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Buy QU) N buyi sidere goods secondar ; - Our c, - them a s is the mo; We b and Blue. Mode tive, to ti to fit all Medium - Prices to Fit All Our Overcoats and Bo' THE ID. J.ll THE HOME 0 Phone 166. GABLE. Many readers of The Times have very little idea of the importance and magnitude of the latest edition to C larendon's manufacturing enterprises. We allude to the big new milling plant which was begun to be built near Sardinia about a year ago. Within the past fifteen months what was corn and cotton fields and strips of woods on the eastern bank of the eastern prong of Black River, near the long causeway, many houses, a railroad dlepot, a government p)ostoffice, railroad tracks acres of large stocks of cypress lumber, an artificial lake, several stores, a large and up-to-date saw mill and planing mills, and the improvement still going on. The name of this new place is Gable, and the town lies between the town of Sardinia and the large Black River Swamp. The towvn inamed in honor of Mr. C. P. Gable, the presidlent and manager' of the Black River Cypress Company. F'or hlundrleds of ycars nature has kept in store thou sands of acres of land in the Black River swamps, heavi ly timb~er:'d with eypress and other dlesirable woods, com prising wheni manufaictured, millions and millions of feet of valuable lumber. Twenty to thirty years ago this tim hrwas regarded as being of little value. But some fif ten to twenty yea rs a go these valuable bodies of timber began to attract the attention of speculating men, andl p ractically all of them were bought up. But it remained in this particular' section not for the parties who first ownved the timber, nor for the parties who first bought it, but for entirely new arnd strange p~eolple to Clarendon C'ounty, to set ini motion the means for developing these sK1urces of wealth. A\ little over a year ago the Black River Cypress Coin p'any was organized with Mr. C. P. Gable of Louisiana as p residenit andl general manager. The company bought a hlarge body of timber ini Black River andl also in Dial's Bay, farther over near the line of Florence and Claren don Counties. Tfhe company set to work for the erection of a large new plant, tup-to-date in every particular, for cutting 1he timber. The town of Gable is the result. It is worth the trip of anyone to go to Gable and go over the plant. Mr. Gable, the president and manager, and also Mr'. Josep)h Rittina, the secretary of the company, are both southern men, with entiriely southern sentiments and southern manners, and have come into the commu nity to make their homes there for many years at least. and are altogether in sympathy with all matters for local uiprovement. Indleed all of the officials connected with the plant are southerners, and1 we feel at home among them, Mr. Gable, Mr. Rittiner Mr. Fields and also Mr. Cristal who runs the merchandise adjunct of the big business. It is not practicable in a short article to go into great dletail concerning the mill. Sufficient to say that it is all modern and up)-to-dlate, with new machinery, and the plant also has its electric lig-hts For the Present the com \LITYanc. rig Clothes the Style, Fit/an d first. Decide on the 'ice and considered thei quali y consideriation. lothes embody all 9f the 'esse atisfactory purc se, and oL st complete, we ave had for .ave pattern$ ?anging from a to Fancy Gr ys, Browns an is Conservapite and Semi-C ie tight-fittng English mode] figures. Reg11iars, Stubs, Stout, Long Stout and Slim. Pockets==$12.50 to $4 vs' Suits are especially ati Let us show you. [ANDLER ILEOTHI F HART, SCHAFFNER & MAR) pany is cutting the timber from its Dial's Bay holdings, some' ten or twelve miles distant, and has not yet begun to cut from the Black River timber. The logs of course are brought in on trains on the Alcolu Railroad, and a novel feature of the process is that they are first dumped off into an artificial lake of perhaps one and a half acres, the water being four or five feet deep, and being sup plied by several large flowing wells. In this the logs are kept in store, and floated up to the edge upon which the saw mill is built. From the water they are pulled up to the second story of the building, and all by machinery the log goes rapidly on its way, the time from the lake to the stage that the log is converted into all manner of merchantable lumber being only a few minutes. For the present the company is cutting cypress, and also black and swveet gum, andi other hard woods, and manu facturing flooring, ceiling, weatherboarding, and finish, laths, shingles crate stuff, etc. But the practical benefit of an enterprise