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SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Mrs. J. N. Atwater arid Hiss Mary Epps are visiting.relatives in Charlotte. The best pfice paid for cotton ; on this market yesterday was 14 3-4 6ents; seed 45 cents. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs^ S. l . > I lair left Monday morning f?r a week's visit to relatives in Blackville. Dr. J. B. Mack is in town for a few days from his home in College Park, Ga. The annual report of the State superintendent of education will snow uk: per capita fApeuuuure in the York county schools for lJ)0S-'09 to be as follows: White, $8.40: negro, $1.12; average, j $4.14. W. F. Harris & Sons, enterprising local liverymen and -vehicle and harness dealers, have recently distributed in the interest of their business some of the ; most attractive calendars ever # seen in Fort Mill. i Mr. J. N. Atwater has accepted a position with the clothing firm of McElhaney & Co* Mr. and Mrs. Atwater have recently j moved to Fort Mill from WinstonSalem, N. C., and are staying at the home of Mr. S. A. Epps. The condition of Mrs. W. B. Meacham, who was brought to : her home in this place a few days ; ago from a Chester hospital, does ' not improve as fast as her ! friends had hoped. Mrs. Meacham has been sick several weeks. Rev. S. J. Bethea left Tuesday < morning to attend the State con- < ieivnce of the Methodist church, i which is in session in Abbeville. < Mr. Bethea will present to the i conference an encouraging re- j port of his work on the Fort Mill < circuit for the last year. E. G. Sandifer, former editor ! of the Yorkville New Era, which suspended publication about two years ago. has left South Caro- ^ lina and gone to Washington^ ! city with the hope of securing a , government position. Mr. Sandi- . for has been living in Columbia; , recently. Mnvnr T M TTixrVioa r?f 1 .mii. ! caster, was in town Friday looking after his farming: interests in this community. While here Mr. Hughes employed Mr. W. It. ( Carothcrs to superintend his farm during the coming year and Mr. 1 Carothcrs will move with his family to the place about January 1. The Fort Mill football eleven was beaten in Chester Saturday morning by the Chester high school team, the score being 22 to 0. The Chester Reporter says that Fort Mill offered a game defense, but the line was unable to withstand the smashing of Chester's backs, varied now and then with an end run for a good gain. The annual election for of- j ficers to serve Catawba lodge, ; No. 56, A. F. M., for the year J beginning January 1, 1910, will' be held in the lodge room on the ! evening of December 19. The I present worshipful master of the lodge is Capt. J. W. Ardrey. Following the election of officers, an oyster supper will be served the members of the lodge at the Central hotel. A tribe of Red Men will be instituted in Fort Mill on Saturday night. The meeting will be j lw.1,1 in fli/i It/TncAnin Viall nn/1 iiv.iv* 1*1 inv- muoviiiV/ nail ctuvt about 30 applications have so far j been received for membership. The Red Men is a secret fraternal j order whose sick benefit feature appeals to many. The local tribe | was worked up by J. J. Hardin, of Chester, the organizer for this ; section of the State. There is no worry at the home of Mr. S. C. Faris, one of Gold Hill's prosperous farmers, over the high, and probably higher, prices of the meat trust. During ' the last week Mr. Faris butchered a porker which weighed 350 pounds and yet has two hogs to kill which he thinks will net him an additional 700 pounds, making a total of 1,050pounds. Mr. Faris' hogs are about 14 months old. In the damage suit of Dr. R. A. Bratton against the Catawba Power company, tried in the court of common pleas at Yorkville last week, the jury awarded a verdict of .$8,000 in favor of i Dr. Bratton. The suit was for $22,000 for alleged damages to lands of the plaintiff, caused by back water from the dam of the power company, three miles north of Fort Mill. The lands of Dr. Bratton are in Catawba township. The barn of Mr. W. J. Caveney, a * former Fort Mill citizen, but now sanitary inspector of Rock Hill, was destroyed by fire Friday night about 11 o'clock. Mr. Oaveney's loss is about $500 with a small amount of insurance. He succeeded in saving his horse and buggy, but in addition to the things that he lost in his barn was some harness and other things belonging to the sanitary department of the city. Electra lodge, K. of P., met in regular session Monday evening and elected the following gentlemen to serve the lodge as officers during the coming year: V. B. Blankenship, C. C.; F. H. Huggins, V. C.; J* C. Hunter, M. A.; L. M. Bauknight, P.; L. J. Masfcey, K. R. and S.: W. A. Roach, M. of. W.; R, F. Grier, M. of F. The new officers will be installed on the evening of January 4, when the annual supper of the lodge will be served. According to the statement of a local cotton buy^r, there are not more than 400 bales of cotton i remaining in the hands of the! Ifnrmnfg i >1 T?