Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOUTHERN Bt4 R'PHONES 0OVER ENTIRE SOUTI lkarvaaous Growth of the System I Last Few Years-The Telephone Now a Necessity. Atlanta, Sept. 23.-More than 100 000 Bell telephones are now in use o lines owned by the Southern Be Telephone and Telegraph Company .i the seven' Southern state in which th! company operites. The 100,000 mar was reached and passed during th week just closed, and establishes new record'in the development of th South. These telephones are in addl tion almost 30,000 telephones use *by sub-license companies and oonnecl ed with the lines of the Southern Be' Company. The state through which these tel( phones are scattered are Georgih Florida, Alabama, North Carolim South Car6lina, Virginia and We, Virginia. The area covered is ver wide and the develpoment compare favorably with the density of the pol: ulation. The 100,00 telephones ar divided among the seven states a follows: Alabama ...... .... 23,033 Florida ..........5,145 Georgia ........ ....31,651 North Carolina ...... 8,738 South Carolina ......10,648 Virginia.... .. .. ..18,835 West Virginia ...... 3,371 Total.... ..' .. ..100,421 These figures represent a develoi: ment extending over a period 'of 2 years, the first Bell exchange in th South having been established a Richmond, Va., in 1879. Slow pr gress was made at first, the telephon having been considered a luxury fo only the rich. Later improvement made it so adaptable for busines purposes that it became a necessit and has been placed within reach o all classes of citizens. After the establishment of t Richmond exchange the lines of th company were gradiially extcnde throughout the seven states include, in its territory. The work and cllpi tal involved were tremendous, im provemlenit comling" So raaiy .!%a practically new exchainiges became oli solete within a few montlis after thei completion. The progress of th Southern Bell Company have beea identical with that of the South. One of the most improtant. feature of telephone development is tha known as Farmers' Lines. This clas of service, which is particularly adap ted for use by farmers, has been i great advantage in rural districts, an has placed the farmer in close touc1 with the marekts and news centern The entire South is covered with line of this kind and they are being rapid ly extended by the Southern Bell com pany. Georgia leads in the number o Bell telephones, there being 31,63 stations in that state. Atlanta ha more telephones than any other cit; in Southern territory, the number be ing 10, 731. Savannah is the secon< city in Georgia with 3,447 subscriber' and Macon third with 2952. Alabama is second to Georgia witi 22,033 Bell telephones. Birminghar leads in Alabama cities with 6,10 stations, and is second only to Atlant and Richmond in point of numbera Montgomery has 3,164 stations, an Mobile is third with 3,106. Virginia is third in telephone devel opment, having 18,835 Bell statiomn Richmond is seconid only to Atlant; and leads all Virginia cities with 7,26: snzbscribers. Norfolk has 4,534 sta tions. North Carolina is fifth with 8,73; stations. Charlotte leads the cities-.o North Carolina with 1,743 statiomn Wilmin:iston bag 1,487 and Grensbor< 1,452 stations.. Florida is sixth, hav'ing 5,145 stai ions. There are 2,685 Bell telephone in JTacksonville and 1,494 in Pensa cola. Inm West Virginia the Southern Bel Company operate3 in only a small por 4ion of the state, 'u1d while there ar morue Ue.P telephones in WVest Virginia t han in Georgia, only 3,371 are operat ed by the Southern Bell Company. Thirty years ago, whien Professo Bell was making experliments with Lb telephone. Thonmar A. Watson de clared thmat there wvould be 100,00 Ielephones in u1se in the United State in 1900. Later, he felt that he ha< been carrieal away by his enthusiasn, and reduced his figures. The porss hilities of the telephoe.ad not, a that time, dawned upon those were most intere4d iti i'th'AhheAs.' Gidis Are So~ ~eer. "N'o, I never did like him. Why w!:en 1e used to write me glowving~ 1ov lettei would only glance over ihmen "Only once, dear?'' couldn't make out his