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1 j FORT MILL, S. C. GENERAL INFORMATION. I CITY GOVERNMENT. f A. R. McELHANEY Mayor i 1 C. S. LINK Clerk .. f D. N. GASTON..-Chief of Police I DEPARTURE OF TRAINS, f No. 31 Southbound G:00 a. m. No. 35 Southbound 7:12 a. m. j No. 27 Southbound 5:12 p. m. i [ No. 36 Northbound 8:50 a. m. 1 i no. z? rsortnnouna u:,ju p. m. i f No. 32 Northbound 9:07 p. m. f $? No. 113 Southbound.. 12:09 p. m. 4 1 No. 114 Northbound..11:50 a. m. \ [ Note?Trains 31 and 32 stop at [ 1 Fort Mill only when flagged. \ If ' MAILS CLOSE. f J, For train No. 36 8:30 a. m. J l" For train No. 27 4:50 p. m. I J For train No. 28 6:00 p. ni. 1 I Note ?No mail is despatched 011 [ J trains 31, 32 and 35. Trains 27 j J and 28 do not handle mail Sunday. J 3 POSTOFFICE IfOURS. 3 I Daily 7:30 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. * 3 Sunday 9:30 to 10 5 to 5:30 p. m. 3 The management of the Majestic Theatre is making efforts to secure the picture, "The Girl and the Tiger," and if successful the picture will be shown Saturday. A CONVERSATION. "I have a notice from the Union Central that my days of grace will be out on the 18th. What does that $7.73 mean?" "That is your dividend." " "My dividend? Do you mean tasay that $7.73 comes off my premium at the beginning of the second year?" "Just that!" "My premium is $39.3(i. Can I remit $31.63 and get a renewal receipt for another year?" "Sure thing!" "Well, I swear! I had better change over all my policies, for I get no such results from any of thenl. Well, I will have to remit right away, even if I have to borrow the money." "If it is not convenient for you to remit the cash, the company will take your note for IK) days." "Do you mean that?" "Why, sure!" "Well, I swear!" The above is an actual conversation which took place in our office a few days ago. YOU will be equally well pleased with a UNION . CENTRAL policy, as this man's case is no exception. K The company is most liberal with its policyholders and our record shows The lowest net cost ot all. BAILES & LINK, District Agents. If you don't get it from the UNION CENTRAL, you pay more. AN ORDINANCE Providing An Annual Street Tax and Collection of Same. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Fort Mill, in council assembled and by authority of the kditic: Section 1. All men resident in the town of Fort Mill between the ages of twenty-one and fifty-five years, and not exempt by statute, shall pay unto the town treasurer annually on or before the fifteenth day of May, the sum of Three Dollars ($3.00) in payment of street See. Any person refusing after legal notice pay this tax shall be fined in the sum of not less than Five Dollars or be imprisoned not less than ten days: See. 3. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Done and ratified in council assembled this third dnv of March, 1014. A. R. McKLHANEY, Attest: Mayor. C. S. LINK, Clerk. DCG T/X DUE Notice is hereby given to owners ol clogs or those having dc gs in theii possession that a tax of one dollar or males and two dollars on females is now due. Failure to comply with the ordinance made and provided covering the above tax will subject the persor bo doing to a line of not less than ter dollars. By order of the Mayor. C. S. LINK, Clerk. Particular Mechanics s- ' ' *? <\ are- always pleased when the} . go on a job to find that the Lum ber to be used came from our Lumber Yard. It ihakes work easier if goo< material is used, and the work i; better, too. Let us figure witl you on your next bill. Fat Mill Umber Company, k ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. Albert, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Fennell, has been seriously ill for seversl days at j the home of his parents on Clebourn street. Governor- BjjPpse has reappointed S. H. White of Rock Hill commissioner for the Catawba Indians. The State makes an ; fl?c rAA cinuutti uppiuprmuuii ui yo, iuu for the support of the Indians. Alex E. Young, <tfor a year or more prescription clerk in Massey's drug store in this city, left Monday morning for Charlotte to accept a position with Jordan's drug store. Mrs. Jennie Ferguson has been seriously ill of gastritis for several days at her home in this city. Her daughter, Miss Edna Ferguson, was called home