Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"OlIGARCNIST' IN AT CHICK W. W. BALL In The following editorial from The Columbia State concerning the Imeet Ing of the press -association at Chick Springs last week will he of interest: As a friend and protector or sunll dry candidates for governor and other ofilcers it Is our painful task to re port to them and to the people that the conspirators ag-ainst. liberty ap peared to be highly prosperous and untreasonably happy at their last gathering on the "council rock" at Chick Springs. We have known these oligarchists for a long time, laving been it member of anIy spy in their conclaves of diabolism for the last twenty-three years and it is the hard truth that they seem not only in be ter circumstances but more resolute, free, independent aid bold than ever before. Indeed, -among the treason able utterances during the sessions of the associations was one that "The lewspaperl Imna or South Carolina are all right-that there Is nothing the Last Call oi Previous to the arr ments we have and all of our R N< Ho All of our 1.*00 and .1.2; ity I 'ereal and Gingu. 1 1)1 lHrowni biainen ant new'~ styles no0w on salt Wash Goods Calico onily ......... 8 1 -2e Cliaunl1Jray~, lue~ only .... .... ... 27-inch (Cynlt hit Crepe I lot.1 Dress liien, wort andI( Ohee~ks only . 27-inch Trish Dimity, y 36-inch'l extr'a quality vailue only ......... 3I6-inchl Standard Pere SlI'l0CJALj-. lot of I small sizes4, worth .j $300, only SCRET CONCLV[ SPRINGS Columbia State matter with he m"-and when we add that it fell from the lips of a gentle iman who has devoured so much of the substance of the people that he now tips the beam at two hundred and six ty pounds, its menacing character will be evident to the most Incredulous. It was observed by more than one of the older members of the asso clation during the late meeting that the personnel of the body has greatly and rapidly improved. Numbers of vigorous, educated and energetic young men have iII recent years Joined (lhe craft iII South Carolina and there are. numbers of well dressed and clever women taking part in the proceedings. Ten years ago editors anid publishers of newspapers that were printed, for the most part, in Charlotte and Atlanta constituted a large part of fihe muembtership, and for their work the transportation they received from railroads was the prin cipal compensation. Formerly, a soap SWIT. 1 -Ready-to-Wear G; ival of our Fall Stock we found quite a few lots ol our remaining Summer ( eady-to-Wear Garments )W is your opportunity to use Dresses! i 1 otise Dresses mad of541' good tiualt haim nowb~ oni sali ait........ ...... I Blue nnd l'ink tlainene wor'th 2.5(0 at ...... ........... .... .....1. Department H ...... .... .....04. ......... .....05 only - only ,...........08 Wi' fashijoned ht 20c, in str'ipen ........ .... .. .08 Women 's Iih 25c only11 ...11 (Gloves ,'orth 12 1-2e .08' lot 50e Pereale, 12 1-2c I lot Lish ..... ......... .10 slight i ale oinly. .. . ....08 """""' 1 lot 50e iadies' Oxfords 2.00, $2.50 and( . .. .. .. .. .....79 h ot25 VIT2 -agent established a nowspajier at a cross roads and employed a sixteen yearold boy set weekly the three quarters of one column of news type and the advertisements. The newspa per apieared regularly, more or less. every week for six months in a year, during which the soal) seller who call ed himself "editor and publisher" trav eled up -aid down the railroad and sold soup. That element in the mneiber shi) or the association is now almost vanished. A linotype that costs $3,700 is no novelty in a weekly newspaper office in South Carolina and the pa thetic apleals to delinquents to pay their -arrears have ceased to fill the column111s of the newsimpers produced by them. No coitempt was expresscd by thei members of tile assocIation for Ite terri-fled but