Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POLITENESS CHEAP. We SPend Millions Every Year For it ancl It's Worth Price. To say '"please'' in telegrams the people of Canada spend $1,000,000 a year and the people of the United States more than ten times that amount, according to J. G. Davies, superintendent in Washington for the Great Northwestern Telegraph company. He arrived at this conclusion from study of thousands of telegrams that have nassed through his hands. However, he says, patrons would save very little money even if they cut out the "pleases." Because, he explains, in about 99 cases out of 100 the "please" is contained within the tenword limit of the day message or the fifty-word limit of the night letter. "So it's the company that pays for the 'please' usually," lie says. "But we are glad to see it in so many messages. It bespeaks courtesy and good breeding in business, so it's use is commendable, and I notice that its use is becoming more and more common." Mr. Davies is still undecided whether the patron has more trouble confining a message to the ten-word day limit or padding it to "get the money's worth" when sending a night letter with a fifty-word limit. He tells of one patron who wrote "good night" four times in order to get the full Count of fifty words. A woman was sure she would have to pay the day rate because she could not think * *- >- _ .c.rj. or enougn to maKe up a iiuy-wuiu night letter. But sometimes too much brevity is bad. "Some people delete s6 many prepositions and articles that the message cannot be understood/' he says. "On one occasion we had to send four telegrams to explain one." <o> ?i Cheaper Coal Predicted. Forecast of a tumble in coal prices was made by department of justice officails recently coincident with an announcement of "renewed activity" in the campaign against coal profiteers. With production on the increase, prediction was made that the coal prices would follow sugar prices in a break in the near future. Prices have already dropped at Baltimore, where the federal agents started to gather evidence against alleged combination of dealers, who were declared to have boosted prices through repeated resales. A similar attack on profiteers has been ordered at Hampton Roads, one of the largest bunkering stations on the eastern seaboard. Complaints have come frequently from there and from Baltimore, it is said. Although interior points have reported exorbitant coal proces in many instances, it was stated tnat the "flagrant violations" of the Lever law were confined largely to the Atlantic coast. The department will press its investigations at all points. Federal reserve board officials reported an impending drop also in the coal market. Their information was that transportation conditions with respect to coal had improved and a better distribution, therefore, was had.* The federal reserve board officials said the empty bins, made so by the bituminous miners' strike and later by the railroad walk-out and later by the freight jam, were again stocked. Temporary conditions have handicapped certain sections of the country with respect to their supply with the result, according to Mr. Mitchell, that higher prices have been asked. Market Reports of Peanuts-Potatoes. Clemson College, Sept. 24.?F. L. Harkey, agent in marketing, U. S. Bureau of Markets and Clemson College Extension Service, has just returned from an official trip to Washington and Baltimore. While in Washington Mr. Harkey asked for all possible assistance for peanut and sweet potato growers this season. He was advised that the Bureau of Markets will issue throughout this season a weekly market report on peanuts, wnicn win give all possible information on the distribution and prices paid for this crop in the United States. This report will also give certain information concerning the imported crop which should be valu'able to the grower. A semi-weekly report will be issued on sweet potatoes giving prices paid on the various markets, the number of cars received daily and from what points, etc. For each of the above reports Mr. Harkey will assist in getting in as much local information as possible so that we may know more about the movement of the South Carolina potato and peanut crop. All growers or buyers wishing to receive either of the above reports should write at once to F. L. Harkey, Extension Service, Clemson College, /-i r\ 3 t-, o t>-> <"> rtl a rm mail I;. Vy., ami IlClVC nauic piuvuu \y LJ. iiimjL ing lists. Just received, shipment of American Wire Fence. See me at once if you need fencing. G. 0. SIMMONS. f t <f ??^=-TRY THE ^ | !new whistle! I Y Y Y Y X T | That| Good Orange Drink | ? I I I BAMBERG BOTTLING CO. f BAMBERG, S. C. X ? T^T ^T Ty T^T ^ ^T f^T T|jTT^T Ty J I DAINTY PICNIC | I Plain Self Rising I We guarantee the above flour. I Try a sack and be one of our I satisfied users. None better made I I QUALITY AND SERVICE I I PHONE 15 I TomDucker I BAMBERG, S. C. I w? i ii n i i ntfhruaaBS?ii i ? ra??ii ' ^ mi mi inr mi nine?iiw i ' A Warm Room To Dress In ?No more cold trips to the casement' ?No more dressing in a cold room. ?No more fires to build. ?No more big fuel bills. _ i pOLE'C I V?>< ORIGINAL W HOT BLAST HEATER Is absolutely air-tight and will stay airtight. That is why it is guaranteed 1 to hold fire for 36 hours Without attention. And remember, every Cole's Hot Blast Heater is guaranteed to consume one-third less fuel than any 'm underdraft stove of the same size. jg|k This means money in your pocket. r WgraP Let us tell you more about this, re- ||d||I| markable heater, iv/i ADTHA 1^* 1V1 iyiwvniv a 1 li ? Denmark, S. C. ! it iX J Tli li Rpvwurri ff 11VT TIU1U | Comf fj Cotton Factors and Co Savanna . II ^ ~ ~~ || Cotton Fertilizers ?*? n* 8 C0T1 if fat yV We solicit your shipments of ' ? ? " years of successful 'handling of col yV customers, and the uniformly satis <, been able to obtain for them. ft i. ^ave ever^ faeiHty a 1 house and are prepared to handle ment, or sell it to arrive, and repres y y ing the necessary financial assistan II t Expert sworn classers and weij |k|> houses and in our sample rooms, t t X tection in the out-tum of your col ft %% t Our unchanging policy is to e |n|* dation to our customers, safeguarc JkX and exerting every effort to secui Y such business as they entrust to us yy yy ft ===== yy ?v ? ?ntiT/i rrvnn K EAIililNI], lltS If V'y We have standard bagging an< ^ sheets always in stock and ready fv prices. Inquiries invited. YY YV r? = YY II FERTIL H YY We are selling agents for OBI V we ask is that a fair test of them be )?X ^or thmselves. Every dollar asked || value in th goods and not allowance It YY Farmers looking for resuli yy GUANO. fx H* YY : n ^ TL Houwurrl. || mv nvjnuiu ft Cotton Factors and Co rt ?y Savannah, ft TT TT ' 8-H it Jk t $ 1 Williams 1. || I mnv if1 pmai t j XX I mmission Merchants || 1 . r TT in, C*a. > j = it Bagging and Ties || = . it ON || Yr cotton on the bisis of our many ;tons of all kinds for our many XX . . sfactory results which we have W I II it i nodern and progressive eotton ! your cotton on open consignsent you in its delivery, furnish- f f ic'e in the transactions. ' YY if jhers are employed at our ware- IT g| hus assuring you absolute pro- M ' :ton. %t 1 ki - : extend all reasonable accommo- 1 .f { Yf ling their interest in every way e for them financial success in 1Xr Y? fx TX * ?? ft 1 AND SHEETS ff 1 It i ties and burlap cotton picking Vy for prompt shipment at close ft i IZERS II ft ' Y Y J 3R'S high grade fertilizers. All VV M ! made and let the results speak 1 for these fertilizers represents VV . M 1 es as agents' commissions. J 1 ts and values use OBER'S H 4 i ? ! ! i Williams Co. ? ' mmission Merchants Georgia || ft XT r t :JS