Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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yri v 311 > > fsT ?fr _ A . __ - -?*? ?' H l YT I I 19 || | Sounds a I and it is?bu Reliableff is olt || look back just ti 8 past-has been H every day fo || TWENTY-FI || And during all II I' has 1 I ji A HOME ? XX taking ABSOLL \ ***?! . ^ the money ot Li 0. ty people an ft SAFELY i | i| LANCASTEI ' 8 I TT :B: giving a helping development of || H i4 FR/?M) in g || FRIEND in hard ti ness men, men || workingmen, b _ 2 AT i\ it n II ; Wha it will do in XX best be judged by i in the n i "THE OLD I I Bank ot I LANCASTl 4 SSI A^A A^A A^A A^A. A^AA^AA^k-A^A A^A A^4 4^A ^ f 4^ ? f ff 'T ^ ^F Ji 4^4 4^A 4^Aj^4 A 4T4 i^A 4 A Im^ 4 44 4 6 4 4% 4^4 4V 4^4 mm rn |r THE LANCASTER NE\ V* E3 . 10 : :: T* 3 9 1 T 1 ong time off, & f "The Old | I enough to :j:: hat far in the jp Tl i on the job |j r more than ?! ?! VE YEARS. f/iese years it (>een S NTERPRISE |1 ITE CARE of IS mcaster Coun- ? d lending it bacft to | ? COUNTY | PLE |i r nan J to our commun- p fi tl Tl oot/ rimes ant/ -4 Tl T^ x xL L filed, iu nit c/udi hants, farmers, o_ys am/ girls ? OME I 4HN the future may x* IT < what it has done ? past. jn RELIABLE" | Lancaster !i ER, S. C. t i A^A A^A A^AA^A^A A^A A^AA^A A^V |j^? a $ B ^ I L i!^4 A i^A A AKi^A A^4 A^A A^A. A4A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A I-T1 VS. APRIL irt. 1915 I; Gleanings Fn C r? I tielc (By Mrs. K. 11. Baxter.) t As a result of a glance through i some of the leading magazines for i Harper's Bazar is in Paris aiul has been allowed a glimpse of some open- < ings ahead of time the first featur t she mentions is thy fulness of tliejt skirts and the influence of the crin > lilt pcrid. Many of the gowns, she says were ov!,'.< ntly d igivd from lures of the Kbpress Pit genie with ? tlie bouffant skirts incredibly wide ^ around lite bottom. It is too n?it she says to make definite predictions as i to the sleeves. 'Already the straws of fashion are veering to a greater [fullness of sleeve. Jeane bacvia I adds to her evening gowns sleeves of t tulle and other gossamer fabrics ^ catching them at the wrist, and 1 ^ worm snows tne puff in all its co 1 ^jquetry short, very full and saucy." ' & And the waist line is to be normal ' > l from all present indications. Worth's l] frocks all have a waist line which v nature would be quite willing to 1 t claim." Petticoats Worn Once More. i ? Harper's fashion writer for Harper's a ^ speaks of the growing popularity of ' f the petticoat and savs, "Little Miss 1 V Petticoat is with us again. She has ' % men banished for many a moon while 1 the masculine-looking knicker was ? lie favorite garment. The Woman ' ? Who Knows i rejoicing openly over & he new petticoats, for she fully ap> preciates the lure of the fascinating swish of silk or muslin around the |L inkles, the 'now you see it now you J don't charm of the lacy flounces." > i his is certain to be welcome news to ' the long-suffering public that has had t > ndure Hi" skin tight skirts that i oi<ng women cspec ally have so mm h aft' cteil for *! < p. st four years ; i and the display of the human from J not always divine that has ben s<< dainlv visible on our streets. The f return of the petticoat will lie welcoined by all right-thinking men and ^ women. The writer in Harper's goes on to say: "When we 1: st saw Miss J Petticoat she was a very slight, tneairnp llttlo t M ? I... * .1-. - * - ^ ,nv. ii.uifs, MUl HIUU.V ?I1? I* very ^ frilly, very tiulTv, verv lovelv in > fact." Notes From Vanity Fair. * An interesting note from the pages 7+ of Vanity Fair says: A new shade, the new blue. ? tailed 'soldat,' is the light grayish blue of tlie coats worn by French ofrs. This has appeared in cloth, ^ trimmed appropri toly with hraitl and buttons. The darker blue of the uni L ! forms also may be had in cloth and'1 ^YifoFiriiF^ j: G000 CORN GROWER: $ ? k Sumter Countv Proud of Record t r ot Richard Wells as Farmer. t I 9 HEAD OF ROYS' CORN CLUB { ? 5? i J. Has Raised Over KHt Rushels to the r Jt Acre; \V<?n Many Prizes and i i 1 Saved Money. , I T \ Sumter, April 10 Sumter County , ?