The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 28, 1912, Image 1
Established 1891 BAMBERG-, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1912. One Dollar and a Half a Year.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENING*
IN YARIOl'S SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around tin
County and Elsewhere.
Denmark Doings.
Denmark. March 20.?Miss Julie
Goolsby entertained a few couple:
at "hearts dice" on Friday evening
ing.
Mrs. H. J. Walker spent last weef
in Charleston with her daughter
Mrs. J. B. Black.
Mr. F. H. McCrae, who has beer
for several months in Jacksonville
Fla.. is at home on a visit.
Mr. Louis Clark, of Columbia, was
in town on Sunday.
Mrs. H. \V. Goolsby and daughter
Frances, of Fort Motte, are the
guests of Mrs. G. W. Goolsby, of this
city.
? Mr. C. R. Gillam, of Bamberg, was
in town Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Mosley, of Roanoko
Va.. are the guests of Mr. T. B. Wilkinson.
of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Blount, Jr.. o1
Augusta, Ga.. paid a short visit tc
his parents here last week, Mr. anc
Mrs. L. Blount.
Quite a great deal of excitement
k was caused on Monday, when the
house containing the gasoline tank
of the Denmark Machine Works, was
blown up. The tank of gasoline
caught fire in some unknown waj
and exploded.
Denmark High School News.
The Lanier Literary Society heic
held its usual meeting on Friday afternoon
in the school auditorium.
The debate was one of the most in
teresting we have ever had, the
query being:
Resolved: "That National Bank*
Should be Abolished." Reynold
Wiggins and Kathleen Fogle support*
ed the affirmative, Euine Mayfield
and Ruth Guess the negative side
The question had been discussed
very freely for weeks past, and the
occasion was looked forward tc
with great interest. Nor were we
disappointed, for the debates on both
sides were excellent, the points well
developed, and well chosen. The
judges. Dr. J. S. Matthews, Dr. J. G.
Boozer, and Mr. Cecil Crum, finally
decided in favor of the negative.
All of us were very glad indeed
to see several visitors, and hope that
they, with others, will honor us
again with their presence.
A MEMBER.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, March 26.?Mr. J. W.
Goodson is able to be out again. Mr.
Gcodson was injured during the fire
which destroyed part of the Hacker
Manufacturing Co.'s plant at this
place. .
Mr. J. Etna Buck, of Rural Retreat,
Ya., who has been visiting his
sister, Mrs. D. B. Groseclose, has
returned to his home.
Miss Chloe Groseclose spent last
week with friends at Jennys.
i i. a U m ? J va J V> o 1 nr> r\f /.Atf nn
.-ilJUlH IVV u UUIIUICU uaito VI
were sold here last week. There are
some farmers in this section still
holding for higher prices.
The farmers have been busy for
the past few weeks, hauling fertilizer.
Think they are about through
now. Not near so much being used
this year.
Mr. I. J. Zeigler will soon have his
residence on Railroad Avenue completed.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Most conceited people have no
reason for being so.
Little troubles may keep us from
butting into bigger ones.
A woman of tact is one who can
smile when her rival is praised.
Life is a game of chance?and you
have to die in order to beat it.
Great things are accomplished not
by strength but by perseverance.
When a man is willing to admit
that he is in the wrong he's on the
v right track.
Even a suffragette dislikes the idea
of standing up for herself in a crowded
car.
When you praise a man he is seldom
satisfied unless you speak loud
enough for the world to hear.
Nearly every man lives to congrat,
ulate himself that lie didn't marry
the first woman he ever loved.
The peacemaker may be all right,
but he is never appreciated by the
man who is getting the best of it.
3,bu > feet of new film showing in
its every detail Buffalo Bill's Wild
West and Pawnee Bill's Far East,
Pastime Theater, Saturday, .March
( 30th.
? ( II\\GI:I> TO M.WSL.U <;HTI:IL H
> l!
j Charge Against -Mrs. McUcc, Again
?j on Trial for Ivillinu, Garland. Si
"
Opelousas. La., .March 2~?.? When i
Mrs. Zee Range Mc-Ree was brought ! _
to trial to-day for the second time for ! "
killing young Allen Garland, the!
charge against her was changed from i
murder to manslaughter. This an-1
nouncement was made by the prose-1
cation after the defence announced j
that it was ready for trial on the j - *
indictment as drawn. The jury in j NV
the first trial was unable to agree, j
' Selection of jurors out of a panel of | hi
three hundred veniremen was begun j e<
1 this afternoon, and before adjourn-; oi
' ment two had qualified. A night is
session was held.
