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arT* " (V, e ?- -wv?-v? I tiUMScf LOCk INTEREST j Write it 1IKJA, 1 A happy New >ar to all. 1 Ideal Cliii8t#J|i weather we I Lud. I See notice of 4i! ! return* in anV other column. | IHow about thatfew Yeara rea- j -l..?;....g n....n k.-i- :? JT 1 I VIUUUll^ i/uil V 111, I The general nembiy of litis 1 state will meet oo'auuary 9. j MisH Mary Yotu, of Savannah. I visited Iter pareit there the past ' week. Tliere are ot merit 350 bales of cotton stored iilie local cottou warehouse. Mute Jauie MmfW of Rock Hill viniled relatives i'liius pluce the , past week. A large n??ih* of out* yonne i men attended a tuey raffle north cf town during thboiidays. Rev. ?T. B. Maw, of MnxwellIon, W. Vs., epewteveral days of 1 tlie past week witliis parents in litis place. There was a ig Christmas rlrijcc at the lion of Mr. Wi|l Steele, in Sprjfiile, Friday night. Monday being local holiday, the rural mail criers were not reo**: red to deliveaiail on their ! peotive routes. ^ j The graded sliotopened Met- ; day morning, aft aHowinfKJhne diitdieu a tea da vacation for the holidays. Mr. S. E. Masetxif Richmond, , \\x. is h visitor at s home of hi t ( parents, Mr. nnd X. 13. H. Mae- ( ,sev. of this nlace. Mrs. T. S. Ivg-kuick returns] Tuesday from n.vuo her dan^li e?s. Misses Kittly jd Mabel, it t i dnltiiuore nn<l Sfcv.ork. ^ , Mr. A. A. YowiiMttrhecl Fri , flay evewing CroiJjiockinghMni, ( N. 0., where he hn ,een visitiui; | tin brother, Mr. jipes Young , who is seriously i!J ( Many visitors toij-t Mill dur j 'ng the holidays .re heard to i .omplimeut the tov^u its ninny and lasting impro\^uts during , t'?e past year. u , The books of tlnU,Unty tieas nrer for the collect1 of taxes foir 1905 c losed tkiturdf Those who failed to make payert up to thnt. time will now be r-nired to pny a i i penalty of Lp.er.ue. Mrs. J. W. Hal pt Feasant ^r,Jley, left yest^rdfruorning for a visit to relative )h Colntnbia. She was nocomp.irid by Miss <^ irio Merritt, of tl place. ^ The workofrspai g and paint*?ir !he Baii'es lion; iu Sprattvtiie 13 about compi td nud Mr, | and Mrs. J. M. Sj tt, who re-; coutiy purchased ti property, will move there ui tin a short time. Sny, brother, liavt m paid for thnt. paper we sent y last yenr? If not, wo ask you t< us.) nt once. It is imUoa^ihJe fori n inpi>t on r o?->li'_c?tunless deceive the amounts due us. Mrs. Stephens, w '?<f Mr. J. L. Stephens, is ctitict Jj ill at her homo ns ft result oi pralysis by which she was stric'.er.on Christinas day. Mrs. Sit v< n?U reported to he totally helping it one side and her recovery is domted. Rev. ,T. D, Huggihs ?nd family will leave today f I Allendale, where they will resii 4 in the future. The best wis-' L "f h host j of friends aocouipn | Rev. Hugtjins and his exoell at family to their uew home. , The ringing of th? btds of the town just after mid liglt Sunday night oftused many of <nr people 1 o rush hurriedly from tleir homes in search of a supposed tire. The ' il'ng of the 1)c11b, hovever, wns only n celebration of thetime honoied custom of ringing oit the old \ ear and ushering in tin new. Tom Rteven3, the ohhst Indian t ihe CatHwbn reservation in this county, whs found dr?d in the | public road near Lancaster about teu days ago. Chief I'arr ? and others, who went over after t lie body, say that the old man was 110 years old. Death was due to old age. Quito a plensant and enjoyable family reunion was lie Id on Dec. 27th at the old Barber homestead, ihohomeof Mr. Osmond Barber, <> miles east of thia place in Lancaster county. About 65 relatives , were present and the occasion was one of much happiness and joy to both old and young. An important item of news which escaped notice in oar last i.mie was the return of Rev. ?J. C Chandler as pastor of the Fort Mill Methodist church for another yonr. liev. Chandler is mi exeelpreacljer and the people of Fort. Mill and vicinity are pleased that conference appointed hiitn pastor uy;- church fur-another, term. i | ""H Mr. Allison Thoruweil, of PittsbaiK, Pa., 16 here on a visit to his parents. Mr. J. A. Withers, of Worthville. N. C., was u visitor here diir iog (lit* holidays. k Mrs. M. M. Watson hns returned from an extended visit to her daughter, Mrs. David Trainer, of New York City. A number of the young: ladies] and young: gentlemen of this place' who are attending college in this and other States cmno home to; spend the Christmas holidays. The owners of the cotton gins j in this section are about ready to i close their doors and suspend work for this season. Very little of the fleecy staple remains to be ginned. 