Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IO Specials for This Week Maine grown Irish Potatoes, peck ---------50c Best grade Rice, per peck -------------$1.00 Second grade Rice, per peck -------------.60c Best grade Self-Rising Flour ------------$1.50 Grits, per peck --------- ---------------..... 40c Meal, per peck ------------------------ 40c Rio Coffee, good grade ----------------..12%c 3 lb. cans Peaches ---------------------...25c McClary-Broadway Co. Quality Store Voile Cloth 27 inches---All Colors 4 i4c. ya Rubin Gordin. 4 UMBER For Sale! 'Rough yellow pine lumber, prices in harmony with conditions. Send us your inquiries. edlin &Touchberry. titiiititt!tt!ttti!ttit!!!!:itittitt!!!:titttttit!!!!!N! ,RT H. H. MEDLIN, Iummmmm~suuwummtununummst Now is the Time 1 - We carry Get busy on your frt . D.O. RH DRU Wiley G. C I It is often said that a new broom sweeps clean. This has proved to be a reality with the new city authori I ties and Sunday was a real Sabbath; that is the lid has been put on tight i so far as the Sunday traffic is con I cerned, the only thing that is allowed 1sold is meldicine. Even the boot blacks have been run out of business. We don't know how this will sound to the public generally, but we are cer tainly tickled and we have no hesit ancy in saying that we believe at least ninety per cent will stand be hind the present administration for law enforcement from every angle. Capt. J. C. Lanham, traveling sales man for E. F. A. Wieters & Sons has handed us a communication given him by his house as information for t' trade. We believe this letter will ., read with much interest and contains some sound logic. We also have a communication from Mr. W. ). Car son, ex-Mayor of outr cown and a large farmer, which also contains someiw thoughts worth our consideration. Capt. and J. J. Wilkie and Willie Wilkie spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Lesesne of the Brewington section. Capt. J. D. Bowen an)d family vio have been living here 'several years have moved to Sumter. Suninierton people regret very much to lose such people as Mr. and Mrs. Bowen, but wish for them the very best of every thing in their new home. irs. Gertie Skinner of Charleston, is spending sometime with her par ents, Mr. andi Mrs. J. S. Cantey. A song that is attracting a great deal of attention among the school children as well as some of the old bachelors was written by Willie Car ver, the title being "Beautiful Fliza beth." If we hear much more said about this song we shall enideavor' to get it publitished in the valuable col umns of the Times. SAniong the college girls who spent the week-end at home were: Misses Grace Allen of Coker, Mary Gentry, I Coker; Dorothy Carson Columbia Col lege. Oin last Friday night there was froi forty to forty-five young girls and boys enCertained at the home of Mr. and Mis. M. A. Brock in honor of their guest, Miss Grace Cobia. All report a splendid time. Messrs. iarry Copeland, .Jeff M. Davis, Dr. A. 1'. Jacobus and Sani i James are in Florence attending the Woodmen's Convention. Mrs. Lila Briggs of Chicora 5;1 lege, is at home on account of the flu epidemic at the college. Messrs Alphonso and McSween Billups of Draughon's Business Col lege, Columbia, spiet the week-end at 1homie. - Mer'srs Wieters letter: 1 The South, burdlened with a crush , mng load staggers on the ve'rge of an - abyss. In many respiects the situa 1 tioni' is sore appalling than that fol lowing the Civil War. Then, the wvar I which wvas fought in the c'ottoni fieldls 3 of the South land, left the wvorld baie of cotton. There was hope of re'warid - in cotton growing. The Wor'ld Was was fought in the gr'eat factory dlis t tricts of the world, crippling the i spfindlIIes, de(stroyinig prtoduictiv'epwr 1 An encormouts surplus of cottont hias .accumus tlated. Tlhere is no h'op'e that the miani who grows cotton during the next twelve mionth s will