\ \>*t- M ? 11 f? >tvU.? J muuvio ill 1 WJ C ill III IVIW I an.l 100 bales of Chis amount is J stored in the cotton warehouse at the freight depot and is not of this year's crop. Of the cotton stored in the warehouse 40 bales are owned by I). O. Potts and about the same amount by A. P. Spratt, which is three years old^ During theJast week not over So bales have been sold on the local market. R. Bogus, a veteran of the Confederacy who formerly made his home in this city, is now an inmate of the soldiers' home in Columbia, where he is well pleased with his surroundings. Mr. Bogtis was a member of the Hampton Legion and enlisted j in the Confederate army from j Edgefield county. lie has many j friends here will be pleased to j to learn that he now has a good j home and is receiving t he con-' sideration which the State owes all the old veterans who have be-j come unable to provide for them-' selves. Water Low in the Catawba. There probably is as little water in Catawba river at pros ont as there has been at any Lime in several^ears. The low stage of water is, of course, due to the drouth which has obtained in this see Hon and in the valley of the Catawba in North Carolina for the last few weeks. At the Southern railroad bridge, three miles south of town, the hofl of rivpr i? viitililn fnv a considerable distance on the e?c;i fajrtf, and there probably is not two feet of water covering the old Nation ford at any point. The .rocks a few hundred yards above the railroad bridge, which can not bcrsron when the water stage is normal, are now visible. New School Building in 1910. Mr. W. B. Meacham, secretary of the board of trustees of the local public school, informs The Times that he has broken off negotiations with Kean & Co., the Chicago bond brokers who bid in the $10,000 of school bonds voted by the municipality last April for the erection of a new school building, and that he has arranged to sell the bonds through the Charlotte National bank. The trustees have decided, however, not to sell the bonds at once, but to hold them until spring with the view of applying the interest which wiii have accrued by that time to the building fund, the statement being made that, after paying for the lot on wliich the building is to be erected, the balance will not be sufficient to pay for the 1, --J. : 1 Dtunui uuust; wiiicu it ib purposeu to put up. The trustees hope to have the building ready for occupancy by the opening of the session in September, 1910. The North Carolina board of agriculture has just passed a regulation having for its purpose the keeping of the boll weevil out of the State. The regulation forbids the importation of cotton seed, cotton seed hulls, loose cotton in any shape and baled cotton, unless compressed, from Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. The best pills is DeWitt's Little Early Risers the safe, easy, pleasant and sure little liver pills. DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is the original. Good for cuts, burns and bruises, and especially for piles. Sold by Ardrey's Drug store. ? O + v s, . { v * $.?>? 4We solicit it ance of ABS lit? TREATMEt1 ?2 II THE Pi ! I ' ?r - - ' ' ** * V . " . Interest in Election. Quite a number of citizens of Fort Mill wont 'to Yorkvi lie Monday and secured registration certificates from the county board of registration to qualify for the municipal election to be held on January 11. It is stated that there was a lively scramble for seats in the'conveyances which were run by the liverymen to the court house and that one or two of the number who wished to I qualify failing to secure transportation, walked to Yorkville, 22 miles. It seems now that there will be the usual contest for the mayoralty. Monday afternoon *jr ni i . % i mr. rv. onannon announcea tnat , he intended to make the race for mayor. He will be opposed by Mayor L. A. Harris and the friends of the two candidates are already at work among the voters. The following tickets have been sent to The Times office with the request that they be published: Mayor L. A. Harris. Aldermen?Ward 1, Lee Hall; Ward 2, J. T. Young; Ward 3, B. W. Bradford; Ward 4, S. L. Meacham; at large, J. L. Spratt and A. R. McElhaney. Mayor?K. Shannon. Aldermen?Ward 1, B. C. Ferguson; Ward 2, W. A. Fisher; Ward 3, B. W. Bradford; Ward 4, S. L. Meacham; at large, T. 5. Kirkpatrick and A. R. McEhaney. Fite & Hoover to Open Store. Still