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ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
The best price offered for cotton
on the local market today is
8 cents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Roach, of
Rock Hill, were among the
visitors to Fort Mill Sunday.
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air. ana ivirs. vvaiton, of
v Roanoke, Va., were gue9t:? the
last week of Mrs. J. H. Lewis,
of this city.
Only 20 days remain in which
to pay State and county taxes
without penalty ?April 1st being
the last day.
Cashier T. B. Spratt, of the
First National Bank, has been
confined to his home in Sprattville
for several days with grip.
Mrs. L. E. Ligon and children.
^ of Shelby, N. C., are guests in
the home of Mrs. Ligon's mother,
Mrs. Alice Harris, in this city.
W. L. Hall and family on
Monday moved to the B. D.
Springs plantation, four miles
north of Fort Mill.
Congressman D. E. Finley arrived
Monday at his home in
Yorkville, after spending several
months attending the sessions
of Congress in Washington.
In a checker tournament Friday
between Fort Mill and
Pineville in which Fort Mill was
represented by Zenas C. Grier
and Pineville by W. M. Morrow,
the honors came ta Fort Mill by
a score of 8 to 2 games.
The Glee Club, under the
direction of Miss Siddall, will go
#to Fort Mill this week for a
PrtTlPPrh thprp nnnn fVio invitotinn
of one of the clubs of the
town. ?Rock Hill Record.
Fort Mill people were somewhat
surprised at a light fall of
hail shortly after noon Sunday.
The temperature at the time was
almost to the freezing point, and
the hail was therefore considered
unusual.
A somewhat unusual and disgraceful
sight, as viewed by
some, was the operations Sunday
of a force of employees of the
uvutuci ii i unci Luiupdny engaged
in erecting a pole line
along the streets of the town.
The report of W. M. Carothers,
registrar, to the bureau of vital
statistics for the month of February
shows that in this township
there were six births to
white parents and one to colored
parents. There weie three
deaths during the month, all
colored.
After July 15, 1915, most of
the rural mail carriers in York
county will receive a straight
salary of $100 per month owing
to the fact that most of them
are serving routes more than
twenty-four miles in length.
Death came Monday morning
to W. A. Neely, a well known
planter of the Steel Creek community.
Mr. Neely was 70 years
of age and leaves a wife and six
children. He was a member of
Steel Creek church, and the
interment was made in the
church yard Tuesday morning.
The Perpetual Building and
Loan association held its regular
semi-annual meeting the past
week in the office of the secretary,
Dr. J. L. Spratt, and
routine business was transacted.
The report of the secretary as
to the condition of the associa
tion was highly satisfactory.
L. J. Massey is engaged this
week in moving his stbck of
dry goods, etc., from the Jones
building on lower Main street to
the Ardrey building, last occupied
by Stewart & Culp. Having
i obtained more store room it is
Mr. Massey's intention to at
once greatly enlarge his stock.
The Rock Hill Herald calls
attention to the fact that all who
own property in the hail district
must pay their taxes before
March 15th, if they would avail
themselves of the act allowing a
reiuna 01 taxes on land on which
the crops were destroyed last
year.
Mill Will Resume Work.
J. E. Williamson, general
manager of the two cotton mills
in Fort Mill and the Springstein
mill at Chester, is authority for
the statement that mill No. 2 in
this city will resume operation
| on Monday, the 15th. The mill
has been closed down since the
i 8th of September of last year on
j account of the general business
depression, and the news that it
I will shortly resume work is re
; ceived here with a great deal of
interest. About 200 operatives
; are employed in the plant.
Aged Lady Resident Dead.
After an illness of several
: months' duration, Mrs. Tirzah
Faris, probably the oldest wo!
man in Fort Mill township, died
at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. S. L. Coltharp, four miles
north of this city, Thursday
! morning. Mrs. Faris was born
and lived all of her long life in 1
this township, and had she lived
until next May she would have
been 88 years of age. She was
j the widow of Win. J. Faris, who
j died about 25 years ago. The
family has always been held in
the highest respect and esteem
! throughout the community.
Mrs. Faris is survived by six
sons and two daughters: S. C.
Faris, of the township; Baxter
Faris, of Pittsview, Ala.; J. M., !
