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$ SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST 1 to TIMES READERS. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Downs and children, of Pineville, spent Sunday with relatives in Fort Mill. Miss Ola Crowder has accepted a clerkship in the dry foods department of Massey's store. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shannon, who have been visiting at the home of Rev. W. A. Hafner, have returned to their home at / Sharon. Her Fort Mill friends will regret to learn that Mrs. E. Guy o?it. ill r\f fovor at fhp Diauiuiu 10 in vi iv.v? .? home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Bailes. in Flint Hill section. In a case which recently went up on appeal from Colleton county, the State supreme court ruled that a policeman is responsible for any damage he does in shooting at a fleeing prisoner. The condition of Mr. W. B. Steele, who has been ill at his home on east Booth street, is reported as precarious. Mr. Steele's disease has been diagnosed as pellagra and he is a very sick man. A farmer of the Wax haw section of Union county in a private letter a few days ago to a citizen of Fort Mill says that no rain has fallen in his community in many weeks, the result being that the prospect for a crop is very discouraging. Contracter A. A. Bradford has almost completed a new home for Mr. J. M. Gamble on the Steele Creek road two miles north of Fort Mill. It will be remembered that Mr. Gamble lost his home and household goods by fire one night about two months ago. i inifa o nnmlio)' nf fnrmprs nf C4 liUIUUVi VA AMA...VV this community went over to Rock Hill Wednesday of last week to inspect the WinthropClemson demonstration train and all were highly pleased with the exhibits and the addresses of the several professors who had charge of different departments. The United States weather bureau on Sunday sent out from Washington the pleasing information that this week's weather had some surprises in store in the way of cooler weather. The bureau saw an abnormally high barometric pressure over the interior of Canada and Alaska, and relatively low pressure on the Atlantic ocean the conditions that will usher in a cool wave. Next Tuesday evening at the auditorium a score or more children will present a play, entitled "The Fairy Play," for which rehearsals under the supervision and instruction of Mrs. Lillie Atwater have been held for several weeks. The play doubtless will be well worth the small price of admission and, as the proceeds will be used for charitable purposes, a large crowd should be present. As a result of the competitive rifle shoot on the range of the Fort Mill Light Infantry some days ago, Lieut. S. W. Parks, Corporals W. R. Belk and George Potts, and Private B. Blankenship left Fort Mill Sunday evening for Charleston, where this week they are taking part in the rifle contest from which a team will be selected to represent South Carolina in the national shoot at Camp Perry, Ohio, within a few weeks. The government entomologists 1 who have established headquar1 ters in Spartanburg for a cam[ paign against the beetle which is killing the pine trees have given these instructions to owners of kpine timber: Don't cut any living pine during July. August, September or October. Don't cut any dead pine during July, Auonist Sentember or October. f Don't cut at all without availing yourself of the advice of the government experts. The people of York county, in common with the people of other counties of the State, will be inIterested to know that the board of trustees of the Thornwell orphanage at Clinton has adopted a resolution asking the release of Dr. W. I*. Jacobs from the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church, of Clinton, which position he has held for the past forty-seven years. The release of Dr. Jacobs from the church is asked in order that he may devote his entire time to his duties as superintendent of the Thornwell orphanage. Claude Lee and Curtis McGee were taken off of the second and third sections of Southern train No. 36, on yesterday morning, charged with beating their way. Chief Sanders and Policeman Jackson pulled them. They claimed that they had hoboed from Fort Mill and Rock Hill to WinnoKnm nrift were on their H UlliOWi V| M**v> way back. Mayor Wise gave them $5 or 15 days apiece this - morning, and they are still in the guard house, not having the $5 apiece.