The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, February 18, 1908, Page 3, Image 3
And the Big Sale which started Feb. 15th continues in full blast. And the people are Flocking in to take advantage of the bargains to be had.
Now to show our appreciation of the liberal patronage extended us, we will beginning Thursday Feb. 20th and continuing for 3 days put
on sale A Large Shipment of White Goods at cost.
This shipment will consist of everything new and stylish in the White Goods line and we want you to call at our Store Thursdays, Friday
or Saturday and give us an opportunity to prove that we live up to what we advertise.
FOR EMAN-RICKBNBAKER
COMPANY.
INCREASING POPULATION.
How to Create a Real Estate Boom and
Make It Pay.
The writer not Jong ago visited a
pretty little town lying in a delightful
valley, with an abundance of very at
tractive home sites on the hillsides
unoccupied. This particular town is
less than fifty miles from one of the
biggest cities in the Unired States.
"Why don't you get control of this
hillside property," the writer asked of
a man who had a real estate sign over
his office door, "and place it on the
market?offer it as. building sites for
summer homes?"
"Why," replied the citizen, "I did
have hold of this property a few years
ago and had that very idea in view,
but couidn't sell a lot."
"How did you advertise it?"
"Oh. I don't believe in advertising,"
replied the real estate man. "It never
does any good."
"How do you know? You haven't
tried it evidently. You didn't advertise
those lots, and you didn't sell any lots.
Now, if you had advertised them and
done it in the right way. by using
aewsjiaper space and by keeping on
hand for instant use a neat descrip
tive booklet, which you could get print
ed right here in town, I'll venture to
say that you would have sold some
lots?perhaps all of them."
Then the very next day the writer
happened to find somewhere the fol
lowing "guldeposts" to good real es
tate advertising,, written by a Los An
geles man who has made a fortune by
getting hold of property adjoining the
town and disposing of it in lots for
home building, whi'e at the same time
he has greatly increased the popula
tion of his city:
"Get good properties at the right
price."
"Advertise from the start. Besides
making your property known. It will
help to create your own market."
"Keep your promises."
"Represent things exactly as they
are. This begets confidence, and the
confidence of your customers is one of
the best assets yon can have."
"Advertise judiciously."
"Write good advertisements. If you
cannot write them yourself, get some
body who can. Advertising is too ex
pensive to waste good money on a
poor job."
"When you get to this point, adver
tise and advertise and then advertise
again. Don't cut the printing bill.
There is gold iu every line of good ad
vertising."
"Never stop hustling. Advertising
makes your property known to the best
possible advantage. It Is up to you to
do the rest."
He Were.
A detective was describing the cap
ture of a fakir of "old masters."
"When I examined this fellow." said
the official, "the 'third degree' was not
needed. Out of his own mouth he
convicted himself anconsciously. He
reminded me there of a boy who once
applied at my office for work.
"This boy was bright looking, and I
rather took to him.
" 'Now. my son,* I said, 'If you come
to work for me you will occasionally
have to write telegrams and take down
phone messages; hence a pretty high
degree of schooling is essential. Are
you fairly well educated?*
"The boy smiled confidently.
" T be.' he said."
EXCURSION RATES
TO NEW ORLEANS, MO
BILE AND PENSACOLA
VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Account Madras Gras celebrations at New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala.,
and Pensocial, Fla., the SOUTHERN RAILWAY announces the very
low rate of one first-class fare plus 2? cents for the round-trip.
Tickets on sale Febrbuary 26th, -7th, 28th, and 29th, inclusive; .March
1st and 2nd, inclusive, good to leave New Orleans returning not later
than midnight March 10, 1008. Stop-overs allowed going and return
ing.
For rates, detailed information, etc., apply to nearest Ticket Agent
er Address
J. C LUST,
N PASSENGER AGENT
CH^LEST^N 8. c
TRANSFORMING A TOWN.
Good Work of a Village Improvement
Society In Massachusetts.
The Talbot mills of North Billerica.
Mass., have issued a handbook pre
pared by Warren H. Manning, the
landscape architect, on the "Planning
and Planting of Home Grounds." The
book is issued primarily fur the use
of the mill tenants, a fact that adds
much to its interest. But it contains
considerable instruction and a deal of
well arranged botanical information,
which are of value to anybody interest
ed in a garden, says Charities and the
Commons.
The transformation of North Bil
lerica from the very commou type of
woolen manufacturing village to a
model among mill towns began in 1891.
In that year the family of Governor
Talbot erected for the use of the vil
lage a memorial ball, with grounds de
signed and planted by a landscape
architect. Then the treasurer of the
! company, Frederic S. Clark, construct
ed attractively designed houses for ten
I ants and aided the town in securing a
tine brick school house, which fronts
on the oval, an ornamental open space
set apnrt to the public by the mill
company.
