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i THB BAKNWBLL J'EOPLB-SKNTTNBL, BARNWBLL, SOUTH CAROLUf A' Ellenton News. Ellenton, July 14.—The July meet ing: of the Ellenton U. D. C., wag held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank D. Bush with. Mrs. Bush, Mrs. H. M. Cfcsiels, Sr:, and* Mra. Wv M. Walton as joint hostesses. Owing: to the rain a small crowd was present. Mrs. E. -it. Buckingham, the "presi dent, presided over the meeting: which wrg«r am interestiiry one. “After -thr The Merchandise Mart of Chicago, Twice the Size of the World's Largest Business Building, to Cost $30,000,000. GIGANTIC MERCHANDISE MART TO BE TWICE SIZE OF WORLD'S LARGEST BUSINESS BUILDING N; ' x < • V . \ New Project for Chicago’s Great Central Market to Cost $30,000,000—Involves the Greatest Single Development of Air Rights in the West. business session at which time a num ber of plans were discussed, two of the essays submitted by the pupils-of th^/seventh grade and high school in j the recent contest conducted by the chapter, were read, Marian Tblar’s essay on “Wade Hampton,” won first prize in its group, was read by Mrs. C. G. Youngblood. It was a splendid paper, which showed a great deal of study and knowledge of history. Tliene Bagnal’s paper on “The Ku Klux Klan’s Part in Reconstruction Period,” was read by Miss Mary Phoe be Bush. This essay received honora ble mention from the judges. The paper which won first prize in this group will be read at a later date. It was written by Miss Virginia Casseis. During the social hour Mrs. W. E. in financial campaign work for Bryan .Memorial university, ia now stationed at Dallas, Texas. Miss Urma Hutto, of Branchville, is visitig Miss Pauline Crosby at Olar. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ray, of Char- Totte, spent gTew dayy this week with* this week. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bay* y Mr. and Mrs. George Edward Cava announce the birth of a son, George Edward Cave, Jr n born July 10th. J. Gordon Brabham attended the postmasters’ convention in Columbia ments of engineering science, includ ing fast elevators,'freight”conveyors of both the gravity and endless chain type upd quick horizontal distribution on every floor. Probably no building In the world will have- such. fftcljltjes for receiving^ Ashley and Mjss. Mary Phoebe Bush Foremost Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Importers Will Be Housed Under One Roof in New Whole- " sale District; Inbound and Outbound Freight Station on Ground Floor of Building; Club in Tower for Nation’s Merchants. .... m Chicago/ (Special).—Chicago is to have a gigantic Merchandise Mart housed 1 In its own handing, which will be twice the size of the lanres.t business building In the world.. Tills mammoth structure^ two city blocks In length, 18 to 23 stories high, is planned for the service and conven ience of merchandise buyers of* the United States and to achieve for Chi cago a * greater prestige as a Great Central Market, it was de clared today. ’It will cost $30,000,000. Construction will begin immediately. The project will be the' largest ■ingle development of air rights. The property of the new building except for caissons begins 23 feet above “datum.” The big business of the country Is now done mflinly In concentrated market places, as evidenced by the Garment Center and Cotton Goods Center in New York City, automobile rows in all leading cities, financial buildings, and the Furniture Mart in Chicago, where more than 700 furni ture manufacturers show-their prod ucts side by side, in the most modern manner and under ideal conditions. Business men have learned that the nearer they are to the centers of these market places, the greater is their opportunity for volume and profit The establishment of the Merchan dise Mart is a dramatic development in the program, to make Chicago the * Great Central Market, a movement which the Chicago Association of Com merce started a number of years ago . and a goal toward which it has been ^voting its energies continuously ever since, under the leadership of its Foreign and Domestic Commerce committee. Located on River Front. Ten Largest Business Buildings in the World Comparison of the cubage of the largest buildings in the world shows the Merchandise Mart, to be erected in Chicago, will be more than twice the size of the largest business build ing -ever constructed. Here art the figures in cubic feet: 1. The Merchandise Mart, 53,000,000. 2. Chicago Furniture Mart, 25,370,- 000. 3. Equitable Building, New York City, 24,000,000. 4. General Motors, Detroit, 20,411,- 000. 5. Union Trust, Cleveland, 20,000,- 000. 6. Railway Exchange, St. Louis, 18,- 898,000. 7. Illinois Merchants’ Bank, Chica go, 17,850,000. 8. Continental & Commercial Bank, Chicago, 13,200,000. 9. Woolworth Building, New York City, 13,200,000. 