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a i i i ? JiifMS a* LOCAL USlTEJRE^T j Gol. JLeroy Springs w?s up frotr Lancaster Saturday ou business. Mr. W. W. Pei^raui, of Chester wns here tinXiiif\ny on a pleasur? trip. County Supervisor T. W. Boyd of Galuwba, was hepB Monday 01 I .business. I .. fliit uiiitr tintiio "< ?!... t ^ v-?.v J UIV IIWIIU roll or?those who Jmve paid u[ fctthser.ipiiomj. AIv*h. Otis McM'irray, of Oolnm J)ia ir visiting at the homo of Mr jJ. Q. MrMurray, near town. Frof. A. X. Boyd, of t!i is plr.ee is touching the Catawba school, 11 Catawba. township, this county. Th? Parks Drug Co., has hikei tlie agency for the Charlotte Stean JLnundry Co. See advertisement. Miss Lillian Flowers, of Roc I Hill, spent Saturdiu' and Snndaj with Miss Frances if arris, in thn place. Miss Reulnb Faris. of (fold (fill lef.. a iew days ajjjo for Spartan burg, where she is engaged it teaching school. Rev. ,1. I). HugL'ius r.ud family left Thursday for their new huun at Allendale, where Mr. fiuggiin assume;: tlit? pastorate of the 13up ,tist church. Several of tlit% htiaincss liousei of the .town Imve alt motive sigm on their show windows?the wort )( a sign painter who visited Fori .Mill a feu- days ag'?. Mr. Hamilton V. itliers, a son o: Mr. FiruU Withers, whoso Iiouk is near Piueville, has taken a posi tiou lit thodiy goode store of Mr Jj. ?T. Masscy. in this place. Mr. J. M. Hoke, who has beet '"lgagcd for around weeks in put ting (town machinery in one ??f fin jColutubia mills for the Totnpkini ,('ompany. of ('harlot te. spent Mori duy .Ht his home in this place. .Mr. Alva Williamson, a forme! itoit Mill young man *ho has ac uepiod a position as t ravelin', salesman for the Williams Sheitoi -Couipmy, C'liarlalte, was here 01 a visit the past week. Mr. W. <3. Armstrong has rent ad hi* plantation west of Fort Mil to Mr. Arthur Armstrong and Inn jnoved to town, occupying the oh Wl :ite l;onse. lie is umv en^'M in mill work. A force of railroad enrpenten are now engaged in cutting off i freight ofliee in the freight depo ;n this pl?ce. Heretofore the ex press and freight offices have beer one and the same in the passeu gcr depot. Mr. A. A. Young a few days ng< bought from Dr. ?T. B. Mack i tract of land on the Dinkins Fori rond coiitniuing -Hi acres. Tin luud is known as tin* Fulp true nnd lies opposite tliut of \Vurrei White, colored. It is to he hoped that the Vil lage Improvement Society lms no .suspended operations for tin? win ler. The streets nnd vacant loti present a very untidy appearance nnd the attention of the ladies ii much needed. A telephone message Mondaj morning from Chester stated tha ? tire which broke out Suiidaj night in the cotton warehouse o the hjurekn Cotton Mill had des tioyed 1500 bales of cotton. Tin loss was fully covered by insurance Col. Springs, of Lancaster, who i. president of the two niiiis here, i: president of the Eureka. The Bailee bridge fiver Sugai creek, two miles east of this place is reported to be in very bnc shape. During the recent higl Water in the creek the railing and one of the benches were swepl n?ny and it is feared that tin Structure may collapse with tin first heavily loaded wagon attempt ing to cross it% Mrs. Sarah Parker, who hat been dangerously ill f?.r severa weeks at the home of her grand daughter, .Mrs. L. P. Fulp, 01 Hoot It street, is reported to bt much bettor, Mrs. Parker is tin oldest luiiv r.f *l*? - y .