Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST I to TIMES READERS. J. H. Patterson is adding two rooms to his new home on East Booth street Mrs. Agnes Harris and children returned Sunday from a visit of several weeks to relatives in Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Kimbrell and Earle Kimbrell, of Columbia, were among the visitors to Fort Mill the past week. Messrs. Lad Massey and Kenneth Nims are spending a week Jen yesieruay mux mug i>n an ca- i cursion trip to Johnson City. Tenn. Mr. Arthur C. Lytle, the popular young "soda jerker" at "Haile 's on the Corner," is takL ing a week off. He is visiting friends in Charlotte. It takes time and money to send out statements to delinquent subscribers, and The Times asks, that those who owe money for the paper to bring or send in the amounts at once. Miss Martha Ann Whitesides, an aged maiden lady, died Monday afternoon at the home of her nephew, James Whitesides. after an illness of several weeks. The burial was made the following day in the town cemetery. Mrs. R. W. Hamilton and j daughter, Miss Nora Hamilton, who have been visiting Mrs. Osmond Barber, left yesterday morning for Richmond, Va., to visit the family of Mr. P. P. Hamilton. On account of the growth of business in its clothing and dry j goous department, the firm of U.lln P. Vnnnor Vioc fnrnif) if aililO U 1 UUUg I1IU *vuuv* .V necessary to enlarge quarters and it is now erecting a 20-foot addition to the rear of its building. The construction work is being done by Contractor Z. V. Bradford. Mrs. W. R. Howie, of Fort Mill, Monday afternoon received the sad intelligence of the death of her nephew, Mr. Ben Niven, \ near Waxhaw, N. C. Mr. Niven had suffered for several months from tuberculosis, and had returned a short time ago from a stay in the West. He was 22 years of age. President Taft will designate Thursday, November 30, as Thanksgiving Day this year. It always has been the custom to fix the last Thursday in the month. This year there has been some doubt because November happened to include five instead of four Thursdays. A '/vlUnriniT Mill mon iUC lUliUWIll? AVIV mill mvii were among the number of petit jurors drawn Tuesday to serve the first week of the term of common pleas court which convenes at Yorkville on the first Monday in September, with Judge Watts presiding: S. L. Garrison. J. M. Gamble, B. S. Giles, W. M. Epps, A. H. Merritt. A despatch to The State says that work on the Chester-Rock Hill highway is now under way and forces of hands are busy getting the road into shape. The Rock Hill force started at the York line Monday morning and will work back towards that city. A good crowd is pushing the work. A circular letter has been sent out by the South Carolina State Farmer's Union telling how prices for cotton fell down quickly from something over 15 cents to below 12. The reason given was that the cotton was marketed too quickly and the price refused to hold. Added to this were words of caution about selling the cotton so quickly as to jnah the price down. J with friends in Union. Mrs. James Miller returned Tuesday to Kissimee. Fla., after . a pleasant visit to the family of 10 Mr. B. F. Massey, in lower Fort Mill. Chief of Police Potts has been engaged for the past few days in listing the dogs of the town preparatory to collecting the annual tax. / Mr. J. D. Taylor, of Waxhaw, is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Harris, at the Palmetto hotel. Miss Mary Huey returned Monday to Rock Hill, after a pleasant visit to Miss Esther McMurray. Mrs. JT. H. Barber and Mrs. Syvilla Barber, of Rock Hill, are guests of Mrs. Alexander Barber. Mrs. J. C. Hunter, of Wood ruff, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Massey. Prof. W. F. Moore, the new superintendent of the Fort Mill graded schools, arrived from Pacolet, several days ago and, with his family, is occupying the new Barber residence on Booth street. The cotton crop in this immediate section is greatly in