The changing of the charge from a]
murder to manslaughter removes the
' accused from the possibility of death | 0]
on the gallows, but subjects her to I (j
tin maximum penalty of twenty
years in prison and a fine of $2,000. <r.
in the event of conviction of man- *'
a j
slaughter. j
Withdraws Charges Against Sing. I ?1
c(
f Charlotte, X. C., March 2:;.?Boyd w
> H. Sing, of Florence, S. C., charged ! ti
[ with the abduction of Mrs. O. L.
Wombaugh, niece of Prof M. H. Holt. je
r principal of Oak Ridge institute, and s,
? in whose home Sing lived, was to-day n]
released on advices from Richmond, j):
; where Mrs. Wombaugh has been in a?
? conference with her husband and p.
Prof. Holt. The warrant has been
withdrawn with the consent of the
relatives.
e<
Mrs. Wombaugh, a strikingly beau- r.
tiful bride of 19 years, was located v
S(
I to-dav in Chesterfield county, Ya..
st
about two miles from Ricnmond ^
where she has hired herself as a .
d<
cook, after failing to secure employb:
ment as a nurse in one of the Richmond
hospitals. Prof. Holt. Mr.
? Wombaugh and private detectives
I made the find.
Previous to the withdrawal of the 1:1
I charges Sing's relatives in Florence S1
had furnished bond of $1,000. Sing *c
p
I denies that he accompanied the girl
away from Oak Ridge. *c
. Warehouse Burned. in
tv
At 1:20 o'clock .Monday afternoon. p<
, the warehouse owned and managed ct
by Mr. John Cart of this city, was
. discovered to be on fire and within
a short while the entire building was g
ablaze. The arrival of the department
followed immediately after the
. alarm but the fire gained rapid head- ,
> ci c
way and the building is practically
a complete loss. The warehouse was
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lU'OctlCU Uii Lim oiuius wi. tuv ^
ci"
just to the rear of the cotton mill '
tl
of the Orangeburg .Manufacturing
Company and several hundred bales
of cotton were stored therein. The
. building had onlv recentlv been entc
largcd for the accommodation of
i more cotton.
As the building was almost entire.
ly enveloped in tlames when the de;
partment arrived the origin of the
; fire could not be stated.
There were about 4 00 bales of cot- in
ton in the building, the greater part si
I of which will be a total loss. b?'
The alarm was sent in from Box n<
4S and in three minutes after the c<
alarm two streams of water were vi
being played on the flames by the fe
fire department of the Orangeburg F
Manufacturing Company. di
.Mr. Cart when seen this- afternoon, ol
stated that there was insurance to the w
amount of $20,000 on the cotton n<
stored in the building and the insur- pi
ance on the warehouse is $2,500. hi
He also stated that the loss on the si
cotton would be considerable unless tithe
salvage corps reached the citv th
at once. A long distance call was k<
put in for Columbia this afternoon
: and efforts will be made to have the tfc
corps reach the city this afternoon b}
j in order that they may get 10 work te
j at once. w
Just a little more than a year ago Ik
this same building caught fire about m
the same time of day and was par- ve
tially destroyed. There was a con- th
siderable amount of cotton stored j Ik
there at that time and much of the ; el
I ,
cotton was lost.?Orangeburg Even-1 K(
ing Xews. j
IV>i p.ted !*ara graphs.
He who lends money without se- et:
curitv borrows trouble. j w
I L Uitss a iiiciii ir> Liiivivcu-inui i.v-vi i
I
j lie's seldom henpecked. j 01
] Does a thin woman worry because in
she has such a narrow outlook?
A man is always willing to payjtli
what he owes?if it is a grudge. j hi
Our idea of a lazy woman is one i d<
who never gets busy with her com- j
plexion. j In
If a man saves money it is because de
he is kept too busy at work to spend j gt
it. | ta
N THE PALMETTO STATE
[)Mi: OC( TRRFXCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IV SOUTH CAROLINA.
tate News Roiled Down for (^uicli
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happening.
