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j IMMMWHMHHMi* Notice to Subscribers. The Tiroes has on its subscription lists the names of a number of parties who up to this date have not paid for the paper for , 1911. It is the 'purpose of the publisher to employ a roan to collect the subscriptions and it is hoped that each one will pay up when called ipon. We cannot afford to jend the paper longer than one year on time and will | drop the names of all vho fail to j make settlement. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnrn SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Mrs. J. E. Bruce and children, * of Winnsboro, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Young, on Forest street. Lad. M. Massey left Fort Mill Sunday morning for Greenwood, where he has taken a position with the Southern Power Co. Mr. Z. V. Bradford and family have moved from Grattan to Fort Mill and are occupying a j cottage on East Booth street. Messrs. R. H. Ardrey and Joe Ardrey left Fort Mill Tuesday morning for Maryville, Tenn., where the young men will enter ' college. Mr. B. C. Ferguson, who has been with the Jones grocery for i a number of years, has resigned, ' to accept the position of shipping j clerk for the Fort Mill Mfg. Co. i Miss Elizabeth Alderman, a recent graduate of the Charlotte i k Sanatorium, has been attending ( B Mrs. W. A. Hafner during her , B illness for the past three weeks, j Mrs. S. H. Epps, Sr., and son, ' Rev. G. C. Epps, returned to 1< their home in Gold Hill Saturday, after a very pleasant visit of two 1 weeks to relatives in Tampa, ' Mr. and Mrs. Sam R. Harris, i who were married December 21, , at Monticello, Ga. have returned s ? ?i ...:n " CO riCSSUni v uncy aim win ic- ^ side with Mrs. M. J. Harris, ( mother of the groom. i regular monthly meeting 1 ^(\lawba lodge No. 56, A. F. M., will be held in the lodge 1 > room this Thursday evening at the usual hour. All members 1 are requested to be present. At a meeting the past week of the directors of the Savings Bank of Fort Mill the regular five per ' cent, dividend was declared, showing that the institution had during 1911 enjoyed its usual prosperity. The Fort Mill friends of Mr. ^ C. H. Belk, of Charlotte, will be pleased to learn that he is convalescent, after an illness of several weeks of typhoid fever. Mr. Belk was treated at the ( Charlotte sanatorium. ^ The following young ladies * spent the holidays at the home of Mrs. L. S. Nivens, three miles north of Fort Mill: Misses Laura \ Jenkins, Fannie Boyd. May Wal- I - ? * "? / xr 1_ n lace and Bertha Boya, 01 xorK- j ville, and Miss Lula Brown, of \ Lancaster. i On^ of the pleasant events of the Xmas holidays in Fort Mill j was the family reunion of Mr. | and Mrs. J. N. McAteer. About fifty of the children and grand ] children were present and all en- : joyed the gathering most heartily. As stated recently, the annual banquet of the Fort Mill lodge, VV. 0. W., will be held at the lodge rooms on next Tuesday ; evening. As heretofore the wives of the members will be expected to furnish cake and other delicacies. An even hundred citizens of the town had qualified to vote when the city registration books were closed last Friday afternoon. The city election, which at this time promises to be more than usually interesting, takes place on next Tuesday, the 9th. Mr. G. A. Stultz, a resident of Garland, Texas, was killed Monday afternoon in Rock Hill by being thrown from a buggy. Mr. Stultz, who was on a visit to relatives in Rock Hill, was out driving when his horse became frightened at a road machine and ran away. He was 57 years old and leaves a family in Texas. It is reported on the streets that Dr. Leon Campbell and family, of the Point section of the county, will move to Fort Mill within the next few days and will occupy the Mills house on Main street. Dr. Campbell sold his practice in the Point S section some time ago with the view of moving to Fort Mill, it is stated. The first quarterly meeting of the York Baptist Ministers' conference will be he Id next Monday with the Fort Mill Baptist church. In the evening the Rev. VV. J. Nelson, of the First Baptist church of Rock Hill, will deliver a sermon from the pulpit of the Fort Mill church and the publicis cordially invited to attend the service. The Times is requested to call a meeting of the local farmers' organization to be held in the Fort Mill town hall on Wednesday, January 10, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. At this meeting a report is to be made of the work of the committee appointed recently to canvass the township to secure pledges to the agreement for a reduction of acreage /for 1912. All farmers who have signed the pledge and others interested in work of the organization are urged to attend the Jm 1 meeting next Wednesday, i MARRIAGES. All things combined to make the quiet home wedding of Mr. William White and Miss Mary Nims the happiest event of the Christmas. The beautiful starry night but enhanced the lovely scene within the spacious home | of the bride, and the Christmas cheer joined hands with the true, sweet spirit of the occasion. The decorations were as dainty j and pretty as loving hands could make them, the Christmas holly and mistletoe lending added