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?tVV\\V\\\\VAVVVVV\\\SV\N 11 Special Ba g All Winter goods mil 8 we put on them will 111 & 6 cent Outing, now ? 10 cent Outing, now r ' y 7 cent heavy Sheeting, nov ? 25 cent Dress Goods, Now 50 ,1 ,, 1, 11 y 75 ,, ,, ,, ,, * ?1 nn y ?? ?> ?? 4 Ladies Cioaks. all gone. C I* 6 cent Spool Cotton, now . 20 pairs Andirons worth $-1 Art Squares, 9 x 12 feet, n Blankets, per pair, Comforts, each, Four Bureaus and Washsta And lots of other barg; 2 mention. Come early 1 L. J. M A Items of Local Interest ?Mr. C. H. Belk spent Monday in Waxhaw. - The session of the Fort Mill graded school was opened Monday morning, following a two weeks' vacation for the holidays. ?Miss Kate Culp returned Monday night from a visit to her , sister, Mrs. G. S. Thompson, at Greensboro, N. C. ?The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mills has been seriously ill for several days. ?Mr. L. J. Massey, one of our enterprising dry goods mer- j chants is sending out to his cus tomers and friends a beautiful i calendar for the year 1908. i ? Miss Aline Harris, of Fort j Mill, spent a short while in the ! city Saturday morning- en route 1 to her school at Lowndesville.? J Chester Reporter. ?The two cotton mills in this j place resumed operations Mouday ] morning, after a shutdown of , two weeks for the holidays, and, j in compliance with the State law, , !are now running only GO hours ] per week. Under the new sched- ] ule the mills start at 6.20 a. m., ! . instead of 6 a. m. as formerly. ? Miss Mary T. Nance, presi- j dcajt of the School Improvement < Association of the State, will i visit Fort Mill on Friday, Febru- : ary 14th, and will deliver a lec- ; ture in the town hall at 7.45 p, m. The?*e will be no charges at the < door and the public is cordially 1; invited to go out and hear her. i ?A happy marriage on Tuesday evening of last week was that of Miss Ada Bennett and j1 Mr. S. W. Blackwelder, which ' took place at the home of the |' Pride in lower Fort Mill. The : ceremony was performed by Rev W. M. Owings, in the presence of a number of invited relatives and friends of the couple. ?James, the little son of Mr. , p.ncl Mrs. J. T. Young, is rapidly i recovering from a painful powder I burn which he sustained several j | days ago. The little fellow had j emptied the powder from a 1 loaded shell and, unknowingly, stooped over the explosive and ( applied a match. The explosion caught him full in the face in- ( flicting a very painful burn. - -Mr. W. J. Neely, an uncle of Mr. J. W. McElhaney of Fort Mill, died at his home in Charlotte Thursday. Mr. Neely was 58 years^of age. A number of 1 years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis, and since then had never been well. Thursday he again suffered a stroke and death resulted within a few hours. He is survived by several grown daughters. ?Squire Bailes has begun the new year perhaps just exactly as he closed the old one. He united in marriage on Wednesday last Miss Woodie Belle Smith and Mr Rinharrl Snccnm/Mi Cornelius, and therefore both of North Carolina, the Commonwealth that furnishes the 'Squire such a lucrative business. Miss Smith and Mr. Sossamon ran away on account of parental objections?the bride was too young just 10.?Charlotte Chronicle. ?It has been definitely decided by the Southern railroad not to run the Palm Limited from Washington to Jacksonville, this season. To accomodate tourists to Florida and to give better facilities for general travel from New York to Jacksonville is proposed to make an important change in the schedule of train No. 29. The change if made will give the train a much faster schedule and the time of passing here will be about 4 a. m. msteaa of 10.40 p. m. as at present ^ ?Reports from Grattan say that a large portion of the employes of the Charlotte Brick | Company at that place have quit their jobs during the past few days and have gone elsewhere in search of employment. The "walk out" was \WS\V\V\\\VV\N\\\NV\\NV\\ rgain Sale. | g ist go, and the prices ? tovc them quick. ? 4c. pj 8c. | v __5 l-2c $ 20c. i 40c. 5 60c. ? 80c. y children's Cloaks 1-2 price. 5 1.00, now 2c lb. y ow I $3.75. ? 