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s . SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Mrs. Frank Lee, of Chester, is visiting relatives ir. this city. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Culp, of Char lotte, were visitors Sunday to relatives \ in Fort MUL F. E. Ardrey, of Columbia, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ardrey, in this city. * Walter Wynn, one of the town's worthy colored men, is having a nict cottage erected on Railroad street. The construction work is being dont !>?' rAfitrantftr Hnlco Smith, The York grand jury last week found a true bill against W. E. Griffin and Harvey Griffiin, charged with the rnur0 der of E. P. H. Nivens about one year ago, and the case was continued to another term of court. ^ Col. T. B. Butler, twice a candidate for Congress from the Fifth South Carolina district, was on Monday elected mayor of Gaflney, defeating his opponent, Dr. W. L. Settlemeyer, by a majority of 192 votes. B. F. Massey, Jr., who for the past year has been traveling the Northwest as advertising man for a sales company of Fort Valley, Ga., was a visitor the past week at the home of his parents in lower Fort Mill. Mr. Massey will travel the Southern States during the present winter. The Times is in receipt of an invita-. tion to attend the unveiling ceremonies of the State monument to the South Carolina Women of the Confederacy / to take place at Columbia at noon on December 14. The orator of the day will be Hon. Joseph W. Barnwell. It the circuit court at Yorkville last week the case of the State vs. Alfred Sulledge, a Fort Mill negro charged with retailing, was nol prossed on condition of the payment of a line of $50 with the understanding that if Sulledge again sells liquor the whole matter will be revived as though nothing had been done in the case. The State Farmers' Union has issued a circular letter advising the farmers to make their fertilizer notes for 1912 payable hot earlier than December 1. By doing this the farmers will not be compelled to market their crop so early in the season and it is beiieved a better price will thus be obtained. W. R. Hayes, one of York county's oldest citizens, died Saturday at his home in the Harmony section, after an illness of several months. The funeral and burial was held Sunday at Neely's Creek church. Mr. Ha>es was known fover the county as the "Sage of Harmony" and quite often wrote articles for he county papers over this nom de As the result of a shooting affray Saturday night about 11 o'clock, Will Sibley received a slight wound in his right leg and Charley Hart had the folds of his coat tail punctured by a bullet from a .32 calibre pistol. The footing was charged up to one Tom 8eigle, who decamped immediately fterward. The aff ray took place in the vicinity of the old gin house on Academy street. All the parties to the affray are colored. It appears that a number of Fort Mill farmers have failed to comply with the law requiring the cleaning out of streams ana as a result the York |gw? jury MS t w trtrrw tctuiiiuiTiiucu that the streams on the lanus of the following parties be cleaned at the expense of the owners: Wilson Osborne, Jas. Miller, J. T. Bailes, J. P. Epps, W. R. Warren, IS. P. Blankenship, J. J. Coltharp, J. L. Kimbrell, Tom Miller, C. '1. Crook, J. H. Bailes, CrocKett baville, Leroy Springs' land, 1. L. Paris, T. S. Kirkpatnck's iano, Burf Nivens, J. H. Sutton, W. H. Jones, Southern Power company, Robert Torrence, Edgar Jones. The plan of having farmers sign pledges to reduce the acreage of cotton next year and to hold the staple, if necessary, for 13 cents, has been worked very successiully throughout Catawba township during the last two weeks by the Rock Hill Buggy company. This movement was commenced some weeks ago at the instance of the State Farmers' Union and is well under way in a number of counties, but nothing had been done in York county until the buggy company took hold of the proposition some days ago. A representative of the buggy company visits the farmers at their homes and it is reported that 75 per cent, of those visited have readily signed the pledge. It is the purpose of the company to push the movement in the other townships