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ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. Roy Spratt. of Mt. Holly, N. C.f was a business visitor to Fort Mill during the list week. E. H. Phillips, of Lancaster, spent Sunday in this city, the guest of his son, Ffahk T. Phillips. Frank Hunter, assistant postmaster at Lancaster, spent Friday afternoon and night with friends in this city. The Rev. and Mrs. R. R. Timmons n nrl hwn nhiWron i-ofn v.f V V???*V?4 V?l * VVUIIICU *< the last week from a month's stay in Montreat, N. C. Thomas Belk, of Mt. Holly, N. C. was a visitor during the last week in the home of W. B. Meacham in this city. Brice D. Culp left Fort Mill Thursday evening for Upper Falls, Mass., to accept a position with a big textile machinery concern. Mrs. A. B. Lawrence and her daughter, Miss Florence Lawrence, of Florence, were guests the last week of Mr. and Mrs. Everard Ardrey in this city. Monday, the 4th being Labor Day and a legal holiday, the two local banks were closed and the postofiice observed Sunday hours. No mail was collected or delivered by the rural carriers on the four local routes on that day. In the race for congress in the Fifth district, Mr. Finley defeated W. F. Stevenson by a majority of 814 votes. For solicitor, 6th circuit, Mr. Henry received 1,621 majority over J. Harry Foster. Miss Marv Culn has rt?<-iirn#>rl from her vacation spent at her i home in Fort Mill. She is now connected with the Cloud Dry Goods Company, where she began her duties this morning. ? Rock Hill Herald. ! The bridge across the Catawba ] river at Catawba J unction having . been rebuilt, all train service between Columbia and Rock Hill via Kingville. has been restored j according to an announcement i Sunday by Southern railway ^ officials. The bridge was de- j stroyed by recent floods. The following Fort Mill men I have been drawn to serve as i jurors for the first week of the i ^ September term of York court i which convenes on next Monday, 1 September il: L. A. Harris, 1 C. P. Blankenship, W. F. Win- j die, J. M. Gamble, E. R. Patter- < son. i Something like 75 bales of cot- { ton taken from Catawba river during the recent flood by persons in this township has been brought to town and turned over to the owners. It is understood ; that $12.50 per bale was paid for the return of the cotton. ! 1 ReDOrt has it that th#? urnrl*- rkf grading for the the foundations of the Carhartt mill at Carhartt j station, 3 miles south of Fort Mill, is progressing nicely and that the work of constructing | the building will commence with- in a short time. Burton Massey, ] of Rock Hill, is doing the grading j work. . William, the little son of Mr. ! and Mrs. Vade Blankenship, of Rock Hill, whose illness was noted in last week's Times, died Friday morning and the burial ; was made Saturday in Laurelwood cemetery. Rock Hill. A ! number of the Fort Mill relatives of the family attended the funer- ! al service. 5 The board of trustees of the , local graded school and several members of the board of health who favored lifting the quaran- ; tine recently placed, have decided to defer to the judgment of , the physicians on the board of , health and will postpone opening A 1 I 1* * ? A - - " me pudiic scnoois for the fall term from September 4th until the 18th. Nr. Bradford's Election. Hon. W. R. Bradford was elect- j ed to the house of representa- , tives from York county Tuesday | by perhaps the largest vote ever , * given a candidate in York county \ with opposition for the General ( assembly. He received a total j of 3,532 votes out of a possible 4,120. Mr. Bradford is an able i member of the house and his j, work is appreciated by the peo- ] pie irrespective of factions. ? , Spartanburg Journal. j All and Nunn. j A man named All ran for office > down in Colleton county and \ didn't get any votes hardly, while a man named Nunn ran in 4 York county and got nearly all j of them Spartanburg Journal. } From the Border. One of the Palmetto regiments will probably draw border guard duty before many more weeks* The plan appears to be to send out regiments to guard the border two weeks at a time and then it is returned to the camping place and another regiment takes its place. Those organizations which have been here.for some weeks are now drawing this