Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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J. N. LEAK The "Land Man" 1 acre of land fronting on North Harper street with five-room dwelling, bounded by Dr. Walker and Lee Sonn. All under wire. This home was built In the month of May, 1910. prices and terms made right. 334 acres of land within three miles of Princeton with dwellings and out buildings for the small sum of $lfi per acre. 234 acres of land, bounded by lands of W. B. Knight, W. H. Hellnms. W. H. Baldwin; seven-room dwelling, live-room cottage, line barn, two tenant houses, four horse farm in cultivation, well supplied with water and timber. Price $22 per acre. 350 acres of land, more or less, bounded on West by lands of 1). A. Davis, Mrs. R. C. Drown, E. J. Davis, and North by Arthur Hudgens and East and South by Burgess place. Said place 3 1-2 miles from city of Laurens, Something like 5,000 cords of wood and timber on land. Price $20 per acre on following terms: one and two and three years. 100 acres of land with six-room dwelling with good tenant houses, up to-date out buildings. This is a very desirable homo and a beautiful farm, situated in three miles of Ware Shoals, on the main thoroughfare lead ing from Laurens to Ware Shoals. Price $4,000.00. Six acres of land, 5-room cottage, good barn and other outbuildings, 2 .acres wired In, four nice building sites, at Watts Mills village, price $2,500. 1111-2 acres of land, half mile from Enoreo, with corn and wheat mills, the latter being in running condition. Price $2,750. 125 acres of land, with seven room dwelling, barn aud outbuildings, bounded by lands of Rebecca Simp son, John Chlldress and others. Price $30 per acre. 211* acres of land with dwelling and outbuildings, bounded by lands of J. M. Phil pot, B. F. Terry aud others. Price $10 per acre. 85 acres of land more or less, eight room dwelling, 3 tenant houses, good barn nnd outbuildings, in the town of .Lanford. Price $G,500. I ?>0 acres of land in Youngs township, known as the Old Smith Place, nice cottage and rood barn and outbuild ings. Price $1,850. 1-3 aero of land with six-room dwell ing In town of Clinton situuted on Adalr Street. Price $2,200. 19G acres of land at Boyds Mill, known as the old I.ark homestead; has beautiful dwelling, nicely situated, with good outbuildings and tenant houses. This property will be .dosed out In the next sixty days. Prices will be made right and terms arranged. 1 acres of land with two dwellings In town of Fountain Inn, nicely lo cated. Price.-/ and terms made right. ?1 acres of land, more or less, and ten-room dwelling, electric lights and water works on West Main street. City of Laurens, 15!) foot front. This Is the finest location in the city of Laurens and the building is up-to date, where you will have the ad vantages o? a country homo and still be on the main street in the city of Laurens. Terms and price made right. lfi7V& acres of land with seven-room cottage, well supplied with tenant houses and out buildings, in three miles of Cray Court, S. C., conven ient to schools and churches. This is a nice location in a thickly settled community, surrounded by the best white people. Price $1175. Terms made easy. SO acres of land in the town of Lan ford, with beautiful cottage nicely lo cated. Price $6,500. 2 beautiful six-room cottages In town of Gr,ay Court, nicely located close to business part of tho town. Prices right nnd terms made cas>. Al so 3 lots suitable for resldenco lots in town of Gray Court. One lot of land 50 ft. fronting on North Harper street, 210 feet deep with store-room 20x50 near the Watts mill. One 1< t floating North Harper St., 1(10x210 feet deep, price $800.00. 3 business lots near the Watts mill fronting North Harper street. 