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GENERAL INFORMATION. j
CITY GOVERNMENT. j
i A. R. McELHANEY Mayor /
S/W. PARKS Clerk \
1 V. D. POTTS....Chief of Police 1
DEPARTURE OF TRAINS. ;
! No. 31 Southbound 5:35 a. m.
?> No. 3o Southbound 7:12 a. m. ??
No. 27 Southbound 5:12 p. m. i
No. 36 Northbound 8:50 a. m.
No. 28 Northbound 6:30 p. m.
No. 32 Northbound 9:27 p. m. i
,, Note? Trains 31 and 32 stop at ,,
Fori Mill only when flagged.
! . MAILS CLOSE.
For train No. 36 8:30 a. m. 1
For train No. 27 4:50 p. m. ,
i For train No. 28 6:00 p. m. J
j Note ?No mail is despatched on f
trains 31. 32 and 35. Trains 27 j
i and 28 do not handle mail Sunday, J
POSTOFFICE HOURS. 5
? Daily 7:30 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. I
Sunday 9:30 to 10?. 5 to5:30p. . J
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SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST
to TIMES READERS.
Cotton, 10 l-4c; Seed, 28c.
Saturd y, according to one of
our merchants, was the best
business day the town has had
this year.
Dr. M. W. Grigg and son, Dr.
Oscar Grigg, of Shelby, N. C..
snent Sunday with relatives in
this city.
Rev. J. B. Massey and family,
of Mossy Creek, Va., are visiting
Mr. Massey's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. Henry Massey, in
tiiis city.
Mrs. C. W. McNealy and little
son, Charles, returned to this
city Sunday evening after a
several weeks' visit to relatives
in Savannah, Ga.
Mrs. J. T. McGregor and little
son, of Forest City, N. C., are
guests at the home of Mrs.
McGregoi's mother, Mrs. Augusta
Culp, in this city.
W. W. Blackwelder, formerly
master mechanic with the mill at
Pineville, N. C., has accepted
position with the ginnery of the
Fart Mill Mfg. Co.
From an article that appeared
in Saturday's Evening Herald it
seems that there is strong opposition
in Rock Hill to the pro
posed issue of $75,000 for a new
courthouse at Yorkville.
Mayor John R. Hart and Hon.
J. C. Wilborn, of Yorkviile, were
in Fort Mill Friday, working in
behalf of the proposed court
house bond issue to be voted on
in the general election November
5.
Messrs. B. M. Bradford and
Thos. Bailey have bought the
clothes cleaning business of Mr.
T. E. Merritt. The business will
be continued at its present location
on Clebourn street with Mr.
Bailey in charge.
John Massey and Everard Ardrey,
two Fort Mill young men,
left Saturday for a pleasure trip
to Denver, Colorado. The young
men will be away about three
weeks and will visit the principal
points of interest in the West
before returning home.
Dr. L. L. Campbell and family,
who have resided in Fort Mill
for about one year, on Thursday
removed to the Point section of
the county. Dr. Campbell has
recently erected a handsome
residence on his plantation in the
Point. He will engage in farming
and the practice of medicine.
The commissioners of election
for York county met Thursday
at Yorkville and named the
managers of the November election
for the various voting precincts
of the county. The managers
of the Fort Mill box are:
State and County?W. R. Bradford,
W. P. Epps, A. A. Bradford,
;3r. Federal?W. J. Kimbrell,
,.J. H. Patterson, B. F. Bennett.
The pulpit of the Fort Mill
Presbyterian church was supplied
on last Sunday morning by
Rev. J. B. Massey, of Mossy
Creek, Va. Mr. Massey is an
eloquent and forceful speaker
and his discourse Sunday was
highly interesting and instructive
to the large crowd present. Mr.
Massey will be heard again at
the church next Sunday morning
fKu 11 ciiq 1 Vinnr for SPrviflftS.
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Saturday, October 5, was observed
by the Sunday school of
Flint Hill Baptist church as work
..day lor Connie Maxwell orphanage.
The day was spent in picking
cotton on the plantation of
Mr. W. H. Windle in upper Fort
Mill and at weighing time in the
late afternoon it Was found that
the pupils of the Sunday school
bad gathered a total of 2,330
pounds of cotton. Mr. Windle
allowed the children 50 cents per
hundred pounds for their work
and this netted the school $11.G5.
Besides this amount there were
several personal contributions,
the total making quite a substantial
contribution to the children
at Connie Maxwell.
Peeples Gets Nomination.
