Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Miss Lucy Merritt spent last week in Charlotte, visiting Miss Louise Young. Miss Carrie Black, of Salisbury, N. C., is the guest of Miss Nannie McElhaney. Miss Marv Sledge, of Chester, visited relatives and friends in Fort Mill the past week. * Miss Pearl Hunter, of Lancas- \ ter, is visiting Miss Leila Belk near Fort Mill. Miss Florence Bennett is visiting relatives and friends in Mecklenburg county. The Fort Mill graded school will open for the 1911-12 session ? 1 C?A Oil iVlUUUii V , OC^LClULfC! *. Messrs. Z. T. Bailes and Robert Mellon were among fhe Fort Mill veterans who attended the reunion in Columbia this week. Miss Effie Fatterson, an attractive young lady of Pleasant Vallev, is visiting her co isin, Miss Carrie Merritt, west of Fort Mill. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Merritt arrived Monday evening from wHuntersville, N. C., and are visiting relatives in Fort Mill. Miss Clara Smythe, for several years a popular salesladv for L. J. M i3sey, is now wi h E. W. Kimbrell company. Mis?es Mary Lewis, of Gastonia, and Mary Choate, of Steel Creek, were the guests Tuesday of the Misses Ardrey, on East Booth street. The extraordinary sessk^i of Congress, which stretched over 121 days and set the liveliest pace of any session in years, adjourned Tuesday night. It will be only a few days now until the cotton season will open j in Fort Mill, for cotton is opening rapidly and farmers believe that the next two weeks will see the gins running in full blast. The weather in this section, continues dry. During the past * * 1 ten days nearDy sections nave been visited by showers, but in Fort Mill township no rain has fallen since August 3. The Southern Railway announces thi last excursion of the season to Richmond, Va., to be run on Tuesday, September 12. The round trip rate from Fort Mill is $5. Second week jurors from Fort Mill to serve at the September term of York court are: C. W. | Eason, M. J. Adcock, S. E. White, W. M. White, H. W. Blackwelder, B. M. Faris, A. A. Young. During the past week a number of laborers have been engaged in cleaning Main street, which now presents a more tidy appearance. The rock crossings, fiiof werp a crront hindrance to tatuw tt v* v - autos, have been removed, and this, too, helps some. Mr. Jim Sledge, from near Charlotte, was married in Atlanta, Ga., 011 the 10th instant, to Miss Milliner. Mr. Sledge is a brother of Mr. W. E. Sledge, of this city, and a prominent citizen of Mecklenburg county.?Chester Lantern. On account of poor health, Mayor W. T. Gregory, of Lancaster, a few days ago offered his resignation to council of that city. Mayor Gregory has made a progressive official and his resignation was the cause of regret by the people of Lancaster. Miss Beulah Younts, of Pineville, gave a porch party at her home on Main street Thursday morning in honor of her attractive guests. Misses Annie Russell, of Fort Mill, and Lucile Devlin, of Greensboro, says a correspondent of the Charlotte News. The Pineville cotton mill has shut down, it is rumored, for an indefinite time, and while many of the operatives have gone to 1 ? l L other parts, wnere tney nave ootained employment, there are quite a number, principally of the village, who are thrown out of work. The health of Fort Mill this season has been such as to cause our people to feel proud. I'p to this time only one case of typhoid has been reported, and with this case, the party afflicted is believed to have contracted the disease before moving to Fort Mill. The Fort Mill friends of Miss Johnsie Kell, the well known nurse, will be interested to know 1 A * ~ ot Rlltfo snt? ii> nuu iULuicu civ vubw, Montana. A short time ago Miss Kell purchased a ranch near Butte and next spring will take up ranch life in earnest 011 her newly acquired property. The people of the Pineville neighborhood have made extensive preparations for their annual picnic which occurs today, the 24th of August. The picnic this year will be in charge of the Woodmen of the World. Mr. E. B. Lewis. State manager ol the W. 0. W. organization will be the principal speaker. Mr. T. H. Merritt and Mr. S. L. Coltharp. of this township and Mr. J. A. Black, of Rod Hill, returned to their respectiv< homes Saturday night fron Americus, Ga., where