Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Can be E 'PHONE 1 i tmauiag times. - 01 OUI AP PE 2, BLT. - NINOn. s. 0., AUG. 18, 1915. el UBL ISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY w~ LL.APPELT, ED~roE AND FROP9INroR. d -OUR TOW. te We invite the citizens of the pr jurrounding country to come to w< our town todo their trading, or A Sas a plade of residence, because er we knowyou will be delighted to withits surroundings, with -its ta people, with its laws and de- in -lighted with its school privileges ai -and with its good moral elements be that exisi and is largely sustain- th ed by thepeople. You will find Tl ia plesnt place in which to we live, almost devoid of the evil to influences usually existing in in towns. Its people are charita- ri< ble, law-abiding, genial, clever in -and accomodating, You will al- of so find it a cheap place in which to live. Sharp competition in cu -all branches of trade has so re- th duced prices that everything in ai the mercantile line can be had at ci the very lowest prices and in hi view of which this town has be- in come a great trading mart of at the surrounding country. f The intierest of a town or to city and the community are ident le 'ical. That which benefits one is hi certain to favor the other. Of is ten there is an unreasonable an tagoRism in the farming comn *munity against their own town. t From some unexplainable rea son they consider it their duty hi *to oppose every movement that ~ -has for its object the forward- th i-'g of its interest and depre- pr ciate its importance in every con al ceivable manner. -Fortunately - in this community all of our bests and most progressive "armners W *and landowners have a kindly st interest in the town and are en- si thusiastic in wishing it success th and exercising their energies to of attain that end as any who at :xchanged foi I 66, - well within its limits. Give us yur trade-help us to build up ir town and you will increase a ie value of land in our comn- a ~unity. .t 'SUBJECTS OF RIDICULE. Now that ladies are so gener ly employed as stenographers ~ erks, typewriter operators the 8 lumns of newspapers are burd ~ ied with coarse attempts at hu ~ or in which the pretty aman. msis and her alleged flirtations ~ ith the business men are the spiring theme. Perhaps these r kes. on account of their insip- ~ ity, are harmless and do not ~serve the dignity of a remon- r ance, but, nevertheless, we c ter our protest against any at- C mpt to place a rediculous or im s ~oper light on the honest and t >rthy occupation of a woman. P 1I honor to the girl who has i ergy, pluck and determination n qualify her self to be self-sus- ii ining and make herself use ful ' the great world of business i d blighting, withering shame ~ his portion who would place -e e lightest straw in her way. ~ere are enough actu al follies, ' ~aknesses and foibles of men a laugh about without making ocent women the subject of O" licule by making them figure ' incidents entirely the product .i such impure imagination. ~ The shafts o f r id i-d le should be aimed only at 0: :se who deserve pnuishment sa d there are enough of this ~ ss, God knows, and wit and. mor lose their charm when i ulged in at the expense of s ything that is good and use- q . A woman's reputation isb o delicate to be roughly hand-. d and any light treatment of h r occupation injures her who q identified with it. While all the worle is topsy- b evy, jerky and panicky, we ar of but mighty few farmers ti ahing assignments, And while d ey often feel they are the op- E essed of the nation, yet, after , how little they know of the el dden reverses of fortune, from ey ~alth to pauperism, and a ai rggle for life in the uncertain sE eculative world. They are CE e "reserves" which the army the nation can drop back to r1 start new to victory. E AI ANY 7 Clothing, 1 *We have a for the fall. but not lea and appre .UI McLAURIN AT YORIVI.LE. People always look to what is aid at a York county picnic for .n idea of the political trend ol be state, said Hon. John L. Mc. aaurin, warehouse commnissioner f South Carolina, whom Chair ian Beamguard next introduced a the assembly. The speaker nnounced that he would dea] eainly with an outline of the ate warehouse system, since e intended explaining it'in de il to a number of interested armers in the afternoon. After aviewing the bitter fight which ad been made on the warehouse ill in the senate and house of apresentatives of this state, the ammissioner mentioned that 'eorgia and Alabama wanted a imilar warehouse system but iat the bankers, insurance peo le and others had made a simi sr ffght in those states. "I tice," he said, "that the ware ouse bill has just been killed ithe Georgia senate. It is in iese senates where legislation hich will help, is killed. How rer, our farmers are becoming lucated and are rapidly grow tg able t> defend themselves ainst the lawyers." The wareLouse system, in the inion of the commissioner, as rapidly growing. "1 do >t believe there is now a county .South Carolina where a can date can stand upon a platform opposition to the warehouse rstem and be elected dog Ltcher," he said. In discussing probable condi ans this fall he declared that if >mething isn't done pretty 2ickly the situation is going to a even worse than it was last 11. Doubtless most of you we read in The Yorkville En irer my letter to President 11son, in which I advocated at this country purchase 2.000 )0 bales of low grade cotton to 3 used in the manufacture of ar munitions. 