The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 18, 1911, Image 2
HERE ARE SOME BARGAIN DAY OFFERINGS II
===== 2o Per Cent Discount =
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Thursday, November 23rd is Bargain Day in Sumter, and for
This Day Only and FOR CASH Only, we offer our Entire
Stock of Men's and Boys' Suits, Overcoats and Pants at
20 Per Cent Discount
Think a Moment What a Saving This is to You.
$30 Suits and Overcoats
$25 Suits and Overcoats
$20 Suits and Overcoats
$15 Suits and Overcoats
$10 Suits and Overcoats
$24.00
$20.00
$16.00
$12.00
$ 8.00
Meet Your Friends Here
us.-.:
THE SUMTER CLOTHING CO.
SUMTER, S. C.
.Hi uG?A?il . nuu?uiiioi
pPLIT LOG BKA?. K? BK I SKI) ON
?% CTTt HTKKETS?STREETS
ibm REPAIRED.
| 0m m ?
Chrk* r^-MKii?' to Hut Trash Out? on
the Street**-?to Frame an *>rdinanoe
Against Thtowing Trash ?in Streets
?Uute to be Cleaned for Rares
on Bargain Bay.
City Council mat Tuesday evening
at eight o'clock in the Council
Chamber for the considers? ton of
foutlne matters and such business as
same before them. All of th-* m- rn -
bers of Council were present and a
number of matters were atterded to.
The chief matters of Interest which
?am* up during the evening was the
pun ha*.- of hre aopanitus. found
elsewhere In this paper, and the an?
nouncement by the r t> engineer that
a couple of split log drags were to
be contracted and used on the city
Streets In the near future. The Ctvk
League offered t<> put trash cans on
?tr* rro rn which offer was ac
OOpted and a resolution was passed
to the effect that un ordlnane be
drawn up prohibiting UM throwing
Of bandbllls and papers on the stn > t |
and in the v.ml* of private residen?
ces, or ihs onforc mom of such an
erdb r oiih |s already on the city
steint?'
The session of t'ouMcll began with
the rending and appn**ej of the min?
ute* of the previous m -etlng, nfleff
which Mr. W. B. Boyle, who was
present, mads a H .tOMlOM as to a
lot in Um pooj of iht city hnl1 which
the citv hid purchased on certain
condition*. It se.ms that the lot w;is
i as< 'I fr< >m Mr Bultman with
the und? rwtamllng that a projecting
portion should be soid to Mr. \V. B.
Boyle i y the city for $Mn. This prop
srty was not turned OVOf to the city
until the past September. Mr. Boyl ?
stated tbat the lot had never been
turned ..v,t t? him. but that he MM
ready at nrv time to complete the
trnnso'tloii. \\. jrOfl willing to POJ
the fr.ni) with Interest for the time
sine?, th.- city purebnsed the land
and he was willing |o allow the city
a sufhVlent MMN) of left t > nuiko
their lot run out even. 1? wss d??
elded t . sell th ? bind to Mr, BO] M
with this understanding, the titles and
me?sur?un*'n's to be i.ft to the e|ty
att^rn^y and engineer.
Mr. A. V. gn ll. ns ?oefotory of th*
RetsiUrs' Association, under whose
ausplr.-s Bargain Hav would be held,
PgOjMSOsOd that Council allow the
? r ;ion ? f a gPgSjgSd POM on thS 0or?
nrr f M iln and Liberty streets, the
tu a i I i.f a. grased p'e n the
streets and the bicycle and foot rac?
es on Main street, which would be
shut off from traffic while the races
were k - lag on. Th*se requests were
granted, but It was decided best not
to allow the motor cycle races on
Main street.
A letter was rend In which it was
requested that proper steps be taken
to have all vagrants arrested. Mr.
Wright stated that work along this
line was being done with marked
success.
Mr. J. R. Llgon requested that the
bouses in the block In which he liv?
ed be numbered. He was given per?
mission to number the house If he
cared to do so.
Mr. McLaurln asked that tht City
Clerk follow the same system this
year as was followed last year In the
payment of taxes, enforcing a one
per cent penalty after the first of
December on all taxes not paid before
that time.
A number of Will WiTi read, ap?
proved and orcered paid.
Council requested that the com?
mittee from Council to look after the
Tourney Hospital fund, obtain Infor?
mation and make a report concern?
ing the erection of the Tourney Hps
pltal.
