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, SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. . ' Miss Isabel Massey, of Chicora college, is at her home in this township Dr. Isaiah Simpson, a well known dentist of Rock Hill, died Thursday morning at his home in that city, after an illness of several weeks. Dr. Simpson was 73 years old and is sur-j vived by a widow and six children. The Times will appear next week as usual, except that instead of being sent out Wednesday afternoon the paper will not be mailed to subscribers until Thursday. This delay is made to allow The Times force a short holiday. Mrs. Ot A. Parks and two daughters, Misses Ethel and Inez, of Union, arrived in Fort Mill several days ago to visit the families of their relatives, Messrs. W. T. Parks and J. W. Latham. The cbaingang has been moved from its work on the Lincoln road to Davis' mill, on Crowders' creek, where it will j be for the next two weeks or more putting in the new steel bridge at that place, says the Rock Hill Herald. It wiii be gratifying news to her many friends in this section to know that the condition yesterday of Mrs. W. A. Hafner was considered slightly improved. Mrs. Hafner has been dangerously ill for several days at the manse on Confederate street. Weighing of mail to determine what rates shall be paid the railroads will be begun by the government in the - * ? ? * moil la ! spring. ever) iuui jccup .... ....... .. weighed to decide how much each railroad shall be paid for the transportation of mail. Up to this time (Wednesday morning) only 44 citizens of Fort Mill have obtained registration certificates from Registrar T. B. Spratt. The books close on the 29th, allowing those who have not done so only seven days more in which to register. The Fort Mill friends of Miss Ann Hamilton, of Union, will be pleased to learn that she has almost fully recovered from an illness of several weeks of typhoid fever. Hiss Hamilton has resumed her duties as principal of the Monarch school, Union. Announcement is made of the ajv proaching marriage of the attorney general of the Sthte, J. Fraser Lyon and Miss Kathleen Greenwood, a Massachusetts young woman. The marriage is to take place the evening of December 28 at Beaufort. B. C. Hough, a well known resident and merchant of Lancaster, died at the Rock Hill hospital on the morning of the 12th instant, from -the effects of an accidental gunshot wound which he received while out hunting Thanksgiving day. Mr. Hough was 42 years of age and is survived by a wile and four children. The Fort Mill graded and high school will close today (Thursday) for the Christmas holidays and school work will be resumed on the first Thursday in January. An interesting Christ- I mas exercise will be given at the audi torium today by the pupils of the I school, and the public is invited to be ; present. The Christmas holidays for the Win^ throp students and teachers will begin i Friday, December 23, and school work will be resumed Wednesday morning, January 3. A special train has been secured by President Johnson which will leave Winthrop Friday morning quite early in order to make connection at Columbia with all trains &oing south of there. The school at Sharon, York county, was among the number that was on Saturday awarded prizes of $!00 each for the greatest improvements shown during the year. Smyrna, Friendship and Catawba Junction schools in this county were awarded prizei of $50 each for improvements made. The award of these prizes is made yearly by the State Kural School Improvement association. Invitations have been issued by Mr. ' and Mrs. Fred Nims, of the township, | announcing the marriage of their daughter, Miss Mary Nims, and Mr. 1 William B. Whit-,, the event to take place the evening of December 28. Mr. ! White and Miss Nims are both popular young people and the announcement that they are to be married soon will be read with interest by a wide circle of friends. A delightful social affair is in store for the members of the Fort Mill lodge of Woodmen, the event being the annual supper of that organization, which will be held the evening of Tuesday, January U, beginning at about 8 o'. clock. The supper will, as heretofore, be held in the town hull. An attractive A menu has been arranged, it is stated, and there will be some interesting remarks by a number ol tne members. The "cap pistol" is the forerunner of tetanus?belter known as lockjaw ?a dreaded disease, and one tnat has claimed many children whose hanas have been burned by the powder from a cap exploded in one of these toy guns. These toys are