from Charlotte Sunday on account of Mrs. Ferguson's illness. According to the astrologers, the moon was in eclipse last Wednesday night from 9 o'clock until shortly after the midnight hour. The eclipse was inyjsible to this section because of cloudi ness. J. N. Ambler, of WinstonSalem, N. C., assisted by a corps of engineers, the last week made a survey of the city of Fort Mill for the purpose of forming an estimate as to the cost of the proposed waterworks system. This survey was authorized at a meeting of city council several weeks ago. A meeting of the patrons of Gold Hill school, at which matters pertaining to the welfare of the school, has been called by the board of trustees for tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at four o'clock. The meeting will be held in the school building, and all patrons arc urged to be present. People of this section and the Confederate veterans in particular will be interested in the appropriation of $1,500 made by the general assembly for the expenses of the State reunion to be held this year in Anderson May 27 and 28. The general assembly has made this appropriation for several years, and no exception was made this year. The Rev. S. P. Hair, of the local Baptist church, left Fort Mill Monday morning for Pacolet, S. C., wheie, at the First Baptist church, he will assist I the Rev. H. J. Snider in a meet ing to continue throughout the week. Services at the Fort Mill church will, The Times is requested to state, be held at the usual hours on next Sunday. At a meeting the last week of ; the Home Missionary society the 1 members decided to give a public entertainment at an early I date for the purpose of raising 1 funds to further the special ! charitable work in which they are now interested. The soceity has in the past provided occasion s of this nature of so much enjoyment that the coming entertainment is looked forward tc with a great deal of interest. i The annual movement of fer1 tilizer frcm this city to the surj rounding country is on in full Wast and on each of the townl ship roads may be seen daily 1 numbers of wagons loaded dowr , with the material. To date the sales are practically the same as that of a year ago, and up to the average of the business for several years, except possibly 1911, ' the banner year for the sale oi fertilizer. r The Majestic Theatre is today , (Wednesday) offering its patrons an additional attraction in the [ | illustrated lecture of Capt. Sidi ney Hinman, who has spent many years in the life-saving service on the coast of this country, ' Cant. Hinman nlsn has^tn pvhi. bition several dogs which an used in the service. Beside* these, there are a number ol freak cats on exhibition, making today's bill at the Majestic on< of interest and well worth th< ' price of admission. Mr. W. E. Sledge Dead. Mr. Wm. K. Sledge, formerl} of Fort Mill, whose illness was ! noted in last week's Times, diec Monday night at his home ii Chester. The burial took plact r Tuesday afternoon in the Ches -1 tor cemetery, the Knights Tern plar having charge of the ser vice. } Mr. Sledge was years o; s age and is survived by one soi n and three daughters. He was s member of the I'resbyteriai (church and stood high in tin esteem of his fetlowman. I % 5 . THE FORT | FOS SALE, WANTED, LOST, FOUND. STRAYED?From my home on Monday, March 2. one male hog, bleak with flop ears and weighing about 75 pounds. Reward for return to Bert Nivens. FOR SALE?Queen Incubator, 220Egg capacity, and two Brooders. | Price $15 for the lot. D. A. Lee. LOST ?Sunday morning between the I Presbvterian church and my home I Amethyst Brooch with circle of Pearls. | Finder" please return to Mrs. W. F. , Harris. White Wyandottes My eggs are hatching unusually well this year, several hens having hatched 100 per cent of their eggs. Eggs $1.00 per 15; $1.25 by mail or express. Elm wood Farm, S. E. Bailc, Prop. THIS STOMACH REMEDY HELPS YOUR FRIEOOS Almost every day seme grateful person comes into our store and tells us of the benefits received from the use of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets. Knowing how much good they have done others and knowing whar they are made of. we feel sure they will help you. So ereat is our faith in them tnat we uree you to try them entirely at our risk, with our