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FORT MILL COTTON MARKET. Cotton, per lb 12Jc Seed, per bu r>5c 1 ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. L J Miss Jessie Wilson, of Florence. was a visitor to friends in Fort Mill earlv chis week. Miss Lois Johnson, of Win-?? throp college, spent the weekend with Dr. and Mrs. A. Theo. xT?~i.r 4-u:~ ncnjf, in lino uii.v. Miss Kathleen Armstrong, of the township, had as her weekend guest Miss Elizabeth Mather, of Columbia, a roommate of Miss Armstrong at Winthrop college. Miss Mary Culp, formerly with the dry goods department of E. W. Kimbrell Co., this city, has accepted a similar position with Efird's Department store at Rock Hill. Little cotton has been ginned and marketed in Fort Mill during the last ten days, owing to the recent spell of bad weather having greatly retarded cottonpicking Operations. Joseph Brackett, a well known i >oung mill man of the town, on ; Monday purchased the fancy grocery stock of J. S. McKibben. near the Millfort mill, and will1; conduct the business in the! future. The many Fort Mill friends of Mrs. James H. Thornwoll, of Winnsboro, who has been ill for several weeks, will regret to learn that she suffered a relapse several days ago and that her f condition now is considered ex-' tremely critical. M Work was commenced several days ago on a two-story dwelling for G. L. Norman, the house being located in Whiteville Park, , the new residential section of the town. R. L. Bennett is the contractor. Glemson College advises the 11 farmers and other owners of < hogs to beware of advertised i "cures" of hog cholera. The college veterinarian and his as- < sistants have made tests of all < that have been submitted and ( have found that all are fakes. ; The election'for mayor, to fill out a three months' term, is being hejd in this city today. The two candidates for mayor, B. E. Patterson and W. Carothers, together with their respective friends, are actively 1 engaged in bringing voters to r the polls, and much interest is i manifest in the outcome. The 1 polls close at 4 o'clock p. m. i Fort Mill friends of Mr. Robt. j 1 E. Henry, formerly superintend- 'c ent of the two local cotton mills, j T f : | will regret to learn of the death . at Tazewell, Va., Thursday of c his father, Maj. R. R. Henry. ^ The elder Mr. Henry was a na- | tive of Chester, having been born in that city April 26, 1845. He had been ill for several months. H. E. Merritt, of Bogalusa, i La., is spending a few days at } the home of his father, Mr. I J. M. Merritt, of the township, r Mr. Merritt was, by chance, a \ visitor in the city of New Or- 1 leans when the recent tropical t storm struck that city and drives t a very interesting account of the excitement and vast amount of \ damage done in the city and a vicinity by the unprecedented i high winds. i ^The Fort Mill high school * football team overwhelmed the c Farm Life school team of Pine- v vilje Friday afternoon, in spite s of hard work on the part of the 1 visitors. The score was 38 to 0. Hafner, for the locals, did some 1 splendid work, and Johnson of s the visiting team played a good c game, but without experienced assistance. The Fort Mill team will play off a tie with the York- >" ville team on the grounds at the ii county fair at Rock Hill Friday, j ? The first frost of the season in ( this section was noted by those who were up early Sunday morning. The effects of Sunday's! frost, and another on Monday, is plainly visible on vegetation in low places. There was also a thin coating of ice in piuces Sunday morning, according to statements of several citizens. Local merchants and bankers . say that business has picked up i wonderfully during the last few ' weeks and that in point of sales ! and collections, they could hardly : ovnnnf l-v ltf??.. ^ ^ ca|jv.vif ucuci. lviaiiy ui nit; j merchants are collecting papers carried over from last year. Cotton selling around the 12-cent i mark is making everyone opti-! mistic and hopeful. The South Carolina synod will convene with the Oakland Ave-, nue Presbyterian church. Rock Hill, on next Tuesday, October 19th, for its annual session, j Delegates from each Presby- j terian church in the State will ! he in attendance. The Fort! Mill church will be represented ' in the meeting by Rev. VV. A. I Ilafner. the pastor, and Mr. i T. B. Spratt. The photoplay "Mother" presented at The Majestic theatre | Monday night, was highly praised by the large number who saw it. The ladies, especially, were pleased with the picture. Manager Jones, of The Majestic, has lately contracted with the World Film corporation for a number of feature pictures, and the patrons of his show may expect some exceptionally good numbers in the next few weeks. Tr.e third annual fair of the York County Fair association opened yesterday at Rock Hill with a record-breaking attendance. Several score of Fort Mill people were in attendance the opening day and each pronounced