they hav< been spending the past week They were very much please< with their visit. Mr. Edga Jones, one of the party, was s< wall pleased with the place tha be decided to stay a week longer . { Seven Years for Barn Burning, f Arthur Ruddick, colored, was I tried and convicted in Mecklen- I burg superior court at Charlotte the past week of setting fire to the barn of Mr. John Davis, of Steele Creek, which was burned on the 10th of July. On Friday Ruddick was sentenced to seven years in jail, to be hired out by the county commissioners, and the negro's sentence will commence at once. The crime fpr which Ruddick I must spend seven years impris- I onment cost Mr. Davis something I like $2,000 in the loss of barn, stock, etc. The negro was arrested by Sheriff Wallace and Constable T. R. Garrison shortly after the barn was burned and was held under a $1,000 bond for his trial last week. Death of an Aged Lady. Mrs. Margaret Gordon, relict of John Gordon, died Saturday evening at her home on Wnite street, after an illness of several months duration. The funeral service was conducted from the home Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock by'the Rev. T. J. White, pastor of the Fort Mill Methoojo* .It.hi.aK Thp burial was UlOt VI1U1 VII* A made in the town cemetery. 3 Mrs. Gordon was one of Fort|| Mill's oldest ladies, being a iout I 65 years of age. She had been in poor health for several months ' and for several days preeeing her death was extremely ill. She is survived by several sons and daughter's. Was Heroine of Ku Klux Days. A Rock Hill despatch of Monday to The State says that Mrs. M. A. Avery, who died Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. C. Laughlin, in Anderson, was buried in Rock Hill Monday morning, the funeral services' being held at Ebenezer church, the Rev. Alex Martin conducting the services. Mrs. Avery was the widow of Dr. E. T. Avery of York county, who was a sufferer among those who were persecuted for alleged connection with the Ku-KluxKlan, in consequence of which he was for years forced to live away from his home and his family. During all those troublous times his wife supported, reared and educated their family, and few women in the Southland suffered as she did for the cause of truth. As a young wife she buckled the sword on her young husband and sent him to the i front. What property they accumulated was expended in defense of her husband on a false j charge as a Ku-Klux. For days and weeks she kept him in hiding in her own home, and, with his iife and hers at stake, by her calm demeanor, thwarted the efforts of those who would destroy her home for the sake of gold. Material for "Roddey's Bridge." Material for the new iron bridge over the Catawba river, locally known as "Roddey's bridge," at Ivey's mill, in the - River Bend section of this county, is being placed on the grounds; i in fact, one car of the iron for the bridge was unloaded last week, says a Rock Hill special to , | The State. The Roanoke Bridge i company of Roanoke, Va., hasj j the contract for this bridge, and ! it is expected it will be ready for i J traffic by October 1. A splendid 11 road is being opened upon this!' side of the river approaching the 1 bridge, and it is said one will be | opened on the Lancaster side. J I Cherokee Editor Lands Good Job. ( I James B. Bell of Gaffney, edi- * tor of The Cherokee News, was on Monday selected by the joint committee on printing to become the editor of lhe Congressional , Directory at a handsome salary, lie succeeds James S. Henry. This position is one of the best to be had at the capital and requires a large decree of executive ability. Capt. Beli will take charge of fhe work about October 1, at which time he will go to Washington and -begin the preparation of the directory, which must be out by December 1. News of Pleasant Valley. Correspondence Fort Mill Times. Pleasant Valley, Aug. 21. Miss Bessie Withers, of Fort Mill, has been spending the week with the Misses Elm&. Miss Annie Paris, of Gold Hill, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. Z. Bailes. Mrs. S. E. Bailes and little daughter, Virginia Dare, and Miss Lizzie Harris will visit Miss * -* r* i u:.. Louise Wharton, 01 toiumuu?, this week. Quite a number of Pleasant Vallevans visited Great Falls last Friday and