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^ 1 ? Hooto ! f Everything for the Y Y Did you attend the Y this season, than an Xgiye those who wish selection the largest X and friends. If we '1 4 Y - % Dry Goods and Suil T COATS?There has i ^ > son when the outlook & been brighter. The stvl <|t varied, from the plain to the fancy fur trin French Velours and Ge addition to the styles, 1 ment this season is su< <? find little trouble to g( o* you want at Hooton's. , & the misses'and ladies' varied assortment for + COAT SUITS?The <& when a ladies' wardrol plete without a Suit. 1 ^ 1 T - -?.11 . 12* special line, ana uougn <! you can find one here a famous DAKNENBEE pleasing hundreds witt <$ Get one and be pleased tV DRESSES?Of cours had you rather get ther and decide, for we have ^ * WAISTS?If you ha show you a complete lir plain ones up to any p: DRESS GOODS?If yoiTdo 5 J get the selection in piece good ^ being usecl in the ready-to-wea SILKS?This is a great seas< % these?just a matter of which ! I = !L A. PERSONAL AUiATiUA. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. I. - I. ?Mr. C. J. Field spent the weekend with relatives in North Carolina. ?Mrs. G. B. Hoover, of Hampton, g? spent a few days in the city this week. ?Mr. C. L. Etheredge, of Charlotte, N. C., was in the city this week. fjt ' ?Mr. D. M. Eaves, of Columbia, spent a few days in the city this week. ?Miss Edna Spann left last week for Columbia to enter the Columbia college. ?Miss Rebecca Graham left a few days ago for -Greenwood to enter Lander college. . ?Miss Edith Rice is spending some time at Raymond with her sister, Mrs. T. R. Smith. ?Mr. Randolph left a few days ago for Clemson college, where he will study this session. ?Miss Mary Livingston is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. D. G. Felder/ in Asheville, N. C. \ ?Miss Estelle Toole left last week for Denmark, where she will teach in the graded school.?Aiken Standard. ?Mrs. B. D. Carter, of Bamberg, visited Mrs. K. W. Riley on Tuesday of this week.?Barnwell Senti-J nel. ?Miss Julien Esterling left a few! days ago for Chicago, where she will take a course at the Moody Bible institute. ?Miss May Bowman, who teaches ; * at Bamberg, spent the week-end at I her home.?Orangeburg Times and i Democrat. ?Mr. J. C. Kearse left last week for the University of South Carolina, where he is a member of the senior law class. ?Mr. and Mrs. I. X. Dunn, .Mr. and ; Mrs. G. A. Rice and Mrs. S. W. John-! son spent Sunday at Raymond with: Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Smith. ?Mr. Garland Smoak left vester-j day for Charleston. Mr. Smoak isj in the naval reserve, and he left upon j instructions to report for duty. ?Mr. H. W. McMillan, who liasj been with Mr. G. Frank Bamberg for j the past year, has gone to timers,! where he will operate his farm. Hej will move his family in the near fu-1 ture. L n's Ladi Girls and Ladies From Opening? If not you mis iy previous one, in Hats, ( i to shop in Bamberg a be : line of Exclusive Ladies' do not please in style, qu< [ Department lever been a sea- / for COATS lias es are many and Il7 tailored Velour, lined expensive \l/f III NflI nuine Plush. In / WF the color assort- 'J ?h that you will I |K||l /// 3t just the Coat \ LUJW In addition to \ Coats we have a \ (I the children. \ age has arrived >e is never comRealizing this we have prepare t our Suits before the enormoi t a price you will be glad to 'G MAKE, they need no inti 1 these Suits for years, and b with your appearance. ;e you must have one or more n readvTto-wear or the mater the materials or the dresses, ve not decided on the kind v< le of SHIRT WAISTS, for < rice you want to pay. our own sewing it is useless to get tl s you find at Hooton's, for we have al ir. 3n for Silks, Satin, and Messalines. We you wish. You can find the quality, sh HOOTC Pictures of^ Patriotism. * I In this, as in our civil war. the i characteristic work of the women will be that manifold task of cleanliness and healing that is symbolized by the Red Cross. Twelve thousand graduate nurses have already enrolled for' this service, and that's not the end. j The work of these able and courageous womejfc. is sadly parodied on magazine covers, where high heels,' arch looks, an impossibly tight white uniform and an eggshell china cup of broth are set out as the essentials.; One gets the idea that military, nursing is just a more exciting sort of matinee, and that army hospitals are full of handsome young officers who have been interestingly (and proper-: ly) shot through the shoulder. But ! this is only the pettification of our magazines. Everybody knows that nursing is a cruelly hard job; that it: takes all that one can have of j strength and soul; that the very J smell of a war hospital is a fairly: sure disinfectant for any selfish fri- j volity. No doubt it would be too1 j much to* ask the artist to sketch a' 1 ! J real army nurse at her real work, but ] if we are to have sentiment, why not!. have it true instead of sham??Col- ' lier's. Lesson of the Western Front. ] ! i Even if we imagine the worst come to pass for the Allies, and Kussia out c of the struggle, what is there for Germany to look for in the West but. ( a "defensive" indefinitely continued? 