need of rain. Farmers from the different parts of the township say that the crop will be injured to a great extent unless showers fall within the next few days. E. R. Patterson, manager of the dry goods and clothing departments of the Mills & Young Co., left Monday evening for Baltimore and New York to buy fall and winter goods for his firm, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Meacham, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Meacham and J. B. Mills and two little sons 1 *?j : W?Off to Camp Perry. Corporal Geo. Potts left Fort Mill Saturday as a member of the State rifle team which is now in I Camp Perry, Ohio, for the national contest, beginning on the 23rd. The national team match affords two weeks' practice, which will be utilized by entering the men in the individual matches of the National Rifle association that precede the i national team match. Camp Perry is under supervision and control of the government. The site is within a few hundred yards of Lake Erie and is named after Commodore Perry, whose famous battle with the British was fought within sight i of the present rifle range. The men are not required to do I nnv milifsrv dntv. a reedment of the regular army being detailed I for that purpose. I They begin shooting at 8 a. m. | and are kept at it with regular I intervals until 5 in the afternoon. The Ohio State Rifle associa-, tion has a very fine club house ! on the shores of Lake Erie. The visiting teams are given the privileges of the club and are accorded every advantage to visit the nearby resorts of PutIn-Bay and Cedar Point. After the day's shooting most every one indulges in a dip in the lake, and at night band concerts are the rule. i Shot From the Roadside. Magistrate J. VV. McElhaney | was called upon Thursday to hold an inquest over.the body of Isom Faulkner, colored, who had been killed by gunshot Wednesday night on the McCoy farm, four miles north of Fort Mill. The jury found that Faulkner's death I was due to gunshot at the hands I of one Arthur Russell, also col- H ored. ? The evidence brought out at E the inquest was in substance that I Russell and Faulkner had quar- I oKnnf twn utppUs nyn at the E A V1V/U C* WV U W V ?? v T? VV..W v.n- ? _ home of a negro woman and that the latter shot Russell, wounding him slightly. Russell probably swore to have revenge for Wednesday njght when Faulkner left the horp6 of the negro woman to get a^ucket of wa:er at a near-1 by spring he was shot twice from the roadside, one shot entering the stomach and the other the side of the head. A short time after the shooting Russell went to the home of Mr. Walter: McKinney and with the latter returned to the scene of the killing aud explained to Mr. McKinney just how the shooting took place. Russell then disappeared and his whereabouts are still unknown. Sheriff Offer* Reward. Sheriff Brown came over from Yorkville Tuesday and after visiting the scene of the k lling of Faulkner offered a reward of $25 for the arrest of Russell. Prof. Potts Marries in Germany. 1 The Pleasant Valley corres- I pondent of the Lancaster News''! says: As your correspondent;! noted some time ago, Prof. F. G. I Potts of the University of S. C. B is spending two years in Europe ? in study and travel. His many ! friends will be interested to know that on July 25 he was married to Miss Anna Belle Jchnson of w this State. The marriage took Q place at Heidleberg, Germany, 0r in the English Episcopal church, T< and both the church and civil service were used. Prof. Potts became acquainted ft with Miss Johnson in Columbia, til where she has taught for several years in the graded schools of; th that city, and their marriage on c< the 25th ultimo was the culmina- cr tion of a happy romance of sev- e^ eral years' standing. They will Si remain in Europe until Mr. Potts m completes his study and travel, w after which they will be at home in Columbia. i Womans' Missionary Union. w Following is the program of ^ the Womans' Missionary