Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T] WRECK GREAT OFFI -SPR Dresses Coat SL and Co. Your st3 color and tri cluded in thi Modes of the and misses, Embroidery, noted. Smart F With the Short Skir With the man must ha neat and sma SHOES in a AT $5' Beautiful Petticoats For the Na Surely y tempting val of a PETTK( are not ofter tive prices. with pretty I Wreck S UMTER; FIE STORE'S ST RESRING OF NEW ING 18 its Ie, your favorite material, mmings, your size-all in s comprehensive offering. latest fashion for women Beading, Gold and Silver Lace, ruffles, draping Dotwear New t New Short Skirts the vwo Lye FOOTWEAR which is rt. We have dainty LOW variety of Leathers I'O $ 0 PER PAIR. 'w Spring Suit ou won't overlook this tie, not if you are in need OAT, for the like of them to be had at such attrac Made of fine quality Silks i'lounces. 'he . Store, South Carolinia HIGNAY MEASURE A SPECIAL ORDER Will Be Discussed in Senate During Morning. LIEUT GOV. LILES RETURNS Appropriation Bill Received From House-Insurance Amount Limit ed. Columbia, Feb. 23.-The Senate had a somewhat small attendance al tonight's session but with the small attendance the calendar was cleaned up uncontested matters. A mass o local measures was dispatched and for warded. Lieut. Gov. Liles, who has been in. disposed, was at the helm tonight and presided (lurigg the entire session. Senator Christensen was present af ter an enforced absence of several lays and jumped right into the thici of the work. Senator Laney who had been called home on account of the ill ness of his mother was able to re turn to the Senate. le kept in touci with the entire work of the Senate Senator Laney left his mother much better. Senator Christensen withdrew hi good roads bills, the idea being tc make way for the 1920 special com miittee bill. Petitions were presented by em -ployes of cotton mills objecting to thc Stone bill requiring cotton mills tc give a full hour for dinner. Operative: of the Columbia Dunck Mill wants thc matter left to the individual mills. The Senate passed the Banks bill which allows insurance on cotton ir State warehouses through the sinking fund commisison. The bill restrict. the insurance to $10,000 in any on risk. The committee good roads bill was made special order for tonororw at 11 o'clock. This is the genera1 good roads bill. Senator Williams wanted to ad. vance his bill to give textile worker ten days notice before requiring then I to vacate homes owned by the cottor mills. IHe felt that the bill was necessary under the recent decision of the Supreme Court. Common labor. ers have more right to their home, than have textile workers, he claimed Senator Watson asked if tle effeel of the bill was not to give the op cratives the right of appeal to th< magistrate, then the right of appeal t< the Circuit Court and then to the Su preme Court or otherwise delay eject. ments for a year or more. Mr. Wil. liam's bill also allowed a jury trial The bill was allowed to go to the third reading at the, request of Mr. Wil liams. A bill to regulate the State Hos pital was recalled. The new measure climates the word "insane" from . the title of the State Hospital. TRACTOR UISETS KILLING FARMER Fairfax, Feb. 23.--V. E. Bessinger a prominent young farmer and busi ness man, Was instantly killed ina fieldl half a mile from the town Jim its of Fairfax, about 10 o'clock this morn ing by a tractor. Mr. Bessinger was driving the trac tor' in the field and getting into a low~ soft place, the tractor suink partly into .the earth and reared back and fell on young Bessinger and crushed the life out of him. It is supposed that wheni the tractor commenced sinking young Bessiu'ger applied too much gasoline and as the machine could not go for. ward it reared back and fell on the d (river. Mr. Bessinger was about 24 years9 ob(l and wvas possessedl of great ener gy. Although young, he had already accumulated a good deal of valuable property. The young man is survived by hisi father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. F. D., Bessinger, and one brother and two sisters, Mrs. Virginia Tlodd and Miss Lucile Bessinger, all of Fairfax. R ECOR D COTTOlNN SA LE Bennettsville, Feb. 23.