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ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
B. C. Ferguson spent Sunday 1
with his brother, W. L. Ferguson,
at Great Falls, Chester
county.
ine next increment ot men
(all negroes) from York county
will leave for Camp Jackson. Columbia,
on next Saturday. The
quota is 12 from District 1, and
13 from District 2.
Col. T. B. Spratt, Caot. S. W.
Parks and Lieut. L. M. Massey
came over from Camp Sevier.
Greenville, Saturday and spent
Sunday at their respective homes
in this city.
Officers of A. M. E. Zion
(colored) church request The
Times to extend thanks to the
white and colored people of the
town and community for contributions
amounting to $51.57
for the benefit of their church.
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Information comes from Camp
oevier, ijreenvuie, tnat corporal
Robt. F. Grier, of the Fort Mill
company, has been confined to
the camp hospital for several
days with measles. Mr. Grier
has a light attack of the disease,
however, and he is expected to
be about his duties again within
a few days.
That Uncle Sam is doing some
advertising on his own account
in the sale of bonds of the second
Liberty Loan, is indicated by '
letters which are now crowding \
the mails, with this inscription 1
on the cancellation stamp: "Do '
Your Bit. Buy a Liberty Bond.
Inquire at any Bank or Post- .
office."
Friends thronghout this section
of Mrs. M. M. Watson will re
Igret to learn that this good lady i
has been dangereusly ill for <
some days at her home on ;
Clebourn street, this city. The j
children of Mrs. Watson were
summoned to the bedside some
days ago, it being expected that
she can survive but a short time, j
Members of the local camp of
Wooomen of the World will have
to pay 10 cents additional dues
each month .until the war is
over, according to notices mailed
the members by Camp Clerk
B. E. Patterson. This assessment
is made in order to enable
the sovereign camp to meet the
extra death claims which it is
expected will result from casualties
in the war.
Sunday s Columbia State car-1
ried the announcement of the
marriage at Winston-Salem. N.C.
V of Miss Bertha Hinshaw and
f B. Marvin Wolff, a young business
man of Laurens, S. C.
,Mrs. Wolff was for several seasons
miliner with a local firm and
is a sister of Miss Mabel Hinshaw,
who taught a number of terms
in the Fort Mill public schools.
The Times was mistaken in
saying last week that the Fort
Mill military company had subscribed
for the largest amount
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company now at Camp Sevier,
Greenville. A lettefr from
Lieutenant R. A. Fulp conveys
the information that the company
ranked second in the
amounts subscribed by companies.
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Clyde Yongue, of Piedmont, S.
C., was a guest Monday of his
sister, Mrs. W. D. Wolfe, in this
city.
To-day is circus day in Charlotte
and the usual crowd from
t7* a. ftffmi
r on, mm ana vicinity are in attendance.
Country butter has reached 50
cents per pound on the local
market, this being nearly twice
the former high record price.
Not a great many peopfe know
it, but there is a law in this
State which prohibits killing
squirrels until November 1.
Mr. J. L. Watson returned to
New York Tuesday, after spending
several days here in the
home of his mother, Mrs. M. M.
Watson.
The Rev. R. K. Timmons is
attending the sessions of Bethel
presbytery at Tirzah church,
near Waxhaw, N. C., this week.
The Rev. W. S. Goodwin has
returned from a week's visit to
his old home in Colleton county.
After being confined to his
bed for nearly two weeks, Mr.
J. J. Bailes is now convalescent.
Mrs. J. B. Elliott, with her
none auu dames, returned mis
week from a visit to ner sister,
Mrs. Edwin Reid. in Chatham,
Va.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Watson
and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Oldham
Df Charlotte, were guests on
Sunday of Capt. and Mrs. J. W.
Ardrey.
Miss Mabel Reid of Iva, and
Miss Ruth Calvert of Abbeville,
wfre week-end guests of Miss
Esther McMurray.
J. K. Roach had the misfortune
to fall down the bank steps
Df his home Thursday morning
and hurt his leg so hat he is having
to use a stick. ?Rock Hill
Record.
Notice has been posted at the
court house in York that on
Tuesday, October 30, jurors will
hp flra 11;n fnr* jVin firof utool
m *t i* AVk wnv in oi ?t ttrv v/i
the term of York court which is
to convene on November 19.
with Judge J. W. DeVore presiding.
The annual fair of the people
of Steel Creek community is to
be held next Tuesday, October
30, at Observer school house,
near the home of Mr. Frank
Erwin. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Dated Blenheim, S. C., the
Columbia State Sunday carried
the announcement of the approaching
marriage of Larkin A.