desperate candidates whc stuand between the people and tht rapacious editors. In fact, they werv scarcely mentioned --which we men tion iII order that tile cadildates may have a true notion of the treimendouF danger inhlerent InI the( sarldonlic and1 sinister1 attititlde o tile press of Sutli Carolina. jilt editors and th e e( di Siresses Seemed sereniely indifferent tc Ohe par-y8smlal pttriotisinl of the newspaper halting a11( lating candi dates, ia condition of Ih Ie 1. v(I ItIoria mlinld It wilovers of freem'(01 mus11 necessarily staid aghast. Anothe' signifIennint. and susl ciou incident of the fortieth annul coni ventioni of the lewsjppe men wa 11ha1. thle principal address to thenl was1, deAlvered by a "corpIorationist,' .lr. Fairfax Harrison, president ol - ANN IS NOW G( ZER trments. must clear our shelves < Goods that have been i oods must go at once. and Millinery. The i purchase High Grade 1N . Extra S : j"' G-in white1 ien. 09 45-inch white Pesin 23 toci-inch whle .\sh-la 5ciuen Ot~ iee 3Ginch hir only ... .... .. $25e Silkoc okings, l ifah 5cSeme, tin on lisle thread~it $.Silk eStokings ~, full( O'l, pur Shem l, ibla ckol s .... ....on .... .........0.1 SPECIAL. Men 's llelts, only .... .... .25 SPECIA L. Ladlies' Collars only.....1 IER the Southern Railway Company. It venience" and appointment and one was hand-in-glove with these oppres sors of the people; indeed, for eight or nine hours he was one of them. If we were a candidate for governor we would not wish a better platform than denunciation of newspapers for that they gave attentive ear to a highly re spectable, attractive and talented gen tiemian of the South who holds in his hands the guiding strings of a railroad coIpaIny that is intelligently utilizing its tremendous resources to develop the land it serves and to make con tententd and prosperous the people who live in it. . Still another outrageous circui t ance: The Press association held its sessions in the ball room of a beau tiful brick aid pebble-dash hotel, sit uated on the brow of a hill In the imildst of more than a hundred acres of forested pleasure grounds-a spot or rarely inviting and picturesque beau ty. The hotel has every "iuodern con v(Pience" an( apopintinent and one that fe!%% similar establisliientH have. That onIe is an automatic spinkler system whereby the danger of fire is practically elimlinated. One may occu py a room in the tol) story and enjoy a feeling or security. The hotel has sonI sixty private baths. which in it self is a tact of (oitemptuous affront to many an ol'cerseeler in South Carolina. Within a few yards of the hotel is I station of the Piedmont and Northern ILines. E'ven an editor m1ay go fron Charleston or Aiken to Spar tanhurg or Greenville and thero take the trolley and travel to the portals [UAL )NG ON A = COM Specil >f all Summer Merchandi educed to the minimum 1 We have sacrificed profit -eduction in these two I lerchandise at Prices ne pecials! . vorthi 12 l-2c only .09 La wn, 20h, only .15 , wiolrth 15 onl . 10 'F . ......... .... .10 oth, onily..... .. .19 rnly.......... ...08 Ladies' Oxfords. Womlen 's . .2.00 Pa tent button.. W\omlenl's $2,00 (Iun Metali, 2 stral Womient's $2.00 Patent, 2 strap. Womlen 's $1 .75 Patent and Viei. W\omlen's $1 .75 Gun Metal ... Wome11 n $1 .50 Gun Metal, 2 stra Women 's $1 .50 Viei Button... WVomnti's $1.50 'Viei Blucher . Misses and Children 's .49, .59, .6 .89, .98, $1.19, $1.29, $1.30 ani SP~ ECIA L,. 1 lot l~emunatsi, 1less half pr'ice. SPECIALj. I lot Tlorehoni Lace I nsertion, onily SPECIAl1. 