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■ l - ■ , ■ tv ■ *' "*; ■' - *•- ' ':■* • ' >'- The men who doesn't depotit hb money when he aelU h<« cotton. . may be a.food nu>»> an indoftrious. hard working and deserving man, but he is seldom prosperous. * This is because be is OUT OF TOUCH with the ways and means which iead to prosperity. Handle your cotton crop in a busi- ne*s way—deposit the proceeds with the oniy NATIONAL BANK in the county. FIRST NATIONAL BANK ABSOLUTELY SAFE Walterboro, South Garollna C. G. Padgett , , Cashier. Jas. E. Peurifoy, Presi-ient. E. E. Jcnes Vice-Prest Our Fall Opening Display or Millinery WILL TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 3 AND 4 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY • % You Are Cordially Invited To Attend. ' O PATTERN HATS from Gage, Rhodes, Lazarus and Ach will be shown. Our hats are distinctive and exclusive in style, reasonable in price. Each Purchaser Will Be Given A Souvenir. - Remember the Dates and Come Mrs. W. A. Black The Leading Milliner ....Millinery Opening.... We wish to say to our manv friends and customers that our MJLLINERY ill be on Wednesdi i We have a complete line of ladies, misses and children’s fine trimmed, tailored and ready to wear hats, boys hats and caps. We are sure you will be pleased with our goods and prices. This department is in charge of Miss Brab ham, assisted by Miss Hiers. They will be glad to serve you. SMOAKS MERCANTILE CO. ' Smoaks, South Carolina fishburne’s Specials , Fresh National Biscuit Company’s Crackers FRUITS AND VEGETABLES The latest at the Fountain: Fishbume^s Grape Juice, made of unfermented scuppemong grape juice. TRY A DRINK OF IT. C. L Fishburne. Dm wtly-Hmy lry. Married at Walterborp bjr Capt. H. D. Padgett Saturday afternoon. Min Beatrice Drawdy and John 4hBjrigy. Mite. Smyley it a daughter of Mr. aud Mm J. C. DrawMy of Stokn. Mr. Smyloy la a prosper- *00 yotag farmer of Ruffin. CommlMioMiw of •Election. / Governor Bleeae he* appointed the following commiMloners of elec tion for Colleton county: State— D. B. Peurifoy. H. W Black. Jr.. C. J. done; Federal—J. E. Moore, A- Q Padgett. J. s. Padgett. . , ; ^ ■ V , ^ ' A* •v-lL' AMD •CJtXDtAKD, Wj v f * V 4* 4 f OUR NEW We beg to announce to our friends and the public generally that we are now in our new build ing and are prepared to offer better service and greater facilities to handle their banking business than ever before. We extend a cordial invitation to every one to come in and let us show you the new and nand- some building and fixtures. * - ; Farmers and Merchants Bank, WALTERBORO, SOUTH CAROLINA • R H. WICHMAN. Pres. A. H. WICHMAN. Vice-Pres. I. M. FISHBURNE. Cashier FIRST AID TO SAYERS This is what a savings bank account is. It gives you a feeling of security both as your money now, and as to your comfort in when failing strength and lessening income will saved ahd working for you a great blessing indeed. If you want to live and work now with an easy mind and face the future with confidence, start to the safety of that future time will make money A SAVINGS AeeeUNT de amount. you at once and keep adding to it regularly. Every dollar posit will increase your resources more than an equal because 5 per cent, interest will steadily augment the results of your own efforts. A savings account will makp you save. If you have never started one open it now. v The Bank of Smoaks SMOAKS. S. C. J. S. WILLIAMS, W. H. VARN. W. C. PATRICK, JR., President Vice-Prest. Cashier. C. H. STRICKLAND. Assistant Cashier 'w a* H. N. FOLK. H. M. WOOD, DIRECTORS: M. L. CROSBY, W. H. VARN, A. E. VARN, J. S. WILLIAMS I. J. May. of Smoaks, Sunday In town. Spent B. C. Fraser, of Early Branch. wc*s in town today. • w • Miss Georgie /VokermaD, county rural school supervisor, was in town today. • • • * Mr. and Mm. J. W. Smoak. of Ruffin, wero In town today shop ping. • • • Mm. F. L. Kinsey, of Wr-Sterboro, spent last Sunday with Mrs. A. O. Hiott at Round. • • • John \V. Garris, of Williams, wps it. town Friday on a business trip. 4 Mm. Turner Houser, of Sanford. Fla., is In town visiting Miss Edna Stokes. • • • Mies l>ila du Bois. who has