Short Items of Local Interest
Mr. John Withers has been ill for
several da\s at his home on Booth
street.
The best price paid for cotton on the
local market today (Wednesday) was
13 cents.
Mr. Emeat Armstrong, of Charlotte,
is a visitor ct the home of hia father,
Mr. W. H. Armstrong, in this city.
Dr. and Mrs. W. S. McMurray, of
Sharon, were visitors Friday at the
home of the former's parents near
town.
Mr. John Massey, time-keeper for
the Southern Power Company, spent
Sundav at the home.of his parents in
lower Fort Mill.
Mrs. Augusta Culp, who was reported
in last week's Times as being
seriously ill, is reported now as being
greatly improved. .
Rev. S. P. Hair, of Blackville, will
preach at Flint Hill church Sunday
morning, and at Fort Mill Baptist
churrh SlinHnv ouoninrt at 7-1K
Kir. A. M. Lee, of Charleston, a
trustee of Winthrcp College, recently
pre: ented the college library with a
handsome and valuable lot of books.
Miss Heesie Thompson, a charming
young lady of Lancaster, was a guest
the past week at the home 01 her
brother, Mr. Waddy Thompson, on
White street.
The Southern railway is erecting a
small shed at Catawby River for the
accommodation of passengers. It is
hoped that a similar shed will be put up
at Grattan, two miles south of town.
S. J. Kimball & Sons announce in
this week's Times the opening of their
big sale stable on Academy street. The
Messrs. Kimball are "pushers" and
will doubtless cause an awakening of
business in the lines they handle.
In response to a long distance 'phone
message Friday evening, Mr. J. H.
McMurray left Saturday morning for
McColl, Marlboro county, to be with
his sen-in-law, Mr. J. W. V/iley, who
is dangerously ill of typhoid fever.
Account of the annual convention of
the United Daughters of the Confederacy,
the Southern Railway announces
a round trip rate from Fort Mill to
Houston, Tex., of $35.75, tickets to be
sold October 15 and 16, with to return
up to October 81st, 1909.
The people of Fort Mill, inside the
incorporate limits, will this year be
called upon to pay taxes in the total
sum of 21 j mills. This is the highest
levy on record and is due to the issue
of bonds for the erection of the new
school building.
The 700 Winthrop college girls are to
be taken in a body to the State fair at
Columbia during the week of October
30 to November 6. President Johnson
has reserved space so that the improved
educational facilities of the
present day may be fully demonstrated.
The Presbyterians of the town have
begun some needed improvements on
their church. Already handsome
stained glass windows, which add
milch l/i thp nniiMurnnrr of tV>? odifico
have been put in and other improvements
which will further beautify and
add comfort to the building are in
progress.
The monthly meeting of the Home
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian
church was helcf with Mrs. L. J.
Massey Monday afternoon and matters
of much interest to the members of
the society were considered. This
society is one of the few home mission
societies in the State which has the
distinction of supporting a child at the
Thornwell orphanage.
During the past week Mr. and Mrs.
N. L. Carothers moved from the Lemmond
cottage to their new home on
Booth street. Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Branson, who have been residing temporarily
in the Norman cottage on Booth
Btreet, are now occupying the cottage
made vacant by Mr. Carother's removal.
Mr. John M. Patterson, for several
years with the Kimbrell Company, of
this place, and who early in the spring
went with Belk Bros., Charlotte, has
returned to Fort Mill and is engaged
as salesman in the store of Meacham
& Epps. Mr. Patterson and Bister,
Miss Bessie, will, we are told, occupy
the Norman cottage on Booth street.
Rob McCrumb, a young negro man,
was a few days ago committed to York
jail by Magistrate McElhaney upon a
charcre of assault and batterv with in
tent to kill. McCrumb and his wife
engaged in a mix up and Rob, it is
alleged, pulled out a long knife and
without ceremonv proceeded to carve
his better half. He will answer to the
charge at the November term of court.