('has. H. Barber, the young Sparmburg
broker, sentenced for twc
?ars for embezzlement, lias gone te
ork on the county chain gang.
A tire in a room of the SpartanLirg
court house on Tuesday destroy1
two hundred convict suits and did
:her damage. The origin of the tire
not known.
Geo. \V. Wilson died at his home
L Bowman, Orangeburg county, on
unday. If lie had lived till the Itl;
f duly he would have been one linnred
years old.
The supreme court on Satur<la>
ranted a new trial to Alex Wei don
nd William Burroughs, negroes, whc
ad been sentenced to hang for the
uirder of Elihu .Move in Horence
ninty, the ground being that thev
ere not given a fair and impartial
ial.
The committee appointed by the
'gislature to investigate the dispeniry
is still in session, but nothing
laterial or sensational is being
rought out. The committee might
s well adjourn and save the ta.\
ayers tne money me lnvesugaiiu.i
costing.
Fire in Florence last week destroy:1
the freight depot of the Atlantic
oast Line, the property loss being
amething like $">0,000. The fire
arted in a lot of cotton stored on
te depot platform. Mr. S. H. SatinBrs.
formerly of this city, lost 2:1
lies of cotton in the fire.
The annual meeting of the South
arolina Press Association will be
eld in Spartanburg some time about
le middle of June, and after a seson
of two days a trip will be taken
> the mountains of Western North
arolina. A most interesting program
>r the session has been arranged.
Judge S-^ase at Laurens last week
nposed a sentence of $1.,">00 fine or
vo years on the chain gang or in the
Bnitentiary on .J. G. Wham, who was
mvicted of assault and battery of a
igh and aggravated nature, in beatig
W. E. Nash with a buggy whip,
oth men are well known and weally
farmers near Clinton.
The post office at Branchville is in
anger of losing its present standing
l account of the falling off in renpts
the past year. It is now rated
; third class, sixth grade, and unless
- ? 1 ^ riri r\ 1 /->o vrln nfn
!e Sciit'S Ui SlclXlipa. pusxai v_ciiuo,
>ach $4."?0 during this month the of?e
will lose two grades. The newsiper
there is calling on the people
> lay in a supply of stamps, etc., sc
lat the present rating of the office
ay be maintained.
Novel Water Supply.
On the farm of W. H. Farquahr,
i Washington county. Pa., water is
ipplied for laundry, kitchen and
ith room in a cheap and novel mailer,
says the Agriculturist. About
) rods from the farm house is the
llage church, standing about 100
tet higher than the dwelling. .Mr.
arquahr conceived the idea of connoting
the rain water from the roof
: the church into a large reservoir
hich he would construct in the field
earby. From there the water is
ped under gravity pressure to his
Duse, thus affording a bountiful
ipply for the purposes named. All
le church trustees require is that
le conductor pipes on the church be
2pt in good repair.
Water from a spring is piped to
le barn for the stock, and at a near;
spring water for cooking is gotn.
and here is located a milk room
here the output of a well-kept dairy
?rd is cooled before it is put on the
arket. Mr. Farquahr has built a
>ry practical barn and demonstrates
tar he can grow crops to fill it. as
i has a fine mow of well-made
over hay. Some nice poultry is
?pt, and best of all. a contented,
ippy family in the pink of health.
Wanted to Keep the Farm.
A big blond Scandinavian wanderI
into the office of a title company
ith a request:
"Ay vanr you to make some papers
it. Ay buy a farm in das country
id ay tank ay want a mortgage."
"Why do you want a mortgage?"
e clerk asked, surprised. "If you
night a farm don't you want a
>ed?"
"Xo, ay tank not. Sax years ago ay
iv a farm and get a deed, and nod?r
feller he come along mit mortige
and talc da farm. Ay tank ay
k a mortgage."?Houston Post.
?j < ovsi \n:i; imvs ix k\i>
i ;
' Tor Higher Wa^cs ( iv?'ii to St
> Lawienro .Mill Strike.