+ has not a Jerry Moore of whom to I I. boast, but in Richard Wells, the re- i ? j.cently elected president of the Sum- i ted County Corn Club, it has a corn ^ club member of whom it Justly feels i f proud and whose example in corn ? > club work might be followed with < ^ great profit by every farmer's boy t [ in South Carolina, for Richard has < ; proved himself a practical farmer < \ and an able financier. * On March 27 Richard was chosen * to the highest honor which the club < members can bestow on one of their < t number the office of president, and i > the honor was a merited one, show- i Ing that the members of the Corn < Club recognise and appreciate merit. * Richard has been a member of the < Sumter County Corn Club for Ave i t kyears and each year he has come first i > or second in average. He is now only i t 14 years, 6 months of age and has f three more years as a member of I tne ciud berore be leaves for Clem' i son College to study scientific meth j ods of farming. , ] Richard is the son of Mr. W. R. 1 ? Wells, Sumter, R .P. D. No. 5 an efif ergetic and industrious farmer who f has learned how to partially protect himself against the low price of cot> ton by diversification and by raising L grain, hay and other crops. This I fact indicates where Richard got at |j least a part of the practicality i which makes his record bo remark- i able. ( I om the I of Fashion ulYeta. A cloth skirt in this shade * s strriped down each sido with dull ed; and a short zouave jacket is tarbarically trimmed with a device , :ut from red cloth and applied, with j iccompanying narrow red braid, to t he blue of the jacket. t "Skirts are little wider than they t ere three weeks ago. A new taffeta t ' irt from one of the best houses a ncasures tliree yards in width, and is s aade over a short white silk petti- ? oat. This petticoat, usually white, t ; now an accepted feature of the i< node and few of the new skirts are p ithout It." y Poke Hon nets for llrnidmaids. '' The Ladies Home Journal advises oke bonnets as the very newest thing or bridesmaids, and says they are iiuch newer than the lace Dutch T aps. Tulle streamers and ribbon T md velvet streamers ale also much V vorn. Deghorns will also be great- T y worn the same authority states. It Tlie New CoifTure. h All of the new fashion authorities gree on the new coiffure. Again the r ar has gone into retirement and A nust ho completely covered. The lair is wavy and worn softly around '' he face with the forehead uncovered. ( tome coiffure are worn high and ather elaborate, and the bobbed ityle introduced by Mrs. Voron Cas- ' le has made a very low simplex ' style also much used, but in either 1 ase^ind with every hair arrangement ! shown in the spring fashion papers he ears are covered, the forehead 1 exposed, the hair worn rather close > the side of the head and in the 1 ven ngs; almost always caught with ' forehead band so popular, which ' either of velvet ribbon or jewels, be style of pulling back the hair ad showing the ears which a few ' : ve affected this past winter is inensely unbecoming and it is welcome news that this is out of style now. The Waistline Normal. ( The waistline is getting normal N and the skirt must be about six inches from the ground. The sleeves can ' be either long or short and are get- ' ting fuller and the skirts are wider? ' all the authorities agree in these * small points. Checks and plaids are ! extremely popular in all materials and for all articles of wearing apparel and black and white is good. c while vivid eolors are still "never." i ... uiinii a giance through the latest 9 fashion slieets discloses. ?Augusta Chronicle. v' RECORD AS CORN' GROWER. ; Richard was born on Oct. IT lit on He entered the corn club work in ' 'in and lias been a member ever since .In his first year he started aflf well by winning second on yield. 0 In 1910 he raised 106.4 bushels, this { being his largest yield at any time ? and canto first on profits on his , icre. In 1011, a bad year, Richard ame first on yield with 61.25 bush r sis, and second on selection of seed v ?orn. In 1912 he made second highest yield, 88.8 bushels, and the < highest average on points judged by yield, exhibit of ten ears of corn t ristory of crop showing of profit on investment based on commercial prices, for which he received a tenlay free trip to the National Corn Exposition, at Columbia. In 1913 he igain made the second greatest yield <; with 86.5 bushels on his acre, secur Ing first on history of crop an * had the best paper on "How I Selected I My Seed Corn in the Field." In 1914 Richard raised 77.25 bushels on his s tcre, coming second in yield, second ^ an history of crop and third on pap sr "How I selected My Seed Corn in a the Field," securing a free trip to (1 Clemson Colloege In attendance up- 'f an the 40-day agricultural course. h WON MANY PRIZES -s Besides his trip to the National ? Corn Exposition and his trip to t Clemson College, which he will take b next summer, Richard has won In prizes: 1913, cash $40 and suit of d clothes: 1911, $12.50 in cash; 1912 $3 In cash; 1913 suit of clothes. . corn shelter, $5 stick pin and $15 In cash; 1914, $10 deposit In the ? savings department of a local bank and a cultivator making a total of $80 In cash besides the other prizes. 