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SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Born Monday to Mr. and Mr?. L. S. Patterson, a daughter. Mr. J. E. Barber, who has been spending the summer in the West, will return in a few days to thia State to take charge of the Ware Shoals public school. After a visit to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Russell on Forest street, Mrs. Elizabeth Neil left Tuesday morning for Pineville, where she will spend sereral days before returning to her home in Central Texas. Mr. J. W. Barber left yesterday for a few days' visit to frieikls and schoolmates at Furman, from where he will go to Antreville to take charge of the Antreville high school. Miss Kate Ardrey left Monday for * Leesville, in Lexington county, where she is to teach the present session. Prof. L. M. Bauknight, formerly principal of the Fort Mill school, is principal of the school at Leesville. The many Fort Mill friends of Miss Annie Hamilton will regret to learn that she has been very ill for some time of typhoid fever at her home in Union. Late reports, however, state^ that Miss Hamilton was improving. Mr. D. F. Lee, who for several years has been the telegraph operator for the Southern Railway in Fort Mill, has been transferred to the Chester office. A more congenial and efficient operator than Mr. Lee would be hard to find and his friends here regret his removal to Chester. Mr. W. L. Hall Saturday sent to The Times office a note in which it was stated that Lonnie Jennings, a young farmer of Lower Fort Mill, had one day during the last week picked 424 pounds of cotton. The cotton was picked on the plantation of J. P. Crowder and was weighed by Mr. Crowder's son, Claude Crowder. In the court of common pleas at Yorkville the past week A F. Permenter, a resident of Fort Mil!, was awarded damages against the Fort Mill Manufacturing company in the sum of $426. This was a suit brought by Permenter for damages for having his hand mashed in the machinery of the defendant company some months ago. The regular fall teachers' examination for certificates to teach in the schools of the State will be held in the various counties of the State on October 6, according to a letter addressed a few days ago to the county superintendents of education of the State by the State superintendent of education. Horace Kimbrell, a young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kimbrell, suffered a fracture of his left arm in an accidental fall near his home one mile south of town a few clays ago. The young fellow had gone to a spring and after taking a bucket of water therefrom turned to retrace his steps over a footlog when he lost his footing and fell across the log with the above result. During the last few days Congressman D. E. Finley has shown substantial interest in the welfare of the Fort Mill graded school by presenting it with a number of valuable government; -?? publications. The books cover a wide ' range of subjects and are sure to prove of help to both teachers and pupils. A number of the books are handsomely bound and add much to the appearance of the school's library. Fort Mill negroes returning Sunday evening from Steel Hill camp ground. 14 miles east of Fort Mill, told of a shooting scrape that took place there Sunday in which a negro, Rob Porter, whose home is in the Providence neighborhood, was shot three times by Manuel Wilson, another negro. Porter was struck by three balls from a magazine pistol, two of the shots taking effect in the right thigh and another in the abdomen, and it was thought that he could not possibly recover. Wilson made his escape. Despite the fact that an abundance of rain has fallen throughout this section during the past three weeks, Catawba river is little if any higher at present than it was several weeks ago. At the Southern railway bridge, three miles south of Fort Mill, the bed of the stream can be seen many places. The Southern Power company is again experiencing tronble in furnishing electric power to its patrons on account of the low water, and is running its steam plants at Greenville and Greensboro regularly to augment the current from the plants on Catawba and broad rivers. For the second time during the summer a negro excursion