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me VICTORY OF LOCAL DEALERS flow On? Iowa Town Checked Catalogue Houses. 6E6AN BY REFUSING CREDIT Old Lady, Daughter About to Be Married, Couldn't Buy Wedding Present Others Who Patronized Mail Order Business Unable to Find Market For Wares. ICopyrighted. 1914. by Thomas J Sullivan. J It Is nut victory that makes the Joy of noble hearts, but the combat. The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it and difficulties are but the maids of honor to set off the virtue. The effects of competition are wonderful. There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat?men to whom a crisis which intimidates and paralyzes the majority comes graceful and beloved as a bride. Competition inflames the enthusiast and drives him on to action. The Making of Men. It Is not ease, but effort; not facility, but difficulty, that makes men. There Is perhaps no station In life in which difficulties have not been encountered and overcome before any decided measure of success w .s achieved Recognising the retail catalogue bouse ac a worthy foe. a competitor, the local retail merchant in preparing for battle must take an inventory of his many advantages over tbe mall order bouse. First and foremost, be is always wvr&iug iimuug incuug ouu aiijuaiuiances. The mall order boose must always work as a stranger. Did any one ever suggest to him be fore that*ir?erhap8 he neglected or overlooked many things Important to business success? An Iowa Cure For Bad Habit. I am not an adept at suggestions, so will refrain from making any, but will tell of a plan that worked out successfully In an Iowa town. The merchants of that town were being imposed upon by mall order buyers and orgar Lzed for their own protection and determined to cancel all favors and credit heretofore extended to those offending citizens. It developed that the first applicant was a lady who had recently purchased a sewing machine from a catalogue Bouse Her daughter was about to be auaiTied, end she wished to present her with a parlor set as a present ard, find tug ner nrsDana snore 01 reaay money, asked cre<iit from tbe local dealer. The Scaler Politely Declined. Tbe dealer politely declined, advising that no doubt tbe mall order boose of Chicago from which she purchased her sewing machine would be most happy to extend to her the desired credit Tbe good lady, somewhat perturbed, hurried ever to the other furniture dealer. Mere she met with the same suggestion. *T am sure the mall order house will! grant you all the time you ask," said the merchant The lady knew dLTerent though, for she had read the catalogue and remembered It said "Cash In advance." Mail Ordir House Doesnt Buy Eggs. When Mrs Farmer, who had offend ed, came to town with butter and eggs the grocer said: "Really, Mrs. Farmer, the butter Is fine, and the eggs are freeh, but I am oot needing any today. I would suggest though, that you send them to a Chicago mall order house. It will doubtless be delighted to receive them In exchange lor another box ol groceries such as you purchased from It last week." Mrs. Farmer straightened herself up, gave the merchant a look which meant that then were more groceries in town and started out to find them. She did. and they gave her the same advice she received at the first place. Ths Turn About Game. Farmer Independent drove a load of corn to town and was offered about 5 cents le ? than the market price. He protested The grain man suggested that maybe the mall order house of Chicago would be glad to bave the corn at the market price The Implement man referred the man with tbe secondhand machine to a Chicago catalogue house remarking sarcastlcr lly that It made a specialty of taking old goods In trade The dry goods and clothing meD 1 quoted ttelr stiffest prices and refused credit, and the hardware man sent home empty handed tbe small son of a catalogue bouse patron who had asked ror some loo is mm uans. An Outcome Pleasing to All. The merchants all stood firm. Credit and favors were withheld from all mail order house patrons. The victims first became Indignant, but in the course of time came to see the Injustice they were doing their borne merchants and home town, and aoon they began to apologize and acknowledge their error and promised In the future to confine their