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SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Mr. A. A. Bradford has been confined, to his home for several days by an attack of rheuma tiam. Miss Robbie Spratt, who has * been teaching school in Missouri, has returned to her home in Fort Mill. m Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Darnell, of Charlotte, visited relatives in Fort Mill and the township the past week. Miss Louise Wilson, of Florence, is the guest of her sister. Miss Jessie Wilson, on Confederate street. Mr. W. C. Perry, an Old Confederate soldier, left Fort Mill several days ago to enter the soldiers' home at Columbia. Mrs. T. M. Beattie and children, of McBee, and Miss Mary Seegers, of Hartsville, are guests at the home of Mr. A. R. McElhaney. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. F'ulp, of Winnsboro, were visitors the past week at the home of Mr. Fulp's mother* Mrs. A. 0. Jones, on Booth street. w. The Yorkville Enquirer reports a case of smallpox in the ' village of the York cotton mill. The authorities have quarantined the patient. Mrs. I. L. Faris has been seriously ill for some days at her home in the Gold Hill neighborhood. Her condition yesterday was reported as somewhat improved. Mr. James Boyd, a well known young farmer of the township, who has been seriously ill of pneumonia for some days, was reported yesterday as slightly better. In order to accommodate the growing business of the institution, the Bank of Clover recently increased its capital stock *?*10 cnn con nnn Qnrl oil 1IVIII tplm, U\r\J IU ?puv,wvt auu C4ii the stock has been placed. Senator and Mrs. B. R. Tillman have announced the engagement of their daughter. Sophia Oliver, to Mr. Henry W. Hughes, of Trenton, the marriage to take place the latter part of June. Capt. Monroe C. Willis, of Yorkville, is one of the four officers named Friday by the adjutant general for duty along the Mexican border. Capt. Willis will report at the manoeuvre camp on Mav 27. The well known firm of Stone & Barringer, of Charlotte, on Monday went into the hands of a receiver. It is thought that the affairs of the firm can be straightened out so that the receivership will be only temporary. At a dinner to a few friends at their home in Chester Thursairaninrr Mr onrl \! r? uaj rjcillll^, nil. ... . ?. Lyles Glenn, announced the engagement, of their daughter, Miss Kate, to the Rev. E. K. Hardin, of Rock Hill, the wedding to take place in June. Mr. Caldwell Steele and Miss Inez Merritt were married Sunday morning at the Fort Mill | Methodist parsonage by the) Rev. T. J. White. Mrs. Steele is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Merritt who live in the eastern section of the township. Mrs. Z. V. Bradford was summoned by telegram Saturday to the bedside of her son, E. G. Bradford, who is ill of typhoid fever in Ridgeway. Late reports from Ridgeway say that Mr. Bradford's condition shows a slight improvement. At the last meeting of the local lodge of Pythians Messrs. W. B. Meacham and J. H. McMurray were named as delegates to represent the lodge in the meeting of the State grand lodge in Columbia on the 23rd. The alternates named were L. J. Massey and J. L. Spratt. The State supreme court has ruled that no cotton can be sold in South Carolina unless the bona fide delivery of the cotton is intended. It is held by the court that the cotton must be delivered in order to make the contract pffeetive. R. M. Bryant, a Pleasant Vailey farmer who also engages in the breeding of thoroughbred Jersey cattle and Berkshire hogs, sold six very fine milch cows the past week to Jno. A. Berryhill. a dairyman of Charlotte. The cows brought a fancy price. A good crowd of Fort Mill people went over to Pleasant Valley Thursday afternoon to witness the passing through that community of the automobiles in the endurance run from Savannah to Charlotte. There were about sixty cars in the procession. Children's Day exercises at the school auditorium Sunday evening by the pupils of the Methodist Sunday school was an occasion which was much enjoyed by all present. The singing and music was exceptionally good and the exercises as a whole reflected much credit upon the teachers of the classes. A large crowd enjoyed the entertainment. The Fort Mill men who left Sunday for Little Rock, Ark., to attend the annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans were: A. H. Merritt, Sr., Z. T. Bailes, S. P. Blankenship and W. H. Windle. J. B. Mills accompanied the party to Atlanta, where he had a business engagement The closing exercises of the