-McColl & Co. cotton merchants of Bennettsville Ipurchased last Saturday from E. Wal lace Evans, also of Bennettsville, 283 bales of long staple cotton, ptaying him 86 cents per pound for the entire lot amounting to $122,258.93. This is the largest transaction in cotton from a standpoint of dollars and cents that has ever' been made in Marlboro coun ty. At the prevailing price of short r''nle cotton, it would take over 800 hales of short staple cotton to bring as much as the 283 bales of long N(O ((ON54CRIPTION IN GREATl lBRIT'AIN I1,onvdon, Feb. 23.--Conscription will he lbdlished in Gr-eat Britain March :11, and within a month from that date the last conscript will be entitled tr be released, it was announ9&d by Winston Churchib., the scrat ary of war, in moving the army estimates in the House of Commons today. He stated that Great Britain had succeeded in raising and organizing an entirely new volunteer army which at the time conscription would lapse would number about 220,000, exclud ing troops serving in India. Here's Pr< That Ther< No Vi br at in the Silent Alar This remarkable plant ope under full load mounte ' ree ordinary drinking g Experts and laymen alike are amazed at the quietness and lack of vibration in the Silent A kmo. There are a score or more1 of electric light and power plants that will generatd4 electricity. But how long will they last? How often will they require attention? Service is what you want. And to guarantee it 3 u must get a plant that does not vibrate-that runs smoothly and quietly-that won't shake nuts and bolts and bearings loose-and be out of commission In a few months. Select the II -the plant endorsed by prominen where. The only plant in the world rotatingsleeve-valvemotor. Thesci plant that does not vibrate and that house or shake itself to pieces. Th no special anchoring or concrete f< it is built right. Remember This. No electric light pendable than its motor. And n< short period when subject to sev stands to reason. NELSON MO Stylish SLIPPE] -for Style-Loving Wor 0| Spring And what is to-Wear D~epartn Where you v Coats andl nobby foremost makers We welcome fore you buy. A .Just come in, best in. Examine the PRETTY JERSEY PETTICOA SPECIAL PR] $6, $7.50, $9, $10, McCo Sumter. The nation would be able with her reorganized army to place in the field in case of emergency a force of twen ty divisions, which includes cavalry and aulciliary services, and supplied with the most modern arms and equipment a British army ever has had, the war secretary declared in a )oF SIs ion no7 rates d on asses 4r 4 0 LA ctric Light and Power P t engineers every. Come in and with the noiseless. All parts, except th entificnllybalanced compact, durable ur will not shake the mechanically perfec e plant that needs Automatic governo undation, because motor at every poin even the least cxper plant is more de- Come in yourself an ylmotor, however rit runs-how moto, hoever vibration. Enjoy dlc th.a a very ete&. I i ere vibration. It perfected and longe and see for yourself TOR COMPANY, N RS It' nen. Ou Shopping more delightful than a look t tent. nill see the many new creatio Spring Suits--Just receivedI of Ladies' tailored garments. the shopper. We know you nd we are always glad to "E try them on-see for yours materials, the finish, and tes and SILK P)RET[ TS rCES9 $8.50,$2 $12. hlum Bro memorandum in amplification of his', address. Incidentally he disclosed the fact that a new tank had been produced with a speed of twenty miiks an hour which has mechanically a long lif In a trial run of 1,000 miles, he said virtually no wear had developed. vQ. K2 0 MO )E MARK lant See the Silent Alamo e batteries, are assembled in it, on a solid metal base. It ts All moving ports are enclosed. - and shut.offs safeguard the t. It is practically impossible for icnced operator to do it damage. d see the plant. See how noise. free from the ruinous effecta of tric light and power to the fullest c .ikent Alamo-the most highly it-lasting plant. . Come in today. fanning, S. C. s to Your Iv, -st to vis . r Shoe Department. is Here! iroughi our Ready as in Snappy style from America's must first look, be how goods." alf what you lookf t the fit. GEORGETTE WA ISTS. , $0,$12.50 i, $18.50, .50 $25 to $37.50 thers, outh Carolina