purchases to their home institutions. "Competition Was Helpful." Today the catalogue houses have no following in that community. That is a modern example where competition was belpfuL" * Snttons Sittings. (Received too late for last week's issue). Suttons, March 31:?The good | i weather for the past week has made ; ! the farmers busy. Most of them j ; have finished planting corn and are now wearing a better looking face, j The new school building here will 'soon be completed. Also several dwellings are going up which will add much to our comI munity. Mr J Altman is remodeling his residence, adding several rooms. The roads in this section are in a j Lad condition. Would send our j j Engineer (Mr Eaddy) a special in- i i f/N AAma rJrvtxrn fn qpp tVlPIYl I VliailUil lu V U11JV uvnii wv ovv v..v 1 but fear it would be in vain. Howi ever, it won't be long now before | we will have the pleasure of "casf- j ing a wishful vote." Mr John Rowell had a right bad "stick up" Sunday afternoon while out for a short ride in his car. With 1 some assistance and much hard ! work he got out again, but not 1 feeling like venturing farther he was soon back a^ain from whence i he came. Miss Essie Jones, who is teaching | at Trio, spent the week-end with j her parents, Mr and Mrs Car ter, of this! place. Mr and Mrs M C Wilson and children from Cedar Creek visited the latter's parents here last week. Miss Mayme Blakely, who is going to school in Georgetown county, was at home Saturday and Sunday. She was accompanied by her teacher, Miss Blanche Ackerman. Mr Manning Harrelson, from near Andrews, was up this way last Sunday ^afternoon. Come again, Manning, when you will have longer to ! stay. Messrs Marion Wilson and Willie Blakeley took a flying trip to Andrews^ Saturday. Mr and Mrs R E Blakeley and father, R D, went to Kingstree Monday A party given in honor of Miss ~ ' ? I I L ].? JBiancne ACKerman last ouiuruay night was very much enjoyed. After refreshments were served, and various kinds of amusements, the music, rendered by Miss Ackerman, was charming and will long be re- , membered by all. Last but not least, came the sweet strains of "Home, Sweet Home," which told us that the time had come to say good bye, although the hour came j too soon. We shall just hope to have in our midst again soon the attractive young school-marm. At 12 o'clock everything was once < more quiet and each left to wonder if she or he could have spent a more pleasant evening. "Poor Boy." Strengthens Weak and Tired Women. "I was under a great strain nursing a relative through three months' sickness," writes Mrs J C Van De Sande, of Kirkland, 111, and "ElecDUtawi lror>f mo frnm hrpaliintr I U1W Ultvuio av pv (A4W ?n down. I will never be without it." Do you feel tired and worn out? No appetite and food won't digest? It isn't the spring weather. You need Electric Bitters. Start a month's treatment today; nothing better for stomach, liver and kidneys. The great spring tonic. Relief or money back. 50c and $1.00, at your druggist. Fanners' Union MeetingThe Williamsburg County Farmers' union is called to meet at the court house in Kingstree Friday, April 17, at 12 o'clock, m. All union men are urged to be present, as some very important business will be discussed at that time. Come one, come all. g&t Respectfully, W Dodd Daniel, J T Frierson, . President. Secretary. 4 -9- 2t A wise man adds a little praise to ? nr* TiT/ill r\QT-fr?rmprI pay iui sci vitc ncii p\.iAv. ...v... Check Your April lough. ! Thawing frost and April rains J chill you to the very marrow, you catch cold?head and lungs stuffed?you are feverish?cough continually and feel miserable?you need Dr King's New Discovery. It soothes inflamed and irritated throat and lungs, stops cough, your head clears up, fever leaves, and you feel fine. Mr J T Davis, of Stiekney; Corner, Me, "was cured of a dreadful cough after doctor's treatment and all other remedies failed. Relief or money back. Pleasant?children like it. Get a bottle today. 