of the county and to ask assistance in pushing the plan in all sections ot the State. Mules, Horses and Barn Burned. Thur&day night at about 10:30 o'clock the big barn on the Carhartt farm, just across Catawba river from the Charlotte Brick plant, was destroyed by fire, together with two mules and ten head of horses. The origin of the fire yt&s unknown and when discovered by the overseer, Mr. Poag, the flames had grained such headway as *o make the saving of the building or its contents impossible. Besides the live stock there were in the barn at the timeof the fire several hundred dollars' worth of feed stuff and this, too, was burned. The horses destroyed were for the most part brood mares and colts, some of which were considered th?.- most valuable anirnais in thi.~ tion. The loss at some thing like $10,000, with about one-thixv this amount of insurance. Stole Coat, Paid $25 Fine. John Hall, a white man apparently 25 years of age, made one of the mistakes of his life Sunday morning when I he attempted to appropriate to his own use the overcoat of a traveling man. whose name was not learned. The two men were passengers on northbound train No. 36, and everything moved along serenely between them until the II train pulled out from the station. The If traveling man's coat was lying across II the arm of a seat near where Hail was sitting and the latter thought he saw an opportunity to secure a nice garment without cost to himself. It hapII pened. however, that the owner of the coat had an eye on <>i Hall, for when tiie latter seized the coat and made a hasty exit from the car, the traveling man jerked the bel cord and made baste to overtake Hal and recover his stolen garment. Hal ^^BB was not as fleet of foot as his pursue) after a run of perhaps less than i ^^^^Bhundred yards the traveling man hai ^^^^^^Hseized Hall and bold him until member the train crew reached his side. Hal locked in the police station unti I ^Monday morning when he pie:. 1 guilty I Ibefore Magistrate McElhaney and wa: a sentence of $2b or days oi gang. He paid the fine. H Another Veteran Passes. Mr. Simon M. Mills, whose illness 1 has been mentioned several times j recently in The Times, died Thursday ' morning at 8:30 at his home on Confederate street this city. Mr. Mills had been seriously ill for about six weeks. He was 84 years old and was , one of the mosf highly esteemed as well as oldest residents of the town. Simon M. Mills was born in Lancas ter county, near Great Falls, February , 28, 1828, and was reared in the River Bend section of York county, attending the Six Mile school in the Belair 1 section of Lancaster county. He re! ceived his mercantile training in Charleston and conducted a successful ! business for a number of years in Ebenezer. He served through the I whole War Between the Sections as a 1 I C>nfederate soldier, receiving two . wounds at Gettysburg, and coming out j in 1866 with the rank of sergeant in i Company H, First South Carolina j cavalry. Mr. Mills moved to Fort Mill 1 in 1879, and engaged in merchandising j until the infirmities of age overtook | him. He was a member of the Presbyterian church for over 50 yeais. Mr. Mills was married three times, ! first to Miss Isabella Harris of Fort : Mill, of whom two children were born, Ladson, who died in childhood, and Mrs. B. F. Massey, of Fort Mill. His j second wife was Miss Matilda Fewell i of Ebenezer. The children surviving * this union are J. B. Mills and T. A. Mills of Fort Mill and Mrs. F. W. Farnsworth of Dayton, Tenn. His third wife was Mrs. R. A. Hughes of Fort Mill, who survives. Besides his J ii .ikiM.un aiiruivinir arn throp ! wiic anu viiuui^ii out ? * *?> w?? v .... . sisters, Mrs. Miller of Kissimmee, ' Fla., Mrs. Coulter and Mrs. Mobley of' Rock Hill and his brother, Dandy Massey, of Rock Hill. I The funeral service, conducted Friday morning at 10 o'clock by Rev. ] W. A. Hafner of the Fort Mill Presbyterian church, was largely attended, i after which the burial was made with Masonic honors in the city cemetery. ? ? ? Thanksgiving Exercises Yesterday. Following is the program of the' special Thanksgiving exercises of the literary scciety of the Fort Mill High school held in the auditorium Wednes, day afternoon at 1 o'clock: Called to order by the president, Joe Belk. Roll call and reading of the minutes , by the secretary, Mamie Jack Massey. Welcome address to the visitors by j ' the president. Song?"When the Frost is on the Pumpkin and the Fodder is in the ; Shock." Recitation ? "Who Gives Us Our Thanksgiving Dinner?"