like this in a community comes from the fact that this company has already built some 45 to 50 comfortable houses, and are still building. The'y employ aboue 250 men in all the va rious dlepartments, andl have a monthly pay roll of some thing like $11,000. The company has just begun selling its outp~ut, and this is sold principally in the North and the East, and the product comes back and is spent again in this section. Another point of interest in connection with a plant of this nature is that it affords a local mar ket for chickens, eggs, p~ork, beef, vegetables and all man ner of country produce which may he raised in that section of the county. Tlhe town of Gable is only a frac tion over one year old, and is still building. When the plant and its various departments are built up to the proportions now in contemplation it will consist of about one hundred houses actually under the management of the company for its employes, and there will probably be 500 people to comprise strictly the population of the town in connection with the business, besides the other p~eole and business concerns who will come as a result of the building. It is worth a trip to Gable to see what has taken place over there in the past twelve months, and the county is fortunate in being able to w icome among the citizens such persons as Mr. Gable and Mr. Rittiner with their excellent families, and also their other welcome assistants connected with the big new enterprise. . WILL WE PAY A RAISE. In this issue we have a communication from Dr. J. F. Geiger relating to the telephone squabble and also the meeting which takes place next Ttnesday. We fully agree with Dri. .Geiger, when he takes the position that the company is now paying from twenty-five to thirty per cent, and should be satisfied. Of course, this' matter is under' advisement of the railroad commission, and will be disposed of at the meeting- next.Tuesday, but at the I STYL d Quality should be co after you have Seen t ties. Price should be ntials necessary to ma tr Stock years. L Blacks d Plaids. nserva s. Sizes Stouts, 0.00.0 ractive. NOCORMNY, CLOT {ES. Sumter, S. C. same time should the commission grant the request of the telephone company will the people submit to the raise? The company first asked for a raise of fifty cents per phone, then when the subscribers refused to pay it, their representative, who is a shrewd lawyer tried to pull the wool over the eyes of the subscribers by claim ing to have so much of their interest at heart that he would compromise on any little advance that might be' suggested. We, as a stockholder, do not wish our divi dend check boosted a little at the expense of our lpeople, and will fight as long as we can to hold the rates down. With the money invested and the service render'ed, we feel t'hat it would be an imposition to charge more. So let's have a full meeting next Tuesday, and try and have the trouble peacefully settled for time~ to come. THE SHIRK. Probably the most annoying, exasperating and alto gether despicable characters with wvhich we mortals have to contend is the shirk-the man who shunts his re sponsibilities onto another's shoulders. The shirk is the origimtl "get something for nothing" artist. He is an adept at "using"~ his friends. He is an expert at the "con" game. The shirk is frequently found associated with import ant undertakings. How he ever got there is a mystery. How he manages to retain his place is still a greater mystery. He never voluntarily does a stroke or work whic hecan by any hook or crook p~ersuade some credu lous associate to perform. He is forever devising schemes by wvhich to roll his own responsibilities onto other shoulders. He is utterly devoid of a sense of shame at his own deficiency and always has a ready excuse for his dereliction. However, in most cases he has one redeeming quality -he is possessed of unlimited good humor. He has the faculty of imposing on you till you rise up in revolt, when he at once Ipoceeds to "jolly" you into a good humor and into submitting to more of his tyranny. He always prd fesses to believe in "hearing one another's burdens," but is generally, preoccupied with his own affairs when your burden begins to -chafe. He is, in short a cumberer of the earth and occupies the room that a good man should fill. Every time we are thrown into close touch with one of this gentry we are disp)osed to doubt if the problem of human slavery was rightly decided. My! how we should like to have the directing of his activities for just a short while. But as that is out of the question, we just go ox1 quiet ly submitting to his im~ositions. *. - To Cure a Cold in One Day Piles Cur.a in 6 0 14 Days