Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ation Wide, From ocean to ocean, from the Can ada line to the tip of sunny Florida, these clothes have made friends among men who are clothes-wise and clothes particular. They have won their way on sheer merit of all-round superiority. They are accepted authority on style as the dictionary is accepted authority on spelling. They have seen service in the firing line of daily wear shoulder to 2 . Mlshoulder with all other makes and have piled up the proofs that they out-wear 1s ,all others, and hold their crisp lines long after competitor's have sagged and un-shaped themselves. A . Society Brand CLOTHES From the moment the pattern is laid on the material until the last stitch of tailoring is taken, the dominating thought and purpose is to make Society Brand Clothes a brand of supreme quality. They are for men through whose minds flows the quality thought -men who know the folly of buying clothes made to sell at a cheap price men who know that quality always groves most economical in the end. To you men who know quality we extend a pressing invitation to come here and see quality stand out of these clothes as clearly as the colors. The New Idea Co. MORRIS NESS, Manager. "STYLE HEADQUARTERS" -Where Society Brand Clothes are sold e A . &o f farte Wraub & otbes Boyee Streel The Thomas Live Stock Comp MANNING, S. C. Horace M. Thomas, Manager COLJMHIA SIX VELIE DORT C4 'ourin $1,850.00 Delivered lRoadster --..-$1,685.00 Touring -$1,090.00 1 Ton Speedster .82.000.00 Delivered ''ouring . $1,685.00 Rondster ..-- .. 0 2 'T'on RACINE TIRES All sizes Cords and iabrics Good (Gtilf Gasoline WATCH LOCALS EACH WEEK FOR USED CARS We have on hand at all times a big stock of MULES and HORSES Buggies, Wagons, Harness andl Fan mplen s. MOB KILLS NEGRO . IN MISSOURI TOWN Dead Man Accused of Beating and Robbing Farmer-There Com panions Escape. Moberly, Mo., Nov. 16.-A negro one of four said- to have beaten and rob bed Edward Thompson, a farmer, Thursday night, was lynched here to day by ,a mob of 100 masked men. The negros three companions escaped after they had been taken from the jail at Macon early today and brought to Moberly secretly. Later it was re ported two had been' captured and were in custody at a point unknown to the mob. It was reported farmers have gone to adjacent counties in search of the blacks. Local authorities said the ne groes admitted they were Industrial Workers of the Worlc. Last night large numbers of farm ers congregated on the streets here, and fearing mob violence. Sheriff Owens took the four negroes to Macon county. Learning of this the mob motored there and demanded that Sheriff Jesse Stamper turn over the negroes to them. The sheriff pleaded with the men, but the jail keys were taken forcibly from him and the blacks were returned here just before daybreak, clad only in their night clothes. A large fire had been built in a pub lic park, and sight of it produced a noisy demonstration among the ne groes. A rope was placed over the head of one' of them and swung it over a limb of a tree. The mob pulled and the limb broke. The negro started running as he fell. Four guns flashed and he was killed instantly. At the sound of the shots the other three es caped. The negroes are alleged to have beaten Thompson into unconsciousness and robbed him of $12 on the outskirts of Moberly. PRIEST SERVED WELL London, Nov. 14. (By the Associated Press.)--Exploits of Father Meens who warned London of impending German air raids during the war and who worked with Edith Cavell, the t martyred British nurse in aiding British prisoners to escape from Bel- t gium, have just been disclosed by the Roman Catholic periodical, The Uni verse. Father Meens, who lived in Brussels, was associated with the allied intelligence department. Once he disguised himself as a cat- c tle driver and making his way to Os tend, found the hiding place of the I German submarines. t Air raids to England, the priest t learned, were usually preceded by a d dinner of the officers of the Zeppelins t and Gothas. By pretending to be a pastry cook, he discArered when the dinners were to be held. Carrier pig eons carried his messages to Holland, and before 6 p. m. the British admiral ty wouuld have word to the coming raids. Escaped British prisoners seeking Nurse Cavel proceeded, disguised, to Nurse Cavell proceeded, disguised to Brussels and were met there by a lit tie girl of 11. She usedl to carry at big dloll, r~un about and play' and look ~ in the shop windowvs. Without any sign on her part of recognizing the soldiers, she would lead them to the p house wh~ere Nurse Cavell awaited them. There the mene were bandaged, - tranasformd inito "hospital pa~tients"~ and tur ned over to "ari on Jansen,"~ otherwise leather Meens, who toolk them across the frontier. On the night of Nurse Cavell's ar rest, F'athor Meens had been sent t~o JIollanld to carry a message. for Car dinmal Mercie'r, thus escapmng dleath, as he haid arranged to meet at midnight two other conspirators, both of whom - werec tamken and1 shot."' A DVERTISE IN THII ' TIMES Phone No. 20 any )RBITT TRUCKS 1% Tron Gulf Lubricante L I. Bland Cars of Character SUMTER, S. C.. WOOD ALCOHOL FATAL Florence, Nov. 16.-Laurie Adams, %ged 23 years, drank a Coca-Cola )ottle full of wood alcohol Friday af ;ernoon and died from the effects of ;he poison at 4 o'clock yesterday norning. On his death bed he told the )hyaician he had bought the -stuff ron a man in a cafe near the depot n this city but was unable to give his mame. The bottle was not lal2eIed. rhe young man suffered great pain )efore he died. He was a son of John Adams of Darlington county, md came here some time'ago to work n the Atlantic Coast Line shops. the matter has been reported to ,oroner Smith and an investigation vill be held. CORONER CALLED IN " Florence, Nov. 16.-Coroner Smith vas called to Scranton yesterday to avestigate the death of J. T. Miles the ircumstances surrounding which had een reported to him as suspicious. It vas learned that Mr. Miles died while itting in a drug store at Scranton a 'ew minutes after he had been served vith a (lose of a well known patent nedicine for headache. He had stated hat he was suffering from toothache vhen he called for the remedy, and hat during the morning he had visited dentist at Lake City. In view of these circumstances the udden death of Mr. Miles created ome excitement and there were sone vho were disposed to think that his leath was primarily clue to the rem dies he had taken. A careful investi ration disclosed the fact, however, hat these fears were groundless and he coroners jury returned a ver ict stating that Mr. Miles had come o his death from natural causes. Mr. miles was a well known farmer of the Xwards section. He leaves a widow nd six children. lie was 40 years old. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE Pursuant to an order of 'J. M. Vindham, Jludge of Prollate, I will elI to t he highest bidder, for cash, t tae residence of the late S. R. limis, on Saturday the 6th (lay of )eeemiber 1919, at 11 o'clock A. M4. he following personalty; one mower, ne dixie plow, on set plow gear, onle low stock, one (1) horse V. agon, i e buggy and harness, one mare, one 'imde rock and one half interest in -uano distributor. C. E. amble, -e-. Administrator. Turbeville, S. C., Nov. 17, 1919. Professional Cards JINO. G. DINKINS A ttorney-at. Law MA'NNING, s. C. D~uRANTI & ELLERBE Attorneys at Law MANNING. S. C. 1. 0. Purdy. S. Oliver O'Bryan P[URDY & O'BRYAN Attorneys and Counselors at Law. MANNING. S. C. FRED LESESNE Attorney at Law )Ilice Th'ree D~oors Below Post 08iee MANNIN(;, S. C. D~entist, MANNING, S. C. Upst airs Over Weinberg's Corner J. W. WiDEMAN, Attorney at Law MANNING, S. C. H1. C. CURTIS,4 Attorney-at-Law MA NiN, S. C.