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Iporter-snowden co. I !? , * & $ & Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants & iff 90 E. BAY STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. ifi rr ? ft * ? All Cotton Handled on Commission # I EXTRA STAPLE COTTON1 I A SPECIALTY | ? . i jg Would be pleased to receive conw . e - rii !? ? signments rrom you wmui win ^ *| command our very best j| $ attention. ig aTaftTjiMYA >T aaTo |2g Zf7 ?|7J|"J|7 JJJ^7;^7 4 4 *4? ? _ ^ / '_ . .\ 57 YEARS OF SUCCESS g I JAMES ALLAN & CO. I | RETAILERS OP 1 I Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry I I QUALITY ALWAYS HIGH I PRICES ALWAYS FAIR j mail order department is fully | equipped to take care of each order and . | I give it careful attention. Money back | if goods are not satisfactory. .*. .* | EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING WORK GUARANTEED! 9 | Members: Retail Merchants Association g 285 KING STREET CHARLESTON, S. C. j iNow For A Hunt I t ? ^ The hunting season is upon us and you want that gun ^9 fC) of yours to be in first ciass order when you start out. s||c Bring it to me and I will fix it like you want it. I also ?0G have several bicycles that I will sell cheap. I repair ^9 fBi Guns. Pistols, Bicycles, Automobiles, and ?11 kind of ?? things. If it is made of iron bring it to me and I will 1 * ??< repair it. >||e | J. B. BRICKLE | e|i The Repair Man..." Bamberg, S. C. ?^?? i 1 They interlock and overlap each othei; in such a way that the I U hardest driving rain or snow cannot sift under them. It | Won't pulsate or rattle in wind-storms. They're also fire-proof, will || [last as long as the building, and never need repairs. | We have local representatives almost everywhere, but if none in your | immediate locality, write us direct for samples, prices and full particulars. CORTRIGHT METAL ROOFING COMPANY ! 50 North 23d Street Philadelphia, Pa. AAAAAAAAAAJLAJLJLJILJLAJILAAAJLAAJLJIL WW vJW YlljUJ "1" VfW vfjar ?J1F OTO fS Jv w WU MILLINERY 2 COME TO CHARLESTON > 4 . > 4 If only to see the Beautiful and Exclusive I? T Hats which we are showing at moderaet cost J| rvr?i itcivewccc IMHIViniTAI !TV 1 THE FRENCH HAT SHOP f 4 MILLINERY IMPORTERS p ^ 69 HASELL ST. CHARLESTON, S. C. J ?ri it i i n _ l_ Ci . 1 _ f 1 ne neraia dook oiore nas a icw mure of that 30c and 40c box paper at 15c LITTLE GIRLS SMOKE. Ten-Year-Olds Use Cigarettes in J eiety Homes. Governor Hadley will scon be as ed to grant permission to the M souri Woman's Christian Temperar Union tc circulate a petition amo the prisoners in the State penal ins tutions, asking the voters to do aw with saloons at the next election. This announcement was made the State convention of the Union ] centlv. "Girls not over 10 years old, some of the society homes in Louis, are smoking cigarettes," Sc Mrs. E. B. Ingalls in a speech. "Not only here, but in other pa: of the State as well, I have fou little girls puffing cigarettes, son times in their homes," she said. Mrs. Ingalls pleaded with the de gates to use every effort in helpi to enforce the law which prohibits t sale of cigarettes or cigarette ma rial to persons less than 18 years age.?St. Louis Post-Ditspatch. W. P. ROOF GIVES $500 BONI Charged with Issuing Check Wii out Funds to Cover. Lexington, Oct. 10.?The lat< turn in the bankruptcy proceediD against W. P. Roof and the Lexir ton Savings Bank was the issuing a warrant to-day by Magistrate Thi L. Harman against W. P. Roof, chai ing Mr. Roof with giving a che without sufficient funds to cover. T warrant was sworn out by Quincy Cau.hman, a mail carrier on Roi 5, Lexington, who, it is said, ho] a cashier's check for $500, given t Carolina National Bank, of Columb about a week or ten days before t Lexington Savings Bank went ii the hands of a receiver and befc W. P. Roof was adjudicated a bar rupt. Mr. Roof was not arrested, having been informed of the issui of the instrument and immediat* gave bond for his appearance at t next term of the court of general si sions in the sum of $500. The trustees of the bankrupt < tate of W. P. Roof have consummat the deal with the Farrish-Staffc Company, of New York, by whi the trustees are to pay over to t New York firm $50,000 for certs riArrr V* /-\1 Kir TT*0 T*T1 C UUildLCi ai 11V ? 