Incomplete returns yesterday
indicated that Thos. H. Peeples,
r.j?nHidate for Attorney General,
had defeated J. Frazer Lyon, incumbent,
who was a candidate
for renomination in the second
State Democratic primary held
Tuesday. The vote stood:
Peeples 21,709; Lyon, 19,304.
The returns were very slow.
Mr. Lyon has been Attorney
General nearly six years. Mr.
Peeples is an adherent of Governor
Blease, while Mr. Lyon is
known as a political opponent of
the Governor.
\ _ The Fort Mill vote was, Peeples
90; Lyon, 55.
Body of Nogro Woman Fonnd.
The dead body of Mary Huntley,
the Pineville negro woman
whose mysterious disappearance
was noted in The Times last
week, was discovered buried in a
ditch a short distance from the
main street of Pineville Friday
i afternoon. The woman's throat
had been cut and the decomposed
1 condition of the body indicated
that it had been buried several
days. There seems to be little
doubt that she was murdered
and that the body was thus disposed
of by the murderers in an
effort to conceal the crime. Pat
Huntley, husband of the wowan,
and several other Pineville negroes
are in the Mecklenburg
county jail charged with the
crime.
A Pretty Home Wedding.
Miss Florence P. Kimbrell, of
Featherstone Company to Open Course.
The Floyd Featherstone Com1
pany, musical novelty entertainers,
will appear at the school
auditorium on Thursday night,
| October 24, as the opening number
of the Radcliffe Lyceum
course for the season. This announcement
will be received with
i much pleasure by the people of
Fort Mill and surrounding country.
The series of five attracj
tions engaged for the season is
among the very best to be secured
on the American platform today
and it is expected that a full
house will greet each of the
, numbers.
There still remains a number
of desirable seats in the auditorium
that have not been taken
and these may be secured by
anyone desiring them at Ardrey's
drug store. The popular price
of $1.75 for a season ticket to
the entire five attractions will
be open to the public until .the
date of r.he first attraction next
Thursday evening. The general
admission to those who are not
season ticket-holders will be 50c
for each attraction.
The auditorium management
has been esp cially fortunate in
securing the Featherstone company
as the opening number,
since Mr. Featherstone and his
company urive .a musical, nov* 1
and humorous entertainment,
for orierinalitv. variety
and real enjoyment has no superior.
The program will begin
promptly at 8:30 o'clock at the
scnool auditorium.
he Game Law.
According to the game law.
passed by the legislature this
year, it is now lawful to hunt
deer, doves, woodcocks and wood
ducks. Ihe open season for
partridges and wild turkeys will
not arrive until Nov. 15. Willet
may be killed on and after Nov. 1.
Granckle are in open season on
and after Oct. 1.
The following are the open
season dates: Deer, from September
1 to January i; partridges
and wild turkeys, from November
15 to March 1; doves from
August 15 to March 1; woodcocks
from September 1 to Februrary 1;
willet, from November 1 to
March 1; wood ducks, from
September 1 to March 1; granckle
from October 1 to March 1.
Dove bating is legal only between
December 1 and March 15.
Each deer killed out of season
carries a penalty of $25, and each
bird illegally killed, $10, The
miximum penalty for breaking
the game law is $100 or 30 days
| in prison.
this city, and Dr. Dewitt T.
Smith, of Gainesville, Fla., were
married last Wednesday night at
8:30 at the residence of the
bride's sister, Mrs. C. M. Faris,
on Kenilworth Avenue, E. Dilworth,
Charlotte. Rev. Dr.
Gilbert T. Rowe, pastor of Tryon
street Methodist church, was the
officiating minister. The house
was most attractively set with
f^rns and palms,, relieved with
yellow and white chrysanthemums.
The bridal parlor was
I in white. The floor was covered
; in white and the curtains hung
I with ivy. Across a prettily
! banked corner a floral arch was
set and under this the vows were
I taken.
The bride wore a handsome
I gown of white satin, entrain,
i trimmed in Irish lace and pearls,
with bridal veil of tulle, caught
with a band of pearls. The
bridal bouquet was bride's roses
and lillies of the valley. She
entered the parlor on the arm of
her brother, Mr. C. H. Kimbrell,
to the strain of the wedding
march played by Miss
Louise Young. "Hearts and
Flowers" was played during the
ceremony. Her bridesmaid was
Miss Blandina Alexander, who
wore blue crepe de chine and
carried yellow chrysanthemums.