was Thursday night the scene of a shooting affray between Fort Mill and Catawba river. Some time ago, it will be recalled, that a Rock Hill negro was shot and killed on a train near Grattan by Officers Wilson and Eskrige of Charlotte, the latter himself receiving a dangerous wound at the hands of the dead negro. In the affray of Thursday night the principals were both Charlotte negroes and one received a pistol shot in the leg. The negro who was said to have fired the shot was arrested by Officer Potts and heid until Saturday, when upon the failure of the prosecuting witness to put in appearance, he wareleased. Bond Election in October. That the agitation started by The Times some weeKS ago ior me paving of Fort Mill's main street will prove fruitful within the next few months now appears almost a certainty at least the voters will in the near future be called upon to decide whether they desire Main street paved or whether the street be allowed to remain as at present. During the past week a petition was circulated among the freeholders of the town to obtain the required number of signatures for council to call the election uj>on a bond issue, and we are told that those who carried the petition among the people found little difficulty in getting the required number and met with very little opposition to the proposed issue. In fact, a large majority of the voters expressed themselves as anxious to get an opportunity to vote lor this much needed improvement and without hesitation affixed their nanus to the petition. This petition is now in the hands of the town clerk and at the next regular meeting of council, the first Tuesday evening in October, it will be acted upon. The election upon the issuance of bonds cannot take piace until 10 days after council has so ordered and it will therefore be not sooner than October 14 when the voters will have an opportunity to pass upon the matter. The issue will be for $4,000, it having been ascertained that the proposed paving can be done for this amount. # Mr. R. G. Pearson Dead. I Mr. Robt. G. Pearson, one of Fort ! Mill's oldest and best known citizens, died at his home in Sprattville Saturday at noon, after a serious illness of a month's duration. Mr. Pearson was 86 years of age and had been in poor health for several years, but had been able to go about until a few weeks ago. The funeral service was conducted from the home Sunday morning at 10 o'clock by the Rev. W. A. Hafner, after which the remains were interred in the town cemetery. Robt. G. Pearson was a native of North Carolina, having been bom in | Morganton in 1825. He moved to Fort Mill 35 years ago and was widely known as an expert brick and stone mason. At the outbreak of the Civil war, when a company was organized at Morganton, Mr. Pearson was one of the first to volunteer his services, and afterward | proved himself to be one of the bravest soldiers that wore the Confederate gray. He was in the first battle of the war and latter took part in several skirmishes and battles, one of the latter being the Battle of the Wilderness, in which he was seriously wounded. Mr. Pearson is survived by a stepdaughter, Mrs. C. F. Rodgers, and a I number of other relatives in this com; munity. Cheaper Rate to Reunion. It will be pleasing news to the mem! bers of the local Red Shirt organization as well as to others to know that there is a strong probability of a cheaper rate to the reunion in Columbia next week than that published recently. Col. | John G. Mobley, ccommander-in-chief of the Red Shirts of South Carolina, i visited Columbia Monday and after a i conference with members of the State railroad commission gave out the infor- | matior. that a much lower rate than i ! that already published will be granted by the railroads to those who wish to , K attend the reunion. This probably 11 means that the rate will be extremely ! low and that the attendance will be K large. JI Good Roads Train at Rock Hill. The good roads train being operated by the Southern Railway reached Rock Hill late Friday afternoon and remained there until Saturday at noon, when it went to Yorkville. The crowd at Rock j Hill it was stated was not as large as had been expected, but a goodly num1 ber of farmers and others interested in road