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SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Miss Fannie Owens, of South Bostot Va., is the guest of Misslsabelle Griei Friends of Miss Minnie Garrisoi teacher of the third and fourth grade at the public school, will regret to lear that she has been ill and was confine to her room for several days during th last week. John Jones, son of W. H. Jones, ha returned to his home near Fort Mill al ^ ter an absence of several months c ^ Dravo, Ala., where he has been en ployed in connection with the construe tion of a power dam. Banks McKinney, a young man we known in this place, left a few day ago for Richmond, Va., whither he goe to have an operation performed for trouble from which he has been a grea sufferer for some time. Quite a number of early risers i this section claim to have seen Halley' comet during the last week. Other who have crawled out of bed in th early morning hours hoping to see th celestial visitor have been disappointed M. M. Yandle, an aged Confederat veteran who lived near Pineville unt a year ago, died of apoplexy at his horn in Charlotte Tuesday night. Mr. Yar die was in his 85th year. The burit was ut Pineville yesterday afternoon. The town council has decided that th finances of the municipality are not i condition to undertake the constructio of the sewer between Booth and Con federate streets which property owner in the neighborhood petitioned for rc cently. The pension money for the Confed erate veterans and widows of veteran of Fort Mill has been received at th Fort Mill Savings bank and is read for distribution. There are 30 pension ?rs and the total amount they will re wive is $840. Farmers and others who talk as i they know, say that the cold snap o the last few days resulted in nogreate damage in this section than to retar , for a few days the growth of vouni vegetation. Frost was seen by man early risers Tuesday morning. S. S. McNinch, of Charlotte, ha bought from Caldwell Henry, of St Petersburg, Fla., the L. M. Dinkin Slace, two miles south of town on th lation Ford road. The old house o the place will be remodeled and used a a residence by an employe of the Char lotie ktjck company, whose plant is few hundred yards distant. The car in which Senator John VV Daniel, the distinguished Virgini statesman who has been critically ill a a Florida winter resort for seven Weeks, was taken to his Virgini home passed through Fort Mill Sunda night as a part of train No. 30. Senate Daniel is stiil a very ill man, but hope are now held out by the physicians fc his recovery. The friends and patrons of th Pleasant Valley school are anticipatin with pleasure the closing exercises c the school which are to be held on Fr day. May 6. The principal of th school is J. W. Elms. Mr. Elms ha 9 devofed much time to training hi pupils for the parts they are to take i the days exercises. A large crowd : expected to be in attendance. Two former Fort Mill men, Eli I and Baxter Springs, are said to hn\ lost $228,000 through the failure t Knight, Yancey & Co., the Alaban cotton firm which failed some days ay for several millions of dollars?throng the alleged use of fraudulent method: The Messrs. Springs are members < the firm of Springs & Co.. a New Yor city cotton company, and are brother of Messrs. B. D. and Ixroy Springs. The Rev. T. C. O'Dell, presiding e der of the Rock Hill district, Methodi: Episcopal church, South, attended th quarterly conference of Pleasant Hi church near Fort Mill Saturday mori ing and j>reached for the congregatioi Mr. O'Dell also preached at the se; vices at Philadelphia ami Fort Mi churches Sunday. He was a guest t the home of the Rev. T. G. White dui ing his visit to Fort Mill. The Times was misinformed last wee with respect to the lack of represent) tion of the local camp of Confederal veterans at the general reunion whic is being held in Mobile. At a meetin of the camp during the latter part c February Messrs. Zack Bailes an J. W. Ardrey were elected delegates t the reunion and Mr. Railes is now i the Alabama city as the representativ . of the camp. Mr. Ardrey did not tin it convenient to attend the reunion. A squad of the Fort Mill I.ight Infar try under command of Lieut. S. M Parks left Monday afternoon for th Yorkville rifle range to participate i the preliminary regimental shoot whic is being held to select marksmen fc the Charleston shoot, at which will b determined the personnel of the State