The ring was carried by little
Miss Rebecca Lee Redwine, who
was attired in white batiste with
lace and white ribbons. The
ring was carried in a big chrysanthemum.
Defining the bridal
aisle were white ribbons held by
Misses Elizabeth and Pauline
Barkley, attired in white mull
and lace with white ribbons.
The best man was Mr. H. L.
Williams, of Gainesville. A
wedding reception was held immediately
after the ceremony.
The dining room was effective
in white and greep. White
chrysanthemums were used in
floral adornment.
The bride is attractive and admired
by a host of friends. She
was exceedingly pretty in her
wedding attire. The groom is a
successful physician in Gainesville
and is esteemed by all who
know him.
Dr. Smith and bride left Thursday
afternoon for Gainesville,
their future home. J.
Frost Records.
Weather Observer 0. 0. Atto,
of the Charlotte bureau, has furnished
the Charlotte News with
the following records of past
years, which give some interesting
facts in regard to the first
visits of Jack Frost:
The average time of the first
light frost is October 13th.
The latest date in autumn of
the first light frost is November
4, in 1881.
The earliest date on which a
heavy frost has occurred is October
2d, in the year 1889. The
lowest temperature on this date
was 36 degrees.
The average date of heavy
frost is October 25th, or more
than ten days hence.
The latest date of the first
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neavy irusi, is nuvcmyci xk.
This unusually late date occurred
in the year 1897.
Of killing frosts, the earliest
da'e recorded is October 8th, in
jthe year 1889. This year, t
will be noticed by referring to
the earliest dates of first light
and heavy frosts given above,!
possesses the record for early
frosts, it being an abnormally
cold autumn.
The average date of the first
killing frost and freeze is November
4.
The latest date of killing frost
was November 28, in 1902, this
i being a warm autumn, with
frosts of all character, occurring
much later than the averages.
Last year, the first killing
frost and freezing temperature
! occurred on November 3d, one
day earlier than the average.
Locally, no frost of any kind,
has occurred during the present
j season, although very light frost
; has been reported from exposed
i of q lif-Hp distance
I [-/lavco at vjuivv u ??w*v -?
! out from the city of Charlotte.
Flint Hill Newt.
Fort Mill Times Correspondence.
Mrs. Anna Merritt, who has
been in a Charlotte hospital for
several weeks, has returned to
her home in this section.
Mrs. Rob Miller Watts, who
has been on an extended visit to
relatives in this community, returned
last week to her home in
Miami, Fla.
M. Rhone Davis, who has been
on an extended visit to relatives
at Minter Garden, Fla., returned
last week.
Mr. Charlie Boyd of this community
had the misfortune of
losing a fine horse one day last
week. The animal had one of
its legs broken by a kick from
another horse and had to be
killed.
! Mr. J. G. Moss and son, Ralph,
returned the last week ftVm a
: trip to Alabama, where they had
gone to look over some farming
! lands.
Friends of Mr. Z. T. Bailes
will be pleased to know that he
is able to be out again, after an
illness of several weeks.
Born the last week to Mr. and
Mrs. M. Farris, of this section,
a son. F.
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She's a wise woman who knows just
: what to do when her husband's life is
I in danger, but Mrs. R. J. Flint, Braintree,
Vt., is of that kind. "She insisted
on my using Dr. King's New Discovery,"
writes Mr. F. "for a dreadful
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all thought I had only a short time to
I live, ana it completely cured me." A
1 quick cure for coughs and colds, it's
the most safe and reliable medicine lor
many throat and lung troubles?grip,
bronchitis, croup, whooping cough, quinsy,
tonsilitis, homorrnages. A trial
will convince you. 50 cts and $1.00.
Guaranteed by' Ardrev's Drug Store,
Fort Mill Drug Co. and Parks Drug Co.
ONE CENT A WORD
MINIMUM CHARGE, 25C.
FOR SALE?100 bushels of Fallsown,
Rust-Proof Oats. B. M. Faris.
FOR SALE?Beautttui uoiaen ubk
I Sideboard, with swell front. Cost $40;
sell for $15. Also Fireplace Coal
Grate, for $1.50. W. R. Bradford.
WANTED ?Parties owing me for work
done during the year to come forward
and settle at once. These accounts are
past due and I need my money.
A. A. YOUNG.
FOR SALE?Two Mules and one
i Horse, for cash or ciedit. We will buy
i beef cattle and milch cows.