In WOO Mr. Manning became a sum
mer resident of the town. He prompt
ly formed a village improvement so
ciety which now stands among the
first in the state in the distribution of
bulbs and seeds, in the acquirement
of deeds to fine trees that these may
be permanently preserved and in se
curing public reservations. The school
grounds, mill grounds and those of the
village filtration plant have been devel
oped in accordance with artistic de
signs, and in the plantlug of the em
ployees' hom^s there has been arranged
under Mr. Manning's direction a con
tinuous belt of lilacs from house to
house which screens the back yards
from the front lawns. Otherwise the
householders have been left free to de
velop their own planting schemes,
which, under the stimulus of a system
of prizes, they have done with re
markable success. The result of all
this is the transformed town.
How Not to Boom a Town.
Here are a few general rules for tbe
use and guidance of those who have a
constant and abiding desire to prevent
their home town from moving forward
in the modem march of progress:
Always knock every new movement
instead of boosting it.
Bo careful to lose no opportunity to
run down the town in your casual cou
versation.
Take particular pains to spy out and
denounce every citizen who thinks the
town is a pretty good place to live In.
Never fail to compare your own town
with the next towu up the line, to the
vast disadvantage aud humiliation or
your home place.
In writing letters to your friends and
relatives or to business people else
where always contrive to add a post
script that will give the outsider an im
pression that the town where you live
is about the measliest on the globe.
By closely following out these rules
and. such others ol a Bimtinr character
as muy occur 10 any luielugimi i:nocJi
er you may count confidently on keep
ing your town iu a dwarfed, stunted
condition, and In the course of time
you may succeed in killing off the place
altogether. Most towns, however, die
hard. ? Their natural tendency is to
i stay alive and grow.
The Kind Captain.
Comptroller Metz of New York op
posed a certain bill on the ground thai
it would accomplish nothing.
"That bill," he said, "would effect
no more real chauge than did the kind
ness of the canal boat captain to the
weary actor. After an enforced idle
ness of two months the actor was of
fered an engagement in a town twen
ty-five miles away on condition thut he
report for work ihat evening at 7
o'clock.
"Well, he patched up his worn shoes
as best be could, pinned up his ward
robe in an old newspaper and set out
ulong the tow path of the canals But
after he had covered some nine or ten
miles the poor fellow's boots gave out.
and a little farther along, footsore and
weary, be gave up iu despa.'r and
threw himself on the grass by the
bank of Hie canal.
"As he lay there cursing his fate a
canal boat hove in sight. The actor
was sei? d with an Inspiration.
'"Captain!' he shouted as the boat
drew near. 'Pull up, captain! For the
love of Leaven pull up!'
"'Wa iiv inquired the captain as he
stopped the boat.
"'Captain.' pleaded the actor. Tve
simply ;;ot to got to Quag tonight to
play second heavy in "The Pitfalls of
Pittsburg." Can't you give me a lift?
I'll gladly work my passage.'
" 'Right-O,' said the captain, with s
kindly nod. 'Lead the mule.' "?Every
body's.
Astigmatism From Reading In Bed.
Astigmatism, which is a condition
where the refractive powers differ in
the different meridians of the eye, is
in most cases hereditary, but il is often
acquired. The error of acquired astig
matism often takes place during and
after a severe illness and can be avoid
ed by proper precautions. The whole
system is in a weakened condition, aud
the person so afflicted, being confined
to the bouse, will resort to reading to
pass away the time, and this is often
practiced while in a reclining position
There can be nothing more injurious
than this practice. Reading under these
conditions overburdens the muscles,
and t.'ie action of these muscles upon
the form of the eye causes an irregu
larity In the curvature of (lie cornea,
which is known as astigmatism. This
is detrimental to distant vision and
makes reading and near work difficult.
-Health.
Trial ? Catarrh treatmr-.era are be
ing mailed out, free, on request, by
Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. These tests
are proving to the people?without
a penny's cost?the great value of
this scientific prescription known to
druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoor's
Catarrh Remedy. Sold by Dr. J. G.
Wannamaker Mfg. Co.
SO DECEPTIVE.
Many Orangeburg People Fail to
I
Realize the Seriousness.
Backache is so deceptive.
It comes and it goes?keeps you
guessing.
Learn the cause?then cure it.
Nine times out of ten it comes
from the kidneys.
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills
cure it.
Cure every kidney ill from back
ache to diabetes.