50c to $4.50. y $1.50 to $2.00. y ,nds at 1-2 price. ? a ins too numerous to y and get 1st choice. ? lSSEY. I ? caused by the owners of the j plant announcing that with the starting of the works there would be a reduction of 25 per cent in the wages of all employet. In the number who refuse to work under the new scale are a number of white men, probably a score of negroes, and several foreigners. The brick plant has been closed down since the holidays began and it is said that work will not be resumed before February 1st, if then. Dr. Thornwell's Funeral. The attendance upon the funeral service of the late Dr. James 11. Thornwell on Wednesday afternoon was an impressive tribute to his worth and usefulness in the community, county and State. The assemblage was tru- , ly representative in character. People were present from every ( section of the State, embracing men and women from every denomination of Christians, and from every walk of life, but it was especially notable from the fact that so many elderly men , were present?men who were linked to the deceased by ties of ' love and friendship lasting over ! a large part of his life. The body of the -beloved pas- ' tor was carried to his Fort Mill church at 12 o'clock, where it lay in state until after the; funeral service, at 3 p. m. The funeral service was in charge of Rev. Alexander Sprunt. 1). D., of Charleston, assisted by the following ministers, Reverends 1 Chalmers Frazier of Lancaster; E. S. Reaves, pastor of the local Baptist church; W. M. j J Owings of the local Methodist church; R. A. Miller of North ( Carolina; J. K. Coit, Rock Hill: | J. B. Mack, Atlanta. Ga.; W. S. Bean cf Clinton; W. M. McPheeters of Columbia. The funeral procession formed j at the public square and marched to the church in the following order: Active pallbearers: W. B. 11 Ardrey, Dr. J: B. Elliott, K. 1 Shannon of Fort Mill; B. D. Springs of Charlotte, N. C., and ' ? Knox and R. T. Fewell of Rock Hill. Honorary: The elders and deacons of Fort Mill and Ebenezer churches, camp of United j ? i-- ~ - - ... i v^wnxcucrate veterrns, 01 which Dr. Thornwell was chaplain; . Catawba Masonic lodge, Electra lodge. Knights of Pythias, White Oak camp W. O. W.; representa- 1 tives of various orders throughout South Carolina. A large representation of Knights Templars of the Chester lodge was present. I The unfiormed- knights, with bared heads and presented swords formed on the aisle through < which the family passed. In round numbers the procession consisted of 1,000 people, each of whom knew and loved Dr. Thornwell. From the church the procession marched to the cemetery, where the last sad rites were held over the body. The grave was completely j covered with the most handsome display of floral tributes ever seen here. Especially beautiful j' were those of Tahara temple, I). O. K. K., home and foreign j uiiooiwiKii y KUCICUCS, W. '.7. W., grand lodge, K. of P., Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company, Myrtle lodge, Columbia, and those of the faculty of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, and K. of P. lodges of Charleston. Mrs. Sally Bryant Dead. Mrs. Sally Bryant died Thursday evening at her home in the yillage of the Fort Mill Mfg. Company, after an illness of several months of consumption. The remains were taken to Rock Hill Friday for burial. Mrs. Bryant was a daughter of Mr. George Givens, who was a resident of Fort Mill some; years ago. She was about 30 , years of age and is survived by two small children. Among her other relatives is a sister, Mrs. Joe M. Parks, of this place. WHO WANTS to buy a good family and work Mare and Buggy and Harness for $75.00 ? It is a bargain. Also a good Cow for sale. W. B. ARDREY. They are good ones, but I can't feed them any longer. For the Consideration of the Voters. The following ticket, signed "many citizens" has been handed The Times with a request for publication: For Mayor?J. R. Haile. For Aldermen -1st Ward, B. 1 C. Ferguson; 2nd Ward, C. H. I Branson; 3rd Ward. A. R. McElhaney; 4th Ward, 1). N. Gaston. For Aldermen at large?Dr. T. I S. Kirkpatrick, W. Lee Hall. A Marriage in Go\d Hill. Mr. Grover Owens, a young farmer of the Flint Hill section, and Miss Nannie Miller, a popu- \ lar young lady ol the same community, were happily married last Wednesday night by Notary Public Epps, of Gold Hill. Quite a number of relatives and friends were present to witness the marriage and extend congratulations. The bride is a daughter of Mr. Jackson Miller, of Flint Ilill. Attention, I. 0. 