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/VV\\\\\VVV\VV\\%\WN\N\SNS 1 DON'T TAKE p You would not bet on a h ^ chances on losing your > merchandise that you do n< 5: We guarantee everything ? here to make good anythir > satisfactory. We have be ? New Home Se $ for 23 years, and know the; ? lots of other makes also, i * Have been selling 5 for 17 years, and have n ? customer. Our 27 years es > money, but is worth all it c 6 by experience, and there is g buying. VVe know the dea buy from us you don't hav< 5 fellow's bill. New lot Ladi ? ison Phonegraphs and Recc * pare our prices and you wil ? ford to sell so much cheapc \ L. J? Ml A Items of Local Interest ?Miss Ida Clarke, of Charlotte, is the guest of her cousins, Misses Addie and Dovie Harris. ?Mrs. R. F. Grier and little sons Zenus and William returned Saturday from a visit to relatives in Charlotte. ? Messrs. J. A. Withers and J. M. Hoke, of Worthville and Spencer, N. C., respectively, spent Sunday at their homes in this place. ?Mr. J. M. Spratt will in a short while begin the erection of a number of cottages and tenant houses in the big grove in Sprattville. Mr. A. A. Bradford has the contract to build the houses ? Mr. T. H. Merritt had his left hand badly lacerated Saturday at the local ginnery. Mr. Merritt lost his footing- and fell upon a piece of sheet iron, the sharp edge struck his left hand and inflicted an ugly gash. ?The many friends of Mr. T. B. Belk will be pleased to know that he is slovvly but steadily improving from the recent operation at St. Peters' hospital, Charlotte. It is hoped that Mr. Belk will soon be able to return to his 1 home here. ; ?Mr. V. B. Blankenship, the wood and coal dealer, has bought a portable gas engine and saw and proposes to relieve our people of the difficulty experienced in getting the winter's supply : of stove and heater wood chopped. ?Mr. Geo. VV. Merritt, a well known farmer of the Harrison (N. C.) neighborhood, decided j the past week to again try the 1 Fort Mill market and was here ! Saturday shopping. Mr. Merritt also very wisely decided to read The Times during 1908 and we are going to do our best to make : the paper interesting for him, j as well as our manv other read- I ers. ?Messrs. Mills & Young, the furniture men, will in a few days begin the erection of a large warehouse in the rear of their furniture store. The business of this firm has grown so in the past few months that they haven't room to carry the 1 large stock necessary to supply their trade and the big warehouse is a necessity. ?So far as as we know, not a drop of rain has fallen in this section this month. The weather has been ideal for harvesting the corn and cotton crops and the farmers have taken advantage of the opportunity. The cotton has ; opened rapidly and the farmers ( generally have kept abreast of , their woork. In this section the ( top crop is very short and if the ( i present dry weather continues ten days longer almost all of the j cotton will have been gathered. ( ? There is general complaint ' among our people of a disease in chickens known as sorc-head, I and the lack of a remedy to prevent and cure the disease. We have been told that a mixture of sulphur and lard applied to the affected parts will work a cure ' and this remedy is perhaps worth a trial. If, however, there are those who know of a different i and sure cure for sore-head, we will gladly publish it for the benefit of our readers. ?John McAuley, a young white man who has been working in one of the mills here, was before Mayor Hall Friday upon the charge of drunk and disorderly conduct and was given a sentence of $10 or ten days on the roads. McAuley was taken to the gang Friday at noon and at first it seemed that he was in for the term, but late in the afternoon his friends raised the fine and he was liberated Saturday morning. McAuley has been before the officials hero and at other places a number of times, and it is hoped that his experience of last week on the gang will put a stop to his reckless manner of living. : ciianclS. * orse race, so why take ' & money by investing in V at know the real value of. g we sell, and are right X I _ i.L-1. A .1 Wl \ iK tnat is not periectiy ? sen selling g wing Machines 5 y are the best. Have sold y and know the difference. * Harrisburg shoes ' ever had a dissatisfied ? :perience cost us lots of 5 ost. We know our goods * 1 no guess work in our ? d-beats too, so when you ? 