%?.? % nv Ui MtO IUW II fillip, bring in ner ninety.seeout year, and in very feeble, A change in the schedule of tin Chester "swing," which ban beei arriving here at 2 40 p. in., toofc place Monday ami the Irwin is now due to arrive here at 1 o'clock, 01 one hour and forly minute^earlier This change will be much appre touted hy those of our people wish ing to visit Charlotte, as they wil have more time in the city. On tin return trip tlie train leaves Char lotte as before?at (> o'clock p. in. Mr. W. K. Carolln rs has rent , d the residence and plantation o| DrJ.lt. Mack, on the out>kirU of the town and moved there Monday. Dr. Mack, who is pastor ol Banks Presbyterian church, wil move to tho Providence Miction at doom as the pait-ouage has been put. in proper repair. At present Dr. and Mrs. Mack are residing with their daughter, Mrs. T. I) gelk. $ ' It. " Bikr-. I Yri l ?II ' I ? | ? iBELK'S , 8 ? I1! The Ho ' g The Hoi i (hi ?; ? to business ngaii 8 TV e are ver 1 ? customers for t ' ? year just closed,, ? We solicit \ X and promise to < f @ to please you. 0 Antieipatiu: > q during the year, s 0 Yours for a I I BELK'S | ?S???????@?2M? t 1 M\ A. It. Staines lias opened a * barter shop lip-stairs in the rear of tie Amrey building <> .Main 5 stret. < I Msa Pearl Smith, of liankin. N. 1 C., ^K*i?t several (lavs of tin* past * wee with the Misses Parks, on Con'edernte street. Mr. J. W. Ardrey left Monday - for Jolnmbia, when* In- will rept resell York county in the general . asstiibly, which convened Tuesa day i, Mr. .James Potts and family 6 arried Monday from Piueville andwill make this place theii liome 7 in tie future. They are orcupv- ( t iuothe Charothers house on I?o. t !i 7 street. , fir | j le coimn ginnt-i s report s?-nt * out Tuesday by tlie census tit put cneit at Washington places the 1 totd number of bales of cotton ' " j triti >ed up to January 1st, at ] * 0,7:1,773. " ; j A r. I'. R. Collins, tlio Relair j 1 i pro'uost it'fttor. informs The Times. , j Ilim his annual weather forecast is | in 'onr-e of preparation and will t * he ready for the press within a \ alert time. Mr. Collins bases his \ | for easts on weather conditions | tin first twelve days of the year. Tie annual meeting of the*t ck I holders of the Savings Hani; was i , I held on the Unci instant The re| por of the officers showed the in- t stitition to be in a most prosper- i j ousconrlition, and an annual divi- t j (lend of 10 per cent was declared, t , Tin old officers were re-elected to . i sor e the ensuing year. 1 I I It. D 11. Thompson has bought ^ ! tire Fill wood house and lot neai ' ?11 lie Baptist church and moved ini to 'he house Monday. Mrs. L M Ervin and children, who moved 1 l...