* * ! *
fMany
m For your liberal patro
[ though it yas a "panick
foofs up bett/er than we ex
scarce, people look around
can get the best goods for
get ri}e trade, but when m
not look for low prices, bu
pen to see what they want
Ij Our Gleaf
|j; Commences January ist.
fill I rtrt of WhnUsalf
?i r VIUUUD B ** ,,w,v""
jc) J odds and ends at a great d
j|| fail to see our bargains i
g!> Shoes, Hats, Etc,
cj [ Wc wish you a happy ai
|| Lb JB W&/
Items of Local Interest
Will Erect NRe Store Room.
Mr. Jno. J. Bailes contemplates
the erection in the early
spring of a modern two-story
brick building on one of his lots
on Main street
Married at Huntersvilie
Miss Mary Jones, a sister of
Mrs. D. O. Potts, of Pleasant
Valley was happily married on
last Wednesday evening to Mr.
Thomas Bradbin. The rfiarriage
took place at the bride's home at
Huntersvilie, N. C.
School Examinations Next Week.
Superintendent Bauknight of
the graded school requests The
Times to state that those scholars
whose examinations were not
reached just before the holidays
may prepare for examinations
the first week in January.
\ No Rural Mail Friday.
Tomorrow being a legal holi"
day the rural mail carriers here,
as in other places throughout the
country, will not make the trips
over their respective routes. The
^ post office also will observe Sun- j
day hours during the day*v
Married By 'Squire McElhaney.
The following couples were
married Sunday evening by
'Sauire J. W. McElhanev. of this
Slace: Mr. Ross Carothers and
liss Carrie Bayne, of lower
Steel Creek, and Mr. Chas. Coggins
and Miss ? Austin, of Charlotte.
Heavy Holiday Travel.
For the past week or ten
days the railroad people have
been very busy handling the big
crowds who have taken advantage
of the holiday rates to visit
their homes and friends. All of
the passenger trains passing
Fort Mill have been carrying
extra coaches so that the great
throngs might be accomodated.
, An Unusual Occurrence.
It is somewhat unusual on
Christmas day to see a thunder
storm accompanied by lightning,
but just such a thing was witnessed
in this section last Friday.
The storm came on about 1 o'clock
in the afternoon and reminded
one very much of a summer
shower in July or August. In
some places in the township hail
is reported to have fallen during
the storm.
Musical Concert Postponed.
The musicale which was to
have been given Tuesday evening
in the hall was postponed to
Friday night, at which time it
will be given in connectian with
the play, "The Honor of a Cowboy."
The last named play was
presented two weeks ago in the
nail and was so pleasing that the
club was prevailed upon to give
it a second production. A large
crowd will doubtless be present
when the curtain rises Friday
evening at 8 o'clock.
Will Widen Main Street.
It will be pleasing news to
the citizens of Fort Mill to learn
that council and the property
owners along North Main street
have reached an agreement
whereby that portion of the
thoroughfare is to be made of
uniform width to the lower section
of the street. This will add
much to the appearance of that
portion of the street and will do
away with the possibility of a
collision of vehicles going to and
from Main and Booth streets.
The work of widening the street
will begin within a fe / days.
Body .Exposed For Scveri* Days171
L If II r\ mi i 1
r orx mm, uec. j?,-ine ooay
of the negro, Jim Reid, who was
killed .by Constable Hall a few
miles east of here in Lancaster
county a few days ago, lay for
several days unburied, the
negroes refusing to have anything
to do with it Finally they
\ gave in and took charge of it
L when they found out that the reI
mains were to be deposited in a
I field nearby, lteid resisted ar
rest with an axe and was shot
I through the heart. His offense
I was moving to Mecklenbuig
| county and leaving some unpaid
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[hanks. 1
nage the past year. lA.1.- ?*
ly" old year, our busiiess ra
pectcd. When moncj is
more and see where (hey 25
the lowest prices, andl we 2s I
oney is plentiful thew do JS j
t buy wherever they flap- i
I w\
ill
a nee saR |g
Everything in Wir ter \\$
: Cost, and a great i lany .
