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?Mr. M. M. Coltharp, of
Greenville, is visiting relatives
in Gold Hill.
Mr. W. H. Coltharp,. of Charlotte,
spent Tuesday in town on
business.
?Dr. J. B. Mack, of College
Park, Ga., is spending a few
days with relatives in this place.
?Mr. Cauthen, of Kershaw,
visited at the home of Mr. B. F.
Massey, in lower Fort Mill the
past week.
?Mr. J. A. Withers, of Worthville,
and Mr. J. M. Hoke, of
Charlotte, spent Sunday with
their parents in this place.
?Mr. F. Nims is spending the
week at Mt. Holly, N. C., with
his mother, Mrs. E. W. Rankin,
who has been ill for several days.
?Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Fite returned
to Gastonia Monday morning,
after a pleasant visit to their
brothers, the Messrs. Kimbrell,
2 miles east of Fort Mill.
?Mr. Wm. Shannon was here
the past week from Florida on a
visit to his brother, Mr. Kirk
Shannon. This was Mr. Shannon's
first visit to this section in
about 25 years.
?Miss Mary Boyd, who, for
several years has been engaged
as saleslady in the dry goods store
of Mr. L. J. Massey, has resigned
the position, and is succeded by
Miss Clara Smythe.
?The new council, electee ihe
14th, was sworn into office Tuesday.
A short business session
was held at which Mr. V. D.
Potts was re-elected chief police.
Council will meet again the 28th.
?Troy Broom, a young white
.man, was arrested here Saturday
at the request of officers of Charlotte,
where Broom was charged
with a violation of the law. He
was taken to Charlotte Sunday
and turned over to the authorities.
?Mr. L. Y. Moore, who has
for several years run conductor
on the Chester "swing," has
Kaon transferred to a run between
Columbia and Belton. Mr.
John Husbands succeeds Mr.
Moore as conductor of the swing.
?County Auditor Hunter arrived
yesterday morning and will
remain here today and tomorrow
for the purpose of listing property
for taxation for 1907. Taxpayers
who wish to make returns
will find Mr. Hunter in the Culp
restaurant room on Main street.
?The Fort Mill friends of Dr.
A. M. Buchanan, formerly of
this place, will be pleased to learn
that there has been a great improvement
in his health since his
removal to New Mexico several
months ago. Mrs. Buchanan is
I with her husband, who is suffering
with tuberculosis.
?The annual supper of the
local lodge Knights of Pythias
was held Friday evening in the
town hall. A good crowd of
1 Knights and visitors were pres(entto
partake of the bounteous
sapper and listen to the several
addresses, and the evening was
most pleasantly spent by all pres
| ent.
?Mr. Edgar Marion, a young
I man who clerked in the drugstore
of Dr. T. B. Meacham here until
Christmas, was operated on for
appendicitis at the Pryor hospital
in Chester a few days ago. The
| young man stood the operation
exceedingly well, and has since
been reihoved to his home at
Richburg.
?During the present week Mr.
F. G. Whitlock, who for some
time has been employed in Columbia,
will return to Fort Mill
and assume the duties of freight
and passenger agent for the
Southern Railway. Mr.. J. C.
! Walker, the retiring agent, goes
to Chester, his home town, to accept
a similar position with the
C. and N.-W. railroad.
^ ? It is a most unusal occurrence
for the trees to be in bloom in
.Tonilflru V?11 i a four floirn <iwa
HI ?? ? * J f fc/MW ?* AVT* uaj O CA|?VS LilU
\f reporter saw a number of fullbloom
peach blossoms which had
been plucked from the garden of
a citizen of this place; The long
Bpell of extremely warm weather
and constant sunshine easily ex'
plains why the trees are putting
out so early in the year. Not
, since the year 1887 has such an
instance occurred.
?In its issue of the 14th inst.
1 the Industrial News announces
i the granting by the Guilford Superior
court, at Greensboro, N.
C., of a divorce to Mrs. Azalie
Hughes from Charlton Hughes.
I Mrs. Hughes is a daughter of
Mrs. J. R. Harris of Fort Mill,
and resided here until her removal
to Greensboro about two
? years ago. Mr. Hughes is still a
resident of this place, residing at
the home of his mother, Mrs. S.
1 M. Mills, on Confederate street.
| The grounds upon which the di1
vorce was obtained were not
i
' The Veterans Royally Entyt&ined.
Mr. Editor: The veteftmfc of
the Fort Mill camp were handsomely
entertained by the noble
and ever considerate Daughters
of the Confederacy of this Dlace
on the 19th, Gen'l Lee's anniversary,
by an elegant course dinner
at the hospitable home of the
president, Mrs. J. H. Thorn well,
which was beautifully decorated
for the occasion.