Fort Mill graded school begin this (Wednesday) evening and will be concluded Thursday evening. Over in Lancaster county Fri-1 day Knead Knight, a farmer living in the White Bluff com-1 munity. accidentally killed his 3-year-old child. Knight was repairing an automatic gun, | which he thought was empty, when the gun was discharged and the top of the child's head was blown off. The coroner's j jury rendered a verdict of accidental killing. The local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will be well represented in the meeting at Lancaster June 1 of the second division of the U. D. 1 C's. The second division embraces the counties of Lancaster, York, Chester, Fairfield, Chesterfield, Kershaw, Richland, Lexington. Saluda. Aiken and Edgefield, and each chapter in the division is expected to send delegates. , Governor Cole L. Blease will pass through Fort Mill on the afternoon train today enroute to Charlotte, where he is to deliver on orlHrocc this evening at the annual meeting of the great council of the I. 0. R. M., of which order he is a prominent member. While in Charlotte Governor Blease will be entertained at the home of W. S. Liddell, a close friend of the governor. The Election of Trustee*. Interest in the election Thursday of a board of trustees for the Fort Mill graded school seemed to take its departure upon the opening of the polls and as a ressult out of a registration of perhaps 300 only 50 votes were cast. The following gentlemen constitute the new board: J. B. Mills. J. T. Young. A. 0. | Jones. Fred Nims, W. B. Meacham. R. F. Grier. L. J. Massey, R. P. Harris and W. J. Kimbreil. Messrs. Young. Mills and Kimbreil are new members of the board, the other gentlemen being reelected. The new hoard is to meet this (Wednesday) afternoon for the purpose of electing a chairman and clerk and to choose teachers for the next term of the school. , J. F. Bailey Dead. J. F. Bailey, a well known i citizen of Rock Hill, died Saturj day morning from an attack of acute indigestion, with which he was seized Friday while at his place of business, which rendered him unconscious for a while. After he was taken to his home he grew better and was thought in the afternoon to be greatlv improved, but he died Saturday morning. Mr. Bailey was about 81 years of age. He was actively engaged at his trade up to the time of his death. He leaves a wife and one son. He was a Confederate veteran and during the war was a member of the famous "Louisiana Tigers." Mr. Bailey was a tinner by trade and for the last ten years, or longer had done most of the tinning for the people of Fort Mill. Consequently, he was well known in this place. " - II M If . f* 1 L fort mill man marries in loiumma. The Fort Mill friends of Mr. j W. Earle Kimbrell were pleasantly surprised on Saturday to read in the Columbia papers of his marriage in that city the evening of May 10th to Miss Clara Belle Huggins. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. P. Knox, at his home on Marion street and was witnessed by a number of friends of the bridal couple. Mr. Kimbrell is a son of Mr. W. J. Kimbrell. of Fort Mill, and has resided in Columbia for a number of years. He is a trusted employe of a Columbia furniture house. ? Farmers' Institutes as Usual. Editor Fort Mill Times: While we are going to spend a good deal of time this summer in operating our live stock train, yet we know that there will be a great many sections through which we will not be able to carry the gospel for improved agriculture in this way. We. ^ni?o irlrJQ Itiur. lliru'iui r, tunc uv ium ??v^ lecting the regular farmers' institutes. and it wiii facilitate my work very materially if sections desiring these institutes will make their application as promptly as possible. 1 will appreciate it tf you will bring this to the attention of your readers. I). N. Barrow. Supt. Clemson College. May i). Fort Mill Not in the List. The State board of education annually appropriates a bonus of $100 to high schools making 12 standard units and a bonus of $200 to high schools making 14 standard units. This year 16 high schools received the bonus of $100 as loilows: Biackville, Blacksburg. GatVney. Manning. Latta. Home. Fountain Inn, Ninety-Six, Heath Spring, Lancaster, Clinton, Laurens, Bishopville, Fair Forest, Woodruff and Jonesville. Twelve high schools received the bonus of $200 as follows: North Augusta, Bamberg, Denmark, Allendale. Dillon, Summerville, Johnston, Leesviiie, Marion, Bennettsville, Central and Winnsboro. In addition all graduates of a high school making 14 standard units will be granted the State high school diploma annually awarded by the board. It is interesting to note the improvement made in many high schools in : consequence of this policy of the State board ol education. -r "* I 0P I In th You'll ge Apparel he they expect, ai anywhere else, on any busy d, j salespeople, wl will pay you. I Shoes and Hal N r5? 