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ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. Cotton was bringing 11 3-4 on this market yesterday. * There are at present four workers on the city "gang." all doing time for handling booze contrary to the law. Mrs. W. E. Stowe and daughter, of Rock Hill, spent the last week with relatives in Fort Mill. A bowling alley, a new form of amusement for Fortf Mill, has been opened in connection with the new Royal Cafe. Mr. J. C. J Bayne is the proprietor. T. C. Patterson, of Great Falls, was a visitor to Fort Mill Tuesday. Mr. Patterson stated that work had been commenced on I the site for the $100,000 summer home that J. B. Duke will build ! on Mountain Island, near the Falls. Dr. James Boyce Elliott, of this city, on Tuesday received notice from the adjutant general's office of his appointment by Governor Manning as surgeon in the reserve corps, N. G. S. C., j with the rank of first lieutenant. By a clever piece of detective work. Officers Lynn and Irb.v on ! Thursday night ran down two blind tigers, Abe Porter and Zeb ; Watson, both colored, and in j court Friday morning Mayor Patterson gave each of the ne- j groes the option of $2f> fine or j JO days on the streets. They J took the days. Frank Shaw, a young farmer of the township, brought to town Saturday a barn owl which on account of its immense size proved quite a curiosity. The bird measured more than two feet from tip to tip of wings and was caught in a small steal trap. After a delay of several weeks, due to slow shipment and transportation, the electric shoe shop of A. Schultz, next door to the postoffice, was on Monday mornmorning opened for business. Mr. Schultz has installed in his shop electrically driven shoe machinery and is prepared to manufacture shoes and repair shoes, as he says, "while you wait. The weather for the last ten days has been ideal in this section for farm work and, if we juuge by the few country people seen on the streets, the farmers have taken advantage of the favorable conditions. Hugh E. White, supervising architect of the new government postoffice building at Gastonia, N. C., spent Sunday and Monday with relatives in Fort Mill. The new building at Gastonia has been in course of erection for 18 months and is now all but complete. The parents in Fort Mill and vicinity of Samuel Warren and Grady Hoagland, members of the standing army, the last week received letters from the young men who were at that time in camp at Laredo, Texas, near the border. A letter was also re_ i i a. i i a. l. r ceiveu nere me lasi ween iroiii i Robt. B. White, another Fort Mill man who. when the letter was written, was located at Ha-1 chita, N. M. Mrs. Betty Bailey died Monday shortly after noon at her home in Lower Steel Creek section, following an illness extending over many months. Mrs. Bailey was about 58 years of age and is survived by a son, Wm. Bailey. She has a number of relatives in the vicinity of Foit Mill. Ritch Campbell, colored, "on Thursday night received a gash across his face which required 20-odd stitches, when he was at- | tacked by Hattie Withers, a negress, armed woth a pocket knife. Trouble was. Ritch took t'other 'oman to the minstrel show and when Hattie met him on East Booth street she_ proceeded to ; carve him up. Kor her rough j treatment of Richard, Friday ! morning Hattie paid a fine of ten dollars. Mrs. Margaret J. Harris, of the Pleasant Valley section. Monday evening received the sad intelligence of the death at Norfolk, Va., of her son, Gary T. Harris. The young man had been ill for some time and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Harris enlisted in the United States navy about two years ago and during hU illness had been treated at the naval hospital. With him at the time of his death was a brother, Hope Harris. It was I n??t announced whether the remains would be sent home or buried in Norfolk. R. M. Hood, of this city, the last week received letters patent on a car wheel fender which he invented something more than a year ago. The fender may be attached to the axle box of any ordinary railroad or street car and is designed to prevent the wheels passing over any ot>j?ct which might fall or he thrown on the rails, serving its purpose with the car moving either forward or backward. Mr. Hood has received several otters from parties who wish to buy the patent right, but has declined all offers. } ? Dead Nan Not Taylor. T. G. Taylor, who disappeared from his home near Carhartt station last August, and, supposedly, whose dead and badly decomposed body was some time later found by hunters on the Springsteiu farm near Catawba river, is not dead but instead is alive and is doing well, according to first-hand and reliable information which comes to The Times. The fact that Taylor was not the dead man found near the river was ascertained by Mr. W. R. Crane, a well known resident of the Providence section of Mecklenburg county, who has known Taylor and his family for years. Some weeks ago it occurred to Mr. Crane that Taylor was still alive and that on leaving his home and family he had perhaps joined the army. Mr. Crane was in Charlotte Friday and visited the recruiting office and inquired about Taylor. The recruiting officer turned to his records and there found that one T. G. Yaylor did enlist in the service on the 24th dav of last i ?