The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 09, 1910, Image 3
PRICES HIGHER THAN IN
TIME OF WAR.
Ten years ago when the price of
staples began to move up a cent
and 2 cents a pound it was felt,
but not as burdensome. There was
no outcry; but now that the in?
crease in the simplest articles for
mere subsistence is marked not by
tents and fractions of a cent but
by 26 and 50 and 100 and, in the
case* of lard, actually 200 per cent.
|this business of the increased cost
of living falls on the average wage
earner, especially the office wage
earner who has no labor union to
send his market value up?falls
with the heavy hand of a tax col?
lector in time of war, or tribute
levied by a conqueror. As a mat
Iter of fact, with the exception of
two or three staples like cotton and
wheat, prices are higher today in
America than they have ever be<?n
in time of war. Never has there
I been vaster abundance of all the
(staples supplying human subsis?
tence; yet never in the history of
America have all the staples of liv?
ing gone to such a level of extor?
tionate prices.
0 Take cotton, for example; with?
in the last year it has reached and
remained at prices (15 cents) al?
most twice as high as the average
for the past ten years and three
times as high as in 1899; but that
-you say?is the result of an
especially short crop and of a
"bull" movement. (The bull will
tell you in addition to the short
crop is the factor of the pagan tax?
ing to other garments than those
Ri which he was born?in a word,
he all pervasive factor of more
users than producers.) Very well!
Take wool! The Conversationists
will tell you that sheep have de?
creased, owing to the depletion of
fche grazing runge; but the fact re?
mains for the man who pays the
billn that wool suits for boys,
which cost $10 in January, 1909,
cost $12.50 iif January, 1910; that
t$12 suits have moved up to $15 in
?e past year; that $20 serge suits
%t a year ago are today $25. To
carpets have been added in the
past year what amounts to $1 a
rug for the average-sized room.
^Women's dress goods made from
Bool show an increase of 12 1-2
,5er cent, in the past year. These
figures are from the Clothiers' As?
sociation of America. The house?
holder, the man whose income has
jM)t increased as prices for the
privilege of being alive increased,
begins to feel as if an invisible
hand were acquiring the trick of
constantly picking his pocket.?
From "The Housekeeper and the
ttsing Cost of Living/' by Agnes
u. Laut, in the American Review
of Reviews for February.
HOARSE <N>! <,1!S. STUFFY COLDS
?'pain In chest and sore lungs, are
Symptoms thnt quickly develop Into a
dangerous Illness if the cold Is not
ur*d Foley's Honey and Tar stops
he cough, hesls and eases the con?
gested parts, and brings quick re?
lief. Slbert's Drug Store.
"Cannon's crown Is not in
straight." says an exchange. Any?
thing straight on Cannon would be
noticeable.?St. Paul Dispatch.
?While It Is often Impossible to
prevent an accident. It Is never Im?
possible to be prepared?It Is not be?
yond any one's purse. Invest 11 cents
In a bottle of Chamberlain's Linl
mtnt and you are prepared for
rains, bruises and like Injuries.
Id by W. W. Sibert.
Tko
By joining the boycott. Aunt Hetty
Oreen Is slamming the meat trust at
the rate of 15 cents a day.?Houston
Post.
?Do you know that croup can be
revented? Oive Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy as soon as the child
? men h.??\rs.> or even after the
efeapy cough Appears and It will pre?
vent the attack. It is also a certain
cure for croup and has never beei
known to fall. Sold by W. W. Si?
bert
Custom reconciles us to everything
?Edmund Burks.
Saved From Awful Peril.
?"I never felt so near my grave,"
writes Lewis Chamblln. of Manches
er, Ohio. R. R. No. S, "as when a
frightful cough and lung trouble pull?
ed me down to 116 pounds In spite of
many remedies and the best doctor*.
And that I am alive today Is due sole?
ly to Dr. King's New Discovery,
which completely cured me. Now I
weigh 1*0 pounds and can work hard.
It also cured my four children of
roup." Infallible for Coughs ami
olds. Its ths most certain remedy
for I*o?ippe Asthma, desperate lunit
trouble and all bronchial affectioni,
50c and $1.00. A trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by Slbert's Drug Store.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
Industrial and Mercantile Condition*
Satlafactory.
New York. Feb. 4.?R. O. Dunn &
Companya Weekly Review of Trade
tomorrow will aay:
Industrial and mercantile condi?
tions, though lrrlg-ular are on the
whole very satisfactory with promis?
ing spring outlook. The event of this
week haa been the great weakness in
securities. The failure recorded has
been greatly expanded In amounts
Involved during the past month, but
the record seems worse than It
really is, because Its big total of lia?
bilities is due to a handful of large
defaults, chiefly by large brokerage
firms.
Current consumption of iron and
steel continues in heavy volume, and
all leading producers are busily en?
gaged in filling contracts on their
books.
Large sellers of cotton, woolen
and worsted fabrics are getting busi?
ness in good volume, principally on
well known staples of quality. In
the jobbing markets the trading for
the week has been more active, the
moderate advances relative to the rise
in raw materials doing much to stim?
ulate confidence.
