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Items of Local Interest
?The latest information from
Mr. T. B. Belk is to the effect
J; that he continues to improve.
Cv ?Mrs. F. T. Pegram and little
daughter, of Gastonia, are
visiting friends in this place.
?This (Thursday) is the last
? uay on wnicn to pay town taxes
without the penalty. If you
have not settled this debt you
should do so at once.
? The pump in the public well
has been out of repair for several
days, and the Main street
business men are wondering why
the authorities do not have the
machine put in working order.
?Mr. L. J. Massey has an advertisement
elsewhere which
should interest every lady in this
section. Look up the adv. and j
read it carefully.
?There has been a steady de- ,
eline in the price of cotton during
the past week, due to the speculadtions
North. The best price
offered on the local market yesterday
was 10 1-8 cents.
?The Times learns that certain
parties in the extreme eastern
portion of the township have
already begun to shoot birds.
This is an open violation of the
State game laws and the parties
are liable to prosecution.
r-The rain of last Sunday was
much welcomed by all, and especially
the merchants who had
been busy for several weeks
brushing dust from their counters
and shelves.
? Mr. J. W. Elms received information
a few days ago that
his daughter, Miss Emma, who
is attending school at Decatur,
Ala., was confined to the college
infirmary with an affection of
the eyes.
?Mr. John T. Robertson has
awarded to Mr. Z. V. Bradford
the contract for the addition
of several rooms and other improvements
to his home near the
old White homestead north of
town.
?Several young men of this
place, employes of the Southern
Power company at different
points, have returned to their
homes here, the power company
having ordered a complete shutdown
of all construction work.
The suspension of work is said
to be due to the financial flurrv i
in New York city.
? Mr. W. J. Stewart, manager
of the Stewart-Springs Ginnery,
informs The Times that up to
the present time he has ginned
about 1,160 bales of cotton, which
is an increase of several hundred
bales over that ginned up to this
time in former years. The increase
is not due to a larger crop
but to the fact that the cotton
brought to the gin came from a
wider territory than heretofore.
?Dr. J. H. Thorn well, Mr. J.
M. Spratt and Mrs. B. F. Massey
left Tuesday morning for
Anderson to attend a meeting of I
the South Carolina Synod which
is in session at the First church
of Anderson. Rev. Dr. Hall, of
the Columbia Theological semina
ty, ?o muucrittur, preacneu me
opening sermon.
?Mr. D. A. Lee, of lower Fort
Mill, will move to town about
the 1st of November and will occupy
his handsome home on Forest
street, which was recently
purchased from Mrs. Turner Barber.
Mr. Lee has just completed
some marked improvements to
his residence and it is now one of
the handsomest in that section
of the town.
?An event of interest to Fort
Mill people was the marriage
Wednesday, last, of Col. William
Brock to Miss Louise Gillespie, of
Rock Hill, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. Dr. Thornwell,
of this place. The bride is
well known here, and the groom
is popular throughout the State,
being assistant adjutant and inspector
general. Mr. and Mrs.
Brock are making their home at
Columbia.
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will offer, for ten days only, If
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the same, but we will give J
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?Superintendent Withersnoon
of the graded schools informs
The Times that at the close of
the second month of the session
the total enrollment at the
school was 201. There are 27
scholars in the high school department
and 19 pupils in the
music class.
I
?Rufus Adger, a colored man
of this place, died last Wednesday
night at a hospital in Rock
Hill as a result of an operation
performed on him the previous
day. The remains were brought
here Thursday and buried by the
colored Masonic lodge, of which
he was a member.
? A case of interest locally,
which will be called at the approaching
term of York court,
is that of the National Cash
Register Company vs. McElhaney
& Co., of Fort Mill. The action
is a suit- brought by the cash
register people to recover the
| sale priee of a cash register
which was shipped to McElhaney
& Co. some months ago. The
latter firm will contest the suit
upon the groudds that the register
was not as represented, hence
the purchase contract was void.
J. M. Cherry, Esq., will appear
for the plaintiff, while McElhaney
& Co. will be represented
by Wilson & Wilson.
?Mr. Bowman McElhaney, of
this place was "touched" for
one hundred dollars even by a
pickpocket in Charlotte Wednesday
night of last week. Mr.