0. F.! On January 1st 1908 at a regular meeting of local lodge I. O. D. F. the following officers were installed to their respective stations: W. J. Steele, N. G; S. II. Evans. V. G: B. C. Ferguson, i Secy; E. S. Parks, Treasvrer. The appointed officers ars as follows: T. E. Merritt, R. S. to N. G; R. F. Wright, L. S. to N. G; Guy Sneed, Warden; M. L. Hope, Chaplain; W. A. Thrower. N. G; II. G. Hammond, O. C; C. F. Rogers, Jr., Conductor; T. J. Wright, R. S. S; Zeb Gordon, L. S. S. We take plersure in announcing notice of banquet that we 1 will give on January 17th 1908. All visiting brothers cordially invited. We extend invitations to the presiding officers and their wives of the other fraternal organizations. We furthermore invite all the ministers and their wives to be with us on January 17th, 1908. at 7.15 o'clock at the town hall. I. 0. O. F. Georgia is Now "Dry." With the advent of the newyear the law preventing the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors passed by the last session of the legislature became effective, making Georgia the first Southern State to be placed in the prohibition column. The lawis very drastic in its prohibition and prevents the keeping or giving away of liquors in public places and imposes a tax of $500 on clubs whose members are allowed to keep drinks of an intoxicating nature in their individual lockers. After being out more than 48 hours the jury in the case of; Caleb Powers, tried at Georgetown. Ky., on a charge of complicity in the murder of William Goebel, on Saturday failed to agree and a mistrial was ordered. The jury stood two for murder an?l ten for acquittal. SPECIAL NOTICES. (25 cents each insertion.) NOTICE?About two weeks ago someone left an Overcoat in the store of Meacham & Epps. Owner can secure same by describing coat and paying for this adv. LOST?Pearl Handle Hammerless Smith & Wesson Revolver, 32 Calibre No. 41951. Reward for return to Times Office. FOR SALE?All kinds of tirstclass Lumber. Apply to or 'phone W. H. Jones. PAINTING- I am now located in Fort Mill, and will be ( pleased to furnish estimates' on painting, calsomining, frescoing, graining and outside work of of all kinds. All work guaranteed satisfactory. ' Phone No. 138. E. Nelson. 0 ... ' i% -K ?\.v~ % v ^ af *-? - ,*. _ v ATTENTION. PLEASES In last week's issue of this paper we told you that there would be something doing in this space this week. Now it's up to you. If you ever intend to buy a suit of Clothes. Overcoat or a pair of odd Trousers, come and see us. We are determined to get rid of a large part of this stuff before we take inventory February 1, 1908. ? ? ? ? One lot Men's Suits that positively cost us S8.l2o, going at $7.50, spot cash. We have a lot of broken si/es that we are going to sell at prices that will interest the closest buyer. Special prices in Ladies' Shoes in numbers 4, 4 1-2 and 5. We will sell you these numbers at less than we can replace them. IHcELIMNEY and The Old Reliable S tore ! How Are You Fixed in Farm Implements? = If in need of anything in this line BKLK'S STOKE is the place to get it. j I "Old Hickory" Wagons, one and two horse. "Piedmont" Wagons and Buggies. j Buggy Harness, Wagon Harness, Saddles, Extra Pieces for Harness, Etc. Blount's "True Blue" Middle Splitter, the best on the market. Chattanooga Middle Splitter, w ith sub soiler attached. Oliver Chilled Middle Splitter and Side Plow, i Also attachments for the above named Plows, All kinds of Wire Fencing, all kinds of Roofing, in fact, almost anything you need to make your home look good, and prepare your lands for another good crop. We are always ready to pay the highest market prices for Cotton and Cotton Seed. Come to see us often. The Old Reliable Store T. 15. BELK, Proprietor, Fort Mill, ... South 'iiroliiiu !IOSPliEMH JirS1!? ffiSlilrfiP7 |JOB PHINT1NG I m NEATLY EXECUTED AT !