-. Af 1--- ' "?' " i iic-ii-' iuuiKiuy irmii linevuie. are [ occupying the house on (\>nf deratestreet, made vacant hy tin; re- 1 mo/a I of Dr. Thompson. Ono of the older cit i/.ens informs t ' Tli) Times that a crowd of certain I yomg men, all of whom lie says | ' I we e drinking, passed his house a fev nighta ago and, not being con ! teilt with the loud and profane 1 F' language they were using, deliber> ate.y walked up to his yard f.uice j and tore ono panel complete!} j F rtw-.y. Citizen reqtu ts The Times ; I to nform those youngsters that if i ijsn'h malicious mischief tab s | i ph ce again they may expect to,' t ; eituer feel the ? fTects of a load of i t shot or be hauled before tin- law to . aocouut for such unbecoming con- i 1 duJ' t \ |0????@????@<2 sc BIG STOR Sidays Arc vs are now over, ami %/ 11. v grateful to our ma heir libera] patrona;. your trade during' th lo everything thai \v g a liberal share of we thank you in itdvr, prosperous yoa*\ 13in Qff;r\v IjIlX D1U ?1. 8?8?808???3??$. RWJMMM??WW? g ? iwiflj!;g:: .*m~. ? i mw.v*nTin-' -two-year-Mil son uf Mr. ami] Mrs. Unlit. Adams, wlmsr illness1 vvr.s noted in last \v ek's Times. 11 i? 1 Weiltmsday :ii 14!11 at tin* home nf its parents in tlx* villas of tlie ; Milifort mill. Tim funeral > i-i lien was condnetei] Thursday af- 1 teriiomi front tli- Inane ami tj iililt: one was laid to lost, in tin* . U:\v :i eenu t i y . "Winter homes i:i the South' is llm t.tlo of an attractive folder1 just issued liy tlie Southern Kail iv ay company, which contains much Miiualile infot mati>m to tlie prospective tourist <>i tlie invalid who wishes to avoid tic rigors of Lhe Noriliern winter and enj.iy the [lerpetual sunshin. am! Inline Ijrt'C/.rK Ot tlll.S Hi Ct i' >11. The special train. sent np Sat iirdny from Rock Hill to conwy Pol. Leroy Springs t> I. an-aster, A*here f>ne of hie ? ::?j ' v s I?rul jeen dangerously sl;<is sail i > , inve made h vecord In .*?!ci?iur run ! ( :rom Hock Tlill to tl ;>! tee, cov ?riug the S miles in >t !' w seconds ess ilirm 7 ininueH. I>??rt i nt 11>? itnti >11 here say that < n the ; turn rip the train was only It minute, it covering the I) nnhs between his place and Catawba river. i lie first, of the Southern's 'Palm Limited" trains, which nr mi each winter between New ioik nnd Florida, pas- : through ( lbs place going nouth at a few ! i ninnies past f) o'clock Tuesday I not niug. This is nuo of tho finest . ' rains in the country, and is run 'XclllB'.Vely for the MCCointlKXlt i ion of North-m people who de- 1 i;i-e to Mviiil llw.. 'i , >. ? III ' l Ml 111 u South, Tli?' distance ci'VitmI is h<?r.> than 1 .()()'<) .nil's ;.in! 1!i? i niins nuikf toe trip m 1:7 h m . < Maintaining mi iivi iii^i' .-pi. .1 ol 10 mi'os> nil !i .nr. ? -?* ? * Some Fort Mill people wi-rc wry hh i-aful tlio past year in Mtisin?r 1'i^s. if tin* ni/.i' ol tlioso killed is )1"' l >f of SIICCI SS . The lurgoH'. i11>tiio ;> nler ha.- ' icard of was thai <>f Mr. It. S. , Wolfe which weighed l!<i pounds. | Mr. .1. W. Anlit-y takes hoc.nil < phi-e with a porker netting B7~> ' pounds. A lot of f-uir lions which lotted l.n?>7 pounds, or an average jf dl! d 1 pounds each, is the to- < port wh'cli eoiui'S frmi Mr. Zaok T. liaileH, of upper Foi l Mill township. Mr. ?I. A. Walker, of tiesame section, reports the killing of two ttmonths-oid slioati-s iieMiu^ aOO pounds, which is hard to bea'. . ' : ) \ ' ' - ^ I?W - - - II ! I ? ?