11 Villi u?> vuu j- 11* i ik Stafford Company, amounting more than $100,000. The trust* will immediately go to work on wir ing up the estate, collecting what due and selling the property of t bankrupt estate. Posse Searching for Men. Sumter, Oct. 9.?In pursuant of order issued by Judge Spain tl morning upon a request of th? gra jury, which Tuesday afternoon ma a special presentment concerning t matter, a posse of six men was se from Sumter to-day to Shiloh make all possible attempts to find a arrest the iwo men, C. M. Young a M. J. Morris, alleged to have outrag two negro women while they h them in their custody as officers the law, who are supposed to be h ing in a swamp in that section. TWO OFFICERS LOSE PLACES Escape of Bank Robbers Charged to Chicago Policemen. Chicago, Oct. 9.?Police Capfc John J. Mahoney and Lieut. Berna J. Burns, were discharged from t Chicago police department by t civil service commission to-day I cause of the escape on September " of two of the members of the ga who robbed the Bank of Montreal New Westminster, B. C. The ci service commissioners decided tl both officers were guilty of incom] tency and neglect of duty. Burns attempted to arrest the t' bank robbers single handed in South Side saloon and was beaten i verely. SEARCH FOR MEN FUTILE. Reported that Sumter. Constab! May Surrender Later. Sumter, Oct. 10.?The posse s to Shiloh yesterday to search for a arrest C. H. Young and M. J. Mi ris, formerly rural policeman a constable in this county, respective returned to the city this mornii their search having been unsucce ful. The men searched the houses Sam Wilson and M. J. Morris t I could s:et no clues there to the whe abouts of the two men. At anotl house their suspicion was arouS' but no evidence was obtained towai locating the men. Conflicting repo of the whereabouts of the men w< given by residents of the section, definite information being obta able. It seemed to be the gene opinion of the people of that secti< however, that the two men woi give themselves up to the sheriff soon as the present term of court j journed or as soon as the feeli against them had cooled down some extent. SPIRES BROS. GET VERDICT. j a >o- Supreme Court Decides in Their Fa- * vor in Appeal. 8 ;k- The supreme court in a decision of is- Associate Justice Woods has affirmed ice the Barnwell county court in the case ng of James S. Spires and J. Addie ;ti- Spires against the Atlantic Coast Line ay Railroad Company. The plaintiffs were awarded verdicts for $S00 and \ at $1,000, respectively, for injuries re- | re- ceived while on an excursion train of I the company, which was being op- J [n erated from Augusta to Sumter. lu St. the complaint it was alleged that James S. Spires was stabbed and J. Addie Spires was shot by a man by rts the name of Dukes, a fellow passennd ger. ie. "It is a matter of common knowledge that disorder is to be anticpatle_ ed on excursion trains such as this ng was," says this supreme court, "and he when a railroad company chooses to te. run such a train for its own profit, it 0f is its duty to provide a police force adequate to protect passengers from ?? -"V, /1?A r\rAAnnli'A-> du.v uisiui Ucimje WKIULL uuc yictauuuu ). requires that it should anticipate. th. TELEPHONE COMPANY IS SUED. Gaffney Grocer Alleges that Poor 3S? Service Hurt Business. f L?s Gaffney, Oct. 11.?Attorneys in IS~ this city yesterday gave notice of a very unusual suit which will be filed OS * in the Cherokee county court at once. r?