being used by I the children of Fort Mill in surprising I numbers despite the fact that it is an I open violation of a State law to seli 1 the pistols-'or caps. ft Dr. add Mrs. J. B. Mack on Friday ft entrained at their home on ConfederB ate street a number of their children B ajr<! grandchildren in celebration of the 1,47th anniversary ol their marriage, ' which took place December lb, L>t>4. Dr. and Mrs. Mack returned a few days ago from New York city, where the former was treated by a specialist for an affection of the ear, and we are pleased to report that the treatment has apparently been of benefit to the doctor. Mr. Sam R. Harris, a well known young man of the Pleasant Valley community, left Fort Mill Tuesdaymorning for Monticelio, Ga., where, at 2:30 this afternoon he will be married to Miss Maude Key, a popular young woman of that city. The marriage will take place at the home of Miss Key's father, Mr. J. li. Key, and will be witnessed by a number of relatives and friends of the couple. Mr. Harris and bride will return to Fort Mill shortly after Christmas and will reside in Pleasant Valley. Parties having Xmas packages to send through the mails would confer a favor on the postmaster and assistant by taking such packages to the office at least an hour or two before the arrival of the mail trains. Holiday packages must be weighed in order to ascertain the amount oi' postage necessary and not infrequently registry is also desired. To perform these duties the postmaster must have time and HI * iiii? HHPPi' when a number of persons rush in just before the closing of the mail sacks, it works a hardship on the office force which could be _asily averted if the packages were taken in earlier. Mail your packages along about the noon hour. The Yorkville Enquirer of Saturday published a lis t of the parties to whqm marriage licenses have been issued by the probate judge of York county during the month of November, and in the list is found the names of Mr. James H. Belk and Miss Kate Ardrey of Fort Mill. Miss Ardrey is a daughter of Mrs. E. M. Ardrey, of this city, and is at present teaching at Leesville college. Mr. Belk is a young farmer of the township. Many ' friends throughout this section will be interested to know of the pending marriage of this popular young couple. The Fort Mill friends of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Hughes were greatly shocked Saturday morning to learn by telephone of the death at Lancaster of their little 9-year-old daughter. Helen, whose death occurred on Friday following an illness of some days of pneumonia. The death of thb bright little girl was the cause of much sorrow among those who knew her, for before ? *?* her illness sne was a perxt-cv pumic ui health and childish beauty and loveliness. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes have the sympathy of many friends in this community in their deep sorrow. Fort Mill Farmers Organize. In response to a call issued through The Times of the 7th instant, about forty of the leading farmers of Fort Mill townshid assembled in the town hall last Wednesday afternoon to discuss the question of a reduction of cotton acreage and a curtailment of the amount of commercial fertilizer to { be used in the 1912 crop. Mr. S. H. Epps, Sr., of Gold Hill, was called to the chair, and after explaining the purpose of the meeting, appointed Mr. J. W. Ardrey as secretary. Following this an agreement was drawn up and signed by almost every farmer present to reduce his acreage and fertilizers forty per cent, next season. A committee, consisting "of Messrs. J. G. Smith, W. J. Kimbrell and D. A. Lee, was then appointed to circulate the petition among the farmers of the township who were not in the meeting and to Report its work at a meeting to i? l'l A 11 nrocont urprp VPTV j ue I1C1U 1 avert an |iivw?i? ^ enthusiastic upon the matter of reduction, and it is understood that the committee which has the petition in hand has met with but little opposition to the movement. An amusing incident in the meeting was that brought about when Mr. W. H. Windle, on account of the surplus of cotton now in the hands of the farmers and the deplorable conditions of the farmers in general, offered a resolution in effect, "that it is the sense of this meeting that the only relief now in sight is for the farmers and merchants of the South to hold a representative meeting in the near future in each county throughout the cotton belt and determine to bum 1,000,000 bales of 500 pounds each of this surplus cotton." The resolution was "tabled" until a later meeting. An