25x150 feet deep. One lot With 5-room cottage front ing Mock street, 110x300 feet deep. 2 acres of land, more or less, and 5-room dwelling, store-house and out building at Owings Station. This prop erty Is well located to establish the trade and is worth mere than tho mon ey we ask, $2,050.00. If you do not find what you want let me know your wants and I will find it for you. J. N. LEAK The Real Estate Man That Divides the liarlh to Suit Your Purse Uncle Sam Says You Should Have A Nail Box to Get Your Mail Delivered by Carriers "THE CITY GEM" The Best Home Mail Box Delivery Starts September 1st. Finish: A rich dark olive green; made of refilled Bessemer JttOOl, all joints riveted, and finished in enamel baked on at 300 Fab. When the door Is opened the mail is brought forward In a conve nient manner for removal. The top letter flap is automatically closed, with a spring. Drop letter has a guard to prevent removal of letters. A large, clip on front door holds papers and packages too largo for the box. Words "Letters' and "U. S. Mall" are raised or embossed In the metal. Tho door has a glass covered "peep-hole." so that own er can tell at a glance if box contains mail. P'ltted with brass-nose lock, and name plate. Palmetto Drug Co. W. H. WASHINGTON, Manager. Laurens, S. C. FARMERS URGED TO HOLD COTTON Address Issued by Organization of Sumtcr Count)?Higher Price Is Wanted. In an address issued to the farm ers of South Carolina a committee of the Sumter County Farmers' union urges the holding of cotton until a higher price is obtained. The address is prepared by a committee consisting of E. W. Dabbs, president of the State Farmers' union, and .1. M. Brogdon nnd S. N. Welch. It is as follows: "To the farmers and all the busi ness interests that are affected by the price of cotton: "The Sumter County Farmers' un ion at its last meeting unanimously directed us as a committee to call your attention to the serious condi tion that confronts us in the outlook for low prices for this crop of cotton. Thirty or forty days ago cotton sold In Sumter for 15 1-2 cents (spot). Today a holder who would not then sell was glad to get 12 1-2 cents. These are actual sales. What has brought about such a slump in this short time after cotton had held steady for nine or ten months at 14 to 15 cents? They say because there is a prospect of over 14,000,000 bales. Is It not more because the world, judging by the past, thinks it can stampede the farmers and the mer chants, and buy below 10 cents be fore Christinas. The men who are predicting such prices are working with might and main to bring about 10-ccnts cotton by telling their farm er friends that the crop is the larg est on record. 'You ought to sell as fast as you can, for cotton Is bound to go lower' Apparently not knowing that this Is the very way to bring about a lower level of prices. "Now we have no quarrel with tha Northern and foreign spinner who wants low-priced cotton. It is only a part of his business to get the raw material at the lowest possible price, and it is also part of his business to sell bis finished product at the high est possible price. Hut how any Southern men. even owners of mill stock, can wish to see low pr'ecs for cotton, or can in any way give aid and encouragement to the enemy by joining in the hue and cry that 'prices arc bound to go lower,' Is past our comprehension. Every busiuess man and every cotton mill In the South Is Inevitably bound up In the general prosperity of this section. The Southern Mills. If Southern mills would seek out new markets for the manufactured goods, and learn from the successes of foreign mills to cater to the de mands of the world's trade In the fa brics the world wants, put up In the kind of packages the world wants, they could join bands with all the business Interests of the South and fix and maintain the highest possible price for cotton and cotton goods. "That the mills will not do this Is abundantly proven by the history of recent years wjien our own mills kept out of the market while the farmer was falling over himself to sell bis cotton, and later paid more for their stocks than the foreigners, with freight and other charges added We may expect the same thing to hap pen this fall. Hence wo leave tin? Southern spinners out. of the count. "Hut we do call on ?very merchant and every fertilizer manufacturer and every banker and every railroad man to Join with the Farmers' union in urging every farmer to hold back his cotton until (!:<? world is willing to pay a living price for it. Such a cours< can hurt no one, and it will