border patrol duty but the South Carolina organizations will probably get their turn before any great while. Maj. T. B. Spratt, Capt. J. B. Parks, Lieut. L. M. Massey, Lieut. Joe Hart, Lieut. Dick Fuip and Lieut. Crawford mess with the Fort Mill company and it is one of the joliiest messes in camp. Capt. Parks is the boarding house keeper while Lieut. Hart is the rustler for the outfit and they are both very capable, so much so in fact that it has been suggested that they go into the boarding house business when they get back to private life and York county. They have not yet agreed to do so, although Lieut. Hart says that shopping in El Paso is almost as exciting as shopping in York ?Correspondence The State. Governor Appoints Officers. Second Lieut. Hiram Hutchinson, of Rock Hill, was appointed first lieutenant in the First infantry Saturday by Governor Manning. Sergt. F. M. Mack, r?f FV?rfr Mill vvnc onnninfo/i oe second lieutenant of the First infantry at the same time, and . the Rev. John McSween, Jr., of ! Dillon, chplain of the Second infantry with the rank of captain, j A Nonday Marriage. \ in the presence of a large num- , ber of relatives and friends Mr. : W. Slade Moss and Miss Eva j Armstrsng were married at t 3:30 o'clock Monday evening, the marriage taking place at the I home of the bride's parents. Mr. f and Mrs. W. H. Armstrong, on c North White street. The cere.- ? mony was performed by the [ Rev. E. Z. James of the local t Methodist church. On Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Moss left for a bridal trip. Mrs. Moss is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong and is a young woman of pleasng personality and popular among a wide circle of friends. Mr. Moss has for several years held a position with Culp's grocery store and is a young man )f sterling worth. His many friends wish for him much success in the future. Local S. S. Association. A number of persons interested in the Sunday schools of Fort Mill township gathered at the Presbyterian church in Fort Mill Sunday afternoon and formed a township Sunday school organisation. Preceding the business meeting Dr. J. E. Walmsley, J. T. r Fain and Prof. R. C. Burts of Rock Hill discussed various departments of Sunday school j work. The presiding officer, 1 Prof. J. D. Fulp, then called the 1 meeting to order and stated that : a township organization was de- \ sired by many interested in the ; promotion of Sunday school j work. There was a unanimous ^ vote of those present in favor of i forming an organization. The ( presiding officer then appointed 1 a committee on nominations ] which, after a conference, made ' a report which was unanimously ! adopted, and the following named officers were elected for t the ensuing year: President. N. L. Carothers; c Vice President, W. A. Roach; \ Secretary and Treasurer, E. L. 1 Hughes; Member Nominating c Committee of County NConven- * tion, J. D. Fulp. 1 Stole Flock of Sheep. Two white men, Flint Mitchell and Bud Heffner, were arrested in f* nit 17 1 ... v.<v jvovciuajf cuargcu with stealing a flock of sheep from Mr. A. B. Bailes, of Pine- j f yille township, and in default of t)ond of $250 the two men were v sent to jail by Magislrate J. W. * Cobb to await the next term of criminal court, said the Charlotte " News of Sunday. The two defendants plead1 s guilty to the charge when arraigned before Magistrate Cobb. Heffner claiming that the older * man had enticed him into aiding ; in getting hold of the sheep, a r 3hepherd dog being used by the Jj men in rounding up the sheep, [ which were later disposed of on ? the local market. Believing that they were pur- f chasing legitimately acquired j* meat, several local butchers and 1I90 the abattoir company bad one THE PORT i i Jones I It gives us pleasui stock of the Parks Dr the same stand---corn Ol 1 f? 4-9 ??C"<4 u v/lll 111 .11 1K9U1UIU the people the best se little lower price thai Our Fountain and show you what sor serve at all times, el if we will serve to you ? i drink at our fountain. Open COUPON. Good on Friday, Sept. for 5 cts. at Fountain. .JONES DRUG COM PA Is Fort Mill, S. C. K 3r more of the sheep in hand and these they surrendered, or purchased again, thus paying two prices for the animals, and losing :he money paid to the two men leld for the theft. Says Report is False. realtor me l imes: i have been ? nformed by reliable parties that ? .here is being circulated a cam- < )aign lie to the effect that Mr. < ?red Nims came to see me and < vhile here he and I had some * vords and fell out. < I want to say in justice to Mr. < ^Jims that this is a campaign lie i n every sense of the word. Mr. ^ims has not been on myplanta- . ion this year to my knowledge. < The better element of Fort < dill township are aware of the < act that we have some noted < campaign liars here that have a < rery vile tongue and corrupt . leart and I hate to see this bet- 4 er element misled by their cor.