?Florence Beni : nett. Reading- "What We Have to be Thankful For."-Lila Hall. Piano Solo by James Young. Essay?"The Thanksgiving Spirit." ?Mae White. Recitation ? "In 1921." ? Clarence Link. Piano Solo by Ruth Meacham. Connundrums?Brice Gulp. Song?"My Country 'Tis of Thee," by the school. I , , . Mr. Ardrey's Sister Dead. Mrs. Margaret Potts, widow of the late Capt. J. G. Potts, died in the : Presbyterian hospital in Charlotte Friday night, after an illness of several weeks. The funeral service and burial took place at Harrison Methodist church, 6 miles east of Fort Mill, Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. f Mrs. Potts was 70 years of age and I ' ' ' . - i?i u,._ 11 lor ine lasi len years riau iiic.ue uci home in Statesville, N. C., with a daughter, Mrs. Barringer. Prior to that time she lived in Charlotte and Pineville. She was a life-long member of the Presbyterian church and was beloved by all who knew her for her ' many fine traits of character. Mrs. Potts is survived by one son, , Mr. Leon Potts, of Charlotte, and two ( daughters, Mrs. Barringer, of Statesville, and Mrs. Ada Howard, of Union I county, N. C. One brother, Mr. J. W. ( Ardrey, of Fort Mill, and two sisters, i Mrs. M. J. Bell and Mrs. S. H. Elliott, , of Mecklenburg county, also survive. j ^4^. t Outsiders Must Have Hunters' License, j A Rock Hill special to The Charlotte . Observer says that numbers of North j | Carolinians living near the South Caro- ^ ' lina line and others from farther in the ' I State, who are evidently ignorant of the game laws in South Carolina and ] York county, make a practice of coming , 1 over the line in the quest of wild game, N which is a violation of the South Curo- j lina game laws Informed of this ( practice and in view of the fact that 1 Thanksgiving Day is close at hand and ? many parties will take to the field that 1 day, Mr. VV. H. Wylie, game warden 1 for this county, has applied to Mr. . James Henry Rice, Jr.. chief game . warden for South Carolina, for in- ' structions in regard to the laws for 1 hunting in this State, and is in receipt of letters from Mr. Rice in which the i , latter says he will have a sharp lockI out kept for all parties hunting and I | will order his men to arrest every offender caught. Relative to the law itself, Mr. Rice says: "The act of 1908 permits a land- ; owner to invite a guest to hunt 'parit ridges and wild turkeys,' when the j land-owner accompanies his guest, without payment of license. If a dove, rabbit or anything else is shot at, then the guest becomes liable to $25 license and a fine of $100 for hunting without license. This being the case, and the ( mixed condition of the statute warranting the belief that it would not stand the test of the courts, we ha\e , continued to collect the usual license of $10.25 from all parties." ? m ~ (_ ~ ~ Preparing Holiday Mail. r J If the public would be a little more considerate and more carefully obi serve the postal regulations?very few i of them are familiar with the rules of j the department?the postal officials ' ' would be enabled to give better ser- , i vice and could save many persons a I deal of trouble and annoyance. Labels, other than postage stamps, ] ' are not permitted to be placed on the ? front of an envelope or parcel. If i used at all they must be attached to ' the back. If this rule is not observed it will mean that the letter or pack age will not be forwarded; it will not * be acceptable as mail matter, even i though the postage is properly affixed, i All inclosed written matter, or parti ly written, other than the address of 1 the sender or that of the addressee, 1 sealed or unsealed, requires 2 cents 1 postage. Many persons are evidently r under the impression that inclosed l written invitations to parties, social i entertainments, church of lodge meeti ings, for local delivery, are deliverable I for 1 cent. This is altogether an er1 ror, as in all free delivery offices such f mail requires letter postage. 