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Items of Local Interest
?Mr. T. M. Hughes, of Lancaster,
was a visitor to Fort Mill
Monday.
? Mr. Joe Darnell, of Pineville,
visited his sister, Mrs. R. L.
Bennett, Saturday.
?The members of the Fort
Mill Light Infantry who are encamped
at Jamestown are expected
home tomorrow evening
at 6:15 o'clock. J <
?Mr. Rufus Johnston and sister
Miss Mary Johnston returned j
to Charlotte Monday morning
after a very pleasant visit at the
home of Mr. J. M. Grier.
? A negro boy who refused to
tell his name and where he was
from was arrested Tuesday morning
by Officer Potts for beatirg
the railroad out of a ride and was
sentenced to four days on the j
streets.
? Mr. J. C. McElhaney and
sister, Miss Nannie, and Miss j
Ellie Parks took advantage of
the. excursion rates offered by
the Southern Tuesday and are |
speneing a few days at the Isle
of Palms, near Charleston. 1
?Mr. W. B. Ardrey left Satur-J
day evening for Black Mountain, i
N. C., to spend a few days with
his family who are visiting
friends in that place. j
?Mr. J. Z. Bailes, a prosperous
young farmer of Pleasant
Valley, left Monday for a visit to y,
the Jamestown exposition. He j j,
will also visit Washington City
before returning home.
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?Cherokee will have a candidate
in the race for Congress
next summer. Col. T. B. Butler ,
has definitely decided to enter1
the race against Mr. Finley. Mr. i
Butler is one of the most popu-1
lar young men in this county and i
in this district. He will leave |
home with a good vote.?Chero- !
kee News.
?The barn of Mr. J. Frank j j
Ashe, of McConnellsville, was s
destroyed by lire last Wednesday r
afternoon, the fire originating \\
from a bolt of lightning. The I c
barn was a large one, well tilled 1
with provender and the loss was ' s
? quite heavy. Mr. Ashe, howev- , I
er, had a comfortable insurance
policy in the Fanners' Mutual.? [
Yorkville EJnquirer. t
?Rev. R. A. Yongue, of Barn- \
well, who was a visitor here the <
past week, officiated at the mar- J
riage Thursday afternoon of Miss 1
Rhoda Shulenberger and Mr. Er- !
nest Overcash, a young couple j 1
from Glass, N. C. The marriage 11
took place in the waiting room of , \
the Southern passenger station I f
and was witnessed by a number 1
of Fort Mill people. t
? Beginning today, August N
1. McElhaney & Co., will inaugu- *
rate a clearance sale of summer j "r
clothing for men and boys. They j j
are determined, if cutting prices !!
will move them, to close out all 1
summer suits now on hand. Read
their advertisement and call at j
once and have your needs sup- t
plied. i
?The Southern Power Com- ^
pany is giving power at long *
range when it operates mills at k
Mount Holly and Cherryville. y.
It is 70 miies from the Great j
Falls plant - to Cherryville and 76 J
to Mount Holly. On the line that ^
supplies these towns are 44,000 i1
volts. About 3000 volts are fur-j \
nished to mills at Mount Holly. ? ! 1
Charlotte Observer. I *
?The annual Farmers' Picnic f
of the farmers of lower Fort Mill j t
will be held today (Thursday) in i
the spring-lot near the home of
Mr. F. Nims, two miles south of ]
Fort Mill. Extensive preparations
for the occasion have been
made, and it is expected that the <
day will be one of much pleasure <
to all who are present. It is i
understood that the Brown's i
Shop picnic, in upper Fort Mill, I
will also be held today. ;
? Mr. J. S. Drakeford, former- i
ly editor of the Yorkville Yeo- <
man, who returned from the i
West a few days ago, is visiting *
his mother, Mrs. L. H. Drake- <
ford, on Forest street. Mr. I
Drakeford is a former Fort Mill ; <
man ana nis many friends here | are
glad to see him again. It is J1
honed that he will decide to lo- <
cate in this section and engage '
in his chosen profession?jour- 1
nalism. ! i
County Supervisor Boyd was !
here Tuesday completing arrang- j
ments for the removal of the i!
chaingang to this township. The i j
gang will reach here the hatter ,
part of the week and will pitch i
camp on the site of the old !
