Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t • . . V ■ • j : - ......-r " » ' «* .>■ —vm J&cwvl mrro^-i Dear Amy:- When I wrote you last I thought I had furniture enought, buTT&abyljdhn soils his dfresses so often that I had to buy another chiffonien just to keep his things in. He so much enjoys having one of the drawers for his playthings. My, but doesn’t a chiffonier help you keep the house in order! - - Your pal’ Lou. P.S. I saw so many pretty things for the home when I bought my chiffonier. Of course you are going to see them at Galloway-Simpson Far, Company THE HOME MAKERS" THE EARTH ^FOR SALE One tract of land 152 acres known as J. Rett Copeland place. I IN STATE BAMBERG COUNTY SETTLEMENT WITtt STATE TREASURER IS MADE IN RECORD TIME; BOOKS' WERE IN FINE SHAPE Balanct on Hand for Both School and County Purposes Amounts to Neat Sum of More Than $33,000. 280 acres of land near Renno, S. C. known as the old Watt Copeland place. 600 acres near Renno, S. C. known as B. F. Copeland lands. - 151 acres on main I^aurens road, 2 miles from Clinton. 600 acres in seven miles of Clinton. Two first class settlements on it, on main big road, known as the best farm in Laurens county one third cash, balance one, two and three years. 152 acres ofland known as the old Nancy Stewart place good houses, well and now owned by George ]&vd- * 52 acres in 2 miles of Clinton known as a part of the old E. W. Ferguson place situated on main Laurens road. 70 acres in 3 miles of Clinton known as E. C. Briggs place. 156 acres in 2 miles of Clinton on main Laurens Road, houses good, a very desirable place to live known as the old E. W. Fergu son place. 211 acres known as Fred Johnson place Bounded by T. J. Oxner. Dr. James McIntosh estate and others. ’ 52 acres in 1 1-2 miles from Clinton, known as the G^ Wade Ferguson place. 321 acres near Garlington’s station, known as* the old Sims place. 570 acres near Renno, S. 0. known as the old Hollingsworth place. 17S acres in 3 miles of t'linton. (lood house, barn, and well known as Mr.. J. II. Wham place. ' 132 acres in 3 miles of Clinton’,^ known as apart of the J. G. Wham place. * 70 acres known 41s the Old George -Blakely home place, aljout 4 miles from Clinton owned now bv C. M. W. Pool., ✓ \ 70 1-2 acres 3 miles from Clinton on Laurens road, a good house. One good tennant house, Jlamt 50 acres in.cultivation, known as the J. Robert Wham jdace. lit) acres known as I.*M. Smith lands. p 65 acres, 1 1-2 miles of Clinton, known as G. W. Bailey’s lands. 44 acres in 4 miles of Clinton, known as T. W. Wesson place. 213 acres known as James L. Milam place. This is going at a bargain. TOWN PROPERJY One house and lot containing about one acre with a ten room house on Carolina Avenue known as the old Owens place. Price reasonable. < . . One house and lot known as the old Phinny place, to l>e sold cheap One house and lot known as the J. C. Harper place, situated on Broad Street going at a bargain. See us quick. One house and lot 120x250 feet, known sis the old McCaslin i home place. Price and terms to suit you. About 3 acres ofland on Musgrove Street; known as the old Joe. Smith place. Take a look sit this. Its cheap. ‘ One lot known as the Mrs. Lizzie Turner place. Containing about 3 acres, price to suit the buyer. - One house and lot on Owens Hill, known as T. F. Milam ^ place. Prices to suit you. One house and lot known as C. O. Glepn home place. Prices 'reasonable. 1 , , Lots known as the A. E. Spencer property. The best property in town, for building lots,. * — Sumerel & Stone Real Estate Dealers ———— 11 nil < 1 Bamberg.—The annual settlement for .Bamberg county was made with the county treasurer, county auditor and superintendent of education and county supervisor, Rut L. Osborne, comptroller general, and his chief clerk, H. F. Jackson, witnessing the settlement. It took only a short while to complete the work, as the officers had all records in fine shape and it w-as not necessary to change a figure which., affected the- .final balance, as follows on July. 1: Balance mi hand for county purp$$es, $23,554.16; for school purposes, $9,847.47. Bamberg county is out of debt and has been for many years. Several of the school districts curry bonded in debtedness, but this does not affect the school or county funds. Beaufort.