50c and 1 $1.00, at your druggist. Bucklen's Arnica Salve for all i sores. i I During sands of for any to! I A sianifit i etant appea ! who had I something t These wi haps the m Convenien Size 5-Cent Tin, th and Half-Pound Ti Humidor I JGHMVILIE HIOH SCHOOL. ; j HONOR ROLL. Grade X. Cornelia Cockfield ~ Geometry, history, English and Latin. Vaughn Cox?Geometry, history. Thora Davis?Geometry, history, English and Latin. Grade IX. Olene Venters?Algebra. Latin. Rowena Eaddy?History, Latin and English. Grade VHI. Averette Rollins?English,history, J arithmetic, algebra and Latin. Blondelle Cockfield?History, algebra, Latin, arithemetic, spelling. TT7;- A l/rohrn hiafnrv TY 1U1IIC UQUUJ 'U^vvtu, ... J , Latin, spelling:, arithmetic. Clancy Perry ? Algebra, Latin, spelling, history, arithmetic. Miller Hughes?Arithmetic, spelling. Grade VII. Edith Perry, Clarice Huggins, Liston Huggins. Grade VI. Rena Cox, Ella Russell Poston, Douglas Ingraham. Grade V. Sadie Spring, Evelyn Johnson, Albert Eaddy, Louise Eaddy. Grade IV. Hallie Venters, Lucy Ingraham. Grade III. Percy Lewis, Lucia Poston, Ima Venters. Grade II. Wista Haselden, Shirley Spring, Sparkman DuRant, Lottie Cox. Belser School Notes. A nnrvilo tjjKa of. Average repvn, ui nuv.^ tended regularly during the month beginning March 9 and ending April 3, 1914: Ethel Hodge 91 Mabel Hodge 90 Mae Baker 89 Louise Baker._ 91 Morning and evening services were held at this school house Sunday, March 29, by Rev W T Bedenbaugh of Salters. In the afternoon there were a few Children's Day exercises. The programme was as follows: Hymn "I Love to Tell the Story" Recitations "Children's Day" Hymn, "Let .Usus Come into Your Heart" "America" By School Found a Cure for Rheumatism. "I suffered with rheumatism for two years and could not get my right hand to my mouth for that length of time." writes Lee L Chapman, Mapleton, Iowa. "I suffered terrible pain so I could not sleep or lie still at night. Five years ago I began using Chamberlain's Liniment and in two months I was well and have not suffered with rheumatism since." Lost! the past year, by 1 smokers, all inclin. bacco but STAG. :ant fact is Stag's ini to old smokers?men ong settled down to slse, se old critics are perost enthusiastic of all. t Packages: The Handy Halfe Full-Size 10-Cent Tin, the Pound in Humidors and the Pound Glass 5TA4 I For Pipe and Ci^arc |j**EVER-LASTING-LY G f|| P. Lorillard Co, ? Est. I76( IrWif ?,fc# . ? . v* rr*-**?? pe - *?.. J I ?? ,'**-~, R^l Helnemann Happenings. (Received too late for last week's issue). Heinemann, April 1:?Oh, what i beautiful weather, and the farmers are putting in some hard work to catch up with the days lost during the past three weeks. The trees are putting out their blooms on every ride. Men have thrown off their coats and are going about in their shirt sleeves. Oh, yes, can anyone tell through your columns what has become of the martins? They have not made their appearance yet, as far as I can | see. When they come you may be pretty sure that spring has opened up for good. Farmers are planting cotton. There was no session of school today, owing to a report of roseola among the cnuaren. No shad have been caught in the Santee river at this place so far this year. We are told that the dispensary contest has been decided and that whisky will be in full bloom in a few weeks. Hope there will not be a dispensary at Greely ville. Cotton planting is all the go. Uncle Nat. A man thrown on his own resources seldom lights in a soft place. jP Colds 1 kA should be "nipped in the ITU FL/ bud", for if allowed to run Jv [fjf unchecked, serious results tY l/y may follow. Numerous |\/i 1 cases of consumption, pneu- flj monia, and other fatal dis- II eases, can be traced back to || * a cold. At the first sign of a || cold, protect yourself by II thoroughly cleansing your II system with a few doses of || THEDFORD'S BLACKDRAUGHT I I the old reliable, vegetable I I liver powder. | I Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, o< I I Madison Heights, Va., says: I i "I have been using Thed- I i | I ford's Black-Draught for, I ! /I stomach troubles, indiges-f/Il f % tion. and colds, and find ittcJAAl r | be the very best medicine 1 ! > | ever used. It makes an old T/fc \ man feel like a young one." atr L hj Insist on Thedford's, the vJ|? if 4 original and genuine. E-67 M(fl GO RIGHT AT IT. Friends and Neighbors In Xlngstree Will Show You a Way. Get at the root of the trouble. Rubbing an aching back may relieve it, But won't cure it if the kidneys are weak. You must reach the root of it? the kidneys. Reach the cause; relieve the pain. Begin at once with Doan's Kidney Pills. Are recommended by thousands. Here is a statement from a resident of this vicinity. William Hill, Manning, S C, says: "My kidneys were badly disordered and the kidney secretions contained sedimer.t. I also had backache and pains in my loins. When I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills, I nsed them and it was not long before the back ache and lameness left me, together with the other symptoms of kidney complaint. I know what Doan's Kidney Pills will do and I am convinced of their merit.". Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr Hill had. Foster-Milburn Co, Props, Buffalo, N Y. It is better to have one good idea and carry it into effect than to have a score of good ideas and merely talk about them. Clears Compleiton? Removes Skin Blemishes. Why go through life embarrassed and disfigured with pimples, eruptions, blackheads, red rough skin, or suffering the tortures of eczema, itch, teter, salt rheum. Just ask your druggist for Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment. Follow the simple suggestions and your skin worries are over. Mild, soothing, effective. Excellent for babies and delicate, tender skin. Stops chapping. Always helps. Relief or money back. 50c, at your druggist. (ffclAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHAT It| III ic ic it uccnc cmyc tm it m III 10) IT II IILkUil I lAinw innt I w b e mm General Repair Shop. ] Guns, Pistols Sewing Machines, Typewriters, Organs and Furniture Repaired. Don't throw it away because it is broken. Take it to Clarkson and he will make it as good as new. 3-5-3m SHOP IN REAR OF BAGGETT'S JEWELRY STORE, KINGSTREE, S C. r 'iff fo Bite, Io Stint, h ro Bag, ? Jo StringIV V ' \ ft Jl BSBfttfr.'y^HESBBC |flh(1AU ^|| il^ LegaJ Advertisemetits. ^ | / Notice. i i k ?'. J )j - . > '* All persons are hereby warned not to fish, hunt or otherwise trespass upon the nmoertv of the undersigned at Nesmith, S 0.; Property formerly home place of estate W E Nesmith, deceased. All violators will be dealt with accord* ing to law. M D Nesmith, " Lake City, S C, April 6, 1914. 4-V-2t Final. Discliarge. Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of May, A D 1914, I will apply to PM Brockinton, Judge of Probate of t ? Williamsburg county, for Letters Dig- l\ J missory as Executor of the estate of Harry White, deceased. ^ A D Nelson, / % 4-9-4t Executor. -1 4 Final Discharge, ll Notice is hereby given that on th? 9th day of May, A D, 1914, at 121 o'clock,noon, I will apply to P M Brock- \ , inton, Judge of Prolbate of Williams- t \ burg county, for Letters Dismissory aa V Guardian of the persons and estates of v Mary M and N W Baggett. Mrs M L Baggett, 4-9~4t Guardian. Final Discharge. . Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of April, 1914, I will apply to P M Brockinton, Judge of Probate of Williamsburg county, for Letters Dismissory as Administrator of the estate of Harry McClam, deceased. Gilbert A McClam, 3-19-4t Administrator. Notice of Teachers' Examination The regular examination for all wishing to qualify as teachers in Williamsburg county will be held Friday, May 1, 1914, at Kingstree. S C. Applicants will be examined in the usual subjects, ex- j amination to be based upon text-books / adopted by the State B^g^of Educa- 7 tion. The examjj^^^^Hjl^tegjn promptly court * 4-2-* The office ot^^eSupervisor of Registration will be open on the 1st Monday in each month for the purpose of registering any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident oi the State for two years, and of the county one year, and of the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote four months before the day of election, and shall have paid, sis months before, any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read and write any section of the constitution of 1895 submitted to him by the Supervisors of Registration, or who can show that he owns, and has paid all taxes coiiectioie on uurmg bur present year, property in this Stat^fl If assessed at three hundred dollars H more. H A Meyer, H Riwr Undressed LumberflHR I always have on hand a lot dressed lumber (board and framin^HHHH my mill near Kingstrec for sale aj^^HHBQ lowest price for good material. SflHflffl write me for further information^BSMBBn j F. H. 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