improvement were present and all were much pleased with the lectures and demonstrations of the experts on the matter of building and maintaining ' roads. In the crowd were a number of people from Fort Mill and the township, j Saturday morning a meeting was held in Rock Hill at the train and the York County Good Roads Association was . formed. Mr. R. T. Fewell was elected president, with Mr. John E. Williams, of Ebenezer, first vice president; Mr. j C. P. Rlankenship of Fort Mill, second | vice president; Dr. J. H. Saye of Sharon, third vice president, and Mr. James S. White of Rock Hill, secretary. Later a delegate will be elected by the association to attend the National Good Roads Association at Richmond, Va., in November. Red Shirt Reunion Next Week. TUn inrli/ioti/mu Qru tK?lt Fort Mill X lie IllUKauvuo Hiv utuv v. ...... will be represented at the Red Shirt reunion to be held in Columbia the latter part of the month by not less than 50 members and associate members of Marshall's Red Shirt cavalry, ! the local organization. A number of : meetings have been held recently, the \ purpose of which was to work up interI est in the reunion, and it now seems certain that the attendance from this section will be large. Many are anxious to hear the speech to be delivered J at the reunion by Senator John Sharp j Williams, and this feature of the oc- ? casion is certain to induce some to go ; ~ to the reunion who otherwise would I not be present. The recent "skin- , ning" which Senator Williams gave a] Senator Heyburn in the United States m, senate for the latter's reference to the ti Confederate cause as "infamous," met with enthusiastic indorsement in this L section and there are not a few here n who look upon the Mississippi senator H as the especial champion of the South. C( oi From the County Seat. I Correspondence Fort Mill Times. ^ Yorkville, Sept. 18.?Cotton picking 1 w is the order of the day hereabouts, and a large number of bales have been turned out by the community ginneries. The Clover ginning company reports n( over 500 bales ginned, Neil's ginnery cl Fill,..ft Has irinn^d some 3100 bales. til the Victor Cotton Oil gin at Yorkville fr | has ginned more than TOO bales, and a aj number of smaller gins in this section w have been very busy for the past two j . weeks. Cotton is about three weeks ^ ahead of last year and generally is good. A great amount has been sold 011 the local market for a price at and around 11 1-2 cents. Today's prices are off slightly from that at which the staple sold on Saturday. 'ihe Yorkville creamery under the new management of Wilkins and Clement is getting along in a first-class F manner. The good roads train of the Southern H Railway visited Yorkville as scheduled on last Saturday. Some 50 or tk) persons interested in good roads went (] down to the depot to see the exhibits . ami hear the lectures. Mr. Baker, of SI the public road office, discussed a bond issue in this county, saving that it was 0 the only way to secure good roads. He advised the people to organize a county good roads association to work in the 0 interest of better roads through a bond issue. The good roads train had speci- & mens of roads built of sand and clay, ?rv,lt/_?puuul i>umunt t, The court of common pleas adjourned ri Saturday after a session of about ten g; days, all business brought up having been disiKised of. Mr. \V. L. Williams and Dr. R. Meek p Barnett have bought the interest in the York Drug store of Dr. John B. Bowen and the business w ill continue as heretofore. W. Teachers' Examination. The regular Fall Teachers' Exatnina- J tion will be held in Yorkville, Friday, October 6, 1911, beginning promptly at 9 a. m. and closing strictly at 4 p. m. All applicants are advised to be present on time. The examination will be based on the 1911 textbooks recently adopted by the State Board of Education and will embrace Algebra, Arithmetic, ^ Grammar, Geography, History, Agri- r_ culture. Physiology, Civics and Peda- ? gogy. Applicants for certilicates can ? secure these books from the central ~ text book depository in Columbia, or ^ fiom the local county depositories. A ? First Grade Certificate can be issued by the County Board of Education only v on a full diploma of an accredited col- v