-Chester Lantern. FriII The Fort Mill ball team re-l H turned Friday morning from Abbeville where it played and lost the entire series of three games to the Abbeville team. It was a case of amatuer ball players trying to defeat a team of semi-professional hired players, and Fort Mill couldn't win. However, the few runs-11 which Abbeville's near-professionals were able to make in the M three games is proof that Fort Mil! his one of the strongest aU-home teams in the State. Commissioner E. J. Watson has accepted an invitation to ad- I ' dress the farmers of Pleasant; Valley at their annual institute; and picnic on July 26. The annual Gold Hill picnic j will be held in the grove near tne ! home of Hon. S. H. Epps on i Tuesday, August 1. The Times is requested to extend an invitation to the public in general. J. T. Ramsey, a white man about 46 years old, was run over I and killed by an extra freight train Saturday night near Hickory Grove. He leaves a widow and nine children. The annual Woodmen picnic will be held at Filbert on Friday, July 28. Governor Blease has promised to be present and other prominent speakers are expected. The public is cordially invited.1 1 "" i i i wnat was conceuea to nave been the heaviest rainfall of the year fell at Yorkville and vicinity Saturday, commencing at noon and continuing for an hour or more. It has greatly improved the crop conditions. ? Pistol Duel on Excursion. With John Reeves, colored, dead, and Special Policeman Robert Eskridge and John Wilson suffering with gunshot wounds, a negro excursion returning from Columbia to Charlotte reached Fort Mill Thursday evening at ! 8 o'clock. The shooting took ' place at a point two miles south i of Fort Mill and near Grattan. The dead negro and wounded officers were removed from the train at this place and the two latter given medical attention until the arrival an hour later of northbound passenger train No. j 32, when they were taken on to Charlotte and rushed to a hospital. The cause of the difficulty j ?-qc vofnsnl r>f Rppvps tn snr- I render his pistol to the officers. The negro was seated in the1 smoking car and fired his pistol out of the window. Policeman Wilson heard the report and entering the smoker demanded of Reeves that he surrender his gun. Instead the negro opened fire. Policeman Eskridge came in just behind Officer Wilson and seeing the battle between his friend and the negro also opened fire on the latter. Several shots were exchanged and Reeves fell back in his seat dead. Officer Eskridge was shot in the right side and was dangerously wounded, the bullet having passed through his ! right lung. Officer Wilson received only a slight wound in his right leg. The pistol used by the colored man was of the most approved . pattern, a Colt automatic, firing a steel bullet of .32 caliber. Four of the six cartridges had been fired. The revolver which brought destruction upen the negro was a Smith & YVesson .32 caliber, the regulation gun of the Charlotte police force. From all that could be learned, the negro was named John Reeves, and drove a dray in Rock Hill. He had already passed his home at the time of the shooting, evidently bound for Charlotte. Questioned as to the shooting, , Officer Wilson gave this account " of the affair: "I was standing on the plat- i * .? * 1 | A form ol the tnira coacn, wnen my attention was attracted by < I the sound of pistol shots in the smoking car of the train. I immediately entered and saw a negro firing his pistol out of the window of the car. I ordered him to hand over the pistol to me, and he replied, 'I won't hand o\'er nothing. I'll shoot you, d?n you.' As he prepared to arise from his seat. I struck