the fair a decided improvement over former York fairs. The fair will continue through Saturday, and Friday is expected to be the banner day, Lnis Deing Educational Day," when thousands of school children of the county will be present. The weather the first, two Jays of the fair has been ideal, ind from present indications, he same conditions will obtain hroughout the week. The News of Gold Hill. rimes Correspondence. Editor Times: Like the old . ndian, we have been 4,heap, nuch sick" of late, but feel nuch better at this writing, and t has been so awfully dry with is since the lid was put on the 4th of September. A fellow ust can't get a drop for his itomach's sake nor his other nfirmities. Now. to use the anguage an old soldier used luring our war when he found le had to fight without any ireastworks, "Dad blame it all, lin't we in a pretty fix." Mr. Andrew Merritt enter-; ained a few of his friends at a ! possum dinner on Monday, last, t being the 71st anniversary of lis pilgrimage on this old earth, lis table was laden with sol nany good things Uo eat that! ve couldn't sample them all. ; toay many more years be added o his life and 'possums to his able. j We learn that our neighbor, V. H. Windle, proposes to have I t good, old-fashioned corn huskng this fall. Glad to hear that, ' t sounds good, brother. Having I >ut one hand available, we ouldn't shuck much corn, but vith one hand and a good tomach, we can do justice to he chicken pie. Now, Brother "Hy," we are lot after encroaching upon your pace, for we wouldn't if we ould, and couldn't if we would. Splinter. Gold Hill, Oct. 12. WANTED ? To hear from party havfor sale nice Brown Leghorn cock r cockerel, latter preferred. State I rice. Box A, Fort Mill. S. C. i x I Your A ______________ ' " ' "I" 1 1111 HIMMMII ! ivj? r 11CCUO 11VI ? J When you eat our C v. ness and genuine all they have no equal. I You buy the real ai'ti to us and your mom : CULP'SG * O. T. CULP, Prop. I Specials f( Imperial Flour, S8 pounds | Diamond 08 Sugar, 25 pounds for Best barrel Coffee at 7 poun All Coffee sold at a big sa1 per pound less than regular Swift's Pure Silver Leaf La II Compound Lard, 10 lbs. for This is possibly your last ( prices, so be wise. We will purchases. | EPFS, = ? Let US Servi | Good Gi YOUR TABLE will be well 7 market affords if you order : from us. YOUR BANK ACCOUNT \ 7 prices are down as low as pos and Provisions of First qualit; YOUR HEALTH will be air t only goods of known purity ai ; YOUR APPETITE will be i groceries of the quality that ] t nutriment, and are good to th ; WE PAY YOU the highest eggs and other country produi ; f Parks Grc J Phon f New Fal SHOES MILL1 I Prices are lower than the We sold nearly half our were opened. When yoi $3.00 Hat selling for $1.5( for $2.50, it is hard to pasi We have a habit of cutti Come let us show you. L. J. I> Times Advertising I I Appetite =?? ?' i Whetting | arocericS. For fresh- 1 i : round deliciousness, * i cles when you come py goes a long way. 1 GROCERY, t Phone No. 15. 1 <J> < ir Saturday f $:?. 15 I 2.90 I: - .... 1.45 ! .75 1.50 1.00 ds for 1.00 vinp. All fine Roods 5 cents price. rd, 10 ibs. $1.25 5 44 .65 1.00 ihance to buy Lard at these save you money or. all your he Cash Man. _________ v e YOU With | : roceries. 11 ?. * I supplied with the best the < ^our Groceries and Provisions 7 < ' < vill be safeguarded because our <j sible to put them for Groceries <7 ' V* iply protected, because we sell < id excellence. J. !, veil satisfied, because we sell '1 ' possess an unususl amount of j < e taste. 7 , ; market price for chickens, ? 1 * ce. BrinK us what you have. * si' >cery Co., I j e 116 ; <j * 1 Goods. DRY GOODS _ ! lINtKY '.y have been in many years. Ladies' Hats first day they j see a pretty up-to-date ), or a $5.00 Hat selling i it by. ng the price in half. Iassey. kings Big Returns. % ! New Clc New lot of Neckwe; and so on, just in. If it's the correct styl I t ?? Patterson's Dry ( TELEPHONE NO. 85. \ Have Your Pre [ Filled j | Hutchinson's PI "The Licensed Dr I H fko ri/Tino ?d-A?io * *V^iavav|UCII ici 9 tionery and J Supplies I iWith a D, 'I Ahead of you on you you would save enou^r supplies to surely take ' With Old / Ahead of you, brin^im and loss of em ploy men going to spend all yo you go along ? I Start 1 ' a Savings account witl welcome small deposit as large ones. Oetot regular interest quarte , L Savings Bank of F 1 m >.'.A- ?J:' . . _ ?1 thing | pay Man H 1U1 1111(11 | and Boys ; 1 100 suits for I gg Men. iust arrived I , great values at I 1 $10 to $16 so * ] 200 Suits for | Boys, sizes 4 to | j 18 years, at | j , 98c to $8. j ] ar, Shirts, Caps | -* e, we have it. I ioods Store 1 I "SELIS IT FOR LESS." | scriptions | ^t | hovmomr <$> nai umcy, ug Store." for Sta3chool i! ' *sert ' ":j ' I r journey h of your you across ih A ^ge ;*;p ? sickness |{ |i t, are you u earn as i; i "I 1 us. We M| ig s as well ?er 1st, a r i*" !f u ort Mill J 'I, P f U ' ;l I'm