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jl v I ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. | / Mr. H. O. Cut p. of Concord, sp?'t?t Sunday and Monday with .relatives here. Mrs. L. P. Pulp and Mrs. E. VV. Kimhrell letnrn^d Thursday evei nittff from ti visit to Mrs. Hurtaell, . of Ckmeord. Ml'S. M. C Willis wJnrno/l ?-> her home in Yorkville Saturday, after a visit to Mrs. T. B. Meacham. of this place. The ladies of the town should not forget t he'meeting of the"Gasteru Star" at the town hall this (Thursday) night. You have until the 20th of February to mak your tax returns. Better do so in time to avoid the fifty per ceut penalty. The rural mail carriers are having a tough job of making their twenty tive miles a day in the present eonditior. of the roads. M's. P D. Leonard, of Lynawood. N. C. and Mrs Beu Armstrong of S|iencer, N. O.. spent several days of the past week with relative* in the township. On account of unavoidadle circnnistwnces, the dinner that was to have been given Saturday by the Veterans to the U D. C's. has been postponed until March 10th. The fourth annual meeting of South Carolina Live Stock Vseociatiou will lie held in Columbia on the Slh and 9th inst. An interesting programme haw beeu arranged for the ocasioti. Thursday the 22nd being Washington's birthday, there will be no mail delivered on the rural rotiten from this ulace. The local postoffiee will observe Sunday hours, and the Savings Bank will transact no business on thai day. There is lieiug made a great deal of complaint by some of the dot: owners about that extra tax of tifiy cents for each dog. It goes rat her hard to be compelled to pay n half dollar for a worthless cur, but the law must be respected. It is a good law, if properly enforced. Tn order to make more plain a statement which appeared in these columns last week we will say that it was Mrs. A. A. Bradford, Jr., of Columbia, to whom we had reference ttfl being dangerously ill and not Mrs. A. A. Bradford, Sr., of Fort Mill, as some, we hear, have been led to tielieve. There are doubtless some who have not made their tax returns and yet there are but six more days in which the returns may be made without heavy penalty, the time expiring on the 20th instant. Those who have not already done so had better attend to this matter ut once. Mr. L. J. Mnssey a few days ago presented his customers with very handsome celeudars for the year. The calendars beHr a picture in colors iHiirnsBiilitii* o Immoai # - *5 ' mu*?COV flceiii' in which women as well as men are engaged in "making hay while the nun whines." The calendar is very attractive. Railroad officiala any that the touriat travel this year is not ae heavy as it usually is. The plenaant weather tlie people up North have been I avitig has caused many to remain there this yenr. The cold wave, however, that is now sweeping over the country will cause a rush to this seotion, and the railroads are preparing to handle increased business. The advnnce in prices in all kinds of provisions should cause a large increase in home-raised prodnets for man and beast. Our people made plenty of provisions during the civil war became it was a necessity It can be done again. If provisions are made at home, so far as possible, the money for the cotton crop will not have to be sent to the west to pay for meat, lard, corn, flour, oats, etc. The postoffice dopnituient threatens to discoutii ' 4 rural mail routes whore the small quantity of mail carried indicated that the routes are not needed. Now let the people nlong the routes get busy and increase the tnail matter. They can increase it souie by flooding The Tunes frequent letters with the neighborhood news, and by sending checks and money orders tor subscription. A word to the wise is sufficient. Nothing adds so much to the hnppiness of the home as good music and good rending matter, and a willingness and readiness of the family to take part in either or both of them. Home must be miserable where nothing but the claptrap of neighborhood gossip is heard from day to day hikI from week to week. Whenever the home is not made pleasant for the children tlmy are apt to soek for pleasure els?'where?and the end is bett?r imagined than described. Would thai all parents fully realized the truth of this assertion. **1 ' [ESS ? Here's to the 8 of your good far || All of the bes (| and used by the <| sale at Belk's B J | Farming Imj (| cription. J | Oliver Chillc (| Cotton PI 8 Poultry Wire ? Shop and g Axes, Cross-c X Sheet Iron g and Nails, Ta 18 Pay us a vi ||belk's The MeHoliRtH telephone building on Confederate street ie near*ug completion and will be ready ior occupancy iu about two weeka. Thers has been little variation io the price ot cottou for the past few weeks?Jl oents being the iigure around which it has hovered. At a meeting of the town council Friday evening the following gentlemen ware appointed members of the lt?cal board of healih for the year: K. Shannon, J. H. Patterson, J. H. Bnilea, D. N. Gaston, Dr. J. B. Elliott. Postmaster 1>. H. Massey 1ms issued notices to patrons of the rural free delivery routes calling attention to the order of the department requiring each pat*on to place on his mail box the number assigned