- i emptible lies. 4 W. H. Windle. < Fort Mill, Sept. 5. Card of Thanks. I feel deeply grateful to my riends throughout York county ' or the handsome vote given me luring the recent election, notvithstanding the false reports hat were circulated against me. z wish to thank you, one and all, . or your hearty cooperation and generous support in my behalf, n order to suppress any false eport that may arise in the 'uture relative of any combine >r other organization inducing ne to make the race for County ? supervisor, I wish to announce c ny candidacy for the above ? office two years hence. ? Sincerely yours, 1 C. P. Blankenship. ( Fort Mill, Sept. 4, 1916. t n 1 n " tara rrom nr. Logan. ro the Democratic Voters of ' York County: It being impossible for me to see each of you personally before ' :he second primary, I take this means of thanking you for the splendid vote given me in the recent primary, and to ask your < support in the second primary on ' Sept. 12th. I received in the , irst primary 2,049 votes, which A*as only ten votes less than a i majority. Had the Executive Committee allowed the votes cast sut placed in the wrong box at ( ttock Hill. I probably would have j ieen nominated in the first pri- . nary. This splendid vote, with > hree good men in the race with me, is deeply gratifying. I hank the voters for what they lave done for me. and ask their ' :ontinued support in the next irimary. I feel that I am capa- ^ )le in every respect of filliner the iffice, and should I be the choice >f the voters I promise them that will give to the office of Clerk >f Court my very best efforts. Respectfully, John R. Logan. 4 Advertisement.) NOTICE. The Ginnery of the Fort Mill Manu acturing Company will he in o|>eration m Wednesday, September 20th, and igain on Friday, September 22nd. Befinning with the week of Monday. September 2.r>th, the ginnery will be perated daily until further notice. Fort Mill Mfg. Company. NOTICE. It ate ok South Carolina, County of York. . Notice is hereby given that the conract for running tne ferry between f 'ort Mill and Hock Hill on J. B. Swell's place- will be let to the- lowest esponsibie bidder on Friday, Septem- f ier 15th, at eleven o'clock a. m. Full r lirections for managing and controlling he ferry will be submitted at the time ^ >nd place indicated. The contract will t >e let on the grounds, and sealed pro- _ K>sals will be received then and there or conducting this business, with the T Sht reperven to roject any and all d 8. THOS. W. BOYD. County Supervisor. 1 MILL TIMES, FORT MILL, S< )rug Cc e to announce that we ug Company and will co ler Main and Confederal >n in beginning business rvice possible and a lit 1 the other fellow. Tobacco Dcpaitment wi t of Drinks and Ice < > out and present to us tl 'ree of Charge a plate o VJWI.J.VMIC1 ^VH?U will > 1111 l for Business T ? Jones Di JY, JOHN E. . A Fresh lot of Ci I I Every Farri | I = When a farmer ^ "come to towi t comes for a p money for his pay money for s whether on bus invited to alwa' [ FIRST NATIC ' Under Supervision o Call on us for for your legume: Deposit your n >> MAJESTIC THEATRE The Soldier B03 Not Slides, but 2,000 fo Buy It Now Real Estate is going to advance .harply in Fort Mill on account >f demand created by the protective boom in manufacturing ind other enterprises. Take ad vantage of these offerings now >r you will pay more later. H acres with 5-room cottage md well within town limits, adjoining the home of Mrs. E. M. Belk. Price $2,500. Residence on west side of Booth street near Main street, six rooms, barns and outhousfes. Excellent property at $2,500. 