1 lot 100 Lace Curtains, pair oni COli of the hotel, paying no "hack fare" after he leaves the car. The trolley ride, meanwhile will have refreshed him after his hours on the steam rail road because when one Is riding on the electric line one suffers from neit her heat nor dust. In front of the Chick Springs hotel runs the Nationay highway, the great thoroughfare for motorists, and about a mile distant is Taylor's station on the Southei n Railway. Greenville is eight miles to the west and S'partan burg about twenty-two to the east and Paris Mountain about seven or eight to the northwest. One can motor from Columbia to Chick Springs in seven hours without speeding and one going to the Nordth Carolina moun talns naturally would do so, spending a night or longer at a summeir hotel which ought to be and is sure to be the most popular gathering place in South Carolina for pleasure and health seekers. There should bo in South 'Carolina at least one resort which, in a social way, would be dis tinctive of the state, as the lot Springs and the Greenlbriar "White" are representativ'e of the Virginias. There the peopile of every section of the State would meet and learn to know one another and the character istics of South Carolina l)eopl)e that make them different from those of other States would be emphasized and strengthened. Years ago, before so much of convenience and comfort was demanded of the "watering place," one or two such establishments tlourished within our borders, in fact. Time was when "Chicks" was one of 'them, but PANY il Bargains all Over se and in going through >rice. We have cut deep a and disregarded the co )epartments are most i ver before quoted by Children's Dr< (lilt .50) and .75 (Childeni Dr) e r" nd Pereial e no0w oni SaIe at.. vell iiiale and of e'xc~'elt lni matei r' entiire line of: fine Pan'y and 8ilk n this sale at, 33 1-3 off. Ladies' W) .$1.49 We are going to .$1.49 redued( piue. . $1.49 $1.50 White Canmvas ...$1.35 $1.50 White Canvas .$1.35 $1.50 W hit e Canvas p .$1.19 $.1.25 White Caunvua . .$1.19 $1.25 White Catnval .$1.19 $1.25 White Canvm B, .79, Misses and Childre S. .$1.49 .89 and. . . ..... ---- $1 .0(0 Fer'gtuson & $1.00 soft colla r.. 75e neat str'ijgs . 50e black str'ipes at y......5 50e. soft collarsa [PAr they were allowed to fall into decay. The enlarged and renewed Chick Stprings of today has everything that is required to obtan3 and hold popu larity among the best classes of peo 1)e who patronize summer resorts. Never before has a summer hotel in this State been so easy and pleasant of access. It is on all roads that lead to the mountains. It is twelve hun dred feet, we believe, above the sea level. It is fifteen minntes of a de lightfuil and enterplising city by trol ley, steam or motor ear and in forty five minutes of another. The hotel is well managed, attractive, more, it has and will keel) an atmosphere of respectability and social charm. It is not. and will not be a hotel with a "blind tiger" or gambling room annex and its rates are within easy reach of the thtousaiids of South Carolinians able to enjoy a summer outing with their famillies and unable to make a joiurIey or five hundred or a thouis and milles to a place whrer one is un cemfl'ortabAnl unless one has money nouigi to m:ake a display. Has YourI* hld Worms I Most children do. A coated, furred tongue, strong breath, stomach pains, circles ituder 'eyes. pale, sallow com plexio; neirvous. fretful, grinding of -eeth. tossing in sleep, peculiar dreams any one of these indicate child lias worms. Get at box of Kickapoo Worm Killer at once. It kills the worms the cause of your child's condition. Is laxative and aIds nature to expel the worimls. suippliedI in eanly form. Easy for children to take. 25c, at your drug gist. p the Store. the various Depart > into the price At on all of radical. us. ~sses! :31:(11 41' tili h li mi w . .. . . .79 bite Oxfords. 1 utto:n .. ....$1.19 , 2 sc'trap ....: ..~e$1.19 ,2 str'ap . .. .... ..89 , 2 st3'rn , low lheel .89 ~, r1ubber'3 sole .. .. .89 n's at .49, .69, .79 le'Kinney .... ....79 .. ... ... .. . 49 d( poki dlots .... .3 I color's ....... .39