2 to help pay the other / ies' Cloaks and Suits, Ed- & >rds just arrived. Com- * 1 wonder how we can af I Y. $ * XPXr>X*vXI*X*XPXPsXP!XPXP>\PXPX Miss Ardrey to Wed. The engagement of Miss Mary | Ardrey, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ardrey, and Mr. Jessie M. Oldham, was announced Thursday at a pretty luncheon given by Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Ardrey, at which quite a number of invited guests were present. The marriage will take ; place about the middle of next month. Mr. Oldham is a prominent young business man of Charlotte, j The bride-to-be is a young lady , of high accomplishments and ! charming personality. Many ! friends of the young couple will 1 be interested in the news of their engagement. A New Hotel aud Lodging House. For several years the town of ! Fort Mill has felt the need of a first-class boarding house. It is not infrequent that people coming to town are compelled, by a ; lack of accomodations at t he j local hotel, to appeal to our pri- I vate homes for board and lodging i during their stay in our midst. | But the town is to be hampered ; in this respect only a short while , longer. Mr. Al. Williamson, who for the past year or more has conducted the big boarding house at the Catawba power dam, will move here in a few weeks and will open a first-class board and lodging house. Mr. Williamson j has leased the big three-story Ardrey building, to the rear of the bank buildinir. and the house is now being repainted and put in repair for the opening of the i business not later than Decern-1 her 1. This buiding was for many years used as a hotel and is well located for such. While the house will be open to transients, it is understood that the principal business to be sought is that of regular boarders. Mr. i Williamson has had a number of | years experience in the business, ' and that he will meet with success here is not to be doubted. Peters Pays the Penalty. j The press dispatches of Friday told of the hanging at Hills- ; ville, Va., of George A. Peters^! a former resident of this county who was convicted of the murder of a Dunkard preacher in Carroll county, Va., last spring. Peters was for several years a dispensary constable in this i county and later engaged in business at Tirzah. He has a brother, who is well-to-do, now ' living near Yorkville. Im- ' mediately after his conviction, ? the relatives and friends of i Peters sought to save the man, : but his crime was such as to cause the governor of Virginia i to ignore all aupeals. The exe- j cution took place at 10.10 Friday morning and the only state- 1 ment made by the condemned man was that, "This is the end 1 of a man who violates the law of the land and of God." Another Veteran Passes Away. A 'phone message Tuesday morning brought the news of the 1?K?4- ITOI - r UV/UVII an l UUt 11III fiUUUUU C)I 1V1 r. | ' John H. Osborne, who passed away Monday night, after an illness of two weeks. The 1 funeral was held at the home, 1 Rev. E. S. Reaves conducting 1 the service. The remains were 1 laid away in Flint Hill cemetery, old soldier comrades of the com-: munity acting as pallbearers. John H. Osborne was well known in this section. He was 82 years of age, having been born in September 1825. He was a Confederate veteran,* having served through the war as a member of Co. F, 49th N. C. regiment, and was once wounded. He was a member of the Fort | Mill Camp