McElhaney had just arrived in
the city from Mt. Holly, where
he is employed by the Southern
Power company, and had his
money, five $20 bills, in his
trouser pocket, and $2 in his
vest pocket. Soon after leaving
i the train he felt for his cash and
| where the five $20 bills had snugIgly
rested there was nothing.
The police were at once notified
of the theft, but without a clue
to work on were unable to locate
the thief and it is likely that Mr.
McElhanev's monev has lw?n
lost for all time.
?A recent visitor to Flint
Hill informs the reporter that
work on the new Flint Hill Baptist
church is progressing: favorably,
the stone foundation
having been completed and the
brick work on the main walls
commenced. The new church is
to be built just to the north side
of the old church. As stated,
the foundations are of stone and
the walls will be of pressed
brick. The interior of the
church and its furnishings will
I be of the very latest designs, and
when completed we are told will
be one the handsomest country
! churches in this section. The
1 church building is to cost $6,000.
; The cemetery at Flint Hill,
i which was already one of the
largest hereabouts, has recently
been enlarged by two acres.
i ?Mr. J. P. Billue, the well!
known shoemaker, was before
Magistrate McElhaney Friday
upon the double charge of delivering
express packages of whiskey
before sunrise and of acting
as resident agent for a foreign
liquor concern. Special Constable
Sanders, of Yorkville prose
cured trie cases, and Mr. Billue
was represented by Hon. W. B.
Wilson, Jr., of Rock Hill. The
agency case was first taken up
and the testimony produced by
the prosecution was of such
nature as to cause Magistrate
McElhaney to require a $200
bond of Mr. Billue for thelatter's
appearance at court. The delivery
case against Mr, Billue, who
is assistant express agent, was
thrown out, the evidence produced
not being sufficient to require
a bond.
It has been discovered that
the present town charter does
not expire until December 1908,
but since the charter has been
voted out and a new one obtained
there will hardly be any
complaint about the oversight.
The present out-of-date charter
should have been surrendered
some years ago.
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Nunnally's
Candy
i Fresh by express every ten
to fifteen days. We sell out
a shipment while the ordi
nary Candy is on the road in
a freight car. It costs very
little more and you get it
from five cafct packages up.
It is a Southern Candy with
a national reputation. If
you have never eaten really
fresh Candy you cannot apreciate
the difference.
Ardrey's
Drug Store.
Mr. Elms Gets Verdict for $5,000.
In the circuit court at Lancaster
last week Mr. John W. Elms,
of Fort Mill, was given a verdict
for $5,000 against the Southern
Power Company for personal injuries
sustained while in the employ
of the company at Great
Falls in Lancaster county early
last spring. It will be remembered
that Mr. Elms had his
right leg badly broken in a
hoisting machine and could not
get about for several months. He
asked for damages in the sum of
$20,000. The suit occupied the
attention of the court for the
best part of two days. Counsel
for the defendant company made
motion for a new trial and this
was argued Wednesday but the
motion was refused. It is
generally believed that the
power eomqany will carry the
case up to the supreme court.
A Very Sudden and Sad Death.
On Friday a pall of deepest
sorrow was cast over our town
by the sad announcement of the
death of Mrs. M. W. Shurley.
Not only was Mrs. Shurley's
death the cause of much sorrow
but it was a great shock to our
people, for she had been ill only
a few hours.
Mrs. Shurley resided with her
son, and only child, Mr. J. W.
Elms, on Booth street. She had
not enjoyed good health for several
years, but made no com|
plaint Thursday of feeling other
j than usual. She retired at the
; accustomed hour Thursday evening
and it was about 2 o'clock
Friday morning when she complained
of a violent headache. A
physician was hastily summoned
and after administering an opiate
Mrs. Elms fell into an apparently
painless sleep. After several
hours efforts to arouse her were
futile and she lay in this condition
until the end came at 2
o'clock in the afternoon. The
attending physicians pronounced
appoplexy as the cause of death.
Mrs. Shurley was a daughter of
the late John and Olive Lee Ross,
and was born near Yorkville, in
this county, in the year 1841.
She was twice married, her first
husband being: W. D. Elms, after
whose death she became the wife
of the late L. Shurley. the noted
educator of Pleasant Valley, Lancaster
county. As stated, only
one child. Mr. J. W. Elms, survives.
