Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f ? I We tal I and friei Goods, IV Come lowest p es of all 1 material Iwill be d in the la Come j erybody your mo Silve Next Door to I > I, YOUR SI H A r is now here and you whenever yc for it. And you w ^ I aA Tin+li if -fnr \Ht HV/U TT 1V11 XV) XV* ?? ' fortunate in seen stylish and dure hats at very mod All styles are repr for all ages. We will be deligl you look them ov i \ k Ma Mi ^ I CiM } I BBHHnnHa ke pleas ids the few Fixl and see rices: M kinds; ? s, Skirt: lelightec test sty aim iL/i 11 welcom ney bac rmai Josloffice JlVllVlEifV L T f *! 4> t ready for >u are ready ill be charm3 have been iring a very tble line of est prices, esentedjand ited to have er early. reus tith Carolina ureinani opening tures, No the nc t 1 liflPPV I 111111VI J 9 J >uits, Pal 5 of the b 1 with th les in eve lg your r le. We k. 1 s ut ? |j A PARABLE. "The Gimlet" is the name oi unique publication gotten out by t Shapleigh Hardware Co, St Lou Mo. The Gimlet is"a monthly mag zine for hardware bosses and th< clerks," but should be read by i business men. The following ent( taining as well as instructive sto was taken from the March numb of The Gimlet: Only a storekeeper?that's all. Down street?yes, in your ov town. Plain sort of fellow,he?not mu of a merchant, no. Decent cha though, and honest. When you drop into his store, ii like him, plain. He calls you "Bill," you call hi "Jim;" home folks, you know. He asks you how the children ai and wife; he knows them, too. He shows you what you want buy,he tells you if it's good or bad and names the price. "Just charge it, Jim," you sa "I'm a little short right now." "All right,Bill," he says,and wra it up. He pays his taxes here; he chips all he can to help along the fire c partment and police, the schools ai churches. He sits in lodge with you; he cai around when you are sick. He hires home folk to clerk ai keep his books; he buys his groceri< meats,clothes and the little furnitu at home of neighbor merchants. 'Tisn't much, but what it is, yo town gets all the benefit. Your bill comes due. and still y< are short of ready cash; "I'll ha to stand you off awhile," you say. "All right,Bill," says he, "I km you'll pay me when you can," a * i i neitner growls nor grumoies. Pretty decent sort of chap, isi he? You know it. ' But what about the catalogue y keep at home and study nights a Sundays? You read the sideshow line of ti louncing of our ri thing Old, >vest and Dress Goc Im Beach est styles e showinj ?ry thing t leighbors guarant< ;partn about the stuff it lists. [" Yes, and when you have the coin maybe, you make an order for som< . things you think you've got to havi and with the order send the dough you buy it sight unseen. is ' In time the shipment come3?you'( rRm \ hate to have Jim know. 'Course it ajf " none of his business, but then, hi all might feel hurt because you haven' >rpaid him what you owe. ry Cnmakniir fViq nlnnrlor thflf vnil CP uisicui . If he can't compete, the fault ii yours as much as his. You measure by a double stand ilk ard. You finger over his stock, yoi kA/lUVIIW If Vliv U1WUUV4 ^ n. ,er doesn't seem as wonderful as thi story of it read; in fact,it isn't wha you thought it was. vn And if you're stung, as others of . ten are,you don't put up a holler an< ch ask your money back. Nary! ip' You read the line of talk agaii ,, and find the chap who wrote it wa t s a darn sight smoother than yoi thought; he worded his description with such clever skill that you.your self,filled in his artful gaps and nov ' you're stung, you'd a leetle rathei ^ no one'd ever find it out. But Jim; oh, that's another mat ter,quite. If accidentally you forget to warm the axe you bought {of hin iy' before you chop,and bust a clean-ou I spmi-cirele from its edere: or if th( - - wr cook stove Mandy bought of Jin . doesn't somehow suit her notioi . 