Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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What Do P. S. JEANS Do? v INSURANCE “It is better to have a policy and not need it, -~Th an t o ife e d li policT and not have it.’’ SEE ME TODAY W. C. BAILEY, Clinton, S. C. K you don’t want to sell don'tpist your land with us. 151 Acres in 2 miles of Clinton, situated on road from Laurens to Clinton. One four-room house, 2 tenant houses, good barn and stables; fine hog pasture; about 100 acres in cultivation; plenty of timber to j;un the place indefinitely. 156 Acres in about 2 miles of Clinton, known as E. W. Ferguson place, about 85 acres in cultivation, situated on main road. One seven-room house, situated in a lovely grove; 2 tenant houses; plenty of jvood to run the place indefinitely. 65 1-2 Acres, in 11-2 miles of Clinton, about 35 acres in cultivation. Four-room house; barn; well. 70 Acres, known as E. C. Briggs place. One tenant house; barn , aiyl well. 70 Acres, known as C. M. Pool place; five room dwelling; barns, stables, well. 211 Acres, known as Fred Johnson lands; One three-room house; barn, 2 stories high, 2 stalls, shed on side, 12 x 20; 100 acres in cultivation; 30 acres in pasture; 60 acres in pines. 246 Acres, known as the old Dick Blailock place, about 3 miles from Clinton. Houses in good shape. 200 Acres, known as Thomas Simpson place. Bounded by D. W. Mason, John H. Pitts and others. Houses fairly good. 13 Acres, part of it in4he incorparte limits; 1 nine-room house as good as new; 2 tenant houses in good shape; fine barn and stable? 1 gin house; 3 seventy saw new gin outfit; steam engine and boiler; corn mill and feed mill; 2 wells; water and lights from city. 152 Acres, known as George Boyd place; houses worth all we ask for the land. 295 1-2 Acres, known as C. S. Lankford place, adjoining the old Ren Anderson place, J. H. Sullivan and others, one 6-room house, 2 barns, 2 tenant houses, 1 well. Place well watered. 1 House and Lot on Florida street, 5 rooms finished, 4 rooms up- stairs not finished; house almost new. Look at this before yon buy. It’s cheap; known as G. C. Johnson place._—7 1 House on Main street, 1 rooms; T^lacre of land; nice barns, stables and well, and known as the Dr. Wofford place. Going at a big bargain. 11-2 acres, known as George M. Wright home place, situated on Calvert avpnue. Price right. NEWBERRY, S. C. Three store rooms, 2 stories high with basement; pressed brick and plate glass front’with metal ceiling; up-to-date in every respect. Situated on corner between post office and modern six-story bank building. Right in the heart of Newberry City, now occupied by Copeland Bros. One 8-room house, owned by Johnson and Johnson, going at a bargain. 249 Acres,- situated on main road from Clinton to Newberry, known as the Hix Connor place. In Newberry County. LAURENS COUNTY. 300 Acres, known as W. M. Myers lands, going at a bargain. 50 Acres, known as W. M. Myers lands." Don’t fail to look at this. 60 Acres of land, known as the old Calaway Todd place. One 7- room house,, barn, stables, cotton house, well. 45 acres in cultivation, 1-4 mile from Longbranch school house. 44 Acres, known as J. L. Todd and T. B. Sumerell; houses almost new. The land good. 58 Acres, known as the old Hannah place, bounded by L. D. Hitch, Charlie Holland, W. A. Pool and Emmet Little. 400 Acres of land, known as the old Jeans place, the prop- 'erty of J. C. McMillan; 5 tenant houses, 1 bam, 5 stalls; 2 small barns, 1 well, 3 springs; about 100 acres in pasture. Lot of good saw pines. Going cheap. 250 Acres, known as the old Dick Ferguson place; 1 six-room house; 1 tenant house; 2 small bams, 2 good wells. 1G5 Acres known as lands of John dairy deceased. 1 six room house, 5 tenant houses, barn with six stalls, good well, about 100 acres in cultivation, 20 acres in pasture, about 45 acres , in pines. Some good saw pine. SHUN ONE STRIKING FEKTUHE •avtnfl* Deposits Largely Inereased •Inee September 12, Date on Whleh Repeit Waa Compiled. Colombia. James H. Craig, state bank exam iner, completed his report of the con gttfcntt September 12 of 342 state banks, 14 branch banks and one private bank, whleh reports gives the total resources of the 367 Institution! to bo 9167.872,877.81. ▲ striking feature, of the report li the amount of savings deposits, which wero 836,360,426.82. Little cotton had been sold at that time and the amount haa doubtless been greatly enlarged rra-fgar -fff erai whg. ,posits subject to check amounted tc 860,637,772.02. Undivided - profits ap proxlmated 94,000,000, and time cer tifloatee.of deposits exceeded 812,000, 000. The report shows that the banka own more than 911,000,000 in Llbertji bonds. held. 