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pS/V. *' -J HCHarn^Tt m wipUnstotii i/? Mr*. Earie Bell, of Badin. slrriS- rt~ Mr*. W. M. Culp and little 'granddaughter, Maria Culp, left Friday evening for a visit to relatives in Greensboro. N. C. Mr* Fred Rodgers and chil M^ * ~ VM VU| V* UHMI11) 11 V*| Hiu ^UVBUS in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rodgers on Booth street. Lieut, and Mrs. Theodore Harris and Herbert Harris returned during the past week from a visit in the home of Mr. and Mre. W. L. Reardon in GranitV * ville, S. C. Mrs. George Heath and children and Miss Mary Harris, of Charlotte, were guests during j the past week of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Harris in this city. Communion services will be conducted next Sunday morning in the Presbyterian church immediately at the close of the! morning service. Preparatory services will be held Friday evening at 8:30 o'clock. The South Cftrolinn tn* mm. mission has been busily engaged during "the past week mailing out between 12,000 and 15,000 blank stock statements to merchants over the State. On the statements made by the merchants the commission will assess taxes. An election for the purpose of determining whether the Bchool tax levy for the Massey school district, in Lower Fort Mill, shall be increased to six mills on the dollar has been ordered by > the trnstecs of the Massey school to be held on Friday, May 16. The cottage and lot on White street belonging to Mr. W. P. Crayton was transferred this week to Mr. W. C. Stroud. In all probability Mr. Crayton will move his family in a ehort time to Charlotte, where for the past year he has held a responsible position with the National Aniline company. Mrs. George W. Plyler died at her home in the village of the Fort Mill Manufacturing company Monday morning and funeral services were conducted at the home at 2 o'clock Tuesday after noon ny the Kev. J. B. Black, pastor of the Preehyterian church, after which interment was made in New Unity cemetery. Mrs. Plyler is survived by her husband and several children. The annual memorial exercises will be held Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Presbyterian jchurch, and all the citizens of the town and township are incited to take part. The crowd Will assemble on the church grounds and, after prayer and the roll call, will march to New Unity cemetery where the graves of the Confederate dead will be decorated and the exercises will be concluded. Hamilton Carhartt, whose voluntary subscription of $5,000 through the local Victory Loan committee was such a great help to Fort Mill in raising its allotment, bought $50,000, worth of the bonds through the Rock Hill loan organization. Other Rock Hill men who subscribed liberally were JohnT. Roddey. $10,000; O. S. Poe, $5,000; employees of Anderson Motor company, $30,000. A pleasant event of the past week was a reunion of the desce ndants of Mrs. Matilda Bayne, together with a number of the frie nds of this elderly lady. The rathe rin<r was hoist of tho ? --f? " M? VilV IIUIIIV of N. L. Bayne, eldest son of Mrs. Bayne, the date being the 84th anniversary of her birth. Mrs. Bayne is the widow of the late Jack Bayne, who bore the distinction of being one of the few veterans in thiB section who served through both the Mexican and Civil wars. The Rev. J. B. Black, who was recen tly called to take charge of the pastoral work of the Fort Mill Presbyterian ehurch. arrived Satvrday afternoon from Elisabeth City. N. C.. and conducted the morning and evening services last Sunday. At the evening service the pastor and congregation of the Methodist church joined in a union meeting as a welcome to the new pastor. Mr. Black has secured rooms in the home of Dr; and Mrs. A. Theo Nrely ar.d will remain there until the arrival of his family which will probably be early in June when they will occupy the Massey cottage on Booth street until the new ariMaiaMlL frdm Notth Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and a few hundred from New York, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, wiU sail for home some time between July 1 and July 15. Although cotton was quoted the last week at 281-2 cents per pound on markets in the Piedmont section, the highest price in several months, very few sales are being made by the farmers who have thousands of bales 1 stored in their yards or in , warehouses awaiting higher lev| els. Government demonstration I' agents report, however, that the acreage will be considerably rej ? ?? ? - - - uuceu ini? year tn&t tne iarmers j are diversifying their crops and are devoting more time and attention to Kog and stock raising. On the request of the war de; partment, the postmaster gener! al has rescinded the order I whereby members of the Amerij can expeditionary forces had to make a forma) request through military channels to have parcels sent them from the United States. Hereafter parcels not exceeding seven pounds in weight containing valuable articles, including books, may be sent to members of the American expeditionary forces and civilians attached to it without the above restriction. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rodgers. of this city, received the pleasing news Sunday of the landing io New York of their son, Private Wm. D. Rodgers. who has been in overseas duty for several months. Private Rodgers is a member of an infantry unit of regular army and since arriving in the States has been assigned with his company to duty at Philadelphia, Pa. The Majestic Theatre is today showing three of the screen's most noted stars, Wm. S. Hart, Chas. Chaplin and Harold Lloyd. Tomorrow'8 picture is the delightful comedy-drama, "Freckles." a Paramount production played by Jack Pickford and Louise Huff. Saturday's program consists of Tom Mix in a lively Western, the Western serial, "Hands Up," and a tworeel Big V comedy. The Fort Mill baseball team of the Anderson Motor company, of Rock Hill, are scheduled to cross bats on the Fort Mill diamond' next Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The teams are both members of the Catawba league and the game for Saturday is the first to be played this season on the new ball ground in Whiteville Park. . . ... . U T?? School Tax Election. Notice is hereby given that an election will be held at MaHsey's School Houbo, in Massey School District No. 4, on May 16, 1919, for the purpose of determining whether the local levy for school purposes Rhull be increased to six mills on the dollar. The polls will open at 7 a. m. and ! close at 4 n. m BOYCE BENNETT, L. M. MASSEY, W. M. WHITE, Trustees. FOR SALE?1918 Briscoe Tourinif Car. In excellent condition. See B. W. Bradford. The Cast 11 We are still in the M 1 > most select line of Freeh J ter, Eggs and other Cour Call on us for all kinds i , > Dill Pickles, Etc. We jo price will please ysu. The Cash jo F. E. TAYLOR, Prop. I - : LAUitS: Come in a well-selecti Dry Goods, We have greatly cnli and cordially invite you 1 Everything nice and new s the quality. Bundle S We have the exclusive e factured by the Fort Mill up in bundles and retails this if you want the kind 1 JOE M. B1 Ytrk Cseaty Ifew?iUtter?. iKortrrUto &*wr?r.) Joseph M. Taylor, the cd&sas department's agent for ginning statistics in York county, informs the Kock Hill Herald that the county's 1918 cotton crop aggregated 41,667 bale*, against 31,286 bales in 1917, and prac- ( tically 60,000 bales In 1911, the , biggest crop the county has ever < raised. v , Died in Chester on Monday morning Mrs. J. C. Hudson, ' formerly of Yorkville. The de-1' ceased is survived by her hus- j1 band. J. C. Hudson, and five' 1 children, as follows: A. C. Hud- ( son of Fort Mill, C. F. Hudson of Columbia, Charles L. and c C. L. Hudson of Chester, and:* Mrs. Jessie Hagans of Newi( lork city, me interment was 1 in Laurelwood cemetery in Rock J Hill. 1 I I The War Camp Community service at Columbia, reports the t following York county soldiers 1 discharged from Camp Jackson c up to April 30: Clarence Pratt, c Ebenezer Gettys, Sumter Branch I Ernest Johnston, Robert Turner, c Walter Burns. Ben E. Baker, c John Ford, Elijah Hambree, t Carlton Hollis, Thomas Carothers, Herbert Loveless and Clyde Monroe, all white except the last named. Mr. V. B. McFadden, for the t past three years postmaster at; t Rock Hill, has resigned his v position, the resignation to take c effect upon the appointment of r his successor. So far as is * known the only reason for Mr. a McFadden's action is a desire to ( be relieved of duties that are a rather more onerous than agree- r able, in order that he may have t more time to devote to other t interests. The place is to filled p by competitive examination and ( the understanding is that there d are quite a number of candidates h for it. a The York Automobile associa- ^ tion of about fifty members, S. ^ L. Courtney president, and J. M. m Ramsey, secretary, has determined upon a great good roads q rally to centre around a basket picnic to be held in Yorkville on Friday, July 4. The good roads ! rally and basket picnic have ! been definitely decided upon, as ; have also some of the main features of the occasion; but the detailed plans are still in the making, and are growing daily in thoroughness and extent. In a general way it is to be an inter-county and inter-state affair. All of the good roads people within fifty miles are to < oe especially invited, and all j others from whatever distance \ and whatever direction, are to 1 be welcome. \ Church Reunion at Pineville. < It is estimated that nearly i 1,000 people attended the re- \ union at the Pineville Presby- i terian church Sunday, which i was planned and worked up