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p E. A. HOOTON'S L j=LALMt I TUIn \ c Vaii f n I I Hid I v/ui v/ r! At this season of the year, as is 01 carry them from one season to ar Therefore we ask you to note prio that it is truly your opportunil n vince you that we mean just Cloak and Suit Deparment In this department we have some values that ? cannot be appreciated until seen. We have divid9 ed the Suits in three lots, Cloaks in three lots, and X then we have some great values in Dresses, made O of serge, poplin and satin. These we do not intend ? ' -<-1 to have at Christmas, nence uie pna-s. One lot Suits up to $15.00 now .... S 10.00 One lot Suits up to $20.00 now .... SI2.SO i r ' One lot Suits up to $27.50 now .'. .. $15.00 * One lot Dresses to close out at .. . . $3.50 One lot Dresses to close out at .. . S5.50 I One lot Dresses to close out at ... . $9.00 BSee these and be convinced. In addition to above articles quoted, we have many \ values. To look here is to buy, but if we do not suit you will find as complete here as at most places durii ers, if you are not one of our customers, now is the tin I Yours for Business F * PERSONAL MENTION. ?H. M. Graham, Esq., attended court in Barnwell last week. People Visiting in This City and at _Mr> Charles Kilgus spent Other Points. Thanksgiving at home from the Citadel, Charleston. ?B. D. Carter, Esq., spent Tues- Mrs. W. P. Jones has returned day in Charleston. t0 the cit-v from Bishopville, where *. ? ^ ?< she spent some time with friends. ?.Major H. Eaves, of Orangeburg, ?? spent Sunday in the city. . ?Mr. McKinley Crosby, a stu-Mr. 0. D. C. Adams, of Round, dent at fa,:"sle' attended ,he Meth?S. 0? spent Monday in the city. d,st confaren? in Sum'ar '?? *?* ~ T i t ?Rev. and .Mrs. L. E. Wiggins, ?Misses Sadie Lesley and Mary ., . rru i now stationed at Pickens, are in the Molton spent Thanksgiving at Nor- . * city visiting Mr. and Mrs. Thomas w ay. tsiacK. ?Miss Mary Ellen Eaves, of Beau- , . ... ... ?Messrs. W. D. Rhoad and J. C. fort, has been visiting relatives in 4 , ' Guilds and Rev. W. H. hodges attil? city tended the sessions of the Methodist and -yIrs- Johns spent conference jn Sumter last week. ? Sunday with Mrs. John's parents at , Lodge. Cost Cotton Producers $455,000,000. ?Mr. La Verne Thomas attended ' , . c Washington, Nov. 7.?The war s the Shriners convention in Florence ? t last week effect on the price of cotton and cotton seed has caused the loss of about Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Berry, of J $453i00(>t000 t0 American cotton Branchville, spent Sunday in the city j pr0(jucers this ,ear the t,ureau 0( with relatives. I crop estimates of the department of ?Miss Julia Kibler spent Thanks-1 agriculture announced today. giving with her aunt, Mrs. R. F. Bry- ? m ' k ant, at Orangeburg. Left in State Prison. -Miss Olive Bates, of Orangeburg, Three hundred"eighty-six prisspent a few days last week in the oners remainedin the custody of the city with. Miss Alma Davis. | Sta(e jn the State penitentiarVi oa ?Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Black, who j the State farms and in the State rehave been away on their wedding; formatory when those receiving exectrip, returned home last night. | utive clemency on Thanksgiving day ?Miss Willie Llew Wannamaker had been lineratea, 11 was uiuciau* f is visiting relatives in Bamberg.? stated at the penitentiary. Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Of this number cf convicts. 156 ?Mrs. D. W. Gaston, Jr.. of Aiken, *'ere confined within the penitenis spending some time in the city tiarj, 63 were on the State farms in with her sister, Mrs. H. W. McMillan. Sumter and Kershaw counties, 157 ... . .. minors were in the State reforma?Miss Lannes Morgan, after A spending some time in the city with <"T at ?Slit were hired triends. has returned to Spartanburg. to the c?unt'es ln whlch the>' ?'ere convicted and two are working at ?Miss Ruby Johnson, of Black- C!emson coiiege. ville, formerly telephone operaioi Only six of the 101 prisoners ana V here, has been visiting Mrs. W. B. former prisoners of the State and the \ Smith. counties receiving clemency from the ^ ?Miss Gussie Calhoun has return- governor as Thanksgiving day pres. ed to Denmark