| ^ THE TIMES OFFICE. A: ^ rbL I.ettc: heads. Noet heads Billhends, Statements, Handbills. Posters, (ft FS Circulars. Envelopes, Etc. at the lowest prices consistent with jp>od work. Send us your orders and we will please yon j3 I The X^imo.es. | i ? il 1 i ^ ^l2r?J & l iMfM i i &Tp?r^ gfWj ^ 'iP * m ? - - rum ' i ir<n aM fS???S?S t5S?Q G<S?S?<F? ?,????0 M EACH AM &c ERRS ? ? . &> Stock taking is over and we find a number of Dress 0 Goods remnants, from 25c to $1.00 per vard. We have 0 0 marked them nearly at one-half price in order to clean 0 0 up the stock. Also quite a lot of Ribbons, from 1-4. to- gA, a 1 1-4 yard pieces, at half price. 0 CLOAKS. <j| 0 We still have on hand 12 to 15 Ladies' Cloaks, worth 0 ?from $12.50 to $15.00, that we will close at $8?i?0. These 0 are great bargains. X< 0 SKIKTS. || We are roing out of the skirt business. We have 10 jw ? vv or 50 on hand that we are determined to close out. 01 0 They lue all heavy walking skirts, elegant weave, 75s up 0 0 MILLINKKV. ^ Miss War 1 irk leaves us this week. Several days ago 5c ) we instructed her to trim up a number of hats that we Xg [ will sell at just half piice. We never carry over (p Qp tiiinmed Hats. QQ ? SHOES. <a ? Never had a better stock in the house. Bi# line of a & Children's School Shoes. All kinds of Rubbers. ?a | Meacfoaircrc ? fEpps- | r-V"kVsK*.y,'N^-v*vvrv\p>%>*?^'Vi?A p -Parks Drt^ ctU \ ? *_i) m J * y f . . p * y V? y y ^gjf: ^ 5 y * y/fir ^ * II niiM i/feoodwi I \> I' I S'l ! 11 II l| ll I 111! !\ luck )| | ! i|? j \\ to All f Ml: | "v o f ? L iajL $ $ y y \ vSry *r > V? ^ ^ > y. y y ? ^ ^ v v V, ll Parks Drng Gcntgfy. \> * V fjaerCiill for Calendars and Almanacs. * $ f \ ^ r*-t' z-z-m-z * s<4v-<vi ?pwjvcc ?r-pt'P C 4i<.v:?w J - . J4 i^,?? <-I 2 J .7^Z4l<S.< I What's The uST [ | of continually tolling the readers of The Times that we bundle the Bert line of Groceries, | Fresh Meats, Country IVoduce, J Canned Goods and Food Stuffs J in Fort Mill? They already know it. That's why they j j i ?* !<!/? \V?1 1? 'IO t 1 ttnv 1 ? 1111 1 1 iT" Dollars do double duty down at j I : I ! JONES. T?e Gboccb. ! j [ j m^inwni v?xvlew**'* e. .. | AN OPEN LETTER. 1 p- ? *5 j? TO OUR CUSTOMERS and ERIENDS: Wo want to sav * * S^that the business which you have iciven this It ink has ;>con?| greatly appreciated. We have tried to show vou in different ?1 ? ways our threat appreciation of it, and believe that we have? j s? in a measure shown ti? nm? micfA?*>n?n i? . > " uiiu umiur an circum-^i instances their interests are FIRST with us. During the hit-h IJpart of this year we had a large amount of idle i.v>ney on tj If hand which we could have placed with outside p olios on the livery highest security at an enormous rite of int rest, and Ifcould have, therefore, swelled our profit account several ^5 14 thousand dollars. We preferred, however, to show to our 41 |r customers that we were loyal at all times and refused toef Intake on any outside loans, preferring to lend to our custom-4* i^crs in order that they might handle their legitimate businesses and hold their cotton for a higher price, and let them havef ? lathis money at (> per tent. We have never one time regret|<)ted doing this, for we have been shown in many instances5$ 11 how much this was appreciated-by them. In this Rank alius |?fare alike, large or small. ?? It has always been our aim to aid in every legitimate^; WAV r?lir Cltcfrtmnvj v, ~ A' * 1 ~v.. wv. v^...wo. ?,un cv*Tvuiitj 01 mom to make ^success in his 1 in? of busines s Wo do not want failures; wo ^ want successful customers and we have often saved our cus^tomers heavy losses without one cent of compensation to^jf 9 ourselves. 11)07 has been our most prosperous year since organ iza! v tion and \vc commence the year 1908 with larger resources^* 5and with a firm determination to merit the large and con-^i ^stantly increasing business with which we are favored. ^| ? You have our host wishes and our sincere hope that theSf | ^coming year has in store for you happiness and prosperity. jTHE NATIONAL UNION BANK. J J (ABSOLUTF.LY SAFE.) ' * JROCX HILL, S.C.ji