rifle team at the national shoot e Camp Perry, Ohio, later in the yeai Squads from Rock Hill, Yorkville an Cornwell are also participating in th Yorkville shoot. A number of those who enjov sittin on the muddy banks of the Catawb with a pole in hand waiting for a men ber of the finny tribe to swim up an favor them with a "bite" have not ha the unpleasant experience ir vai recently; several good catchi hnv been reported during the last for night. It is said that fish an mor plentiful in the Catawba this year tha for several years, and that scale fis ???v uun ? ? ' ?x cv * *? ?r<ua txy, nothing but cat fish and eels could 11 caught. The York County Ha, ' d jnda School Association will meet w. .1 1 Fort Mill Baptist church next T* day morning at 10:30 o'clock and <. tinue through Wednesday. '1 41 program published re< itly i ' Times will be carried out. Among ti, prominent speakers who will addre> the association is Mayor T. S. Franklir of Charlotte, whose subject will 1 "The Boy Problem." Several mini) ters and a large number of delegate are expected to be present and thes will be entertained in the homes of th members of the church. Muc pleasure and profit is expected to fc derived from the meeting of th I association. % # I FREE! FREE! J, r. * An Entire Day's s I ' Business. II a " This is Our Plan: n Starting Saturday, 'e 'April 23rd, and com e \ 0 0 $ J | tinuing until Monday, 11 j May 23rd, we are I ?! conducting one of the n! ;'greatest mercantile campaigns ever im s I ;:!augurated in this sec^ . ition. We are going r to refund the cash for r t one entire day's bush y s ness during that pe^ I riod, n >r ^ e i- How This is Done: V IS * Every customer rece:ves a ls duplicate bill with each pur *. chase. This hill bears the >f date, customer's name, sales 'o man's number and amounl i. purchased. When ?.he cam k paign ends we will announce the "Free Day" and everv l- person holding duplicate! bearing this dale can call al ill 1 our store and receive the i. I r- amount of the bill in CASH In other words w^ are going to give back every penny we ? take in for one whole day, h If yea don't thoroughly unft' derstand our pl?n, come apd 0 let U5 explain it. a a M e ; 1 Our Aim is to Ind , e crease Our Business 'O h Our Motto: 'our Money's Worth or our Money Back : : ' wwr -iw m i '" *** i mm* ijra'; jiuh? P. H. Stallings te j FORT MILL, - S. C. I Don't i I (Not a patent i A great majority of our peopl different from any other. It has most common name for it is "Wei cases, "Financially Busted." We It is our Painless That do the work. We are d body alike and guarantee a cure ii follows directions. Call and get c refunded if it does not benefit yoi New lot of Millinery just arri' Special bargains in all departi L. J. MA ^ "r; A jjl ^ CO r~ a*.. A LITTLE MORE TONE, A LITTLE MORE CLA A LITTLE MOR l A WI And yet they don't cost an ! $10.00 tt t And all the rest that goes t Our stock iB superb?it is c< * Shirts and Neckwear we ha r Hats and the latest in both M swellest line of Gentlemen's ] ^ I .1 Come and look them over. : McElhaney CALL FOR CONVENTION. Headquarters of the York County I Democratic Executive Committee. Yorkville, S. C.. April 21, 1910. The York County Democratic Conj vention is hereby called to meet in the ! Court House at Yorkville on Monday, | May 2nd, 1910, at 12 o'clock M., for i the purpose of electing officers to serve I the next two years, also ten delegates to the State Convention to be held in Columbia on Wednesday, May 18th, a | member of the State Executive Committee, and to transact such other i business as may be to the interest I of the party. W. B. WILSON, Jr., County Chairman. I J. H. SAYE, Secretary. REWARD. The undersigned will pay a reward of j $200 for evidence to convict the party | or parties who, on the night of April i 19th, set fire to the store of E. P. H. 1 Nivens. L. S. NIVENS, E. P. 11. NIVENS. Fort Mill, S. C.. April 24, 1910. UN ORDINANCE. Be it ordained by the mayor and wardens of the town of Fort Mill, S. C., now sitting in open council and by the authority of the same: Sec. 1. That all able bodied male j residents of the town of Fort Mill, S. ' D.. between the ages of 18 and 55 years and who nr.