5 For prompt delivery, pot tage s hould i be fully prepaid on all matter. Violations of postal law* are more frequent I k Mai II 1W1N ? prices j cotton. W Furnishings \ it into mone home attrac niture depai appoint yoi Heaters, Kil i sers, Beds, Cases, Orgc These are ji Let us supp Mills j Th Juring the holiday period than at any ^ther time. The friends of Mr. J. C. MeElhaney, for a number of years assistant to Postmaster B. H. Massey, will regret >o learn that he will resign that position December 1, and will leave Fort Mill :o take a position with the Southern Bell Telephone company at Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. MeElhaney will be succeeded it the local postoffice by Mr. D. G. }ulp, another well known Fort Mill ,-oung man. [s ths World Growing Better? dany things go to prove that it is. The vay thousands are trying to help others s proof. Among them is Mrs. W. W. Jo'.ild, of P:ttsfield, N. H. Find:nggood lealth by taking Electric Bitters, she low advises other sufferers everywhere, .o take them. "For years I suffered ,vith stomach and kidney trouble," she writes. "Every medicine I used failed fill 1 took Electric Bitters. But this Lrreat remedy helped me wonderfully." Vh..v'll h^ln anv woman. They're the best tonic ard finest liver and kidney remedy that's made. Try them. You'll see. 50c at Ardrey's Drug store, Parks Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. On account of an epidemic of scarlet fever the primary classes of the Central school of Gastonia, N. C. have suspended work. It's Equal Don't Exist. No one has ever made a salve, ointment or balm to compare with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It s the one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns. Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, Eczema, Salt Kheum. For Sore Eyes, Cold Sores, Chapped Hands or Sprains its supreme. Unrivaled for Piles. Try it. Only 25c at Ardrey's Drug store, Parks Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. The best price paid for cotton on the Fo^t Mill market yesterday was 9 cents, few bales being sold. Averts Awful Tragedj\ Timely advice given Mrs. C. Wiloughby, of Marengo, Wis., (R. No. 1) prevented a dreadful tragedy and saved two lives. Doctors had said her frightful cough was a "consumption" cough and could do little to help her. After many remedies failed, her aunt urged her to take Dr. King's New Discovery. * 1 Vww.%, Iicirw it fnc cnmn tim<? l ua>tr urcn uom,; ?v iv? wvi..v she wrote "and the awful cough has almost pone. It also saved my little boy when taken with a severe bronchial ! trouble." This matchless medicine has ; no equal for throat and lung trouble. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. , Guaranteed by Ariirey's Drop store, I Parks Drug Co. and Fort Mill Drug Co. Notice of Registration. Notice is hereby given that the books of registration of the town of Fort Mill, S. C., for the year 1912 are now open daily at the First National bank, i and will close December 29, 1911. T. B. Spratt is the duly appointed registrar. By order of council this Kith day of November, 1911. L. A. HARRIS, Attest: Mayor. J. L. SPRATT. Clerk. se Th omfoi if? 1/^TAT rwir?nr] lO IU VV pii^u, on Furniture to o e have at presei than we have ev :y, and if you ne< tive and comforts rtmen and our gc u. Cook Stoves tchen Cabinets, T Chairs, Lounges, ins, Sewing Mac ist a few of the t ly your needs on & Your ie Peoples Read O iHUUflSBB MH9HB9 C | The SAVIN I | WHY Does | Both Require BANK,' I WHY? Simply c We Hav | Besides our $25,( (handle and will ap small, call and talk (The SAVIN LEROY SPRINGS President. ?<??< Gives Aid to Strikers. Sometimes liver, kidneys and bow s seem to go on a s*?