SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST
to TIMES READERS.
A real estate transfer occurred
in Fort Mill Saturday when J. W.
Baker sold his home on White
street to .1. P. Billue. Mr. Baker j
and family have moved from Fort
Mill to Mooresville, N. C.
North Carolina couples married
in Fort Mill by Magistrate
J. W. McElhaney during the last
?. week: Saturday, Tony Lefiler
and Miss Bertha Medlin, of Concord;
Sunday, Boyce Bartlettand
Miss Pearl Stevenson, of Marvin.
The Fort Mill town council is
persuaded that it is well to let
the lieht shine in dark places
recently a number of street lamps
have been out un in the northern
section of town and it is the purpose
to brighten up the outlook
in the southern part of town in
the next few days by installing
more lamps.
The drunks and disorderlies of
Saturday and Sunday paid to the
town treasurer Monday morning
something more than $30. One
of the disorderlies was a negro
who laid down in the street and
hollered and a plain drunk of
white persuasion aggravated his
offense by hugging a negro woman
on Main street.
Mr. Edgar Jones left Fort Mill
yesterday morning on train No.
31 on a business trip to Americus.
Ga. Mr. Jones originally
intended to make the trip in his
new Overland automobile, but
the recent rains have put the
public roads in such condition as
to render automobile travel over
them uncomfortable.
The friends of Mr. W. S. McClellan,
a well known young business
man and farmer of the
Gold Hill section of the township.
were pleased to note that
he was able to be on the streets
Monday afternoon for the first
time in ten days, during which
he was confined to his room with
a severe attack of rheumatism.
Following the appointment a
ievv (lays ago 01 r.rnest w nueseu
as station agent of the Southern
railway in Fort Mill. Monday
morn inn Ralph W. Hood was
jriven the position of assistant to
the agent and is now filling the
place. He is an accomodating
young man who is never too busy
to treat the patrons of the road
civilly.
Numerous rehearsals have been
held by the Daughters of the
American Revolution for the entertainment
the chapter is to give
in the town hall this evening and,
the indications are that a large
crowd will be present. The entertainment
is for the benefit of the
graded school and the monument
the Daughters are to erect on the
capitol grounds in Columbia.
Of interest to the many friends
in this section of Mr. Marcellus
Coltharp, who moved from Fort
Mill township to Texas about 20
years ago, will be the announcement.
that he has disposed of his
plantation at Sinton, Tex., and
moved to Iredell. Tex., where he
has acquired another plantation
to which he will devote his time.
Mr. Coltharp is the son of Mr.
J. H. Coltharp. one of Fort Mill's
best and most substantial citizens.
1 he rort Mill friends of Cant.
S. E. White, who has made his
home with his son-in-law. Col.
Leroy Springs, in Lancaster, for
the last few years, are considerably
alarmed at the fact that his
condition shows 110improvement.
Capt. White has been in declining
health for some lime. For
several days the reports which
have come to Fort Mill as to his
condition indicate that lie is
gradually growing weaker and
his friends are now very apprehensive.
Capt. T. I?. Spratt returned
Saturday morning from a hurried
trip to Washington city which he
made in the interest of the bank
which was organized in Fort Mill
some weeks ago. lie was accompanied
to the national capita;
by Mr. W. A. Watson, of Charlotte.
and they, together witli
Congressman 1). E. Finley. called
on the comptroller of i he currencs
Friday afternoon, the purpose ??l
the visit being to expedite arrangements
for the opening ol
the bank at the earliest possibU
date.
$25,000 farm Land Transaction.
During the last ten days J. Harvey
White, VVm. Elliott White
^ and Miss Emily White, sons anci
daughter of the late .las. W.
White, sold to Hamilton Carhartt
513 acres of farm land, situate*
near Carhartt station betweer
Fort Mill and Rock Hill, for which
they received $25,000. The lan*
was sold to Mr. Carhartt by Mr
J. H. McMurray for $50 per acre
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Rooster Swallowed Pin.
Anderson Mail.
They killed a rooster at the
home of Mr. Walter Lawton, in
the Riverside mill village yesterday.
and when they went to dress
it they found a pin in its gizzard, i
The pin, which the rooster is
supposed to have swallowed, had
gone through the fowl's gizzard
and had penetrated its liver. The
rooster had not shown any signs
of illness, though Mr. Lawton
says that recently it had shown
a disposition to care for the young
chickens around the yard.
D. A. R. Entertainment.
Ye Daughters of Kanawha
Chapter of ye American Revolution
asketh thee to come to an
"Infair of 177G," to he given at
ye nighte of ye 23rd of February
at ye town hall. Ye doors will
open at seven thirty o'clock, hut
ye singers will not tuneuppe until
eight o'clock.