1. believe that ie plan would help. If we >n't become involved in this uropean war, the entire gold apply of the world will come tto our hands through the pur lase of supplies by the bellig -ents, Mr. McLaurin *clared, 3d begged his hearers "not to 11 a bale of cotton below the >st of production and to hold r a good price as long as pos ble. If our people were any ing like as economical as uropann people, we cnld hold OTHE! [ats or Men's Company, ~ e large and w Our prices Lst, we will s) :iate your lett INOL our cotton until a fair price was~ offered. Economy is the lesson we must learn. It is the salva tion of the southern farmer. So far as the export trade at yresent is concerned, Mr. Mc. Laurin said, we have no more quarrel with Germany than we have- with England. One has done us as much dirt as the other. In this connection he gave a striking description of the war in Europe, which was listened to with much interest by his hearers. I have been a member of every farmers' organization I have ever heard of in South Carolina since I was 21 years old, declared Mr. McLaurin, and I have found them all good. The trouble is with the weak-kneed fellow who won't stick to the union's princi ples, but sells his cotton for less than it cost to make it. They are the fellows who - are respon sible for the low price of cotton last year. Referring to the cot ton elimination proposition which was discussed a great deal last fall, the commissioner took oc casion to mentiori Mr. John G. Anderson of Rock Hill, father of the "Rock Hill Plan." which was put forward and which Mr. McLaurin endorsed. "I never met Anderson until last year when he was down in Columbia, helping us on this elimination business. He is one of the strongest thinkers in the state and a man, every inch of him," he said. The raising of supplies at home and the production of cot ton only as a surplus in the future, was the advice which the speaker wanted to offer. Mr. Hill. in his little speech, he continued, had something to say to you atout politics. I have no political aspirations. My former political experiences were of a kind that I care not to go through again in my old age. But I say thiis to you; 1 don't know any state in the Union that needs a more thorough political house-cleaning than South Car olina. We need legislators who are more in sympathy with the laboring and agricultural classes The greatest robbery in the south is the syste ma-tic under grading of cotton. The cotton buyer is not your friend. He is paid by an exporter wants to buy your cotton as cheap as he cn If you dn't take at. he I GOOD SFurnishings, umnter, S. C. eli Selected St< are reasonabi dow you ever ing us show y E RCI offers you, you must haul your e: cotton home because all the c4 buyers will offer you the same. di The law of weights and meas- ti ures applies to every commodity b except cotton. If'we had a sys- ti temn of cotton grading in this ci state established by law, you farmers would get the full value 13 of the grade of cotton you have. b In conclusion, Mr. McLaurin N stated that the farmer had too B many commissions to pay; those MV commissions going to various C middlemen who handled the D product between the farm and es the mill, most of which middle- bi men were entirely unnecessary at and who were only parasites lM living by the sweat of the farm- al ers' brow.-Yorkville Enquirer. XE m Sum merton. Several parties asked yours correspondent why he did 'not have a communication in last ~ weeks issue of your paper, a'nd tc he not willing to own up to his tc lazziness, desired to make the tc following expilanation, that in ei nowadays it is customary to take '~ a week or more recreation, and ~ while most folks spend this time cl in the Mountain or on the Sea tr shores, your correspondent not having the time, neither the37 dough, he to get even with the . other pleasure seekers, was forc 1s ed to leave off a newspaper corn-s cf munication from one of the bestM towns in South Carolina, ex-i cept Supervisor Davis is having a road opened up, and a bridge built acrors what is known as h big branch, leading from this h place to Rimini ane when com pleted will make the distanceH from here to Rimini severalH miles less and will be a much su better road, from reports it will W almost be a automobile highway, rh this work is under the super-vis- t ion of Mr. C. H. Touchberry, t and everybody knows Hugh is a of worker, and the county can de- tei pend on a first class job. su One of our best known citi- N. zens, has said that the thing most characistic of Sumnmerton sp is the. attention given to sickM people. Two of her most charm ing daughters, Misses MarieC Mood, and Helan Cantey, have decided to make this their life wrI work, and are now students for J the degree of trained nurse Bakers Infirmary at Charleston. opl Miss Cantey has niy rcently Te U0 MON ,at The D. )ck bought e, and last, y courtesy ou our line. LOT F arolled, while Miss Mood ympleting her first year, has aveloped a decided talent 11 iis line. These young ladie ave .the very best wishes c ie people of this town ala >mmnunity. A party of young folks name ,Misses Noddie Briggs. Ma .e and Edna Davis, Lucy Mood yrtle Allen, Essie Rogers, ani essie Davis, of Manning :essrs. Norwood Williams, Pet bewning. Lucian Broadway ave Wilson, Claude and Earn ~t Walker, and Manny Ritten ker, enjoyed a basket picni Scotts Lake, chaperoned b~ r. and Mrs. F W Truluok, on' ternoon last week, ask Earnes 'alker, and Dave Wilson hov any fish were eaten. Messrs J M Davis, L A Brun 'n, J W Hilton, R J Carrigan Ls just