Xmas Marriage. Invitations reading as follows have been received in this city: "Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Wood request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Mary I Hannah, to Mr. John Edward Taylor on the evening of Wednesday, Decern j ber 27, at 7 o'clock, at 1919 Porter: street, Richmond, Virginia." Mr. Taylor is well known here, hav- j ing frequently visited his sister, Mrs. Fred Harris, at the Palmetto hotel. His Fort Mill friends will read of his ! approaching marriage with much inter- ' est. ; ? Teachers' Examination January 12. Because ?of the fact that such a O large number of applications have been made for certificates to teach in the public schools of the various counties of the State, the State board b of education has decided to hold an M examination in each county in the 0| State on January 12th, 1912. County pi Superintendent of Education Quinn gc has received information to this effect c< from State Superintendent of Education Swearingen. % fc The examination will be given in i m the court house in Yorkville on Jan- i tc uary 12th. All teachers and other per- bl sons who are interested should bear rt this date in mind. b< oj o* Newsy Notes From Gold Hill. Corresuondcnce Fort Mill Times. Gol i Hill, D *c. 18. ?Mr. Dave Gibson ami little daughter Alice went to ^ Charlotte today. S. C. Paris will leave for Texas on ' the 20tn inst. Quite a number of our farmers have some cotton to pick yet. Arthur Faris, d a neighbor 01 ours, had pick- d eighi i '' heavy bales up to the 1st instant, and is now snatcning for the nimh bale. u Who has picked mon- cotton this sea- ^ son? i>oine of the farmers are holding, some are cutting, some are resolutin' P. while some others are cussin' somebody. J* because they won't give them more ^ for their cotton. Bud. you are kicking 'N the wrong one, I think. Last year it ) g was little cotton and big money and ~ this year it is big cotton and little ^ money. I ^ W nut' UUl \JlI UlC uwuiv?i?iu V..v , p day recently, "ruminating," as Arp , . w tuld say, who should happen along "1 bu. our "rabbit man"?we mean the 4,J fellow who jumps two hundred to the ^ acre. Well, as usual, he was chock tull of information and ever ready to assist his weak brother. We asked : lf him to explain to us the word "aristo- " ciat." "Well," says he, "it seems that any fool might know the meaning 11 of that word, but as you don't 1 will , explain it to you. Mr. C?an aristocrat is a person who usually goes to , bed about midnight and Bleeps until j eight or nine o'clock the next morning, i and is bitterly opposed to work." We i accepted his explanation as correct and | ? then we realized that we had some,& aristocrats right here on our farm. We , don't know what time they retire, but Ji do know tnat they rise at nine or ten in the morning and it is strictly against their religion to work. Our aristocrats " are of the colored species, so you see , the towns don't holdall the aristocrats, and we are sorry they don't hold ours. Splinter. 01 Teachers' Examination. u Office of Superintendent of Education '' for York County. J, Yorkville, S. C.. Dec. 12, 1911. Pursuant to instructions from the the State Superintendent of Educa- V tion, notice is hereby given that a Special Extra Examination of Appli- u cants for Certificates to teach in the Public Schools will be held in the F Court House at Y'orkville, on Friday, 2 January 12. 1912. The reason for this extra examination is the unusu- t; ally large number of applications made e by teachers to the State Board of Eld- y ucation at its meeting on December 4. a J. WARREN QU1NN, q Supt. of Education of York County, r ! ? fu 01 E Hui I vantage this Cas on even they ha< On On? bought\ saved ei II You I The Sale c We | ML Tax Returns For 1912. ffice of the County Auditor of York County, South Carolina. Yorkville, S. C.f December 1, 1911. As required by statute my books will e opened at rny office in Yorkville on [onday, January 1, 1912, and kept pen until February 20, 1912, for the urpose of listing for taxation all Permal and Heal Property held in York aunty on January 1, 1912. All returns must be made in regular irm and it i9 preferable that they be ade by the property owner in person i me or my assistant, direct, on anks provided for the purpose. The .fnmia muct h?? dulv sworn to either i *fore me or my assistant, or some ' :her olticer qualified to administer an I ith. 1 All items of realty, whether farms, town lots, must be listed separately. Returns made on proper blanks, and vorn to before an officer qualified lo lminister an oath and