Ye are asked to wear quaint
costumes of ye olden time, if
ye can.
Bring two bits to pay for ye
lights and ye music.
FOR SALE One nice. fresh Milch
Cow. Price $30. Apply at Klniwooct
farm, S. K. Itailes, Proprietor, K. F.
I). No. 2. Fort Mill, S. C.
We Do Not
Claim
To have better Garden Seed
than anybody, but we have
a larger and better selection
and they were bought fresh.
Many of the best gardeners
depend on us year after vear
for their seeds, and we believe
it would be to your advantage
to do the same.
MAY'S,
FERRY'S.
WOOD'S,
at Ardrey's Drug Store.
Take Care
Of Your Eyes.
When your teeth wear out the
dentist can make you a new set,
hut when your eyes wear out
you are in a "bad fix." So it
will pay you to take care of your
eyes. If they pain you while
reading:, something: is wrong,
and you should have them examined
at once.
With twenty-seuen years' cx,.
perience and eye study we art
prepared to correct any ordinary
defect. We sell the best quality
glasses only, at very low prices
and make no charge for examination.
We never advise you t(
wear glasses unless you need
them, and never fit glasses unless
we thoroughly understand
the defect.
L. J. MASS FA'.
Jeweler and Optician.
I Old Reliable b
I Billies, Surrit's, Harne
glad to have you call and sot
B. D. S
Phone 28
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Meackam & Epps. [j
New Spring Goods.
All Linen highly mercerized in Nile, champaign, light blue,
and white with small black stripe, very stylish for early spring
suits, at 25c per yard.
At 15c we show you all linen one way in gray, blue and navy. rr
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This goods is worth 25c. We have it in champaign and pink
only. We bought a bargain and are selling it at 15c.
New Skirts.
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.lust in by express, 50 Skirts, in blacks, blues and fancies, to
! sell at $3.75, $5, $7.50 and $1).
Black Taffeta.
Our sale on that $1.10 30-inch Black Taffeta at 80c is still on. z
Quite a number have seen the value and bought.
Special.
Colgate's Talcum Powder, all flavors, at 15c. Pear's Soap, 15c.
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MEACHAM & EPFS. |
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l Seed Irish Potatoes.
Goodrich, Early Rose, Burbank's
Red B1 iss, Cobbler and Peerless
Seed 1 r sli Potatoes.
r . . ' r i o i r
r erry s ramous harden Deeds in
bulk and package.
Sweet Potatoes of the finest quality
for eating purposes.
| JONES, The Grocer.
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Largest seller in theCarolinas
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Mell-^smar^i of the Road |
ss. Rubber Tiros, Farming implements. Fertilizers. We will be I
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FRINGS & COMPANY, E
2? S. College St. CHARLOTIE, N. C. I
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The season is near
at hand when we will 7
be getting in Spring * /
Clothing, and in order \
to make room for it we x
will offer the BIG- \ \=
GEST VALUES in p i U JLjv
Clothing that were ev- '
er offered the people .SL,. ^
of Fort Mill. When \
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[ mean values, and it Mj3& i, 1 0
will pay you to buy a lifyfw'sr"***
suit and keep it over >- If &
for next season if you < A S
don't need it now. j|. ;f] j T
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A full line of Cros- w ^ ( ftj''
sett low-cut Shoes in f
L all leathers and styles. -1 ||?j. [[
Also, we have received enough Shirts to fit every
man in Fort Mill and the township. If you are
in the market for something swell in the way of L
a Shirt or pair of Shoes, it will pay you to see us. =
"Measure what you save by trading with us"
in Hardware, Groceries, Etc.
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McEihaney & Co.
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A CAR LOAD OF
IILIWG.
I will receive a car load of
Tiling this week in sizes from 4
to 24 inches.
Several thousand feet of 4-inch
Drain Tile at 3c per foot.
J. J. BAILES. I
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I Wail Street Arithmetic
10 mills makes one trus!.
10 Irusls make one corriirr.
10 combines n.ake ere merger.
10 mergers make err** magnate.
H 1 magnate makes all tike mt-ney.
The Oiiginal Step Toward Becoming a Magnate is
the Step Toward a Bank's Door to Lay by
YOUR FIRST SAVINGS. j
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FREE WOOD. WHITE LEGHORN EGGS.
Pine and other kinds ot
wood given away tor cutting I have for sale for hatchsprouts,
piling brush and jng purposes pure Wycoff
moving wood off of land, at t . wv,;4? t ^
. b ~ strain White Leghorn Eggs
home place ol Osmond Bar-; ^ ? bb
^ 2-9-4t one dollar i?r
: D A. LEE.
Old ru-\vs|Mipi i> lor salr at !?> ^
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