Mr. flooth for the public works re?
ported through Major l.ee, the Citv
Engineer, that the city gangs were
now at work on the various StTit ts
which needed repair. Several pits had j
been dug in vatlous parts of town from
Which clay for the repairing was be?
ing secured. Among the streets be?
ing repalrtd were North Main Street,
H tafcell street and CalhoUS street. On
llarvln street a drain pipe WSJ being
pUV td from Kendrlck to Bartlette
?treot, when H would turn up to
Main Ktr.et, thus completing the sys?
lent of drainage commenced on Main
and Harvin gtrootg when the pSV
Ing work was commenced.
Major Lee stated that hi had been
to see Mr. Skinner about the con?
struction Of IWO Split l<>g drags for
? on the streets. He thought thai
it would bi u rood thing to have
several of the drags in use m they
could only bi ns.d when the streets
were si a certain dampness. He osld
to get the h.?st effect from t )| y\,\\\
I log drags It wa? necessary to begin
operating them as iOOS as the stre I
wss built tip Off repaired, Whifl b)
proper ami constttenl use thi strsel
could be kept In good condition. The
Pul lie Works committee was In?
structed le have two of. the drsgfl
mnde afjd tried out on t ho streets.
I It was stated that this OOSgmlttSC
had now set to work to make re
pairs on rtiv suee^ t'<?r ^'juic time
und tnat nereuiier certains uinw
would be given to the repairing of
liit* streets, during which time no new
I streets would be built.
Mr. Booth stated that he had been
requested by the Civic League to state
that they would place trash cans on
the street corners for trash if the
city desired and the city would en?
force the ordinance against throwing
trash on the streets. This offer was i
accepted. i
Hi called attention to the fact that
handbills were thrown on the- street
and asked to have an ordinance for?
bidding this, or, if there was one al- i
ready, to have it enforced. A reso?
lution to this effect was passed.
Hi ( ailed attention to the fact that
Ibers w re several wooden bridges
from the Street to ths sidwalk at
sari*-us places along Main streot.
'I liese bridges had been moved several
timea lately during the work on
Main street and the persons having
to cross them aakel that they be al?
lowed to Qut down the curbing so
that the bridges could be dispensed
with. Ac:'on to this effect wss taken,
providing that the owners did the
work at their own expense under the
directions of the city engineer.
Mr. Booth stated that he was now
l*n| several hired mules at fifty
cents a day which was rather expen?
sive to the city. He thought that
other mules ought to be purchased.
Mr. Glenn thought that It was best
I to dispense with so much sweeping of
Main street. He thought B man
should be put on this street to patrol
it With a dump I art Into which he
should plSCC all droppings during the
dsy. This matter was discussed and
it wss d kclded that steps to this ef?
fect should be taken at onoe. Mr,
Ito.uh stated that he I d he ird
where he could get no 1 ir toms
cheap snd bo was Ins ed to get
those If he could do s -eu table
prices
Mr. Mason naked tli l!t< h on
Calhoun street be closed and drainage
pipe used In place of it. He stated
thai it was intention to build on Cal?
houn streei si this point in the near
future snd he wanted the work done
before he built. He uiso stated thai
If thiv work was dom? an effort would
be made to g?-t the citizens to sub?
scribe to the claying of the streei on
that block. The matter was referred
to the city engineer for Investigation
and report.
The city engineer's reporl of ihe
Main streei work was read and re?
ceived as Informatton. The paying
was discussed by Ihe members of
I Council, some of whom seemed lo
trank tha* it WAI done i1 md i th
The Mayor stated that he thought
that a maintenance bond should be
kept up and Mr. McKeiver endorsed
his statement.
Mr. McLaurin did not believe in
hurrying up the matter he made a
motion that the paving committee
with the city engineer inspect the
work and report upon it at the next
meeting of Council. This motion was
carried.
Mr. Wright made his report for
the Police Committee. He stated that
he had kept a man on the outskirts
of the town during the past month
and he had done good work.
Mr. Mel-Aurin made the report for
the finance committee showing the
city to be In better financial condi
tion than had neen reckoned on.
After ths Council went into execu?
tive .session over the purchase of fire
apparatus.
"MAKING A GOAT OF X RE TAR.
IFF."
"A good Republican said to us the
other day: "If the tariff is respon?
sible for the high cost of li\ ing, I
am fur its reduction, and it can't
come any too quickly to suit me.
