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I FORT MILL COTTON MARKET. Cotton, per lb. 12c Seed, per bu. 60 ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. vr rrm ? ti mrs. Ciiue iiiumpsuii is ic4frovering from an illness of two weeks duration. Dr. L. S. Matthews, of Charleston, formerly pharmacist in the drug store of W. B. Ardrey, this city, is among the visitors to Fort Mill this week. The family of Rev. W. A. Haf ner, who during the last week assumed the pastorate of the Gaffney Presbyterian church, left Monday to join Mr. Hafner in the Cherokee city. The annual inspection of the local military company, which was to have been held tomorrow evening, has been pt stponed to Tuesday, February according to a telegram received Wednesday by Capt. S. W. Parks. Sunday was decidedly the coldest day of the winter in this section. People who had thermometers exposed to the cold reported that the mercury stood at 20 to 22 degrees at 7 o'clock ^nnrlatr mnrninnr uuiiunj iiiuiiiiiift, His many friends in this county and throughout the State will learn with regret that ex-Representative J. R. Haile is seriously ill of pneumonia at his home five miles north of Fort Mill. Miss Mary Van Poole, of Salisbury, N. C., has been engaged as teacher of domestic science for the Farm Life school at Pineville, this being a new course which will be opened in the school as soon as necessary arrangements can be made. The Rev. Mr. Boggs, of Charlotte, preached two excellent sermons from the pulpit of the local Presbyterian church Sunday morning and evening. It is announced that a visiting minister will conduct service at the church each Sunday until a pastor has been secured. The secretary of state has granted a charter to the Mills Livestock company of Fort Mill, a commission for which was issued some weeks ago. The officers of this concern are J. B. Mills, president; S. P. Wadsworth, vice- president; A. Z. NppIu qlpfpafarv _T T Vr?iir?rr j , V. A. * v/uup,, treasurer. Many of the Southern's mainline trains have passed through this place during the last few days, being detoured by way of Chester to Atlanta on account of the wrecking of the bridge over Tugaloo river, in Oconee county. Several freight cars left the track and tore down a portion of the bridge as they plunged to the river below. Rev. P. B. Wells, presiding elder of the Rock Hill circuit, will visit Fort Mill Saturday and will preside over the quarterly conference to be held at that time. Rev. Mr. Wells will remain over Sunday and in the morning will preach from the pulpit of the local Methodist church. Meacham K. Moore, who has for several yeaFs conducted a meat market and grocery in a small building near the Southern passenger station, has moved his stock to the Main street building until recently occupied by W. L. Hall. Mr. Moore will at once enlarge his stock and carry at all times the best in his lines. Ira G. Smythe, a well known f resident of the town is this week arranging to open a meat market in the Beik building, Main street, where J. H. Patterson formerly conducted a restaurant. Mr. Smythe has had much experience in the market business and promises the people firstclass service in his new business, i He expects to open on a cash j basis about January 15. 1 I v-~v. Of interest in this section is the announcement from Washington that John N. Carothers has just been given the appoint- j ment of assistant soil inspector 5 in the United States agricultural department. The position car ! ries an annual salary of $1,800. ' Mr. Carothers is a son of W. M.; | Carothers of Fort Mill, and his friends here are pleased to know ! that he has secured the position. The Charlotte News reports that Mr. B. Frank Powell, until a few months ago a resident of Fort Mill, is ill of bronchial pneumonia at the Presbyterian hospital, Charlotte, He con tracted a cold some time ago, from which he has not recovered and which has involved the bronchial tubes. Owing to his advanced age apprehension is felt as to his condition. He was 84 years of age on December 