reported having had a fine time. Mrs. 0. P. Heath, of Charlotte; Mrs. Lavinia Rone, of Pineville, and Mrs. VV. F. Harris, of Fort 1 Mill, were visitors here the past week. The Methodists of this com' m unity are busy re-covering ? Pleasant Hill ciiurch. Tiie Ladies' Missionary society met with Mrs. S. E. Bailes last Wednesday afternoon. Delight1 ful refreshments were served in the parlor. After the meeting adjourned we had a view of Mr. Bailes' flock of fine white Wyan; dotte chickens on the back lawn. ^ Miss Ella Bickett. of Charlotte, ' is visiting Mr. Lee Bickett. Mrs. J. W. Davidson and Miss Myrtis Bickett have been in j Charlotte a few days. II. r o C. M. File and family, who t have resided in Fort Mill for a . j year, have removed to Charlotte. / . Fall Co Ladies ai We are showing Misses' Coat Suits are strictly 1911models. In these; newest fabrics, g navys, Copenhagen tailor-made after tl Make your selecti : % and choice. Our stock of 0?d( already large stock pair to make your They are going liki have all sizes. * rij 1 31 r. fctromoerg, ( ust 28 and 29 with Company, high cla passed anywhere. Don't forge MILi Dry* Goods, Clot! Ki Is More Than Wild Beasts. The number of people killed yearly by 1 ivild bests don't approach the vast number killed by disease germs. No life is safe from their attacks. They're in lir, water, dust, even food. But grand protection is afforded by Electric Bitters, which destroy and expel the deady disease germs from the 'system, fhat's why chills, fever and ague, all nalaria) and many blood diseases yield r.w-nr.Hxr tn this wonderful blood piiri-) Ji vy.n^v.j vx, ? ... ier. Try them, and enjoy the glorious lealth and new strength they'll give . ou. Mouey back, if notsatisfied. Only 50c at Ft. Mill Drug Co., Parks Drug Do., and Ardrey's Drug store. SPECIAL NOTICES. 25 Words? 25c Each Insertion. FOR SALE <>n?' hundredandthirt^ fiv? acr. s of land near (.old Hill, S. C. S'venty acres in cultivation; forty acres in timber; fifteen acres good bottoms; balance in pasture. One dwelling, two tenant houses, stream, and two wells on the place. Per acre$30.00. Known as C. T. Crook farm. Apply to W. L. Plexico. broker. Ro^k Hill. S. C. j WANTED?You to meet me at the Beautiful Isle of Palms on W. 0. W. Excursion August 31. Round trip fare , from Fort Mill, $3.00. Write for tick- J ets to W. H. Hearn, North Charlotte, N. C. EXCURSION ? For colored people. September 11, from Charlotte to Savannah, Ga.. with special coaches for white people. Round trip rate from Fort Mill. S3.IX). Spec al tickets 25c extra. For further information see L. F. Jam s. Fort Mill. S. C. FOR SALE ?95 acres of fine farm land, in the Pleasant Valley settlement of Lancaster county, on CharlotteSavannah Auto highwav. For further ^ f?on information address r. u. uo* ov, K. F. D. No. 3. Fort Mill, S. Cf. FOR SALE Several pure-bred White Wyandotte Cockerels, about four months old. These birds are bred for beauty, meat, and egg's. Price SI.00 each. Elmwood Farm, S. E. BA1LES, Prop. FOR SALE 50,000 feet standing Pine Timber at 25c per hun-.red. Also several hundred cords Pine Wood at 50c per cord. For further information ap -ly to OSMOND BARBER. WANTED?To deliver in August and September three to five cords of pine wood to fifty different customers. Price is right, measure guarantee d. L. A. 11A KRIS & CO. NOTICE The best place to have vour clothes cleaned and pressed is the Vort Mill Pressing Club, upstairs in Massey Rti'ldint?. Phone 14*1. Attention, Red Shirts The Red Shirt Democrats of 1876-78 are urgently r< ques eu to assemble at the town h ill. Fort Mill, next Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock sharp, for the purpose of organizing and ar anging for the reunions at Yorkvil.e and Columbia. S. H. EPPS, Sit.. W. H. CROOK, J. R. HA1LE, W. Mc. CULP, D. G. KIMBRELL, J. D. WITHERS, . Committee on organization for Fort i MiU townEh'p Advance SI at Suits Odd F id Misses. about 50 Ladies' and and Long Coats that i 12 fall and winter rou will find all the 1 rays, browns, tans i, greens and blacks, le very latest models, on early. Get pick 1 OddP 1 Pants is complete. 1 . They come in just i old suit put you throu (3 hot cakes. Join the ANNOUN< >f Baltomore, will be v i a full line of samples ss tailors of Baltimon Fit and quality guara :t the dates, Monday LS & Y ling and Shoe Store A Peek Into His Pocket. would show the box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve that E. S. Loper, a carsenter, of Marilla, N. Y. 