Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* H. SSpring Goods slu -.----~*'Sul Coming in Every Day Our store is crammed full of new Spring a creations---for the men, the ladies, the older Inu boys and girls and the children. We make I i a specialty of carrying the best the markets * it 4 affords--goods that are favorably known all * -i over the world. We invite your inspection of the following * we well-known lines: did *arE Hart, Schaffner & Marx *we Suits for men *gr sV O The Ever Popular .a tcot Styleplus Suits *g i for Men and YoungjMen '1 ani Manhattan Shirts AS: A The Shirt that is known the world over 4 s"a 1k ~*E tto ly Stetson Hats sit So * New Spring[Styles in " of ,Ladies' Coat s *t Capes and Dresses ,h IGEORGE JOSEPH'S I ? I Department Store, 15 SUMMERTON, S. C. h a Our Motto: "The Best--cost What ii May" rey D.0. RHAME3 Prescription Druggist a Established Feb. 1st--1898 e More Than Twenty-One Years U of Mail Orders Promptly Filled Cash for Liberty Bonds if you must sell k'' gr H. P. TROY, The Home of "Good Things to Eat" \Fresh Groceries and Green Goods Arriving Daily SUMMERTON, S. C.ti th H. MEDLIN, dr. F. M. Shope, business manager The Times, was over here one day t week in the interest o; his paper, I while here and in conversation h him "Uncle Nub" had many imendable things to say about nmerton and our people, and also de arrangements with him to run ummerton page in The Times. It ild be his pleasure to give the read something worth while each week to do this he must have the co ration of those who are pulling for renter and better town and com nity, so when anything happens or an you have anything you think I be of interest to the public let one along, it will be welcome and ireciated at all times. 4ast week our text was on the cot holding movement but for fear were taking up too much space we not go as far as we had intended I we propose to again say some ng along the same line. While we not conceited enough to pose as dom for our farmers and certainly do not expect to advance the price cotton, but if we can throw out e thought or suggestion that will worth one iota to any farmer we old not think our efforts in vain. we shall endeavor to go a step ther in this communication as the ton holding movement is still be pushed and our leading farmers holding conventions at different nts trying to reach some plan ereby the price may be advanced I are pleading with the farmers to d for thirty-five cents. While there y arise many disadvantages with ne we firmly believe that if there r was a time that the farmers uld solidly unite it is now and let strong help the weak. As it looks us that there is something radical wrong in the price of cotton or her in the manufactured goods. mebody is making too much profit this cotton and manufactured )ds are passing through the hands too many speculators. For instance went in a store here the other :ht and asked the price of a shirt. e price was $1.50, and it weighed ounces. Now let as surmise that has a bale of cotton weighing 500 ands, he sells it at tle present price ich is about 20 cents which would y him $100.00 and to be absolute our estimate we will let one-half this bale of cotton go as waste and ight to the manufacturer and re 1 merchant, leaving 250 pounds to made up in shirts which would ke 500 shirts which at $1.50 each uld be $750.00. Let us suppose it the manufacture costs $50 of this ount there will still be, after tak out the hundred (dollars for the e of cotton and $50 for the mianu turer, $600.00 left. Who gets it? rhe above illustratirm is not ar ex me one. You may take thread or st any other manufactured senton1 >ds andl it will show about the same >fits between the producer and the .ail merchant or home consumer, :I however true this may be and avever much the remedy for a cor tion is needed andl however glad cotton farmer wvould be to see 'se things accomplishedl. Our opin is that it will never happen until iron clad organization is perfect by the farmer, and more good stuff' produced, andl more live stock of ary kind andl descrip~tion is raisedl home and~ only enough cotton to pply the demands. Then instead a farmer coming to town and run ig up andi dlown the streets hunting yotton buyer let theibuyer hunt the ton. farmer as the panckers and mar t men hunt the stock raiser today. e sooner this dIreami comes true the e~ater prosperity we are going to joy, andl we firmly believe the first p to bring about the above results the movement now under foot to luce the cotton aereage and ferti er' used. When these rules and regulations e' framed andl adopted, which they dloubt will be before lalnting time, n't let any one man get it in his adl that everybody else is going to acreage andl he himself will plant out the same he has been planting previous years andl get the benefit the high price, because tens of wusandls of farmers would be en 'taining the same thought and there uld be no reduction in acreage and increase in price and the results believe would