1 J With the Allies in France outnumbering the enemy nearly two to one, with America coming on, not the < transfer of all of Germany's eastern j ^ forces to the West could give her the; superiority necessary to victory. That is the lesson which the newj 1 battle in the West reemphasizes. Tliej ' Allies have the power in the one re- < gion where the war-map does count, j ' An advance for them means a serious i * threat for the enemy. Failure to ad-' . vance would only mean a continuance j of the struggle until such a time as! the confidence of the German people!' in the ability of its leaders to oring; it peace with victory, already badly! ( shaken, is shattered. Renewed allied ]\ offensives may not make Germany j1 powerless, in Mr. Balfour's phrase, j [ but must help to make Germany free, j ) ?Mrs. R. L. Gaffney, after spend-J ing the summer in the city with her I parents, Mr. and Mrs, A. S. Easter- * ling, has returned to her home at Shreveport, La. es Ston J Hose to Hats. I >sed the greatest one yet 2oats, Suits, Dresses, Wa tter selection every year Furnishings ever shown ality and price, we had r ?d long in advance for this as increase in price, hence pay. Our Suits are the rkrJn/rf inn w ULllltHV1J? H V liU' i V/ r/\.A.u elieve we can please you. 3. Then the question is, ials. Come to Hooton's Come look at both. 3u want, come and let us we have them from the * ie ready-to-wear, when you can II the materials in piece that are 5 have a complete array in all of ade and price in our assortment. )N, Bam Elephants* Fear of Mice. The reason why one tiny mouse is capable of scaring a herd of elephants half to death is found in the fact that in the elephants' native land there are little animals known aschacanas, which feed on a small, sour berry of which elephants are very fond. They live in settlements, after + at* a f noirin /I Affo nn/lor fVlD tuc lliaau^i ui pan x^> unu^i unv berry bushes, and sometimes, when feeding, the elephants trample upon the little towns, and the chacanas in their fright freeqiuently run up the tubes of the elephants' trunks. Their long sharp claws catch in the flesh, j and they cannot be ejected. The more violently the monster blows [ through its trunk the more firmly; the hooked claws of the/little ani-l mal become embedded in the flesh and inflamation and death are the j result. In captivity, elephants think j they are in danger of. the deadly chancanas when they see a mouse. BANK STATEMENT. j Statement of the condition of the i Ehrhardt Banking Cq., located at i Ehrhardt, S. C., at the close of busi- | ness Sept. 11, 1917. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $ 88,264.55 j Overdrafts 3.00 Furniture and fixtures .... 905.73 < 3anking house 2,000.00 j Oue from banks and bank- I ers 32,231.65 ' Currency 4,125.00 i Sold 326.00 ; Silver and other minor coin 771.91 | Checks and cash items .... 44S.28 Bills of acceptance 2,041.74 ; Total $131,117.86 ! LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in ....$ 20,000.00 j Surplus fund ....' 9,200.0(3 ; Jndivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid 4,423.14 ' Cue to banks and bankers 8,439.61 j Individual deposits subject to check 33,899.79 Savings deposits 52,871.43 j Time certificates of deposit 8.90 I Cashier's checks .... 79.60 | Partial payments 2,19.7.39*] i Total $131,117.SG | State of South Carolina?County of ! Bamberg. Before me came A. F. Henderson,' Uashier of the above named bank, j vho, being duly sworn, says that the j ibove and foregoing- statement is a j ;rue condition of said bank, as shown ; )v the books of said bank. A F. HENDERSON, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22nd day of Sept., 1917. J. M. KIRK LAND, Uorrect-Attest: Notary Public. J. C. KINARD, J. L. COPELAND, F. H. COPELAND, Directors. i e and Mi V en Years in Business, , for we are better prepa lists, Skirts, Dress Goods, . This year we have doi in Bamberg County. W ather not have vour busii things to be worn, and 1 why we have an opening and you can see what w< assortment than previo and look them over, and SHAPES?We have i arriving almost daily si day of our opening, that so vou mav come here e * ?