Footwear manufacturers are firm
as to prices, and in most instances
have reserve orders on their books,
so that the prejent situation in boots
and shoe* is fairly satisfactory.
The devil has his martyrs among I
men.?Dutch.
Generally the man or woman wh.?
says "I don't care" is a liar.
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Once you open an account with this bank, the same is
is seldom closed-for we give you the best facilities to be
had for the handling of your banking business. We want
new business-but never lose sight of the old. Come and
see us.
Capital, Surplus and Profits, $184,000.00.
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Great Voting Contest for
Readers of : : : : :
THE WATCMAN AND SOUTHRON AND THE DAILY ITEM
A $400 Piano and Two Gold Watches Costing $50
? Each are the Prizes.
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Contest Opens Monday, Nov. 29th and Closes Februar 28th.
Do You Want the Piano ? it is yours if you comply with the Easy
Cond5tions and Make the proper Effort.
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Conditions and Prizes,
The $400 Piano, the grand prize of
this contest, will be given to the sub?
scriber or a nominee of a subscriber of
the Watchman and Southron or Sum?
ter Daily Item receiving the greatest
number of votes in this contest. No
matter where you live you are;_eligible
to enter this contest.
One $50 Gold Watch, cither Gentle?
man's or Lady's size, as the winner
may select, will be awarded to the per?
son, not a resident of thf City of Sum?
ter, receiving the next largest number
of votes.
One $50 Gold Watch, eitherj Gentle?
man's or Lady's size, will be awarded
to the person resident of the City of
Sumter, receiving the next largest
number of votes.
The contest tor the Grand Prize, the
$400 Piano, is open to all readers of
The Watchman and Southron or The
Sumter Daily Item. It can be won by
a resident of Sumter, Lie or Clarendon
County, or some othe* County. One
Gold Watch as a special second prize
to be contested for by non-residents
of the City of Sumter, while the other
is a special second priz-; to be contest?
ed for by residents of this city.
This Magnificent Cote Piano, which we will give away, is 4 ft. 9 in. high
o ft. long and weighs, box*d, ready for shipment, over 800 lbs. The finest
materials and most experlen ed wr.rkman have produced in the Cote an in?
strument excellent in tone, pow< r. durability and appearance. Tim piano
Is installed in the best homes, conservatories and music halls in the land ;
isWoll known and widely recommended hy the leading musicians and
teachers.
It is positively guaranteed for ten years by the Manufacturers
Nominations.
Each and every person entering the
contest must be nominated on one of
the Nomination Blanks published in
both the Watchman and Southron and
the Daily Item. The nomination
counts as 1000 votes, but only one
nomination will be credited to a per?
son.
In each issue of the Watchman and
Southron and the Daily Item will be
published a ballot which is good for
the number of votes specified on the
ballot.
How to Obtain Votes
Every new subscriber paying in ad?
vance, will be credited for each dollar
paid, 200 votes. Every old subscriber
paying up back dues will be credited
for each dollar paid 100 votfes, and on
each dollar paid in advance 200 votes.
No votes will be given on payments of
less than $1.00. Every person or firm
that brings or sends an order for ad?
vertising or printing and pays for same
in advance will be entitled to 100 votes
for each dollar paid. For money paid
on accounts 50 votes will be allowed
for each dollar paid, if money is
brought or sent to this office. No
votes will be given for money paid
collector.
Nominations will 1 ol be received later than Dtc? mber 24, therefore, it is important that the blanks be mailed
to this office ai once Remember every nomination blank counts for 1000 votes, but will not be
counted twice for the same person. We have a supply of voting ballots at our office which must be filed
______________________________ there, properly signed, as the cash is paid for subscription, advertising or printing. Those at a distance
wishing to vote must sen a the money, for which a voting ticket together with a receipt, will be mailed to the person making the remittance. The tickets must be
made out, signed and returned promptly to this office.
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THE WAY TO WI IN
Ask your frie ids and neighbors to subscribe for the Watchman and Southron or the Sumterf Daily Item, and get them to vote fcr \<u is ihtir
candidate. Ask your friends and neighbors or the merchants with whom you deal to patronize the Osteen Publishing Company by advertising in
Watchman and Southron and the Daily Item, and by giving us their printing, and get them to vote for you or your candidate.
If you do not want the Piano or one of the Gold Watches yourself or have no friend you wish to win one of the elegant prizes, perhaps your
Sunday School, or public school, or lodge needs a fine piano, and this \sill be the golden opportunity. It costs nothing to enter the race or to vote.
If you are now a subscriber to cither of our newspapers the votes are given for pa> ments >ou will make anyway. If you are not a subscriber you
ought to be, for you need your home paper. If you or your friends give us > our printing, you get the best ^work at the lowest prices consistent
with good work aid good material. We challenge and meet any and all competition on price and quality.
Osteen Publishing Co.
No. 18 West Liberty St.
Phone No. 30." ? 5
Sumter, So. Car
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