1 The two-year-old son of Mr. and j Mrs. Itobt. Adams has been dan- ; gerously ill for several days at the bouie of its parents in the village of the Mil I fort mill. The largest shipment of whiskey received here any day during the holidays was lliRt of Friday before Christmas when it was said that more than 110 gallons were unloaded from the trains. On Sunday afternoon, December 30th, at '1 o'clock, Mr. Guy Alexander, of this place, and Miss ' Km ma Parks, of Ruck Ilill, were j married at the residence of the bride by Rev. Watson It. Duncan. ' Miss parks is a daughter of Mr, A. B. Parks, who formerly resided here. Christmas was observed very J quietly in Fort Mill. Most of the business houses and enterprises were c|^ed during the day. and there w^Witlle excitement on the! streets except the popping of tirecrackers by the young men and boys. Never in the history of Fort Mill have the merchants had a better holiday trade than during the past ten days. Everybody seemed to have plenty of money j and they spent it freely and wil- i lingly. The prize doll offered by Meacli- J am & Epps to the young lady guessing its name was on Christ- ; inns day awarded to Miss Einnm Elms. The doll's mime was Wixy aud Miss Elms was the only person who guessed correctly. A large audience greeted the local dramatic club at the town hall Christmas night, when the; "Cuban Spy" was presented the S6COud time. The receipts amountto abont $40. The follow ing night the play was given in Pinrville aud about $.'10 was realized. The Times is again without a correspondent in the Gold Hill section and desires to secure another immediately. We want a person who will collect the news items of that section each week and solicit and collect subscriptions, and we are willing to pay liberally for such service. Dispensary Commissioner W. O. Tatum has recen tly issued a a statement of the amount of whiskey soltl by the dispensaries of the State for the year ending November 30th. The amount sold by the Yorkville dispensary was given at $20,l-ll).96, Our enterprising marketman, Mr. A. U. Jones, will in a few clayH open n meat market in Rock Hill, one of tho Morrison buildings on Railroad Avenue having l>aen rented for thiH purpose. The business, which will be opened ns soon rk the fixtures arrive, will be in charge of Mr. W. R. Smythe. According to an exchange you rany look for a good crop this year if there is any truth in the old prediction that a good crop year always follows a dark Christ, mne, and this was a Christmas in the da. k of tho moon. Rat you will have to work all the same, because the season won't make a crop without work. The local agents of the insurance companies and a number of business houses of the town have distributed among their patrons some very attractive calemlais for the year 1906. The Savings Bank has also baited to its patrons a neat and very useful bookie' entitled "The Cotton Growers' Manual," in which is to be found much valuable information 'for farmers. Barber's bridge over Sugar creek, three uiiles east of Fort Mill is again impassible as a result of the high water of a few days ago. Parties from the Harrison and Providence neighborhoods desiring to visit this place are compelled to come by way of the Hailes bridge, causing su extra drive of several miles. SPOILED HER BEAUTY. Harriet Howard, of \V, 84th St., Now York, at one time had her beauty spoiled with skin trouble. She writes: "I had Salt Rheum or Eczema for years, bet nothing would cure it, until I used Bucklcu's Arnica Salvo." A quick and sure healer for outs, burns aud sores. 