08 0? 0? ?0 Savings Bai TKf C X Hocn in husiiK jgj years; was once ? passed through x every depositor h j? without restrietio X CAPITAL STOCK g SURPLUS - - ? LIABILITY OF STOCK ^ SECURITY TO DEPOS ^ We have alwa> Ltime deposits. W. B. 5??0?????S i _ Call and get a souvenir. Dixon-Withei 21 South Tryon St. I Are You Getting t ; suits Frof J If vou don't know and * MILC -A . i J you would perhaps cuscovei * results. This is the finest f anteed analysis: Protein. 1 f Carbohydrates. .~>S .. i WE DON'T REN A DRl ^ stock of Cattle. Hog and P J cow. hog or chickens are n< * 1 >r. Knloe and let him sell s = | McElha ? Everythin * SCHOFIELD EN ?-?? "Have Stood I TIipv hnve no superior in point c I fur Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Cot 1 [?????| required. Write Manufacture BOILERS. W TcTerj'^"kl' Constructed. Boil SUadpipts, Self Supporting Write t< Steel Stacks, ^IronWork"' J- S- SCHOFIELD'S J Branch Office, NOTICF. AM persons :?rt- hereby warned to k off tin* i remises of the old White Ho stead. This property has recently b seriously abused, ami anyone eau oil these premises will be prosecute* the full extent of the law. Liberal wards will be paid for sufficient dem-e to convict parties recently thr ing rooks at the windows, and otl wise defacing the property. No on allowed on this property except consent. Keep off. LEROY SPRINGS, E: W. B. M EACH AM, Agent. ANY e Select THAN t all that's comins re. We are grea nd then some for good These facts account ay. Crowds! Crowds! ho are glad to right an That's why we have I ts. 1ILLS I Q0????-?S0?0O? ik of Fort Mill, I >ld Reliable, ** iss for over twenty x blown up and robbed; @ two panics and paid 0 is cash as called for X 11. ^ <^j - - - $25,000.00 ^ - - - - $11,000.00 g HOLDERS - $25,000.00 0 1T0RS - - $61,000.00 ? >*s paid \ per cent on 0 M EACH AM, Cashier. g 0? 0000000S0000 The Pitcher That Went to the Well Once Too Otten And was broken, may have come from our store, but we have more just like it, and when you buy a set of Iiinner Ware from us, you can always duplicate any broken pieces. We are building up a reputation for having the best and most complete assortment of Cooking Utensils in the city in connection with our Chin?, and Crockery department, and you need not go out of our store to get a comple,e outfit for your dining room and kitchen. rspoon Company, Charlotte, N. C. * he Right Kind of Re- j n Your Cows? i * == f 1 you would trv the celebrated \ O FEED * - that you hadn't been petting the J of feeds with the following guar- $ 7.50' : Fat. 3.50'. : Fiber. 10'i; + * 'G STORE, but we do keep a full / oultry Powders, and if your horse. ? ot doing well you had better see ^ vou some Pratt's Food. 0 ___ * ney & Co. j g in Hardware. J # RUfFSMTRnil FRS Mil IhV wihhiiv the Test of Time" ?? >f DURABILITY and are Best Adapted ton Gin*; in fact, where Heavy Duty is for prices on Saw Mills, Shingle Mills,etc. 'e carry for immediate shipment the Best ers, ranging from 12 H. P. to 150 H. P. )day for our illustrated catalog. IONS CO., Works and Head Office, MACON, GA. 307 West Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. j. harry foster, m''p atto k n k y - a t-1. a w. ' Yorkville - S. G. fl;, mcneill buildinc;. special notices. ler- 25 Words?25c Earh lnsei ti.ni. by FOR SALK- Pew bushels of Mammoth Yellow-Soja Beans at $.1.0(1 per c. bushel. VVuterouk Farm. Osmond Barber. ou b ion of } FROM ( ??? mmntaamamam \ to you and a littl it believers in the measure. That's why 3 fnr continual grow Crowds!?All after th iy wrong. If we are al the crowds?it pays to k YOUW MEACHAM I Samples of Mic Kor Misses, 15 to 17 yean, nice quality of elegant style, worth $.'