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-M - . % ITEtIS OF LOCAL INTEREST. Mr. B. M. Spratt. of Chester, visited relatives in Fort Mill . during the past week. Miss Esther Meacham has returned from a visit to friends in Eastover. Richland county. # M*. mA II r o 04. 4 ?it. aiiu mo. 11. o. oiewai'i, of Charlotte, were in Fort Mill for a short visit Sunday afternoon. v, ' j . Miss Alda Lee Mendenhall, of McConnellsville. is visitinpr her I aunt, Mrs. Mary Kendrick, in this city. Dr. A. L. Ott. left Monday morning for a vacation of one week which he is spending with friends in Ocean City, Md. Miss Dora Grier left Monday afternoon for a short trip by i automobile to points in Western North Carolina accompanied by relatives from Charlotte. j( Mrs. J. R Elliott and little!1 son, James Boyce, have re- j turned from a visit to Mrs. ; EMiott's sister. Mrs. Edwin Reid, |. at Chatham. Va. , T-fc T 1 ! ivirs. it. Lj. Bennett returned! to her home in this city Monday , after spending several days with her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Tim-j merman, of Pleasant Lane, S. C. W. F. Harris & Son who for' several years past have operated 1 a furniture store in Fort Mill, j have decided to retire from! business and have disposed of their stock to Young & Wolfe. ! Regular church services will he conducted next Sunday morning in the Presbyterian church by the Rev. A. H. Atkins of! Cuthbert, Ga.. who it is expected | will supply the pulpit for the J ensuing four Sundays. T. A. Mills,* mail carrier on local rural route No. 2, attended a district convention of mail car- j riers at Clemson College the last week. Mr. Mills went to Clem- j son Thurday and returned Fri- j day, and was the only York coun- i ty representative present. ? L. A. Harris, local chairman in charge of the war savings stamp drive, has compiled a report of the subscriptions made in his territory to be turned over | to the county chairman. The report shows a total subscription to date of $63,955, the allotment oeing J&OU.UUU. Rev. R. K. Timmons left 1 Thursday afternoon for Tusca- i loosa, Ala., to assume his duties * as president of Stillman Institute. He will preach the bac- ? calaureate sermon next Sunday 1 morning at the close of The * Normal and Industrial Institute 1 at Montevallo, Ala., an institu- 1 tion of which Miss Florence * Boyd of this city is secretary. Good news to the farmers of j, the entire South is the announce- L ment from Washington that the j agricultural department has dis- t covered a poison which destroys the boll weevil. This will mean ( a saving each year of thousands ! j and thousands of dollars to the . farmers, for the damage done by | ^ this insect in the past would be ! ( hard to estimate in dollars and i * and cents. i j The postoffice department soon * will open a postoffice at Carhartt * station on the Southern railway, 1 three miles south of Fort Mill, j J Since the opening of the new ' mill there some time ago, Car- * hartt has grown into a village of |s several hundred people, and the ;1 announcement mat tney are soon ? to have direct mail service will, 1 he pleasing news to all. Exami- !* nations for the position of post-1 i master at Carhartt will be held within a short time. 1 * There are yet two vacancies in the local school faculty and these will be filled at a meeting of the trustees to be held probably during this week. The board at its last meeting did not elect a teacher for grade six, and since that time has been notified of the resignation of Miss Susie White who had been elected to teach the second urrnde ) Miss* White has accepted a ?. -position in the Fiast National l bank. * | Only 16 days remain in which ( the voters of Fort Mill may enroll for the August primary. ( The enrollment up to this time ^ has been very slow and a ma- ' jority of the voters of this town- { ship have yet to take advantage ^ of enrolling:. Tuesday, July 30. 1 is the last day to enroll, and 1 those who expect to cast their j ballots must appear in person at 1 the appointed place and enro'l ( aeco-ding: to the rules of the Democratic party. j' > i * York court convened Monday with Judge Ernest Moore presiding. Mrs. M. S." Darnell and Mrs. Walter Darnell, of Pineville, visited Mrs. R. L. Benntt during the week. Mrs. Fred Nims left several days ago for a visit to her brother, William Harrison, in Alabama. The Rev. and Mrs. M. W.Gordon and children, of Summerton, S. C., are visiting relatives in the community. Henry R. Merritt is this week announced as a candidate for the office of county commissioner. Mr. Merritt will be remembered ; as having made the race for commissioner two years ago. W. M. Adkins, K. F. Nims. J. R. Morton, J. W. Gunn, J. G. Smith, W. P. Epps and J. R. Merritt have been drawn from Fort Mill to serve the third week of the present term of York court. Mr. John W. Wilson and Miss Sallie Lambrick were married at the home of the former's mother in the lower mill village ' Saturday afternoon, June 29, by Rev. J. W. H. Dyches, D. D., in the presence of a number of the friends of the contracting parties. The prospects for a large cotton crop this year are unusually nromisimr. Npnrlv 1 90ft srv?pinl , o - - ' " ? J reports of an average date, June 23, to The Journal of Commerce show an average condition if 83.1 per cent., which has not oeen exceeded in ten years except in 1911, when it was 85.9 oer cent. 1 Mr. Stephen P. Blankenship, )f Fort Mill township was in tforkville last Saturday, having :ome over with some of his younger children in connection .vith the examinations for WinJirop and Clemson. Mr. Blankmship served four years in the Jivil war, and although struck >y pieces of sliell and bv a Minlie ball, was never very seriously iurt. He is now 85 years of ige. He has been twice maried and is the father of 19 :hildren, of whom 15 are living, le says he feels as well as he ver did but cannot run as fast, >r jump as far as he could fifty " 'ears ago. ?The Enquirer. Prof. J. A. Boyd Dead. ^ After a lingering illness which ? las connnea mm to his home lor $ nore than a year past, Prof. 1 lohn A. Boyd died at 2 o'clock i fuesday morning. The funeral < services were conducted at the i lome at 10 o'clock Wednesday 4 norning by the Rev. W. A. 4 lafner, pastor of the First 4 Presbyterian church of Gaffney, 4 issisted by the Rev. J. W. H. ^ Jyches, Th. D., of the local ^ iaptist church, after which the : )ody was interred in New Unity :emetery, the officers of the Fort . dill Presbyterian church acting ; is pallbearers. 