Stewart ginhouse, just south of
town. The first work of the1
will be the building of the York
approach to the new Sugar creek
bridge and the grading of the
road leading to the creek. There
are now twenty convicts on the ,
gang. ,
^ -The building maWriai for-the [
new iron bridge over Sugar!
ek, two miles eafct of Fo
& Mill, arrived the past*
has been hauled out ;
site. Mr. W. F.
hauhmr. It i/not known when
B of the bridge
- contract .
As there will be a complete,
hange in the administration of,
nunicipal affairs under a new j
charter, many of our citizens are
ooking with interest to the time i
,vhen the new charter will become
effective next October.
?The Times does not seek
iredit for starting up the street
.vork, but it is a fact that on
VIonday morning a force of
lands under Officer Potts began j
;he annual cutting of weeds, j
Meaning ditches, etc., on the
streets. Main street was first i
;o receive attention and its ap>earance
has been greatly improved.
The work will continue
intil all of the streets in town
lave been put in good shape. J
Confederate park has also been
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in|jiut^u in uji|?;aiaiiv.c uui 111^
he past week, the grass having
.>een mowed, the hedges trirfmed
;tc.
?At the annual picnic of the;
Pleasant Valley farmers Saturlay
a game of ball was Played in
he afternoon between Provilence
(N. C.) and the Catawba
ndian team which resulted in a
rictory for the Tar Heels. The
came was close and exciting up
o the eighth inning, when the
ndlans' pitcher went into the j
lir and and allowed his oppo- i
icnts a bunch of runs that cost!
he Redmen the game, the final
coie being 19 to 5. This is said
o be the first match game the
,atawbas have ever taken part
n. They have a very good team,
>ut some of the players are mere
toys.
? Acting upon advice furnish- ;
d by Chief Harris, of the Caawba
tribe of Indians, Mr. J.
C. Henderson, who is connected
vith she Carlisle Indian school at
Carlisle, Ta., was here Friday
n search of a young Indian boy
vho had ran away from the
;ehool a short time ago. The
>oy was located at his home in
lie Indian Nation, ten miles beow
Fort Mill, and after a little
icrsuasion, agreed to return to
;chool. Before leaving town
dr. Henderson purchased from
V. B. Ardrey & Co. a quantity
it* linttnrv imiilu tlia 1
* j.wvvi ,j iiiuviv kjj i jiv. vava^>as,
which he said would be
omething of the curious to the
>eople of his section.
?The home of Mr. and Mrs.
I. L. Pursley in Sprattville was
he scene of a quiet but pretty
vedding iuesuay night ac e.ou i
'clock, when their daughter,
diss Dell Pursley became the I
mide of Rev. H. H. Mitchell. 1
Phe ceremony was performed by
tev. Edw. S. Reaves of the j
iaptist church, and was
vitness'ed by the family and a
'ew intimate friends of the bride,
lev. Mr. Mitchell is a traveling
evangelist and conducted a four |
veeks' meeting in Sprattville a
hort time ago. He is now conlucting
a protracted meeting at
rhneville, to which place he and
lis bride went Wednesday mornng.
? Ernest Sims, a young white
nan who has been working in
.he mill here for several weeks,
,vas arrested Tuesday evening
>y Officer Potts upon a warrant
>worn out at Chester charging
Sims with assault and battery
vith attempt to kill Mr. J. S.
Deaton, a former resident of
?ort Mill. Sims is a son-in-law
>f Mr. Deaton, having married
Vliss Maggie Deaton some months
igo, and the crime which he is
Uleged to have committed occurred
Saturday night. The authorities
at Chester were notiied
of Sims' arrest and he was
taken back to that city yesterday
morning to answer to the charge.
tiead-On Collision Narrowly Averted.