help ev eryone; the merchant by giving him cash customers for his goods, (ho for llll/.er plants by Increased use of tholr goods, the bank;; by larger deposit the railroads by larger fr< Ighls on i more Imported goods than our people will have the money t'i buy, and ovory profession and calling by the Increaso in the circulating medium brought about by the larger flow of foreign gold in all tii<' urt< rles of commerce, j What It Means to r'arillOI'S. "There can be no quMtlotl that this will be the result of higher prices for cotton. It it wero not true, from whence comes tin- present prosperity of the South? It is 15 cents cotton that has done it. As surely as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, just so surely will there be stagnation and want, distress and bit terness. ;n thousands of homes in the South, and they will not all be farm ers' homes. If we let this crop of cot ton sell for 10 cents or lens. "With the world's stocks of COltOTI almost depleted, with the automobile tire Industry alone taking hundreds of thousands of bales of cotton an nually. Increased consumption on every ?ldo, this crop CM) bo marketed at 14 and 15 cents per pound just as easily as last year's crop was. if we but bold out for it. This is not mere ly our opinion, fellow farmers, but it Is the opinion of as shrewd business men as the ones who tell you that cotton will go lower. Besides there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip,' .and the drought W not yet hrok? en up; in other sections the young crop can not make a half yield un der most favorable conditions. And all of it has to run the gauntlet of excessive rains, if they ever start, and of the many insee* pests, and cli matic changes that make a late crop so uncertain. "In conclusion your committee would urge, with all the insistence of calm and deliberate Judgment, that every one who can do so hold his cotton off the market either In his own strength, or with the assistance of his creditors and tho banks. Pick it dry. gin It dry, put the bales away under shelter dry. And if you must borrow money on it, do not borrow more than 25 or 30 dollars a bale and for not less than six months. Thirty- 1 day cotton loans and loans close up to the market value are worse than sell ing outright. We call on all the unions in the cotton belt to join us In this light. Shut down on cotton i now and for the next HO days and the fight Is won. Paper contracts do not run mills. "Yours for Southern prosperity? "B. W. Dabbs, "J. M. Brogdon, "S. N. Welch. Committee." The Sumter County Farmers' Union. A well known Des Moines woman after suffering miserably for two days from bowel complaint, was cured by one dose of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by all dealers. i MOUNTVILLE NEWS | Mountville, Aug. 21.?Mr. .lohn C. Cluck, our veteran Confederate sol dier, returned last week from an ex tended vi-.ii to relatives at Urewerton, Ware Shoals, and other places. He leaves again today to attend the State reunion at Columbia. He will be ac companied by Messrs. W. P. Fuller and Dock Hill. A conv mtfon of the Cniversnllsts of this State was in session here last week. A number of delegates wert; here from the other organizations of the State. We were glad to see. on our streets one morning last week Dr. W. ('. lrby. He is still full of life and always has a pleasant word for his friends. Miss Grace Cook entertained a num ber of visitors at a house party last week. Messrs. Claud Boyd of I.aureus and O. P. (liven of Fountain Inn were here Wednesday and Thursday with Mr. Grady Culbertson. These three young men are members of the Se nior class at Fur mas next session. j Sev< rnl of our farmers have thresh ed oats during this month. While the crop is a little light on account of the \ drougth, some good yields have been ; realized, ranging from 300 to Too bushels to the farm. Miss Nnnclu Wniilck is spending a while with friends at Clinton. A good barbecue was given here Friday by Mr. Fred A. Fuller, pre pared by our veteran cook, Mr. M. B. Crisp. A game of ball was played in the afternoon between Mountville and Cross Hill teams which resulted to the credit of the latter by a score of .". to 4. Miss Snyder of Georgia and Miss An nett Wharton of Cross Hill are visit ing Miss Jaync Boyd lludgens, Miss llcssle Malhows of Prosperity spent several weeks this summer with her grandmother, Mrs. Werts, and oth er relatives here. Miss Harrison of Anderson i ; \isii Ing It'M' coil-in, Mrs M. !:. CJl'isp. Mr. Willie Marshall and si; or, Car ry. of Sumter, arc enjoying a pleasant stay with relatives and friends herb. Willie did .