- not exempt by the State law, shall, between the 1st day of May, 1910, and the 15th day of May, 1910, pay unto the town treasurer oom| mutation street tax in the sum of $15.00, i j or perform five days' labor on the ' i streets of said town. Sec, 2. That after the 15th day of May, 1910, all delinquents will be pun| ished as provided by law in such cases. i Done and ratifi<>d this 5th day of April, 1910. L. A. HARRIS, Attest: Mayor. B. W. BRADFORD, Clerk. Suffer. medicine adv.) e are suffering from a disease a great many names, but the | ak In The Finances" or, in some have a sure cure for this disease. > Prices r lispensing this medicine to everyn every case where the customer i few doses. Your money will be i. ved. ments at i SSEY'S. tie I ferent i m : Rest | Are the Gentlemen who are < wearing the clothes designed j and made for our trade. \ There is a certain indefinable ( airj'of style and elegance 1 about these master tailored clothes not found in others. ? ss, E DISTINCTION, IOLE LOT MORE SERVICE? y more than ordinary clothes. ) $22.50, ,o make a well dressed man. omplete. Every new style in ve. The newest *4kinks" in ien's and Ladies' Oxfords. The lose this side of the river. I & Company GO TO I "Haile's on the Corner" For pure, delicious Ice Cream every day, the product of A. O. Jones' i nne, wen-red Jerseys. All the leading Iced Drinks dispensed from our fountain. Headquarters for Tobaccos, Cigars, Cigarettes, Smokers' Articles, Headley's Pure Chocolate Hon Hons, fresh and delicious, on hands all the time. Our stock of Drugs and Medicines is complete. Come to see us. | Fort Mill Drug Comp'y J. R. HAILE, Mgr. J ' | TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. 1 Office of Superintendent of Education of York County. rorKvuie, i .. April iy, 1'JIO. All concerned will p!eas?> take notice that the regular Spring Examination of candidates for certificates to teach in the public schools of York county, will be held in the Court House at Yorkville, on Friday, May >, beginning at 9 o'clock a. m. Adplicants will be re- : quired to furnish their own stationery, including pencils, paper etc. ( T. E. McMACKlN. Superintendent of Education. W ' ' ' Meacham < HOSIE1 The best 10c Hosiery for men, w 3e bought. White foot men's half hose at liri. i n - wniue ioot women's hose, seco Red Raven Gauze Hose, for men rhe only gauze hose we ever saw tha MILLIN1 New goods every week. Two st ?rs this week. Miss Frank wants to Meacham ? XXXXXXXXX IYour Fc When you feel down heart kind of Groceries and Meatf ask you to call at Jones' w find a combination of grocerii i please the most fastidious on We have this week the i Cherries, Pears, Crystalizcd C | Pineapples. j In the vegetable line, we c j Beans, Beets, Squash, Pump j Kraut and others too numerc Fresh Potatoes, Tomatoes, | JONES, 1 X<X<XX<X4VX Watch Fite White Frost Patent Flour, per s u. is.. ratent flour, per sack __ Five Gallon Keg Molasses . Ten " 4 4 4 4 Sugar House Molasses KaroCorn Syrup All 25c Cans Coffee now All 10c Cans Coffee now two for Arbuckle's Coffee, per package North State Loose Coffee Chic Feed 35c per peck, or per I Soda, 3 packs for Cotton Meal per bag We still have Can Fruits at ss A.. O- IF I NO TREASURE-LADEN Is likely to come t< Your surest way to after what you earn one best way to do t DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY And you'll know all make and how muc here heips you to sa^ stance, you can mail for two cents. No o is so cheap or nearly The Savings Bank of 1 W. P. Meacham, Ca?h 1 C JC We are prepared to fill orders, !ar DRESSED and ROL Our mills are located near Fort Mil n this section, and with improved m ence we guarantee satisfaction wi HOKE, MASSEY I . & Epps. RY. omen and children that can 10c, nds, at 10c. , women and children at 25c. it would give satisfaction. ?nv Li IV I lipments of shapes and flow* talk Hats with you. & Epps. f selings 1 ed and sad about the W i you are getting, we $ here you will always ^ es and meats that will ^ cs. Ufc White Cherries, Red ^ herries and Crystalized U tan give you Stringless S kin, Fimientos, Sauer 5 ius to mention. g Beans and Cabbage. 'he Grocer, g 's Prices. ack $3.15 3. GO _ 2.00 3.90 .40 .4o .20 _ . .15 - 15 .15 jushel ?1.?5 .10 .. $1.70 ime price. JL .L JQj. SHIP I o make you suddenly ich. ! wealth is to look carefully and spend. There is only his. WITH US the time how much you h you spend. An account 7V in many ways. For ina check for any amonnt 1 her way of sending money so safe. Fort Mill if r r & r-sw ' - "hit rrr?? m~v ~ J ? : S3ie. or small, for all kinds of FGH LUMBER. 1 in the finest tnu.; of tinb achinery and years >f expe.ith every order. Phone 1-a. fc COMPANY. * . M **. ??8tfBSl!i Sll. -