him with my fist, and grasped i?s wrist. As we were struggling between the seats, the negro fired twice, and I heard Eskridge say 'My God, John. I am dead.' "Up to this time I had not noticed his presence in the coach. He was standing in the aisle, and . one of the wild shots from the pistol had struck him in the side. ; When I heard his cry, I looked up and saw him fall, and draw- : ing my pistol I fired one time, [ killing the man instantly. The ' negro was left doubled up in the ' seat, just as he was shot, and 1 calling the train crew, we car ried Eskridge into the baggage car. I cannot say whether Eskridge fired or not. The negro's body was put off at Fort Mill, where I will attend a coroner's < inquest in the morning. I could not say whether the negro was < drunk or not." Officers Wilson and Eskridge are well known in Fort Mill, each having within the past few years lived here and worked in the < cotton mills of this city. The two had been employed by the man- i agement of the excursion to preserve order and it was in the discharge of this duty that the men became envolved with the negro Reeves. Last reports from the Charlotte hospital in which Mr. Eskridge is being cared for were to the effect that he had pneumonia and that his condition was indeed precarious. The State reunion of the United Confederate veterans, which was to have been held in Columbia on * A A 3 hn , Lnnn rv/wt_ All^JllSC 5? clIHJ IV, Iiti> urni poned to August 22 and 23. This announcement was made Tuesday following a meeting of the executive committee in charge of the plans for the reunion. Parson's Prem A Gem. From Rev. H. Stuben.\oll. Allison, la., in praise of Dr. King's New Life Pills. "They're such a health necessity, In eyery home these pills should be. > If other kinds vou've tried in vain, .'J USE'DR. KING'S ' Ane be well again. Only 25c at Ar' j drey's Drug store, Parks Drug Co. and I Fort Mill Drug Co. [hui V Good I Regulai Here you will fi I some at manufact n r\ ir-ifY iiWli Iiu;j iiuivt and as much as y< cheap as an indue wearing apparel. Summer C Marquisette in all colors, 15c Foulards, the season's best c Batiste, worth 12 l-2c, at Flaxons, white, sold for 25c: Flaxons, pretty patterns, we Few pieces Waist Goods, for All Flouncing and Embrofdei All Ladies 25c Neckwear, no 50c Silk Hose at $1.00 and $1.25 long Silk Glo Table full of Short Lengths ( All $1.00 and $1.25 Dresses, i All 50c and 60c Kimonos, Dr Big reduction on Gowns, Un ers, etc. Ladies', Misses' and Childre regular price for cash. The i:hermomet seasonable goods. MILLS 0 .? ' Painting, Cals I am doing a lot of first-class paint munity, but I am always ready and e Besides painting your house inside ing, staining, glazing, etc., in a mam * I take especial care of carpets, ma painting inside. Let me figure with work is sure to please you. Reasons FRANK WHITE, The F Ordination Services at Flint Hill. The Times has received the following program of the ordination j services to be held at Flint Hill baptist church, beginning at 11 a. m. Saturday, August 5, and concluding with the service of Sunday afternoon. August 6. The entire service will be open to the public. Saturday, August 5, 11 a. m. Devotional service, lead bv P. M. Bailes. Organization of council. Examination of P. M. Bailes. conducted by Rev. E. S. Reaves. Examination of J. W. Barber, conducted by Rev. J. \V. Nelson. N Announcements and adjourn, tor lunch. Saturday Afternoon, August 5. Devotional service, lead by' J. W. Barber. i Examination of G. C.fEpps, conducted by Rev. C. A. Jones. Announcements and adjourn. Sunday, August 6, 11 a. m. Report of council through its secretary. Ordination prayer and laying on hands. Charge to to the ministers just ordained, by Rev. C. A. Jones. Presentation of bible by pas tor. S. P. Hair. Sermon by Rev. E. S. Reaves. Adjourn for lunch. Sunday Afternoon. August G. Evangelistic service, sermon by Rev. C. A. .lones. There will be service each morning and evening throughout the week. There will be two services and lunch on the ground on the second Sunday. S. P. Hair. Pastor. A Park Into His Pocket, would show the hox of Bucklen's Arnica Salve that K. S. Loper, a carsenter, of .Marilla, N. V. always carries. "I have never had a cut, wound, bruise or sore that it would not heal," he writes. Greatest healer of bnrns, boils, scalds, chapped hands and lips, fever sores, skin eruptions, eczema, curns and piles. 