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SHORT ITEMS of INTEREST to TIMES READERS. Mr. C. T. Crook, of Americup, Ga.. was a visitor the last week at the home of his brother, Mr. i W. H. Crook, in Gold Hill. The Methodists of the town have recently improved their church on Booth street, by the application of a coat of paint. Roy McMurray, a student of a Baltimore dental college, arrived Sunday morning and will spend h A ' 1 1'J?..? ?* Uin in f hi c? me liuuuays at Ilia IIUIUC ill Vino city. , The Times will appear next j week as usual, except the papers i1 will be mailed out Tuesday after- j1 ^jioon in order to allow the force a short holiday. Mrs. Jennie Edwards Bonner spent Sunday and Monday in this city with her niece, Mrs. \ Fred Harris, returning to her home in Due West Monday afternoon. x Postmaster General Hitchcock has issued an order authorizing all postmasters to deliver "Santa ; Claus letters" to charitable in stitutions in the towns where they are received. On account of the illness of Rev. F. L. Glen nan, no services were held Sunday in the local Methodist church. Mr. Glennan has been sick with grip for a; week or more at his home on Booth street. Fort Mill friends of Mr. and C W Tr.usnn former residenLs i of this city, will be interested to know that they are now living in | Pineville, having moved there a; v few days ago from their farm in ; the vicinity of Waxhaw. On account of the Christmas holidays the Southern and other railroad systems of the South have announced greatly reduced rates from all points on their lines. Tickets will be sold December 13 to January 1, with final return limit January 6. The 6-months'-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Thrower, who live in the village of the Fort j Mill Mfg. company's mill No. 1, ! died Monday morning and was buried Tuesday in the c ty cemetery. Tne funeral service was by Rev. F. L. Glennan of the lo- i cal Methodist church. In the matter of hog raising, Mr. J. L. J.yles, whose 481-pound hog was recently reported, will have to surrender the honors to Mr. D. M. Gulp, of Sprattville. Mr. Gulp on Thursday butchered | two "porkers" which netted 875! rmnnHs The larevr of the hoi?s weighed an even 500, while the j smaller one went 475 pounds. Sam Musgrave, the well known 1 Tennessee horseman who visits,: Fort Mill annually, was here the last week ana made arrangements to return early in January with a car of live stock. Mr. ! Musgrave will quarter his stock at the stables of the Mills & i Young Co. on Academy street. A pretty home wedding solemnized Tnursday evening in Steel Creek was that of Miss Mary Allen Wilson and Mr. Thomas Wilson, of lower Steel Creek. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C. W. McCully, of Central Steel Creek church, in the presence of only the immediate relatives and a few friends of the contracting parties. The South's cotton crop this year will amount to 6,612,335,000 pounds ef lint, exclusive of lintore rlonQrtmpnf nf mrripnl VI lj| V11V UV put VttiVlt V v* ?? > ture estimated in its annual report issued Thursday. This is equivalent to 13,820,000 bales, gross weight, and with an average price of 121-2 cents a pound the value of the crop would be about $856,000,000. Now is the time to do your Christmas shopping before the rush sets in. The local merchants have stocked their stores with all the novelties as well as the comforts and necessities of the season, anticipating your trade. They have faith in Fort Mill and they are in buisness here to serve you, and they are prepared to do it better this year than ever before. Shop early and do it at home. To the regret of the many friends he has made in this community since locating here several months ago, Dr. L. O. Johnson will leave Fort Mill the 1st of January for Bethune, Kershaw county, where he is to become a partner in a drug store. Dr. Johnson came to Fort Mill from Lake City and has held here the position of prescription clerk at Ardrey's. Alex. Young is at home from ^ Atlanta for the holidays. % Do your Christmas shopping 4 early and get it off your hands. ' We hope the merchants will 4 heve a good, brisk business this * week. All the little folks are on the ' lookout for their old friend, Santa Claus. ? The school children will be turned loose on Friday for a two f weeks Christmas frolic. ' The college boys and girls are ? coming in this week to spend f' the holidays with the home folks. In some parts of the country " there are lew hogs to kill be- i cause of the ravages of the cholera. ^ The stores of the town handling Xinas goods have employed ' extra salespeople to serve the j holiday trade. There now seems to be little * doubt that tiie express