'There was go effort,” stated the governor, w to fix any prlcee, as this was not the purpose of the gath ering. I noticed, however, what ap- peared to be a fair attitude on the part of those present, all seeming to agree that- the grower must have a reasonable profit j ■ Making Intelligence Tests. Intelligence tests similar to those given by the United States govern ment in examining men for the arm; during the war days are now being given to freshmen at the Universltj of South Carolina. These examine tlons are in the nature of experiment! with the university, but they maj have a significant meaning for future .classes as Mt Is planned to judge s student by the response he gives t< -the test and thereby be able to place him in the proper classification. During the last two days a numhei of examinations have been conducted by several professors with interesting results. The tests are what are known as mental intelligence examl nations «ive a clear idea of the 'al status of a freshman or an] other stuuent. Hosing at Annapotlo. Washington (Special). — Senator Dial haa brought strongly before Secretary Daniels, who Is personally directing the investigation of an al leged recrudescence of hasjpg at the naval achdemy, certain statements In regard to conditions at Annapolis made by Midshipman Aeery Wood and transmitted to the senator by the ca det's father, T. D. Wood, a business man of Fountain Inn. Midshipman Wppd,.an_jindercJaasman, wrote ts his father that many of bis fellow ca dets had dropped their courses, two ,UA 1 to a hospital for observation as ta their mental condition and many oth era found themselves unable to sleet or study by reason of the hazing. State’s Share Federal Aid. South Carolina’s share in the 828, 000,000 of federal aid for the con struction of post roads throughoul the United States this year is 8359, 004.76. The largest state apportionment ol this fund is that to Texas, 81,465,399 The smallest state share is Dela ware's. 840,668. In announcing th« apportionment of the 825,000.000, th< secretary of agriculture announced that the sum of 8750,000 was deduct ed from the appropriation to take can of the cost of administering the mon ey. This was 3 per cent of the total. Trachoma in School. 'Olin Shealy, member of the board of trustees of the O’Neal school Ir Newberry county, was In conference with the stete health officer in regard to an outbreak of a disease among the . school children suspected of being ■trachoma. Five or six cases have oc curred in the school and some fife oi six of the pupils have been brought to Columbia for treatment. Trachomi is a contagious disease of the eye. Sumer el Sc Stone Real Estate Dealers Several Million Saved. ' Probably a million dollars will be saved to Columbip alone by the inter state commerce commission’s decisior not to allow railroads to make a gen eral 20 per cent increase on all freight rates. News of this ruling was re ceived in Columbia by the chambei ,of commerce, which'body took an active part in the fight against tin advance. " Record Pays Bethea. The Record Publishing companj withdrew- its appeal to the suprerm court in the case -of A. J. Bethea against the company and paid thi judgment of 88,000 awarded to Mr Bethea by thejury last summer in th« libel suit brought by Mr. Bethea. Th« company also paid interest on th« amount from the date the judgment was rendered and also the cour costs. Reoruits for the Army. - Eight South Carolinians have beer accepted for the United States arm) within the last three weeks by the army recruiting station in Columbia They are: Theodore E. Snipes, Lan caser; James E. Tyson, Blythe wood; Robert L. Baker, Fort Mill; Leonard Austin, Chester; William Harris, Co lumbia; Lawrence Chandler. Lancas ter; Vernon Blackburn, Jefferson; Arthur Lambus, Washington. Hold For Fifty Cent Cotton. 1 ’ Returning several days ago from New Orleans, where he attended the World Cotton conference, J. 'Skottowe Wannamaker, president of the Amer lean Cotton association, issued a statement in which he declared thal the consensus of opinion at the con ferenc® was that cotton was going much higher immediately. He is con vinced, he sr-s, that the staple will be bringing 40 cents within the next few weeks and * w '♦ will be bring ing 60 cents before the present crop Is disposed of. Will Fay For Lands. , Washington.' — Representalve Byrnes called on Secretary Daniels to urge the department to act prompt ly in making its award to the owner- of the lands on Par.s Island which were condemned for use during the war. Mr. Byrnes was assured thal award would be made within the nevt few days. A large number of landowners are Interested. The award ha i been de layed because of the difflcultiesr en- countered In the examine cion of titles A Swelling Charter Fees. If the volume of charter fees col lected In the office of the secretary ol state may be accepted, as a barometei of business conditions in South Car olina, the business enterprises of th« state are in a very healthful condl tion. The total amount collected from this source during the year 2918 was 812.278. For the first nine montha ot this year the charter fees amounted to 817,277. The remaining three Ihonths are always very large for th« formation of new enterprises, and the office expects the full amount at the end of the year to be approximately 825,000, or twice the full amount ol last year. c a package before the war c a package during the war c a package NOW ifiSl! SO DOES THE PRICE! 