Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 17, 1910, Image 5
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SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST
to TIMES READERS.
Mr. C. H. Branson leit Monday
morning on a business trip
to Lexington, N. C.
T. N. Lemmond, a salesman in
the store of McElhaney & Co.,
is confined to his home with
% measles.
The 2-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. McNeely is dangerously
ill at the home of its
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The firm of Fite & Hoover on
Saturday opened for business in
one of the new Meacbam storerooms
on Main street. The firm
carries a line of general merchandise.
A
North Carolina couple, Jas.
A. Reaves and Miss May Bell
Barre, who hailed from Jamestown,
were married in th?s city
Sunday, February 5, by Magistrate
Jno. W. McElhaney.
The firm of Davidson & Potts, j
Pleasant Valley merchants, has
been dissolved by mutual consent
and the business will be conducted
hereafter by Mr. Potts. Mr. !
Davidson will devote his time to i
his farming interests.
S. E. Boney, some years ago
principal of the Gold Hill acade-1
my, in this township, but for the j
last year editor of the Laurens '
Advertiser, has accepted the j
position of news editor of the
Charleston News and Courier.
The Mills & Young Co. has I
rented the Mnin street hnildincr
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which was recently occupied by j
McElhaney & Co. and will open
a dry goods department of their
business therein later in the
year. For the present the building
will not be used.
According to a recent ruling of
the postoffice department, the
shooting and hunting of game
by rural mail carriers while they
are officially employed on the
service of their routes, or the
carrying of guns for that purpose,
is prohibited in the future.
The club house of the Fort
Mill Light Infantry, on the rifle 1
range two miles south of town,
is being thoroughly overhauled
and will be greatly improved by
the work that is being done.
# This is one of the few militia
companies in the State owning a
c club house.
Monday was St. Valentine's
day and the local postoffice did a
swell business passing out the
missives which passed through
the mails as an incident to the
observance of the day. Most of 1
the so-called valentines were
travesties on the old custom of
sending to the opposite sex some
taken of admiration or alfection.
Julian S. Starr, architect, of
Rock hill, has prepared plans for
the remodeling of the residence
of V. B. Blankenship on Booth
street and work on the building 1
will begin in the spring. It is
Mr. Blankenship's purpose to
enlarge his residence by the addition
of several rooms and to
spend about $2,000 on tbe im%
provements.
Among the bills ratified at a
joint session of the senate and
house of representatives of the I
General Assembly Saturday at1
noon was a joint resolution to
require the county supervisor of
York county to draw his warrant
on the county treasurer of York
county in favor of the board of
commissioners of public works of
the town of Yorkville in the sum
of $200, and to require the county
treasurer to pay the same.
The 33rd annual convention of
the South Carolina Sundav srhr?nl
association, inter-denominational,
began its 1910 session in Rock
Hill Tuesday and will adiourn
today. The meetings are be:ng
held in the First Presbyterian
church and an interesting program
is being carried out. Mrs.
J. H. McMurray is a delegate to
the convention from the Fort
Mill Presbyterian church and is
being entertained at the home of
W. W. Boyce.
The Peoples National bank, of
Rock Hill, is making a generous
offer of a $20 cash prize to the
boy or girl who will form the
greatest number of words from
the letters in the name of their
institution. This is an offer
which should prove attractive to
all the boys and girls of this
section, for it not only holds out
the inducement of winning a
substantial prize but will be the
l means of acquainting all who
enter the contest with man>
words which are now unknown
to them. The conditions of the
contest appear in another column
of The Times this week.
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May Paroled by Covernor Ansel.
Without precedent in the
State's history is a parole which
was granted Friday by Governor
Ansel to Charles S. May, former
city treasurer of Rock Hill,
who pleaded guilty to embezzlement
at the April term of the
court in this county and was
sentenced to serve three years
in the York jail. May was paroled
for six months, and he will
be taken to Columbia to be treated
in the tuberculosis hospital at
the State penitentiary.
What do
you think
?
Long established in one locality,
catering to and satisfying hunfl
dreds of customers, it seems reaI
sonable that others can depend
on us for medicines. Equipment,
experience and training make our
store particularly inviting for all
drug business.
LET US FILL YOUR
PRESCRIPTIONS
Bring every prescription direct
to us and it will be filled with
accuracy and care, with standardized
drugs, by men with the
"know how," assuring both
doctor and patient the good results
expected. Doesn't this
appeal to you? I
Ardrey's.
Y our V egetable
Garden
It is now time to be getting
it in order. Every family should
have one. Not only profitable,
but a pleasure to grow your ^wr
vegetables. As to
Garden Seeds
We are now receiving our annual
fresh stock consisting ol
corn, beans, peas, turnips, pepper,
tomatoes, watermelons, canteloupes,
etc.
Buy your garden seeds frorr
us and make a success of gardening
this year.
Fort Mill Drug Comp'j
J. R. HAILE, Mgr.
Thinking oi Building!
If so, let me figure with you. I cai
save you money. At any rate, let m<
furnish you estimates. I use the bes
grade of material at the lowest prices
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i>u juus iam itir^f, nori<? too small.