eal less than cost. E'on't J
n Dress Goods, Cloaks, }[*
id prosperous New Year. \[c
tSSEY. I
taxes. He was caught on the
Bailes place, where tne tragedy !
occurred-* Charlotte Chronicle. j
Accidentally Shot His Comrade. <
Earle Belk, the 15-year-old 1
son of Mr. R. L. C. Belk, who
lives near Catawba river, west I
of town, received a painful 1
wound in his left forearm Tues- !
day morning as a result of the 1
careless handiing of a 32-calibre 1
revolver in the hands of Stephen,
Sutton, a young son of Mr. S. P. !
Sutton. The boys were in the '
back yard at the latter's home 1
when Sutton who was handling a ]
revolver in some way discharged '
the weapon. The ball struck ]
Belk as stated above. A phy- ]
sician removed the ball from the '
young man's arm and it is likely
that within a few days he will J
be none the worse for what r
might have proved a much more j
serious accident.
J
Attempted Assassination.
A dastardly attempt was 1
made by an unknown party
Saturday night to end the life
of Mr. E. P. H. Nivens, of upper
Fort Mill. Mr. Nivens conducts
a small store at Griffin's t
cross-roads, two miles north of (
town. At the hour mentioned c
he was sitting on the front porch (
of his store and, having become i
cool, arose to enter the building. '
Just as he stepped into the door (
and light someone, who was j
evidently hiding in a cedar y
thicket nearby, fired upon him ?
with a shotgun. Several shot 1
struck Mr. Nivens in the back c
but had spent themselves and i
did no damage. There was no
clue as to who fired the shot, but 1
it is stated that Mr. Nivens has 1
an idea of the guilty party, and <
will spare no efforts to bring him t
to justice. i
Mr. Boney to Wed. \
Invitations have been received 1
in this community to the mar- |
riage of Mr. S. E. Boney, the <
popular editor of the Laurens <
Ad\ertiser to Miss Emily Bellin- (
ger, the ward of Mr. A. C. \
C1 L. ? ?T 1 If t^v tt m
ouantjr aim i?irs. u. n. rerry, t
at their residence at Walterboro, *
S. C. The marriage will occur 1
on Tuesday, the fifth of January, J
1909, at noon.
Mr. Boney is well known here, l
having taught Gold Hill school 1
for several terms. He has been '
in newspaper work for several
years now, although still quite a
young man, and there is a bril- I
liant future before him. I
Poshing the Steel Tower Construction. |
Among the visitors to Fort ;
Mill the past week was Mr. Jno. !
jWhite, foreman of the "tower
I gang" of the Southern Power '
Company, who, with a large \
force of hands, is now engaged
in erecting a line of steel towers '
from the city of Chester to thefj
big power plant at Great Falls. '
Already the towers have been y
placed on about ten miles of the
twenty-three miles constituting l
the route, and the work is being '
j steadily pushed to c9mpletior. ((
Two squads of laborers are at
, work on the job and everything i
I now indicates that, barring any
; great interruption from bad
weather, the power company
l will finu it easy to comply with
its contract to furnish lights and
power to the city of Chster by
the 15th of February.
Let Other States Follow Snit.
The State of New York has
appropriated fifty millions of i
dollars for improvement of roads. J
Over three hundred miles of,
I perfect road were made in 1907 |
and 820 miles during the present
year. For many years the state ;
has urged the fight for good
j roads, but the victory has been
won, the undertaking well begun.
That the investment will
prove profitable none can doubt.
Sooner or later the other States
of the union will follow the example
of New York and it is
probable that some living today
j will see the time when this
country will be checkered with
roads as perfect as those in
England, b ranee and Germany.
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Report of the Audubon Society.
The ahnual report of the Audu
)t>on Society 'of South Carolinj
has just been Issued and is beinf
/distributed over the State, witi
a view to bringing to the atten
tion of South Carolinians, no'
alone the work this organizatior
has accomplished, but more especially
those things it wishes tc
accomplish during the approaching
session of tne Legislature.