26c at Ardrey's Drug store, Parks Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. *RY, lumbers Being CI r Landslip ind a genuine bargain urer's price, some at h for tomorrow. You s ou want as long as it 1 ement. Everything of )ress Goods. quality, at 10c q olors, 15c quality, at 10c D .. 81-2c B going at 18c re 16 l-2c, now 12 l-2c A merly 15c and 20c, now ..10c 0 ries about 1-2 regular price. w_ 15c 38c , ves, black and white 75c ind Specials, at 4c Waists and Skirts 89c essing Sacques and Waists. 38c derskirts, Corset Covers, Drawn's Low-cut Shoes at 1-3 off the X er is high but never Y Don't take our word & YOl FORT MILL, omining, Etc. ; ? ing for the good people of this com- ^ ager for more work. ^ i * and out, I can do the tinting, grain- ; ler unsurpassed in taste and quality. . A " tting, floors and woodwork when . * you on painting your home. My . | A ^ ible prices. Satisfactory work. . * 'ainter, Fort Mill, S. C. ? f About Paint. t Never before should pure paint be appreciated than now. With the nigh 1 cost of materials that enter into its . manufacture comes encouragement for the appearance on the market of all 1 kinds of substitutes and adulterants. . Pure paint is composed of pure carbon ate lead, sulphate zinc, linseed oil and a 1 little turpentine dryer and practically . every manufacturer who makes such a product, prints this guarantee in a con- 1 spicuous place on the can and is proud . of it. Look for it and see if it is there. If not it is a loo to 1 shot you are not ? getting what is regarded as a pure paint. , The average painter is no chemist, f~ besides he may be influenced by offers r< ward or premiums for the use of a | II certain paint. The dealer does not know. He goes by the rt,nutation of the manufacturers, and may be influenced by extra profit. But if it is down in black and white, signed by a real manufacturer, you have your guarantee and it is good. However, paint may be adulterated to various extents and then be good paint, but the price to you should be adulterated in proportion. In Devoe Pure Lead and Zinc and Homestead Paint we have two Paints a S?m iiiui mi* >MM en -iiv iiiv/nvj. uv? ? pie to Clemson college foi analysis if you want further assurance. W. B. Ardrey. SPECIAL NOTICES. 2." Words?25c Kach Insertion. WANTED Bids on 200 loads of sand, suitable f<>r laying cement side! walks, a part of this to be delivered at : once, balance later in .July and August. IL. A. HARRIS, Mayor. TIMBER 1 have for sale liTo acres of choice Forest Oak and Pine Timber, ; estimated t<> saw 3.00O.000 feet of lum-1 ber, two miles from nearest railroad; station. Apply to Alexander Barber, | 1 Fort Mill. S. ('. 6-25-tf ! FOR SALE Two fresh Milch Cows ?l on easy terms, $30.00 and $35.(h). Also ? a nice Sh?>at. L. A. HARRIS Ar CO. FOR SALE?Seventy acres Land, lo- j. cateil in Belaireon Charlotte-Lancarter [road; 20 acres under cultivation, balance in timber, at $25 per acre. OS BARBER. NOTICE?Th-> best place to have your clothes cleaned t nd pressed is the Fort Mill Pressing Ciub, upstairs in Massey Building. Phone 146. HUR losed Out Every le of Low feast. All Summer ialf price, and some jet what you want th lasts. No worthless Fered at Close-out pri< 1-4 Off For n Men's Clothing, Odd Pants, Lo1 ig line new Shirts, best dollar shi ne lot of $1.00 Shirts, odds and e .11 new, first-class 50c Shirts, at. >ne lot of 50c Shirts, odds and end All Boys' Clothing, bought tl est styles at just half price: $6.00 Suits now $5.00 Suits now $4.00 Suits now it these prices it will pay you and carry it over for him un iave our prices beei for it; come and see JNGCC . - - s. c. MOI Is a necessity of life bu serious question how to needed. One way to be