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? ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. The best price offered for cot- ! ton on the local market today is 81-4 cents. Dr. Porter, of the Pineville < Phapmanu nroo O I linlnnnr I A IA1MVJ 9 HttO a UUOI1ICDA | visitor to Fort Mill Monday. Miss Lola Lawrence, of Flor- 1 % ence, has been the guest for several days of her sister. Miss Blanche Lawrence, in this city. Spring, according to the almanacs, began last Sunday morning at 11:50 o'clock. The weather since that time has, 1 however, been anything but springlike. !1 The advanced grades of the local graded school will be given a holiday today and tomorrow, the teachers of the grades being , in attendance upon a meeting of the State Teachers' association in Florence. In an accident at The Majestic Theatre Saturday afternoon, B. W. Bradford, manager of the playhouse, received a severe burn to his right hand while extinguishing a small blaze in the machine room. There was no damage to the building or its equipment. S. L. Meacham, F. M. Mack and R. F. Boyd are the Fort, Mill men drawn as jurors for the first week of the general sessions court, for York county, which convenes on April 12th. Halcott P. Green, of Columbia, will pre- : side over the court. Announcement is made that the two cotton mills in this city will, beginning with next Saturday, pay off their hands each two weeks instead of every week. The plan of paying off every Saturday was taken up by the mills about one year ago. * The heaviest snowfall of the winter in this place began earlv Saturday morning and continued without cessation until near noon, but the flakes melted immediately upon striking the earth. It was believed had tin * snow "stuck" the fall would have amounted to three or more inches. Jesse Price, a young mill man ^ of Pineville, who was well known in Fort Mili and community, died at his home in Pineville the afternoon of March 17th, and was buried in the cemetery of that place the following day. Mr. Price had been ill for rpu eral months and his death was not unexpected. Under a special act of the last Legislature, taxes to the amount of $6,301.53 had been refunded by the county treasurer up to Thursday to the victims of the i hail storm of last July in Bethel, j Bethesda, Ebenezer, Catawba, - York and King's Mountain town-1 * ships, according to the York-' ville Enquirer. Local gardeners are very anxious to see the weather moderate. While some of the early vegetables have peeped above the ground, nothing, they say, is growing to any appreciable extent. It is believed, however, that the cold winds of the last few days have held the fruit trees back until there is now little danger to fruit from frost. ^ Mr. J. E. Williamson, superintendent of the two local cotton mills, left Fort Mill Monday morning for Fayetteville, N. C., where on last evening he was to R have been married to Miss Kate Sinclair. Mr. Williamson and bride will return to Fort Mill in H about ten days and will at once * 11 begin housekeeping in the resiR dence on White street until ' R recently occupied by W. M. ] R Carothers and family. ~"1 Few packages of whiskey con1 taining more than the regulation I ' single gallon have reached the local express office since the new liquor law went into effect on the 12th inst. It is also a notice- , able fact, according to those who < have watched arrivals of whis- j key, that fewer of the one gallon packages are being received here i than hnfnrn tha naur lour hflnnmA tuuil V/ VI1V IIV T? IU V* U^V/rt I I II operative. . |to| Saturday, April 3, will be obv^Berved by all the schools of York ?%\-,;*>unty as held day, the exercises ^'SP^kking place principally on the VB-ounds of the Yorkvillc graded 5 ; Bhool. The program has been ; Hepared and is an attractive i He. Governor Manning and ! Bite Superintendent SwearinBi have accepted invitations to ! ;* ; Biver addresses. V. B. Blankenship is at his place of business today after two weeks' absence on account of grippe.? Rock Hill Record. J. G. Smith, of Upper Fort . Mill, has been drawn as a errand J juror for York court to serve j during the present year. Mrs. Rebecca H. Mills with her daughter. Miss Loma Hughes, left this week for Lancaster, where she will make her future home with her son, Mr. T. Mclver Hughes. Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Allison, of Yorkville, have announced the marriage of their daughter. Miss Ola Marion Allison, to James Hardin Glenn, of Chester. The wedding will be solemnized in November. Gary Harris, a Pleasant Valley young man who enlisted in the navy several months ago and who has since been in training at Norfolk, is spending a tenday furlough at the home of his mother, Mrs. M. J. Harris. The local board of equalization which is composed of Messrs. L. A. Harris, A. A. Bradford and W. P. Crayton have been busy for several days past with the local tax returns, it is noted that many of the returns have been reduced when possible from last year's returns. At a meeting several days ago of the board of trustees of tho local graded schools, Prof. J. P. Coates was reelected superin-1 tendent and Miss Bessie Brown was named as teacher of the 11th grade for the next school term. Teachers for the other grades will he named at a meeting to be held later. York county's new court house will soon be completed, so far as the work of the builders is concerned, and it is said to be one of t he handsomest and most con von tent ly arranged in the State. The amount to be expended tm the building proper is $75,000, and it is reported that the contractors will lose instead < f making money.? Rock Hill Record. Blanks have been sent out to the teacners of all the York county schools with the request that tl.ey fill in the names of; th ir pupils who expect to enter the various contests to he held on County Field Day in Yorkville, on Saturday, April 3. All have been requested to return the blanks to the proper committees by next Saturday. ? Yorkvilie Enquirer. The annual inspection of the , local military organization, Co. 1 K. 1st S. C. N. G., by officers of the State and United States governments, will take place j tomorrow. The arms and ac- ! coutrements will be checked up in the afternoon and the inspection proper will take place in the company's armory at about 8 o'clock in the evening. As heretofore, it is expected that a number of citizens will witness the inspection. Mrs. "Stonewall" Jackson Dead. Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson, widow of Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall") Jackson, the famous Confederate general, died at her home in Charlotte early Wednesday. She had been ill for many months. An attack of pneumonia three days ago hastened her death. Her granddaughter. Mrs. Randolph Preston ! and other relatives were at Mrs. Jackson's bedside when she died. Public buildings, schools- and business houses will be closed tomorrow, the day of the funeral. The body will be buried fit Lexington, Virginia, beside that of "Stonewall" Jackson. FOR SALE, WANTED, LOST, FOUND. FOR SAI.K Hggs for hatching from pure bred RulF Plymouth Hock chickens Write to or call on Z.ack Spratt, Fort Mill, S. ('. MONKY TO ROAN-Applications received for loans from $100.00 to $10,000 on improved and unimproved town property and farm lands. Interest s 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 security for loan. State improvements and valuation of same. We want County representatives to receive applications for loans, appraise property, and serve as our exclusive representative. Attornev or r<>nl r ' w?' v?vuv*. men i preferred. Applicants for loans, and applicants for agencies positively required to furnish at least two character references and forward postage, five 2c stamps, for application blanks, full particulars, and prompt reply. Write Southern Office, Southeastern Mortgage Loan Assn., Fourth Nat'l Bank I LWdg., Atlanta, Oa. Easter i ? Come see the liev we eau employ a mi for a few weeks for ; eost of employing 01 | This means up-to-il I about half the usual coming iu every da first ehoiee. L. J. IV pmmn??i?a? !?11 ?o?M? I Let Us W T t r W e repre* of the stror panies in i Rates too 1< to take the I; Bailies I District . 1 BUILD White the bu and the savi If you contemplate the erect barn, or outhousp nr llm wm present buildings, DO IT NO\ if you act at once, for you car now than you can possibly do 30 or GO days, we verily believ have passed. Labor will bee Building Material market is all know say that prices will be b; We will supply you at close fig nish you estimates on what yoi Take advantage of condition Build Fort Mill I Phoiii I "For many years I was troubled, i.i I | s pi to of all so-called rami du s 1 ust-il. 1 ' 1 At last I lound quick r< lief ..'..dcitr.-? j gin lhosti mild, yet thorough audi DR. KIND'S ^ewlJfePilSsl! t> wm m m su w -a iy mi wt ?l r* W '1 A lolpli SrliiufTRclc, liuffulo, X. Y. fl 25 CENTS r-z:< BOTTLE AT ALL DRUGGISTS . ! KING'S NEW LIFE PILLS The Pills That Do Cure. Hats. 1\ v stylos. We find I J 11:...v.. :i>.vi4.z ? iiiun hi mioif Pi ihout one-tentli the | le here for a season, le-minute styles at prices. New goods y. Conic and get tassey. | rite Y our < 4 4 >u ranee. 4 i sent some 4 lgest com4 :he world. ????????? i ow for you < \ risk. : : 1 " 1 5 Link, Agents. inirwi Mimiifiimmn we wwueaaammmunummmmmmmmamm* > NOW Hiding's good ] i ing is great. i ion of a new home, tenement, * odeling or repairing of your V. You will be the winner * 1 do the work cheaper right : it a little later. If you wait : o the golden opportunity will * ome higher, the Lumber and ^ ready firmer, and people who ^ ick to normal in a short while, ures and will cheerfully furar work will require, s and : * 4 NrYOT_ 4 Jumber Co. j e 72. | To the Citizen* of Fort Mill and 4 Vicinity. For fully thirty-five Pi.'d years th?* ; I,. A M. Semi Mixed Ileal Paints have 4 lieen extensively used throughout, tin- * United States and also in South America. They have therefore been 4 subjected to the tests of every sort of . climatic conditions most successfully thereby proving their extreme dura- 4 bility ana superior value. 2 See our advertisement on other page, telling property owners how to make 4 their own paint, and thereby save sixty 1 cents a gallon on every gallon used. l.O NG MAN & MARTINEZ, * Paint Maker*, - New York. _ Electric,, Th<> {*?? '''r'";,,.,, < BITTERS Family Mediciua. ' Are You Looking I For the Best? j If so, visit Patterson s where | you get Quality Merchandise, t new and snappy, at living 1 prices. We sell nothing but | fir^t-class Dry Goods, No- I t /^i i . * * -? - > tions, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, I etc. We give these lines our | whole attention; no side-line t or outside business to look f after. We watch for the best | at lowest possible prices. | Come to see us often. I t 1 X Patterson's Dry Goods Store | TELEPHONE NO. 85. "SELLS IT FOR LESS." I * ^ < > I W > Sow the Best? | o Rnict'c Garden Seeds | i/UAUl O - | Acknowledged by all our f successful^ gardeners as the | most productive seed on the market. Fresh supply just received. * * Parks Drug Company, The Dike Store. | Subscriptions taken for all the Magazine*. * ? f A Safe Investment I ; ! ( Perhaps you have saved up a few hundred dollars which ^ you wish to invest where the principal will be absolutely se- + cure, always available, and at the same time pay you a fair % * rate of interest. Deposit your money with us, taking an interest-bearing Z Certificate of Deposit. Your principal will he well secured and subject to your % demand when you need it. * The interest is more than you would receive on a Govern ment Bond and the money is just as safe. j| WE PAY FOUR PER CENT. | The First National Bank, I r * K'ii f o rori mill, - - - 3. L. I ( Under strict supervision of U. S. Government. iee The Majestic "Movies" Saturday 230 p.m.