18. Mr. Powell is a brother-in-law I of Mr. T. D. Faulkner, of Fort j I Mill. GRADED SCHOOL HONOR ROLL. | By J. D. Fulp. Supt. The following pupils have made an average on all studies of over 95 and are entitled to be placed on the honor roll: First Grade?James Massey, Henry Link, George Garrison, Ladson Merritt, T. W. Kimbrell, Olin Merritt, Eugene Norman, Faulkner Parks, Frances Bradford, Omie Hood. Second Grade?Frank Armstrong, Willie Bradford, B. W. Bradford, Jr., Elliott Bennett, Ida Louise Carothers, Eliiott Gordon, Edward Harris, Cora Massey, John McLaughlin, Hattie Parks, Chas. Steele, Inez Wolff, Third Grade?Marion Jones, Edith Parks, Amidas Link, John McKee Spratt. Fourth Grade?Elizabeth Ardrey, Lee Carothers, William Hafner, Katherine Massey, Mattie Morton, Bertha Moore, Mary Moore, Earl Steele, Lettie Starnes. Fifth Grade ? Frank Jones, Janie Bayne, Pearl McKibben. ! Sixth Grade ? Annie Parks, i Marion Parks, Cleo Bailes, Allan Parks, Elma Bradford. Seventh Grade?Blanch Moser, Harvey Wagner. Eighth Grade?Beulah Parks, Emma Epps, Beatrice Parks. Ninth Grade?None. Tenth Grade-Marjorie Mills, Clarence Patterson, William Erwin, Robert Erwin. Total enrollment: 283. Prhoibitionists Not Satisfied. It may be a quart a month instead of a gallon a month when the present Legislature gets through with the liquor laws of the State, says a Spartanburg despatch. H. B. Carlisle, author of the gallon-a-month law passed by the last Legislature, has stated that he will support a bill either cutting the amount of liquor to be shipped into South Carolina to a quart a month or prohibiting it altogether. He sug| gests that a law permitting cit- ! I izens to get liquor on a physi : viau o picpn ipiiwii 111111l ut; aa! vocated. For Sale. Underwood Typewriter, visible writer, 191 ft model, in good condition, with alternating ribbon device, a part of the assets of Massey's Drug Store, bankrupt. At auction to the highest bidder, on Saturday. January 15, 1916, at ten o'clock, A. M., in front of the First National Hank, Fort Mill, S. C. This machine is subject to inspection at the First National Bank. Get your heart right nnd bid. T. B. SPRATT, Trustee in Bankruptcy. FORT MILL GASH MARKETWill be at your service on the 15th with a full line of Meats, an experienced butcher and cuutter and the "Old Man" on deck. Located in room formerly occupied by Patterson's Restaurant. IRA G. SMYTHE. Phone No. 146. Court House Items. I The jury commissioners will on ] next Monday draw a venire of thirty-six jurors to serve at the special term of court to be held ( here Monday, January 81, to try i Israel Goode, colored, who is > held on the dharge of criminal ' assault. ( Up to the present time County \ Treasurer K. E. Neil has paid out $1,19810 for expenses in- , curred in the Isenhower case, ( tried at the November term of J the court of general sessions. ? The Enquirer. i TERRACING. I I will lay off any kind of terrace for " you. Guarantee satisfaction. Terms reasonable. MURRAY MACK. 1 No. 9941 REPORT OF THE C THE FIRST NATIONAL 1 In the State of South Carolina, at the cl RESOUF Loans and discounts (notes held in bank) Overdrafts, secured & ; unsecured,... U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulate Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve Less amouut unpaid PnrnitM'.. ..".i Net amount due from Federal Reserve bi Net amount due from approved resen Chicago, and St. Louis. Net amount due from banks and banke 10 or 11), _ Other checks on banks in the same city c Outside checks and other cash items | Fractional currency, nickels, and cents, Notes of other national banks Coin and certificates Legal-tender notes Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer a urer __ Total LIABIL1 Capital stock paid in Surplus fund. Undivided profits, . Circulating notes Divideuds unpaid Demand denosits: Individual deposits subject to check Certificates of deposit due in less than Cashier's checks outstanding.. Rediscounts with Federal Reserve bank. Total STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Count I, T. B. Spratt, Cashier of the above the above statement is true to the best o Subscribed and sworn to before me this ] Correct?Attest: W. B. Ardrey, J. B. I _ _ IM C Simply because it is an hon of our sincere APPREC1A' your confidence and patror and wish you a happy and We are getting in bettei your wants in the future, i following is the strongest lii Harrisburg Shoes, Nev chines, Edison Phon< (anybody can play thei es, Seth Thomos Clock ware have no equal at prices are the very low Come, let us show you L. J.