returned from Wash gton, as to whether they wen -plead with President Wilsor keep America out of war, ol see Senator Smith in refer ice to the cotton situation has t been reported to your cor spondent, however, they al aim they had a very pleasant 'p. Rev. J R T Major, who foi tars was the beloved pastor o: e Methodist church here wh< now at Laurens,. b as been sending several days in this mmunity, and preached at thE ethodist church Sunday morn g and at the Presbyterian Sun y evening at 8:30. Brother ajor has many warm friends re of all denominations, who e al-ways glad to see, and heat in preach. We are glad to report that A Richbourg who has been ifermng for the past three teks with a severe attack ol eumatism is able to be out. Mrs 5 W Broadway left here is week to spend the balance the summer with her daugh -, Mrs. Leon Fischer at her inmer home at Hendersonville C. Miss Bessie Dayvis of Manning ant last week with- Misses bel and Edna Davis. Vr. Jack James of Clinton, N. is spending some time here h his parents, Capt. and Mrs t James. diss Carrie Windhamn, chief arator for the Southern Bell leonno.,n at this plae, J. Chandler SUMT s spent several days this week in -Charleston. - - i Misses Rebie and Mammie i Hunter, is spending this week f iu Laurens with relatives and 1. friends. Mrs. Geo. H. Duks is visiting .relatives and friends i'n Hender sonville, N. C., this week. Dr. C. V. DuBose, the efficient Sprescription clerk at Fischers Drug store is spending his vaca tion at his home in Bishopville. Mr. Capers James while play ing a game of ball at Orange. burg, one day last week suffered a very painful, but not serious sprained ankle as he slid into home base, however, this sprain bpntting Capers out of the game did not keep Summerton team from winning, -end his friends hope to soon see him behind the bat again. Dr. L. L. Turner and Misses, Mary and Emily Blackwell, of Hartsville, motored down here Sunday, and spent the day with Rev. Gordon and family. Mrs. P. J. Holladay is spend. ing some time with relatives and friends in Batesburg. Mr. J. B. Nelson. eldest son of Mrs. M. L. Nelson. who left here some seven years ago, and enlisted in the United States Army, and after three years ser< vice in the army, he has since been in the recruiting office, is home for a vacation. He also brought with him his bride of two months, who is one of New York's charming daughters, af ter bis return to the recruiting ~ office, his head quarters will be e in New York City. Mr. 0. 0. Scarborough, Jr,, who has been attending Yale's University is at home for his va cation. but will return to resume his studies about Sept. 15th. e A crowd~ of folks from here ~ went to Princes Pond Monday for a tish fry, and Mr. J. W. Broadway failing to find some of4 his Paxville friends there soon drifted out on the pond alone, whore an old Mud grabed his hook and made a dish for the bottom, the pond being deeper than the pole was long with Mr Broadway on one end and the fish on the other, a seperation had to take place, therefore the e< ple was broken, and Mr. Broad t$ way came out without pole or k fish, and on account of the heavy ~ rain the crowd got very wet ai thre being- no tent there-P S Clothing 0 Co. 'ER, S. C. They say they had. plenty of fish for dinner. It is generally known that. a great deal of dynamite -shooting is still going on in the lakes and strems of the Santee, and while it is not my purpose to-'criticise any one for- this practice, yet with as many la ,-abiding cit izens we have, Magistrates, law ogents, and especially rural po icemen and game warden, rt does seem reasonable that this practice of destroying fish ~hould be stamped out. NUB How's Thist We offer One -Hundred Dollsa Reward for ny case of Catarrh that cannot be cured b"' [al's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, haveknown F. J. Cheney onorabe inabsies tranactosn ia aly abeto carry out any obligations made by EZST & T,.uAx, wholesale druggists, Toledo. 0. EALMNrG, KnarNa a MAavzx, wholesale drug ists. Toledo,0. Hallrs Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting Lretly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of he sytem.- Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all ugits. Testimonials free. Hl's Family Pills are the best Farmers Institaes There will be a series of Farmers In titutesheld at various schools in the ounty during the month of August. Wednesdey, Oak Dale-Aug. 25, at 0 o'clock. Wednesday, Barrow-Aug. 25, at 3 'elock. Thursday, Sardinia-Aug. 26, at 10 'clock. Thursday, Trinity-Aug. 26, at 3 'clock. Friday, Deep Creek-Aug. 27, at 10 'clock. Friday, Coskrey-Aug. 27, at 3 'clock. Tuesday, Homne Branch-Aug. 31, at 0 o'clock. Tuesday, Paxville-Aug. 31, at 3 'clock. Wednesday, Pnoolat-Sept. 1. at 10 'clock. Wednesday, Davis Station-Sept. 1, I 10 o'clock. The following subjects will be dis .ssed at these meetings: lielation of Agriculture to the Rural chool, Winter Gardens, Fodder Pull. ~g. Pastures, -Poultry, Orchards, iprays and Spraying,1 homne conven oces and canning. We hope to see as many of the farm -s and their families attend these eetings as can possibly do so. 3ASTOR1A For Iniants and Children n Use For Over 30Years lwayear ~ignature of,. Notice. The books of Registration have cos Iand the books are now in the hands the clerk of court, 30 days prior to e election, according to Jaw. All cse who failed to apply to the Board r renewals. can't do so now until af r the election on the 14th of Septem r. All certificates issued since 1908 e valid. E. D. BODGE,