I
i
| Hoston. March 24.?The gn
' Lawrence strike, which brought
I its train increased wages for 27
<><10 textile workers in New Englai
was officially declared off at all t
mills in Lawrence to-day, having ;
' j complished its purpose, in the op
'! ion of the leaders.
11 In this connection it is genera
believed, too, that advances in wat
| or reduction in hours to paper ro
! employees, bagging and burlap woi
i i ers, machinists and operatives
' other industries are all traceable.
| rectly or indirectly, to the moveinc
. which had its origin in Lawrence,
i The total number of persons th
i to be benefitted is considerably \
. ward of 2tM?,000. Advances in t
price of woolen and cotton goo
. which have been made or which i
in prospect, will probably place up
( the ultimate consumer much of t
, burden of the additional cost to t
, textile manufacturers. This will j
. gregate between $10,000,000 a
I $12,000,000 during the next year,
is estimated. Mill agents in annoui
ing advances in prices have franl
said that the upward trend is the
suit of wage advances.
^ The rise in the price of cott
' goods, announced up to the prese
time, is comparatively small?a fr;
tion of a cent a yard in most cai
?but selling agents predict that t
net advance to the retailer may ul
mately reach two cents a yard. Soi
increased prices also have been qu
- ed on woolen goods and deal*
! freely predict higher prices for in
1 season.
New Bedford, There the manui;
turers of the finer grades of c-ott
goods have refused to accede to t
i demands of their employees for
! additional 5 per cent., has displac
. Lawrence as the centre of inter*
in the textile situation. Unless t
i mill-owners give the increased (
l mand within a few days, it is fear
i a strike of from 25,000 to 30,0
operatives will follow. While an
; crease of 5 per cent has been offer
the New Bedford operatives are
> sistent that ?hey receive ten i
; cent. Secretary Devoll, of the M<
; ufacturers' Association, has promis
. them that the mill-owners will <
. cide early in the week whether tl
will be granted.
Killed by Electric Current.
i
' Laurens, March 24.?J. Belt
Divver, superintendent of the Ree
i River Power company, located
> Boyd's Mill, 12 miles west of ti
. city, was electrocuted to-day wh
at work in the power plant. The i
cident occurred just before noon a
Mr. Divver lived only a short til
1 after receiving the shock. With s<
! eral men he was engaged in ov
hauling the plant, which,was grea
damaged by the recent freshet, a
at the time he received the fa
shock he was mounted on a 12-fc
| scaffold, from which he fell. .
Mr. Divver was a native of And'
son, and has been superintendent
the plant for several years, maki
his home in Laurens. He was abc
30 years of age and is survived b\
young wife. He was married at A
derson last June.
Receivership for Hank.
'
Lexington, March 21.?Under a \
1 tition filed by the State bank exa
iner, B. J. Rhame, of Columbia, a
the agreement of the attorneys 1
the bank and by consent of the p<
ties interested. Judge Prince, of A
derson, to-day signed an order ?
pointing \V. PL Townsend. of Colu
bia, receiver for the Lexington Ss
ings bank of Lexington. Mr. Tow
send will qualify at once and w
take charge of the institution to-nic
row morning. In the petition of t
Mate oc 11 k examiner asMiig uuu u i
ceiver he appointed, it is stated tli
an examination of the bank show
assets to the amount of $37S,~>38.
and liabilities of $32.7,G.~ 1.70.
The attorneys declined to make
j further statement to-night and it
impossible to get fuller informatie
J The Lexington Savings bank is t
j oldest bank in Lexington county, ha
ling been organized in 1802 with
! r?f .< 1 II fHlfi VV I' Roof is Sf
! owner, being president and eashh
The wholesale pardoning of erii
j inals by Governor P.lease may ha
I been the cause of the lynching of t
i three negroes at Olar. It is the 11
certainty of tiie punishment of crit
; inals that make people take the It
| into their own hands.?Orangebu
Times and Democrat.
Write the Ford Sales Compan
Bamberg, S. C., for catalogue ai
j prices. Stock of cars on hand.
WILL STARVE ALLEN GAN
op
OI TLAWS IIII>l\(i IN MOI'NTAIN
CAN'T CUT FOOD.
iat
in . ...