1 But Richard Is not only a farmer t and a student of the soil. He Is a j good financier, as Is shown by the < fact that he has saved up $286 from the prizes won and the profits ac- , cruing from his acre of corn, which ] he has lent out at eight per cent in- i terest. From the income he Is carry- 1 log ail insurance policy of $1,000. Besides these Investments he has ( $2 5 in the saving departments of I local banks. He will use part of s this money later on In paying expen ( ses at Clemson College, which he expects to attend when he h?? flnioh 1 the COUrSH nt ?1?" o ?? Ichool. Ho is now attending tl 1 9 IVtllB School and is in the eighl * 9 trade. He is well developed physic; 1 SgSj y and manages to make enough b J 9 own labor to buy his own cloth* tnd to keep some pocket cliang 1 'ejH vitli him. He also aids his fatbe H )u the farm, applying his hand U vhatever task needs to be done. :*fl| This is the record of Hicham -9H Neils ;?ll < i. a> stated before it is one ?f which he may well be proud, and j H ie is a member of whom the lub is 1 Ta wB a ted by i ^^9 he department of agriculture hrough their ext msion work agent ltd he lias each year cor,-- -de ntly -^^B tuck to his in uood bad easons, and has made his report of 1 -I he cultivation of the crop. 11 has ^ *j earned much in soil building ami 19 ! radical farming during ta.. < ears, matters of vital importance 9 t modern farming and in making 19 griculture a success. 9 THE LONESOME o the lonesome let me sine o the lonesome let me bring 1 t'ord of cheer and ray of gladness? I O the lonesome in their sadness, 1 o the lonesome in their dream 'l et me lift a daily gleam. J f * K' J[ j o the lonesome let me cry s a voice that flutters by * u the wonder and elation, n the light imagination ?f the careless will and glee < 3 if the bird that wanders free. 'o the lonesome?be of cheer! eauty lives the light is rjar' 'hrough the trouble and the sorrow turns the beacon of tomorrow hat shall light the neart of woes \> the gardens of the rose. 'o the lonesome let me wing, I 'it the lonesome let me s ng: 1 'o the lonesome in the ilrear\ Vaiting years that turn them weary, l ?et me whisper ?from the past. ,ove. the living, wings at last! ?The Bentztown Hard. A Wise Governor. The Clinton Chronicle says Governor Manning "hasn't handed out ery much pie" in Laurens county. The Governor will not have "pie ounters" for any particular county; tut will give the office to the man re regards as heat ? ? ...wu mi 11 regardless of what section of the state so hails from.?Abbeville Medium. All persons indebted to the estate >f S. 11. Caskey deceased are here>y notified to settle with the underif.'nod; and those holding claims gainst said estate are hereby rewired to present the same duly erified to me. J. HART CASKEY. administrator Estate of S. It. Caskey. Feb. 27, 11*15. 2wkly-4wks ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE. All persons indebted to the estate if James W. Funderburk, deceased, ncluding store acounts, and all othrs. are hereby notified to settle with he undersigned; and those holding laims against said estate are hereby equlred to present the same duly eriflea to KATE FUNDERBURK. Administratrix of the above estate. S. L. McManus will wait on you at he store in her absence. March 19, 1915. 3-19-5t.wkly 'itation for letters of Administration. State of South Carolina, County of Lancaster. By J. E- Stewman, Judge of Prolate. Whereas J. S. Barton has made ult to me to grant him letters of dministration of the estate and efeots of Mary Barton, deceased; These are, therefore, to cite and dmonish all and singular the kinIred and creditors of the said deeased, that they be and appear beore me, in the Court of Probate, to ie held at Lancaster on the 27th of ipril, next, after publication hereof, ,t 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to how cause, if any they have, why he said Administration should not e granted. Given under my hand, this 9th lay of April, Anno Domini 1915. J. E. STEWMAN. Probate Judge. CITATION. IT ATM nr UCIITTO ?vvau vnnuiiinA, County of Lancaster. By J. E. Stewman, Judge of Pro>ate. Whereas J. M. Robertson has made tuit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and efects of Mamie I. Robertson. These are, therefore, to cite and idmonish all and singular the kind' ed and Creditors of the said Mamie [. Robertson deceased, that they be ind appepar befopre me, In the Conrt >f Probate, to be held at Lancaster >n the 15th., day of April next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock In '.he forenoon, to show cause. If any hey have, why said Administration ihould not be granted. Given under my hand, this 30th. lay of March Anno Domini 1915. J. E. 9TEWMAN. Probate Judge.