Here's a Orang< uurg case to prove
it:
A. S. Chaney, living in Orange
burg, S. C, says: "My back and
kidney troubled me for a number
of years. A dull heavy pain exist
ed in the small of my back, taking
all ambition out of me and prevent
ing me from getting any rest or
sleep at night. At times it was so
severe as to make me lay off from
work for days at a time. I consult
ed a doctor and he told me after a
thorough examination that I had
diabetes. I could not well afford the
extensive treatment he thought nec
essary and I tried the best recom
mended remedies I knew of, but not
receiving any benefit from them I
was discouraged. Some one told me
about Doan's Kidney Pills and I pro
cured a box at the J. G, Wannamak
er Drug Store. I did not expect them
to do me any more good than any
other remedies I had tried and could
hardly believe my own feel
ings when my back stopped
aching. In a short time the kidney
secretions became normal and reg
ular, I rested well at nights and my
work became a pleasure to me. For
what Doan's Kidney Pills did for me
I can and will recommend them to
others."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50c.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agent for United States.
Remember the name?Doan's?
and take no olher.
Penner ?The critics roasted your
book, didn't they?
Scrlblet? Yes. but not enough to in
sure its suce??- ;. ?Life.
The Judge I'scs Forcible Language.
Judge \V R. Simmons of Fincas
tle, Ya., told the reporter that L. &
M. Paint w:r- usueu on his residence
in 1SS2, and hold its color well for
21 years; he furthermore said that 3
years ago lie was induced to use
another pain; Mid is sorry he did.
because the other paint didn't make
good. The Jin' ? will now always use
L. & M. because he knows if any de
fect exists i; L. & M. Paint, the
house will be repainted for nothing.
The L. &. M. Zinc hardens the L.
& M. White Lead and makes L. & M.
Paint wear like iron for 10 to 16
years.
Actual cost of L. & M. about $1.20
per gallon. Donations of L. &. M.
made to churches. Sold by J. G.
YVannamaker Mfg. Co, Crangeburg.
Inclusiv?.
Proscott, the historian, possessed a
quiet aud quaint liuiuor. .Mine. M. S.
van de Velde gives an instance of It
in "Random Recollections." Mr. Pres
cott was talcing a foreign visitor for a
walk in Boston Common one Sunday.
The special object or the stroll was
to see the fountain in the frog pond.
Wheu the two arrived at the spot they
found the water .^hut off.
"Oh," said Prescott disconsolately,
by way of apology, "I knew little boys
were not allowed to play on the Sab
bath, but I did not know that fountains
were not permitted to do so."
Stop Coasting.
Eight coasting accidents, involv
ing the death of one young woman
and the serious injury of six others,
have caused the police to order the
sport stopped in the streets of Pitts
burg, Pa. *
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the
new Laxative, stimulates, but does
not irritate. It is the best Laxative.
Guaranteed or your money back. A.
C. Dukes.
"So you think you could buy me and
sell me?" "Well, 1 don't know about
the latter part of the proposition."?
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Ono Omission.
"One of the most striking characters
In my company," says the author of
"The Story of a Cannoneer Under.
Stonewall Jackson," "was 'General';
Jake, as we calleC him. whose passion
for war kept him always In the army,
although his aversion to battle kept
him always In the rear. An interview,
between the general and one of our
company, as he viewed the man and
was struck with bis appearance, was
as follows:'
" "Well, general, you are the taost
perfect looking specimen of a soldier
I ever beheld. That piercing eye, the
grizzly mustache, the firm jaw, the
pose of the head, that voice?in fact,
the whole makeup fills to the full the
measure of a man of war.'
"The general, with a graceful borv
and a deep roll in his voice, replied
'Sire, In enumerating the items whlcb
go to constitute a great geueral I no
tice the omission of one requisite. th(
absence of which in my outfit lost to
the cause a genius In council and a
mighty lender In battle.'
"'What was that, general?'
" 'Sire, it goes by the name of cour
ridge.'"
The Backer-Go it. Billy! Yer ain't
half licked yet! The Fighter-Well,
you come and 'ave the other arf. I
ain't greedy.?London Opinion.
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? "W^?i nt cd at Once.
200 Men and Women of all ages to begin 1008 with
an estate of their own of SI,000 or more, for the protection
of Home. Father, Mother, Wife, Sister or Sweetheart. Cost
Moder, it- Iron] $12 to 850 per $1,000.
l-W information call, write, or phone
^eigler & I )ib>l>le,
SPECIAL AGENTS EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY.
Phone 1072. Oraiigcburg, S. C.
S SEED STORE
PLANT NOW.
GARDEN,
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[vale, Spuracli, Turnips, Rutabagers
FIELD.
South Va., Rye, Early Hay Wheat
Red Chaff Wheat, Winter Vetch, Es
sex Rape, Winter Barley.
Mexican Parrots, Cuban Parrots, Canaries, (fine Singers.) Goldfish
o m ettail fish, Fish food, Aquarium and Bird Cages.
55 RUSSELL STREET.