—The quartermaster’s de partment at Parris'Island has started the construction of a road from the training camp to the sea going depot. The road bed will be of oyster shells, covered with gravel and over the sur face of the gravel will be a coating of road oil. Graenville.—A commission was is sued by W. Banks Dove, secretary of •tate, for Caph Sam D. Willis, ap>- pointed sheriff of Greenville county several days ago to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hendrix Rec tor. Captain Willis was in attendance- upon the meeting of peace officers called by Governor Cooper. PULSING LIFE OF PIEDMONT REPORTS FROM MANY POINTS IN PIEDMONT BELT SHOW INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. Greenville. — Flourishing business prevails, money is more plentiful, high er wages obtain, cotton mills are mak ing la - IMIW Ifrtl and this Piedmont section^ of upper South Carolina is teeming with the greatest prosperity since the declara tion Vf war more than two years ago, according to a statement of F. O. Dud ley, local manager for the Brad street company. Numerous concerns through out the Piedmont recently he organised and expect to be In readi ness for the fall business on or about September 1, Mr. Dudley said, this number being in excess of the number which usually begins business at this season. Soldiers are being placed in positions.almost as fast as they re turn andrthe unemployment problem here has never assumed any perplex ing proportion. Not only are new comers prepay Ing for business, but there have been fewer failures reported than formerly. Within the last 90 days there has not* been a single bankruptcy reported to the Greenville office, '‘wirreli -covers urns than evsr before eight counties in the Piedmont sec tion. At no time before has this con dition existed, Mr. Dudley said, and this is to be* taken that the business of the nation, and particularly of this section, is getting on a sound footing. Within the last week new banks have beeh organised at Clemson Col lege and at Gray Court, both of which are within 40 miles of this city. Each bank will be ready for business by September 1 and each is located fia a prosperous farming section. Sumter.—The . most important transaction that has happened here tti a long time is the closing of negotia tions between city council and the management of the Sumter Lighting Company for the purchase of the plant by this city, the consideration being $235,000. The property is to change hands September 1. Laurens.—The contract for rebuild- hig the operatives’ houses at the Laurens Cotton Mill village Jiaa been awarded. One hundred and forty cot tages are to be eercted, taking the places of the old ones which number about 180. The new ones will be of a larger type and will be provided with all modern conveniences, electric lights and a complete water system. Newberry.—Fire on the outside platforms of the Standard Warehouse Company burned over about 250 bales of cotton. When the blaze was dis covered it was very small, but in a little while it had spread over many square yards of space and wes send ing a blaze high up into the air. The fire company responded promptly to the alarm and the firemen worked like Trojans and soon had the blaze out. 'Kingstree.—The doors of Kings- tree’s four great tobacco warehouses are wide open to receive the never ending stream of wagons laden with the golden weed, while'there are still rows and rows of giant green plants standing lazily and motionless in fields, full of new deep color as a re sult of the recent rains, awaiting their time to turn golden and follow the “primings” to the warehouses. Florence.—Thorough harmony pre vailed throughout the session here, at which the State branch of the Ameri can Legion was permanently organ ized. The delegates evinced the great est enthusiasm and earnestness in the proceedings. Former officers and en listed men stood upon the same foot ing in the deliberations. The high order of the representation sent from the various counties was particularly noticeable. Gaffney Bonds Sell Well. . Gaffney. — The Continental Trust Company, of Macon, Ga., has brought- Cherokee’s $126,000 worth of road bonds, paying therefor par plus ac crued interest, and a premium of $1,- 439.25. The bonds draw 6 per cent in- terest - and run for a period of 20 years. The highway commission took an important step at its meeting Wednes day when it decided