'bout the way it bakes or draws; oi |0a ^ if the barrel churn he sold you slack because the girls forgot to keep i U little water in it? Why,you go right back to Jim an< ^ if he doesn't hustle around and smilt and hand you out another axe, n< ' charge,or send a man to see the stov* re and clean your soot-clogged chimne: oat, or tighten up your churn,?b} ur thunder, you cut loose and rip hin up the back and down again;?that'i 3U different. VC Yep! Poor old Jim! )W ^ Only a storekeeper?that's all. "He can't compete with mail or , der folk," you say; "he doesn't knov how to buy; he hasn't the outlet; hii prices are too high." t i to our cui iew store r And real estate is on tne Dum? your town grows backwards; some how taxes keep a-climbing up, but t stores are fewer,business worse and i worse each year. The schools are t getting punk, you've got to send i your children to the city for a dei cent education?and for that you i must pay cash, r Why? s Think it over ?Gaffiiey Ledger. Queer Country Capers. j The news from the settlement, by e a country correspondent of The Shel3 byville Sentinel: g "Raz Barlow thinks our deputy y constable should wear his star on y the back of his coat, as most of the i mischief is done behind his back. 3 ' 'As soon as the postmaster can sell the rest of the cigars out of the box he announces he will have another nice new postoffice box for rent. "The mail carrier was several days . late this week in arriving, he having j stopped along the way many times s to discuss the almost impassable condition of the roads. "The ladies of the Dog Hill church are making up money this week to B buy the preacher a new pair of plow ?* t 1 1 ? A saoes. lney wui prooaDiv complete - the task by the last of next week."? i Atlanta Constitution, V M11VJO 1 I\J blow your breath on his razor blades', , you get his guarantee and then you ? Stand him off and let him sweat till 3 you're good and ready to pay,?; while to the strangers, who neither know you nor care a tinker's cuss 1 about you,iyou must pay before you s see or get the goods. =? Vnn molro .Tim purn thp qlpndpr & I X VU uiunv U *11* VV*a w*. V t profit that he makes on you; you make him be your banker when you t are short of funds; you squeeze poor e Jim and jew him down and strain t the truth to beat the band; you strew his path with thorns and rocks. And if your neighbors do like you i and send their ready cash away to swell the sales of those who never a help your town or you,some day, not s very far away, poor Jim will reach 1 the point where he can't longer hold s the bag, and when he closes up or - moves away there's one more vacant 7 business room in town. i 1 i best good >ds, Shoes and othe and cmfbd % we are < o wear. and frien ze our g< lent ? I/'fTVT/^1 CTD1 >tomers New s at the , Dressr latest s. You uttering ds-=Ev= uods or Store iE, S. C. Oils--Harby. A very quiet marriage ceremony was celebrated in Conway last Wed lands, according to a Central News dispatch today. The captain of the Gulflight, according to the same advices, died of heart failure as a result of shock. Two seamen jumped overboard and were drowned. The other members of the crew were taken off by a patrol boat. The vessel was towed into Crow Sound and beached. The Gulflight was a steel vessel of 3,202 tons net and was built at Camden, N J, in 1914. She was owned by the Gulf Refining Company. The vessel was 383 feet long, 51 feet beam and 30 feet deep. She was equipped with wireless apparatus. i i < m Send us the newt. | nesday at the residence of an uncle of the bride, uniting Miss Ella Veatch Dils to Mr Arthur Sydney Harby, of this city. Only the members of the immediate families of the contracting parties were present when Rev W R Phillips of the Methodist church of Conway repeated the solemn words which made them man and wife. Mr and Mrs Harby arrived Wednesday night, and are at home at No 116 North Purdy street. Mr Harby has been making his home in Sumter for the past two years and is associated with Mr L D Jennings in the law business. His many friends will be glad to welcome his young bride in their midst. ?Sumter Herald. Mr Harby was for a good while a - ? t- 1 resident or iungstree, Deing a iaw student in the office of Kelley & Hinds, and while here gained many friends, all of whom felicitate him in his new role of Benedict. GERMANS SINK AMERICAN SHOP. Oil Tank Steamer Torpedoed? Shock Kills Captain. London, May 1:?The American oil tank steamer Gulffight, which sailed from Port Arthur, Tex, April 10 for Rouen, France, was torpedoed at noon Saturday off Scilly Is