effectiveness to the usual greenery and hothouse flowers. The upper portion of the long hall was shaded with soft red lights which gleamed down on the j masses of red berries in the holly j banking the whole length of the I stairway, and made a fitting bower for the huge wassail bowl j filled with ruddy punch. In the parlor on the left the many pretty and useful wedding presents were displayed amid a profusion of greenery. The parlor just across was an artistic * ?J ? triumpn in green anu wiute. wju< mistletoe predominating, making a scene that would have delighted the Druids of Eld. At seven o'clock the first sweet strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March were sounded on the piano by Miss Julia Spratt; and I the beautiful little flower girls, j Floride Nims and Frances Spratt, in dainty white dresses interlaced with pink ribbons, came in bearing bouquets of flowers attached to long white streamers thus making an aisle for the bride and groom who entered together. The bride's costume was an exquisite creation of embroidered net over satin with real Duchesse lace, and she carried a bouquet pf white hyacinths and asparagus fern, the veil being looped up, with the same flower. In juxtapositisn to the lovely face of the pride, the fine, strong face of ;he groom appealed to every one. The ceremony was performed py the pastor, Rev. W. A. Hafler, after which there was a short interval during w.iich many warm congratulations were show-1 ?red upon both. Then the fold-1 ng doors were thrown open and ;he two families with the pastor; were ushered into the dining1 room. Sprays of soft ferns, with j iases of white hyacinths and I pink carnations, and streamers j pf white ribbons looped up from bows tied at the corners of the | table to the light in the center | were the decorations in this room. , The supper, which consisted of delicious Christmas delicacies with pink and white ice cream, bride's cake and fruit cake was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Favors of pink ribbon were then pinned on each one and all were served with coffee from a stand in the lower part of the hall. At nine. Mr. and Mrs. William White left to take the train for Charlotte. From there they were ;o go to Mt. Holly, N. C., for a >hort visit to relatives. A very sweet and simple^ home vedding was solemnized at the lome of Mrs. E. M. Ardre.v Thursday evening at four o'clock * vhen her daughter, Miss Kate = \rdrey, became the wife of Mr. , t' lames H. Belk, the ceremony ^ jeing performed by Revs. W. S. a dales, of Stanley, N. C., and T.J. t White, of Fort Mill. The decora- t dons were very pretty, the holly 1j :ind mistletoe blending beautiful- ], !y with the other greenery. A t pretty idea was carried out in 1 connection with the invitations, the first grade children of the t previous school year, pupils of i the bride, being the only out- * siders invited. After the cere- 1 tnony, these little ones were ? onmirico in fhf- > ?41 VC11 <X Ul'ii^uu ui oui yji icv ?# , shape of a Christmas tree loaded 1 down with good things for them 1 whicii they found in the center j of the dining room table. ] These young people are popu- < lar throughout this section and 1 a host of iritnds wish for them ! all happiness and prosperity. From the Pleasant Valley correspondent of the Lancaster News it is learned that Miss Mary : i Culp was married to Mr. W. W. 1 Patterson on Sunday, December 24, the ceremony having been i, performed by the Rev. Mr. Thomasson, of Rock Hill, at the home of the bride in Pleasant Valley. Figure 1 Unlucky. While it is true that optimism is more profitable than pessimism and that it is better to look to the future with hope and courage than to turn ones eyes to the unpleasant conditions of the past, there is no denying the fact that the year 1911 was ono ot tne hardest years this section of the country has experienced in a longtime. Notwithstanding the fact that the largest cotton crop ever grown in South Carolina in a single year was that of 1911, the low price of the staple has more than otfset the enormous yield. Comparing the conditions of the present with the conditions of the early days of January of last year, it is seen that the price of cotton today is just half what it was one year ago. All of which recalls an article which appeared in The Times of January 5, 1911, in which a citizen of this section said that the figure 1 had been synonymous with disaster for the South for half a century. The article is as follows: Reading in The News and Courier of Sunday, *'1910 a great year; 1911 a greater one," a Fort Mill citizen recalled that for the last 50 years every year ending with the figure 1 had proved disastrous to the country, especially to the South. The year 1861, the opening year of the War Between the States, was the most disastrous of all for this section. Ten year* later, 1 j or in 1871, President Grant suspended " " I /"^'T G1 To Our Fi is not during the thanks; bu friendship i business n fidence, ar time to tin ! business r< t Along \ one of yoi I good year, ty. We a I sincerely ti | Santa Clan I the Christi S .fir I grateful ro The yea before to s ance of yo M1U he writ of habeas corpus in many tate3 of the South, in which he used Jnited States troops to hound down i;d persecute the Ku Klux clans and heir sympathizers, forcing many of he best citizens of this section to flee heir homes, at the same time placing he negroes one rung higher on the adder of political ascendency which hey presently climbed to the top. ! 