105-acre farm with lately improved cottages and barns, 3 miles from Fort Mill. Price, 52,000. Brick residence on Main street, lot 75 feet front and 140 feet leep. Price, $3,000. 2 3-4 acre lot with 3 two-room cottages on railroad to the rear )f Clebourn street. Price $1,000. 107 acre farm, two cottages, :>arn and crib, two miles from ;own, 100 acres under cultivation. Price $20 per acre. 5-room cottage on fine lot adioining school grounds. Excellent property at $1,500. 5-room cottage on Elm street n fine condition, good location. >1,150. Bailes & Link, Real Estate Agents. Now is the Time o do your repairing. You will iced LUMBER or your fences, road bridges, epairs on your house, barn and utbuildingc. We are in position o offer special inducements to arly comers, giving you the best >ossible material, at prices that lefy competition. fort Mill Lumber Company] i DUTH CAROLINA tmpany I have purchased the I ntinue the business at te streets. in Fort Mill is to give tie better goods at a ill be our hobby. To Cream we intend to iie coupon below and f cream or any 5-Cent Friday, Sept. 8th. oday. rug Comp'y, JONES. Manaser. rier Invited. I has the time to -?" he usually ^ urpose?to get 4 produce or to something. But ines or not he is ys come to the )NAL BANK, I f U. S. Government. ^ % free inoculation 5. loney with us. <?> , MONDAY, SEPT. 18, . /M ? rs at Camp Styx et of moving pictures. Another I Again on Saturday Mill and vicinity the ? way to buy good, sea* even the "other fellow f? ? GRC 100 pounds Cotton Seed 100 pounds of Cotton Seei 1 Sack Be3t Shipped Stuff Good Pink Salmon, the ca 10 pounds Granulated Sui 1 pound of Arbuckle's Col CM* 100 Men's 50c Work Shirts fo 100 Men's $1.25 quality Overs 1,000 yards of I.ace 5c quality 1,000 10c? 44 4 dozen ladies' 50c Sailors at ( 2 44 44 25c 4 4 4 4 4 44 Sun Hats at prices 5c 1,000 yards Embroidery, 10c c 1,000 44 44 5c 2,000 44 Crepe de Chene 1 XT * ? - ana vones. bl> cent (jualil :*00 yards Lawns, Voiles, Rat REAL CHEAP now. The above are not want you to come Sat confident that we can things that you will ne No Gooi MILLS & 1 % a * \ | Mid-Sum t I i Clear anc< | Of all Women's ; Pumps, Etc., at f 1-3 Of i These are all i styles. It means a * to you, and you h r m on C frv XArckov 4-1^ ajliv/iatiiu tvy yv V^CIl LI J t We also have sev I Hats worth up to close out at 98c. t Men's Palm Beat I $4.95. Imitation F | Boys' Suits, $2.45 I Choice of Straw t Pattersons Dry G TELEPHONE NO. 85. -V & Make Your Plane Wnw | The York Com ? Rock Hill, Octobei ? Carnival attractions in abundance. ? other free attractions. Many article ? List. Write for copy immediately. ? York County Fair Association, Win. Big Deal 5 we will offer the buying grandest opportunity that sonable merchandise at pri ?? i i ? r wonders how we can d >CERY SPECIALS. Meal. $1.50 100 pounds best Pa d Hulls. 75c 100 pounds second , only $1.35 Best Fatback Meat n. only 10c 10 pounds of Snow [jar for 75c 3 pounds of Good C< ffee for 20c 3 Bars of Octagon S ter Big Specials. r 40 cents. 2 dozen Ladies' Sum alls for $1.00. quality, for only 71 at 3c per yd. 2 dozen Ladies' $1 Mid "7c " " 200 pairs Ladies'. Me >nly 35 cents. Slippers (Special Hip: 18 " day), to 18c each. One piece of 30 inch piality, at 8c. Special for Saturdj 3 l-2c. A few pieces Messalir Marquisette Special for Saturdi :y for 35 cts. A Big Reduction on Me ifitP Ptp nil I Qlltoo' >111 fill Vftiln w. ^ W. I ?*! liuuiVil 'J'X V'W T Ulic IT C Ladies' $1.00 Silk Wais half of the big bargains urday and see for yourse sell you everything you 1 ied later. ds Charged at Above Prices fOUNG COP < * * X mer |j * * H 1 Low Shoes ? | I f * t good, new | big saving I ave several 1 , lem yet. I eral Ladies | ? $5.00 to | I ch Suits at | < > aim Beach I < > Hats, $ I. I cods Store I "SELLS IT FOR LESS." * < ' a A iv nkbCHU nty Fair, r 17-20. ; Lady balloonist and ?s added to Premium R. Tiramons. Secy. j v*iaturdy public of Fort has come their ices so low that o it. tent Flour, $4.00 pat. Flour, $3.75 , per pound, 14c drift Lard, $1.25 )ffee for only 50c oap for only 10c ? imer (iowns. $1.00 5 cents. dies for only 75c. ;n's and Children's Bargain for SaturRlonlr rP.. O.-.l i ?kiv rw inilt'UI r>llK iy, only 98c the yd. le and TafTeta Silks, ly, only Site yard. >n's and Boys' Hats, lists, only 7f? cents, its only 82 cents. we have. We ;lf, and we are leed and some i. tfPANY