<.50, fro at $2.7">. Boys' Blouse ai (Joed quality Gingham at 25c. Good quality Boys' Pai A big line to select from in Cashemere and 75c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. Men's and Bo: A complete line in all styles at 25c and" 50 c? Cords for Gi Just out. in white, black and blue, at 25c. Parasol To match all colors of dresses, a big line, at Hosier: We do an immense business in this line with HAVEN is one of our leading numbers. Th 25c. Try a pair and be convinced. Corsets Another shipment of that $1.25 Corset that is the most comfortable corset they ever won "Did it come from Epps'? If so, MEACHAM i Protect Your From Fire With Badger Fire Exti The Badger Fire Extinguisher i tank, 24 inches high, the most shape, thoroughly tested. Evt made is numbered and a record i and test. When charged ready for use i half gallons of water in which on Bi carbonate of Soda have been cJ of ordinary Sulphuric Acid in a b a cage at the top directly under t! years from today it will respond ir HOW TO USE IT. Immediately upon the discovery of turn it upside down and in less than stream of pas-impregnated water tha from 40 to 50 feet distant. The Badger Fire Extinguisher is ap Tariff Association. For Prices and descriptive literatur I PACKARD BR( PINEBLUFF, j Terra i r? Fioin I have just receiv j mcnt cf Terra Col j and Weli Tubing ar i to supply you with need. Prices: Drain Ti foot; Well Tune, ac j J. JL HJI i ~~ OBE four Si )UR SI BHCHB e bit more if y principle that four dollar here is < th of our business, e great values be 1 busy when you co wait. Come to heai IG CO! k EPPS. 1 Quite I vt J UV?1VU I.inene, nicely trimmed in navy, id Waist Cream Hep at 50c. ,ts tl Series, plain or fancy, at 50c, ' ys1 Caps bi nts. rdles in s : $1.25 and $2.25. y . la i men, women and children. RED lis is the best Gauze Hose sold at i we sell for $1.00. So many say it , do ,'t worry." k EPPS. j ' Property inpishers. s a small upright copper | practical and convenient I ?ry Badger Extinguisher I made of its examination fl t contains two and onee and one-half pounds of lissolved, and four ounces otlle placed separately in he cover. Today or five istantly whei. called upon. fire seize the Extinguisher, five seconds you will have a t can be directed on a fire proved by the Southeastern e write? )S., Agents, ; N. C. ?? ???? Cotta ig. = t \ ed a big ship- j :la Drain Tile id am anxious i (vhat you may ; u le, 2 l-2c per . cording to size. S JLES. i ii 1 v\r III Hill Bill II gMHfc~i??EB??MM? TTEE Limmer 1 rocK? ou purchase your \ it pays to give pc * i is good as at least a qua an evidence of which ca inflr ckmrnr) rfcllt hv mi -Illg OllVTVU V*.* J ? me in, wait just a few i dquarters for Dry Goods VIPANY. ihe Law of tl Compels every man to wear clothes, ie kind. The right kind can be foun Now, whether you are stout or thi g, we can fit you in as nice suit of cl i a town three or four times the si Our stock of Men's Furnishings is c test fads of the day. Give us a show and let us prove to McElhaney & Coi "Just across the stre Paint Your 1 With Pleasing Colors. With our experience we can be < suggesting tasteful color schemes that will make your home appear in its surroundings. :fJ'nQUAITi HOUSE PAINT gives greatest durability and beau' rain and shine. It costs less becai lasts longer. Come in and ask us monizing color suggestions. Parks Drug Co Accommodatic It is our desire to help every customer can satisfy conditions which are only thoj banking for YOUR money. Customers here, when requiring loans, ation. Certain necessary inquiries are r* , ful attention. If satisfactory, the desired REf!LKL'?R our first care is the safety : THE FIRST NATIONAL I D I R e; O T o T. s. KIKKPA l r;ii K T. b. spratt w. b. ardrey edgar jones osmond barber j. m. harris w. s. McClelland l. a. Harris NiVERSlTY OF SOOTH CAROLINA. WHIT SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION. The l'iiivfi>ity of South Carolina of- i t u__ hr.s scholar.-hi|>? in the School of Equation to one young man from each jng- tjij ounty. Each scholarship is worth <100 ? * 1 money, and $18 term lee and free strain uitiun. & jj affg. Examination will beheld at the county at one eat July 14, 1911. Examination >f tudents generally for admission tn the Jniv?rsity will be held at the game ime. ______ Write for information to >. C. MITCHELL, Preside;H, (,ld f,? Columbia, S. C. limes off I I A OgS | J N earing jople all irter more n be seen iscientious minutes, it >, Clothing, % he Land | but it doesn't state v d at our store, u, medium, small or Lothes as can be found ize of Fort Mill, omplete with all the you our worthiness. ! mpany, >et." wmmmmmmmmwmmammm* Home )f service to you in i and combinations to best advantage ry ty and best resists ^ ise ii takes less and I to show you har- I mpany | * . mm ?MM >n. I requiring a loan, who je consistent with safe t | receive every consider- I qui red and given care- T credit is extended. + of YOUR money. | IANK,mir! 1 R S I W. A. WATSON | JACKSON HAMILTON S J. L. SPRATT | ^ .J E LEGHORN EGGS. i re for sale for hatchirposes pure Wyocdff White Leghorn Eggs dollar for 15. D. A. LEE, Fort MUl S. C. AV?pap*Tx for sale at The - ' m