The Audubon Society has already
largely overcome the
difficulties in its path, therebj
reason of the fact that little waf
known of the benefits and purposes
of the Society, and it is
pow in a fair way to make splendid
progress in bringing aboul
better and uniform game laws
for the protection of the game
,Qf this State.
The campaign of education
nas oeen wen conaucted, and tfte
Audubon Society is now understood
and appreciated where it
had not been heard of three
years ago.
World's Champion Now is a Negro.
Jack Johnston, the big negrt>
from Galveston, Texas, is the
world's champion heavyweight
pugilist. He won the title Thursday
night from Tommy Burns,
the French-Canadian, who had
held it since James. J. Jeffries
relinquished it and aft~r a chase
of Burns that led half way
round the world.
The end of the fight came in
the fourteenth round when the
police, seeing Burns tottering
and unable to defend himself the
savage blows of his opponent,
mercifully stopped the fight.
Johnson is tne first negro who
2ver won the world's championship?in
fact he is the only negro
who ever was permitted to battle
Tor the honor. He was born in
Galveston in 1878, and began his
"ing career in 1901. He is 6 feet
L 3-4 inches in height and weighs
L90 pounds.
Burns was born in Hanover,
Ontario, in 1881, and started
ighting when he was 19 years
>Id. He is 5 feet 71-4 inches in
aeight and weighs when trained
'or battle about 175 pounds.
A purse of $35,000 was put up
'or the battle of Thursday night.
iv~.? r? l. i.-i_
vwuuuui uai i>i?juaftc la IIUJ.
Dispatches of Monday stated
hat three provinces of Cosenza,
Uatanzaro and Reggio di Calabria,
ionQprising the Department of
Jalabria which forms the southwestern
extremity of Italy, or
'the toe of the boot," were
levastated by an earthquake, the
:ar-reaching effects of which
vere felt almost throughout the
;ntire country. The town of
VIessina, in Sicily, was partially
lestroyed and Catania was
nundated.
In Messina hundreds of houses
lave fallen and many persons
lave been killed. Owing, howiver,
to the fact that telegraphic
md telephonic communications
vere almost completely destroyed,
it was impossible to obtain
even an approximate estimate of
;he vast damage done.
Eat all tho good food you like. Quit
lieting. You don't have to diet to cure
ly.ipeysia. In fact you can not cure
lyspepsia or indignation that way, but
ather you must add strength to the
>veak stomach by taking something
,hat will digest the food which the
itomach con not digest. Kodol is the
mly thing known today that will do
this, for Kodol is made of natural digestive
juices found in a healthy stomich.
and it digests all ford completely.
Kodol is pleasant to take, and is guaran
teed tc give relief in any case of stomich
trouble. fcold by Ardrey's drug
(tore.
?it has just been announced
py the Secretary of the Interior
Lhat the State of South Carolina
is entitled to receive the sum of
?36,000 from the Government
for the promotion of schools of
agriculture and mechanical arts,
jnder the Act of 1862. The Act
:>f 1907 increased the amounts
previously authorized to be demoted
to various agricultural
colleges throughout the country,
and as stated, the amount that
South Carolina will receive this
/ear is $36,000.
DoWitt's Carbolizod Witch llnzol Salve
Im* many imitators. There in ono
anginal, and the name DoWitt is on
avery box. Best salve for burns;
scratches and hurts. It is especially
good for piles. Bold by Ardrey's drug
store.
Does This M YOU?
I offer for sale the ideal farm of Fort
Mill township. A short drive from the
town Of Fort Mill. The nlmw io ...
High state of cultivation, and ha* the
finest orchard in this section. Mules
and farming implements included in
sale. Party owning place prefers that
his name he not mentioned, but, if you
are interested, this is an opportunity
that does not often present itself.
Terms?Part cash, balance in five
yearly payments at ? per cent interest.
Particulars upon request.
A. R. McELH VNKY. Broker.
Fort Mill. S. C.
FOR SALE- The Sellers housf
and lot on Forest street. Fori
Mill, S. C. Apply to J no. R.
Hart, Atty., Yorkville, S. C.