Besides his mother, Mrs. A. O. Jones,
and his brother, Richard Fulp, and
Mr. A. O. Jones, quite a number
of friends went from Fort Mill
this morning to be present at the
marriage of Mr. J. D. Fulp and Miss
Daisy Wilson in the Baptist church in
Ridgeway this evening. Mr. Fulp is a
former Fort Mill boy who is now merchandising
in Winnsboro. After a few
days' trip north, Mr. Fulp and his
bride will come to Fort Mill for a visit
at the home of his mother.
At 13 cents per pound the farmers
hereabouts who have sold their cotton
have realized about $15 per bale more
than was to be had the past season,
*but not all the cotton ginned at this
place has been sold even at the present
price. There are a number of farmers
in this vicinity who firmly believe that
the staple will reach 15 cents during
the coming winter, and it is not uncommon
to see wagons loaded with
baled cotton carrying it back to the
farms or unloading tne staple at the
cotton warehouse.
The Southern and other railroads of
this State have announced reduced
rates from all points along their lines
to the annual State Fair at Columbia
November 1-6. Tickets will be on sale
from October 31 to November 6, in
elusive, and will be good to return up
to but not later than midnight of
November 8. The round trip rate from
Fort Mill to Columbia is announced as
being $3.45. And still lower rates will
be allowed to all military and brass
bands, traveling in parties of twenty
or more.
Drove of Hawks at King's Mountain.
The following incident in connectior
with the sham battle at King's Mountain
last Thursday is told by a news5>aper
correspondent at Clover: Mr.
1. J. Henry, a farmer who lives three
miles northwest of Clover and about
eight miles northeast of the battleground,
was at his home during tht
progress of the sham battle and coulc
hear the shooting long after the firing
ceased. He noticed a drove of hawk:
coming from toward the mountain.
In the first drove he counted 28. Thej
continued to come in droves of foui
and five together until he had counter
40 in all passing his house. Mr. Henrj
is a reliable man and the above can b<
vouched for as correct.
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Rev. Mr. Rcivet' Farewell Sermon. .
Sunday night Rev. Edward S. Reaves
preached his farewell sermon as pastor
ol' the Fort Mill Baptist church to a
large and interested congregation. Not
only was the membership of the Baptirt
church largely represented in the
audience, hut many visitors were present
from the other chnrches of the city
and all were greatly pleased with the
instructive sermon which the young
minister delivered. It is a matter of
universal regret in the community that
Mr. Reaves nas decided to leave Fort
j Mill. He is not only popular as s broad1
minded citizen, but is a forceful nreach|
er whose sermons have uniformly been
instructive and helpful.
During the six years that Mr. Reaves
has been pastor of the Baptist church
in this place, the congregation has
, grown appreciably and the church now
exerts an influence in the community
that it had not enjoyed prior to his ministry.
The Flint Hill church, of which Mr.
Reaves also has been pastor for the
last few years, has likewise grown
under his pastorate. The splendid new
church which the congregation erected
aboht two years ago is due largely to
the untiring efforts of Mr. Reaves in
behalf of the new building.
Mr. Reaves and his excellent family
IpRVP thp 1 uftoi* r*Qvf
? ?..W tuvwi put v VI VliC ncci\ XVIIlonea
Path, Anderson county, where
Mr. Reaves will at once become the
pastor of the Baptist church of that
progressive little city.
A synopsis of the sermon delivered by
Mr. Reaves Sunday night follows:
The text, taken from Paul's letter to
the Philippines 13-11. v. as "And this
1 pray, that your Iomi; may abound yet
more and more in knowledge and in
all judicment. that ye may approve
things that are excellent: that ye may a
be sincere and without oiTence till the Jjk
day of Christ: being filled with the AH
fruits of righteousness which are by
Jesus Christ, unto the glory and
praise of God." After some introductory
remarks. In which the speak- jKw]
crsaid his first sermon in Fort Mill in
September. 1897. -van from one of
Paul's prayers and thav it seemed not
inappropriate that his last message
should also be from one of the apostle's V&
prayers, he developed the following
points from his text:
1. A petition for love: The word
for love here used by the writer is not
found in the profane writings of the 1 - L * ; <-,*
Greeks. It seems to h.-.vc been coined
by the Alexander translators of the 1W
Old Testament into Greek some < ne iIEbSkE
hundred and fifty yt-?.r;< before the be- mHE
ginning of our era.
