Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. Cotton was bringing: 11 3-4 on this market yesterday. A. A. Bradford, ,)h, of Columbia, was a recent visitor to Fort Mill. Miss Louise Parks is spending the week in Rpck #111, the guest of her sister Mrs. E. M. Phillips. R. E. Jones, of Catawba, N. C., spent several days this week in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs W. H. Jones, west of town. ' T. E. Merritt, of Rock Hill, was among the visitors to Fort Mill Monday. The state veterans' reunion is to be held in Rock Hill April 25 and 26, instead of March 25 and 26, as our types made us say in one instance last week. Messrs. Ernest Armstrong, of Charlotte, and John Armstrong. of Mt. Holly, were visitors to Fort Mill Sunday. B. C. Ferguson, who for some years has been with the firm of McElhaney & Co., has formed copartnership with M. v **?ure and the two wi'.i conduct a grocery business in the Belk building formerly occupied by W. L. Hall. The style of the firm is Ferguson & Moore. On account of a shortage of help this week, The Times is forced to use what is known as a "patent" sheet. It is hoped, however, that the paper will after this week appear in its usual all-home print form. Edward B. White, formerly a mail carrier on one of the local rural routes, left Fort Mill Sunday evening for Stuart, Va. Mr. White takes a position with a concern operating: a large fruit and truck farm near Stuan Miss Elizabeth Pillsoury arrived Sunday morning from Baltimore and during the spring season will have charge of the millinery department of the Patterson Dry Goods store. Misses Ruth and Esther Meacham. of Chicora College, Columbia, spent the week-end in the home of their parents in this w*.. city. Theo. Harris, who for several months been employed by the O. P. Heath cotton firm of Charlotte, has returned to Fort Mill and is now connected with the Harris Furniture company. The Fort Mill Cash market, Ira G. Smythe proprietor, has recently had installed a handsome refrigerator in its place of busi 1ut;s>?? imi mum mi rcu Mrs. S. S. Frew, secretary, requests The Times to say that the Baptist Institute of the Northern Division will be held at Westminster. S. C., on April 7-8. Delegates in the York association from the various organizations are urged to attend. The statements published elsewhere for the two local banking institutions show both to be in f excellent shape and prosperous. An infant of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Spinks, of the Millfort mill village, died Saturday afternoon and was buried Sunday in the city cemetery. In the mayor's court Friday morning Rosina Johnson, a negress, was arraigned for selling whiskey. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty and Mayor Patfursnn imnospd a fine of $f?0 or 30 days in jail. There was a second charge against the woman and this was compromised on the condition that she pay $25 and get out of town. A small fire which created a good deal of excitement was that of Friday, when a box of trash , at the rear of the barn of the Thompson hotel caught lire, pre-' sumably from a cinder from a passing train. The llame was extinguished with a chemical engine. ^ Miss Helen Ardrey, who is at present teaching at Lutta, S. C.? spent Saturday and Sunday at her home in this city. f- Miss Florence Bennett, teacher in the public school at Pleas! ant Lane, Edgeheld county, was t here the last week on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bennett. At her home on North White street, Miss Esther McMurray Lwas hostess to a week-end house party composed of Miss Lilly Parks, of Woodruff; Miss Sarah Craig, of Chester; Miss Elizabeth Kellam, of Kingstree; Joe MtMurray, of Rock Hill^and J. P. McMurray and Arthur Hart, of / York County News Natters. f< (Clipped from Our Exchanges.) da John R. Logan, of York, an- nij nounces his candidacy for the of- mi fice of clerk of court. The United States senate on Sc last Wednesday confirmed the appointment of V. Brown McFadden as postmaster at Rock J* Hill. Su The Pryor hospital at Chester : was almost totally destroyed by ^ I fire early Monday morning. The (J fire was supposed to have been i caused by a defective flue. ~ i <W The livery stable building of ^ A. S. Barron at Yorkville to- Igether with a two-story dwelling, J also owned by Mr. Barron, were burned early Friday morning. $ The horses in the livery stable ^ were all saved. + Miss Willie May Adams, young- * est daughter of W. F. Adams, X who resides on the Cherry farm several nr <es north of Rock Hill, committ' J suicide in the Rock Hill cer .etery Saturday afternoon by d* inking carbolic acid. No % r#?