lie recwardsedi --he nmay but further deprec iate' the. v'alue of cottoti arlready ini the balt he may labor long andl diligently, and' if h(' c'anntot sell his cooti he 'anno tit Pay taxes or' debts with it, neither can hc at, it. Cottont has declinsed in valuoe, unrtil there has beet' a loss of a billion dol hairs ont thle 1920 criopi. Couttot', the Sou tb's clhief commosad ity, has~s ceasede to he a cash ariticle'. Quotedl v'alues Iarse tar belt'ow the co(st of prodiuc't ion's The're is little dem ad f'or (cott on at pricnes event biefow qu tota tionis. If this'condsuition' is a.gratvated, by~ fitrthlesr s 5Sincesig thle sup)pl y of csit tot' it will meats otteri destructio mt'si farinsssitg iand to (lie 'om'smerc'ialI an< fliania l existence of the South Yearst', m'soret than ai ge'neriatisn siter hapts,. will Ib eq einired fors 'secovery'. A cot'svention of farms''ers, mierchati andI bnskers waus fheld 'st Memi l ear'ly it' IDecembheri. Tlhiere werse smort thlana 100 delegates rseprtesetingsj every cottonss growing state. Plamr were adopted toi prievent, it' potssible furthier over'- prodtuction', andit thus t< asverst d isaster'. A cia'spa ign' ur'gini the tnecessity fors a('rseage reduction and strsessin'g the vital importance o1 Sprodlucing enough food and feed stuff% YOUR A'] ,iS called to the eflicione p~artmenlt. We use only ceuticalIs. D. O. RE Wliley G.( titttittimmmmitmmmmmmu )NB Correspondent. uitut:Srt1t uuuutuuutt :o Use Insecticides all kinds. tit trees Mr. Farmer. AME, Inc. X'GIST riste, Prop. for home needs, is now being waged. We feel warranled in saying that ad herience to the plan adopted at Mem phis will insure against heavy loss on the 1921 crop, if it does not actually enhance the value of cotton now on hand. Furthermore it will place far ming and1 financial and comiiercial enterprises of the South on a basis so fundamentally sound, it may be hoped, that forever there will be no recur- U rence of the ghastly conditions that now prevail. . Let us appeal to the good sense to U the business judgment of every farm- 1!: er not to contribute to the bankruptcy ... of this Southland, by be ing party to a new crop of more thaii 6.000,000 Yours very truly, E. F. A. Wieters & Sons, Inc. By 0. F. Wieters, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Mrli. Carson says: Mr. I. It. Medlin: "Dear Sir-Replying to your re (uest to give you my views in Ie, to the condition of things in general, will say I believe that the fin1aicial con dition in this neighborhood of Sum merton, is the best of any place I have heard of. While the farmers are of course short of funds on account of holding cotton, there is an abundance of foodstuffs from last year's crops and the farmers of both races seem to realize that it is necessary to cut the cottol aereage andl devote more atten - tiol to raising hogs and grailn than3 heretofore. Some are trying small aer'ages of truck crops, beans, pota toe.s, etc. This is encouraging; I (o not think there is a better trucking sectioil inl the State than this, but of course it will take several years to develop th, trucking industry. Take str:kwherries for instanlice: we have raied hlerrios on ti commerical Sale t i hee ill Su miterton and said to be the finest ever seen by people who ought to know. I think it% will be two " years before we see 20 cents cottoj again. If we look at this thing ill the right way, we will see that it is prob ably best for us ill the enl, as we all know that with two n:ore years of 410 cents cottoil t lie tin reasonable de mlands of lbor and the unwillingness to work at any price would have ruin - ed the farlin ig industry ilore efe- y t . -.l1vel thiin'! low . price... or the boll I say let u- ake our med icie staldin ig up, '.4ol and( do the best we can. We are in good condition com pared to some parts of the worl. Look around usit and forget ou. little troubles an3 dtake an interest inl the