Carter, of Fort Mill, and Miss
Beppie Rogers, of Blenheim, the
wedding to take place in December.
Mr. Carter fs superintendent
of the Fort Mill public school
and the people of this section
will be interested to know of his
approaching marriage.
The weather in this section
yesterday morning was decidedly
winterish. Elijah Steele, colored,
brought to The Times
office the branch of a peach tree,
which he had taken near the
city water tank, and from the
limb there hung a number of
icycles, some about four inches
in length.
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Mrs. Sallie Leonard, of Lex*
ington. N. C., is a guest in the
home of J. H. 'Sutton, of the
township.
The Majestic Theatre is this
week advertising Thomas Dixon's
war drama "The Fall of a
Nation," which is to bo shown
here on next Thursday, Nov. 1.
This picture presents in a true
light, it is said, all the tactics
of modern warfare, and the
people of Fort Mill and vicinity
will doubtless turn out enmasse
to see the production.
At. a mpptincr Sahirrlav offo? _
noon at Winthrop college of the
Eastern Division of the York
County Teachers' Association,
the following officers were elected
W. D. Magginis, president;
E. W, Hall, vice president; Miss
Susie White, secretary-treasurer;
Miss Claude Godfrey, member of
executive board. The next meeting
of the association is to be
held in the Rock Hill high school
building on November 24th. at
12:30 p. m.
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doctor may be, b
scriptions.
We guarantee
filled with pure, fi
licensed pharmaci
care as if they we
of our own family.
HUTCHINSON'
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Having moved into on
now better prepared thai
trons. With a clean, frt
as Staple Groceries, we
complete line of?
Jellies, Presei
Coffees, Pick
ned Goods.
Also, we have one of th<
equipped MEAT MARK]
Fresh Fish and Oysters
installed a modern Gasol
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City Treasurer's Report
For Quarter Ending Sept. 30.1917.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand last report $284.79
License Tax collections, 40.00
Collections, Police fines 306.00
Sanitary tax collections . 56.32
Cemetery lots, collections 6.75
Street tax, collections 51.00
From sale of Junk... 16.00
From pnoperty owners for sidewalks
820.79
Rills Payable, advances bv the
First National Bank-- 1500.00
Total receipts $11078.65
DISBURSEMENTS.
Street work, labor, teams, dragging,
supplies, $659.95
Police claries, uniforms and
equipment 1189.61
Salaries, Mayor $50; Clerk $31.25;
_ 81.25
Salary cemetery keeper and supplies,
53.30
Interest on waterworks bonds ... 100.50
Sanitary, driver's pay. disinfectant,
mule feed, upkeep ... . 144.05
Lights, Juue, July and Aug... 175.59
Printing?Annual contract. 50.00
Bills payable to First National
Bank for advances 575.00
Sundries 50.02
Cash on hand 499 38
Total $3078.65
W. A. ROACH,
Treasurer.
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they will be
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Doctor Orders."
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CEMENT!
r new building, we are
q ever to serve our passh
line of Fancy as well
solicit your orders. A
rves, Cereals,
:les and Can)
most modern and best
ETS in the town,
every week-end. Just
ine filtering station,
e us your orders.
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-dy, "Her Fame and Shame"
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Let us pre:
scription foi
Union Suit*
member of t
cotton.
Shoes that
(wear well a
pay and thei
Good, war
stay fit, for.
coats for th<
Warm w<
Shoes, Wool
in price) a 1J
Keep the i
pretty Kugs,
the smallest
money on tli
ond floor.
Patters!
We Sell
the Best of Everything
in the
Grocery Line !
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Honest Weights,
Prompt Service.
'Phone No. 15.
Culp's Grocery.
J. Harry Foster,
Attorney at Law.
Rock Hill. S. C. Fart Mill. S. C
At Fort Mill Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
Office rear 'Phone Exchange.
Old newspapers for sale at The
Times office.
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Clothes be the remedy,
scribe for you, and then till the pre*
you with Good Warm Underwear,
s or separate garments, for any
he family at prices way below 30c
t keep your feet dry and warm; that
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n buy sox.
111, all-wool Suits that tit good and
Men, Boys and little Gents. Overi
coldest days.
>ol Coats, Long Coats, High Top
Sweaters, and above all, (but not
Tetty Ilat for the ladies and misses.
*00111 warm, too; use some of our
We have them in all sizes from
up to the 9x12, and will save you
lem. These you will see on the sec
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Prepare for Winter.
Let us furnish you with everyi
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thing to make the home cozy
and comfortable during the long
chilly nights that are sure to
follow.
We have anything you will need
and if it does not suit you to
pay cash, ask for our easy-pay
plan. g|