by the postmaster. It is seldom that one 6ees the trains from tl?e south come in covered with snqrw, but such was the case VVednssoMy of the past week. It is also a peculiar fact that considerable suow fell nt points b?tween Rook Hill and Columbia, while at this place there whs none at all. The attention of the citizens of the town is called to the notice published in another column by tbe council relating to the runnirtg at large of stock, cattle and hogs. Many boys, in taking cows to and from pastures, allow tbe animals to walk on the pavements, and as this is a violation of the ordinuuce, should be dificoutiuued. This section was again visited by a sleet storm on Thuasday though the coating of ice whs scarcely half as heavy an that of January 25, *"*1 very little if any; damage resulted. The reporter's attention was called to the fact that exactly one year ago Thursbay the weather was identically the same, the trees und other things exposed to the weather being covered with ice. It becomes onr sorrowful duty this week to chronicle the sad death of little Mary, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Ij. Belk. The child died Thursday urght of whooping cough, after having reached the age of only one year. The little one lmd just reach| ed that age when it begau to talk and walk and was therefore the pet of the family. Grim death, however, rescind out hia hand auid plucked a sweet flower from the bouie o/ loving parents aud the arms of brother aud sister '.iv ,^1 -.k. . I J J- KJXU11JJ 1 Health of your good c nily for 1906. t Fertilizers sold by tl 5 best people of the ig Store. plements and Hardwa id Plows, Chattanoo$ lauters, Ell wood Ft Barbed Wire, Bello Builder's Tools of ut Saws, Stoves, Papi Roofiug and Shingles, cks, Piedmont Buggies o "1 4" nnrl ? * Oil; auu UlUKU ^iiursei BIG STOR )300080S800OQ0( Citizen* of Ruck litll liHve corresponded with the Southern Railway officials witti a view to having a more convenient schedule arranged for the "Chestes Swing", which under the present schedule makes the run from Chester to i Charlotte, 44 miles, in four hours. I It is to be hoped thai a change for j the better wilt soon be made, but ! there ate uo indications pointing ! t mt way. The people of Rock H ll ' were given little saiisfso i m at the hands of tho Southern officials. Mr. ?J. J. Bailee, who for several ' months has representid the South-. I eastern Life Itisn iauce O., of Spartanburg, in thin section, Iihh accepted the position of agency director for the Conservative Mutual Insurance Co., of Charlotte, | and left Tuesday for Wilmington, N. C.. which city will be his headquarters. Mr. llailes is a young man of ability and excellent character, and the people of WilmingI ton will find in him a citizen if real merit and worth. | Mr W. U. VVindie of Gold Hill, i went up to Charlotte Wednesday ; to attend the preliminary trial of John O'Lcary, a negro who waa ! captured near Piueville a few days | ago by Officer L. R. Gulp. O'leaiy was wanted for stealing a dug i from Mr. Windle during the past ! summer and has since been dodging. He is also charged with rr-1 j sisting arrest and tiring several I shots at Constable J no. Steadmau, of Steele Creek, some months ago. I There is a third charge against the i negro?that of carrying a razor. O'JUeary who is now languishing in j Mecklenburg jail, bears a bad reputation and it* said to have been 1 chief of a gaug of dog thieves. Mi&sJHendcnhal! Dead. i A telegram was reeieved here i Monday eveneng announcing the I death at Charleston of Miss Belle I Meiidenhall, daughter of Mr. M. W. Meudciihall, of {Steele Creek. {She had been dl for only a few days and died in a Charleston hospital, in which she was engaged an . a nurse. Mins Mendenhali was about 30 years of age and was well known hero. {Several years ago she resided here with her brother, Mr. ; J. B. Mendedliall, and for s time j was engHged as saleslady in the j stoie of Meat-ham & Kpps. She i was likod by all who knew her, j and her untimely death is deeply ' deploied by all. The bucial took place Thursday at be thecal a church, iu thia- county. it- / f I * % nTOWNj 1 rop and Wealth g le best concerns ^ country are for ? Lre of every des- ^ ;a Plows, S mcing Wire, g ws, Anvils, jg every kind. g er Hoofing, g Horse Shoes ^ > and Wagons. ^ f at home in ? EFORT i , Mill, S. C. | Bent cotton sold on tliia market yesterday tor 10 3*4 cents Mr. E. L. McEihaney was lip from Rock Hill Sunday on a visit to relatives. tOlve your Furniture 1 end Woodwork Trent | Wnygy I aoat perfect rstultsby I BALK BY. J w. B. ARDREY 8r CO. j; Let the ! l| Charlotte Steam Lannflry 1 l!i I <; Launder Your Llnon. j? 1? i! i [ We hnve the and * > 11 Beet IjHiiudry Plant in <t the ChioUuhb. We do more i 4 work than riiv Innndrv in >> J| ihe Carolines. We do Bett\ tor work than any laundry j i\ in the South. Our agents, % 4! whose name is attached j 1 lit . 4 ) I <. hereto, has instructions to ' > (l M 1( give y?" 'u^l and complete O t\ satisfaction or make no j? : !| charge. <j t[ Isn't that fair dealing? jo ![ j !j! PARKS DRl'3 CQMP'Y, | !; AGENTS |! jj FORT MILL, - - - - 8. C. j! NEW SPRIN v^uic see our New Oil Linens, Etc. 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