~~S The Bank is the one sal Not only is your money ; our thick walls and strc get it when you want it. j is often hard to get hack, ly depositing is the only richer. FIRST NATIC Schedule of Services Fort Mill Circuit of M. E. Church, South, for the Year 1916. Fort Mill Church?1st and 3rd Sunlays at 11 a. m.. and 4th Sunday at light. Sunday school every Sunday norning. Womans' Missionary society ?very 1st Sunday afternoon. Pleasant Hill Church ?1st and 3rd Sundays at 3:30 p. m. Sunday school svery Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Philadelphia Church ?2nd Sunday at '1 a. m.; 4th Sunday at 3:30 p. m. Sunlay school every Sunday morning, (4th Sunday at 3:30 p. m.) India Hook Church ?4th Sunday at 11 i. rn.: 2nd Sunday at 3:30 p. m. Sunlay school every Sunday morning, (2nd ^undav 2:30 d. nv> ?. Old newspapers for sale at The * rimes office. 4 CONDITION OF BANK, AT FORT MILL, ose of business, December 81, 1915. ICES. $ 94,478 61 ! 470 98 >n (pnr value) 26,000 00 > bank $1,800.09 900.00 .. $900.00 900 00 < 2,450 00 ink . .. 2,061 09 ! re agents in New York, ... 160 42 rs (other than included in _ 1,651 75 >r town as reporting bank 216 83 $292.70 ... 168.47 461 17 2,681 00 < 2,98295 < 2,700 (HI < nd due from 11. S. Treas... 1,250 00 < $137,404 88 < f m * nn 4 IUEjS. < $25,000 00 < 5,000 00 S 30,000 00 < 846.68 J 25,000 00 .. ... __ l.r.00 00 < $65,606.90 30 days 6,547.02 < 470.55 72,624 47 ! $ 7,433 18 . $137,404 33 ; ty of York, as: vnamed bank, do solemnly swear that f my knowledge and belief. T. B. SPRATT, Cashier. 12th day of January, 1916. W. B. MEACHAM, Notary Public. Mills. J. L. Spratt, Directors. ' _ ored custom, but because TION, we thank you for lage during the past year, prosperous New Year, r shape to take care of and sincerely believe the *k 1--*. ? iic uii cue uiarnci iuaay; y Home Sewing Maographs, Autopianos m), Waltham Watchs and Wallace Silverany price while our rest possible. lassey. VAI/OMAL &A/VSC ^ > IS A MEMBER OF * THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM j *J$i j ^fgm\ \ ^i"' .^.ji-*"^* "'" ' le place to keep money, j < absolutely safe behind >ng locks, but you can , Money loaned to friends . The habit of regular-! < sure way of becoming )NAL BANK. ~ r%ODDS AND MONEY-SAVING WHAT ARE "ODDS AND I BE ODDS AND ENDS FOR ' BUY IN OUR STORE ARE i ERY SEASON WE SELL GOODS. TO DO THIS FAS AWAY DOWN LOW. Rir.HT NOIli UJF tllirr < W m m WT'T fc? TT lbltf ? AND ENDS OF OUR WINTE LOW YOU WILL BUY WHEI< STORE. DON'T WAIT: THE MB???g?? Patterson s Dn m TELEPHONE NO. 85. I How's Your C t Let us fill it wi ? r V ery tSes Our Coal t little coaxii are right. GULP'S Gi O. T. CULP, Prop. I There's Soli * I In knowing that 3 jj pendable, and tha 1 kilt rlpn^n m 01 ^vr^..uuuiv. you leave your ord< : may rest assured filled with every cai ; be delivered prom] quality of everythin the best. Phone Is Parks Grc Phone Times Advertising B PRICESTzJ 'I I I NDS" FOR US WILL NOT | /OU. THE THINGS VOU ? ALWAYS IN STYLE. EU- j; OUT THAT SEASON'S H < > 5T WE PUT THE PRICES <; < > i > < ? SELL VOU MA NY ODDS | R GOODS AT PRICES SO | I VOU COME INTO OUR | V WON'T BE HERE LONG. | f Goods Store t t "SELLS IT FOR LESS." * I | + . ? ^>4.4.4.4 < oal Bin? < > < > ith the it COAL :?i turns with but | ig and prices | ROCERY, | Phone No. 15. Id Comfort! > ?our grocer is de- j; i 11 -i c ne sells nothing | rchandise. When jj *rs at this store, you j; that they will be \\ re; that they will j| ptly and that the j; g ordered will be \\ ?cery Co., ;; rings Big lteturns.