Ar<* Surrounded and ( apture is On
o
Kj a Matter of a Very Few Days
lie at Most.
ic
in_ Hillsville, Ya., March 25.?"The
can keep us guessing several da;
11 v but no longer; they can't get foe
res. enough to live on."
iHI This was the statement to-night <
the leaders of the posses which a
in hunting the Allen outlaws for tl
di- court house murders of March 14.
jnt After another day's hide-and-set
up and down the south side of tl
lUS Blue Ridge, in which the posses o
tun ivoro npsir tlio A1 lone: arid PVf
-
he found the initials from Sidna's sa
els, die pad, part of his horse's bridle ar
uv the remains of a meal hastily eat(
on by the outlaws on the retreat, tl
he detectives declared their final a
he sault upon the gang might be dela
ed several days,
nd Able to proceed only in the gin
it of dawn or the cloudy mist of nigh
ic- fall, the posses to-day cautious
;lv picked their way to the edges of se
re- eral ledges where they supposed tl
Aliens might be.
on Can't Move at Xight.
?nt "The posses can not move
night," said one of the leaders. "1
;es move about in the thick blacne
he of the mountains might mean a fa
Iti- over a precipice. To uses lanteri
rue would awaken the country side ar
ot- set up a barking of dogs that wou
>rs betray us. All we can do is.dash f<
ixt the hiding places early in the da
make sure that the Aliens spent tl
aC- night there, then follow their tra
on "We have guards at all the feasib
he exits from the mountains and tl
an Aliens can not get away."
ed A posse of 14 spent last night :
3st Floyd Allen's barn. R. H. Willis, 01
he of the attorneys for the Aliens, d
]o_ dared to-day that the families <
ed Floyd and Victor were destitute ar
00 neighbors feared to aid them,
in- Indictments Expected,
ed When the reconstructed Carre
in- county court convenes to-morro
)er some indictments for complicity
m- the court house assassins are expec
(ed ed. The present indictments for mu
]e- der against members of the All*
tiis gang probably will be dismissed t
morrow on a technicality. Judj
Massie, assassinated on the bench
the term of court which return*
them, was prevented from issuing tl
. order for empaneling the jury. Juds
Staples, who arrived to-day, will er
SL
^ panel a jury which will return su
* stitute indictments more comple
lie
than those drawn in the exciteme
actwo
days after the tragedy.
Sheriff George M. Edwards retur
me
ed here to-dav and declared that tl
SVweek
s siege in the mountains wn
erthe
inclement weather had almo
ti V /
completely exhausted the possf
11(1
, Sheriff Edwards said that Saturd<
tai
and Sunday night not one of the po
)Of
se was able to obtain food or sht
ter.
erThe
sheriff busied himself to-d?'
with summoning a new grand jui
ng
for the convening of court to-mo
row. In preparation for the sessic
Attorney General Samuel William
representing Gov. .Mann, and actir
Judge Walter R. Staples reached lie
to-day.
The defense authorized the stat
ie- ment that a change of venue wou
m- not be asked for Victor Allen ar
nd Byrd Marion, in jail in Roanoke, ar
'or that no decision had been reached <
ir- to Floyd Allen's case. The arraigi
.11- ment of the prisoners will be hei
ip- April 15.
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v Pointed Paragraphs.
n. A woman's mind is like a bed?
HI must be made up occasionally.
)r_ A married woman's description <
he an ideal man seldom fits her hu
I band.
t;at
Xo one but a gossip can attend t
ed everybody's business at the sail]
70 time.
A man without convictions is c
uninteresting as a man with them
js insufferable.
in And every mother expects to pic
pe a better husband for her datighU
v_ than she did for herself.
j A woman can't talk as much at
| funeral as she can at a wedding. In;
she seems to enjoy it anyway.
m- Tb.e election to vote .^S.ouu for
ve i new school building at Holly Mil
he Berkely county, carried almost unai
~ I in.ft.i.'ir TikkiIiiv aad Scrantoi
11- uu I v?v. , *
ti- in Williamsburg county, voted $20
iw | oiiii the same day for school purpose
rg .?to enlarge the school building an
increase the teaching force.
iv. Don't miss the great Buffalo Bill'
ad Wild West Show at the Pastime Th(
ater Saturday, March 30th.
WW XT ALL TIM: FACTS.
Governor lileu*e Ctged Oihv More
iS ; t<? Appear.
