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- $212,000.00
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We Call Your Special Attention to Our
nntn bkahox
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^iml^ds vent to the fields last
Moadajr for the last time this sea
son la quest of partridges for at
■Mntgkt Monday night- the open
for hentiag quail came to a
dose. Many took advantage of the
|a«t opportunity and as a result mnch
was Vkgged ore the setting of
the sun. Birds ursre v plentlful In
this sect ion thin year and the hnnts-
jbsp have awaited the fall of the
certain with a sigh.,
WHAT KWH OP
WKATHKR WAR IT?
Psople of Waltorboro-wer# awak-
oaod early Tuesday morning by thun
der and raia. Some of the vlaltors
to the city Taooday stated that hall
foil la some sections nad others vow
that they aaw snow. As to the snow
ptrt of It we cannot nay, hut we
know that the suppoeed rain made
a good deal of noise as It hit the
liongf tops and was followed by n
cold wind. At any rate the weather
has been somewhat colder durtiig
the last few days of the week.
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liOT PntCHAHRD KOR
NKW WATF.R PI.ANT.
The board of commissioners handl
ing new water and lifcht system of
the town of Walterboro have pur
chased a lot from J E. Moor-, just
opposite the oil mill for the new
water works plant, ust when work
will be commenced on the new plai t
is not known as the commissioner*
have be-n unable, to place blil* f or
work because the hank IotvI nc
the money on the bondr. has so far
failed to Fend the cash yet. It • s
hoped tint thfs ' ill soon l»e ferf.-
comirr end work wiH roBMtienc
in Hi; in 'I ■Xort tth’e.
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KClT tlEl.lA KR OVER OAL1XW5.
Mr. W, E. Jones, local «pi
agent at Walterboro,,recelv-d to-!
structioas from his company last |
week Regarding the “Gallon-n- \
Month Shipment.’* The instruct-1
leas state that only sue gallon a I
month can bo delivered to any one
peteoa daring any calendar month
sad a record of all shipments
whiskey aad beers i» kept to keep up ]
with this. Shipments of over
gallon will go' returned to the skip-1
per and any person having a second |
shipment exceeding one gallon dar
ing the month will have their “tea"!
returned to the shipper. Under no j
circumstances can the company
liver nay shipment containing ovarj
the amonat allowed by law.
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XACHIXRRY FOR JVKW
MCTlTtK SHOW ARRIVES.
Machinery for the new picture
show arrived hero this week aad will
soon be Installed la the store room |
near Brown Furniture company,
now occupied by H. W. Coens sad
Bro.' It was stat-d to The Press ft
Standard that It would be sometime
in the rst week In April before |
the show Would start. Mr. Jno. D.
Clover, proprietor of the new place,
stated that he would run only th«
latest pictures and would have three
reels eyery day. • changing - daily.
Walterboro needs some place of
amusement and It Is hoped that the
patronage will be sufficient to war
rant continuing the show here, all
the time.
Is now going on
Wo are ready to give you BAR
GAINS in die following:
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Dry Goods,
Clothing,
Shoes,
Millinery,
If ourfor bargains, you certainly eaa got them at thla sals.
You can imagine that wo are selling 1» yds. chocked homespun.
good, heavy quality. for .» •• •• •• .ftl.oo
Suitable for Men’s Shirts. Children's and Ladies’ Dresses, all
checks and a variety of colors.
.-A* In. wide White Bleach at .. .. per yd.
Men’s 50c Blue Work Shirts at .SOr
30 la. wide Wool Serge St • • a * v
Fast Color Apron Gingham at .. ,v
'•Please notp our low prices in Surnme’- Dress Goods, such as-Silks.
Lawns. Crepes and Ginghams. Our high-gra’de clothing will b
actually given away for a Httle money.
The price of our shoes % is lower than the lowest, - •
Please note that we handl- the Crown Special. Union Made
Overalls, thg best and strongest in market. >
For fj»w Enforcement.
Editor of Mhv Press £ Standard:
!i is* commonly r^rorted tha* tbr
Inws'of our county X violated open
1v. especially the selHre of wM ’:e;
Please rememb-r. whatever we advertise is true and w.
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can prove it.x ••
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-,vo them hi
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of whiskey of not mo*-- *<>> j,*lorg.bcfor wc wnr s.* law en-
gallbn. Wright took a .trip. for^otent. - but how many of o-r
Magistrates ar".doing this? Onl'
It looks like we nave blind
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J. FRANK, Manager.
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r.v t- ik c (Thicken. : nd eg-ra In trade. Pin’.so
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up the iXast, Line road to <jMr sister
r>t>. and purchased too much ef th^
.average. He came hick to, Walter
boro op the afternoon train and was
'promptly taken in charge. He is
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Statement of Condition of
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».'AKMKMH MERCH V>'l’»nA.NK
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’ At thw Close of Business March 4th. 1015
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Kmans and Discounts. |174.«*« 0S
Ovwrdrafu, 0 00
Bawds and Blocks owned by
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the Bank.
Furniture and Fixtures,
■unking House.
OUier Heal K*tat« owned.
Hue from Hanks end
Hankers.
Ourrency. »
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Rilwt and Other Minor
Coin.
S'berks and Casli Items.
20.do
2.340.35
S.480^00
1.35fi.«0
30.219.39
3.525.00
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Capital Block Paid In. 150,000.00
Surplus Fund, |,JQ0;0o
Undivided ProflU. less Cur-
/, rent Expenses and
Taxes Paid. ^4,738
Due to Hanks and' Hank
ers. 1,816.58
Individual Deposits Subject
to Check, 43.715.59
Savings Deposits. 78.923.18
821 «>0 Cashier’s Checks. 1U2.33
Hills Payable, including Cer-
1.448.86 tlfiestoa for Money
1,465.78 . Hdrrowed, 25.004
held on $300 bail.