A Fort Mill man who returned
Sunday morning from Columbia
says that a head-on collisiod between
Southern trains No. 30,
northbound, and No. 27, southbound,
was averted by 50 yards
n half-mile north of Adger's that
morning. No. 30 was in charge
>f Conductor Harling and Engineer
Robt. McDougal and tiic
southbound train was in charge
pf Conductor Sprinkle. Both
trains were running dead on
time and had orders to meet at
Adger's, No. 27 taking the sidetrack.
For some reason No. 30
did not stop at Adger's to await
the arrival of No. 27, but ran
half a mile past the station when
the enginear saw the southbound
train coming. A collision was
averted by the application of the
air brakes to both trains. No.
30 then backed to Adger's and
i,vvMi i/iiVx OKi^H iiv.l\ (UIU iNU,
27 proceeded southward.
Conductor Harling stated tliat
the failure of his train to pass
No. 27 at Adger's as ordered was
not due to carelessness on his
part. That when the station
blow for Adger's was sounded
he ordered his porter to signal
the engineer to stop, which was
done. No statement could be
had from Engineer McDougal.
There were ibout 20 passengers
in the day coach. Only a
lev. of the ngfi|ber were aware
f r collision until
all d: n - wa i . >. , : ..... .
of -exposed j\,r
the tram crow. /
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The Rocj^b^ ball club is Jfl|
to ha /eJ(| m hia I 1
m Wfcrii ififfl m
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% York County News ^
Yorkville Enquirer.
?In a paragraph about preparations
for night work at NinetyNine
Islands last Friday one of
our Mergenthalers invented a
new electrical contrivance, which
it called the "gun-motor." A
generator would have answered
the purpose just as well, if not
better.
?There are three hrass bands
in York county at this time, one
at Rock Hill, one at Sharon and
one at Yorkville. All of the
men have reached a high degree
of proficiency in their ability to
make good music, and there is a
movement on foot to bring them
together in Yorkville some afternoon
at an early date. The idea
is to have a musical feast to be
enjoyed by the bands and more
especially by music lovers generally
who care to be nresent on
the occasion.
? The Presbyterians of Rock
Hill have subscribed $5,000 for
the support of the Presbyterian
college! of South Carolina at
Clinton. They are very much in
earnest over the proposition that
there should be a first-class denominational
college inthis state.
Reports generally indicate that
the Irish potato crop has been
unusually prolific this year. For
some reason, probably because
of the cool weather in tl^e spring,
the bugs did not give a great
deal of trouble, and the crop had
nothing to do but grow. We
have heard of a case where the
yield was nineteen bushels to
one planted and numerous other
cases where the yields were almost
as good. But unfortunately,
very few people planted with
a view to putting their crops on
the market.
? Mr. ,T. J. Gaul din, who lives
three miles south of Yorkville on
the Chester road has called the
attention of The Enquirer to an
insect pest that is doing great
damage to the cotton. Noting a
large number of squares under
his cotton several days ago. and
being of the opinion that it was
rather too early for the shedding
that usually occurs somewhat
later, proceeded to make an examination.
In each shedded
square he found a small hole that
extended into the bud. and in
most noies mere were small green
worms. More careful inspection
of squares that still appeared
healthy disclosed, in many cases,
small eggs, and worms of different
stages of development up to
an inch in length. Mr. Gauldin
is not certain whether the enemy
he has discovered is the boll
worm, hut hf> is nf thn nrnnirm
that it is a new pest. The boll
worm, according to his knowledge
of the pest, works only on
bolls. This worm attacks squares
before the development of the
blooms, and also eats the interior
of the smaller bolls. He finds
that much damage has been
wrought in his fields and also in
the fields of several of his neighbors.
He has sent specimens of
the worm to Clemson College to
see if he can get any further information
as to the antecedents
and nature of the pest.