The spirit of love lies at the very uH ,|H
basis of our religion. God himself is j';
love and nothing of service or sacrifice
which we may render will be acceptshU
to God unless it is prompted by
love. Here perhaps lies our greatest
shortcoming. We have not gone out
In a spirit or disinterested love toward
God and lost men in our efforts to w in \
the world as our Master did. But love
needs guidance and direction. So Paul
prnys the Christians to whom he wrote
might not only love more, but that
their love might abound "in knowledge
and all judgment." Love without
knowledge is blind, knowledge without
love is cold. The churches at Philippi and ]
| Corinth were in contrast. The former manifested
the spirit of love but was lacking in knowledge;
the latter was developer! in intellect but not in
love. So Paul prays that their love might abound j
in knowledge and judgment. Wc need to pray
that this may be a center of ardent but discriminating
love.
2. A petition for right discernment: Here the
| petition is that they might try to approve the
things which are worthy to be fostered and loved, I
Churches, like individuals, have to make choices, j
There is s right way and s wrorg way. And man's
perceptions are so blurred by sin that he will not
chooee the right way unless divinely gukied. Oh.
thai w?j might live ? close to God us to have His
guidance all the time and thus be saved fium so
rrmnv grievous blunvcrsl
3. A petition for s blameless life: The prayer
that they might be sincere, perhaps, looks Godward
and expresses the desire that they might be
pure inwardly and that the citadel of the heart I
i might l>c guarded against the tempter. That ihoy I
night be frev from offences looks manward and ]
, expresses the need of keeping the life so pure that
I we may not give offence. Note the limit "?m ?u_
day of Christ." Paul lived his life in the light of I
the judgment and urges others to do so.
4. A petition for faithful and fruitful service:
Such living aa wna outlined in the foregoing pctitiona
could not l?e fruitless. There would be character
and service. And such Bcrvico is the test of
discipleship and the best way of glorifying God.
Christ while on earth expressed his indignation
against barrenness as against no other shortcoming.
These petitions of Paul, the preacher
said, in closing, he made his own for the church
which he nerved ar.d loved.
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i% V&w Variety of Cotton.
Mr. J. D. Withers, of lower Fort
Mill, a few days ago showed The Times
man several locks of xottnn gathered
from his place which is of a variety
entirely new to him. The stalk from
which the cotton was gathered came
up in a prize patch of one acre planted
in Hardm's Prolific, which is also anew
variety in this section. The unknown
variety has five locks to the boll, the
staple being much longer than ordinary
cotton, and is of snowy whiteness. At
the beginning of the harvesting season
thdre were eighty-odd bolls on the
stalk and a large number of these have
matured. Mr. Withers is taking es- |
pecial care of the new variety, picking
the seeds by hand, and hopes to >
get enough seed from the one stalk to
plant a number of hills next year in a
field apart from his other cotton. Mr.
Withers' Hardin cotton is, we are told,
turning out forty pounds of lint to each
hundred pounds in the seed.
Cotion Fire at Woodward.
Fifty-one bales of cotton, valued at
about $3,000, were destroyed bv fire at !
Woodward, a small station between
Chester and Winnsboro, Saturday 1
ai ii'rnoon. me cotton caught tire
from the spark of a passing locomotive- ,
The loss, it is said, will fall on an in- '
surance company.
The city tax books are now open, i
The levy is 2 mills on the dollar.
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strong mind, DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, gentle, safe, easy, pleasant
little pills. DeWitt's Carbolized Witch
Hazel Salve is unequalled for anything
where a salve is needed, and is especially
good for piles. Sold by Ar- i
drey's drug store.
Mr. Wm. L. Tuttle, of Lenoir, N. C.,
father of Mr. L. A. Tuttle of Pinevillo,
died at his home in Lenoir Saturday
after an illness of many months. Mr.
Tuttle was a brother of the late R. M.
Tuttle. captain of the famous Co "P."
of the 26th North Carolina regiment in :
the Civil war.
You need not be troubled in any way
with the stomach, if you will simply
take Kodol at those times when you
fee! that you need it. Kodol is guaranteid
to relieve you. If it fails your
money wiil be r< funded to you by the
druggist trom whom you purchased
j it. Try it today on this guarantee.