- jon was assigned for the ? young woman's rash act. $ After agitating the matter for several weeks, citizens of Rock ? Hill have definitely decided to ^ organize a fire insurance company ? and it is expected that the or- ^ ganization will be perfected with- T in a short time. The capital is ^ to be $100,000. J Hamilton Carhartt has had an + electric plant installed at his + place on the Catawba river at ^ Carhartt's. The equipment con- ^ sists of a plant for generating ^ electricity, the power for which <is furnished by a gasoline engine. 7, Mr. Carhartt's bungalow and all f the buildings at his place have ? been wired for lighting. ? Friends of E. E. Poag, now ? holding over as postmaster at t Rock Hill, are urging him to en- t ter the race for clerk of court ? for York county. Mr. Poag says * he has not made up his mind about the matter. Report from York is to the ef- Z feet that the cases against Er- Z nest Isenhower, Jim Rawls and Jesse Morrison will probably be f called during the April term of court for this county. These three men, it will be recalled, are + under indictment for the killing ^ at Winnsboro last spring of Sher- ^ iff Hood and a negro prisoner. ? Firp shnrflv uftpr mifinio-ht 'li Thursday completely demolished ? the American Lunch room on ^ Railroad avenue. Rock Hill. The ^ place was run by S. J. Dai ton. * It was said that a number of rats and a cat were found roasted in "4 the debris. The loss was covered by insurance. ^ Prof. J. Harvey Witherspoon, ? superintendent of the Gaffney * city schools and formerly super intendent of the Yorkville Graded ? school, has been elected presi- . dent of the Carolina Teachers' f association, an organization, the | membership of wich is composed f of graduates or former students of the University of South Car- f olina. Senate Passes Tillman Bill. ? The Tillman bill to provide for ? the erection or purchase by the government 01 an armor-plate t factory at a cost not to exceed + $11,000,000 was passed by the ? United States senate late Tues- 1 day by a vote of 58 to 23 | Passage of the measure in the * house is regarded as assured. 1 Captured Negro Murderer. John White, charged with kill- \ ina flnviQ ut Pafaivha 111 r>r? ? tion Saturday night, was arrested t Monday night by officers and _ taken to the county jail to await ^ trial. He admitted the killing. ? but declared it was in self de- : T fense. j f Constable Alien, Coroner Strait. Deputy Sheriff Quinn and Police Officers Hayes and John Strait j went out to the Springstein farm t ! Monday night, having informs- + i tion that White would be in that ^ vicinity. They met him in the ; ^ road, but he stepped into a eon-; ^ venient field. This was surrounded and, seeing escape was! impossible, he surrendered.?The Rock Hill Herald. t Says Wilson is Feather legged. j As showing the complete ig- 7 ; norance of the Mexican people, f ' here is part of a dispatch from : Nogales, Arizona: "A weekly paper printed in Spanish in Durango last week; # and brought here today, howev- I er, contained the 'information* i J that Villa had taken the states' . of Texas and New Mexico and f ! wi s pressing north, while Presi i dent Wilson and his family were j + fleeing to Canada for safety." ' ^ 4 V ' THE PORT ? Schedule of Services >rt Mill Circuit of M. E. Church, South, for the Year 1916. Fort Mill Church -1st and 3rd Sunys at 11 a. m., and 4th Sunuay at jht. Sunday school every Sunday ?rning. Womans' Missionary society ery 1st Sunday afternoon. Pleasant Hill Church-*Jst and 3rd indays at 3:30 p. m. Sunday school i cry Sunday ai;?rcwr at 2:30 o'clock. Philadelphia Chureh-?-2nd Sunday at a. ra.; 4th Sunday at 8:30 P- m. $uny school every Sunday morning, (4th inday at 3:30 p. m.) India Hook Church ?4th Sunday at 11 m.; 2nd Sunday at 3:30 p. ra.' Suny school every Sunday afternoon, th Sunday 10:00 a. m.) E. ?. JAMES, Pastor. MILUI Our milliner. Mi bury, arrived Mc more and is hard ready to show you of W omen's, Misse Hats ever shown extend you a cordi; it our millinery de second floor. Plei light, pleasant plac< Oxfords ai Our new Oxforc here, in all the nev only show you rtiiorfoKnao oo i V^UUl IV.1 OA 1UV.O) CAO over any from las you buy your sprir you are sure to get Come in and tal a pair on. Get ou will leave it for yo No. Patterson's Dr TELEPHONE NO. 85. Kf ' # i ? There's Soli In knowing that ) npnrlaklp anrl fKoi UI1V4 111U but dependable mei you leave your orde may rest assured filled with every cai be delivered prom] quality of everythin the best. Phone Parks Grc Phone Phone No Good Thins Prompt CULP'S G1 j O. T. CULP, Prop. [ILL TIMES, FORT BOLL, SOU Do Your Saturdays Trading]' With the - FORT MILL CASH MARKET We have good Sausage. Souce. Liverelle, Pork and Beef. and will give you prompt service at lowest cash prices. Our motto is quick sales, small profits and the "dough." Highest cash prices paid for beef cattle, fresh cows and porkers. IRA 6. SMYTHE. Phone No. 146. II MM iss Elizabeth Pills- | >nday from Balti- $ I at work getting * i the prettiest line t js* and Children's in this city. We | al invitation to vis- t :partment on the ity of room, good I e to rest. nd Pumps | Is and Pumps are ; / styles. We can * new 1916 Low we did not carry * >t season. So, if lg shoes from us, t new ones. ? le a look and try \ ir low prices. We u to say. Yes or ; ?! 