to establish two crews 'for the maintenance of the roads which have already been built and for those which are in process of construction. Additional crews will be established when it becomes nec essary. The commission also de cided to build a road from the nation al highway to the Cherokee Falls Man- ofacturing Company on Broad river. = 6 DON’T c A. B. Blakely 8 Bros. \ HUMK-(jROCINDCORN MEAL # * Their Buggies, Wagon^ and Harness are the best that can be bought. • i TRY THEM. INSURANCE “It is better to have a policy and not need it, Than to need a policy • and not have it.” SEE ME TODAY W. C. BAILEY, Clinton, S. C. r Delay In Mill Building. York.—Decision to indefinitely post pone the building of the Waltmore Thread Mills,' a new enterprise which was to be capitalised at $600,000 was made at a meeting of the stockhold ers. This action was the result of changed conditions since the move ment to establish the mill was begun, chief of which were rapid advances in the price of building material and ma chinery. At the meeting deciding against the present building of the mill, the stockholders passed a reso lution in which they agreed to renew their subscriptions at whatever time the promoters of the project may deem it advisable to proceed with the en terprise. Ancient Masonic Qavel. Laurens.—At the regular meeting oi Palmetto Lodge No. 19, A. F. M., a gavel with a unique history was for mally presented to the lodge by Col. R. E. Babb, a past worshipful master of Palmetto. Colonel Babb briefly, re lated the history of the origin and ex istence of the mallet. The gavel given to the Palmetto lodge was sent from France a few weeks ago by Dr. Isadore Schayer, who has been over there for more than a year, attached to a medical corps, and whose rank is that of a captain. Dr. Schayer is a native of Laurens and a member of Palmetto lodge. The mallet was made from a piece of timber from a beam of the first Knight Templar chapel ever built This chapel was erected at Bure 1^ Templier, France, in 1118, according to the ilcords as given to Dr. Schayer, who visited the place several times, he says in his note explaining the in teresting relic and its origin. “Never Been Toadied by tbe Human Hand”— r — — - ■**»- . .* . . * ........ 1 . ' Butter-Rist Pop Corn What Do P. S. JEANS Do? Cruelty to Animals. Gaffney.—Sheriff Thomas went to Wilkinsville, in Cherokee county to in vestigate a case of cruelty whicch is said to have no parallel in the annals of the county. He found, after inves tigation, that someone had tied a mule to a tree in a barren spot, where the poor animal was left without food or water for more than a {lay, and that the animal had been shot three times. The sheriff has not as yet been able to locate the person or persons, who committed the crime. Rock Hill Paving. Rock Hill.—A meeting of the busi ness men of this city was held at the city hall to hear Gilbert C. White, a well-known engineer of Durham, -N. C., discuss the question of street pav ing and civic improvements in general and the application of modern ideas to the needs of Rock Hill., It is pro posed to spend $460,000 for street paving in this city and an election to authorize the issue of bonds to raise funds for.,this purpose will be held at an early date, at which all these que»* tions will be setf ed. Walterboro People Heard. Walterboro.—The hearing held here by the South Carolina Railroad Com mission is expected to help the sched ules to and from Walterboro. Quite a large crowd of interested persons were present at the hearing, which had been arranged hy Senator Pad gett upon the refusal of the railroads to stop their through trains at Green Pond to comply with a law passed at the recent session of the legislature, Senator Padgett being the author of the law. The full commission was present. * ' Saluda Enters Suit Saluda.—»Saluda county haa insti tuted suit for $8,700 damages against the Reid Hardware Company of Lin- coin ton, N. C., agents for the Hart- Pttrr Company of Charles City, Iowa, and has attached four Hart-Parr trac tors from the Reid company. The county some time ago bought three old style tractors from the Reid com pany, for which cmh , was paid. • Ac cording to Supervisor Langford, these tractor^ nave failed to comd' up to the guarantee and tbe company has re fused to make adjustment . T ^ i Greatest Name in Goody-Land