personal promise that if they , dou't eo all you expect them to do and ; make your stomach comfortable and I healthy and your digestion easy, we'll ] hand back your money. We couldn't endorse anything any | more strongly than we do Rexall Dysgepsia Tablets. Containing Pepsin and ismuth two of the greatest digestive , aids known to medical science, they soothe the stomach, check heartburn and distress, promote a natural flow of the gastric juice, and help regulate the bowels. Remember, if they don't | make vour digession so easy and comfortable that you can eat whatever you like whenever you like, we want you i to come back and tell us and get your I money. Sold only at the more than 7,<HK) Rexall stores, and in this town only at our store. Three sizes, 25c. 50c, and $1.00. Ardrey's Drug Store. AN ORDINANCE i ! Providing for an Election Upon the Question of Issuing Coupon Bonds, as Provided by Law, in the Sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars for the Purpose of Constructing a Water Works System and Plant. Whereas, a majority of the freeholders of the town of Fort Mill, as shown by the tax books of said town, | have petitioned this body that a special ; election be ordered as required by law for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the town of Fort Mill whether for the purpose of constructing a water works system and plant, the said town of Fort Mill shall issue coupon bonds, as provided by law, in tin. curt, ,.f Thi.iik2M.ul rhiUo or so much thereof as may he legally issued by said town. Now, therefore, he it ordained, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Fort Mill, in council assembled, and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That an election shall be held in the town of Fort Mill on the 3rd day of April, 1914, at which election all duly qualified registered electors of the town of FoYt Mill shall be eligible to vote; that the polls shall he | open at the usual polling place from eight o'clock in the forenoon to four o'clock in the afternoon; and that W. M. Oarothers, 1). A. Lee and J. II. Patterson are hereby appointed managers of said election. Sec. 2. That at said election there i shall he submitted to the qualified j registered electors of the town of Fort I Mil! the question whether the town of Fort Mill shall issue coupon bonds in the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars, said bonds to hear interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent, per annum, and to be due and payable forty years | after their date, the privilege reserved , to said town of retiring ami redeeming I said bonds, or any part thereof, at any time after twenty years from their i | date, the proceeds of said bonds to be . | applied solely to the construction of a ( i water works system and plant for the use and benefit of said town and its citizens. Sec. 3. That at said election all electors in favor of issuing said bonds shall vote the-following ballot: I "Shall the town of Fort Mill issue coupon bonds in the sum of Fifteen , Thousand Dollars, said bonds to bear interest at a rate not to exceed six per 1 cent, per annum, and to be due and t payable forty years after their date, ; with the privilege reserved to said , town of redeeming and retiring said bonds, or any part thereof, at any time after twenty years from their date, and the proceeds of said bonds to be ' | applied solely for the construction of a i water works system and plant for the ! use and benefit of said town and its r | citizens? Yes." And those op|>oscd to the issuing of ' j said bonds shall vote the following ; ballot: "Shall tin- town of Fort Mill issut r coupon bonds in the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars, said bonds to bear ' interest at a rate not to exceed six per . cent, per annum, and to be due and . payable forty years after their date, ? with the privilege reserved to said town of redeeming and retiriifg said ' bonds, or any part thereof, at any time ' after twenty years from their date, f the proceeds of said bonds to be applied i solely for the constructson of a water 4 works system and plant for the use and benefit of said town and its citizens? No." Sec 4. That at said election said electors shall vote for three citizens ol the town ot' Fort Mill who shall bt r known as the Commissioners t?f Publit , Works, and who shall be invested witl . -the powers and subject of the liabilities of such Commissioners as now provided 1 by law. J Sec. a. That the hooks of rogistra . tion of the town of Fort Mill shall bt opened on the 14th day of March, 1911 for the registration of the names of th< qualified electors of said town therein and shall remain open for a period ol f ten days; and that C. S. Link is hereby appointedSupervi&or of Registration. Done and ratified in council assembles this 3rd dav of March. 