Ilolleitolis events taking place in the world. No one generation since the dawn'..3 of hiistory'~ has seen'i such1 won lihies the' downifall of age-old Empliies.l. thle palssing oIf K ings :and Kin-.doni,9 the viso ISofI( worldl-widle dIemocrt'acy an3(1d disaraennt (If t h mintions. TheIw inisisltent ail threat ine- deman1ilds of the'Ia boring ('lasses fo'ri the control (of things. The fea rful ietibut in for ages if oppressioni, they have talkeni in those coun1ltril's wh~ere thbey have t aken ('(3nt rol . N ever ince ( th'e fall (of the Roman13 E)l'ir ushured('I in the t):ark Ages has civ i izatIion3 beeni J Iini suc(h a dlesperaite 'ondit ion. If our iem11ler3s ar e wvise and( (~ carefult we mi gh t come3( through with a better soc(ial 113-i econom(1(icI orIder' ('stablishied, if 3no1t the catast iophei will bei Ie! imat erie, o(ver wbhilming. In1 anly evenit it is a I imie that behooves t hinitking men'l toI hum0 ble themselves and pray wvith Kiplingj '"Teach us to knlow thIat we ar3e dus3t, IIlave m1ercy ((n thIIy pleole I ord, W. I). ('arson. ATFTING 8(11001. Sparitanbur)1 g. '\larc 13'i . -Th' e ire e ption3 giveni by thle youn3g mlen oft comihplimienta ry to~ the ir frici s, thIie Iyounig women('3 of 11 ast oc School, thle IItighi Schood and3 Converse (College, was a I dlighit fulI a ffair3. A well planned1 S surpise5( ini the 311 tur ol (f a3 "womnless wedd5 '.(iIling'' was staIgedl very successrully, aff'ordinlg A ft er Ithe gulest s had been3 seated( some11 time3( there'' 'i 3cam' a re(ques't for 1silence. And1( whlen si lenlce bhad brooded over the' hall for theo space o (f ai31 minulte it was br'oken'i by an3 or ('hestral ('(11mposed (of studenits play3i ng the weddling ma11rch, wvit~h Mrs. W.. C. IIerberI~t. lit thle pianoi. Miss IIle ('(3 Jone11s san g, "' ILove You TlyI." A ['TENTION y of our11 Pre'scriptionl deC purel' drugs and pha rma LAME, Inc. Jriste, Prop. g S1111111111211111ttitittitt UREAU I TO THE PUBLIC: Since prices started falling, our policy has been to mark our goods down and let them go. Our sales for January 1921, were larger than they were January 1920. We have moved most of our high priced goods, and are receiving daily goods bought at the low level,'hence we feel that we are in posi- i tion to save you real money on lots of your pur chases. "Seeing is believing," so try us before you buy anything, at any price, anywhere; and please re member we sell nearly everything you can find in a Sear's Roebuck catalogue. Thanking you for your consideration, we are, Very gratefully yours, C. M. DAVIS, SON & CO. Suiminerton, S. C. Jersey Skirts $5.75 Jno. B. Stetson and Knox Hats $5.75 Hart, Schaffner & Marx Suits At One-half Price Geo. Joseph's Dep't. Store Let Us Show You Our Line of Steadfast, Biltrite aud Streemer OXFORDS For Men at Half-Price! DAVIS & BARNES. iuod (if six (n1dlts with fixed bayo- bride to receive the kiss. With this 1- -ae.~,tos'lam,1111 thet W( ig party tiled out. t mare', 11m, cr'ossed4 arm11s, fom fot a the ring-bearer, ih next feitti,'e cosisted (of avro OilIgoaity llt ijih i, 011 i I tl at ic sItillits, and0( these Iiiough lt, mlany\ o o ry ittleohn, aing the is. at were rawi i a gnet on) a shiehl of ollioll foliage. h ollowing the ring-bearer was the clndist, lad ill ministerial rohs, floor. The remarkale grace and 1aing1 lre g111se, carlyK In lg skill f Kdhvard Wilsoi \vjls tle (1' USC >ok, etc. comment. ie did standing ok, e~y.back someul tsxii and b11 ack somer J. II. Fink i- A, standing six feet, salts from exale tositions. Wilson ire, half back oil the football team, Ways saxophone ili the orchestra. layed the part of the bride. The Messrs. Smith, Wiggins, McCray rcom was impersonated by C. G. and Welborn, i l)ck-fice CommeQ moak, the midget. After the cere- d ns, did their part well, their ay iony the groom sprang into the i, ings and antics liftig much ap lighted o' the extended arm. of the placte. N