abominabi scrawl I weu'ld glance over them EVERY [ If low prices c I1 "make a store ti Mimnaugh's stor of Newberry an factory store to t Greatest Cloak Bus Iness on Record it y We get, in new cloaks almost daily h and before the day is over have wir - ed for more, our styles have an indivi e duality about them they are the pro a per things, no matter where you try the following cannot be matcled else where in Newberry for the price. New lot $18.00 ladies' castor tanl and black jackets for this week only $12.50. o We sell for $10.00 ladies' jackets that would be cheap for $15.00 anid most of side show and one horse stores ask $20.00 dollars for the same thing. The bigger the store the cheapet the goods. t $5.00 is the popular price at whici - all Ierchaits m11ake an effort to show e a good .jacket. the garment II had made .For any Wa f 1l Newber A second timic.'' ' Indeed ! And was that all?'' ,Exeept sometimes at. night 1 Would take them from tudel my pil low and read them just to kill time.'' ''And that was the end?'' ''Yes, only on rainy days I used to look over- them just to see how silly a man can be when he starts writing .love letters. But I only glanced over them. (lea r. I never did like him. ' ~Chicago News. :1 - SAM JONES. A Sketch of the Distinguished Georg ian--A Unique Career. Was5hington0 Post. ,*The Rev. Samuel P. Jones, or X'' Sam Jones, '' as he was generally called, was a famous evangelist, in his youth, howvevr, lie was dissipat edl in his halbits, and in the many ye arst sinice his reformation has hiad mainy relapses. Only twvo years ago, -when lie appeared before an audience at Portland, Me., lie was not ini condli tioni to speak, and had to leave the platform on a plea of illness. Mr. Jones was a native of Ala, bama, where lie was born Octob)er 10, '1847, hut had lived nearly all his life0 in Georgia. His father was a -lawver, successful in his profession, s of good social posit ion, and esteemed - by is f riends -as a consistent Chris tian. T[he soni adloptedl his father's 1 profession, buit, unlike him, was dis sipatedl in his habits. The evangelist & in his p)ublic add1(resses spoke of' this a part of his life withI entire (cando-, - and confessed his woithilessness to his family andl society. Tntempierate r andl add(icted1 to gambling, lie seemed a to be on thle pointI of ruin, wh'len hie - was brought to serious t houghit by a his father's death. The story rune s that, overcome by his father's api I peals, the p)rodigal son fell down at 'the dleat.hbled, saying: ''I'll quit, I'll - quiit: Glod be moreiful to mel'' t- This change in both the inward and outward shaping of his conduct oe eurred "in''or aibout 1871.. Sensible of the dangers which lie had so narrow ly escaped, he began to wvarn othecrs. So great was his revolution from his e old1 life that his pictures of it were .a *T -un with terrible power. He be-. camei noted at once for the severity with which lie spoke of the common v c.cs of society, and 'e' aired incon, S sist. teles of Christians. tw'ten lie gave I lffnien. irritnine nnd angered hi, lAY BL upled with bright ie center' of attra 'e is packed daily.. cd the surrounding .rade with in upper to retail for $5.00 was not <itite up to our expectation so we have recidea to sell our $6.50 for a $5.00 bill and the entire line of $5.00 jackets mark- A ed down to $3.49. boy 200 ladiies' jackets all colors anld black wortli $3.50 now only $2.49. th 200 ladies' Jackets all colors and 2 black worth $2.50 now only $1.98. 200 ladies' plusl caples worth $2.00 for only 98e. each. ,4 $5.0 Great Dress Goods 11 Selling. Pri( Hight blying. and correct pricing is 1 the seeret of our immtense dress goods way business ait tihis big store, we do not atleipt to iiiake any big profit on 10, any line, it. spreads out all over tll - stire that ... Cash buying and cash selling, that's 2 the Mimnaugh motto. WOI Our enti l ie of dress -goods and itni silks to go at. cut prices ithis week. 1 nt in Dry Goods, W NJPSMjm ry' s Larg hearers, but his persistence and sin cerity uniformly secured him the vie- see. tory over passion and prejudice. bon He was sent as a raw beginner