prepared to patronize THE FIRST N We are always ready to mands oi our customers. THE FIRST NATION T. S. KIRKPATRICK, President. Get my p LUM an Building Before you bui repair yoi J. J. B/ % SEND ORDERS FOR JOB I T & RY!! Day. Prices Goods going-- l "for a song"? , e aay you conic, : articles offered :es is seasonable ' Cash w-quarter Shoes, Hats, &c s rt made, at 89c nds, at 50c 39c Is, at 25c lis season and the very $3.00 I $2.50 $2.00 to buy your boy a suit til next season. i so low on all ; 1 for yourself. IMP'Y HHHHHHHHHHHMHHBHHMHI SfEY | it sometimes it is a most * get it when it is most ? for such emergencies is ? ATIONAI. RANK. I meet any legitimate deAL BANK, F0Rir T. B. SPRATT, ^ Cashier. rices on BER d Material Id, remodel or jr home. \ILES. I > PRINTING 0 THE TIMES MEACHA Great S All odds and small sizes o: cut Shoes go on sale at $2.41 a pair of good Shoes at a vei See our counter of 5c Law 40-inch Muslins, in che< going at 10c. Childrens' Muslin Drawer: Ladies' Gowns, low neck a going at 98c. Skirts worth $1.25 at 98c. Drawers worth 50c at 38c Ladies' Knit Union Suits, All Men's Straw Hats at 1 "Did it come from Epps'? MEACHA mm m mmm i BE Tl AND j Think of something ot | time"?make up your m: needed in your living ex you think you will ha savings account at the 1 We Pay ^ And would like on 01 I Tbe Pineville Loai PINEVILL] r@?????00?0( Savings Ban The 01 Been in busine years; was once b (passed through t every depositor hi without restrictior CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS - - LIABILITY OF STOCK! SECURITY TO DEPOSI1 ? We have ahvav X time deposits. Buist's New Si Mammoth Red Top Glob Yellow Aberdeen. Early White Flat Du Red or Purple Top Southern Seven Amber Globe. Large Whit< Improvec Plant good seed if you w. ! Parks Drv Agents Nyal's SCHOFIELD EN( 9?? "Have Stood 1 They have no superior in point of for Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Cott< r???n required. Write f< Mrnofac'ure BOILERS. We ^^sTwdpfp*^1' Constructed. Boilei Self Supportioj Write ten Steel Slack*, Plate end Skee. j. S. SCHOFIELD S SC Iroa Work. l___??J Branch Office, ' Call and'get a souvenir. Dixon-Wither 21 South Try on St. J. HARRY FOSTEI attorney-at-law. Yorkville - S. mcneill building. *wu?? - -* , ===5=========-= M & EPPS. hoe Sale I f Men's $3, $3.50 and $4 Low- H This is a great chance to get y low price. ns. Plenty of them worth 10c. ;ks and stripes, worth 15c, :, 3 to 13 years, at 7 l-2c pair, ind short sleeves, worth $1.60, knee length, 25c and 48c suit, lalf price. ' If so, don't worry." M & LhTS. mi m am ???t 1RIFTY ?AVE ??? her than having a "good ind to save every cent not :penscs. In lest time than ive a good nest egg for a sank. | * t Per Cent A * to have your name lr books. i and Savings Bank, E, - - - W. O. k of Fort Mill, ? d Reliable, a ss for over twenty x down up and robbed; 8 wo panics and paid g s cash as called for x - - - - $25,000.00 X - $11,000.00 g (0LDERS - $25,000.00 ? TORS . - $61,000.00 g s paid 4 per cent on g IEACIIAM, Cashier. g 9?000????????? T i ifniti VI Vp Ul imp eed. e. - \*m tch. Top. ; Globe. 1 Yellow Ruta Baga, purple tip. ant to get results. ig Company Family Remedies. SINES?BOILERS the Test of Time" ? DURABILITY and are Best Adapted >n Gins; in fact, where Heavy Duty is | )r prices on Saw Mills, Shingle Mills,etc. : i carry for immediate shipment the Best rs, ranging from 12 H. P. to 150 H. P. i lay for our illustrated catalog. INS CO., Works and Head Office, MACON, GA. 107 West Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. ThP Pitnhpr That Went t(l the I I IV I IIV1IVI MMI ?? - ? Well Once Too Often And was broken, may have come from our store, but we have more just like it, and when you buy a set of Dinner 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 China and Crockery department, and you need not go out of our store to get a complete outfit for your dining room and kitchen. spoon Company, Charlotte, N. C. Dr. King's New Discern? KILLS THE COUGH. CURES THE lUNGS. '"KING'S NEW LIFE PILLS i The Pills That Dji Cure. /