ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
Cotton was bringing 117-8 ort 1
this market yesterday.
The weather is too cool and
corn is not comine ud to a eood '
stand.
Mrs. J. W. Wylie, of Greensboro,
N. C., is a guest of her ,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
McMurray.
Mrs. Frank Griffin and Miss
Olive Timmons, of Columbia, <
were guests in this city the last <
week of Rev. and Mrs. R. K.
Timmons.
Misses Ruth and Esther Meacham
of Chicora college, Columbia,
were visitors in the home of
their parents in this city during 1
the past week.
Mrs. Jennie B. Spratt left sev- eral
days ago for Cordele, Ga.. |
where she will make an extended
visit in the home of her
son, John Spratt.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McMurray,
of Lockhart, andM. P. McMurray,
of York, were recent visitors in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
McMurray, in this city. <
Mr. and Mrs. Withers Massey,
of Springdell, Lancaster county,
spent Sunday in the home oi
Mrs. Massey's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. A. Bradford in Fort
Mill.
The Rev. S. P. Hair, of the I
Fort Mill Baptist church, left
Monday at noon for Great Falls, <
Chester county, where he is en- 1
gaged in a ten days' revival '
meeting. j
A party consisting: of J. B.
Mills, Thomas B. Spratt, Dr.
J. Lee Spratt and J. J. Bailes ;
left on Thursday for Washing:- '
ton, D. C., and other points in '
the North. 1
Mr. Samuel Boyd, a farmer of ,
the Gold Hill section who has
been ill of pellagra for a year or
more was on Thursday taken to
the State hospital at Columbia
for treatment.
I t
Management of the Majescic i
Theatre announces that until p
further notice the theatre will be t
open four davs in each week? c
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
. A large majority of the old
soldiers of the township together
with many residents have been
in Rock Hill this week attending
the annual reunion of the South
Carolina Confederates. All report
a most enjoyable time.
Congressman and Mrs. D. E.
Finley announce the engagement
of their daughter. Miss
Mary Elizabeth Finley, and Mr.
W. B. Moore, Jr., the marriage
to take place in York in the
early summer.
Archie S. Saunders and Miss
Clara MeCameron were married
in this city Sunday evening by ! '
Magistrate R. P. Harris. Mr.
Saunders is a Rock Hill young
man and his bride resided in one
of the mill villages of this city.
The Rev. R. K. Timmons will j
be formally installed as pastor of
the Fort Mill Presbyterian church
on next Sunday morning. The
program of the exercises, as
published in The Times two
weeks ago, will be carried out.
S. A. Epps, one of Fort Mill's
best known business men, is 1
this week announced as a candidate
for clerk of the court for
York.county. Mr. Epps is well
known and popular throughout
the county and his friends pre- ; 1
diet for him a strong following '(i
in the August primaries. r
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To accommodate the Sunday v
school class, which has grown c
steadily during the last few c
months, members of the con- i
gregation of the local Methodist i
church are having an extension 11
room, 18 by 40 feet, erected to ; t
their church building on Booth j a
street.
Jesse W. Norman has placed
an order with an Indiana concern
for a bowling alley of the I
- latest design and will install it in c
one of the Belk storerooms on t
the south side of Main street, i
Mr. Norman will also occupy the c
Belk building as a place for his 1
restaurant business,
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In the circuit court at York
the last week Crawford Tschel- ! 8
lier, a young Fort Mill man, en- (
tered a plea of guilty to the c
charge of assault and battery 5
with intent to kill and was sentenced
to a fine of $150. Sentence
was suspended, however, j
on condition of good behavior.
In compliment to a number of v
visiting young ladies and gentle- 1
men the Fort Mill German club t
Friday night gave a dance in the \
town hall which proved one of j
m
the most enjoyable social events
ever held in the town. About
30 couples were present and
excellent music was furnished
by a picked orchestra.
Beginning about a week ago,
the weave department of the
Fort Mill Mfg. company, known
as the "kitchen,'' is in operation
x>th night and day. It is stated
:hat the company has had an
exceptionally heavy run of orders
tor its product during the last
few weeks, this probably ac
counting ior tne nignt running
of its machinery.
Clean-up Day Prizes.
The sanitary ommittee appointed
by Mayor Patterson to
inspect the piles of rubbish gathered
up by numerous boys and
girls in the general spring cleaning
of the town did its work
Tuesday afternoon. The members
of the committee were Dr.
J. B. Elliott and Messrs. J. D.
Pulp, J. T. Young. W. R. Bradford
and Herbert Harris, who
were loaned the automobiles cf
Dr. J. Ij. Spratt and Mr. S. W.
Parks for use in making the inspection.