-:ke ^ refuse to wo right. Then you need those pleasant little strike-brta.vtis ? Dr. King's N< w Life Pills ?to give them natural aid and . gently compel proper action. Excelknt health soon follows. Try them. 25c at Arrirev's Drug store, Parks Drug Co. : and Fort Mill Drug Co. FEATHER BEDT" AND PI L LOW J PILLOWS FREE. Mail us $10. for 36-pound Feather B d and receive 6-pound pair pillows Free. Freight prepaid. New feathers, best ticking, satisfaction guaranteed. AGENTS WANTED. TURNER & CORNWELL, Feather Dealers, Charlotte, N. C. I le Ho rtable \ and we have m< orrespond with tb at a larger stock er carried and w< ed anything to n ible, just come inl iods and prices w >, Ranges, Oil a ables, Redroom S Davenports, De Junes, Matting, F hings we have for terms to suit yo lg Comj [y-to-wear Store GS BANK of The OLD RELIABLE i the GOVEf State and Natio S to accumulate a SUI is a protection to their e $11,300.00 Si >00.00 Capital and a predate your business. . it over with us. fGS BANK of >, W. ] n?in aBHHHHnBMBBHHi] I Phone P Coal anc All kinds c I and Builder J. J. Bi V < i wmmammmmammmmmmm me % " I irked our ie price of of House int to turn lake your to our fur iH not dis- : ndWood |i iuits, Dres- Jj sks, Book < lugs, Etc. c the home < J U. < >any, 11 Fort Mill | INMENT. nal, | ^PLUS FUND ? I DEPOSITORS. J urplusf j ... I re in position to J I Fort Mill, I B. MEACHAM, Cashier. I ouEnaawi Jo. 72. I Wood if Lumber I s Supplies.! EULES. |i MEACHAM&EPPS | Great Milii Commencing Saturday, Decei all our $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and & tremendous cut, but you know oi a hat. Remember every Hat latest and best shapes?and trir They are not factory-trimmed hi only a short while, so if you 1 she leaves. Coat 5 We must close out what we hi gain in at Coat Suit, call to s $8.98 and $12.50. Long ( Do you want the latest? It ii at $9.98. Long, Black Coats at Children^ You can buy of us any Child' one half price. Thanks Our store will be closed all d all may have much to return th it, matters not under what cir We have much to be thankful f( Did it come from Epps'l MEACHAM 5000000? 0? 0? I More Bi 8 All Ladies', Men's and Childn 8 50c Mufflers at =[ Indies' $3.00 Sweaters at g Ladies' $2.00 Sweaters at jc Ladies 25c Collars at *. < Blankets, 50c to S? $1.00 Dress Goods, 50c; 50c Di R Santa Claus is coming soon. R and get first choice. We have > before in our Watch and Jev R years' experience in this line e R most reliable manufacturers, R teed to be exactly as represenl EL. J. ma |????0?00??00 ?? II 11 IE RALS f I EALTSON SHOES Ralston Shoes will $ more ways than one; erywhere accepted as will also find them th that you ever had on Ralston Shoes are r | Foot-Mo j and this means that through the nerve-ra< ! them in. They fit your feet a mancnra cVino an^ at illUOOUl V UIIVV, WMVI WW you much less. We invite every r troubles and allow us - styles in both Ralston $3.50, $4.0C E. W. KIMI "The Place Where lL=ir====--ll =11^=] E Painting, Ti ? I can save you money and materi proper selections and use of paints a ^ your home. For all kinds of Brush \ be Fainted, Enameled, Stained or Vai in quality and taste. . . ? I am doing a lot of first-class painti t munity, but I am always ready and ei FRANK WHITE, The R \ MEACHAM U EPPS nery Sale. mber 2. we will place on sale 1.50 Hats at $2.98. This is a ur motto is 4 'Never carry over is this season's goods?the nmed in our own work room, its. Miss Frank will be here laven't your hat, call before Suits. ive left; so if you want a barpp ml Spp our SDecials at ^oats. 3 the Polo. See our wonder $4.00, $8.75 and $11.75. i Cloaks. s Cloak in our place at about giving. ay Thursday. We trust you anks for. Let us remember ; cumstances it may find us. \ )r. ' If ?o, don't worry. [ & EPPS. 3?00?0000???^ argains g ? $ ?n's Hats at wholesale cost. Sf 25 g $2.25 X 1.50 g 3.00 5 ess Goods. 25 X Select your presents early A t a better stock than ever X /elry department. Our 27 X mables us to buy from the X and everything is guaran- g (SSEY.l =11 H=| rows! Put You at Your Ease. | put you at your ease in for not only are they evAuthority Styles, but you e most comfortable shoes your feet, nade on ? ulded Lasts you do not have to go L iking torture of breaking s perfectly as a made-to the same time will cost nan to bring us his shoe to show him some late i and Fellowcraft Shoes. ), $4.50. JRELL CO., f Quality Counts." nting, Etc. ; ? I al and clearly explain to you the ^ nd finishes for all snrfaces about ^ Vork, or if you have a surface to ^ rnished, see me. I will satisfy you 4 ing for the good people of this com- f iger for more work. ainter, Fort Mill, S. C.