mother store building is to be erected in Fort Mill and will be delivered to the lessees for occupancy by the 15th of January. Yesterday morning Mr. C. M. Fite, of Fite & Hoover, Charlotte merchants, came to Fort Mill and closed a trade with Mr. W. B. Meacham to put up a building for his firm on the Main street lot adjoining the building of the Parks Drug company. Work will be commenced on the building at once. It will be 25 feet in width and 70 feet in length. Mr. C. M. Fite, the junior 1 member of the firm, is well known and popular in Fort Mill, having been a frequent visitor to this iJtaee in recent years. He is a great baseball player and has helped the local team win many a game, as has his brother, A. Craig Fite, who will have charge of the business here. Both these yourtg men are native South Carolinians, having been raised within eight miles of Fort Mill. Fite & Iloover will do a general mercantile business, paying particular attention to the grocery department. Ardrey-Tuttle. A marriage announcement of interest here is that of Miss Annie Ardrey and Mr. M. M. Tuttle, which is to occur at the Harrison Methodist church in Providence township, N. C., on the evening of December 22nd. Miss Ardrey is a daughter of the late Capt. W. E. Ardrey and is a sister of Mrs. J. L. Spratt, of Fort Mill. She is a popular and accomplished young lady, who has many friends in both North and South Carolina. Mr. Tuttle now lives in Charlotte, but formerly merchandised in the Providence neighborhood. Railroad Casualties. Sixty-seven people were killed and 758 injured on the railroads of the State during the year ending June 30. according to the annual reports of the 25 companies received by the railroad commission. It is shown in the last annual report of the commission that 57 were killed and 1,097 injured. It will be seen that the number killed on the railroads has increased this year while the number of injured was less by several hundred. The commission is now compiling the statistical part of its annual report on figures received from the various lines in this State. . your business ' OLUTE SECUF vJT. EOPLES T. L. JOHNSTON, Pr< y t v.. Work of the D. A. R. The regular meeting of Kanawha chapter, D. A. R., which was to have been held Tuesday afternoon, was postponed till this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, and will be at the home of Miss Isabel Grier. The change in the date of the meeting is due to the receipt of a letter from Mrs. L. Childs, of Columbia, a prominent Daughter who was instrumental in organizing the chapter, stating that she would visit Fort Mill today. Some months ago Mrs. Childs was a visitor here and succeeded in locating the graves of a number of her kins men, veterans or the revolution, j in old Unity cemetery, and it was due to her work, rather than to that of the State regent, as was stated in The Times last week, that Kanawha chapter was organized. It is the purpose of the Daughters, accompanied by, Mrs. Childs, to visit the cemetery ' in a body tomorrow afternoon' and inspect the progress of the1 work now being done in clearing away the underbrush from the cemetery and in laying out! the walks, etc. The chapter will also have the rock cemetery wall repaired within a short time and ! they are being assisted by Mrs. Childs in raising the money necessary to do the work. Mr. 1 J. H. McMurray is also rendering the chapter valuable assist-' ance in the work of restoration. . ' "Meet me at Haile's On the corner." Delicious and refreshing Fountain Drinks, Cigars and Cigarettes. All the leading brands of Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, Pipes, etc. "Bon-Tons buy Chocolate Bon-Hons." Fresh shipment Headley's Chocolate Bon-Bons, pure and delicious every week. We carry a full line of Drugs, Patent, Medicines, Stationery, Etc. Give us a call. Fort Mill Drug Comp'y J. R. HAILE, Mgr. Horses, Miili Wagons ar I We are now her< ready to do busine the best of everyth as cheap as can be All we ask is that before purchasing, we can do business We sell the ce I BAIv Kit mid NH I ROCK HILL, CO I er BUGGIES. On is complete. Com I S. J. Kimball ;ucces: with the assur IYTY and FAIR JATIONAL ssident. mwammm* mmmmmm mmmmmmm Beach-Ihrie's We have the most up-to-date lines of | Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Gla??, China, Clocks, and many other useful and ornamental goods to be found in this section of the country. We shall be glad to hear from you when in need of anything in our line. Repairing and En* graving a Specialty Hay Local Watch Inspectors for Southern Railway. IBeach-lhrie Jewelry Co., j Reliable Jewelers, Rock Hill, - - - S. C. IF YOU WANT A Steak or Roast that is tender, sweet and juicy, I can furnish it. I have Steaks, Roasts Chops, Ham and Sausage, the best that money can buy. I also handle Groceries and all kinds of Canned Goods. Peas, Beans, Cabbage and Potatoes on hand at all times. See me, it's my treat. W. LEE HALL, Lumber For Sale. When in need of Lumber call at our mill at Watson place, where Mr. J. T. Cornwell will serve you, or write me and we will deliver it anywhere. Qual ity first-class, original pine. Prices reasonable. Jim A. Barber, Rock Hill, S. C. The next time one of the children catch cold, give it something that will promptly and freely but gently move the bowels. In that way the cold will at once be driven out of the system. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup moves the bowels promptly and freely, yet gently, and at the same time heals irritation and stops the cough. It is especially good for children. Sold by Ardrey's Drug store. es, Buggies, id Harness. d in our new stable ss. We sell only ing we handle and bought anywhere. * ? i \ l * 1 ? \ /\ lr 4 \ 4- m v 1 ? B > Ull KUIIV (II (Mil IIIH' and then we know \ with you. lebrated STUDE1SSIN WAGONS, RTLAND and othr HARNESS line e to see ns. & Sons, MiH^S.C. ??E? SFUL Money depc ment draws int if left three mo , BANK c . j.%" fara <?>^$>+^^n*'4*-+?-4' v < v -<> SANTA ill Has A 44 And made headqua the past 26 yeats. Our s I Z ? ^ this year. The Christmas 44 substantial kind, sometr.iu mental. It is needless to know that our prices re i j 44 Our stock of Watche Cut Glass and China, is csj see the goods, the piicv s ^ || L. j. Mi 7? Have a very Fine i in interested, call and s< . *. *. 4. >. %.. <f. *. * < . 4 v : j > Christmas i; Can you think of any more ae a box of really delicious Li )\\ by a manufacturer with a We have this candy put up i be used as gifts for Christ o boxes are made in several tain assortments of cho oi; The price range of our > ir the box. Also a beautiful assortment <> tints, for holiday purpe Parks Big Cut m Our first cut in prices. ('! >; Four Ninety (jjvl.fio), former $8.00. Now is vowr liior Miss Hinshaw is with lis i'?o i once if you want to sc r Women's The scarcest thine; on the mar Short ones in white, garm i a (long) Sweaters, in white an* ClOc If you want a long Cloak at a will save you money. Sviil ( A genuine unsplit cow C le. ! sold in the place. The i ice !'< to $6.50. We made a h'g pui* the Xmas trade at $1.00. T'li MEACHAr W. H. HOOVER'S CORN W IIISK I I.S. i<: New ( 'orn ' ' one Year Old : Two Y i'ii r ( >I<I . . 1 Three Year < >I?I Hoover's' (>I I Mountain ('??hi Iloover's' I'rlvale Stock ' I'ocn Iioii ta i < 'orn : 1 HY 10 WHISK IKS. Hoover's Choice e lloover Southern States Kxcelsior Gibson 1 old Times Old I'rentlce 1 I'ennbmok (bottled in Imnd) Cnsciido Green River Htot t leil in bond t ... . < lid Taylor (bottled In bond i ... I1 Overholt Jcfrnrxoii <"lul? Jlil Henry :: Old (Siiind l>:nl I. W. Harper Vii. Valley NO cilAUCK i'"< >I; .11 ?:s < I: I ,\? K cliiirKcs, deduct far I < ! $1.05; 11! ipiarts. #1 H> S| il pint i IW. H. HOOVER & 0 > was ||si S nnkMCMHIMM WJ" Stfv- ?. 1? in our S>av erest at the rale < nths or longer. AMQHUMV9MMHWWI' (* >f Rock H C. L. COBB, Cashier. GLAUS! rrtved || rters at Massey's, as in / lock is a little different presents are of a more ^ uscsul as well as orna- ++ mention prices, as you all always the lowest. ? 4, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver, ++ ^eoially attractive. Come ?vi' do the rest. ^ --r.z^Z || t ? ^ E V II t > ' > ' M J .1 < >< > || so at I Ian-Price. If *C I? <8' vf> |t> ' ? > : . . 4 . * i'.tjsl jagBaagaaiga mill i H' S i plable Christmas (lift than NKY S CHOCOLATE, made j cot tincnt-wide reputation? n unusually artistic boxes to . and other occasions. The I :es. and many of them con- I , caramels, etc. di< s i from cents to .$(>.50 Decocative Paper, in many DruCompany. r ~ T. 1 1 vsmto j; n Tj t: ii t V/c i a?: ^ flf-% AT Jk . iy. - jz.a - v_->H y ice of any Hat in the store, I trie s .$(>.50, $7.50 and anc\ leathers, one-third off. >n!y a short time, so call at hout a Hat. * Sweaters, '. :ct, iti t received by express. liid yray. at $2.00. .'!(>-inch 1 garnet, $3.90. iks. bargain, come to see us. We Tases. .i inch Suit Case, never was >r such a case is always $(>.00 eh e and will sell them for eiv no nicer Xmas present. vl & EPPS. [TP 11ST EXPRESS CHARGES iCL Lldl, PREPAID. i i ?:ii i ; Qis. i2Qts 5 i $ S i lo t. Ml) " . ' ). S III) '* 15 i;.oo s.25 2'.o .i.fiii 8.26 o . .. ::.? (? 4.IT, 9.00 11 ' " 1 ::. > ? 4.26 9.00 . .. i'.oo :;.oo n ...? '''' 1111| "XI 1 ' I' "i? I . 7.00 13.60 ' lo " i : oo i.oo ?;.oo 12.00 0 26 12.00 'i o 1 : no 1 11.35 12.00 6 00 G 75 12.76 6.00 <1.76 1.1.26 II. 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