Union ai of the York Baptist Association p< to be held Wednesday and Thurs- |.te day, August 23 and 24, with f -fj Flint Hill church I m Wednesday, 23d, 10:30 a. m.? pr Devotional, Miss Lula Smith; Greetings, Mrs. C. P. Blanken- y* ship: Enrollment: reading of the 50 constitution; reading of minutes; t'c reports from societies; report of superintendent: appointment of $ committees: election of nominating committee: Standard of excellence, Mrs. S. A. Epps. 12.30 p. m., adjourn for dinner; 1.30 ('t;j p. m., Devotional, Mrs. W. F. si Gryder; State mission hour, in Round table, Miss Emma Dowell; R Sunbeam work, Round table, ~ Mrs. W. J. Hatcher. vv Thursday, 24th, 10.30 a. m. ? m Devotional, Mrs. T. G. Matthews: bt Home missions, Mrs. S. P. Hair: J" Y. W. A. conference, Mission _ study, Mrs. B. A. Scruggs; Tithing, Mrs. W. J. Hatcher, 12.30 p. m., adjourn for dinner; 1.30 p. m. 5JJ Devotional. Mrs. Victoria Bailes; a[ State missions?(a) A Glance 1 r>?? c D u^. 11.) oacKwaru, x\c\. o. x. xx?m , w/ Present needs. Rev. VV. E. Lowe; ul (c)The Outlook. Rev. VV. T. Nelson; Foreign mission demonstra- of tion, Members of student volun- ? teer bimds; Royal ambassadors, bt Mrs. W. J. Hatcher; Reports of p, committees. Arrange for Red Shirt Reunion. J Editor Times: fn compliance 18 with a resolution passed at the Red Shirt meeting in Yorkville recently, I hereby appoint the ci following as a committee for M Fort Mill township to arrange _ for the reunions at Yorkville and Columbia: S. H. Epps, Sr., VV. H. Crook, J. R. Haile, VV. Mc. Culp, D. G. Kirabrell and J. D. . Withers. B. M. Faris. | ? Fort Mill, Aug. 14 {? T] f\vru\ VI liu 1 You F cu m ity se: an th< ab wi in air su ' ar< Wc MIL ? A Bad Time Behind. In 1845 the corn crop failure J as so complete in upper South |c arolina that farmers had to go l h send to North Carolina andi? snnessee for planting seed for ( m. |; There were no railroads above12 Dlumbia then. A merchant of j( lat city had a ship load brought " i water to Charleston and over le old South Carolina railroad to alumbia. He sold it out on edit and received full pay for, rery bushel. There were no ich things as crop liens and ortgages at that time. ?Barnell People. Ci'ls More Than Wild Beasts. The number of people killed yearly by : ild bests don't approach the vast num- i r killed by disease germs. No life is ' ife from their attacks. They're in ! r, water, dust, even foot!. But grand otection is afforded by Electric LJitrs, which destroy and expel the deaddisease germs from the system, lat's why chills, fever and ague, all alarial and many blood diseases yield omptlv to this wonderful blood puri r. Try them, and enjoy the glorious alth and new strength they'll give iu. Money back, if not satisfied. Only c at Ft. Mill Drug Co., Parks Drug )., and Ardrev's Drug store. >PECIAL NOTICES. 25 Words?25c Kach Insertion. i FOR SALE?05 acres of fine farm itid, in the Pleasant Valley settlement f Lancaster county, on Charlotte- . ivannah Auto highway. For further formation address P. 0. Box 30, . F. D. No. 3, Fort MiU, S. C. FOR SALE -Several pure-bred White yandotte Cockerels, about four onths old. These birds are bred for i auty, meat, and eggs. Price $1.00 ,ch. Elm wood Farm, S. E. BAILES, ( ?P- i FOR SALE?50,000 feet standing 1 ;:e Timber at 25c per hundred. Also ( i i j_ .i j? i i \'erat nuriureu turns i mv ?. umi c per cord. For further information i .ply to OSMOND BARBER. . FOR SALE Cheap, a good six-yeard mule. Apply to J. J. BAILES. TIMBER?I have for sale 270 acres : choice Forest Oak and Pine Timber, itimated to saw 3,000,000 feet of lum- 1 r, two miles from nearest railroad 1 ation. Apply to Alexander Barber, ' ort Mill, S. C. 6-2f>-tf I] WANTED ?To deliver in August and , L'ptember three to five cords of pine , ood to fifty different customers. Price : right, measure guaranteed. L. A. HARRIS & CO. NOTICE- The best place to have Your < othes cleaned and pressed is the Fort [ill Pressing Club, upstairs in Massfy uilding. Phone 