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W ? Ti EMS of LOCAL INTEREST J
B Mr. J. -T. Bailee is spending h
" ^ew days in Spartanburu.
See announcement of the Parks
Drug Company elsewhere.
Mr. R. E. Parks, who has been
employed ia one of the leading
^drug stores of Columbia, has returned
to this place and is associated
with the Parks Drug Co.
The southbound train, No. 33.
on Saturday showed evidences
of having encountered rom'h
.weather north. Several of the
Pullman ears were covered with
.coatings c?f snow and ice
The Times is requested to extend
a cordial invitation to the
public to attend a Oliristmast tree
to be given in Flint Hill school
,1 house on December 25th at 3
P"-* "*.o^cloek p. tu.
The pupils of the graded school
will be g ven a week's vacation
.during the holidays. The school
will close Friday afternoon, next,
and will remain closed until Monday,
January 1. The exercises on
next Friday will consist of songs,
recitations, etc., hy the school
children.
Several cases of smallpox are rerepoited
from Wax haw, two of the
victims being white people. In
view of the fact that Waxliaw is
not a great distance from Fort
Mill, it might be a good idea for
o?M" people to again take up the
vh< cinati< u habit.
Every store in town is now in
holiday attire. The grocery stores
have. on sale all of the season's
tempting ddecHcies. while the
furniture, dry goods and drug
8tc.es have great, heaps and piles
of attractive merchandise that
will make glad the ho.irtH of hundreds
rm Christmas morning.
After enjoying a ten days hunt
in this section, Mr. J. E. Borden
returned to his home in Philadelphia
Wednesday night. Mr. Horde.?
i.s a jolly good fellow, and a
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gr? ai lover or out-door sport, ntul
his yearly visits to tiiis section are
sources of pleasure to liis many
f:r:eiulfc.
v)n account of the had weather
during the winter months, l)r
Thornwell has decided to till his
regular second and fourth Sunday
appointments at the Presbyterian
church in the morning and afterternoon,
instead of morning and
night, as heretofore. The morning
service is held at. the usual
hour, wmle 4 o'clock is the hour
--for the afternoon service.
The Fort Mill Dramatic
Club was highly complimented
upon its excellent presentation
of "The Cuban Spy'' in the town
hall Wednesday. The hall was
crowded to its full capacity, and
several were heard to remark that
bey had paid much higher prices
for shows that were not near so
interesting or well presente I. The
proceeds, which amounted to .Ml,
were presented to the local graded
school library.
The Fort Mill friends of Mr.
William Banks, of Columbia, who
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vvftn mnu'ij III II1IM JJMlCt4, Will Oc
interested to know that he linn
been appointed a lieutenant colonel
on the statf of Governor Heyward,
Mr. Hanks succeeds Mr.
W. G. Smith, who has been promoted
to the position of commissary
general to till the place made
vacant by the death of Hon. Altaamnt
Moses.
In accordance with orders from
Washington, postotlices throughout
the country will hereafter give
closer attention to packages that
the government. may not be defrauded
out of the proper postage.
It hue been discovered that a considerable
quantity of mail is sent
throuuh the post offices at a lower
rate than is proscribed, and the
orders have in consequence been
issued from Washington, directing
closer attention to mail.
The engagement of Miss Ethel
Hudson and Mr. Sid Grier, both
of Providence township, has been
been announced, the wedding to
take place in January. Miss IIudson
is the charming daughter of
Mr. and Mrs It. A. Hudson, one
of the largest planters in the low
er section oi the county. Mr.
Grier in h son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
iS. Grier, of Matthews, and is himself
a prominent young farmer of
the county.? Charlotte Observer.
In spito of the very inclement
weather which interfered somewhat
with the bazarr, the ladies of
the Home Missionary society realized
sixty-odd dollars on last Friday.
All of the delicious cake,
pattdy and supper, including oysters
were sold, and only a f?w
pieces of fancy work remained.
The ladies have been very generally
complimented upon the beautiful
decoration or the hall and the
three principal booths. The phenomenal
success of the bazaar, despite
the odds against it, is proof
positive that to have any thing well
done it must be engineered by tjie
adieu
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| The Fort Mill Dramatic Olobj
has decided Io aguiu pres'lit the
play, "The Cuban Spy," to the
people of thin township, the next,
j presentation of the play to take :
place iti the town hall Mond <y ,
j evening, Dec. 25, at 7.30 o'clock.
Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs* \V. A. Wilson, who
1 died Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
I at her home in Steel Creek, took
! place frcm Pleasant Hill Pjesby;
terian church yesterday morning
| at 10 oYlock. Rev. J. R. AIcAI;
pine conducted the service. Mrs.
Wilson was <12 years of aue and is
survived by a husband and three
children. She had been seriously
ill for several months.
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I inn marring* nt Miss Mason
j Harris am! Capl. T. B. Spratt, as I
! announced in our last issue, %villj
I take place this evening at 7 30
j o'clock, at the hoiile of the bride's !
| mother, on White street. The |
; ceremony will be performed by
llevs. J. O. Chandler and J. II.!
J Thornwell, pastors of the bride
I and groom, respectively. There
I will he mi attendants, and only u
i few relatives and intimate friends
i of the couple present.
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No Paper Next Week.