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. 25c at Anlrey's Drug store, Parks Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. "Haile's on the Corner". Quick Work Metal Polish, (Made in Texas) Best of the kind Extant, Has no equal for polishing* brass signs, railings, copper, zinc, harness trimmings, door brasses, househould articles, bicycles, enamel, silver and nickel plate, automobiles, etc. As an example as to what it will do, drop in and take a peep at our Soda Fountain. Don't fail to try A "Porque No" Cigar (Made in Porto Rico) Delicious, Havana Havor, 5c. *- - n'ii n n_ i-on Mill urug to. J. R. HAILE, Prop. The QoxadUL Store X? J "ifiw The above sign is familiar to people ; in every city and large town in the United States and at the expense of considerable outlay we have obtained j the agency for Fort Mill. The preparations are absolutely the hest pharma1 ceutical science has devised and are manufactured with the expectation that their honest value will create the demand for them. Are guaranteed and the guarantee is printed in large type on every package, and in every case of dissatisfaction we will gladly refund the ca^h purchase price without a question. For years we have had a constant demand for tlx se preparations and nothing so establishes the integrity of a drug store in the mind of a stranger as the Kexall 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. , Ardrey's Drug Store j Dr. Kile's New Discovery j KILLS THE COUGH. CURES THE LUNGS. Iiowing of , Clothin >ants. Men and I We have already ch shinmonts of "America 1 " men and "Progress" Clothes for young men * whether you want to bu not, we will be pleased ' in and look oyer the nei Men's Suits 822.50 d( Boys' Suits 87.0(1 dow ants. We have just added 2( right?at the time you ltIi till you are ready for O" - 4 ? crowds. Make your sel DEMENT. yith us on Monday and from the Stromberg & f e. Don't fail to see tl nteed. and Tuesday, 28th a OUNG ' MOP 4 ^ Is a necessity of life but ? serious question how to g 4 ^ needed. * One way to be prepared i ;y to patronize THE FIRST NA * We are always ready to r A + inands of our customers. 4 | THE FIRST NATIONS ; T. S. KIRKPATRICK, * President. 4 ? m# Painting, tin I am doing a lot of first-class paintinj munity, but I am always ready and eag Besides painting your house inside an ing, staining, glazing, etc., in a mannei I take especial care of carpets, matti painting inside. Let me figure with y work is sure to please you. Reasonabl ; FRANK WHITE, The Pa Card of Thanks. y We take this method of expressing | our heartfelt thanks to all our friends, | who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of our father, A. P. Moore. J. W. Webb and Wife. Doff Tax Due. "O Notice is hereby given that, the annual dog tax, $1 per head on males and $2 per head on females, is now due and payable to the city treasurer. V. D. POTTS, <? Chief of Police. I rc Attention, Land Owners. \v Notice is hereby given that all land owners in Fort Mill township are, in ** accordance with law, required to clean ^ out the streams on their places during K the month of August. Parties failing to comply with the j law may expect to pay the cost of n cleaning all streams neglected. 1 C. P. BLANKENSHIP, Township Supervisor. tl tl g and i P T Soys ecked in three :j n" Clothes for and "Success" uid boys. And < y this early or . ? to have you call c \ styles. ? )wn to 85.00. Jj n to 82.00. | )0 pairs to our need an extra I ' your fall suit. ||^ ection while we ? S 1 Tuesday, Aug5amet Tailoring his line, unsurnd 29th. CO. ? ? ? ~mw ^ rort Mill, S. C. j I JEY I sometimes it is a most ? et it when it is most ? :or such emergencies is ? TIONAL BANK. I neet any legitimate de- ? I I BANK, F0RsT.ri T. B SPRATT, ; Cashier. 4 ting, Etc. ; g for the good people of this com- ^ ;er for more work. ^ d out, I can do the tinting, grain- ; r unsurpassed in taste and quality. 7 ing, floors and woodwork when ; ou on painting your home. My ; e prices. Satisfactory work. inter, Fort Mill, S. C. Ve Are Headquarters For the Following: Hardware, Crockery and Stoves, Lick's Steel Ranges, Lime, Cement id Plaster, Elwood Field and H< g E.