*. j... i? nuKuoi a 11 u was seiu I'j VyUiumbus.Ohio, for reexamination. The Charlotte officer expressed the belief that Taylor h.'.d been ac- | cepted for the ser/ice and ex? pressed the opinio*, that he was now located at sc.ne point along the Mexican bo der or possibly had entered \lexico with the troops in pur uit of Villa. It is stated th*>' che family of Taylor is in (%r ..munication with the war p ^drtment and expect to learn in a short time just where he is located. It will be recalled that following the discovery of the dead body near the river and in the belief that it was that of Taylor, Daniel Cannup, a brother-in-law of Taylor, was arrested and committed to York jail under the charge of murder. However, it was later found that the evidence that the dead man really was Taylor; that he was murdered and that Cannup was connected with the crime, if crime it was, was so very scant that Cannup was released on his own bond. Will be Installed April 30. A called meeting of Bethel D..n?K... 1 IJ .1 T-V . j icouyitry was neiu in me rirsi Presbyterian church at York on last Thursday at which the presbytery dissolved relations between the Rev R. K. Timmons, pastor of Bethel church, and arrangements were made for his installation as pastor of the Fort Mill church, to which he accepted a call some weeks ago. The Fort Mill church was represented in the presbyterial meeting by Elder T. B. Spratt. Rev. Mr. Timmons will be installed as pastor of the Fort Mill church following the morning service 011 Sunday, April MO. Rev. A. A. McLean, pastor of Clover church, will preside and preach the sermon, and Rev. A. 1). P. (iilmour, of Chester, will charge the pas- I tor. Rev. F. W. Gregg, of Rock Hill, was named as alternate. How Mountain Lost West Point. Of interest, in connection with the published statement that J. B. Duke will erect a handsome estate on Mountain Island, a towering woodland in the center of Catawba river, is the statement of a prominent Charlottean that by a single vote West Point was chosen over this same site for the United States armv academv. This is a matter of history, says he, that car. be easily verified. When the question came up for discussion a Westerner whose prejudice against the South at the time was very acute, cast the deciding vote which took the institution to West Point. The island upon which Mr. Duke is to build is at least 200 feet high and commands a wonderfuld view of the country for miles around. About 300 acres are embraced in the island and this will be developed by the millionaire as a summer home. It overlooks three of the largest power developments of the Southern Power company. Great Palls, Rocky Creek and Fishing Creek. Births and Deaths. Vital statistics for the state, covering 1015, are interesting records. The total number of deaths reported under the vital strtistics law was 24.501, being 15.2 per 1,000 population. The total number of births reI A A (iT/1. k t tu\i ? im?ilc?i w<t?> L?t?,znnff fait" \n'i ityr\nJ. 2!). White male. 11.015: white female, 10,127. Negro male. 12.110; female. 11.512; total 22.622: rate per 1.000, 26.7. Indian male. 2. Unknown, 184. Still births, 2,874. Death rate: White, 12.6; negro. 17.4; negro increase over white, 4.8. Birth rate; White, 29.1; negro, 27 7: white increase over negro, 2.4. JHE MAJESTIC W.ich the Improvement. FOUR REELS TO-DAY. 1 Open 4:20 ? 5c and 10c TBS FORT MILL TIMES, FORT MILL, SOI * Notice To The Public Now is the time to look up your old, wornout shoes. If you have 3 pair of old ones laying around somewhere, get them together and bring them to us. We repair them and make them lot1: as new, no matter how bad they are worn. Those are th? kind we like. a. 1 ^ ...u i iiucd iiiuuci aic auu >> vi t\ womr u iicii j'nuir ised. All work done while vou wait. Get the habit. A. SCHULTZ. Fort Mill Store, No. 11. MiLLINERY. jl I Our milliner, Miss Elizabeth Pills- | bury, arrived Monday from Balti- ? more and is hard at work getting + i| ready to show you the prettiest line ? ot Women's. M isses* and Children's Hats ever shown in this city. We ?, ^ x I extend you a cordial invitation to vis- ^ f it our millinery department on the second floor. Plenty of room, good + t light, pleasant place to rest. j l Oxfords and Pumps f Our new Oxfords and Pumps are ? here, in all the new stvles. We can + * 4 I only show you new 1916 Low- ; quarter shoes, as we did not carry f over any from last season. So, if ? you buy