forwarded to ie by registered mail before February ), 1912, will be accepted. All taxpayers aie particularly reuested to inform themselves as to the umber of their respective school dis- j nets, and where they have property 1 more than one school district, they j ill please make separate returns initiating the location of each piece of roperty. The school districts in which lere are special levies are as follows: fos. 22, 23 and 27, in Bethel township; os. 6, 13, 14, 29, 33 and 43 in Bethesda iwnship; Nos. 9, 20, 38, 40 and 44 in rbad River township; Nos. 9, 16, 20, I and 48 in Bullock's Creek township; os. 12, 45 and 46 in Catawba townlip; Nos. 7, 12, 32, 35, 36 and 43 in , beiiezer township; Nos. 26, 28 and 39, Fort Mill township; Nos. 2,21, 22, 37, 1, 44 and 49 in King's Mountain townlip; Nob. 11, 20, 21, 33. 35, 42, 43, 47. 1 and 49 in York township. For the purpose of facilitating the iking of returns, and for the greater mvenience of taxpayers, 1 will be at ie following places on the dates ained: At Bethany, (McGill's Store), Mon-; av. January 1. At Clover, on Tuesday and Wednesay, January 2 and 3. At Bethel (Ford, Barnett & Co's ! tore), Thursday, January 4. At Bandana, (Perry Ferguson's tore) on Friday, January 5. At Point, (at Harper's) on Saturday, 1 muary 6. 1 At Smyrna, on Monday, January 8. J At Hickory Grove, on Tuesday and f Wednesday, January 9 and 10. At Sharon, on Thursday and Friday, < muary 11 and 12. At Bullock's Creek, (Good's Store), i Saturday, January 13. At Tirzah, on Monday, January 15. At Newport, on Tuesday, January > At Fort Mill, on Wednesday, Thursjy and Friday, January, 17, 18 and 19. At McConnellsville, on Monday, i anuary 22. At Ogden, on Tuesday, January 23. i At Coates's Tavern, (Roddey's) on Wednesday, January 24. At Rock Hill, from Thursday, Janary 25, to Wednesday, January 31. And at Yorkville from Thursday, 'ebruary 1, until Tuesday, February i [). All males between the ages of tweny-one and sixty years, except Confedrate soldiers over the age of fifty ears, are liable to a poll tax of $1, and 11 persons so liable are especially reuested to give the numbers of their espective school districts in making iST F the SALE fc T >11J U jt % ndreds of wise ] of the exceedir ;h Sale. We c f side about pr 1 expected. e Customei e customer figi $29.55 worth of lough to buy hin can do the same thi Joses Saturday night wish you all a Merrj s & your MHBHBMHBnn | The SAVIN | WHY Does | Both ? Require BANK, H i\r>? t~> ] I WHY ? dimply < We Hav ? Besides our $25,C I handle and will ap small, call and talk I The SAVIN LEROY SPRINGS President. * mn mwm mmmam < their returns. It will be a matter of much accom nodation to me if as many taxpayers js possible will meet me at the resaective appointments mentioned above, ?o as to avoid the rush at Yorkville iurinp the closing days. BROADUS M. LOVE. County Auditor. FEATHER BEDS AND PILLOWJ" PILLOWS FREE. Mail us $10. for 36-pound Feather Bid and receive 6-poural pair pillows Fr-e. Freight prepaid. New feathers, best ticking, satisfaction guaranteed. AGENTS WANTED. TURNER & CORNWELL, Feather Dealers, Charlotte, N. C. f i. ' ; i DAY , Will be th? people have take lgly low prices d an hear them t< ices being lower Saved $9.7 ired his bill anc goods for $19.85 n a good suit of cl< ng; but you'll have to t Christmas. <G COMPA anna?mna?i GS BANK of ] The OLD RELIABLE i th@ GOVER State and Nation S to accumulate a SUR is a protection to their [ e $11,30010 Su )00.00 Capital and ar< predate your business, it over with us. IGS BANK of ] i, W. B. ( Phone N< Coal and All kinds of i and B sliders 1 J. J. B? rs $ I n adluring liking than 0 1 l?l I itau . He othes. hurry. m. | Fort Mill J MM HIT I mVILIt! I , | ioll, I PLUS FUND? | )EP0S1T0RS. i rplus, J s in position to ? Be it large or ^ Fort Mill, I MEACHAM, ? Cashier. ^ o. 72. Wood ' Lumber Supplies. ilLES. ; .-" J MEACHAM & EFPS 1 M MEACHAM Suggest the following for your Druggets, $8.00 to Rugs, 75c to. Blankets, per pair, $5.00 to Counterpanes, each, $1.00 to.. Table Linen, per yard, 30c to . Napkins, per dozen, 75c to Towels, each, 10c to Pictures, each, 10c to Statuary, per piece, $1.25 to... Suit Cases, $1.50 to Gloves, per parr, 25c to Umbrellas, $1.00 to oi:??? <ti no f,. 