Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Friday and Saturday, February 23-24 % / We list a few items that may be of interest to you . . . and when you come Friday and Saturday you’ll find MANY MORE! ON SECOND FLOOR 5>3%r FUR COATS ^ * DRESSES Eight black lapin fur coats, finger tip length, assorted sizes, very special— $25.00 - 4 ^ 1 One rack of dresses, in assorted sizes, very desirable types including a few woolens. Special for Dollar Days— $10.95 (These may be altered for $1.00 charge) - * . EVENING DRESSES * \ DRESSES * A few evening dresses. Not every size, nor color, but very good values, during. Dollar Days at 1-2 Regular Price • One rack of dresses, all sizes, some cottons, rayons, and a few woolens. Specially priced for Dollar Days— $6.95 (No alternations on these) ■ , .. y . Children’s Dresses SUITS One rack of children's dresses that can be washed, and that's why we're offer ing Diem so cheaply as they're soiled. They are of good styles and materials, but for Dollar Days we're offering them at 0 One rack of woolen suits, assorted sizes and colors. Ask for them and you'll probably be glad you did. There are different types, and prices but all are for Dollar Days / 1-2 Regular Price Specially Priced ■ ■ - I One table Pajams, Gowns, out- ing* and crepe. Small sizes— Dollar Day Price— $1.00 BIG TABLE OP REMNANTS AT LESS THAN 1-2 PRICE FOR DOLLAR DAYS Seamless Hose. Summer Shades * $1.00 psir One Rummage Table of chil-> dren’s Sox and other items— 10c each One Rummage Table 25c aach One Rummage Table 50c each One table of cloth consisting of solid and printed dress goods and curtain cloth. Dollar Day Sale One Table Printed and solid color Percales and Shirtings, 59a values. Dollar Day Sale price— 1 48c yard 36 in. Drapery materials, fast colors, regular 98c yard. Dol lar Days— 79c yard 36 in. Drapery Materials, 59 to 79c values. Dollar Day Sale 48c yard 5 yds. for $1.00 Printed piques, 86 in., fast color, price 2 yds. for $1.00 One lot women's sweaters, soil ed and mostly small sizes. Dol lar Day Price $1.00 6 Down Comforts. Price 27.50 to 35.00 Will sell for Dollar Days 1-2 Prica i/i'bA % I Newberry — COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS * r ■ dM BY SPECTATOR Big Values One cold morning, during our recent days and nights of shiver ing weather, I misread one head ing in a morning paper and be gan to wonder about my reading when I discovered a wrong head in the same paper that was due to the proof-reader's watery eyes; he and I were both too cold for calm reading. Here is what 1 saw: “Twenty four men ‘induct ed' ’*; I thought, at first glance, it r as “indicted." Small change of “I" for “u,” but what a dif ference! An “indictmen” would suggest that fwenty four young men had violated the law of the land; had, perhaps, infringed on the rights of a fellow citizen, or even a whole community. As you recall, the “indictment" always says that the man' charged with a crime has violated “the Statute in such case made and provided’’ and offended “the peace and dig nity of the State/' How different is the “induc tion!" Now we have young men called from their home and jobs, called from the freedom of the day, in order to serve their coun try; in order to protect their country; in ordpr to .-defend the rights of their fellowmen and to fissure the peaee, and dignity of the State! The mistake of the proof-read er was like this: “Mr. XY" elect ed head of the Bankers’ Associa- tion.” I wondered what the bank ers - were donig in February, though one can never tell. As 1 have two or three friends who are bankers, I. read the news- story to “get a line" on them. But the heading should have been “Bakers' Association," not Bank ers.' However, I can understand at once that if the proof-reader of t&e morning paper had been to the baker’s that day lie was puz zled over the frequent adjust ment of prices and thought the bakery was a bank. It begins, to appear that only bankers may walk into a bakery with confi dence, for bakers^ goods and dis count rates — and all that — are feeling the effect of this emer gency. But it isn’t just bakery products, alone, by any means. Our lumber friends say that they have to pay so much for stand ing trees that even toothpicks may go out qf sight. One lumber friend tqld me that he bought a small tract with timber for $3500, sold it immediately for $5000, and that buyer sold it for $7000. Now, on that scale, we'll'soon frame a small slab and hang it in the parlor! I’m tempted to see if I have a little tree or sapling on my farm;, it may be the foundation of thb family fortune! We Americans of today are maknig a failure of our so-called democracy. Instead of being American citizens, we are mem bers of groups that are striving for advantage, and receiving ad vantages, preferences, over their fellowmen. So far has this gone that the President and everyone else talks of Labor as though La bor were some special group en titled to favors and all manner of partiality. What or who are La bor? Just some of our fellow citizens. Can we divide our coun- rty Ihto Capital, Management and Labor? If so, where do the rest of us fit in? Millions of us are not -Capitalists, not Management and not Labor. Many of us are working men, working as “hard" as anyone known as a “laborer." We do not call our “workingmen” “laborers/’ however. So if the word labor indicates a man who earns his bread and meat by work of any kind then most of us are working men and a part of “La bor." But people mean Union members when they speak of La bor. So the many millions of us bookkeepers and clerks