of Veterans and was a regular attendant at the meetings of the camp. Mr. Osborne was for many years a devout member of Pleasant Hid Presbyterian church. He was liked by all who knew him and his death was the cause of much sorrow to his friends. [ 1 1 I Buy a Kodak Keep it loaded in your home. Picture your children ev-. ery day. Snap them any-1 where, any time, running, standing or sitting. Take scenes and views. They will be interesting today. Valuable in after years, i From $1.00 up, and anybody can work them, I and your pictures cost you mighty little. Ardrey's 3Di-u.g Store. Death From an Electric Shock. Robert Iledgepath, a young white man whose home was at Newport, this county, and who had been in the employ of the Southern Power company as lineman for some time, met j death Sunday morning while at I work on the company's lines near the power plant 3 miles west of this place. The young man had climbed a pole to make some repairs and its is thought that he placed himself in such position that the current jumped from the wire to his body and formed a circuit with the ground. It is also said the deceased suffered from weak heart and this was partially responsible for his death. ! He lingered about an hour after the accident. An inquest was held over the body Sunday afternoon by Magistrate McElhaney, of this place, the verdict of the jury being in accordance with the facts as stated above. The State Penitentiary. There are about 700 convicts in the State prison, inclusive of the SO juvenile prisoners at the reformatory farm in Lexington county. About one-third of the j prisoners, except those in the hospitals, accused on the farms, the remainder in the hosiery mills or as helpers about the' prison. The grounds of the penitentiary cover about ten j acres. The first buildings of the prison were erected during the Reconstruction period, about \ 18(58, but owing to their uninhabitable condition have since j been abandoned and in 1901 one ; building was remodeled into its present form which makes it one : of the most modern and most! sanitary prisons in the United ! States. Under the management of the I superintendent, Capt. D. J. Griffith, during the past eight: years, the institution has not only been self-sustaining, but j out of its income there have been J erected new administration and prison buildings costing $18,000. j There has also been built a j modern tuberculosis hospital i costing $15,000 and there has been an expenditure of $27,000' in improving the old farms and ( purchasing new farming lands; for the penitentiary. In ad- ! dition to these amounts there j has been paid into the State treasury a surplus of $70,000. The penitentiary also furnishes Clemson college with a^out 33 convicts per year and feeds and clothes these and the convicts are sometimes loaned to institutions by act of legislatures for other special purposes. Pleasant Valley. The Pleasant Valley school opened Monday, with Prof. Koon as teacher. Mr. D. (). Potts has been sick for the past few days. Dr. R. M. Potts and Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Potts have returned from the exposition, having had a grand time. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pickett, of Charlotte, spent Sunday in this place. Mr. F. P. Therrell recently lost a line cow from eating a small quantity of sorghum cane. Mrs. S. I? Patterson has been quite ill for' the past few weeks. Miss Helen Harris, of this place, has accepted a position with Mr. L. J. Massey at Fort Mill.. V /'.111* OAVimOl \AIO r\%-\ .* v/ui vvi i wii iaM Saturday came near losing his dwelling by fire. In one of the rooms was stored four bales of seed cotton. The fire was started by n small child. Had it not been for heroic work of both white and black called by 'phone, the house and cotton would have been in ashes. A Card. I wish to show my gratitude by thanking the people, both! white and colored, who during my absence, saved from fire my i dwelling in which were stored 4 bales of seed cotton. James 0, Hall. ... . i far,??; f 7' -v ?