- T. 3K2^@?3S??&<5?? T} FORT | @ jlJn Mill, S. C.. 0 f & ? wHMia?M?ur;\vui i. *t anxv- ^VRW??W r?, A!' A g -?-? ??? j f- j ^ Oyer. ! '% i $ x ?> !(>! n.s uvt down ; > ? f 1 r.v friends and I @ 5 ? vr (1 urine; t-ie ! ? | ? ! 85 ? ? e j) re sent year 3 ? 1 ? o possibly ran j ? i ! ? i <8> your patronni'-o | ? 5 V y nice for sr.me. i K P \ :># S ? fc ? i ? 1 ? 85 . w :,r^ r? tOHT 11 D, Miii, S. r. I ? i p $????@??83$S>2!? ?* i jt? rryrr.. r a* rtr?-~rz?rr Tr*r?r vtr? rvrKinn A fie Vote. T1:*"? municipal election Monday passed cir quietly. tliouuli 11!?-? friends of tie opposing candidates silently did s ?me \ery earnest WOllv. if tie' '.'I registered Voters. SS visited tho pods. Tlie result was as follows: For Inieiidnnf W. L. IfiiH, 11; W. B. M* md am, 44. Fur \\ .irileii> \Y. A. I i.-h r. S \\ I'm1 I"'; A. I*. MeF.llinney. 17: \l. F Ifoii^er-, \\ IV Criiyton, i'l; A. A. Bradford, *10; tf. T. Young, *18. | A s will i?o seen Ity til'' above, Messrs I toil anil .Mrmhaui to* lot tlie ite.nl i ne v. 1 i. t - .Messrs. Me !7111a11ey, Parks and Fisher are elected wardens. There is also a ti I? *\vi < it Messrs. Drayton and Mi algous fot ili 'olli e oi warden. This slate of ttll'ttits necessitates the hoi !.ng of another election ittid it lne accord r t'ly 'teen or-' ileretl for Monday, tlie 22mi1. A 1.'.ncaster Trapedy. Mr. Ha/.e! \\ ;Iherspoon, the popular n an-.evr of the I jane,aster Mejeantile ( oitip.any. was danger m-!y. if tan fatal y, idiot Sat trtlav itioi nittg bv Dr. F. S. Me I.tow, a practicing phj.-ietan of the town. J'lie diiucuity to place in fn nt 1 the store and was the result of a disameetneat over a business I ntttsi.elion lielween Dr. MeDov ,l,d Mr M rt|/ 'II . Af I . > . I B:owu, another employe oF tin* store, was struck in the hand hy >n of the shots tired l.y Dr. M Dow. Mr. V> it lit - po in was . J ruck I), y t ?\ > hull ts, one in 'lie liantl. undent enl.'riue his l?ody just under tie- si: ul hi ! ! d am! I i *; u: ill the 111 lie lie ".as at htllT at leiideil hy phy-i inns who, while I), - < rent. in i < ! ivnn I v < : it ical, have hopes of his ultiiuato recov ' y. |)r MeD .v was in rested and pliua (1 in i ,i! Td t!ie Voters of Fort fcd'l. ( r ;rce.. ;:it I lie i?of the voters e' Wort Miil .it tic lee. ion o.i Monday las', in n.?f en in,-, in,' i In- spirit of p.* lores < ina ;e a rut I ami n.n hit > i :.mu inn l)V the nil! CI 1.1 irillileii I ivlecli ven^ll". inly i*?. l>y n ir iv ? !? ? Ii??thin to illi<v, 1 j> i'i\<".\ will ii"t allow my ii;iiii>' folic !imm1 further in connection with the >)'Vn*c of Iiiti-ndar.t. I thank my tV -ic! f<?r tli- ir 1 i 1 > c.i support anil [*n *o.ti*ii><-'ii!ciit t h< pa-.; year in tin* iii:?iiiri.111c <>? order m < ir town. 1 remain V mi's r ?vlfully \V R MfCUflAM. The Times will S. I! ymt old iie\\>p ip -is to pr.* under your car* p i til 'JOj p r i.-.aid. .el > i T'-' if "* - ;.. ? 