be nothing accom shed. The first airplane seen in this see n passed over St. Paul Sunday >rning about 10:30 o'clock, going in direction of Charleston and naain NBB Corresponden passed between Sunnerton and St. Paul going towards Columbia. The motor of this plane mas making a terrible noise and flying rather high and seemed to be going at a rapid rate. At Henry Manning's, a "sell sup per" last Friday night, as. usual wound up with a iisticuff and knife and razor practice. One or two of the boys are going around with sewed-up wounds while two or three of the boys took to the tall timbers. Mr. Harry Davis, of Davis & Barnes, is on the Northern markets in the interest of his store. Lieutenant J.' Austin James, who. spent several months overseas and was in the thickest of some of the fighting, has returned to the U. S. A., and in a letter to his mother, Mrs. | J. A. James, dated New York, says that he returned on the vessel Levi athian formerly known as the Vater land. This ship is 962 feet long, one hundred and fifty-four feet wide, and has ten decks above the water and [ draws 48 feet. It brought over 12,000 U soldiers, making the trip in eight days. The friends of Col. O. C. Scarbor ough are gratified at his election as a director of the State penitentiary. Rev. L. C. Ezelle of Woodruff, S. C., is spending sometime here with his' daughter, Mrs. T. I. Walker. Misses Mary Gentry, Mamie Hunt er, and Grace Allen spent the week end with their parents here. These young ladies were looking fine and gave a glowing account of Coker Col lege. Mr. Norman Martin has about com pleted a handsome residence on his farm near St. Paul. Mr. E. B. Proctor of Blenheim spent 'a happy week-end with friends near here. Mrs. J. S, Boskins and children of Bishopville are spending several days here with her mother, Mrs. A. S. Briggs. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Anderson spent Sun day and Monday with relatives at Timmonsville. St. Valentine Day did not pass un noticed here as all the people had a good time and most of them attended parties. At Captain and Mr. J. D. Bowens' the Junior Class entertained the Senior Class and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. I. Walker, Mrs. L. W. Carrigan entertained all the younger set of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Delightful refresh ments were served at these places and everybody had a jolly good time Mr. Joe Joseph left Sunday night for the Northern markets where he will purchase the latest for JToseph's Departmeet Store. We are coming out this week with a page devoted entirely to the news of Summerton as well as carrying the adlvertisements of the progressive merchants of this place. Mr. HI. II. Medlin will have charge of this page, andl anyone dlesiring notices as well as news items andl advertisements, should get in touch witiW Mr. Medlini, who will be glad to give them~ full information.-Editor. Honor Roll Summerton Graded School First gradle-Sarah Shirer, Tonm Cooper .James. Second grade-Annie Bell Rich-1 biourg, Agnes Folder, Virginia Wilkey, WV. M. Davis, JTr., Jim JToseph. Third grade--Julia Cantey, Evelyn Coskrey, Francis Troy, Sue Lesesne,1 Lottie Gardner, Charles Allen. Fourth grade-Sarah Baker, Willie Causer, Eugene Windham, George Richbourg, Margaret '3urgess, Sarah Il[unter, Edlward . M ath is. F*if'th gradle--irlizabeth Anderson, Marian Burgess, Katie Cantey, Ed-I wardl Felder, Frances Felder, Richard1 lFelder, Lila G;ardlner, Lulie May Hlodge, May Medlin, Leona Ross, Carlyle Richbourg, Bertha Waty, i lian Wilkey., l Sixth grade-Grace Cobia, Miller U Richbourg. Seventh grade-Frances Dingle, E Gappy L~esesne, Annie Mood. Eighth grade-Emma Wynn Mood, Sue Ester Pitts. Tenth grade-Emory Rodgers. -o ; NOTICE. We have this (lay diposied of our stock and goodwill of The Summerton D~rug Company to Dr. L. A. Asbill, aind he has already taken charge. Dr.1 Asbill assumes all indebtedness and all money (due as should be paidl to hi.Sumimerton Drug Co., ---3t-c. C. V. n~unoe. P LIREAU t THE NEW THINGS FOR SPRING! Arriving in rapidly. Our Buyer is now on the Market replenishing some of the lines. Make your selections now from our lines of handsome New Footwear Ready-to-wear Furnishings DAVIS & BARNES, Summerton, S. C. THIS IS THE FAMOUS Saitee Range! The Range without a peer in America. Hundreds of satisfied users in Clarendon and adjoining counties. Are you one of them.? We would be glad to demonstrate the merits of this Range to you at any time. We have an extra good line of F ARM IM PLEMENTS here for your inspection. CLARENDON HARDWARE Co. J. M. PLO WDEN, Mgr. ~NOTICEt We wish to thank the people of this vicinity for their gener- t ous patronage to us during this season. We will keep our gin open until the last bale of cottont in this section is ginned. We are doing our very' best to give the people A 1 service and the amount of business we have done this season shows that our efforts are appreciated. SMANNING OIL MILL, SUMMERTON CINNERY H. H. MED.INT Mg.