Other surviving: relatives
are two sisters, Mrs. Chas. Ross,
l of Pleasant Valley, and Mrs. Sallie
Younts, of Pineville.
The funeral service was held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from Pleasant Valley Baptist
church, of which the deceased
was a lifelong member, Rev. E.
S. Reaves conducting the service.
The remains were laid away in
the churchyard beside those of
her late husband.
The popularity of the deceased I
I and the nigh esteem in which j
I she was held by her acquaint-:
ances was attested by the large |
crowd present at the funeral and i
| the many floral tributes with
which the grave was made a
mound of loveliness.
Rifle Range at Chester.
A Chester special to The
State says that Col. J. C. Boyd,
adjutant and inspector general,
Lieut.-Col. J. R. Lindsey of
| Yorkville. Capt. T. B, Spratt of
Fort Mill and Capt. Jim S.
i McKeon of the Hazelwood
Rifles, this county, were here j
j this week to confer in regard to !
i the sit^ suggested for a rifle
range for practice by the companies
of the First regiment of
uie fctate militia. This site is
two miles south of Chester and
upon inspection by the officers
above named has their hearty
and unanimous approbation.
The endorsement of the 10
companies of the regiment will
be asked for and will no doubt \
be promptly secured; as Chester's
j railroad facilities make it easy
accessible to all the companies
of the regiment.
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"Coming Events Cast
Their Shadows Before"
Chilly nights and morn- ~~
ings foretell the speedy CgA
approach of Autumn the
immediate need of
warmer Clothing. Now
is the time to prepare
for Fall?and now is the llir 4
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Men's Clothing and Fur- 1
nishings is at its best. 1
We want you to come in I ^S^mTsM^^BSi|
and see it and get the j V^/:
pick of this fine showing I ^Hknj?7 jp|| 1
of Gentlemen's Wear 1 9
early in the season. If I \
you do not wish to pay ' 4^^ IJW >-** "'
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for them now we will Mmt' scmoss ??os. e?.
gladly reserve your se- W&
lection until later.
Brown is the prevailing color this Fall, with
Gray and Blue Mixtures tied for second place.
Besides thtise splendid garments shown in many
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.
McELHAINEY and CO.
$20,000 Worth of Up
to-date Merchandise
at a Sweeping Reduction
in Price. \
Mr. T. B. Belk, who is sick in a hospital,
lias oracrca tnc managers of his big
mercantile establishment here to offer
his entire stock of up-to-date Merchant
disc, consisting of Dry Goods, Notions,
Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Crockery, Wood
and Willow Ware, Furniture, Etc., at
10 UPex* Cent
Above Actual cost forcash
This is no fake offer, but is bona tide.
and will be carried out to the letter.
This rule does not apply to lines of
goods not mentioned above.
Now is your time
to secure REAL BARGAINS.
Sec us before selling your Cotton and
Cotton Seed.
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Very truly yours,
The Old Reliable Store
T. B. BELK, Proprietor,
Fort Mill, ... South Carolina.
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g HEATHERBLOOM SKIRTS g
g Black Blue and Brown, $1.90. Black Skirts, heavier, g
X $1.00 to $2.00. Knit Starts in Gray, mixed with fancy a
* borders, very pretty, 75c. *
g GLOVES X
X The best line of Kid Gloves we ever had. The *
19 W. L. B. brand, Black, Gray, Brown and Tan, $1.00. ?9
Black and Brown Moca Kid, $1.50. Misses and chil- ?
10 dren's Golf and Wool Gloves. 15 and 25c. 0
j g Shawls and Facinators, in all shades and colors, 25c g
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? The best 50c Vest and Pants made. Boys heavy
5? fleeced Vest and Pants, 25c. Men's Wright's Under- 5v
X wear in heavy and light weight, $1.00. Heavy J0[ 09
fleeced shirts and*drawers, 50c. 09
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09 Our business in Shoes has increased beyond our ex- 09
g pectations this season. We have a big stock to select 0
g from.- Come where you can get all kinds of good shoes. ^
g MILLINERY g
We had extra help'the past week. MissJWarlick will Gp
? catch up with orders and will be ready for you. Come
and see her at once. jnL
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FIRST TRUST and SAVINGS BANK$
| # of Rock Hill, S, C., 1
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\ Assets. 81,241,552.79 |
I $ Deposits 868,880*00 <j
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