11UUSC Ollfjpci 0| yjCLHf Vi.vv vvy ? i Long and Short Kimonos, 50c t Sweaters, for men, women !ind Shirt Waists, silk, net and cott< Silk Underskirts, $3.00 and Newport Shawls, 25c, 50c, 75c Aviation Caps, 50c and Marabout Neck Pieces, $3.00, $ ladies' Collars, 25c to Ladies' Handkerchiefs, 5c to.. Men's Handkerchiefs, 5c to... Men's Ties, 25c to' JEWELRY. Solid Gold Cuff Lin Gold Front Sets, $3.50. Scarf Links, 50c to $1.50. Also a big line of Dolls, Doll Ci cy Baskets, Work Boxes. A Jardenieres. If you cannot decide we will help you out. Did it come from Epp?7 1 MEACHAM i | CUT PF ? Are very stylish now. We have b ? but are more stylish than ever ju ? prices in half on all Hats, Suits, ? Goods, and give you 10 to 30 per c ? $1.00 up. ? Santa Claus is with us again for ? line is more substantial than usua j 0 prices on Watches, Clocks, Brooch 0 Lockets, Neck Chains, Vest Chai 0 Buttons, Tie Clasps, Baby Pins, S 0 Cut Glass, Rugs, Dolls, Handkercl 0 forts, Lamps, Etc. We engrave i 0 but positively crnnot engrave goc 0 until after Christmas, as we have ? own goods. See our stock and c< 0 see how much you save by tradin* I L. J. MAI jEE3b= I EI I 1 It [I Our Big Christr Our store is now arrayed in I Xmas Bazaar. Gifts of every des 10c counters are loaded with loi U adapted to the holiday trade, anc variety than we have been able t Doll Depart Our doll department with it dressed and undressed Dolls is children. Prices, 50c to $3.00. I ? Picture l Magnificent display of Fran frames and pretty pictures. Pri cial lot of Framed Pictures at 15 Toys, To; Our "TOYLAND" departmen ever before, in endless varieties gines, carts, horses, wagons, < jj , tops, horns, banks, velocipedes, boards, real china closets, chairs chariots, and numerous other thi Xmas Gil You will not be long in finding want to give, for our Xmas Gif ming full of appropriate things i prise you. Big lot of fancy chin p dishes, cups and saucers, vases, cake sets', sugar and cream sets ers, bread a.id butter plates, b celery dips, pickle dishes, noti towels, table linen, work bags, n pieces, bureau scarfs, toques, a\ bags of all kinds, barrettes, h; blankets, umbrellas, etc., etc. LI We want to make special mention < Christmas shoppers: A new lot of bea ladies and children ranging in price fro the popular Velvet Bags, 26c, 50c a ered Handkerchiefs, all linen, 25c, Plaii Cravats, 25c and 50c; some 25c and 50c U 5c each... Large, beautiful Glass Bow Japanese Cups and Saucers, per set, $ Salts, 20c and 25c set. Umbrellas, $l.i Candy and Fruit, Baby Carriage Rotx E. W. KIMBF t\ li=}l ll 11 1 Painting, Tinti I can save you money and material ai proper selections and use of paints and fi your home. For all kinds of Brush Work be Painted, Enameled, Stained cr Varnish in quality and taste. + 1 am doing a lot of first-class painting f j + munity, but I am always ready and eager j I FRANK WHITE, The Paint I! ' > IIS / t. yt ' * V' [EACHAM & EPFS &EPPS ' N I Xmai Presents: I $20.00 L ,... 3.75 ' ^ j 8.00 2.50 3.00 4.00 i 5.00 A zrziznizizr 3.50 vJH 1.00 children, 50c to.. 2.50 Dn, $1.00 to 3.50 4.00 and 1.00 \ 1.00 < >4.00 and 5.00 A 50 .50 fl 25 1 50 iks and Pin Sets, $5.00. Pins, 25c to $2.50. Cuff irriages, Jap Goods, Fanbig line of White China, what to give call on us, ? ^ I so, don't worry. k EPPS. ?. 1 -! . Me [ICES 1 een in style some time, ? B st now. We have cut v Bj Coats and some Dress w m ent. off everything from ^ the 28th year, and our 0 I. We offer special low 0 tes, Bar Pins, Bracelets, 0 ins, Rings, Fobs, Cuff 0 ilverware, Fancy China, 0 hiefs. Cravats. Silk Com- ? free any goods we sell, ? ids bought other places ? all we can do on our ? 3m pare our prices, and ? ? here. g SSEYJ* nas Bazaar loliday attire? a real jcription. Our 25c and L :s of things especially 1 contain a much larger x) offer you before. ment r a immense variety of a real delight to the i Some beauties. j s. 1 r ied Pictures. Pretty ces, 10c to $1.50. Spell. See picture counter. L ys. t is more complete than of train cars and enjrums, doll carriages, r baskets, bureaus, side. tables, tea sets, books, ngs. < fts. just the present you t department is brimit prices that will sur- jMI a and glassware, salad ^^B , plates, jewel boxes, , celery dishes, pitchowls, individual salts, fl|H| ons and fancy goods, fl^BB handkerciefs, center BBfl dator caps, ties, hand at pins, belt buckles, 9BH of some bargains for the H utiful Chatelaine Bags for B rn 25c to $3.25. A new lot nd $1.00. Hand embroid- u n Linen, 5c, 10c, 15c and 25c. [~| H kind for 15c. Xmas boxes, H|H| 1, imitation cot glass, 25c. 1.50 and $1.75. Individual B^^H fUl and 11 A ninu lnt nf V/V OIIU VW 4ft ?l?vv ?w V Vft II es, 75c. Baby Blankets, 75c. U (ELL CO., 1 I =11 IC=Z3jfaJ . fljj ing, Etc. nd clearly explain to you the ^ niahes for all anrfaces about ^ . or if you have a surface to ^ ed, see me. I will satisfy you 1 or the good people of this com for more work. :er, Fort Mill, S. C. $ 1