146. No Trespassing. All parties are hereby warned against 1 unting, fishing or trespassing in any tanner upon tne lands of the undergned. S. S. McNINCH. EiE V ings You Buy 'ay But in th Te realize that y( stomer, must be ust be supplied v ' at reasonable pr; rvice to you mi id attentive. R at our growth d iinf-v fn merit vo j 11 supply your *\ every particular "eady one of our : ppose you come 5 sure you will b< ry of doing busin LS&Y A Peek Into His Pocket. vould show the box of Bucklen's Arni- < a Salve that E. S. Loper, a carsenter, >f Manila. N. Y. always carries. "I , iave never had a cut, wound, bruise or < lore that it would not heal," he writes, ireatest healer of bnrns, boils, scalds, , kunrlo onrl lino QnroQ <1 lioppcu iianvjo oiivi upo, iv ?? ? uv.' kin eruptions, eczema, curns and pile^. !5c at Ardrey's Drug store, Parks Drug 'o. and Fort Mill Drug Co. FORDRUGS, I MEDICINES, DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, j STATIONERY, TURNIP SEEDS. CIGARS, CIGARETTES, SMOKING TOBACCO. CHEWING TOBACCO, CHEWING GUM, PIPES, DELICIOUS ICED DRINKS and PURE JERSEY CREAM, Follow the crowd We'll do the rest. "Haile's on the Corner" Phone 43. The jIsHCaM) Store The above sign is familiar to people in every < ity and large town in the United States and at the expense of considerable outlay we have obtained the agency for Fort Mi l. The preparations are absolutely the hest pharmaceutical science has dpvised and are j manufactured with the expectation that their honest value will create the iemand for them. j trr ii 11 ii i (/vjaxjoBMa , Are guaranteed and th guarantee is ? printed in large typ< o every package, < and in every case of dissatisfaction we iviU gladly refund the cash purchase price without a question, ror jiais ?c have had a constant demand lor these preparations and nothing so estabiisht1 the integrity of a drug store in the j mind of a stranger as the Rexall agency, for the applicant has to withstand a thorough examination of the character , of his business before he obtains the agency from the association that manufactures the line. t Ardrey's Drug Store' i 3r. King's New Discovery KIUS THE COUGH. CURES THE LUNGS. ALl is Not in the e Quality Yc du, to remain o a satisfied onefith goods of qu< ices, and that o ist be painstakii ealizing this, ai epends upon o ur patronage, \ /vants satisfactory If you are n satished custome with us and \ 2 pleased with o ess. OUNG1 * MO Is a necessity of life fc serious question how to needed. One way to be prepare* to patronize THE FIRST 1 We are always ready t< mands of our customers. | THE FIRST NATI01 ; T. S. KIRKPATRICK, * President. Painting, T I am doing a lot of first-class pair munity, but I am always ready and Besides painting your house inside ing, staining, glazing, etc., in a ma ? T tako esnecial care of carpets, m ^ painting inside. Let me figure wit work is sure to please you. Reasor I FRANK WHITE, The Card of Thanks. We take this method of expressing >ur heartfelt thanks to all our friends, vho so kindly assisted us during the lickness and death of our father, A. P. iloore. .1. W. Webb and Wife. Dog Tax Due. Notice is hereby given that the umual dog tax, $1 per head on males ind $2 per head on females, is now due ind payable to the oitv treasurer. V. D. POTTS, Chief of Police. Attention, Land Owners. Notice is hereby given that all land iwners in Fort Mill township are, in accordance with law, rt quired to clean iut the streams on their places during the month of August Parties failing to comply with the law may expect to pay the cost of cleaning all streams neglected. C. P. BLANKENSHIP, Township Supervisor. JE i Price in Get ur llur \ ng id ur ve ily lot >rs ve \ ur I CO. NEY I tut sometimes it is a most get it when it is most f, d for such emergencies is f NATIONAL BANK. ; ) meet any legitimate de- * HAL BANK, ml ?1Ll' \ T. B SPRATT, 4 Cashier. inting, Etc. ; iting for the good people of this com- 1 eager for more work. ^ ? and out, I can do the