J. P. and J. A. Faris, of Coreyell ,
county, Texas; J. F. Faris. of
Daytona, F!a.; Mrs. S. L. Col-i
tharp and Mrs. S. P. Blanken-'
ship, of the township, besides a
large number of grandchildren,
great-grandchildren and other I
| relatives.
She was a member of Flint
Hill church, in the cemetery of
which the burial was made Friday.
Mrs. McKibben Dead.
The funeral of Mrs. Kate
McKibben, whose death occurred
Tuesday at the family residence
on Jones avenue, was held Wednesday
afternoon at 2:80 o'clock,
the services being conducted by
Rev. Mr. Wood, pastor of the '
deceased. The interment was
in Laurel wood.
Mrs. McKibben had been ill
for some weeks of pneumonia.
She was 48 years of age and is
survived by several children.?
Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday.
Mrs. McKibben was the mother
of R. E. McKibben of Fort Mill
and was well known in this city.
HARr: HIT.
"Permit me <o wish you the season's
best," said the optimist.
"Thanks. I know you mean well,"
said the father of nine, as he pre-!
pared to make his final assault on the j
lunch counter, "but just now I'm
catching the season's wurst."
MEETING THE DEMAND.
"Your play needs an uplift mo-,
tive."
"Then I'll put in an elevator
scene."
FOR SALE, WANTED, LOST, FOUND.
FOR SALE Eggs for hatching from i
pure bred Plymouth Rock chickens.
Phono, write or call on Zack Spratt,
Fort Mill, S. C.
FOR SALE?Queen Incubator. 220
egg capacity, and two brooders, in
good condition. Also White Wyandotte
Eggs for Hatching purposes.
Apply to D. A. LEE.
MONEY TO LOAN Applications re-|
ceivett lor loans from $100.00 to $10,000
on improved arul unimproved town I
property and farm lands. Interest
H ' < straight. Interest payable annually
or semi-annually. Time: one to
ten years. Applicants for loans will '
please give description, location and
valuation of property offered as se- j
curity for loan. State improvements '
and valuation of same. We want
County representatives to receive applications
for loans, appraise property, .
and serve as our exclusive represents- I
tive. Attorney or real estate man
preferred. Applicants for loans, and
applicants ior agencies positively re1
quired to furnish at least two character
references and forward postage, live
2c stamps, for application blanks, full
particulars, and prompt reply. Write
Southern Office, Southeastern Mortgage
Loan Assn., Fourth Nat'l Bank ,
Kldg., Atlanta, (la. !
J. Harry Foster,
ATTORN KY AT LAW, .
Rock Hill. . . . S. C. i
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I New Spri
Prices on coUon
than they have
years. We havi
lot of new good
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and the sav
If you contemplate the erecl
barn, or outhouse, or the rem
present buildings, DO IT NO
if you act at once, for you cai
now than you can possibly do
30 or fiO days, we verily believ
have nassed. Labor will hp<
Building Material market is al
know say that prices will be b
We will supply you at close fij.
nish you estimates on what yc
Take advantage of conditioi
Build
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spite of all so-called remedies i used. !
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To the Citizens of Fort Mill and
Vicinity.
For fully thirty-five (515) yearn the
L. & M. Semi-Mixed Real Paints have
been extensively used throughout the
United States and also in South
America. They have therefore been
subjected to the tests of every sort of
climatic conditions ?most successfully ?
thereby proving their extreme durability
and superior value.
See our advertisementon other patre.
telling property owners how to make
their own paint, and thereby save sixty
cents a gallon on every gallon used.
LONGMAN & MARTINEZ,
Paint Makers, - New York.
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BITTERO Family Medicine.
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: onirt waists i
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I We have just received another ::
t shipment of pretty New ShirtWaists ?:
in Crepe Dechine, Fancy Stripe Silk,
1 Voile, Chambray, Etc. All are the
i very newest, both in material and |
f make-nn. TKpv mm & m
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t colors, Canary, Pink, Light blue and t
t White. Especially good at the price, |
I $1.00 to $2.50 I
Also ew lot Collars and Cuffs.
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I We are still selling Winter Goods I
at Belcw-Cost-Prices. ?
i Patterson's Dry Goods Store I
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Acknowledged by all our
successful gardeners as the
most productive seed on
the market. Fresh supply
just received.
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| Fort Mill, - - - S. C.
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