NKW DEMONSTRATION
FOR COUNTY NOW HERE.
r Mr 3. 3 Heard, new demonstrat
ion agent for Colleton county, arriv
ed In town Ust peek an<J started on
his rounds of the county Monday
morning. Mr. Heard .came here
from Orangeburg county, but -Is a
resident of Florida and a graduate
of Auburn University of Alabama.
Mr. Heard succeeds Mr. B. G. Price,
who was demonstration agent for
this county Ust yey and who re
signed because of business reasons.
Mr Heard stated that he would like
a few
officers as well as Mind tigers, who
are Overlooking their duty If they
know that the law is violated and
making no effort to enforc" they bet
ter giVe up the job, -so as to give
the chance of getting some who will
do it. Gov. Manning ?s getting be
hind us and I am glad of it. x us
get busy. \ .
J. D. Acksrman.
Sh-riff.
Walterboro. 8. C„
March 10. 1915.
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$212,496 33
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■rforr me came 1. M. Flshburne. Cash.'-r of the above mimed bank,
who. being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a
condition of said bank, as shown by the bookft.of said bank.
to and subscribed before ^
for all th" farmer? to
co-operate
with him and help him that he
might make his work in this county
d success.
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STOKES MERCANTILE CO;.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE EAST
ERN DISTRICT OF SOUTH CARO
LINA.
—IN BANKRUPTCY—
In the Matter of !’ • ?
W. H GUESS ft BROTHERS.
Bankrupt.
NOTICE
Pursuant to an order of Edward
W Hughes. Esq., referee in bank
ruptcy, I will offer for sale at public
.auction at Walt-rbofo. S. C.. at the
store house lately occupied by th*'
above named bankrupt, at 12 o’clock
DESTROYED HY FIRE. V M • on Friday April 2. T915. all of
. . * i■’ *Y\f> fttock of Roods, merrhandlse,
Mr. T H. SlrlrHar.l »as in Wri- „ th „ ,f id,-
terboro last Tuesday and told us 01 j s _ hovP named bankrupt. •_ /
the burning of his store last week xSaid stock of goods having b-en
known as invited at Nineteen Hundred Dol
lars t$190k.00{ and account at. . . .
, X Dollar#, and fixtures
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The news in and around P n niel
briefly given.
Both churches. Great Swamp and
P«nlel held services recently. Rev.
Mr. Cartis filling the pulpit Sunday
and Rev. Mr. Pa’en Sunday last.
We regret indeed to report the
death of the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. O’Quinn. The little one
was only about two weeks old. It
departed this life on the morning Of
Thursday. March 11.
Sp r igh!s-. of Hendersonville, vyem
the guests of Mr. an«7 Mrs J. T.
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O’Quinn last week.
rJhjs 13th day of March. 1915
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Notary,Public, 8. C
CORRECT ATTEST: X ^
M. »i ’Wiehmaq. . ^ ; .» ,J ^
M. Xl qilott, ' Direetora.
C. C Urown.
1. M. FIHHRURNB,
Cashier.
at Stokes. - The store was k
the Sto'kes • Mercantile Co . and cat/-
ried mostly furniture. The building
was owned by the Woodmen and-
was not Insured. The stock of goods
in the'gtore was owned by the-com-
paay and partially insured Bond
ing and stock w-re a complete doss.
Mr. Strkckland stated that he was
away from home whea thg firs oc-
cXiVred and eottld itat state the cause
in th*
W'e ajk glad to report that
near future, W" will have aervtces at
Great Swamp twice a month, the
additional Sunday is not yet deter,
mined. It largely depends on tlx
time Mr. Curtla can appear.
The farmera are very busy now
endeavoring to plant corn Tt is
very evident that the farmers bars
resolved to make yihore grain r.nd
less fiber for the^ldin. harvest. .
Mr. Charlie Brown and son Her
bert. were on a fishing expedition
this week.-
Mr. and Mrs. Callie Sanders of
Stokes wer* the guest of the latter’*
Sun-
lacs. '
Terms of sale cash
H K SANDERS.
r . . v. Trustee,
The fact that the infant-son of Mr. [ athpr - Mr J - Trowel!
and Mrs. Willie Blocker, is very
ill. as to the recovery of .thb hoby.
By way of information T fa
means to inform the public that
“play” of which we wrote some
ago has been dropped, on account o'
'the children dropping out of"school
Miss Watew. thw principal, and
Miss Meta* expressed a deep regret
having to give up this vyonderful ro-
tiipnce after have made so much
preparation.
. y. J. O’Bryan and WHUe P.aggot
of Headersonvlll 1 * were In tow'n Suh-
Jkty afterpoon
•Misses Loin Booth and Atmn Lane
a^esm panted by
^Th^rr^iali. • X. 3-17-:r. accompanied by Chirtte Mlxspq
-'-XJ——-—*—' »■-* • X spent Saturday afternoon in Wa.lter-
Eor Ford Automobites and ford boro
repair*. 9e* Rlter ft ‘Ayer. Walter-j We have been plearantty Inform-
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day.
Desmon Marvin of Henderson i!!*
.was in town Sunday morning.
Mrs-. If. T. Herndon and daughter.
Olar. of HendersonviUe attended Xr-
m-s at Greet Swamp Sunday ..•t.
Best-wishes. s
• , ... "Amicus ”
ESt.sTL OF CIIVHLKS H. H \<-
\ KELL: '
All persons having claims ncairst
the shove estate will present th*
same duly attested and all perviRs
indebted thereto will make payment
to the undersigned: XXv' •
FlAMKS H. HASKELL. Admr.
42 Rutledge Avenue.X.
Charleston. S C -
Mar 17-31.
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