after spending seve- ents were confined at the State peni' ral days in the city.?Greenwood ! tentiary. One was on the State farm Journal. I and one was at the reformatory. Of ?Mrs. Havelock Eaves, of Orange-; the total number receiving pardons burg, returned to her home Tuesday or paroles, only eight were in the after spending some time in the city custody of the State prison officials, with relatives. and it was explained that a few of ?Mrs. Pearle Ward Root. who|this nuniber were working on counv has been in the city on a visit to the *v San"s and the remainder had prefamily of Capt. W. A. Riley, left for viously been paroled conditionally or ? home Tuesday. bad completed their sentences. Those ?Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Jordan of whose sentences had been completed Dillon, spent several days in the city Were Pardoned t0 restore ^eir citilast week with friends and relatives. zenshiP- the official records showed. Mr. Jordan is editor and publisher ZIXGO every week at Thielen of the Dillon Herald. Theatre.?adv. i y\ Y rl 11 |?- > ADIES STORE & MIL IS AND ( |pportunity=-We t ur custom, we put the knife to the pricef lother, for our motto has always bee es below, and invite you to come and i :y. Come, bring your friends, if the what we say, we do not want you Dress Goods and Silk Department. You will find when you-arrive here that we have what we advertise and advertise what we have, the prices quoted are not raised and lowered, but the original prices actually reduced. All $1.25 Roman Stripes reduced to . SI>00 All $1.00 Messalines reduced to .. .... 90c All $1.00 Silks reduced to 90c All 65c Silk Poplins reduced to 50c All 50c Crepe De Chine reduced to .. .. 40C All 50c White Pique reduced to 40c All 40c White Pique reduced to 30c All 35c Silks reduced to .. .. 25c All rt-v- Plum (Yene reduced to 25c N All Prices Quoted Are Absolutely Cash 'alues in all Departments too numbrous to mention, but invit you in goods, quality and price we had rather not have your ig the midst of the season, for we make a specialty of the sm le to begin, then you'll be in position to do as your friends, shop 2. A. HOOTON [ IQOOI IB II A Remarkable Series. J CONFERENCE DIVIDED. w ei One of the most interesting Original Boundary Suggestion Adopt- t. series of articles ever printed in 1 a newspaper will begin Saturday ?d by Church Body. gj in The Times and Democrat, a tri-weekly, printed at Orange- v?,r oo burg. "The Revelations of'the Sumter Nov. 28,-Todays sesston Kaiser's Personal Spy," the title Methpaist conference was feaof the series is indicative of its tured by the adoption of the McLeod ^ contents. They are written by resolution fixing the bounudarv line ai Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves, for- , ol merly a trusted Spy of the for the dlvision of the conference, <>] Kaiser, who probably knows the selection of Spartanburg for the a] more than any other man about meeting place for the first session ei Enropean politics and is willing 0f ^e new Upper South Carolina to tell. The general subjects of . .. . _ r the seven articles are as fol- conference, the election of W. C. lows: " . Kirkland for pditor of The Southern a' Christian Advocate and the selection 1. "The Agadir (risis, or Qf Trinity church, Charleston, for tr how the Kaiser prevented in .. t . .. _ .. TT June, 1911, the great European the next meeting of the South Caro- L war. The inside story of the lina conference. s' Morroccan crisis. The .McLeod resolution was pre- H 2. "In the Black Forest," or sented t0 the conference at its first I tl how two members of the Eng- session and has been debated at! C lish Cabinet planned with Ger- length, two rival resolutions finding o: man and Austrian officials in support among the members. ei October, 1911. A scheme of J j k European alliance that failed to The resolution as adopted reads as o, realize. follows: ai ? ? "That the line of division of the! tl 3. liefcrayed 111 Kngland, or c ^ . i. the final dipiouiatic service for South Carolina conference be and is j b' Germany by Dr. Graves. How a hereby fixed as follows: Beginning j ti misdirected letter sent the agent at the Xortli Carolina line follow the : r< to His imprisonment Also tells ? , Chesterfield and Lan- e, concealed