40 tin ^p line of Dress Goods to npy ^0 Slmwer Proof goods, at 50 Tine will also bo good this s ? Some S J* Fifty dozen towels we pine than W cents. We have i Lot No. 1 to go at 5c Cy Lot No. 3 to go at 10c ^0 Somo of these towels are a ? 30 JDozjfij Worth Si.00 and $1.25 th QP many as want at 5 cents each g Unde] Sx For the infant to the giant. JK infants, half-wool, no button J? vests, 10c. Ladies' vest and Cy Misses' vest and pants 25c. xneee goous all come 111 hea\ ? Meaohar @?303? 3? 303? ( I Please Bear I in That we want y iR buying your fall R Our prices cant ^ Style, quality ai motto in selling ^ Do you want a ? $ your feet dry? ft without a doubt $ women at prices g Can sell you a Li i;eunn?re ^not Mcl Work Well Done. Have you Table Cloths, Counterpaities, Doilies, Window Curtains, Blankets, etc., laundered by the Model Steam Laundry, of Charlotte, N. C. I'rices tor laundering the above articleH cheerfully furnished. Suits pressed 35c; suits drycleaned and pressed, 50c; suits washed and pressed, 75c; ooat or pants pressed, 15c; cleaned and pressed, 25c; skirts pressed, 25c; cleaned and pressed, 50o. Our shipments are made Thursday mornings and returned Saturdays. McFlhanevxParks Co, Tre an* ITY SHOES ;nt and e SHOES* nd children m, one that can't be to wear and fit the and yon will forever for shoes. Don't tal y a pair and if thr best shoes yon e\ 2 1 1 T nuiiuy DUCK. liOrs )on't forget that y th every $1 purcha ASSETS 1 ) 0003830S0S? ess Goods ? 7? * . ion, with blue a close second C-' otli these goods, suitable for T: ill be good. Wo have a line 3 yard. You must see our \7 reeiate them. Call for the i,S e, 75c and SI 25 the yard. { ' eason. ipecials. , ? e ou sale, not a one worth made four lota of them: Lot No. 2 to go at 8 l-3c *y Lot No. 4 to go at 12 l-2o 11 Linen. ' IDoilies ?' e dozen. Will sell vou as -' I ^ ^wear See our Simplex vesta for ' a or bnnds, at 50c. Cotton 1 pants at 25o, 50c, and $1.00. " Boys' vest and pants, 25c. y and medium weights. * /! XX <Sc Epp3. :: 3>? ^?@08??0SK? ! XW&&&X&5 n Mind ' u uuiuu. g ?s ou to see us before * and winter clothing, be beat. 11 nd low price is our '; clothing. >hoe that will keep ' If so, we have them, , for both men and i* \ that please. ' genuine, full-stocl . & : at $1.60 the pair. -! i, T: QllPlF.PQPirO Pf UilUJ iUl&i) 01 : 9MVX SVXWXAtV.v AN ORDINANCE. Fixing the Levy and Providing no Collection of Proporty Taxet Town of Fort Mill, S. C. Be it ordained by the intend t . t wardens of the town of Fo.*t Mi > . and by authority of same: Sec. 1. That twomillson the i > 1 hereby levied on all taxable i "/ within the corporate limits of t : o- \ u of Fort Mill, 8. C., on January W, be and the same is hereby mac i for oidinary purposes. Sec. 2. That naid taxes shall ' .Ml become duo and payable on the lfr i J of October, 1904. at the office of J Spratt, secretary and treasnror, ai >o secretary's books shall be open on date for the collection of said taxef ?. tho same may be paid up toandiing tho 1st day of November, 190^ which date said taxes may be pai 15 per cent penalty added until t* < day of November, 1904, Sec. 3. That on and after N loth, 1904, executions will be i?>: all delinquents for the fnll ar -f taxes due together with the 15 ~ penalty and all costs, inoludiiu to n 1lar cost for every execution i r the treasurer. Done and ratified in oouno' bled this 3rd day of October, I T. S. KIRK.PATI' Attest: Int r-o M SPRATT. Seo, at I