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SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Mra. A. W. Fravor, of Tacoma, Wash., is on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Kimbrell. The highest price paid for cotton on the Fort Mill market yesterday was 14 cents. Cotton seed. 45 cents per bushel. The teachers of the Gold Hill school are hoping that the oyster supper which is to be given at the home of Mr. S. P. Wilson Saturday night for the benefit of the school will be liberally pat.. . * ronized. The jury list for the third week of the York county circuit court, which begins on the 27th inst., includes the names of the following Fort Mill citizens: J. R. Merritt, J. E. Armstrong and S. A. Boyd. Mrs. A. V. Martin, of Clinton, was the guest of Mrs. W. B. Ardrey for a few days during I the last week. Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Ardrey were classmates at Agnes Scott institute, in Georgia, some years ago. Reliable thermometers indicated that Sunday was the coldest day of the season in this section. At 7 a. m. the temperature was down to 28 degrees, which was one degree colder than the lowest point previously reached this fall. One of the driving horses of Dr. J. B. Elliott ran away Thursday afternoon and broke to pieces the buggy to which it was hitched, besides ruining a set of practically new harness. The loss to Dr. Elliott from the runaway was about $150. The ladies of the Foreign Missionary society of the Fort Mill Methodist church are arranging for an oyster supper in the town hall Saturday evening. After the supper, a box party will be given. The money taken in will be used in the mission work. The cotton receipts in Fort Mill have fallen off materially during the last ten days, indicating that the bulk of the crop that comes to the local market has been sold. Cotton picking is still in progress on many farms, however, and there are yet a number of fields white with the fleecy staple. Laban Riser, a well known farmer who resides across the State line in North Carolina, a few miles from Fort Mill, was seriously hurt Friday morning by falling from his wagon while attempting to drive across a drain and has since been confined to his home. A number of Fort Mill sportsmen were afield bright and early Tuesday morning with dog and gun to take advantage of the first day of the open season for partridge shooting. Fair bags were reported by a number of the hunters, though not a few of the birds appeared to be little more than half grown. There were a number of arrests in town Saturday night for disorderly conduct and other pettv offenses, from which fines to the amount of about $50 were collected. Sunday afternoon a negro man was arrested on the charge _e L a.: Li: i i! * ui transporting uiinu uger wniskey in violation of the dispensary law. Monday morning he was fined $10. The ginhouse on the plantation of F. C. and VV. C. Whitner, in Ebenezer township, four miles northwest of Fort Mill, was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. A lot of farm machinery and several bales of cotton were also destroyed in the conflagration. There was no insurance on the property and the loss amounts to about $5,000. Saturday a number of the merchants of Fort Mill did a rushing business from the time their doors opened early in the morning until late that night. All Saturday afternoon Main street was a scene of activity, in the crowds being many country people who had come to town to buy winter supplies. A merchant who has been in business here for years is of the opinion that ornnHc in PnW Saturday than in any other day in the town's existence. Aggregate value of all taxable property in York county in 1890, $5,037,690, and a total tax levy of 7 3-4 mills. Aggregate value of all taxable property in 1900, $6,000,183 and tax levy of 9 1-2 mills. Aggregate value of all taxable property in 1910, $8,909,323, and total general levy of 151-4. That is considerable growth all right, but it will be observed that the tax levy has been growing much more rapidly than has the aggregate value of property.?Yorkville Enquirer. I , 11 DO YOD CAR! I We are sure that it will pay I Shoes, Dress Goods, Hats, ' Is* buyer. We are not in busines permanent customer. Ask th< Ir a| that we liv I ? i tise, then w A to say. Eve | ~~ resents in its 1^^ vice to the p Every visitor to our # Star Brand Shoes. Every day since we opened the new fall Shoes we've had evidence of the appreciation of customers r *l l . -1 e 1 ^ I or ine vaiue to mem or sucn rine Shoes as we otter. You want shoes to fit well, of course; and you want good style in them, too; we add to these things some I exceptional quality. We can do unusually well in Shoes at $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00; all the leading styles and best leathers. 11 MILLS & YOUNG I At Fite's This Week |j jj|j 17 pounds of Granulated Sugar . $1.00 gg Best Patent Flour $2.90 ||| 0. K. Patent Flour $2.65 lf;. Nice Straight Flour $2.40 rg* ?| Good Cream Cheese, per pound 20 |j| Cotton Seed Meal, per sack $1.55 m m ^ Cottton Seed Hulls, hundred pound sack, . . .60 && Best Shipped Stuff $1.35 |i | C. M. Fite Comp'y ? School Building For Sale. ? The t ustees o the Fort Mill Graded I I School will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the old Academy building and lot at 1 1 oVlnrlc on I Saturday, November 26, in front of I I the Savings Bank of Fort Mill. I R. F. GR1ER, Chairman. I Phone 112 for Job Printing.! A .. * ? E TO SAVE you to look at our lan lotions, Groceries, Etc., ?s to sell you once only, Dse who trade with us ai e up to what we adve re will have nothing mc iry article in this store re > way our idea of best sc ublic. stores is given a cordial greeting and welcome tGet acquaint find them bette richness of patt made to measu Our stock of > | You would not v/l V.UUI9C UU COMPANY, = The Smal Is Welcor Do not hesitate to (because you cannol sum. The Peoples N Hill especially welc any amount from realizing that thes< substantial proportic itor is encouraged t< tions thereto, just < I bank pays 4 per cer terly, thus providing your funds together The Peoples T ROCK HILL, - SAFE, SUCCES If' . . " i " * ~~~^n MONEY ? [ | stock of Clothing, j | if you are a careful I but to make von ? B v I id if they don't agree ir- | l's Furnishings. | ted with the Shirts we sell. You'll r in material, in make and finish, in em, than anything you've had, even ire. The line includes many pretty Hats for men and boys is complete, fail to find here just the hat you want, r line includes Neckwear, Hosiery, Etc. || FORT MILL, 1 - - S. C. - - I 1 Account I I U ill ilCU 1 ICIC. I ????????????????????? open a bank account t begin with a large ational Bank of Rock omes small deposits, f one dollar upwards, 1 e accounts grow to ; >ns when the depos- jj 3 make reerular addi- ,!:? IS he is able. This 11 vl m it. compounded quar- ;< a liberal income for ! / . with absolute safety. ? -= i National Bank. ' B SOUTH CAROLINA. SFUL, SECURE. IS