4%. 1 0% M i Goods Store If "SELLS IT FOR LESS." 1 }\ - 1 1 . id Comfort j jj four grocer is de- ; ! t he sells nothing J rchandise. When : | irs at this store, you ; ( that they will be f j re; that they will J ptly and that the ; ( g ordered will be t ! Jo. 116. !j| ||( icery Co., - i .tie ||| ( |!( ; < 11 ' i. 15 for i ji ;s to Eat. ! ' i delivery. j 4 ROCERY, I ' t1 Phone No. 15. z * fTH CAROLINA THE MAJESTIC? W??cH the lmpro?rmf nl. I Today t FRANCES X PUSHMAN * the "good-booking one" ^ in a 3-Reel Feature, ^ "The Stars Their || Courses Change." t A stronp Easanay drama with a deep and well carried out plot. "Two Hearts That t Beat as Ten." An Essanay comedy with YVal- + lace Beery and Betty Brown, + Some hilarity in this. # FOUR REELS TO-DAY. Open 4:30 5c and 10c ^ NOTICE! : I have- taken the Fort Mill agency for the Robinson Folding "Steeline" Bath Tub and iuvite you to visit Patterson's Dry Goods Store, where you may see one of the tubs on exhibition. The Robinson Folding "Steeline" Bath Tub is perfectly sanitary and being easily handled can be taken into the yard at any time, washed and aired out. Nothing fragile, nothing flimsy, it's strong and durable and will not leak. Guaranteed lor 10years. Price, $10. J. L. LYLES. A J.Ri! 1 n r ^vuuiuonai rroor. Cnpt. Thos. B. Spratt, Cashier of the First National Bank says of the Union Central Life j Insurance Company: "I am carrying large policies a with this companv and am thor-j 5 oughly satisfied with my con-' tracts. I have just paid tne premium on a $5,000.00 policy and I p find that my dividend was about 28 per cent., thus reducing my premium more than one-fourth. I believe that the investments ? of the company, which are in, ] farm mortgages, are the safestj and most remunerative in the ] country today." ^ If you are not over 30 years of age, Scents a day will pay for $1,000.00 of life insurance in the Union Central?the cost of a cigar, a cold drink, a package of gum. Bailes & Link, Dist. Agts., Fort Mill, S. C. a TIT ^ i vy e i II Tl Opening up ou which are comi time to say mu< ever, we believ prettiest line of I ever gotten ar same, once you Come in and buy 01 not. r* you visit us. 1 W atch our a' I Mills & \ * > Opportunity To every man a quires a cash \ small. What v your opportunity preparing for it? Many are prepar at this bank. VI FIRST NATIC Under Supervision ( Need a Our second shipment of Mi ays ago and are ready for 3 re mules of all sizes and cveral closely mated teams : "filial- -1 * f J V 1 T%uivn euira, sxiuri xi:uil oil rofit," is our motto. Come t Mills Live FERGUSON & MOORE. Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Fresh Meats, Fish and Ice. Ferguson & Moore, Telephone 21). 80 0? 00 00000? 4 T v I US WEEI ir new line of ng in every da} to you about e we are now Spring Goods I id believe you i have seen the 1 look around, /e are always p] ds. from week t Young C the New Store 9??0 0? ? ????? n y Comes nd it generally VHhI payment, large cmNHB vdll you do wheHH comes? Are yoiHHH ing for c ppoi tunity VB9 ^hy don't you? hH| )NAL BANK. ' )f U. S. Government. . / 11! m \ #n Mule? ssouri Mules arrived seveial rour inspection. In this lot suitable for every purpose, uul single mules of all sizes. Is and a small per cent, for :o sec us. istock Co. FOR SALE O. 1. C. Pips, 8 to 9 weeks old. to U- delivered March 20 to :u. $2.f?0 to $l.00 each. One hundred bushel* Mexican Mammoth Hip Boll Cotton Sect! at .$1.00 per bushel, delivered at Fort Mill. Two-foot Oak Wood, $2.00 per cord. Nice smooth sawed Stove Wood ready for delivery March I . at $2..r>0 per load. 15,000 feet Oak Lumber, 2x8, 2x10, 2x12, at $1,00 per 100 on yard, or $1.20 delivered at Fort Mill. Wateronk Farm, Osmond Barber, I'rop.. Fort Mill.S. pupi/l riJ)0 IS ThE ONLY cemoine ABKiSA SALVE AAAA vAiVAA/iAA/vAKVt A Ap iOXA K i Spring Goods ^ . ca / and haven't ^ them. How- ^ receiving the jg that we have ?2 will say the ? goods. 2 whether you leased to have |j o week. ? $ 'omp'y | ? !. ?