Cash prizes were
)fFered u.v the town authorities
for the various accumulations of
LI *_ 1- J il - V i
ruumsn ana me principal prizes
were awarded by the committee
is follows:
Arthur Young-, $2; Bennett
Hoagland, $1.50; Grady Hope, $1;
Edward Kimbrell, B. W. Bradford,
Olin Deas. Roy Robinson,
Elliott Gordon, Clyde Merritt,
sach, 50c. Colored prize winners
were: Isom Strait, $1; Lula
Wylie, Robt. White, Ralph Ad?er,
each, 25c.
Other prizes ranging in
imounts from 25 cents down to
10 cents were given 30 or more
ndustrious boys and girls for
:heir good work in cleaning up
;he town. Yesterday morning
wagons began hauling away the
'ubbish.
Fort Mill Democrats Meet.
The Fort Mill Democratic club
net Saturday afternoon in the
own hall at the call of the presdent,
S. H. Epps, Sr., for the
jurpose of reorganization and
;he election of delegates to the
;ounty convention. Temporary
>rganization was effected with
1. R. Haile as chairman and S.
iV. Parks as secretary, after
vhich the election of these two
>fficers was inade permanent.
Jpon motion, the rules weresus>ended
and a nominating commiee,
consisting of J. F. Lee, J,
HI. Sutton and B. E. Patterson,
vas appointed to name 18 dele
jates and 18 alternates to the
;ounty convention, the nominees
>eing elected by a unanimous
>allot as follows: Delegates- R.
?. Harris. J. C. Bayne, W. H.
^rook, J. F. Lee. W. H. Windle,
[. H. Sutton, D. G. Kimbrell. C.
?. Blankenship, S. H. Epps, Sr.,
L E. McKibben, A. C. Lytle,
5. P. Sutton, A. C. Sutton, W.
?. Epps, M. E. Robinson, A. J.
3room, B. E. Patterson and F.
>V. Dickson; alternates. VV. A.
^oach, J. F. Lytle. W. M. White,
N. H. Jones, J. C. McElhaney,
N. D. Therrell, Bert Nivens. Lee
Armstrong, S. P. Wilson, L. M.
iordon, R. A. Fulp, J. J. Colharp,
S. W. Parks, J. G. Smith,
J. F. Bennet. W. J. Steele, J. L.
Cimbrell and M. J. Adcock. C.
J. Blankenship was elected mem>er
of the county executive comnittee
from this district and S.
d. Epps, Sr., was recommended
'or election to the state convenion.
A resolution presented by VV.
I. Bradford and adopted without
i dissenting vote put the club on
ecord as disapproving a change
>f the present rules of the party
vhich might tend to abolish the
ounty-to-county campaign each
ampaign year, and instructed
he delegates to vote as a unit in
he county convention against
he selection of any delegate to
he state convention favoring
iny such change.
Pineville Nan Takes Own Life.
Mr. John (J. b'isher, one of the
>est known citizens of Pineville,
lommitted suicide at an early
jour Saturday morning by jumpng
in a well near his home. His
lead body was discovered shorty
after daybreak.
Mr. Fisher's health had not
>een good for more than a yeaind
it was believed that through
lespondency his mind had be- j
:ome unbalanced. He was 74
rears of age and is survived by a
vife and nine children.
Mr. Fisher was well known in
?ort Mill and the community and
lis acquaintances hereabout were
shocked to hear of his tragic
leath. He was a member of the
3ineville Presbyterian church,
rom which edifice the funeral
vas conducted Sunday afternoon
it 3 o'clock. 1
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THE FORT
Why Solicitor Dropped Case.
Solicitor Henry says that he
abandoned his appeal in the
matter of York county vs. J. A.
Tate for the reason that he was
satisfied that the statute upon
which the grand jury based its
request for an accounting is
unconstitutional. He says that
if the grand jury had asked for
an accounting without involving
the statute, he is satisfied that
the accounting could have been
had. ?The Enquirer.
BFPflRT
Of the Treasurer of the ParentTeachers'
Club for Year Ending
May 1, 1916.
RECEIPTS.
Dues collected $17.01
Check Civic club .. 25.00
Check Dramatic club ..... 10.08
Cash, lecture . 1.7C
Check Civic club 10.(X
Cash, Mock Trial 8.7S
Cash, Supt. of Education 50.0(1
Serving lunch to Co. teachers 9.0C
Cash, gift 2.(XI
Cash, Com. Service Day 37.75
Total.... $166.28
EXPENDITURES.
Cash, postage $ .85
For drinking fountains _.. 40.5(1
I nstalling drinking fouutains 15.73
Check to J. T. Young .. 22.60
For Alabastine 10.50
Banks White, for work, 11.25
Work on grounds 27.75
Paid Surveyor White... . 10.00
Cash, work on grounds, 6.60
Balance in bank .. . 20.50
Total $166.28
Mrs. E. M. Belk.