'oor crops were the rule in 1871, many ! legroes refusing to work the fields as hey had formerly done. Eighteen ighty-one was a notoriously dry year, hi rain of consequence falling in some lections from May to September. Jery poor crops were harvested as a esuit of the drought. Less than 1,000,000 bales of cotton were grown n the South in 1891. Nineteen one ,\ as another short crop year, the rainfall of the entire sprng and summer ;i ii g so excessive that farmers were ible to give their fields little attention. It is to be hoped, concludes The Times' authority, that history will not repeat ,n 1911 and that The News and Courier's roseate forecast for the year will pan out. CARD OF THANKS. On behalf of my family and mysblf, I employ this means to thank you, the good people of Fort Mill, for your recent kindness to us. You have been very kind to us ever since we came into your midst, but you have been especially kind during the last three weeks, a time when kindness meant most. Many nice thin gs were received, and all of them are appreciated, but we appreciate most of all your sympathy, help and prayers during our days of anxiety. I don't know how any people could be more thoughtful, helpful and sympathetic than you have been. For all these expressions of your confidence, love and esteem, we most heartily thank you; and it shall be our prayer that God, who is rich in blessings, may bless you richly in all good things. W. A. HAFNEft. The best price paid for cotton on the local market yesterday was 8. 5 cents. NOTICE?The best place to have your clothes cleaned and pressed is the Fort Mill Pressing Club, upstairs in Massey Building, rnone no. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the city ol Fort Mill, S. C., now sitting in open council and by authority of the same: Section 1. That an election for mayor and six aldermen for the city of Fort Mill for the years 19i.2 and 1913 is hereby ordered to be held in the town hal in said city on Tuesday, January 9, 1912, the polls to open at 8 a. m. anc remain open until 4 p. m., during which time all qualified voters shall be en titled to vote. Sec. 2. That each qualified vote] shall be entitled to cast one ballot foi mayor and one ballet for alderman ir the ward in which said voter resides and one ballot each for two aldermei at large. Sec. 3. That A. A. Bradford, T. D Faulkner and J. H. Patterson are here by appointed managers of said election Done and ratified this 26th day o December, 1911. L. A. HARRIS, Attest: Mayor. J. L. SPRATT, Clerk. iends and Patrons: alone for the increasec year that is now clos t for that which we and good will. We lethods, and to always id the support which le forced us to seek m squiring four large stor vith our thanks we des i the gr eetings of the i 1912, may be to you lso hope that all have rust that not one of th< is. If we have done nas joy of our friends r the opportunity. ir 1912 will find us m< satisfactorily serve you ur patronage and good S & YOUf | The SAVIN fi Eoth Require BANK.! | WHY? Simply c I We Hav f Besides our $25,C (handle and will ap small, call and talk I The SAVIN LEROY SPRINGS President. !*?miHiiii ii'iicmanawpg TAX NOTICE lyii. | Office of the County Treas- j urer of York County. j Yorkviile, S. ('., Sept. 15, 1911. ' Notice is hereby given that the Tax 1 Books for York county will be opened on Monday, the 16th (lav of Otober, 1911. and remain open until the 31st day of December, lull, tor the coliec tion of State, County. School and Local ; Thxes for the tiscal year 3911, without penalty; after which day one per cent. 1 penalty will be added to all payrrn nts made in the montn of January, 1912, I and two per cent, penalty for all payl merits made in the month of February, 1912, and seven per cent, penalty will ! be added on all payments made from r; the first day of March, to the 15th day r of March, 1912, and after this dale ail i unpaid taxes will go into execution and . all unpaid Singie Polls will be turned i over to the several Magistrates for prosecution in accordance with law. For the convenience of taxpayers, -' will attend at the following places o , . the days named: f At Yorkville from Monday, Novem-1 ber 13, until the 31st day of December, 1911, after which day the penalties will attach as stated above. HARRY E. NEIL. i patronage you have sing that we desire t prize even more higi have sought to folio1 take our patrons into they have given us ore room and now w< erooms. iire to extend to each < season and the hope a year of peace and had a merry Christ) 5 little ones was fon something that contr i r and patrons, we re< iking even greater eff and thereby merit a [ fellowship. IG COMW GS BANK of The OLD RELIABLE : the GOVEI State and Natic 5 to accumulate a SU is a protection to their e $11,300.00 S )00.00 Capital and < predate your business . it over with us. fGS BANK of >, w. mm e obkodb orb < 1 | Phone 1 sr1/, I vUCM am I All kinds < I and Buildei j J. J. 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