lege, or by a successful passing of the c Teachers' Examination and can be renewed by this board only by regular attendance at a Teachers' Institute or . Summer School, or by th< specific in- B struction of the State Superintendent of Education to renew one for reasons satisfactory to him. J. W. QU1NN, T E. McMACKIN, J. HARVEY WITHERSPOON. ' ' ' More | Within th touches to 01 be in positio dise ever got the room thi stock will be J tractiveness New Gooc when we get are sure to h nothing so s we do not gi that we hav( i A shipmei Suits, Dress( are among tl We have i ' Fall and Wi Mills < The News of Pleasant Valley. Pleasant Valley, Sept. 18.?Farmers re busy picking cotton and making iclasses. The cotton crop in this seeon will be very short. Mr. Lester Wolfe and sister, Miss ula, spent several days last week with datives at Tabernacle. Miss Helen leath, of Charlotte, is vuiting in this jmmunity. Mrs. Ethel Ross Justice, F Raleigh, is visiting relatives here. !iss Edna Harris, who has been teachig near Spartanburg, is at home for a ionth. ? Mr. R. W. Do6ter of Monroe, as a visitor to Pleasant Valley the ast week. iMiss V eraa vvone on aaiuiuojr ?n.?r.-,| >011 gave a party to her Sundav school JI ass, which numbers about 25. After II laying games for several hours, re- I eshmcnts were served and, of course, II the little folks had a fine time, only ; ishing these parties came every week, stead of once a vear. J. 0. H. The Magazine Pot. Get your name in the Magazine 'ot right now for some of the! lost popular ones are going to tlvanee their rates with the 'ctober issues. We take your ibscription for single magazine r clubs at the lowest advertised ate, save you the trouble and xpense of forwarding money i nd are right here to quarrel with you don't get your magazine egularly. Cash in advance, the ante as you have to pay others ar any magazine or newspaper ublished in the world. | W. B. Ardrey. laile's On the Corner SCHOOL SUPPLIES. Our stock of School Supplies nd Stationery is complete. Ink ablets, Pencil Tablets, Copy looks, Pencils, Pens, Slates and ? late Pencils, Chalk, Sponges, Invelopes, Box Paper and Enelopes, from 5c to 75c. In fact, ,e carry evervthing in School g upplies except text books. I Inspect our stock before mak- j' lg your purchases. Fort MifDrug Ccr, 8 J. R. HAILE, Prop. / Room, Mon e next few days the workmen iir Dry Goods and Clothing Si n to show you the greatest as ten together in Fort Mill, it we have been using, and w< ) in proportion, not only in si and value-giving. Is have been coming in every < t them all opened, arranged j lave some eye-openers for you. mall in the dry goods and re ve it our attention and there i it. _*i. j-tlie nerve to tacKie 11. few Goods This it of Men's and Boys' Hats a ?s, Wraps, Kimonos, Dressii lie new arrivals for this week, ilso reeeived another shipmer liter Clothing. & Young "Ready-to-wear Si Quality Ma Of Gr Quantity Ma CATAWBA FERTIL virUncr available olant b and goods in such mec! be evenly distributed o\ ASK YOUR See Ou E. W. KIMBI FORT R Third Series O Payment on the third series of the Perpetual iturday, Sept. 23rd. Join the Association am apes. It will increase your own self-respect t iv," and will certainly raise you in the estima an alone; we make a pood investment for the 1c for our stockholders. See the secretary next Saturday and start th< J. L. \ 4 ; Business. will put the finishing ore, and then we will ssortment of merchanWe will have double e assure you that our ze, hut in quality, at (lav for some time, and suid marked down, we , Remember, there is ady-to-wear lines that is nothing so large but Week. nd Caps, Ladies' Coat lg Saeques and Skirts it of Men's and Boys' Company, tore." ikes 5? Price ain, and kes the Profit, JZERS insure both by pro3od in proportions needed, hanical condition they can rer the soil. [NEIGHBORS M in^i A1*C .A iiy^CllVI *7} IELL COMP'Y, AILL, S. C. pens Sept. 23rd. Building and f.oan Association will begin on 1 form the habit of saving something out of :o know that you have something laid up for a "r tion of the public. It is not. however, for the man with idle money. Have never made less ? good work. SPRAIfT, Secretary. fry5jP FALL MILLINE We are showing a nice line of Ready-to-Wears in Also white, which