1 Prof. Boyd was born in Chester < :ounty November 29, 1849 and i lence was in his 69th year ol i ige. He graduated from David- <i son college in 1873 and began at 4 >nce his life work of teaching in 4 he schools of this Slate and in j ^lorth Carolina, his first school 1 >eing in Steel Creek. Mecklen- : >urg county. Later he was s issociated with Prof. Alex R. 3anks in the conduct of the ? tort Mill High school which atained so high a standing that students came here from several idjoining States to secure its idvantages. Altogether Prof. Soyd was connected with the schools of Fort Mill for more than L5 years. On June 10, 1880, he was marked to Miss Mary E. Parks of ' Providence. N. C., where he was .hen located in charge of the < school, and she together with < he following children survive , lim: Miss Florence Boyd of dontevallo, Ala., Mrs. J. J. ' Stewart of Mi. Holly. N. C., Sergeant Parks O. Boyd of Fort Jaswell, N. C., and Mrs. S. L. deacham, Mrs. John E Jones, Vliss Julia Boyd and John A. doyd, Jr., of Fort Mill. He is 1 imr) olo/\ L?? * L - .w. 1. a-L miiMbu aisu uy tuiec uruuiers, W. Boyd of Star City. Ark., ind H. T. Boyd and W. B. Boyd >f Cornwell, S. C. Prof. Boyd was a loyal and lonsistent member of the Fort Mill Presbyterian church which ne served faithfully -as a ruling dder for more than 33 years. He was a man of strong convictions, earnest and aggressive, and was peculiarly well fitted for his life work. He was held in the highest esteem and respect of. the great number of his friends who will learn of hi s dea th with sorrow. * i jR-if -j japr ' . -/ - ^sgOT^ " ? x ' r r..* ^ 11 I I i I II III i ?i > a Ever-Fresh Groceries We make a point of never keeping Groceries? We Sell Them That's the reason why you are always sure of getting FRESH Groceries when you come to us They Don't Have Time to Become Stale We are determined our. customers shall have the best if it is to be found on the markets. When you buy it of us, its Freshness and Purity is GUARANTEED. Fresh Meats and Ice always on hand. B. C. FERGUSON. Highest Prices Paid for Pork. j #* i four Handsome New Truck | Is ready to deliver to you anything from our large stock of House Furnishings Whether you live in town or in the country surrounding. Come in and look over our stock of Summer Necessities. Cash or Credit. Young & Wolfe. 4 Cheaper Methods of 4 Borrowing < > 4 The Federal Reserve Banking System, < > of which we are a member, is encouraging % new methods of borrowing, whereby the business man can use his credit to secure X the lowest rates on his loans. 5 It may be that the nature of your business is such as to enable you to take ad- ? vantage of some of these methods. * Drop in and talk them over with one ? of our officers. : First National Bank i! 4 i % Make It An Obligation | -w %*T I I Waiting until you can "spare the money" ^ to put in the bank never built up many ^ savings accounts?and never will. ^ 4 * There's just one way, at least it is the 4 \ surest way we know, and that is to consider your savings account an OBLIGATION Z Consider you owe it a certain amount & ? each month then PAY the bill PROMPT- <> % LY. The idea is good?it's worth trying. I 4 Per Cent Paid on Savings o ?s> . 4 ?- <> A | The Savings Bank. T SH^?4??&3**hI1* NEW LIFE PILLS BITTuO Family Medicip \ The Pills That Do Cure. ' N . . . ?? ,? . " 11 11 1 111 Patterson's Dry "Fort Mill's Fastest *' ~ * J * ^ Special Jul] In Seasonable I Prices reduced on al Extra big bargains ii Pumps, Light-Weight Dresses, Waists and SI Last call on Milline ject?we are closing ot go. 300 Prs. Tennis Puin Coy Now and S Patterson's Dry "Fort Mill's Fastest < I ' ^ ^ HUH ttMK MCU' We Are Distr RUBE The importance to us of selling quality?a roofing which will j satisfaction?has led us to select brand. We have decided on Ru-ber-oid It was the first ready-rooting < Its makers have maintained tl its manufacture for over ! It contains a finer quality of f any other roofing. The saturating and coating co it are of the highest possi It has given continuous servi< over *J0 years. The nails used in i*v w I- ? " * as to be non-rusting and | We are convinced that it is tli When you are in the market for r< Stop in to see us about it. Rem ber-nid Roofing on the market. I \ / Fort Mill Lumbi Fort Mill V :!r?" % i in Goods Storo, Growing Store." f Offerings Merchandise 11 Summer Goods, i Low Shoes and Clothing, House icirts. ry?prices no obit?every hat must ps, 65c and 75c. iave M:ney. Goods Store. Growing Store.*' l?T*| ibutors For R-OID ING a ready-rooting of the highest ?ive our customers universal Ru-her-oid as our standard because i im ine marKci. lit; highest of standards in l~> years. Ht than is to be found in uipounds used in making ble quality. *'* on many buildings for )ii are suecialiv treated so IMTWIII leakage. i<* best roofing. jofing investigate Ru-ber-oid. ember there is only one RuWe are the local agents for it. t ' . \ er Company, , 8.C. '