/ there is anything new a VELVETS?These we have ii this kind, let us show you. Come to Hooton's when you things in Millinery for your sel TRIMMINGS?These we are s kind that is even considered g . SPECIAL ORDERS?If you i Miss Rutledge will please you. iberg, S. j CITATION NOTICE. ! The State of South Carolina? County of Bamberg?By J. J. Brabham, Jr., Esq., Judge of Probate. ! Whereas, Sarah Clayton hath made suit to me to grant her letters of administration of the estate of I with will annexed and effects of Aa! of the estate of and effects of Aaron ron Ayer, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Aaron Ayer, deceased, that they be i and appear before me in the Court oI ' Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on Thursday, October 11th, next, after ! publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in | the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given un ler my hand and seal this 25th day of October, A. D. 1917. J. J. BRABHAM, JR. Judge 6f Probate. BANK STATEMENT. Statement of the condition of The Farmers & Merchants Bank, located at Ehrhardt, S. C., at the close of business Sept. 11th, 1917. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $188,015.31 Overdrafts 278.13 Furniture and fixtures.... 2,515.00 Banking house 1,435.75 Other real estate owned.. 545.23 Due from banks and bankers 64,611.71 Currency 5,735.00 Gold 115.00 Silver and other minor coin 1,744.53 Checks and cash items.... 421.76 Total $265,417.42 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in ....$ 20,000.00 Surplus fund $ 7,000.00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid 7,114.02 Individual deposits subject to chk..$64,561.5S Savings deposits 45,657.18 Time certificates of deposit 25,361.85 Cashier's checks 722.79 136,303.40 Bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed 95,000.00 Total $265,417.42 State of South Carolina, County of Bamberg. Before me came W. Max Walker, cashier of the above, named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. W. MAX WALKER, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th dav of September, 1917. W. B. MOORE, Notary Public for S. C. Correct-Attest: S. W. COPELAND, J. H. ROBERTS, M. D., W. MAX WALKER, Directors. illinery Parlor | ind Our Fall Opening the Greatest One Yet. - red to fill the wants of the Girls and Ladies V and Sils. It has always been our object to le our best to place for your inspection and e invite you to come and bring your daughters & noce L Millinery Department ? k yir^\ Our opening on the 20th and 21st was ^ B / j\J\ # J\ W/m\i a grand success, it far surpassed our ex\7 pectations in every way, for we surely A made a clean sweep. Before the first A % Ml Aflf day was over we saw, even with the A ' i!* i \A, largest showiilg we have ever made, Ac Ml .II that the Patterns and Tailored Hats A g [ IH were going much faster than we ex- A pected, so immediately we got in touch A uf I \/ with our buyers and had new shipments A i J to arrive at the earliest possible mo- A J ment. Experience has taught us that A there isn 't a better wTay for the girls and A ladies to see and get in touch with the A. svhere they can be found, than at an opening. That is A r, so we can learn more intelligently what you want, A ^ have. Therefore you will find here an even larger - A. usly shown, for the latest shipments are here. Come A make Hooton's store your store. nany new ones for your inspection. They have been nee the opening. One shipment arrived the second ; is what saved us. Shipments will continue to arrive, xpecting new styles each time you come, for as long as nd different you will find it at Hooton's. ' a an assortment of both quality and price. If you need anything of ^ can; Miss Rutledge and Miss Kearse are constantly developing new lection. A ihowing in a large asortment, and invite your inspection. We have any ^ ood, this season. Come and look them over. ivish something hand made, a real Rutledge Hat, come to Hooton's, ^ C. Phone 83-jf | 55 Women Are * ^ rP-f Businesslike Statistics show that the numI her of women depositors is rap' idly increasing. N We realize that women to- < day are a big figure in the t business world. - We pay special attention to their accounts. t9 W 9 I | ! I j | Courteous tellers ana ciernr H 11111 will gladly explain anything J V women want to know in the ,1* it x ir I laMLliMAvJtXAJL 2 banking line ___ 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Savings'Deposits. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $100,000.00 Bamberg Banking Co. ( " ' ' 1 If I Mlli IHiyWMlMPHUMLIMIMM?MM?MMMMB? '; x ESTATE OF EZRA BROWN, Dec'd. Brown, prosperous farmer, aged 39, died without Will, leaving valuable farm, widow and child. Widow ' married again. Second husband sold farm, moved to City, lost every dollar of his wife's money and then disappeared. Widow and daughter working in a facItory. Have you protected your wife? May we tell you why this could not happen to ANY Estate where we are Executor? We will be glad to ^ I advise you without charge. All consultations strictly confidential. BAMBEBG BANKING COMPANY Bamberg, S. C. h "v ','j V " V - . -. * v