and sales men- and garagemen and plow- boys on the farm—we are not in cluded in the benefits demanded for Labor. Our “labor” is not 'la bor,” so try to figure that out for yourselves. We labor but we don’t work; or we work but we don't labor, eh?? I wonder why our Government must always be a party to every dispute. Instead of this constant clash of interest, and the strikes, walk-puts—and all that "— why shouldn't we try to make of our selves one people, a united peo ple, a people with the same gen eral interest? . Gf all the cam paigns that we need in America this is. the. one that cries aloud, it seems to me. And, as Ten nyson. says, “And with no langu age but'* cfy*M Many of OUT people have pre judices that were bom in Europe, in many of the ; countries over there a man is- ik big man be* "■ i. JV *• : cause his father owned a great estate, though the father may never have done a bit of work in his life, except his effort to spend what his father or grand father or great grandfather ac cumulated;—and his fortune may have had a bad odor. As the land was entailed, it passed from father to son and made a per manent class of idlers who lived on rents from those who struggl ed to dig a livelihood out of the soil, or out of the mines. We have idlers here, too, young fellows whose fathers worked and saved; but we have almost no body idle because his great-grand father owned land or money. In America the wealth of most men becomes so widely distributed in two or three generations that no one can live in idleness on it. Among the richest men of Ameri ca were John D. Rockerfeller and Henry Ford. Each had a son, a worthy citizen; and each son had sons who now work. And their work creates jobs and helps others who want to work. By the way, did John D. Rock efeller the first Inherit his mil lions? Did Henry Ford inherit his millions? Henry Ford, a mechanic, trying and failing, but trying again and again became the American example of what an American could do. And that was all done within fifty years! We have other names, names of men who had fortunes seventy five years ago, but whose grand sons have- to work—fortune all gone. .. How different from the condition of Europe a couple of generations ago. I read this week that a young man of the British aristocracy resented the visit to hW club of a member of the Labor Cabinet which governs Britain. This member of the Cabinet was the guest of a member of the Club. Our high and mighty young aris tocrat followed the Cabinet mem ber out of the Club and kicked him. Could you imagine that in this country? Still, many people here whose < fathers or grand fathers came from Europe have brought with them the same class-hatreds that grew out of in justices and of many centuries. They have lived here; have en joyed the freedom and opportun ity of America but have fastened on us the prejudices of Europe. What are the opportunities in America? Well, look about you. I know the heads of some of our largest corporations in South Carolina. They grew up on the farm and started down the line and worked their way up. One of those men started as a water- boy and used his intelligence with his energy and thrift and la now head of twenty big busi ness enterprises. He is still young and full of pep, and has lots of energy and ideas. Another South Carolina man was reared on the red hills of Fairfield Coun ty. As the years passed he pro gressed, always mixing his brains with his energy. He is the head of a great Corporation, and a young man still, with many years of great service left in him. And there is a son of old dSdgefield. He didn’t wear a uniform with sash and sword and golden epau lets as many Edgefield’s sons wore with gallantry on many battlefields; this son of the sand hills of Edgefield work ed his way up until he reached commanding heights of influence and service and wealth. I did not cite the many poor boys of other States who have risen to distinction from humble beginnings; we. have them, too, I know one from Iowa who is a fine example of achievement and heroic character. There are thousands of men who literally dug a small fortune by “stump ing” their farms. They are suc cess stories, just as surely as those commanding figures who move on a higher plane of world-* ly accomplishment. J need not confine myself to men of power, . influence, posi tion or wealth. We have men and women who come and go at will; who live well; who enjoy the smile of fortune in a small measure, perhaps, but who make up that vast, happy majority who give and vitality to America, the smiling, happy man who leaves a joyous family ^fn the morning and goes back with a song in his heart in the late afternoon, making melody in his spirit. The family that enjoys the movies, the baseball games, football games, that goes out on a little picnic fn the family car; that goes to church and Sunday school that probably- has to count the nlchels and dimes at times, but looks at the world with happy faces. ; r v -.j Friday arid S< 6»c PINT ANTISEPTIC for RUBBER FEMININE SYRINGE $1.49 SET OF 4 MIXING BOWLS BALL POINT REG. 98c FOUNTAIN PEN 2 for $1.00 ELMO ALL WEATHER LOTION Refresher Set 1 24 GLASSES FOREST GREEN 39c PINT r __ - - •:V; *1 100 WALLC^REEN 2 for !L- PLASTIC UT1UTY KITS • CUP ELECTRIC PERCOLATOR SINGLE HOT PLATE $2.98 "-v- QUART BOTTLE * ^ ) me infectant 98c vm, . METAL ' ’ ; r . ? 49c ORLI& Dental Plate Cleaner 3 (or $1.00 PICNIC BASKET DOOR SPRINGS 2 for W0RKGL0VES f'M 60c CAN MAKES 10 GAL. CLEANER ... 99c C-R COUGH SYRUP 2 lor 75c GOODYEAR RUBBER MAT SMITH’ CUT RRTE DRUG STORE- 1212 MAIN ST. PHONE 610