beer, visiting her sister. Mm. H. M. Williams at Hendersonville, return ed Sc-turday. • 4 • Leslie Baylim. bookkeeper for the Hllton-Dodge Lumber Co , wra I In town Friday on business con- . nected with his company. * * v * ' Miss Leonle Padgett, of Walter boro. spent last Saturday and Sun day with Miss Beulah Hiott at Round. • • • Mrs. E P. Knight and dr-ugh*er Hiss Bessie, are spending several days In Atlanta, the guests of Mm. Knight's brother. • • Dr.n and Witsell Anderson, and Chaplin Davis left yesterday for Porter's Military Academy where they will be this term. • • 4 The October meeting of the Wo man's Foreign .Missionary Society will be held In the Methodist church next Tuesday afternoon. Oct. is? , at 5 o'clock. Atbe S. Karesh spent several days in Charleston the latter part of the week He was there FYidau which was Yom Kippur—^the Jewish NeV Year. • • • Miss Ruby Johnyon. Trylom ef ficient saleslddy will resume het position there after her two month's vacation ami reat. .She *111 be pleased to see her meny friends and customera, who will find her ever ready to nerve them at Tay- lot's store. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sauls were In town T1iumdc«r. Mm. Sauls Is one of the hustling contestants in the joint piano contest being 'con ducted by The Press and Standard and Brown Furniture and Hardware Co. The friends of E. R. McTteer will he pleased to know that he is slowly improving from his recent severe attack. His daughter Mm. I. J. May, of Smoaks, is with him. - •V •* -V- ^ » t BEPTtfMBEB II, lilt ■i .ns ■■Ml 1891 1912 The Colleton Banking Company - WALTERBORO; 8. O. **■ • «> John F. Lucas, President R. Ludlow Fraser, Cashier. V # ■ • T jf COLLETON COUNTY'S PIONEER UNKING ENTERPRISE STANDS 2ND (from head) ON ROLL OP HONOR of all STATE and NATIONAL BANKS in South Carolina. - ■ ^ A PLACE ON ROLL OF HONOR is like a man's character—it is something money cannot buy, but is won by merit and worth alone. DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY FOR . UNITED STATES POSTAl DAWK HINDS OVER TWENTY YEARS OF BANKING \A/I«^ 8 * 10W8 *ure, steady, decided and uninterrupted ; " 1I ”* healthy growth covering a period of TWENTY (2ui YEARS, it is a pretty safe place to bank your Savings. OUR Dt- POSIFORS and patrons are ore ar.d all satisfied and pleased. Can’t we cumber you m the list of pleased customers? We pay four per cent interest on time«depc8its and compound interest quarterly. OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT is .»ur SPECIAL and distinctive feature. EXCEPTIONLLY WELL MANAGED and SAFE GUARDED. YOUR MONEY WILL GROW IN OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT When in Town Come in Without Knock ing. Go Out the Same Way DIRECTORSt PAUL SANDERS. HENRY W. BLACK. JR , JOHN F LUCAS - Fall Millinery Opening - , AT Mrs. J. S. Jones 9 WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, OF “■ NEXT WEEK, ; OCTOBER 2nd and 3rd, 1912 Mrs. Jones, as usual, is prepared to show to her friends all of the latest styles and the prettiest of the latest in fine dress hats and ready-to-wear hats. Her pattern hats are from Gage and Phipps of New York, Jas. Lazarus of Cincinnati, and from Dowell Helm Co., of Baltimore—four of the finest and largest Millinery importers and manufacturers in the United States. Miss Morrow, of Baltimore, is with Mrs. Jones this season and a finer trimmer has never been in our town. A look at her work will satisfy as to her being an artist. 4 ^ ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED MRS. J. S. JONES Bon-Ton Millinery. 30 Days FreeTrial Elgin Thirty Days Select any size, ary grade from 7 to 21 Jewel Elgin Watch in our Stock- pay for it—take it out and keep it for 30 days. If you are not entirely satisfied, return it and we will refund the amount that you nave paid. — ■ - —up We make this liberal offer because we sell only good Standard Watches and ha^je perfect confidence in their time-keeping qualities We also carry in stock every make and grade of good watches. You can select the kind of watch you want here at the right price SKs2 i S£«r”"" l " to to .n, I® S. FINN JEWELRY COMPANY, WALTERMRO, SO. tt