to i learn the art. of preaehing on a bord bac cireuit, and by this is meant a number. COtt of congregations mostly comnposed of " the poor, and with a slender prospect for a liberal sutport of the preacher. Peo This w1as in 18'72, the year when lie Oin, eiitered the North Carolina Confer-- i ence of the Southern Methodist sait Church. It very soon became appar-. liin ent that Sam ,Jones had the power of divi arresting and holding the at tention kle of his hearers. Hie had perfectly at oft I command the homely dialect of comn- inii mon folk ; though always serious, yet the whenm a slang hrase suited his pur- it ii Pose it never came amiss. The fame of Sami Jones as an ex horter son sp)read bc ,"nd the con. hl fines of Georgia, aind anIi. -' 180 bc b) began a tour of the South, anio -- (101 ward of the Northern cities. Evry tlu where lie met withI success, anid hie (h"" alIways drew a larger erio wd wherevere hlen lie wasi annu(ulionnee to sp)eakl. Mrii. .Jone~s' first great succ3ess as h ani evangelist was made ini Cinin-wh nat i, where he preacbed early ini thle 9 yearii of 1886, shortly a fteCr hiis r r as a imisister began, lie spo1'. ;n ine cu M usie Hail in that city, whlich hia~sa al seating caipacit y of about I. il.000, aind his next success wA's at Nashville, Tenn. HeC p)reched there for over~ a L mlonthi, and( miaiiy oif thle stors~ aind thle busimii ss houses wer osed00( diuig p)oh thle time lie p reachedl. Tt w'5as at thIis oft meetinug thait Capt. Thomas Hlyumn, Mm anl old river hoat captain and ownelr g'oni oif a number (If river steamiers, wasi~ riva con vert ed. He closed all of thle bar sho r(oms on his boats, and oii thle ro'oms lhat hiad p)osted Scripture mot toes. (Capt. priel Rymani afterwvard becanme one of the ovl.Q most p)rominient menOi 'onnec(t ed w ih sion; religious affairs ini his city. T ,Jones was an author of note, somec Nov of his works being " 'Sermons and~ don Sayings,'' "'Musie H-all Sermons,' "prei 'Quit Your Meanness,'' "'St. Louis won Series, '' "'Sam ,Jones' Own Bok' a " 'Thunderbolts, '' &c. theii Some of~ his sayings, thioughi notL soci especially nlovel, have the merit of res! comp)actness, and are worth qpuoting: men "U i. c ulture worth, if it is the, but the whlitewvash of a ra'scah? vise "'I cannot bribe God 's grand jury, litti nor defy the court that ties fe at the gimi last day.'' . W "One sid jq a.i I to cut the sc iman drift frce.m d" ISY DA new reliable rr ction, then t We are and w country that tf South Carolin Boy's Suits. e have more suits than we hav 35 boys suits worth $2.00 and $2.5( week for only $1.49. 3 boys suits worth $4.00 and $5.0 this week $3.49. 0 men's overcoats received by ex. s worth $8.00 elsewhere, here onI3 0. )0 men's overcoats Worth else. re $10.00, here only this weeli 0. !e to Catch and Hold the Crows 10 full pieces cot ton Flannel th 15c. special for only 10 ets. ) full'pieces Cotton Flannel. wortli Is. for 8 e(q. ) full pieces Cotton Flannel wortli 2 ets. for 5 ets. i full pieces red twilled Flannel i h 20 ets. for -his weeks quick sell 12 1-2 ets. )0 full pieces standard calicoes, It Millinery, Sh< est and You don't believe what. you donl Did you ever see your back Some men believe they have <bone, wihen it is nothing but 1 on string' run up their back.'' It is a principle in the econom 10d that just what you feed othei )le on, the devil makes you fee( and out of the same spoon1.'' I one of his sermons Sam Jonet : " believe there are three dis itive powers. I believe in thei nie power. I 've seen it in the twin of thle stars; in -the ebbing flowa he tide; in the rush of the river: lie blossoming of the rosebush ; it reformnat.ion of' life, and( I've sect a thousand ways. I also believe in a satanic power a bad (devil, and a b)ad devil at .I believe in a devil as much as lieve in a (God. And T believe the I is right here among us. The man wvould deny this is (leaf andi ib and( blind and b)rainless. lie's by a big majority. 