1ST South Carolinian* Interested. South Carolinians are especially In terested in the national air derby now In progress because one of the lead ing flyers is a native son- Capt. John O. Donaldson, close on the heels of the ‘‘flying parson” is a South Caro lina boy, the son of Brig. Oen. T. Q. Donaldson now stationed in Washing ton. Captain Donaldson saw several months’ experience on the western front and narrowly escaped death sev eral times. ' • Christmas Seal Sale. County chairmen and other cam paign worker* from every county in ,the state in the- Christmas seal sale of the South Carolina tuberculosis aa- sociatton nave -been-called by Mrs. F. S. Munsell, state campaign manager, to meet in conference in Columbia Saturday, November 1. Plans for the campaign will be discussed and all details mapped out. Give the -world * the once over JL. Session of U. S. Court. The United States court will con vene in Columbia on Tuesday, Novem ber 4 with Judge H. A. M. Smith pre siding. F. H. Weston, district attor ney, is arranging the docket. Many offenders will be brought before the court charged with violating various acts of congress. Revenue officers have conducted a vigorous campaign against owners and operators of stills and the docket Is dotted with such cases. Several New Enterprises. The Eagle Machine and Manufac turing company of Florence was char tered by W. Qank Dove, secretary of state, with a capital stock of 820,000. The Franklin Corporation of Char leston vas commissioned with « pro posed capital stock of 850,000. The Allendale Grocery company was commissioned with* a proposed capital stock of 850,000. ' The Trenchard-Sparrow Lumber company of Florence was commh- sioned with a proposed capital stock of 850,000. L ISTEN, fellows, to some . stiaight talk. Many a man when he gets to be 40, misses some thing. He ihay have lots of money, and a fine family but— He never “got out and saw things’’. After he gets settled down, it’s too late. Every man wanft to see the world. No man likes to stand still all his life. The best time to TRAVEL is when you’re young and lively—right NOW f Right NOW your Uncle Sam is calling, “Shove off! ” He wants men for his Navy. He’s inviting you! It’s the biggest chance you’ll ever get to give the world the once overt The Navy goes all over the ■world—sails the Seven Seas—■; squints at the six continents— that’a its business. You stand to see more odd sights, wonder ful scenery and strange people thgn you ever dreamed of. You’ll work hard while you work. You’ll play hard while you play. You’ll earn and learn. You’ll get, in addition to "shore- le&ve”, a 30-day straight vaca tion—which is more than the average bank president can count on. You can join for two years. When you get through you’ll be physically and mentally “tuned up” for the rest of your life. You’ll be ready through and through for SUCCESS. There’s • Recruiting Station right near you. If you don’t know where it is, your Post master will be glad to tell you. Shove off!-Join the U. S .Navy Conference on High Prices. A. Mitchell Palmer, attornay gen eral of the United States, has writ ten to Governor Cooper and S. M. Walfe, attorney general, asking that a conference be held in Columbia! within the immediate future relative to the high cost of living and the co operation of the state and federal au thorities in reducing this coat. Mr. Palmer will attend the meeting or will hava a representative here. No date hts been fixed, but it will likely be early in Novamber, the data to b* auggested by Mr. Palmer. No Worms in a Healthy Child All children troubled with wormii have an un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there iainore or less stomach disturbance. GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will b« in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle The Quiaiae That Does Not Affect The Head Because of Us tonic and laxative effect. LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets) caa be takes by anyone w ithout osmdng nervousness or rln^in! I jufling i m the besd. E.W.GROVE'S signature on box. Medicinal Propertits of Beech Traffu The beech, which Is found in the temperate zone in Europe, America and Asia, is valuable in medicine for the creosote distilled from Its tar. Creosote, creosote carbonate and gua- iacol are medicines used to supply ment the hygenlc measures which hava done so much to reduce the death rafet in snfferfrs from pulmonary tuberca* losls. r \ \ \ / i • •-