As the old saying goes Governor
I | Blease should either put up or shut
up. To the charge Governor Blease
made against them in his Newberry
interview, that they were "whitewashing"
their friends and devoting
-- their time to attempting to find
something to discredit him and his
)(* administration, the dispensary investigating
committee made reply
late Friday afternoon.
After receiving the governor's
le refusal to appear before the committee
and submit his proofs and
evidence, which he says he has and
ie of the governor's refusal to turn
over the Felder letters, the commit-n
tee savs that the "governor can
hardly be serious in his statement
1Ct that the committee is attempting to
jn 'whitewash/ "
ie They recite the governor's repeats"
ed refusal to assist the committee,
but renew their invitation to him to
come forward and give out what he
iV knows. The committee is attempting
to probe without fear and within
out favor. To this end the commitv~
tee invites any citizen of South Caro10
lina, who has any knowledge of anyone
who has had criminal or unquestionable
connection with the late
at dispensary, or who suspects any one
0 of any knowledge of unlawful acts
ss to come forward and assist the committee
in probing into every thing.
1S Governor Blease is included in this
invitation and the committee states
^ that they would be very glad to have
3r t Vi crrwekvit n t CI T"l V TTr*DOf HV
* ci iivi vuvtiv u?4j |/ ? v w ?. \/ ?.
- evidence he may have. The "show
ie down" has come and the committee
'* issues the invitation broadcast.
*e Their next meeting will be on
ie April 3, at 11 a. m., in the State
house library, and any one who can
m throw light on the dispensary matle
ters is asked to be on hand then and
e~ be ready to give the committee his
information. "The investigation is
going to be thorough and will be
without favor" was a statement
which sums up the attitude of the
^ committee.
w Governor Blease should be on
in hand and tell what he knows about
the old State dispensary or the Ansel
r" winding-up commission if he knows
jn anything. He owes this to the State,
?~ to himself and the men he has charg=e
ed with wrongdoing. If he does not
at make good his charge, the people
will come to the conclusion that he
16 was talking through his hat #when
=e he made them. The committee gives
n" him every chance to proves his
charges.
te m
nt Farms Run by Electricity.
n- The application of electricity to
~ncrrirmltnrp mnv snlvp thp labor nrob
It ? 1
th lem of the American farmer, 3ays
st Current Literature for October.
.s> Farms run by electricity are no
iy longer a novelty in Europe and Cans_
ada. The Southern Electrician re>1_
prints the report of the chairman of
a hydroelectric commission recently
jv sent to Europe in search of informapy
tion for the Ontario government,
r_ with the object of extending the use
)n of the electricity generated by Xis?
agara Falls to Canadian farms. At
15 an electrical exhibition in .Munich the
re representative of the Canadian government
remarked a model farm
e_ fully equipped with electricity, and a
[-j practical demonstration of electric
Kj ploughing, where from twenty-five
^ to thirty acres were being ploughed
ls with one plough per day. In practically
all European farms electricity
seems to be largely and extens:velv
used on farms of from 25 to 1.000
acres for threshing, cleaning g.*ain,
chopping, root-cutting-, sawing wood,
it nnmninir water, milking, cream-sep
arating, butter-making, ironing and
lighting. "At a municipal farm at
s_ Berlin," the Canadian expert goes on
to say. "over four hundred-horse
0 power is used. While we tound that
l0 the cost of supplying power and light
was higher on the whole than it will
be with us. the cost of distribution of
js electricity to the farmer is less, as
they do not live on their farms as in
j. Ontario, but are grouped in villages.
,r Electricity from an economic standpoint
should be of greater value to
a our farmers, as wages are from fifty
[t | per cent, to one hundred per cent,
j higher, and even at that farm labor
! is difficult to procure." This state^
ment also applies, no doubt, to condi1
1 tions in the I'm'ted States.
11
Campbell's Varnish Stains are sci'
entifically prepared from soluble col?"
ors, combined with the toughest hard
'3 [ gum floor varnish, in such a way that
(] ! this stain works like a transparent
! lacquer. Nothing like it for use on
j Floors. Furniture, and Interior
s Woodwork. Very durable. Stains
i- and Varnishes at one operation. G.
O. Simmons sells it.