A. A. BRADFORD
Builder and Contractor, Ft Mill. S. C
If 9,896
and planters told you
of cotton, corn, tobacc
rice, sugar cane and t
increased and even doi
By
Virginia
Fert
and which they thought tfr
ducers on earth?wouldn't
justice to yourself, try thes
increased yields on your
thousands of un-asked-for
the day they bought Virgin
of these letters are in our 19
can be had free of your deal
SALES
Richmond, Vi.
Mail a* thii Coupon Norfolk, Va.
Virginia Carolina Chemical
Company. Durham
Pirate ?end me a copy ol your igio ^ initon
Farmer*' Year Book Iree o( coit. Chariest
Baltimo;
Nlroe C olumbi
Town Monrjor
Memphi
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I "Tailors on
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and 26th with 50C
terns, colors and si:
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domestic woolens i
and from which to
or summer suit. C
mediate or future c
These tailors unc
you properly and ;
their measurement
Itate to guarantee a
Remember the a
sure to look this lir
Prices, $
McELHANEY
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MEACHAI
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See our new R. & G. long skirt Corse
& G. makes with medium bust and hip i
r Vigilant Corsets, long and short, with
Corset at 25c.
White
This will be the greatest linen season
36-inch Butcher Linen, 50c. 3G-inch dr<
long fold, the very best for waists and
90 inches, special at 98c. 10-4 Union Li
4-O-Inct
Very sheer and fine, 12J and 15c.
aprons and skirts, 20c. Beautiful line ]
Checked Dimities, 10, 12J and 15c. C
White Soisette and Poplin, 20 and 25i
Our second shipment of Spring Gingh
quality, 10 and 12Jc.
Kim
All short Kimonos must go. Nice f
. now :55c.
' Ladies Home Journal for February, 1!
MEACHA1
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All the new faces oft
Printing at The Til
Farmers
that their yields per acre
:o, wheat, fruits, peanuts,
ruck crops were greatly
lbled
Using
-Carolina
ilizers
le best and biggest crop prot
you feel that you should, in
e fertilizers and get the same
own farm? We have many
1fltf?r? frr?m ^nrmerc hlpccinnr
ia-Carolina Fertilizers. Many
10 Farmers'Year Book, which
er,or hy mailing us the coupon
OFFICES.
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on February 25 th
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lades of foreign and I
or your inspection K
select your spring I *
Orders taken forim- I 1
lelivery. I \
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accurately and with I 5
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perfect fit. I !j
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S/l & EPPS.
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SETS.
t. The very latest at $1.00. Other R.
at $1.00.
supporters, at 50e. Splendid nursing
Linen.
ever, both for fancy work and dresses.
_>ss and waist Linen, 20 and 25c. 36-inch
suits, 50c. 10-4 Linen Sheeting, full |
inen, 90 inches, special, 48c.
i Lawns.
10-inch Check Muslins with border, for
India Linen, 10 to 25c.
hecked Nainsooks, 6, 8J, 10 and 12Ac.
E.
am in neat stripes and checks in, best
onos.
lannellettes, nicely trimmed, were 50c.
M & EPPS.
ype for first-class Job (
lies office.
J THE BES
f The best move for you to ma
? self and cease paying rent. Ir
? pay it off and then you will ha
I most inportant point is to see t
^ ip to the highest mark. T
# secure your material from me.
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When you can get the benefit of other people's experi
ence free. If you need a sewing machine, why rot buy **
4 the best? The New Home Sewing Machine has been on **
the market for over 50 years and is improved each year. tt.
4 We have been selling them for 25 years, while our compet4
itors are still experimenting and changing every year.
We stick to the New Hnmp hooanco i iU
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very best machine on the market. There is no other like **
4 it, and no other as good. The rich people buy the New
4 Home because they can afford the best. The intelligent
people buy it because they know it is the best, and the **
poor people buy it because we sell them at reasonable ^
4 prices. You can always get needles for the New Home.
4 Any machine is worthless if you cannot get needles to
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Cash or easy terms.
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jj Still leads the procession with everything in
HEAVY and FANCY GROCERIES, g
5 of the freshest and best grades to be had. g
5 Our DAN VALLEY FLOUR does its own jg
talking. Give it a trial. We carry a line of ^
5 the very best brands of ^
4 TOMATOES, CORN, CHERRIES, S
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Our Tennessee STEAKS, ROAST and STEW
^ BEEF cannot be excelled. Give us a trial, S
j| don't pass us by. 'Phone 14. ^
| JONES, The Grocer. I
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Wood's Liver Medicine. I
(In liquid form, pleasant to take)
For Chills, Fever and Malaria I
Headache, Biliousness, Constipation,
and all other symptoms
of deranged liver quickly overcome.
A tonic to the system,
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nver, Kianey, Diadder and blood.
Parks Drug Co. j
~~I ' ~t*! llt;/:.KAr:D HIDES
agasalltf) i&hv.. eiotlest market price
1 fry v \ fail- for raw furs
r irw? vi abides.
18 BLJ Bj VW v^. > Wool Commission. Write for
xx{ "l?"* I'rico-liat mentioning this ad
WHITE <L CO.? "I/oaisvii*i.?.
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1 a few years you will be able to ?
ve your own home clear. The ?
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