Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 21, 1911, Image 3
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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<
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Saved $9.7
ired his bill anc
goods for $19.85
n a good suit of cl<
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t Christmas.
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Cashier. ^
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Supplies.
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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
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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
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? 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
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[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
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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
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children, 50c to.. 2.50
Dn, $1.00 to 3.50
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25 1
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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,
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st now. We have cut v Bj
Coats and some Dress w m
ent. off everything from ^
the 28th year, and our 0
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tes, Bar Pins, Bracelets, 0
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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 ?
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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
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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
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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. $
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