Treasurer.
AN ORDINANCE
Regulating the closing Hours of Bowling
Alleys and the Age Limit of Oesupants
of Same.
Section 1. That on and after the
passage of this ordinance it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to
operate or keep open for busi ess any
bowling alley, commonly known as a
ten-pin alley, later than 12 o'clock,
mid-night, within the incorporate limits
of Fort Mill.
Sec. 2. No manager or operator of
a bowling alley shall allow minors, or
persons under the age of 21 vears. to
play or be admitted to such rooms of
amusement.
Sec. 3. Any person or persons violating
the provisions of this ordinance
shall, upon conviction, he punished by
a fine not exceeding $10 or be imprisoned
for not exceeding 30 days.
Done and ratified in council assembled
this 1th day of April, 1916.
B. E. PATTERSON,
Attest: Mayor.
W. A. ROACH. Clerk.
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price, 75c; we ha\
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? Special values
| wear for ladies an
| Corset Covers,
^ 25c and 50c.
S Underskirts, 75c
I Night Gowns, r
ty muslin, 50c.
Ladies' muslin \
Children's draw
Gingham and
? women, misses, cl
Patterson's Dr
TELEPHONE NO. 85.
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Schedule of Services
Fort Mill Circuit of M. E. Church, Soutl
for the Year 1916.
Fort Mill Church?1st and 3rd Sur
days at 11 a. m., and 4th Sunday a
night. Sunday school every Sunda
morning. Womans' Missionary societ
every 1st Sunday afternoon.
Pleasant Hill Church ?1st and 3r
Sundays at 3:30 p. m. Sunday schot
every Sunday afternoon at 2:80 o'clock
Philadelphia Church?2nd Sunday a
ill a. m.; 4tn Sunday at 3:30 p. in. Sun
j day school every Sunday morning, (4t
I aunuay at ?i:,w p. m./
India Hook Church?4th Sunday at 1
a. m.; 2nd Sunday at .3:30 p. m. Sun
day school every Sunday afternoon
(4th Sunday 10:00 a. m.)
E. Z. JAMES, Pastor.
With the BEST Cooler
Manufactured we will be in po
sition to furnish the trade witl
as good Meats as the market wil
afford this summer. Also Fresl
Butter and Eggs. Bring us you:
Veal Calves, Beef Cattle, Fresl
Milch Cows and Hides, for top
market cash prices.
Pure bred R. I. Red eggs foi
hatching, $1.00 for 13.
FORT MILL GASH MARKET
Phone No. 140.
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ARWICA SAl?E
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Shop
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indow Shades
w shade troubrhen
you buy,
lg" Shade. No
ak, nothing to
easy to hang.
market. Regular
/e them in all colin
Muslin Underd
children.
plain and fancy
: values, for 50c.
naee of good quali
>ants, 25c and 50c 1
ers*, 2 to 12, 10c-15c
Lawn dresses for
lildren, 25c to 98c.
y Goods Store
: "SELLS IT FOR LESS."
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it will make you shake.
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AN ORDINANCE
t Providing: an Annua! Street Tax and
' for the Collection of Same.
. Be it ordained by the Mayor aud Alt
dermen of the town of Fort Mill, S. C.
' and by authority of the same:
y Section 1. All men resident in tin
town of Fort Mill between the apes ol
21 and 55 years, and not exempt by
statute, shall pay unto the Town Trensurer
annually on or before the 15th
day of May the sum of three dollars
($3.00) in payment of street tax.
1 See. 2. Any person refusing after
letral notice to pay this tax shall lie
" tuied in the sum of not less than $5 or
be impr'soned not less than ten days.
. Sc>c. 3. That all ordinances or parts
of ordinances inconsistent with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Done and ratified in council assembles
this 4th day of April. 101H.
B. K. PATTERSON.
Attest- Mavor.
W. A. ROACH. Clerk.
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Now is the Time
; to do your repairing. You will
need
LUMBER
for your fences, road bridges, |
repairs on your house, barn and
outbuildings. We are in position
to olfer special inducements to
early comers, giving you the best
possible material, at prices that
defy competition.
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Fort Mill Lumber Company
Phone No. 72.
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j? on cotton at six per cent, it pioved that it is ^
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\T We want you to feel that this bank is con- r
? ducted for the benefit of the whole community
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t pendabie, and that he sells nothing
but dependable merchandise. When ?
I you leave your orders at this store, you *
i may rest assured that they will be
| filled wi th every care; that they will
I be delivered promptly and that the ?
t quality of everything ordered will be ?
the best. Phone No. 116.
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