your spring shoes from us, ; | you are sure to get new ones. Come in and take a look and try . l \v i 4 a pan on. vaec our low prices, we ; will leave it for you to say. Yes or f No. t! I Patterson's Dry Goods Store *j t TELEPHONE NO. 85. "JELLS IT FOR LESS." * * l U_?L_ i_; J? if There's Solid Comfort I 4 ? ; In knowing that your grocer is de- ; i f pendable, and that he sells nothing but dependable merchandise. When I I you leave your orders at this store, you ^ f may rest assured that they will be ? filled ith every care; that they will ! ? rl^lrat-? fh** !? i I ^ V-4 V/A A ? V-ft V- Vt JV A V Ull V4 11 114 I LI 1V. ^ ' t quality of everything ordered will be f| the best. Phone No. 116. I I t | Parks Grocery Co., ? Phone 1 16 * s> <s . . . .A <$ <* | t t : t t Phone No. 15 for 1 ^ Good Things to Eat. I i Prooipt delivery. I ? i T ? 1 CULP'S GROCERY, I O. T. CULP, Prop. - Phone No. 15.? it z JTH CAROLINA With the BEST Cooler Manufactured we will be in position to furnish the trade with as good Meats as the market will afford this summer. Also Fresh Butter and Eggs. Bring us your Veal Calves, Beef Cattle, Fre.-h Milch Cows and Hides, for topmarket cash prices. Pure bred R. I. Red eggs for hatching, $1.00 for 13. FORT MILL CASH MARKET Phone No. 140. i Schedule of Service* Fort Mill Circuit of M. E. Church, South, for the Year 1916. Fort Mill Church?1st and 3rd Sundays at 11 a. in., and 1th Sunday at night. Sunday school every Sunday morning. VYomans* Missionary society every 1st Sunday afternoon. Pleasant Hill Church?1st and did' Sundays at 3:30 p. in. Sunday school every Sunday afternoon at 2:30o'clock. Philadelphia Church 2nd Sunday at II a. m.; 4th Sunday at 3:30 p. in. Sunday school every Sunday morning. (4th. Sunday at 3:30 p. ni.l India Hook Church ?4th Sunday at 11 a. m.; 2nd Sunday at 3:30 p. in. Sun- , day school every Sunday afternoon, ' (lth Sundav 10:00 a. m.) K. Z. JAMES. Pastor. NOTICE! I have taken the Fort Mill agenev for the Robinson Folding "Steeline Rath Tiik 1/Ulll X uu ami iuvite you to visit Patterson's Dry Goods Store, where you may see one of the tubs on exhibition. The Robinson Folding "Steeline" Hath Tub is perfectly sanitary ami 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 for 10 years. Price, $10. J. L. LYLES. Additional Proof. Capt. Thos. B. Spratt. Cashier of the First National Bank says of the Union Central Life Insurance Company: "I am carrying large policies with this company and am thoroughly satisfied with mv contracts. I have just paid trie premium 011 a $5,000.00 policy and find that my dividend was about 28 per cent., thus reducing my premium more than one-lourih. L believe that the investments of the company, which are in j farm mortgages, are the safest and most remunerative in the; country today." If you are not over do 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, I Ti * Opening up o s which are com ? time to say mi g ever, we belies g prettiest line of g ever gotten a g same, once yo g Come m air 8 buy or r ot. N ^ \ T\'l *'H-" f 111? 6b j U~L v I W-.tch our c | Mills & 1 In O00? SHS > r Opportunity To every man ar I quires a cash p ; small. What w ? your opportunity preparing for it? Many are prepari ; at this bank. W tTIOQTT MATir i nM n I\j Under Supervision ol Need a Our second shipment of Mis days ago and are ready for y< arc mules of all sizes and i Several closely mated teams a "Quick sales, short feed billi profit," is our motto. Come tc Mills Live FERGUSON & MOORE. Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Fresh Meats, Fish | and Ice. ] Formieon St Mnnvn ICi.^UOUSI vx muuic, 1 Telephone 21). , i i&& o? 0? ????0?c HI? WEEI ur new line of t ting in every day ich to you about /e we are now Spring Goods t nd believe you a have seen the ? d look around. tVe are always pit \ ]p. frcm week t< Young C i the New Store. ?? ? ?@ ??OC s i Comes \ I id it generally re- * ayment, large or ; ill you do when t comes? Are you ? 1 1 /V f /"w V ?? -? ? -"J * iig iv.ji <. ppoi tunny t hy don't you? NAL BANK. f f U. S. Government. ? M - // Mule? souri Mules arrived several Diir inspection. In this lot suitable for every purpose, nd single mules of all sizes, s and a small per cent, for ) sec us. stock Co. FOR SALE (). 1. C. Pips, 8 to 9 tveoks old, to be delivered March 20 to 11, $2.50 to $4.00 each. One hundred Im^hcl- Mexican Mammoth Hi^f Hcdl L'otton Seed at $1.00 per bushel, delivered at Fort Mill. Two-foot Oak Wood, $2.00 per cord. Nice smooth tawed Stove Wood ready for delivery March 15, at $2.f>0 per load. 15.000 feet Oak Lumber, 2x0, 2xK, 2x10, 2x12, it $1,00 per 100 on yard, or $1.20 deivered at Fort Mill. Waieroak Farm, Osmond Harbor, Prop., Fort Mill. S. C. 3i}(Wj C&I'C ISTKIE ONLY rjiSNUINE ABKSGft SALVE 3<2> ??@ ?0 ( ' | Spring Goods and haven't ? them. How- |jj receiving the ? hat we have ? will say the ? *oods. & whether yon ? eased, to have ? i week. ? ?omp'y g |