Sold by Ardrey's drug store.
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Marriage in Steele Creek. ^
Mr. J. T. Darnell, a well known -p
young farmer of thla township, and
Miss Mattie McCullom, a popular young ^
lady of the Steel Creelc section of t ^
Mecklenburg, were happily married g,
last Wednesday afternoon at the home l
of Mrs. Sallie Grier, where Miss
McCullom has made her home for the
past year. The marriage was Witnessed
bv a large number of relatives
and friends. . in
The atteudants at the marriage were 53
Mr. Hodge Pegram, who acted as best
man, and Miss Blanche Darnell, si3ter he
of the bride, as maid of honor. The ""
bride and maid of honor both wore o
beautiful blue coat suits, the bride car- J
ried a lovely bequet of white geraniums :
and asparagus fern and the maid of '
honor earried a cluster of cream roreg
and ferns. The ceremony was impressively
performed by Rev. Edw. S. | 8
Reaves, pastor of Flint Hill church. 1
The house was beautifully decorated, :
the hall in red and green and tne parlor
in white and green. The couple stcod
under an arch made of ivv from whi.-h
was suspended a bell made of cosmos, i 9
The high, old fashioned mantel was 0
bunked with ferns and white dahlias. ; fl
Mr. and Mrs. Darnell received many I
aice and useful presents.
Florence Thornwell Chapter, U. D. C. 9
A graceful tribute was pail the 9
memory of the late Mrs. Florence 1
Karle Thornwell, wife of the late Rev. B
James H. Thornwell, last Thursday 2
evening by the local Daughters of the ]Confederacy
when, at a meeting of the
chapter, held at the home of Mrs. R. F. 9
Grier, a resolution was a<lopted changing n
the name of the chapter lrom the Fort 0
Mill chapter to the Florence Thornwell ?
chapter. Mrs. Thornwell was the lirst I
and only president of the local chapter I
af the Daughters up to the time of her I
death and the decision of the chapter i
to thus perpetuate her memory is a -1
grateful recognition of the interest 2
which she always displayed not only tj
in the organization of the Daughters I
but in the welfare of the old soldiers u
rf the Confederacy. Mrs. Thornwell's gj
devotion to the "Lost Caus^" and her
love for the gray-haired veterans of ?
the Confederacy was shown in many
ways, but in no way was it more fit- . ~
tingly illustrated than in the annual t
Christmas dinner at which she enter- | *
Lained the old soldiers at the Presby- p;
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Womens' Sweaters in Gray, White and
Form-Fitting, $.'1.50. Childrens* Sweaters,
Heavy Cotton Sweaters, 25 and 50c. Men:
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Mentor L^nderwear for Women, Misses
Suits, 25c, 50c and $1.00. This is the best
price. Ask for Mentor. Mens' Underwea
ilium weight, 50c and $1.00. Hoys' Unden
wool, 25c.
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We have already sold as many as we ex]
Suits coming in all the time; prices $(>.50 t<
skirt
Voile Skirts, $5.00 to $10.00. Medium he
$7.50 to $9.50. Black Underskirts. We si
back, the best fitting skirt made, $1.00 to S
Black Silk Underskirts, special, $4.75.
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The present officers of the Florence
hornwell chapter, U. D. C., are:
[rr.. K. F. Grier, president; Mrs. J. W.
idrey, first vice-president; Mrs. J. B.
[ack, second vice-president; Mrs. Sue
pratt, secretary and treasurer; Mrs.
izzie Withers, historian; Mrs. L. J.
assey, registrar.
The Supremo Court has declared
valid Kock Hill's bond issue of
:."X),000 for waterworks purposes and
werage purposes, the election having
len illegally neld.
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section of the country. r]
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you when in need of anything in g
our line. I
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Garnet, all sizes, at $2.00. White
all wool, Red and White, 50c. Boys'
s' Wool Sweaters, $1.00 and $2.50.
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and Children, two-piece and Union
garment made up to this time at the
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"11 the Sarosus Skirts Skirt with yoke
?2.75. Knit Underskirts 50c 10 $1.00.
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