10. Straus Building, Chicago, 10,- 000,000. and shipping merchandise as the new Merchandise Mart. The entire.ground level below the street floor will be a. modern freight station. Private tracks for incoming carload freight will ex tend under the center of the building. The Chicago and North Western Rail way will operate an inbound freight station fo^ less than carload lots, as well as an outbound station, which will connect with all other roads through Its new Proviso yards. The merchandise as it comes into this big freight station will be loaded into high speed conveyors and transported im mediately to the exact floor and'aisle of tlie merchant for whom it-Is in tended. Connection will be made with the Illinois Tunnel Company’s system of freight transportation, which has more than sixty miles of tracks beneath the streets and buildings of- the city, reaching all other railroad terminals. A river dock £or vessels will connect with the south freight elevators of the building. ~~ * Club Planned for Tower. One of the Interesting features planned for the Mart will be a Mer chants’ Ciub in the tower of the build ing, with lounging rooms, reading and smoking rooms, where the retailer may relax and meet his friends. The Mart: will provide the retailer with everything but a place to sleep. He can go direct from the train to the Mart with his baggage. Here his hotel reservations will be taken care of, his baggage transported to his hotel and placed in his room. Restaurants, lunch rooms and grills in the Mart will further economize his time. He will have the facilities of a barber shop, and a branch postoffice, tele graph office and public stenographers will afford him the opportunity to handle his correspondence without leaving the building. One of the tdg- gest telephone exchanges in the world will be installed in the Mart. Many other unique features are be ing considered for the Mart, Including an Assembly Hall, where trade meet ings. business conferences and fashion sang “Among My Souvenirs.” The hostesses assisted by Miss Louise Casseis, Miss Grace Walton, Miss Lucy Busji and Miss Marian Johnson served delicious ice cream and cake. The W. M. S. of the Baptist church met Tuesday afternoon in the Phila- thea class room. After the opening exercises and business session, over which the president, Mrs. W. H. Jones, presided, the Laura Jones circle, Mrs. W. D. Bush leader, gave an interest ing program on “Japan.” Taking part besides Mrs. Bush Were Mrs. F. M. Youngblood and Mrs. C.’M. Turner. Mrs. John v Hood, Jr., and Mi* Sumpter Casseis left Mondav for a delightful stay at Myrtle Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ashley and children motored to Augusta Thurs day. . Friends of Mrs. W. S. Thames are glad she 1 s tm proving' after be\r re'- cent illness. Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Hammond, of Ellenton, Mrs. Saggus and Miss Chris tine Saggus, of Crawfordsville, Mr. and Mrs. C. WrHinson, of Allendale, left Monday for a two weeks camp at Beaufort. Mr^and Mrs. W. D. Bu^h have re turned home from a visit with the former’s mother and sister, Mrs. Ida Bush and Miss Mamie Bush in Hender sonville. Many of our customers have solved their shaving problems through our Special Trial Offpr of a genuine Durham-Duplex Razor and blade for only a quarter. There are still a few left—get yours today. If you have no Special Offer Card, use the coupon below. r i i ■ i i i i -H i NEW DURHAM- DUPLEX SETS Either Style Razor IncTmfTnffwbSOc K ckexee of 5 rham - Duplex Blades $1.50. Durham • Du pi ax interchangeable Blade* SOc for package aft — BLACKVILLE HARDWARE CO. Blackville, So. Car. This coupon entitles baarer jCG toone Durham-DuplexRaxor (aithar leny handled type or LIMITED safety type' with one detach- SPECIAL able blade for only 25 cent a. TRIAL OFFER N T I I r i i I i 7 ^Address 'jnJ dmaiSmtm Olar News. This great Mart, which will house tales quarters and merchandise dis plays of several hundred of the coun try’s foremost manufacturers, whole salers and importers, will be located In the rapidly developing new T river district, and witr occupy Ti distfncfTy conspicuous position Just across the river from Wacker Drive at Wells street, where the southern facade of the structure wiil be visible foi 1 blocks. The site was formerly that of the Chicago-and North Western Rail way Company's passenger station. The building will extend 724 feet on Kin- zie street, 577 feet on the river front and 324 fset on Wells street, with a diagonal frontage facing Orleans and Frankllri streets.. It will be set back from the river about 80 feCt to ac commodate a broad upper level drive extending from Wells to Franklin. The main entrance of the building will face the river and the drive. ‘ K The Merchandise Mart will have a total floor space of about 4,000,000 