33c at Artlrey'sdrug storo. WANTED?To sell a good Milk Cow". Address, Jas. F. Boyd, R. F. D. No. 1, Fort Mill S. C- Pi-3t \L ip ( u . , ,S " / I I ' * ' ' 111 ? ? " W 1 I ? II '$900.00 FOR $600.00 / / i r* 1 t in ummers Sample Sale I ' _ _________ .... > | A Rare Treat for the public. This has been by far the best season that we have ever enjoyed in businesso We have had to buy stacks of goods to meet the demands. The seer ctof our recordbreaking business is this: We / A determined at the very beginning of the season that we would double our sales in the Drv Goods, Cloth%> 1 ing 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 j Along with our many good values in each department, we have broken our own record in buying by scoop ing in one of the biggest lilies of Drummers Samples carried by any drummer on the %r * road; We bought the entire line of samples from the big dry goods and notion concern, Stebbins, Lawson & Spragins Co., of South Boston, Ya. In this line you will lind anything from a paper of needles to a Ladies &15.00 Rain Coat or Jacket, or a bachelor button to a suit of clothes for boys or men. You will find many tilings here %J V that you have never seen in a town ? much larger than this. We haven't space to mention the different articles, but will just say that they are i ' all good serviceable goods and will be sold at less than manfacturers' cost. We bought them at 50c on the $1.00. Think of it, $900.00 worth of samples, only one or two articles alike. IIow many articles / fl.nra I } n II' I 11 1 V4* 1 ' t ' / V* 1 ?wiant uiviu uv,t j.u >>111 jf.i > >1111 call aiul see. : : : : : Yours for a merry Christmas. / BELK'S BIG STORE. Fort Mill, - B. C. . . \ , ^ ^ ^ WITH NEW YEAR'S GREETING We extend to each and every one of >J|PP many thanks for your liberal patronage during the past year. The New Year 7 finds us ready for the usual battles of business and more determined than ev$r to serve the honest people who want ^ ? buy goods instead of tipie, and pay njil|jo. ' v i J * ? i ? 4 * noilv s oius except their own. We hojSHfc-^ you are in this class and will give us at chance to show you the difference prices of a cash store and credit stores. V Ours is the only cash store in Fort Mill that docs not h ive time prices. We are offering special bargains in Shoes for the ; next two weeks. We have a few hundred odds and ends in splendid Shoes that |||J we offer at HALF PRICE. Come and get first choice. - - - - - , ? Xj. xX. ' <S@&????@???@ ? 00?S?????^0? I Stock Taking is Over | Ami we find a {great many remnants in Wool Goods, Outinu, Flannelettes, ami White Cuitain Goods, that we J? will close at a hi?g discount. J ? q winter Goods. <| Our stock of Men's, Women's and Cliildreiu's Underwear is full of all sizes. ( A p Elliawls, Fascinat'rs ? ^ At '2.V, "ill -, 7",,-, 51, $1.75. Children's lloods, 10,15, 25c. X rt i t. TT r-^ or?TTr.ci ? -v? x-i. (o$ I\irt wool ill To *; all wool at $1.00. Wool Ho8e**for to Men. Women ami Children at ]? and 25c. New stock of TO Knltb'-is. N Watch out for our White Goods and Muslin Under- ? wear Sale. 1: will be soon. ^0 & Wishing you one and all a Lnppy and prospeious New ? ?*?) 5*i ur, we remain as ever. yy | lUeacliaETs & Epps. g <^@30@3@S?@ 33 300 ??@903300? 11 MUST BE SOLD! ff V> y ^J23nZAXSr?SIMU?HBBBM ? . SC * 99 y> All of our large stock of Men's || and Boy's Clothing must be sold || *< at once as we will soon move into |?v yy our new store and don't want to |? " || move a dollar's worth of it if we || l\ can help it. At the prices we are || |p selling it, you can afford to buy a || lot and lay it aside until needed. || $ Thanking von one and all for S! j5 tlio liberal patronage given us in || the past and hope to be blessed |jj *2 with a eontinuace of your trade in ||| >> the future. || McElhany G Gomp'y, || <? w ?? ?*<'**** <i ***** * ?***************** m +\*\> vr-x^v^v^x^vrv^PAPA^vrvX^S*).**)****!^ NSAWW^^SUSV^WAWVW V? X XXX V*% SNNSWWWVJ^WWW | T. 1). FAULKNER COMFY. 1 . ;. jj ?? Undertaking in all its branches from g| the cheapest Pine Coffin to the finest g? M % Stale Casket. Robes for children,ladie9^||sHH *A and gentlemen, Slippers, etc. Hears^j^ || if and Hearse Wagon. 'Phones 12 ? T. 1). FAULKNER & COMPANY. ??