is very much worn. Miss Frank is again with us. She has spent two r ; New York and certainly should know the styles. She paring for our Fall Opening, the date of which will bt MENTOR UNDER^ It is time for you to think of your Winter Underwei first of MENTOR, the very best garment made for n Union Suits for men, women and children, 50c, 75c an for women and children at 25c and 50c. Union Suits f We have had dozens of ladies to praise Mentor goods goods with a guarantee that an equal cannot be found COAT SUITi A big line of all wool garments made in the latest New shipment by express today, and every one a swel I SATURDAY and MONDA I 500 yards Ladies' Choice Long Cloth, worth 15c, at each week. MEACHAM & E 1.00 00000? ?00000000C GOOD NE1 X We were fortunate in buying a lot o * Suits and Coats at a big discount. Thej X styles, Wide Lappels and Collars and Pa buy a suit before seeing our line, you wi Js? sell you g A $25.00 Suit for $ ? A $20.00 Suit for $ ? A $15.00 Suit for Jj 10 in sizes 34, 36 and 38. Other sizes mad< * Our ladies' and children's Hats are '{ x Lots of new goods arriving daily. * Come see what we have, the prices I L. J. MAS! 00000000000000000 1 CURE THOSE < ? 1 i A. 1 I.i.1 J v ulimine, noi-waier uuiues auu constitute the treatment when suffe Such treatment will undoubtedly do the benefit received is only tempoi should be kept open, perspiration i: g removed and the system rid of malai Nyal's Chill T< Was devised for that very purpos< It is pleasant and easily taken?< tj quinine?is much more effective and | pleasant after effects. It not only i ' the malarial poisons?it purifies the | ens it and builds up the broken dow: - J Fifty Cents the Bo ? Parks Drug C Exclusive Agents for Nyal's i The First Nation? |; Danositinff Your , "I- D ? Consider this Bank. 1 Talk with our depositors and what treatment you might ex Inquire about our loaning polic whether it is satisfactory. The more you learn about I | policy of this bank the bet \ THE FIRST NATIONAL Bi ; T. S. KIRKPATRICK, President. V Painting, Tinting, I am doing a lot of first-class painting for the | munity, but I am always ready and-eager for mo i Besides painting your house inside and out, I c ing, staining, glazing, etc., in a manner unsurpas I take especial care of carpets, matting, floor: painting inside. I. -t me figure with you on pai ^ work is sure to please you. Reasonable prices. ; FRANK WHITE, The Painter, F SPE ViJUr AnTone lending ikctrh and description ma? quick l r a?c?rt:nu our opinion free whether an U* ainV iiireiitloti it probably patentable. Communlra- ? .. _ UonaitricilTC'jfilldeiitUI. HANDBOOK on Patent* Fdather B< noor ?e"t Oldeat agency for tecurlng patent*. e ?_?_j K. ' ' Patent* taken tLrouah Muun i Co. recelee ? Pound Fl f-Ron iprelal noticr, without chnrge, lathe Freight Pr Scfctttific Hmericait. . A handsomely lllmtrated weekly. Tjirreet dr- TURNER Jl cnlaUon of any aclentiflc loornal. Term*. 93 a _ rear; four month*, |L Sold by all n*w?dealer?. , , feutasaM* tZ= - . ** RYseveral" different shapes. nonths Tin Baltimore and 1 is now hard at work pre! announced later. YEAR ar. When you do, think ien, women and children, d $1.00. Vest and Pants or men and boys, 50c, 75c. and we will sell you these at the same prices. * > styles at $9.98 to $25.00. 1 suit. Y SPECIAL 10c. Watch for special PPS. WS| f Ladies' Sample X r are all the latest * nel Skirts. If you X 11 be sorry. Can * 11500 1 >12.50 1 510.00 I e to order. @ up to the minute, a will do the rest. a 5EY. I CHILLS blankets usually ring from chills. > some good, but *ary. The pores nduced, all pains rial poisons. >nic it does it, too. ioes not contain 1 there are no unids the system of blood, strength* n tissues, ttle. iomp'y, Remedies. < U Bank. ? 2 o < > 4 Money. | I learn from them :pect here. v y and see ? I the methods and ? ter you'll like ut. J W - i ink, ro,j r i T. B. SPRATT, I Cashier. x Etc. | good people of this com- i ire work. X an do the tinting, grain- X ised in taste and quality. Z j and woodwork when \ nting your home. My \ Satisfactory work. ^ ort Mill, S. C. CIAL OFFER! nd You a 36 Pound AM >d and Pair of #4 a aa Mthor Pillow* VIII Ifll paid for . . . y'M?WM ess or P. O. Meaty Orior. i CORNWALL, IMMHU ipapers for sale at 11m i. . A