Rork Hill Herald.
We learn from the Charlotte
News of Thursday that the contract
for the erection of the new
Lockhart Mills at Yorkville has
j been awarded to J. J. Keller &
; Co., of this city. This mill will
! be a (>,000 spindle plant for the
! production of yarns and will cost
. $100,000.
? Mr. John G. Anderson, whc
j has served diligently and faithfully
as president of the Chamber
of Commerce since its organization,
has sent in his resignation,
to take effect at once. Mr.
Anderson's duties will not allow
him to serve in the capacity ir
; the future that he has in the
| past, therefore through justice
to himself and the orfnni'/nHnr
he felt it his duty to resign.
? "You can say that I have
sold .,38 bales of my cottor
which 1 have been holding since
11)05," said Mr. F. H. Barber te
us. "I cannot give you price
that was paid for it, for I was
asked not to." A few month.'
ago Mr. Barber said he was
holding for 15 cents and it is
supposed that he got his price
although it is only a suppositior
on our part.
? "I have not seen a single
wasp nest this summer," remarked
Mr. R. P. Sullivan, ol
the Friendship community, to the
, reporter Saturday, "anel severa
of my neighbors have told me
that the?y have not seen any.'
Mr. Sullivan said that wasps are
generally ejuite numerous in his
section, in fact, everywhere a!
this time and he cannot account
for their absence t.hi? vpnmnW
they were killed by the freezing
weather bust winter, but as thi
winter was not a hard one, h<
does not think it can be attribu
ted to the weather. Mr. Sulli
van will be glad to have someone
; tell him what has bocome of th<
wasps.
Fire at Coney Island Sundaj
blocks of build
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Lucky Purchase Sale
Beginning today, August 1st, we
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will sell our Summer Clothing
for Men and Boys at 20 per
cent discount, or one^fifth off,
Also Odd Pants, Men's and La^
dies' low-cut Shoes and lights
weight Hats, At these prices
we must insist upon having the
Cash, as we can't charge anyC7
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tiling at the discount prices.
McElhaney & Comp'y
11 JOB PRINTING ?
; 111 NEATLY EXECUTED AT fe I
! 11 THE TIMES OFFICE. A T!
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' Letterheads. Nootlieads Billheads, Statements, Handbills, rosters, r?
I lil Circulars, Envelopes, Etc. at th>? lowest prices consistent with good rql
work. Send us your orders and we will please you g ;
j Tlie Times. |
ll? D EUS? HSiSSj H^gJZl SUMSlMajSHj
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1 Tin YOTT TTRF.TI
Q.g v JL V/ w X1 L. JLJ JLy
I A new building, or new fence,
anything on your plantation nee<
If so, Bclk's store is the place to
terial. No. I Shingles, $4.50 to r.
Sheet Iron Roofing, $3 per squa
Paper Roofing $1.50 per squa
Doors and Windows, 50c to $1.50
Locks 25c up. Front door Sets a
Locks, 50c up. Night Locks,
Steel and bronzed Butt Hinges al
1 jg Blind Hinges, Sash Fasteners,
6$ Chain Bolts, Foot Bolts, Cupboa
0 Door Springs, Screen door Hinge
@ other things we haven't space to
| FENCING.
; 0 LI wood Wire Fencing, 2(1 inches
1 ? from 25c the rod up. Barbed
? Galvanized Wire and Poultry wi
; 1 NAILS.
Cp Wire Nails, all sizes, headed an
| TOOLS.
?5 Hand Saws, Hammers, Planes, S(
i jgj and Braces, Broad Hatchets, (da
? Shingling Hatchets, Lathing llatc
inn Lnives, Foot Adzes, Horse sli
mcrs, Files and Hasps, all sizes.
! ? VEHICLES.