~ J. J. Gallagher, who operates a groeery store on Rutledge avenue, is su'he ing the Piedmont Telephone and Telegraph Company, the company oper110 ating in Gaffney, in the sum of $1, ids 000, this being the approximate ?10 amount which Mr. Gallagher ici , ' claims he has been injured he . in his business by reason of 10 inefficient service on i .e part of the defendant company. l,k~ Mr. Gallagher stated yesterday that ?10 this was not a matter of recent oc112 & currence but of long standing; that *lv 'J he has been unable to get satisfac?10 tory telephone service for any length, of time and that as a result his patronage has suffered, not once but BS" many times, and that he has lost i ed customers and valuable trade there,r<* by. He has retained Butler & Hall as 'his coifnsel, and it is understood that be the case will be pushed vigorously. L*n The Piedmont Telephone and Tele5ll~ 'graph Company is riot a local comt0 pany, having its home office in GasJ3S tonia, N. C. No announcement has as yet been made by the telephone is company as to their action in the be matter. COURT AT ORANGEBURG.' George W. Hunt is Awarded Verdict an of $7,000 Against Railway. 11S Orangeburg, Oct. 10.?In the court . nc* of comomn pleas that is in session in this city the case of George W. Hunt against the Southern Railway ;n* was concluded to-day, the . jury t0 awarding the plaintiff Hunt, $7,000 nd aor?,qorac suit ws.s brousrht to nfl recover ?15,000. Hunt was injured at St. George in 1910 while unloading ac* some lumber, in which accident he sustained a broken leg, which afterld" wards had to be amputated. The question of a release came up in this case, as Mr. Hunt had signed a re** lease to the railroad upon the payjjp ment of ?750. The plaintiff alleged that this release was secured by fraud, misrepresentation, etc. This was the second trial of this 1111 m Lr(j case. In the first trial Mr. Hunt he was awarded ?10,000 damages, but ke the verdict was set aside on motion 3e_ for new trial argued before Judge Shipp, the trial judge, at chambers ng in Florence. The case was one of at much interest. The only other cases tried at this iat session of the court was that of Mrs. 3e_ \V. H. Enloe against the Sotuhern Railway company, in which case ?10,000 damages were asked. The jury a rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for ?400. Soldhy Lest '?s ? See What You Want You will want what you see of our Hats, Dress Novelties, Silks, Corsets, Gloves, Hosiery, Knit Goods, Underwear Every item a bargain. No baits, so can give you better values in every trade. The Millinery Store C. W. Eentz, Proprietor. <wjl- rightview wBUi ^ I If you grow peas a Star Pea Huller will ! please and pay you. If you use fertilizer see our Force-Feed Wizard Distributor, , ^ the hopper holds 100 pounds. If you plow cotton and corn see the J. M. B. No. 20 Cotton and Corn Plow Stock, the steel I beam will not break or bend. Our offer to the readers of this paper will interest vnu. Write us for circulars and nrices. I STAR PEA MACHINE CO. I 1 BENNETTSVILLE, S. C. I * WHICH BANK DO YOU USE J aft Is your money hid away in an old trunk, closet or bu/eau, Mm ? where the burglar is likely to find it any night, or is it j* locked up tight in our vault, protected not only by a or ejg< massive steel safe, but by ample burglar insurance as ift? well? You do not perhaps realize what great danger jXT your money is in when kept around the house. Every tday the newspapers tell of losses sustained because of *9i this habit. If you would sleep soundly, with the knowl- t edge that your money is perfectly secure, bring it in at *r aft. once and open an account with us. You are then taking a no chances. t * EHRHARDT BANKING COMPANY S ^ EHRHARDT, SOUTH CAROLINA. ft. | A Safe Combination^ In the Banking business is ample capital, careful meth- ~,W: ||| ods, shrewd judgment and unfailing courtesy. Thus g? ^ the fact tliat our deposits are increasing rapidly is suf- '. 3\ ficient proof that our customers realize and appreciate ISs ||| that this combination is our method of doing business. P We shall be pleased to number you among our new P 111 customers. We pay 4 per cent, on Savings Deposits. ?? H PEOPLES BANK Bamberg, S. C. || ^ Drink QUALITY-none ^ better ft ft Si Buy it for ECONOMY JjBf ?one pound equals two of the ordin- Mbm \ cry kinds. * ? \ THE REILY-TAYLOR CO. // yVeu; Orleant. XXX I ? V * // ------ _^yi^j^