On account of some much need
ed and necessary repairs to our i
newspaper press, the making of j
' which will necessitate the sending
' of a part of the machine to the
factory, ami a desire to make other
changes in the office, we have de;
cided to omit tin* issue of Wediies'
day, December 27.
I It has also been decided that the j
j service of the paper can be much !
improved by changing the day of
j publicat ion to Thursd ?y; therefore,
j in the future the paper will appear :
Thursdays instead of Wednesdays I
as heretofore.
Our next regular issue will nppear J
on Thursday, January, 4. 1000. :
With compliments of the season, j
The Times. !
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The Municipal Tickets.
So far as the reporter lias been
able to learn, the following tickets
will ho before the voters of the
town in the municipal election,!
I which is to be held on Monday, !
j January, 1st, 1900:
For Intend a nt.
VV. L. Hall
For Wardens: i
R. P. Harris, W. A. Fisher,
R. E. Rudgers, A. R. McEllmny.
j Foii T nten dant:
W. li. Meaeham.
Fob Wardens:
f. T, Young, A. A. Bradford,
I W. P. Cray ton, S. \V. Parka,
Mrs. Suiton Gets Verdict of $1,500.
The ease of Mra. A. E. Sutton
, vs. the Catnwba Power Company,
which hmr been in the courts of
this comity for the past several
years, was again before the court
( during the past week and was concluded
Wednesday morning with
! a verdict for the plaintiff in the
j sum of $1,500.
i This suit, it will be remembered.
Wi.s brought by Mrs. Sutton to
"recover damages in the sutn of
$10,000 from the power company
for damage to her land on CatawI
ba river in May .1901, the plaintiff
claiming that the river had been
diverted ftom its channel and
thrown on her land thins causing
the damage. On the first trial of
the case the jury found for the
plaintiff in the sum of S(ilH). On
the second trial the verdict was
j for $1,000 and on the third it was
for $1,500.
It is slated that either an appeal
' will be taken or the ease will be
carried to a higher court.
ANNOUHCENENT.
Fort Mill, S. C., Dec. It), '05.
I To the public:
The stock of drugs, patent medicines,
toilet goods, hot and cold
drink apparatuses, etc., of the
J Buchanan Drug Store, have this
; day been bought by tho under|
signed, and the business will be
! conducted at the former Buchanan
stand in the Massey building on
' North Main Street.
Our object in buying this business
was to conduct a first-class
drug storo in a manner which
will not onlv he h heneht to tl.e
town and township, but to proprietor
and patron alike.
Our prescription department
will be under the charge of Mr.
K. K. Parks, who lias bad ample
experience in this capacity to insure
one tiiat all prescriptions entrusted
to his care will receive
prompt and careful attention.
A biij lot of new yoods to arrive
within the next few days. CulL
and see them.
\V e extend to one and all a n^H|
ry Xiiiuh and happy New Yeai^^^
PARKS DJttUU CO.
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$900.00 FOR $600000
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Drummers'
Sample
Sale
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A Rare Treat for the public.
This has been by far the best seas?/
on that we have ever enjoyed in
businesso We have had to buy
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stacks of goods to meet the demands.
The secret:) f our recordbreaking
business is this: We
determined at the very beginning
of the season that we would double
our sales in the Dry Goods, Clothing
and Shoe department, and we
have succeeded by buying a better
class of goods and selling them at a
much smaller profit : : : : :
Now for the Treat
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Along with our manjv good values
in oii department,jVc have broken
ol^flV roeor^ 111 buying bvscoopinj^m
one of the biggest lines of
Drummers Samples
carried by any drummer on the
road, bought the entire line
of sam^Hf from the big dry goods
and noMoii eoneern, Stebbins, Law
son & Spragins Co., of Soulli Oos-^^H
ton, Va. In this line you will iindJlH
anvtk^^j^kii a paper of needle^^^H
15.00 Coat
Ja^^^^^^Hhachclor
Yoii many things^BH^^H
that you liave never seen
much larger than this.
space to mention the <1 i
cles, but will just say 1
good uondflB^HH^^flB
cost. ** r uou^in
ke.
call au^flB|^^n|^^^H^n^H
^iiu, as j^rine past W years, has made
our stc^^oaffquarters. Our stock of Xmas
presents Masonic what different this year, aSi^3|j
w$ havtKmore substantial goods and very i r v
little trash. Our jewelry department is es- *||j
pecially attractive. Have some beautiful v.
and useful things in Sterling Silver, Cut .y;j?
Glass, Silver Plate, Watches, Jewelry, etc.,
besides a full line of fancy China, Glass,
Dolls, Toys, Handkerchiefs, Collars, Furs,
Rugs, Itockers, Sideboards. Pictures, Pho* > |
nographs, Organs, Pianos, and a thousand V
other things. New lot Boys' clothing just
received at reduced prices. .
Come see Santa Clans. , ' t|^
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j^jj Wr all have much to he thankful for. This
gg has been a year of rich blessing. We have ^0
wy been blessed with nood crops, biyj prices for xy
JSf everything and we should be happy. So. we 5C
S want to join in with you all in having a 0 *
x Pleasant Christmas 8
Lot's ho happy and see how many we can
8 -A. -word to ctiiluren q
Wo can't toll you the doll's name, but. we jcy '
J0j will do this much for you by saying that jfC }
hoi nuine coinmoncos with "W," ? ?
! Yours with best wishes for Xmus and the v
MEACHAM & KPPS. g
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