1914. 1 A. It. McELHANY. & Attest: Mayor. C. S. LINK. Cleric. HILL TIMES, POET MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA 1 ji r>riiir nnm 1 rcn ariu I hams, Percales, Calicos, etc see our ladies' House Dressss Ietc. Prices and sizes to suit ? and 50c Have you seen our line of If 1 1 1 .1 Iir nor, come in c^nct iook tnen you and save you the worry Our spring line of "Star Br men, women, children is com I Special for Satur We have just received a large s Beauty" Corsets, which for the above $ 1.50 Corsets for only $1.19. R 50c Corsets for only 42c. ' Mais & Yol Hgl Telephone 12 iMW g Just Arrived New styles in Ladies' Oxfords, Pumps and Sandals?the best and prettiest Shoes we have ever shown. New Dress Goods at lOe to 2r>c: Crepes, Poplins, Linens and Anioskcag Ginghams? I the kind that does not fade. Conic and see our New Goods. The styles and prices will please you. L. J. Massey. 1 I WHO'S YOUR COALMAN? ! ' * T o buy Coal with judgment as to its every ele- f ? inent is our purpose and your protection. i Coal that stands up to every claim we make * for it in word and advertisement and meriting * ^ the endorsement its users accord, are the best ? reasons for urging you to use I Our "Blue Gem" Coal t I i 4 l Principles falling short of that mark ought to ? ' 1 i agitate some tall thinking on your part. ?: f I Stewart & Culp, I I T T t Quick Delivery Telephone No. 15. t for sale Every Woman t A (alobe (Shuinaker) Incubator. lf>0- eTrrkTTT I oggcapacity, first-class condition. First j SHOULD KMT PER check $7.50. B. W. Bradford. I EARN ^^^WEEK i WANTED-Beef Cattle, and Hogs Introducing our very complete Spring for Fork, Butter. Chickens and Eggs. ',ne .of beautiful wool suitings, wash ; t Be sure and see us. Phone 82. L. A. fabrics, fancy waistings, silks, hdkfs, Harris & Co. petticoats, etc. Up to date N. Y. City ' patterns. Finest line on the market, f FOR SAI E Dealing direct with the nulls you will f , , V7, : ... lind our prices low. If others can make Second hand One-horse Wagon in $10 w> tJ, $30.00 Weekly you can also. , K?xh1 condition vnth harness. Samples, full instructions in neat sam^??pie caae, shipped express prepaid. No money required. Exclusive territory. RHPIM IS THE ONLY Write for particulars. Be first to apply. DuUlVLl.fi 3 | Dftt IA1 $11 (IF Standard Dress Goods Company, 10C CEMUINE AKNIvA mLVCJ 1st St. Binghafnton, N. Y. i ~rziw|l NG SPECIALS 11 r? o... . I i Linens, ouinngs, Laces, L*ing- | K Everything NEW. Also, > in ginghams, percale, crash, ill. Children's dresses 25c I ladies' Silk and Serge dresses? 1 over. We are sure to please LI of planning your spring suit. I and'' shoes and slippers for 8 tplete in quality, style, price. i i i if i il 'day ana rionaay I hipment of the famous "American I : days we will sell at reduced prices. $1.00 Corsets for only 79c. Few 50 short Corsets, 25c. 1 ing Comp'y "Buy and Sell Everything*' j^R J I DIVIDENDS | * (Payable Quarterly) * ? + Every DO days deposits in our Savings Department earn a ^ DIVIDEND, which is either payable at once in cash or if + added to the principal earns compound interest. Several hundred people have taken into consideration the . safety of their money handled by us under rules and regu- It ^ lations made by thelUnited States (Government, and the fact ^ + that they can get their money at a minute's notice ar.d are ? + receiving these QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS from us. + We invite you to call at our bank and discuss an invest ment of this kind with us. j The First National Bank, I Fort Mill. - - - S. C. * ? | Our Third Shipment of Ciwr VAf T *xninn r?n 1 111JL., 1 VU11U riULLd J Have Arrived. Come now and get 1 st pick MILLS & YOUNG CO. I 1 Try a 25c Ad in The Times next week. 1