facts as to his trial. . , subsequent release, and employ- caster counties, between Kershaw and ment by the British government. Lancaster counties, between Kershaw o . ,, . , and Fairfield counties, thence across 01 4. The German War .Machine,*' a thorough and com- Richland county in a direct line from ei prehensive statement * of how the junction of Kershaw and Fair- bi Germany receives the utmost ef- field counties at the Richland line to fe ficiency. How she expected to . . .. e??, win against superior forces. the action of the Seaboard Air b. Line and the Southern railways, t\ f?. "Training a Spy," in thence following the trolley lines to! tl which the author harks back to ir his arst months of his employ H?att Park; thence ln a direct ,lne t0 in the German war office, and Simms station on the Atlantic Coast f tells how he was prepared for Line railway, thence in a direct line si iha intricate work of his life. tn the iunction of Calhoun and Lex- di bSSpSJ i '"^0? " the -"'hero Rich- ? spy systems. 1 *an(* county line, from thence the cc . * ^ ^ _ line between Calhoun and Lexington how Dr. Graves secured^ key aunties, between Orangeburg and;0< to knowledge in the Balkans by Lexington counties, between Orange-, b< identifying a certain brand of burg and Aiken counties, between p< confectionery. He was sent by Barnwell and Aiken counties to the ol what g?reTsurv?was*?arm?ng ?he Savannah river: ???* that Sm>rna cc Balkan States. and Ebenezer churches in Kershaw qi ? , county shall remain in the upper con- ai tan," or thfpaTt^inanv plat ference and Kershaw and Sa!le>' rf ed in the fall of the monarch. churches shall rema'n in the lower fe Abdul Hamid. Hov. a French conference. ' si secret agent proposed that Dr. j "That the name of the lower con- ai Graves join his service. . _ , .. . .. _ .. _ ,5 ference shall be the South Carolina in These seven articles are in- conference and that said conference fc tensely interesting, and will be- shall retain the historical records, vi gin in The Times and Democrat, . , , .v (Orangeburg.) Saturday. See the session, number and the chronothe advertisement in another logical roll; that the name of the se . - J- Ka f-1-? o TTnnor I n( Column 01 loaav S paper.?auv. upper i;umeieuv;e auan uc ? ? South Carolina conference. P< The Spartanburg music festival "That Wofford college, Wofford ai will be held next spring as usual. It Fitting school, Carlisle.school. Cokes- n< was thought for a time that the an- bury Conference school, Columbia tl nual festival would be abandoned, college, Lander college and the Ep- b: .LINERY PARLOR| 3IRLS= lave Had Ours > on all Winter Goods rather than > :n "New Goods Every Season." see the goods' and be convinced i ?*nsi ni*iVpc Hn nnf rnn= ^"juuo anu pi ivv?7 uv nvi wii ^ ir business. :=: :=: :=: Millinery Department. Ill this department we have many tilings of interest to the ladies, girls and children. We invite Q you to come and look and be convinced that O Hooton's is truly the ladies store. We have many O values to offer and invite you to come and see them i J for yourself. If you need a new hat now is the time, O and if you wish the old one brightened up, come and let Miss Rutledge show you what she can do to make it look new. Below we mention a few articles and prices that we think will lie of interest to you: All Trimmed Hats to close out at cost. All Shapes, large medium and small, one-third All Plumes, in plain and fancy, at one-third off. Anything in our entire Feather line one-half off. Velvets in all the popular shades which were $1.00 are now 75c H. To close out the Flowers we put them at one-half price. Ribbons, we have them all qualities and prices. e you to come and look and share in some of the II ' busines. Our lines of Corsets, Gloves andHosiery all wares. We shall expect you and vour daughtat Hooton's where they save time, trouble and money. , Bamberg, S. C. orth orphanage shall be the prop- sion. ? rty of the tw6 conferences jointly. "That The South Christian Adhe Upper South Carolina conference vocate sha" be the orgai1 ot the tw0 ,, , , , , ? conferences equally and jointly. The elect aeven and the South Caro- So?thern chrlstlan Adv0Cate shall be na conference shall elect six of the controlled and directed by a