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nr. fijr? SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Next Monday, February 14, is St. Valentine's Day. E. W. Kimbrell is able to be out again, after a ten days' illness. Mrs. L. J. Massey is reported as being seriously ill at her home on 4 Booth street. The Southern Railway company has erected a small passenger station at Grattan, two miles south of town. T. N. Lemmond has given up the position which he has held for some time with the Charlotte Brick company and is now employed as a salesman for McElhaney & Co. The York Baptist Sunday school convention will meet with the Fort Mill Baptist church on May 3-4. A number of prominent speakers will be present and a successful meeting is anticipated. The local german club gave their annual mid-winter dance Monday night. Quite a number of young people from Charlotte, Rock Hill, Chester and Winnsboro were present and added much pleasure to the occasion. The annual inspection of the Fort Mill Light Infantry will be held on April 15th. The inspection will be conducted by Assistant Adjutant General Brock for the State and bv Lieut. CaLaniss for the national government. The hundred single student desks which were ordered by the trustees of the graded shcool some time ago have arrived and are now in use at the school. The desks will be removed to the new school building?when the building is erected. Congressman D. E. Finley announces that an examination will be held at Yorkville on February 15th to fill two vacancies from this congressional district at Annapolis. Applicants must be between 16 and 20 years of age; sound physically, and qualified to enter any first-class college. The board of education of Mecklenburg county has passed a resolution that all children applying for admission to the public schools of that county must show scars of successful vaccination. It is believed that a strict enforcement of this rule will eventually stamp [ou? the disease in Mecklenburg. A secret marriage which took place in this township on the 12th of last December has just been announced. The parties were Miss Pearl Conger and A. N. Stenhouse, both of Charlotte, and the ceremony was performed by % Notary S. H. Epps at his home in the V1* Gold Hill section. Senator W. H. Stewart of this county was one of the eight senators who voted against the amendment to the law under which B. R. Tillman, Jr., deeded his two children to their grandparents, Senator and Mrs. Tillman. Mr. Stewart says that he is not responsible to any newspaper for his vote on this or any other matter which comes up for disposition in the senate and that no newspaper can browbeat or cajole him into voting against his convictions. Friday a commission was issued by the secretary of state to the Mills & Young Co., of Fort Mill, with a capital of $25,000. The company will do a general mercantile business. The petitioners are J. B. Mills, J. T. Young and W. D. Wolfe. This company has heretofore conducted its affairs under the firm name of Mills & Young, but their business has grown to such proportions during the last few years that it was considered advisable to ask for papers of incorporation. Still they come: these North Carolina couples to be made husband and wife in the Palmetto State?some to exchange a life of single blessedness for one of double wretchedness,others to experience the transition of fitful love into eternal love. But whatever the consequences, hardly a Week passes in which a few dollars are not left in town by North Carolinians because it is so easy to get the knot tied here. All of which is prefatory to the announcement of the marriage of The members of the Fort Mill Light Infantry are considerably interested in the announcement of the request of Adjutant General Boyd of the war department that the South Carolina militia be allowed to participate in the encampment to be held atChickamauga Park, near ChaUanooga, Tenn., during the month of iuly. Discussing the encampment, General Boyd says that he cannot tell how many companies of the National Guard of this State will be there, as all depends upon the appropriation to be made by Congress for the purpose. The February meeting of city Connie ;! was held Tuesday night, at which various matters of more or less interest to the municipality were considered. The license ordinance, which is ! published in another column of The Times, was considered in detail, and one or two changes therein were adopted. The Southern railway was assessed $50 per year for doing business in this city, no license tax having j heretofore been assessed against this company. A committee consisting of f' f w 1 Aldermen Spratt, Hall and Young was appointed to confer with the company furnishing street lights as to a contract for the current year. This committee will report at the next meeting of council, and if the rates offered by the company are considered satisfactory a new contract will be drawn up and signed. NOTICE. All persons indebted to the estate of Mrs. T. E. Barber will make payment to the undersigned at his home at Barbersville, S. C., and all persons holding claims against the said estate will present same, sworn *10 and in itemized form, to the undersigned at his home at Barbersville, S. C., on or before the 6th day of January, 1911. T. H. BARBER, Barbersville, S. C.. Jan. 29, 1910. No Big Problem. There's not much science to it. This thing of fitting spectacles requires more common sense and honesty than anything else, and we use ours and appeal to yours for justification. Glasses magnify objects, not eyes, and it is a question of getting a pair you can use with best results and most comfortably. As you grow older your eyes gradually fade and the glasses that suited you perfectly two years ago may be impairing your eyes now and may be the source of that irritable feeling and headache and you can have them changed at very small cost here where it is just a small side line of our regular business with no extra expense. We don't force them upon you as a result of our expert opinion, but put it up to your good pleasure and sound judgment. 