The veterans, 27 in number,
assembled in Confederate park
about 12 o'clock and marched in |
a body to the home of Dr. Thorn- j
well, where they were met at the j
door by the Daughters and wel
conr.ed with extended hands and j
pleasant smiles. They were escorted
to the parlor where the
exercises^were opened with prayer
by the chaplain. Dr. Thorn-!
well. They then received a most
cordial welcome in an eloquent
address by Mrs. Robt. F. Grier,
in behalf of the Daughters, which
was responded to by Mr. J. W.
Ardrey, for the veterans. We!
were then entertained by appro- ;
priate music by the ladies, after
which the veterans were invited
into the beautifully arranged din- j
1 ing room, where snch a dinner,
; Mr Editor I hate to mention it, I
I might make you hungry. Gen.
j Lee's mistake was in not putting
such a meal on top of the works
on Cemetery Ridge, at Gettysburg.
His army who were not
killed would have gone there and
stayed, too. But, alas, the old
man did not have it.
After dinner Miss Susie White ,
recited "Father Regan's Sword
of Lee" and Miss Bert Thorn-,
well "Lee's Parting Address to
his Army" and "Ben Hill's Trib- |
ute to L?ee," both of which were
i very impressive. We then had
I rominiscences of war by several
old soldiers. Bro. Bowman Meri
ritt captured the house by telling
of a fellow who turned to run
out of a fight and on being stopped
by one of his officers, commenced
crying. The officer ordered
him to stop crying like a j
baby and the fellow replied, "I j
wish I was a baby, and a gal
baby at that."
We have lost by death four
members since our last annual I
meeting, namely: Alex Stewart, !
Matthew Giles, W. Isaac Jones I
and ex-Commander L. N. Culp.
The camp adjourned singing
! the praises of the ladies and in- ,
1 voking Heaven's choicest bless- J
ings upon them. Vet.
Incendiary at Work in Steel Creek.
Excitement in Steel Creek, iust
over the line from this township,
has been at a high pitch for several
days over what is thought, to
have been the work of an incendiary,
by which three citizens of
that section lost their barns, live;
stock, and large amounts of feedstuff
by fire.
The first fire was that of Tuesday
night shortly after dark, in
which the barn, one horse, three
mules and a lot of corn and hay,
of Mrs. Brown Grier was reduced
to ashes. The loss was estimated
at $1,500, with no insurance.
Later in the night the barn of
Mrs. Chas. Knox who livpc- ^
short distance south of Mrs.
: Grier, was discovered on fire,
1 and despite the heroic work of
| the family and neighbors, the
building with its contents, a
horse, two mules, five bales of
i cotton, a quantity sf cotton seed,
' pea-vine hay and other roughness,
valued at $1,800, was totally de-1
stroyed. Mrs. Knox carried a
small amount of insurance.
The third and most disastrous
fire of the week was that of |
Wednesday night by which Mr.
Mr. W. H. Choate lost property ,
valued at $5,000, with but little:
insurance. In Mr. Choate's barn 1
were five mules, two horses and (
several head of cattle, besides a
large quantity of hay and fodder.
The horses and mules burned
were considered among the most
valuable in the county.
The citizens of Steel Creek on
Thursday instituted a search of
the burned premises, and to the
I rear of the Grier barn discovered
j on the soil the print of an iron
heel on the left shoe of a man.
! The parties having this evidence
, at once spotted a negro named
| Castles, who lived on the farm of
M. n M r1 ;. rpu- I
mi. u. iu. uan imuii. lilt; nejjro
; was taken to where the tracks
j were found and the indentations
of his shoes were found to tally ,
! exactly with those in the Grier
farm. Castles was hustled off to
Charlotte, and, after a hearing,
was committed to jail to await
trial.
The negro denied all knowledge
of the origin of the fires,
j but the people of Steel Creek are
strong in their belief that Castles
had a hand in the burnings and
will make him give a strict account
of his whereabouts when
i the next Mecklenburg court con1
venes.
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200 acres; good buildings, good well
wator, 4 miles east of Fort Mill, l'a
miles from Harrison church, price 4
bales cotton of 500 pounds each. Apply
to Alex Burber, Fort Hill. S. C.
NOTICE?J have for saloone house mid
lot ou 1 tooth street. Fort Mil!, known
as the D. O. Potts placo; also, for
rent, a good one-horse plantation in
Pleasant Valley, rental price, 1,000
pounds lint cotton Apply to Osmond
Barber, R. P. D. No. 2 , Fort Mill. S.C.
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