'Then I belhieve there is such ai Sas human powver. I believe t hat ii thle d1ivind~ power is coupled to human power man is ominp)otent iledl withI the satanie' power mant Imost ominipotenit for evil.'' A Woman Chef in Clubland.. )ido n reports thle aippeart ance of womani chlf ShX~le has been a p ite e'x pert imetaIlly to thle headi miina ry at'ffairs in thle exelnsivye 'lhorouih ('lub. Th'le imascul ine in gent toI whiebi she becomes a115i I is dliv ided betweent hopes t hat will tnot stand the tesi and fears she v:il. Thelre arme liit ish a p eiensions of ''a wave oft women 'whelmingr thle etilina ry profes he quest51ion airises whel her 0or not York cibls will follow if Lon 'extinuecs in the new way. At en'~ of: thle cordon bleu. There are ten caterers who satisfy the light hi demnand(s of wvomen 's clubs). F"or r formal a ffairis most of t hese as it ions xo Ito estabh!ished hot els and iiranits, wii(re male ce!s save ho)rs lie t roul of' thinking what like to cat . A special dinner de-. I by ('harlIes I elmonico had ntot a to do, M.ii I le prosperons be imts of Sorois. The Pirc tha hi irgt ott hotel ii' womien "ifs 't to rull its kit Mn. V At Ne I Grel ierchandise ever iere is no myste ill continue to co iis is the cheape . My heart as well as m yds. to each customer 4 cts. the yar 50 full pieces best percalesplenty reds and blues in the lot, one drer pattern to a costemer 7 1-2 ets. yd. 5 Bales good white Homespun 6 kind for 4 1-2 ets. 5 bales good white Homespun, 7 1 ets. kind, for 5 1-2 ets. 3 bales good white Homespun 8 1 ets. kind, for 6 1-4 cts. 89 Cents Broadoloth 89 Cents. Here is a broadeloth special at you won't match it in town, firm ar smoothe and has that rich finish thi draws feminine fancy, its a leader most stores for $1.25, here only 89c. Mimnaugh's Big Shoe Stoc Out Shoe business is something I be proud of. We give more qualit for the price char-ged than any cor cern in this section. This big shoe d< partmeilt is run oil same expense en1 ployed to conduct our dry goods bus ness, no extra rent, license, clerk hir )es, Clothing an IGI Cheape ;male chefs of Loondonl is that woml will not be found itt numbers to e (lie the years of raining-the a prenticeships in marketing drudge an(d cooks' chore-doing---which pi, ceded full admission to the ranks (lie elect. Besides, it is argued, w% men lack as a rule the power of 0 o ganization and the teli perae wi ch gives quick, resoutrcefuil rect cry from the sudden shock of a spo ed course in an elaborate dinner. It is obvious that a woman mig easily acquire the French chefs kna of throwing away nothing. I3 couldl shte standl the straini of t ready-to-the-minute, dlay-and(-niJ table dlemand which a large body eeverish Amiericans ecarry inito t.h ideai (if clumb ii !e? ALL KINDS Of Plumbi Done on Short Notic( J. W. W HITE. *Where you find Shiel it is asafe p lace to they are sold by reli everywhere. Be sur Kiser's King ( for men, and you wi money's worth. 12 styles and all the Leathers, Patent Cc Gun Metal, Box Cal H. C. Riiser Comj Manufacturers ATLA rannn wberry's atest Store. had the power to ry about the way nvince the people st and most satis.. y money Is In this business. 1. etc. Why nlot give the people better f vales? We do do it! 10 cases Drew Selby & 'Co. Ladies" finie shoes, just opened $1.98, $2.49 & $2.98. When you want shoes come direct to Mininaugh's. We lead the .2proeessio .2 Boys and Girls' School Shoes. Made to stand all kinds of hara weaar-tlhe can't kick 'eim out kind d 98e. $1.25 taid $1.50. ( AU1 that We Can do in Millinery. it Every day the Express comipany rolls in more new goods, no time to wait on freight. (Why is all this busi ness) We arc selling correct millinery, we ar-e selliig mnillinery cheaper than .0 illiner'y prices. The Best $1 Kid Gloves on the Market - Its one ol' tlie few real lanmb-skin i- gloves sold for $1.00, every pair war , ated, ill sha1des anid black. d Hats Hunt st Store. 311 a - If You Want A Piano For lt $50.00 $ 350.00 k 75.00 375.00 ut 85.00 400.00 lie 100.00 425.00 lit 32.0 450.00 150.00 475.00 175.00 500.00 200.00 000.00 225.00 700.00 250.00 800.00 275.00 850.00 300.00 000.00 y325.00 1000.00 WRITE ;STIEFF No b West Trade Street, CIIARLOTTE, N. C. dBrand Shoes brade, because tble mercat 13.50 Shoe 11 getyour ade in 87 popular it, Vici, , etc. al'.u her.