L. A. HARRIS & CO.
STATEMENT
Of the Ownership, Management, Etc.,
of 1 he Fort Mill Time*. Published
Weekly at Fort Mill, S. C., Required
by the Act of August 24, 1912.
Editor?B. W. Bradford, Fort Mill,
Is. c.
Managing Editor?B. W. Bradford,
Fort Mill, S. C.
Publisher ? B. W. Bradford, Fort
Mill, S. C.
Ownei?B. W. Bradford, Fort Mil,
| S. C.
Known bondholders, mortgagees an .
otl er security holders, holding 1 pei
cen', or more of total amount of bonds,
mortgage , or other securities: Mortgagees?W.
W. Ball, Columbia, S. C.
Savings Bank. Fort Mill, S. C., Perpetual
Building and Loan Association,
Fort Mill, S. C.
B. W. BRADFORD.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 30th day of September, 1912.
T. B, SPRATT,
Notary Public S. C,
AUDITORIUM
Thursday Night,
OCTOBER 24,
The Floyd Featherstone
Musical Novelty Entertainers.
General Admission 5Cc
Curtain rises promptly at 8:30
New York Journal: A more unique
or original performance could hardly
be conceived.
Richmond Times-Dispatch: The performance
was of the greatest merit
and fully deserved the repeated applause.
TAX LEVIES FOR 1912.
Office of the County Treasurer of York
County.
Yorkville, S. C., October 10, 1912.
In compliance with the law, I hereby
give notice of the several levies on
the property of York County, for the
fiscal year, beginning January 1st, 1912,
to wit: .
For State purposes. 5| mills on the
dollar.
For ordinary county purposes, 4 mills
on the dollar.
For Constitutional schools, 3 mills on
the dollar.
For roads, 2 mills on the dollar.
For Catawba River Bridge, J of 1
mill on the dollar.
For County Bridge Fund, 4 mill on
the dollar.
Aggregating 16 mills on all the property
of the county, and in addition to
this, the following special levies for
townships and local scnools, viz.:
Catawba township, 1J mills ^or interest
on township bonds; 4 of 1 mill
for a sinking fund for said township.
Ebenezer township, J of 1 mill for interest
on township bonds, and 4 of 1
mill for a sinking fund for said township.
York township, 3 mills for interest
on township bonds, and 4 of 1 mill for
a sinking fund for said township.
Local School Levies:
District No. 2, 3 mills, making a total
levy of 19 mill3 in said district.
District No. 6, 3 mills, making a total
levy of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 7. 3 mills, making a to-'
tal levy of 20$ mills in said district.
District No. 9, 4 mills, making a total
levy of 20 mills in said district.
District No. 11, 5 mills for grade 1
school, 1 mill for high school, and 1
mill for interest on graded school bonds,
making a total levy of 26$ mills in said
district.
District No. 12, 4 mills, making a total
levy of 21$ mills on the property of
Ebenezer, and 212 mills on Catawba
township part of said district.
District No. 13, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 18 mills in said district.
District No. 14, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 18 mills in said district.
Distsict No. 15, 3 mills, making a total
levy of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 20, 2$ mills, special tax,
2 mills for interest on bonds, 1 mill to
retire bonds, making a total of 21$ mills
on the property of Bullock's Creek and
Broad River townships' part and 25
mills on the York township part of said
district.
District No. 21, 3 mills, making 19
mills in the King's Mountain township
part and 22$ mills in the York township
part of said district.
District No. 22, 3 mills, making a total
levy of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 23, 3 mills, making a total
levy of 19 mills in said district.
District .m>. zo, a mills, maxing a u>tal
levy of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 27, 3 mills, making a total
levy of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 28, 2 mills for special !
levy, 1} mills interest on school bonds, !
and 1} mills for sinking fund, making a
total of 21 mills in said district.
District No, 29, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 18 mills in said district.
District No. 82, 2 mills special tax,
making a total levy of 19} mills in said
district.
District No. 33, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 18 mills on Bethesda's part
and 2li mills on the York part of said
district.
District No. 35, 2} mills, making a total
levy of 19J mills on Ebeneaer's part
and 22 mills on York's part of said district.
District No. 36, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 19} mills for said district.
District No. 37, special levy of 2 mills
for school, 1} mills for interest on
school building bonds, 1 mill for sinking
fund, making a total of 20} mills for
said district.
District No. 38, 2} mills, making a
total levy of 18} mills in said district.
District No. 39. 3 mills, making a total
levy of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 40, 3 mills, special 2} ,
mills to pay interest on bonds, 1 mill
for sinking fund, making a total levy
of 22} mills in said district.