*nce, McCormick Mowers and Rakes, iternational Gasoline Engines, Shred rs, Corn Harvesters and Disc Har(ws. Sewer Pipe and Farm Drain Tile, rates and Tile, Chattanooga Turn and isc Plows, Cole's Hot Hlast Heaters, 'ilson Heaters, Machinery, Fittings id Supplies, Window Glass and Putty, oofing of all kinds, Farmers' Favorite rain Drills, Stalk Cutters, Spokes and ims, Guns and Ammunition. lock Hill Hardware Company, Rock Hill. S. C. MEACHAM <5 All Waists and Middy Blouse m ike all our $1.00 and $1.25 Waist hem 09 a counter and make them R. & G. Cc Another big shipment of this fai his shipment are several new nun pocial at $1.00. Others at $1.50. Also big line in long and mediur "Colgate1 Whenever you see this name it rice. We handle his Perfumes, S 'ooth paste, Toilet Water and Flo Talcum Powder all flavors, 15c. "Did it come from Epps? If to, MLACHAM i 19?? 3??? 0? ?? ??S GET THE For 26 years we have sold New There is no other like it, no other machine that we could afford to si > For 17 years we have sold Harri ^ lots of others in the meantime, bu 5 or fit as well as Harrisburgs. ? For 22 years we have sold Den 5 the simplest and strongest on the < For 21 years we have sold Need y failed to find any better piano tha J For 27 years we have sold Walt v Watches, and Seth Thomas, Gilbe J We know by actual experience thj 3 When you bny from us you get ? experience absolutely free, and a 6 it is worth all it calls for. L. J. MAI 5?00?000000? 00 6 CURETHOS Quinine, hot-water bottles constitute the treatment when Such treatment will undoubted the benefit received is only t should be kept open, perspira removed and the system rid of Nyal's Chill Was devised for that very pi It is pleasant and easily ta.1 quinine?is much more effectiv pleasant after effects. It not < the malarial poisons?it purifie ens it and builds up the broker Fifty Cents tlx Parks Drug Exclusive Agents for K BE THI AND SA ?? Think of something other 1 time"?make up your mind tc needed in your living expens< you think you will have a savings account at the bank. We Pay 4 I And would like to ha nn niir ho* I! II The Pineville Loan ar I PINEVILLE, II SCHOFIELD H ? "Have Stood the 1 They have no superior in point of DURA I for Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Cotton Glm r???? required. Write for prices BOILERS. We carry I tSS5S^ Constructed Boilers, rang ss^s.pp?r Write today for 1 J-s- SCHOFIELO'S SONS CO., Branch Office, 307 West Call and get a souvenir. Dixon-Witherspo 21 South Try on St. . >Z EPPS. list be closed out, so we ;s and Blouse and place 75c. Take choice. >rsets / nous Corset received. Ia iDers for Fall. See our n at 50c. S." means the best at the ioaps, Extracts, Powders, rida Water. don't worry." i EPPS. ~ : best1 Home Sewing Machines. as good. It is the only X Fi^lr tn lnno" :Pf sburg Shoes. Have tried Ic it found none that wear ling Pumps. They are gj market today. @ iham Pianos. We have 3? n the Needham. ? ham, Elgin and Howard x rt and ^nsonia Clocks. 0? it they are the best. 0 the benefit of our long ? positive guarantee that 0 SSEY.f E CHILLS and blankets usually suffering from chills, [ly do some good, but emporary. The pores tion induced, all pains malarial poisons. Tonic . urpose?it does it, too. ken?does not contain e and there are no unonly rids the system of s the blood, strength1 down tissues. e Bottle. Comp'y, ryal's Remedies. "I 5IFTY VE than having a "good ) save every cent not 38. In less time than good nest egg for a Per Cent ve your name )ks. id Savings Bank, - nr. c. ES?BOILERS est of Time" ?? BILITY and are Best Adapted i; in fact, where Heavy Duty ia i on Saw Mills, Shingle Mills,etc. ] for immediate shipment the Best 1 ,ring from 12 H. P. to 150 H. P. our illustrated catalog. Works and Head Office, MACON, GJL | Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. Pitcher That Went to the 'ell Once Too Often id was broken, may have come from >re, but we have more just like it, len you buy a set of Dinner Ware is, you can always duplicate any i pieces. are building up a reputation for the best and most complete assort: if Cooking Utensils in the city in tion with our China and Crockery ment, and you need not go out of >re to get a complete outfit for your room and kitchen. on Company, Charlotte, N. G.