tinting, grain- ; nner unsurpassed in taste and quality. ? atting, floors and woodwork when ; h you mi painting your home. My ; lahle prices. Satisfactory work. Painter, Fort Mill, S. C. ? ? We Are Headquarters For the Following: Hardware, Crockery and Stoves, Buck's Steel Ranges, Lime, Cement and Plaster, Elwood Field and H< g Fence, McCormick Mowers and Rakes, International Gasoline Engines, Shredders, Corn Harvesters and Disc Harrows, Sewer Pipe and Farm Drain Tile, Grates and Tile, Chattanooga Turn and Disc Plows, Cole's Hot Blast Heaters, Wilson Heaters, Machinery, Fittings and Supplies, Window Glass and Putty, Roofing of all kinds, Farmers' Favorite Grain Drills, Stalk Cutters, Spokes and Rims, Guns aijd Ammunition. Rock Hill Hardware Company Rock Hill. - S. C. MEACHJ Lion Bi One of the best dollar bra and figures, also plain wh cuffs, $1.00 and $1.50. Poi tached collars, $1. This is G Lion Brand Collars, all st 12 l-2c and 25c. Four-in-hand Wash Ties, Big line Silk Ties, all col Colored Wa So much used, 3 yards in Low ( For Men and Women at a "Did it come from Epps MEACHA || CURE TH< Quinine, hot-water t constitute the treatment Such treatment will und the benefit received is i should be kept open, p< removed and the system Nyal's C Was devised for that1 It is pleasant and eas quinine?is much more e pleasant after effects. 1 the malarial poisons?it ens it and builds up the Fifty Cen Parks Dr r.v/?liiqiTO Affont AJikVtUOiT V g ! BE Tl AND i I Think of something o time"?make up your n needed in your living e you think you will h savings account at the We Pay And would like on o The Pineville Loa | PINE VILE r500?????@? Savings Bar The 0 fHeen in husiiu years; was once I I passed through i every depositor ii without restrictio CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS - - LIABILITY OF STOCK ? SECURITY TO DEPOS 0 We have alwa\ X time deposits, g W. B. I ??0?@@@?@?@? SCHOFIELD1 ?? "Have Stood They have no superior in point 01 fur Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Cott . I rMinired. Write f J HiBuiic'are BOILERS. W. Towers, Tanks, Coiuttructed Boile Standpipes. , Seli Supporting Y\ rite to P'jte and Sheet j $ SCHOFIEID'S SI ; IroD Work. J J Cranch Office, 0 Call and gret a souvenir. , Dixon-Withei .21 South Try on St. UV1 & EPPS. and Shirts ind shirts made, in neat stripeB ite with attached or detached lgee Shirts with attached or dethe shirt for hot weather. jllars yles, two for 25c. Soft Collars, White and colored patterns, 25c ors, 25c. ish Embroidery piece, all colors and fast, 10c. !!ut Shoes l big reduction. 7 If so, don't worry." lM & EPPS.X 38E CHILLS >ottles and blankets usually when suffering from chills, oubtedly do some good, but only temporary. The pores aspiration induced, all pains rid of malarial poisons. hill Tonic rery purpose?it does it, too. ily taken?does not contain iffective and there are no unit not only rids the system of purifies the blood, strength broken down tissues, its the Bottle. ug Comp'y, s for Nyal's Remedies. i HRIFTY SAVE ther than having a "good lind to save every cent not xpenses. In less time than ave a good nest egg for a * i m oanjL 4 Per Cent to have your name ur books. d and Sayings Bank, E, Ni C. ? ?m?mam m mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 00000000000000 ik of Fort Mill, 1 Id Reliable, X ;ss for over twenty.* blown up and robbed; @ two panics and paid g is cash as called for x . - $25,000.00 X - - - $11,000.00 g HOLDERS $25,000.00 g IT0RS - - $61,000.00 g s naid % ner cent on S BINES m BOILERS the Test of Time" ?? : DURABILITY and are Beat Adapted on Gins; in fact, where Heavy Duty is or prices on Saw Mills, Shingle Mills,etc. i carry for immediate shipment the Beat rs. ranging from 12 H. P. to 150 H. P. 3 day for our illustrated catalog. INS CO., Works and Head Office, MACON, fiA. 307 West Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. The Pitcher That Went to the - 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.