10 cents to 5 dollars. ARDREY'S. = Your Vegetable Garden It is now time to be getting i it in order. Every family should have one. Not only profitable, i but a pleasure to grow your own vegetables. As to Garden Seeds I We are now receiving our annual fresh stock consisting of corn, beans, peas, turnips, pep- | per, tomatoes, watermelons, can teloupes, etc. Buy your garden seeds from us and make a success of gardening this year. Fort Mill Drug Comp'y I. R. HAILE, Mgr. i Thinking of Building?;If so, let me figure with you. I can 1 save you money. At any rate, let me : furnish you estimates. I use the best grade of material at the lowest prices. No jobs too large, none too small. A. A. BRADFORD Builder and Contractor, Ft Mill. S C wrv 'J f wicwtr.rr.Vnrwcv ? * * w.'dw m 100 Bushels C You can build up your bushels of corn per acn by systematic rotation, caref Dlowi n (T with (rnni rl iVr-. r^l^ f ?3 By U Virginia-' Fertil liberally. Accept no substiti of these fertilizers, write us ; to get them. Write for a free Year Book or Almanac. It 1 a big yield of corn. SAI.ES OF Richmond, Va. Mail us this Coupon Norfolk, Va. Columbia, S Virginia Carolina Chkmical ~ k i. . Company. p"rh,m'^ Please tend me a copr cf your igio Wintton-Sak harmcra' Year Book free of coat. Charleston, ! Baltimore, M Name..,,, Colurabut. C Town Monifomcrr, Memphis, Tc SbrcTcport, I Greatest Clo Event of tl \rf*r\r - 4 ? V/4 J AX prices next season, and for several da> or $20 suit at 20 think the same gar for.$20 to $23 nex chase now there's several dollars. A advance a penn) made money by th< not make it. All Suits and Ov 20 Pei IMcELHAKEY MEACHAF Selby's Shoei In nine years of selling this sh( plaints. Can you find a shoe tha in all leathers at $2.00 to $4.50 pe Godma for women and children. This the money. They come in Navy C Women's shoes, $1.25, $1.50, $2.C American Have you tried them? If not, Kimbrell Bros., McGinn Bros., I John Miller, and dozens of others they say about American Boy Sh< Rostoniari nr*4 T For men, have boon tried for > for style and service. All leathc Fhis is our guarantee: Every pa :he price. Rubl A full line for men, women an< MEACHA1 orn Per Acre farm to produce 100 and even a bigger yield ul seed selection and good nts, proper cultivation, and cind "'"6> Carolina izers Lite. If your dealer is out ind we will tell you where copy ?f our '910 Farmers' will teii you how to get FICESt Atlanta. Ci. Savannah, Ca. - T V ithes Selling! lie Season. i points to higher ; We offer to-day rs to come an $ 1 8 per cent off. We | ments will be sold I :t Fall. If you pura clear saving of nd if prices do not r you've certainly s experiment. Why I rercoats Reduced I r Cent. I & COMPANY. | VI & EPPS. - I s for Women. >e we have had only two comt will do better? We have them ;r pair. n Shoes is the best school shoe made, for lalf and Kid at $1, $1.25 and $1.50. 10 and $2.50. Boy Shoes. ask Jas. Hoke, Carl Whitesell, Irice Gulp. Stough Blankenship, , ; we could name, and see what :>es. Walkover Shoes fears and never found wanting >rs. prices $3, 3.50, $4 and $5. ir of shoes we sell must be worth bei s. 1 children. VI & EPPS. if THE BES s _______ * J The best move for you to m ? self and cease paying rent. 1 ' ? pay it ofT and then you will h; I most inportant point is to see j 1a nj? iu liic ni^nt'SL marK. 1 4* secure your material from me. I V DOORS, SASH, BLI ^ ?mm.'itraarx a -'JOC^txels tv.""jwxKHmr K--*v . si; .1 ?.| V. B. B ? (Promp I ^ rTuiTI^? <$+-: - r+ ? ? * '+r *< **e*- *.-v . ^ if 20?000 Watches | Repaired since starting this business 25 years ago, and ** the fact that less than one per cent of them were returned ?? , shows that we do nothing but high-grade work. tt -I o* Nobody except a practical jeweler can get wholesale ?T prices on the best Watches, Jewelry, Diamonds, Silver- ^ . . Ware. Fitn nnH that ic r?no il-- ? 1 _ . , , ? ...uv iu vuv I vaouu >VC ncil Lilt; gOOQS (It tl* half the prices asked in general stores. ?T Our 25 years' experience in Optics enables us to fit ++ your eyes correctly with the best glasses. We cut the ^ . . ^ price in half in this department. , Don't trust a stranger with your Watch. Eves or Purse. 11 * v || L. J. MASSEY. H 1 Your Grocery Wants I | Supplied Here. 1 | FLOUR, CORN, OATS, HAY, | * COTTON SEED MEAL AND jj J HULLS IN ANY QUANTITY. J * Also everything that's good to oat, $ jo and it's always fresh at our store. J 5 We make prompt deliveries. ? 6 ? TWT IT* C nm ^ ^ ? ix n, >3, ine grocer. ^ XXiK&X&X'SaBS* IJIlULJatUll???KTOM? ?WIMPHnr. ^V.'- M*iq VALENTINES, I VALENTINES, I VALENTiNES, VALENTINES, | VALENTINES, I VALENTINES, VAT FNTTNT^ J Parks Dreg Co. j - ftrKfarifit\^nirmmswIIH hti PI ewtcnffFif ip? n JOHN WHJT ^ T?1V -%,/%. ^%. <*, ?. >-v. "*.^TV *; c ^ jv?_% ^ -% 'W \ >T MOVE. jZT^j j ake is to build a home for your- ttpJPPW/Xt * n a few years you will be able lo ? f ave your own home clear. The I f ? that the quality of your lumber :: reyjBjBfiKj 3 w [ 4 Hi is will be guaranteed if you ;^ ^ HOS, BftHTfeLS, ETC. S&J- iSiiiHk- J 4 r^xuniywr> rncr.i*.jpi-^^TWDti?T3.gvn3t/r, ?. */ < . *i. ?. . ? ^ * I? ANKbNb H I P. * >t delivery of Coal and Wood ) ? "V t <b^V *?% a% i-% * * | J .; * | "' ?. *v