square feet as compared with slight ly less than 2,000,000 square feet, which Is the floor area of the Furni ture Mart, the next largest building. Each of the eighteen main floors will have an area of more than 200.000 square ‘feet Within the | walls of this huge edifice the -retail merchants of the United States, Canada and foreign countries will be able tq see, under one roof, hundreds of .lines of the world’s nest merchandise. The manu facturers^ exhibits iWiU include tex tiles, ready-to-weir, toys, laces, gloves, corsets, millinery, silverware, glass, rugs, knit goods, hosiery, shoes, men's wear, fancy goods, sport goods, art and antiques, Jewelrj^trunka, toilet articles, house furnishings,^office equipment and •cores of other merchandise displays. Olar, July 14.—The Rev. and Mrs. Julian A. Cave, of Williamston, are spending this week with the parents of the former, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cave. Mr. and Mrs. Corey Hiers, Wade liers and Miss Edna-Thain, of Pike- ville, Ky., are visiting relatives at Olar. Urban G. Milhous, of Columbia, is •at the home, of his parents, Mr. and Virs. U. G. Milhous, this week. B. Gerard Hartzog, who is engaged Bird’s-eye View of Chicago’s New Business District Carrying Out the City Beautiful Theme in Which the Mercantile Mart Will Be a Dominant Factor Among the largest tehants will be the wholesale and manufacturing sales de partments of Marshall Field & Com ply. Time 8aver for Merchants. Every possible facility will be pro vided for the comfort and convenience of the retail merchant, who under one roof will be able to see hundreds of lines, thus saving time and money by doing in a few hours what ordinarily would take him days to accomplish . On all floors of the Mart will be great corridors, with all the appear ance of boulevards, more than 650 feet in length, on either side of which will be the shops displaying their var ied lines—veritable “business streets.” These great corridors will be Impres sively treated architecturally and with the large space available it wilK be possible to house the selling activi ties and warehousing of many allied concerns on one floor, thus attaining, the advantages of concentrated group ings. The facilities for handling merchan dise within the building will enfbody the best and most modem achieve* shows may be held from time to time. As the plans are worked out, many other features may be decided upon Within recent years Chicago’s cen tral business district has been devel oping northward across the Chicago river. East of State street, along north Michigan avenue, Cass, Rush and other streets, this development has reached impressive proportions evidenced by more than twenty large buildings. To the west of State street, a comparable development is under way. The site of the new Merchan dise Mart is In the direct path of this new northward movement In the new river district where the Merchandise Mart Is to be located, many great buildings have been erect .^1, and others goon will be begun. The Builders’ Building, the Engineers Building, the Chicago Evening Post Building, have been completed opp* site -the new Mart on Wacker Drive The new Chicago Dally News Build Ing and the great new opera honse of the Chicago Civic Opera Company are being constructed on the river three blocks south. J 'iEvery Telephone Worker} Is a Service Salesman, X ERHAPS you have been plan- 1 ning to arrange for telephone service, but have been too busy to visit the office. This is, not necessary. Any telephone worker will quote rates, give yob detailed Information about the service and take v your order. Every telephone employee — operator, lineman or clerk — is a telephone sales- ^man, interested in serving you and in having your telephone installed promptly. Telephone service is now quicker, more dependable, more necessary and more val uable to the user than ever before. The cost is small — only a few cents a day for twenty-four hour service. SOUTHBRH BELtTELERHGNB^ AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY (Incorporated) r * . Metal vs. Metal 4 . > ' •wr, t* T if Proof By special arrangement, a motor car manufacturer made a 2,000 mile test to compare “Standard” with ocher well-known oils. Due to the better oil seal formed by “Standard” Motor Oil, an examination of the crank case drainings showed that only half as much dirt had worked its way past the rings into the oil. This means less wear on cylinders and piston rings, and longer life for the motor. “Sundard” Products Made in the Carolina*. that wears away the s until the , piston seal is lost and gasoline and dirt dilute the oil— but here’s an. oilier oil that clings—stays dean and does its duty i “STANDARD” MOTOR OIL "Standard” Greases, Transmission Oil and Gear Compound are made with the as "Standard” motor fuels and motor oils.