by \ some of the older residents of j Pineville as a home-coming day < and informal reunion of former \ Pineville residents. Rev. George Robertson, pastor i Market j arket Business with a + i Meats, Chickens, But itry Produce. ** I Sweet and Sour Pickles, * have the best and the 11 _ <> i Market, 1 Phone 146. *1 nd see our new and | a _? _ + :u hiock or Notions, Etc. irged this stock recently o call and look it over, ind prices consistent with 1 Sheeting. ale of the Sheeting manuMfg. company. It is put at $1.25 per bundle. See ; .hat satisfies. j < fcACKETT. ' ;" v v of the Presbyterian church at Puieville, preached two sermons, morning and afternoon, the big picnic dinner coming at 1 o'clock and between the two eer flees. . The reunion was informally conducted, but was immensely enjoyed by every one who at* tended. Singing of old songs was one of the features of the day's program, an or me congregation taking part. There were trained dngeni in attendance from Sharon and other communities, while the singing in the church was led by Robert Freeman, whose ability as a singer and nu8ician is well known throughHit the county. i The picnic dinner was served i >ut in the open, and was one of i .he most delightful parts of the lay'8 program. The crowds hat attended generally remained tor the entire program, .only eaving for home when darkness >egan to come on. The gathering was disappointed in that it was impossible to lave present the former psstors >f the Rjneville Presbyterian :hurch whb are still living, nvitations had been sent to all >f these but but because of >ther engagements and distance hese pastors could not attend. Sharp Watch for Distillers. Revenue agents throughout he State are organizing to com>at an increase in whiskey chaining which they anticipate irill occur when the nation goes Iry July 1. Moonshiners in the nountainous sections have aleady operated on a large scale ind in the upper section of South Carolina as many as 20 stills ire destroyed in a week, it was sported, but the officers are led 0 believe so-called ''parlor disilleries" will be operated in private homes on a large scale. )ne or two such plants, with a iaily capacity of one gallon, lave already been found, one in 1 hotel and another in a resilence. Officers were on trail of ,n agent who is alleged to be | listributing the baby plants. j Old newspapers*' for saie at The { ime? office. | THE | OF FORT t k ! I Chw k I Intoi i mmvi | Phone 1 2 ! 22 ) *" I Trav I I 3 I Real I Summer You doubtless will the home to make life the hot evenings an< just ahead, and here's Sec us for Scree W widows, Sere frigerators, Ice (Coolers, Icc Ci Door Springs, ] Hammocks, Por We cannot mention n us; we'll make it w Young & | Superior v Phon< f Automobile repai | ' No Job too Larg | Ford Sp< We Guarantee Ever Oarage at Bailee GIVE US i > V I Clot! I I I Men's Medii " Sumn Boys' Wool ISumm Men's and B Men's "Stets IPanar " "Ide" * " and B Pat mmmmmmmmmmmmm m jS bank i ] MILL. | | iking Accounts, t est Accounts, t Deposit Boxes, t ^ te, I ey Orders, t; (o elers' Checks, * ml , iUU u ^ j Banking Service. - 1 j ! | Comfort. |* need some things for I | t worth while during 1 j 1 nights which are I i where we oimo in. I \ ii Doors, Screen I en Wire, lie- I \ Boxes, Water I \ earn Freezers, \ Porch Rockers, * \ ch Swings, Etc. j lore, but come to see orth the trip to you. | c Wolfe. I j ??1??X?HP?M 4 * A Garage, 11 e 71. || irs on all Cars. | J ;e or too SmalL I | a sciolists. 11 x 2 7 Job Turned Out. \l J ' Lumber Yard. ; [ J Ltbui. ::? * a a j I P^PIPIPP^j^ ties For Men ! 1 I I and Boys. ! I ' fi im Weight Suits. |j ler Weight Suits. * P Suits. er Suits. | oy s Shoes and Oxfords. | on" and "No Name" Hats. I na and Straw Hats. | ?J ^ w_/iin 10 anu v^UildlS. ^ oys' Work Shirts. I Headlight'' Overalls. j| B. V. D. Underwear. j| Neckwear, Sox, Etc. 0 terson's | i . ** 0 ? ?E5S3SB?r9> 0 %>+<t+!s+s>+'Z'+^'+ z+ *.+- .+<> v0>& i < . %- ? 0\? <v The NET COST of a ; $1000 Life Insurance Policy t At the end of the first year on the ^ 5-year Term Plan in the + Union Central Life Ins. Co. : o A?e 21, Cost, $ 8.07 Atfo, 45. Cost, $12.40 44 25. 44 8.39 44 50, 44 15.79 44 30, 44 8.90 4 4 55. 44 21.55 t 44 35, 44 9. GO 44 60, 44 31.22 Age 40, Cost, $10. G7. Ask me to quote you rate at YOVJK age. I C. S. LINK, Agent. : \ Fort Mill, S. C. 5 I Our Service Pleases. ? ^ i ' i | | We desire the public patronage and t are doing all we can in the wav i?f ? . . ' * vice, quality anu.fan prices to merit the + same. You will always find good fresh groceries at this store. We are pleas ing our most particular customers and would be pleased to add your name to our list. f Parks Grocery Co., Phone 11G * ' > Steele Motor Company, Fort Mill, S. C. } . Automobile Repairs and Accessories. General, Goodrich and Fisk Tires J and Tubes. Our Prices are Reasonable. }