7" -?' ?? mm < - . ?..I ? ? - ? ? ? Special Clet All winter goods must !Oe Outings, now 8c: 25i r>Oe I'xuicrvests, now 40 50c; 51.00 Undervests, n< ' ^ * r* /"v icc. auu pairs s and men, at 25 to 50 per i no better Shoes made th risburt? lines. We have ever made, and you c; prices, as we have no ro When it conies to Fun chines, we cut the price son. Phonograph, the made that reproduces th Records never wear out iii. cr. uvx^ <?3???@@S????S 0 | 0HI,'.WHITE . ^ ('oimnoncini^ Satunlay, .Tin l);Lrucsl ami nicest lino of vy Millie.in I'mic rwctir, \ al. La our l/u.-,iji*?t>s. (** Meusiin I Nicely made and trimmed, and Sl.IW. \W mention, esjn [yj is Well WOltll St 1 .sir*. (lOWHS. ^ and $ I Drawers, 25 and It ?*$ Lace and K 2.000 yards Val. Lace, worl (?5 Jt.OOO yards of tin- daintiest (//} llainhiir;^ Kn.Lroidei it s, wot" ? Mercerized Waist; ,L, Out Wais!ilitis arc Leant if i Diniiiit'b in binalljind nit-dim ? Publish Lt Ly V<?u cannot niatili onrs for sol! i! to you at 10c. It will i | Hfeachann ? r/'r :?ii>? ?>*? * ^^nsnjnp* * ^i-.; .' > ** t?->r* r? 9'fr&<?- ^ s'.v ? '1 BWST BE . ^ ? nziianrmmnLi- jawr, ro???EBE?*B?K ?? All of our larg ii and Kov's Cloth v s ?? ih onee as we \vi ? ? our now store ai move ii dollar's 1 <> <v ii can help it. At $5 selling it, you a lot and lay it as ii Thanking yoi $}, the liberal patro the past 5ind lie y, with 5i eontinuac $$ the flit urn. <\ \ p ^IcEShany * t. i. v/-? ic-ij-a-a* ?rvj4 rc?^xjvf jvj<rv?-?^r4< ; *. ,>y . ?v-. t*^-?\i7..s ;,sy> *v l If T. i >T FAIJLIC1 y, x i i '4 { | f^NERAL KC \ " V<N if i c j ^ '5 j ! aa. i\ v?j>*& 1 \S*L * 4~~p* ? ?Srf 15 s#?A <\? <x v )im fi ? * H* 4/ I'ndcrtakin^ in a the cheapest Pine ( State (basket. Kobes ? and fientlcmcn, Slij O sinti Ilcarsc Wa^on. T. 1). IAULKNL V\V*> v V\*,\VVV kNvA.WVSSXNW^ASNSNNSSWS / ' irance Sale. 1 go. 5c Outings, now 4c. c Undervcsts, now 20c; || c; 75c Undcrvcsts. now' ow 75c. Pants to match, hoes for ladies, children | cent discount. There is an the Crossett and Harthe best Cooking Stoves in buy one at car-loai orn for them, niture and Sewing M in Half. Hear the Eoionly Talking Machine !0 natural voice. Ldiscn LSSET ??m 4 ???????@?@g? GOODS SALE. 1 ^ iiiury 13th, we will show the SK WSine Uuncls, Emhroiderios, cos, Etc., in the history of *g nderwear, & Skirts 18e, 75c. OS'', SI.25 ecially, our !>Str Skirt, wbicti 65 18c, 7 V. 08c, $1.25. $1 HS &S )e. I'oreel Covets 20 and 25c. mbroidery,' 8 !; from 5 to 10c, nil for 5c. nods iu Swiss, Nainsook, and ill 5 to 25c, match sets. ings and Dimities. il. Wo have a pretty lino of n check. 10, 12 1-2 15, 16 2-3o gj >ng Cloth. X less tlnm 12 J-2 to 15c We not he with us loner at thi* ! & Epps. 1 ??)? &???@????s SOLD! I x^v23y22>??znramB?J03CB C f>' it :e stock of Men's $t ing must be sold |> II soon move into |jf id don't want to worth of it if we gj? the prices we are ?* ni afford to buy a gj; ide until needed. 5> i one and all for *jjj nage given us in >pe to be blessed 5^ e of your trade in || m & Gomp'y, . .. . .. i . , j * \P>\D ^^/sSWSW^VVVWWWW^* NKI'l comfy. I i MM - jlls h ;. Ij *p is Jv u k' w ' M SECTOR. p II its branches from jjjl ioffin to the tinest > for children, ladies (4 ipers, etc. Hearse ?5 'Phones 12 &34. $$ K & COMPANY. M * / >*ry 5}