companies j r will adjust their rates to meet f the competition of the parcels I >< post rate put on by the postoffice i department. ">t At the Clerk's sale Monday I ^ morning of the Griffin proptrty, i J. H. Sutton boug it the 50-acrej tract of land, two miles north o f Fort Mill, for $25 an acre. Tne | > saleuf the Griffin store and home- > place, in the same vicinity, was j ; postponed to Monday, Jan. 13. Some time (luring Sunday night > a t hief or thieves made an unsuc- . cessful attempt to burglarize tne >' establishment of McEihaney & Co. on Main street. Tie plate glass in the front door of the r clothing department was shat tered, but the hole made was 7 not large enough to permit en- f trance. The thief then attemp - > ted to dig a hole in the rear door > but in this manner was also un- y i-lio Bhir.' The ! auic tw I I IIV VUV . v. ? loss to the firm was about $5, : the cost of a glass for the front f door. A peculiar accident occurred at the home of Mr. C. VV. McNealy, ? on Booth street, Sunday after- ^ noon in which a great Dane and a goat figured as the principals. . Both were found in a well. The f dog was more fortunate than the i goat and escaped with a few > bruises; the goat was killed. It ^ is surmised that the dog fell into the well by accident and that the . goat deliberately jumped in to f be with the dog, as the goat en tertained a strong attachment + for the dog and the two were in- y separable when the dog was at ^ home. t _ _ , > Two Heavy Verdicts. ^ Two heavy verdicts were re- ^ tuil td rgainst corporations by Yuik county juri.s at the fall ? term of the circuit court in York-1 f ville last week. The damages > awarded amounted to at>oul $8,(M) in eaeii case, in both oi ^ which boys sustained personal j injuries. Some months ago, I Sam Magill, 10-year-old son of Mr. C. B. Magill, superintendent for the Charlotte Brick Co., at + Grattan, two miles south of Fort ^ Mill, had his left leg cut off by a train in an accident near the T brick plant. Suit was brought f by Mr. Magill, as guardian, against the railroad company. > The other case was that of ^ Walter Haynes, a boy of Rock Hill, against the Southern Power j T Co. and the Manchester Cotton mill jointly. The jury awarded the boy $8,333 in damages. Hay- i nes was severely burned by j ^ touching an exposed live wire at the Manchester mill some time . ago. LOST--Saturday evening on the t' streets of Fort Mill, silver-mounted + Waterman Fountain Pen. Reward if ' returned to Times Office. 7 1 ~ 1 4 ^ ; Are You Hungry? + Come to the Crescent Cafe and be 4 filled. Watch the Menu on the window and see if I haven't something you . want. Give me your order now for Christmas Fruit Cakes. The longer you keep them the better they are. Only 25c per pound ?cheap- 1 er than you can make them at home. No drinking of intoxicating liquors T wiil be all* wed on the premises. If I please you, tell others. + If I don't please you. tell me. THE CRESCENT CAFE, 1 C. A. Jones, Prop'r - Fort Mill, S. C. <t <? ' ' ' -$ ' ! ' |f I Ikri?.H...I- i I ? I III w?M . If I - H0ld s EVERY year, as regular as his headquarters at this ; Toys to g1 add en the hearts of We have so many beautiful to you. You must come ; 1 w ^ Every little boy and girl in 1 often as le she likes and se every day and evenings from ] to bring you to see the pretty i It And addition to toys this for the older folks?Father, mo for the old folks?for everyone j no uncertain way. Come, if c H around and about. tt CS) Eor the convei ' early, we have f warehouse for stc desire can have tl livered when the} shop early, while I Mills & Yc ; Furniture Dept., lanta Clam ire Again. Christmas comes, old S< store and brings with him the little children of Fort Toys that it is impossible yourself and set this t *ort Mill and vicinity is im e old Santa's big toy shop, now until Christmas. As! Santa Claus goods. big ?tore is filled to over ther, sifter, brother?for : there's something here tl >nly for the pleasure you'll lience of customers who reserved a section of 01 >rage purposes and all w icir purchases put aside ai j wish. For this reason v\ the stocks are unbroken. 3nng Con Fort $.*.+,.4. .$>.$.a.-4.4.4 , 4.. +. +. <y.. r# - < +$+$+&***$+<$>+<$ +$>+$+&+$+$ HI ? ||^ fil I ttt tiii III f WrnlvV f ft f ^f 3v/ A TU ?/ vr 1 oh// tff CM/ *+} fcfK Peoples Tj|by> Store fv 1 II! i ::: 111 ||| ^ mta Claus makes a big sack full of HI Mill and vicinity. Hi to mention them p; >aautiful display. ill /ited to come in as ft! It will be open ttt k father or mother H! ttt /N 'i> flowing with gifts "her" and "him"? ill lat will appeal in get from looking shop ir bie f|t ^ ^ 3 T T so . ldde. |:t re say W J III ? ? opany, | Mill, S. C. Ill