TRESPASS WARNING,
Alf persons are hereby warned agaiusi
hunting. fishing, or otherwise trespass
iug qn the lands of the undersigned.
Osmond Barber,
Mrs. T. K. Barber,
T. H. Barber,
Miss Anna Barber.
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About Your Hair. "
Is it dry, itchy, full of dan1
dryff or falling out? Is the
[ scalp full of eruptions?
- Gibson's
* Hair Invigorator
) Performs a twofold purpose.
. Use this efficient prepradon without
shaking the bottle and it is a
. | general hair tonic. It is cooling,
k I cleansintr and Invicoratimr! nrp
\ vents and removes dandruff,
. checks falling hair,. It kills the
microbes and cures the eruption,
. itching and dryness.
' Shake the bottle before using
. and it does all the above to a
5 greater degree and besides re,
stores the hair to its natural
color rendering it beautiful,
j dark and glossy with a delight,
ful, deiicate odor.
' I It is a hair tonic that is as good
as any on the market for all
' purposes and you can use it to
i suit your particular needs.
Ardrey's
Meacham
We are very bus^
but must stop long en
friends and customer
perous New Year. ]
in all things the New
Yours for better bu
; Meacham
I iE-STA
| The National
Capital
Surplus
Total Capital and Surplus..
FIRST TRUST & S
Capital
Surplus
Total Capital and Surplus .
f' Stockholders Liability
Total protection to depositors
Our Total Assets
The above figures show th;
have made wonderful progre
Our assets have increasedDollars.
Our Deposits have increase
anji Dollars.
Our Profits have increasi
Dollars.
p We attribute a part of this
1st. Our loaning our cus
cent.
2nd.. Our willingness to a
tomers alike?small transact!
ing the same careful attent
receive.
' 3rd. Our willingness to ai
? possible way, never losing a?
money when we can even th<
|i out of it ourselves.
4th. The prompt way in \
I entrusted to our care.
5th. The absolute safety <
ing business with us. ^
6th. The compounding oi
all savings deposits.
There are many more thin
tomers which are appreciate
want to do business with us.
If you are not a customer
so you can enjoy the privile
customer.
THE FIRST TRUST I
IANI
THE NATIONA1
(Absolute
ROCK HILL, ? -
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SALISBU
tj PRICE LIST OF WHIS1
One gallon new Corn whiskey $1 TO
I Quo gal. 1-year old Torn whiskey... 1 7.1
: One gal. 2-year old Corn whiskey... 2 00
One gal. 8-year old1 orn whiskey... 2 50
Oue gal. 4-year old Corn whiskey... 8 00
' One gallon New Kye 1 60
? One gallon X Rye 1 75
One gallon XX Rye 2 00
One gal. ^auny South Rye 8 00
. : One gal. Old Henry Rye 8 00
One gal. Hoover's f'lAiiee Rye...... 350
Orte fjnl. Rooney's Malt 800
t i One gal Echo prlng-Mjtya. (to
One gal. l each and frtlriiy 2<e
One gal. Apple I rnndv, new . . ... 250
One gal. Apple Brandy. very old . 8 50
1'ices on any, other irooda w
W. H. HOOYRR, r,
IS'*7*
J TAX RETURN. FOR 1D09
bwoaufUio CorotT Auditor of Vor
C ounty, S. (j.
by Statute, n?y books wil
be opeuoflV?^ luy office in Yorkvi le 01
, Friday, JaM^T 1st. 1909, and ken
opeu until Ferrua,7 20th, 1U09. for tin
purpose of list"1* for taxation uli Tux
ab e Property?0 d iu Yo,-k ? oupty on
Juunury 1, lOtr
Returns inner3 on P*pper blanks, and
' s.woru to be t o/*a" Officer qualified to
I administer an 9"tl,? aud forwarded to
me by rogistei, , oefore February
2Uth. 1909, ?"> accepted JA1
taxpayerJJ?WjWprtWftary request
ed to inform tncuiRolves us to tljo uuuiber
of their respective iSchool Districts.