*T?!h .s '* v ; v C * >?" * ,?! "Coming Events Cast: Their h adows Before'y | Chilly nights and morn- " ings foretell the speedy approach of Autumn the immediate need of ?rni.mnH/,i,i4-u:.*.w v -ct?' i f' ; * TYCUL1UVI VlIUlUlU^i is the time to prepare jpf for Fall?and now is the (Wr p$|y' c y - 0 time when our stock of j !Mv Men's Clothing and Fur- \ nishings is at its best. 1 ^ \Ve want you !r , ' ' ' ^ early in the season. If *'' l * vou do not wish to pay / * ' * ... ?{?f/lOIMtMM 1907 tt for them now we will sauoss B?os. * to. gladly reserve your se- Wlection until later. I Brown is the prevailing color this Fall, with Gray and Blue Mixtures tied for second place. Besides these splendid garments shown in man.* models and styles, is a host of less expensive Suits and Overcoats?every one of them well made and stylish. We cordially invite your inspection of these new Fall Models. McELHANEY and rta r\ r\ r\ r\ r\ VTT i -i n -r-r szu.uuu wortii of Upto-date Merchandise I at a Sweeping Reduction in Pr: iO u? Mr. T. 15. Belk, who is sick in a hospital, 4 has ordered the managers of liis big mercantile establishment here to offer his entire stock of up-to-date Merchant disc, consisting of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Crocker}', Wood and Willow Ware, Furniture, Ftc., at ?0 Per G<entl Above Actual cost for cash This is no fake offer, but is bona fide. ' and will be carried out to the letter. This rule does not apply to lines of . goods not mentioned above. Now is your timQ to secure REAL BARGAINS. See us before selling 30111* Cotton and Cotton Seed. Very truly yours, The Old Reliable Store T. B. BELK, Proprietor, Fort Mill, ... South Carolina. 7 i i v. ' I A ! ^0????0S^5?@ 06??GM5@??????JB^^B I A RECORD BREAKER. H x Last week's sales broke all records in our busifte^. * Jflfll ** Never before sold as many goods in one week. This is $ 9 I M L 1 T. - - . ? J'. - - -' v1 " ^ .mi uy ciiauicu, il s me quality arid price that's doing' ? CHILDREN'S HE AD WEAR. g ||jS ~j A new and beautiful line of Bear Skin Caps in jg white, red and grey, at 50c, 75c, and $i.50. Silk Caps jK .S||9 CHILDREN'S CLOAKS. gBp 0 White and Red Bear Skin, 2 to 6 years $2.50 ^ White curly Bear Skin Cloaks $1.00 u&Jg ^ A new line for women and children just in. Women's, $d to $0; children's, $1 to $5. We have tlie best made. Children's Shoes, 60c to A SI. 25; misses Shoes, $1.25 to $2.00- ladies' Shoes, $1.25 H HI X to $-4.00; men's Shoes, $1.50 to $5.00. Two things about . .-^s; * our Shoes: They hi! They wear! ^ | Uleacfo&m" & Epps. sf|r <y?QQ??0?S??Q ?????0????SJ8$ V7v\(^VP?SPvV^VZx*V" % voVJ -a"?*:: ^4 1! 5"c: o&! iHBf it S ^ K - ? S ~ e -3 m XX J? ' &! < ? S. s * B c * o R 5? * V 9 kfj r' ~ ? ^ ^ n ^ ;j g-? K 4 ?? ? > U .x2.;.^ feft, s4 El 55 ? 1 3- mill*? l*l 11 I? I 3 ItSlii ^ llli I * ' ? ? j c-s-i'vn?^v?iT'?r?s^t-? ./ ?. <;j Jv-v-i-iw^vi. >jr?<4 c<tvxr-f-a<-c-*<'^vjv' 4-4 I ." ' "*" j ? - ~~ i IF YOU WANT WEALTH, DIG! ; IF YOU WANT VALUE, DIG! IF YOU WANT TRUTH, DIG! ! IF YOU WANT THE BEST-| i | TKADE at JONES'. ] HE DIGS TIIE 1JEST IN GROCERIES ANI) GIVES IT TO YOU FOR LITTLE COST. { ! JONES. Jhe Grocer. |l _J| in* ^ "%o p WE= PAY VOU TO SAVE.^i; TO SAVE OK fi : Si J NOT TO SAVE ;j \+ THAT'S THE QUESTION? To save2j \% best open a savings account in the?I National I nion Hank. If you start V with only one dollar you will soon? J form the saving habit and will save in- ? > J stead of wasting your money on trifles! One dollar will start your account and you can add a ^ J dollar more if you like -weekly or monthly. Don't wait. ? !V ' a * 4 PER UEN75MTEREST, f J i COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY. ? i $ t J witljc M a TT/'VU a T T iw1am t1 a mi/ ^' I Tfp A X AJL> V^JL^IV/IN JJiTliMIV, tfg * (ABSOLUTELY SAFE.) '! fl |nOCK HILL, - - - - S. C.$ M