board 3 trustees of Wofford college, Wof- of eight managers, four to be elected >rd Fitting school, Carlisle school, b>' each conference. This board ad Lander college. The South Car- sbal1 be elected quadrennially upon lina conference shall elect seven nomination of the board of education ad the Upper South Carolina confer- ?f each conference, and shall have ice shall elect six of the 13 trustees Pow?r to contract for the publication f Columbia college. The South the paper, elect the editor, and as arolina conference shall elect eight trustees of the conferences, direct ad the Upper South Carolina con- an^ control the afTairs of the paper. >rence shall elect seven of the 15 "That the division of the South 'ustees of Epworth orphanage. The Carolina conference and all provipper South Carolina conference sions as to division herein made shall lall elect four and the South Caro- n?t S? into effect until the announcena conference shall elect three of ment of the appointments for the recuirun frucfoDc nf thp pnkwihnrv i spective conferences and the ad onference school. That the quota i journment sine die of this session of f trustees elective for each confer- South Carolina conference. ace shall be nominated at this time ZiNG0 starts rat week at Thiey the present board of education len Tlieatre.?adv. ad elected for two years; thereafter, le trustees for each conference shall | ? ??? ? niTTlT/1 TA Iff 11117 e nominated by the board of educa-^ VVAKNliVu lU MAW I on of the conference they are to} ^present and elected by the confer"that an-property he,d by ,he Some Interesting Facts About riginal South Carolina conference juQjjgy JYqhqJpq ther than herein otherwise provid- J i for be held intact by the present _ , . <. Few people realize to what extent oard ot managers of the legal cou- J iU_ , , . . . , c ., uieir neaiui uepeuus uyuu iue v.-vuirence and administered for the ..... , _a ? , . . ... dition of the kidneys, enefit equally and jointly of the _. . . . , ... . .. The physician in nearly all cases vo conferences until such time as . ... . , , , ? . . , of serious illness, makes a chemical ie two conferences stall bo dul>" [ analysis of the patient's urine. He icorporated. When the two con-j knows ^ unless (be are trences have been duly incorporated^ their work proper,yr ,he other tid property shall then be equally | organ$ canpot readI|y . be M ivlded or as equity and legal re- back t0 hea|th and strength iiirements appear, between the two When the kidneys are neglected inferences. or abused in any way, serious-results "That a commission of three Meth-| fre sure t0. follow According to .. . , - .... .. health statistics, Bright s disease list laymen from within thel which ,g really an advanced form of Dunds of each conference be ap- kidney trouble, caused nearly ten linted upon nomination of the board thousand deaths in 1913, in the State f rr,orocore nf ti,0 nrpqpnt leeal! of New York alone. Therefore, it _ .r ,j I I behooves us to pay more attention inference to determine all legal, tQ tjlg jieaitjj 0j these most important ' jestions involved in making legal | organs. id proper transfers of propertv as| An ideal herbal compound that has squired bv the division of the con- liad remarkable success as a kidney . . t , I remedy is Dr. Kilmers Swamp-Root, rence. said commission to take j great Kidney, Liver and Bladder tch steps as may be necessary to Remedy. nend the charters of the several The mild and healing influence of stitutions involved so as to eon- 'his . , soon realized, according to sworn tr> rpniiirpments of the dl-1 etninmontc or,* vprifiort testimnnv of .. ... W - o<a?u.vu? ...... . ? sion. those who have used the remedy. "That the presiding elders of this If you feel that your kidneys region of conference as a board of attention, and wish a sample . ? , _ bottle, write to Dr. Kilmer & Co., animation of boards after the ap- Binghamton, N. Y. Mention this paainements for 1915 have been fixed per, enclose ten cents and they will id immediately before the an- gladly forward it to you by Parcel auncement thereof bring in nomina- PoJl' ? . . ,, . Aymrr . Swamp-Root is sold by every dragons for the several boards required gjS^ jn bottles of two sizes?50c and r each conference under the divi- $1.00