-one- good work behind the bat in tin- 1?; >: game Ft Id'i; . M:-. I'u ria !Y; : i: ? who has been spending the summer with I.er daught er, Mrs. Irene l.angley of Camp Hill, The Van 1'roin (he I'aclorj. Strauss llros.' tailor will 1.."- ! ? Friday an 1 Saturday, August isth r.inl lOth. t<i ntako your suit. Coin.' and solccl the cloth and give yphr order. We will save yotl money. Place your order now for the future, Makes no difference if you are COUrlillg or en gaged you can lind the goods here. Sltltrble lor the occasion. .Mi" sam ples. Rod Iron Hacket. .1. C. Hums & Co.. Lauronh s. ('. See the clothing man from Chicago this week at .1. ('. Burns & Co., Fri day and Saturday, August ISth and 19th, Have your future suit made to lit you. Red Iron Kacket. .1. C. Mums & Co. OVER 05 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Patents I HABE IV1AKH8 Designs CopvniGHTS Ac. Anjnnn dpndliiff n pkr-tr-h rind riMCriptlon mn? quickly nsoirliilu our (>|ilnU>il freo ?lu-tlirr nn In rennen Ii probably pnionjnMo, < "tniiumirii. Ilium Btclcllyr.inllil.-iillal. IIAHD?nOK "? 1'itKuts ?out fron. Oldnitt HgtihCf tor pi-rurinir putPHt*. I'nionm tnki-ii (nroilull Miimi ,1t tu. receive t\'i? not?t, witboutohwfgo, iiitho Scientific jfmerican. A hunrtunmolf llliul ml o I wnoklr. I.nrr'f^t. f\r on I nt loii of nny lolontlflo loiirnnl. Tor inn, f:i n ycur: four montbi, t>. Bold bf all p*WBdonlor?, MUNN&Co.36,n'oadwa?'New York Branon OMco, c36 Y ct., Watblogtoo, v. c. I Embroidery Flouncings This week we will throw on the counter two lots of the above. These we bought at a bargain and offered at almost half their real value. They come in 5 yard lengths and will not be cut under any consideration. The price is 50 cents and 75 cents. Only a limited quality offered. Act promptly before they are sold. Can't be dupli cated this season at these prices. LACE CURTAINS This week we open direct from the manufacturers a line of LaceC ur tains running from 50 cents to $1.50 a pair. Inspection will prove these to be good value for the money. W. Q. Wilson & Co. o Orangeburg College Orangeburg, S. C. This school with a great faculty of Sixteen College and University trained teachers, will begin its Eighteenth ses sion September 20th. Expenses have been placed wjthin reach of everybody. Board, the best in the State, at actual cost. Fine healthful location. Electric lights. Artesian water. Broad open fireplaces. Thorough courses in Short hand and Bookkeeping. Fine Conserva tory of Music. Rooms for a number of new students. We absolutely guar antee satisfaction. Large patronage from Laurens county. No safer school for your child in all the land. Write to day for our beautiful new catalogue. Address PRESIDENT W. S. PETERSON, 147 Broughton St. . Orangeburg, S. C. Your Best Chance I TO GET COAL Summer Prices After September 1st Coal goes up. Why not buy now and save the difference? The best Coal is f ? always the cheapest. >. ? %m* ?1.1 WJ~1 ' REMEMBER | We have on hand at all times a full stock of t Brick, Lime, Cement and Crushed Stone. f J.W.&R.M.Eichelberger | < > The Coal Men of Experience Office Phone 33 Night Phone 276 SCH9HELD ENGINES m BOILER: "Have Stood the Test of Time" They have no superior in point of DUItAluUTY and arc- Best Adapted f. . Saw Mills, OH Mills, Cotton Gins; in I wl ro lit toy />?', is required. Write for prices on Saw Mills, Shinglo Nfills.otc^ BOILERS. We carry for immediate i hipmcnl the !?:/ Constructed Boilers, ranging from 12 ii. to 150 1' Write today for our illustrated catalog. i. S. SCHOFILHD'S SONS CO., Woiks and Head Office. Mr Branch Ollice. 307 West Trade Street, Chariot!' We Alto Manufacture Tower?, Tank?, SUndpiprs, Self Supporting Sird Slacks, Plato and Shrrl Iron Work. 1