? - Kuggics, Wagons and all kinds
i ? Tools and Machines. We sell the
]g| Cormick Machines and repairs f<
S! ('.all to see us and ask for whai
: jg As our room is small and our sto
0 we display our good as \v<
Reliable
BELK,
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I ? Annual Su
1 Our annual Summer Sal
v All clored lawns, Organdie:
v will go at a big reduction,
? 12 l-2c goods at 9c. All 20c
|g| goods at 18c.
? Two pieces Silk Foular
now 12 l-2c. Tan and grey,
? N/1 II I If
We have only a few H;
I ? these at less than half price,
Q BABY LAN
? All $1.00 caps, 50c; all !
CO at 15 cents.
? PEARLB
? A very good Pearl Butfc
? better one at 11> and 15c per
I ? 1?AC
?A new lot of Val. Laces
you can not match at the pr
?the yard.
All Summer Goods MUS
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Dr. King's New PJYcFilfs
The be9t in the world.
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or is there _
Jiiij; repair.
net the ma- ITM
>.00 per in.
re. Tarred Sj
ire. Screen 0
. Kim Knob 0
ind Mortice ?
35 to 50c. ?
1 sizes. X
Door Dells, 0
rd Catches, Q
s, and many 0
mention. ?
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to 58 inches 0
Wire, Plain ?
re Fencing. ^
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id finishing. ??
luares, Kits 5?
vv Hatchets, 0
'lipfw nr!???'. AM
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toeing Hani' ?
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of farming @
famous Mc- 0
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t > on want.
ek is large,
?* would like. ?
Store. |
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miner Sale!
e will commence August 1. Jg|
s, Batticc, Silk Mulls, Etc., v|
All 10c goods at 7 l-2c. All ^
goods at 121-2c. All 25c v
d, carried over, was 25c. Sr
maks a beautiful dress.
M EIR V ?
its left, and we will sell'?
, choice of shapes at 25c. 4 ?
A/N OARS Q
:?0c caps, 25c; all 25c caps^g
UTTONS * &
an at 3 dozen for 10c. A 6$
dozen. m
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and Insertion just in that jgj
ice. 1.000 yards at 5 cents jgj
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RUG CO. |
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a basket of
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little ones. ??
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Eh; fttctrbfi thk best for
t-.v.v ' i3.lsi biliomsnkss
lib I TERG AND KIDNEYS.
THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD
TRfl'.NlNG SCHOOL.
On account of the vacation of tli?
schools through the Summer, is making a
special offer for a three months course
in their school, in which the course can
he completed in this ttme by proper effort
on the part of the student. For
$50 00 the entire course can be ^
taken, including hoard and expenses for ifi
$100.00 We guarantee all our pupils J}
position when they are competent. Writ* ^
us and make application for a scholarship,
L..J.FRINK,
.Mgr. Sou. Rai'road Training School,^
J20(? I 2 Main St.. Columbia, S. C.
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To Debtors and Creditors. \
All persons indebted to tlio estate of
I). 11. Thompson, deceased, will make
iwivmenf to me at onoo. Alt person*
having claims ayainst said estate will
please present them to me, duly an1
It 111 ic.ltOfl- U'itllill tlw
Kflle E. Thompson, y
Administratrix. .
AN OHDINANUS.
15" it ordained and enacted by the *
town chuium! mow sitting in common
council and by authority of same;
"lit< ? tic passage <if this nrdinance
it shall be unlawful for any petv ;
son or per-v.n-- to 'oaf on any ftr -t in
the town of fort Mill, S nfle.r 12
p. in. without a reasonable oxevwe.
. Thai any person or
sons \minting the above ordinance shall
he puni li al by a fine not exceeding
%rt or less than J..10 atnl coat, or
more than 2."> days work upon tho
.streets nor less than "? days work, i 'W* ?wTji'
Done and ra1 ilied in rn mte) 1 IHHDIU- M|
bled this I .Mb day of .Tune l!K>7 '
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Alte-t: III I'd .4
A. It. McElhaney, Clerk.
A 2.~>c "Want Ad' .
Try ii and bo convinced.
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