The school districts in which there
are special levies in Fort Mill town
ship are Nor 2(1, 28 and .89
For the purpose of facilitating the
taking of returns au<t for the greater
convenience of taxpayers, I will be at
Fort Mill Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, the 20th, 21st and 22ml days of
January, 1909.
All males between the agesof twentyone
and sixty years, except Coufederate
soldiers over the age of fifty years are
liable to a poll tax of $1.
My office in Yorkville will be open
every week day from January 1st to
Viiltrnniiv Oft, 1. S.._l i 1 .
?vui uui j ?viui iiiuiusn^t itiiu rwiuriih
muy be made there at. any time.
JlTHN J. HUNTER.
Auditor York County.
Yo-kville, S. C , Deo. 18. 1908.
& Epps. .
y taking inventory,
lough to wish all our
s a happy and prosHay
we all do better
Year than in the old.
siness.
. & Epps.
TEMENT^ I
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Union Bank, I
...$100,000.00 1
. .. 72,805.6-4
. $172,805.64
AVINGS BANK. ?
...$ 25,000.00 >
... 11,447.67
$ 36,447.67
509,253.31
125.000.00 f
i 334,253.31
$1,314,224.42
at in three years' time we
:ss:
-Five Hundred Thousand
3d?Three Huudred Thoused?Fifty-Three
Thousand
i wonderful increase to
tomers money at six per
ccomodate all of our cusons
of our customers recei vion
that the larger ones
id our customers in every
i opportunity to make them
Dugh we do not get a dollar
vhich we handle all business
our customers feel when do'
our interest quarterly on
gs that we do for our cusd
by them and make them
of this bank you should be,
ge^ and advantages of a
VND SAVINGS BANK I
L UNION BANK, I
;ly Safe)
OOVER,
IRV. N. O.
KIE$ AND BRANDIES.
Ono gal. Poach Brandy 3 BO
CASE GOODS:
Four qts. Old Mountain Corn $2 50
Twelve qts. Old Mountain Corn... 7 50
Four qts. Old Bailey Corn 300
Four qts. Rooney's Malt 4 00
Four qts. Shaw's Malt 4 00
Four qts. Paul Jones Rye 4 00
Four qts. Rose Valley Rye 4 00
Four qts. Monogram Rye 4 00
Four qts Wilson Ilye. eOo
Four qts Prentice Rye t?00
Four qts. Hoover*a Choice 300
Fonrqts. \ppte Brandy urw. .. 30q
Four q s. pple t run y. old 3 Bo
our quarts each brandy 3 .'?(j
ill be mailed on application. v
SALISBURY, N. C,
A.
CHOOSE YOUi
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As yqtj would a friend. I
it will pay you*" in the I
showing thej^reatest line
SuiJUHariin^&vercoiits in tin
can dress yourself and yo
At Small Expense By
Shirts in all styles. Ilosic
the new colors, are real s
Neckwear?The latest sty
fancy, some so striking I
lady could not resist huyi
self, tho' intended for hei
Underwear?Don't wait f<
drive you to the doctor,
values than ever for less
all sizes, plain and fancy.
McELHANEY & (
Announce
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if ? e bee; to a 1111 or
if
ff patrons and frien
\if
if public in general
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a
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g Eatables of all kinc
$ Right Prices,
g Raisins, C
g Yon c
| Xmas Gree
Ig Most and Best Frn
* A splendid place
Some know it
g Others wi
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ii Convenient Schedules on nil I
j ? Through Pullman Sleeping Cm
Most direct route to the Nort
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Southern Ituilwuy Tirkrt A^eii^
| R. W. HUNT,
A Q P A., Atlanta, Ga
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Ril J.titto heads. Noet heads Billheads. Soil
I/ij Circulars. Envelopes. Etc. at the lowes
work. Send w* your qrdorn ?i?d \ye wil
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We tire
of fc-v.?- ???iii Boys'
is Action, and you
Trying With Dr.
ry. gay and sbn>v?r?s
tunning.
les to please every
y beautiful that a
ng a few for herr
mannish brother.
>r that eold chill to
Buy now. Better
money, all grades.
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