District No. 41, 3 mills, making a total
of 19 mills for said district.
District No. 42, 2 mills, making a total
of 21} mills in said district,
District No. 43, 2 mills, making a to- "
tal ol 18 mills in oemesaa s pari ui said
district, a total of 19fc mills in
Ebenezer's part of said district, and
21J mills in York's part of said district.
District No. 44, 2 mills, making a total
levy of 18 mills in said district.
District No. 45, 2$ mills, making a
total of 20i mills in said district.
District No. 46, 2 mills, making a total
of 19} mills in said district.
District No. 47, 2$ mills, making a
total of 22 mills in said district.
District No. 48, 2$ mills, making a
total of 18$ mills in Bullock's Creek
township's part of said district, and a
total of 22 mills in York township's
part of said district.
District No. 49, 8 mills, making a total
levy of 19 mills in the King's Mountain
township part of said district, and
22$ mills in the York township part of
said district.
District No. 51, 3 mills, making a total
of 19 mills in said district.
District No. 52, 4 mills, making a to- t
tal levy of 21} mills in said district.
Also $1.00 on all taxable polls.
Also 50 cents each on all dogs.
HARRY E. NEIL,
Countv Treasurer.
Fresh arrival ol
HEADLEY'S
and
HERSHEY'S j
Celebrated ,
Confections, ;
All the popular
brands of
Chewing Gum. |:
Haile's on the Corner,
B. J. WHITE,
Attorney at Law.
Office Over Ardrey'a Drugstore,
FORT MILL, S. C.
Oil Tuesdays and Fridays.
Fort Mill Pressing Club,
GUY A. ROSS, Prop.
OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale at
The Times office.
100 Men tc
Save $
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beginning ?f1
Wool Suits, w
on one rack, ?
~J|f?jp ' Fancy Serge, 1
Mixed Cashm
ulars and slim
mUttm offering here, :
I JltPlf season. The
< Mm! suits carried o
mm Iff great values.
\ pf 18 is here.
mlip| Remember,
the ecand flc
gain Rack is t
] If you should come in and fir
j stairs and make your own selec
5 you to bring your boys along,
offer in Boy's Clothing.
Boy's Suits $!
Mills & Yoi
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Buster Brown's Guaranteed
Hosiery.
"Resolved, That it pays to insure your Stockings. Mine are
guaranteed, are yours?" "Buster Brown.
Men's, Ladies' and Children's Hosiery, every pair made of
the very best long staple Egyptian cotton. Wear them and
there'll be no more darning. Four pairs guaranteed to wear
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four long montns witnout darning. w nu can ucai >?.
Big Silk Sale.
Friday and Saturday we will place on sale a limited number
of pieces of Bordered Silk Foulard at ONE-HALF the
REGULAR PRICE.
Splendid 42-inch in brown, Wisteria, Reseda, and Navy,
extra values at $1.50, sale price, per yard, only 75c
38-inch Brown. Navy, Copenhagen and Black, a special
value at $1.00, sale price, per yard, only. 50c
You will have to see these values to appreciate them and
be convinced that these are the greatest Silk Bargains ever
shown in Fort Mill.
A few Waist Patterns in Fancy Silks at greatly reduced
prices,
Have you seen our new shipment of Ladies' Raincoats?
They are beauties and a bargain at $3.00 each.
E. W. KIMBRELL CO.
"The Place Where Quality Counts."
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No need for that run down, tired out feeling?no reason for
thin, impoverished blood.
Nyal's Tonic-that's what builds up your system, tones the
blood and gives you an appetite with a relish.
For thin blooded men. women and children?Nyal's Tonic is
ideal.
Then, too-when convalescent from a long illness- Nyal's
Tonic will put you on ycur feet.
Try Nval's Tonic -it livens the entire system-banishes that
tired feeling.
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system feel like new.
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e is your chance. Right at the
he season you can save $5.00 on
winter Suit. We have 100 All- ^
rorth from $12.50 to $16.00, all I
ind the price for a few days will ,
cash. I
are good styles, in Blue Serge, |
3ark Worsteds, Grey and Brown
eres, sizes 35 to 42, stouts, regs.
Of the hundred Suits we are
sixty of them were bought this
other forty are higher priced
ver from last season. All
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Come early, while your size
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our Clothing department is on
>or and this great $ 10.00 Barhe
second rack.
id us all busy, just walk right up ;
tion. Say, by the way, we want
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