"it ha.s become a popular pastime
to make a goat of the tariff. It is
blamed for all the ills of life, from
the jump in diamonds to an attack
of the shingles, liut other things may
have something to do with it. For
instance:
"Indolence and luxury have in?
creased in this country out of all pro?
portion to the Incomes of the people.
Twenty years ago it was the rarest
thing in the world to And a shoe
shining 'parlor' outside of the largest
Ities. They are now in ever) hamlet,
and thousands of men and boys do
nothing else There are probably not
less than BO In the city <>f Des Moines,
all doing a thriving business. Men
are too laky or too proud to shine
their own shoes and have hired S
new Industry.
"Nothing ust vi to be thought of It
if a man or woman was seen with a
bundle g<?ing to or from the mar?
ket., Now everything must he deliver
ed to the house, it is almost Impos
Bible to persuade a pert young ihn
oi- a pretty jirl to h seen on tie
"-treets with i package, Bomcbod}
else must do the w ? 11 k. and f?th?
payi the freight.
''I Me tow ns and ei? |es are full o
moving pltcure show-;, n kleodeons
vaudeville 10, I md 30 cent 11.?
r s. \r\ i ? n lies go, nlghl af
ter night, and follow t' up with a 111
tie supper that consume a day*
Uie ?Ucee Lai takes its toll. Nobody
thinks of walking foi two blocks
nowadays if he is anywhere near a
car line. The old fashioned wife who
used to press her husband's and chil?
dren's clothes has gone out. Pan- I
toriuma have sprung up and taken
her place. The girl of 1890 who
would expect to wear sillk stockings
and petticoats and the boy who de?
manded five or six suits of clothes a
year would have been considered
crazy, but now they are as common
aa pinch bugs In June. Everything
eatable must be dressed and trimmed
j up nowadays. People want their
j crackers in a pink box, with a pic
I ture of a baTIet dancer or a pugilist
on the cover, and they not only pay
for the box when they buy the crack?
ers, but they get fewer crackers. The
g.ocery stores are filled with exp^n
sr e novelties and confections, wni-h
go like hot cakes. A few yean wo
oysters and grapefruit and orange*
out of the season and cantaloupes
and ice cream were considered lux?
uries. They are on every ?aide now
every day. The young man who
doesn't take his girl a 60 cent box of
candy done up in curl papers and a
pair of tongs is a tightwad. Father
buys porterhouse steak where a pises
off the neck used to look good to
him. Nobody thinks of keeping his ,
own horse or cow or planting his <.wn
garden <>r di ring his own potatoes.
The m st popular song of the era is.
?Let Somebody Else Do The Work.'
The automobile has cost Its thous?
ands where the tariff has cost Its ten
-v man can't ride a distance of ">o
miles without patronizing the parlor
car. Nobody thinks of carrying s
lunch on the train if there is a dining
car anywhere ?>n the division. The
man who wears the same neckties
two days in succession Is called aj
Hube, ami the women who can't
show up half a dosen party dresses
csting from |40 to per, has!
! about as much show in the socle
push as a shoaL Poop!,, used lo have
( their shoes half soled. Now they
wear them until the gloss Is dlm
med, then throw them into the at?
tic. The $1,50 electric vacuum clean?
er has pushed the broom off the map
and the electric fan .'?ml ironer have
put the palm leaf and the sad iron
out of business. Thus ad Inflnttum.'
While your neighbor is cussing ths |
tariff for the high cost of living, re?
mind him of these things and ssk
bun if Jim ifid's definition, "the cost
of 1 h v- '. lett'l rloser to it. No-j
b, fly wants- to go hack to the old
ways, ah of these things mean bet
t- r, hspplsr living because, more
more be* :iful homes. But is it fa r
to shoulder onto the tariff the blame
for ous own wastefulness and in?
dolence?"?Manchester (la.) Press
This is one way i f looking at iL
But who and what is primarily re?
sponsible for the desire fo?* ;ndol
ence and extravagance that has be?
come the characteristic of the Amer?
ican people in many walks of life?
The conditions complained of can be
traced back to a cause. What is it?
What has developed in our people a
love of luxury and a distaste for hard
work and plain living? Is it not due to
the example of the "new rich" who
constantly flaunt their riches in the
face of the public? If these people
could not .make a display of the.r
riches and parade before the public
the visible evidence of wealth, if
they could not be i a^ant, In*
dolent and vulgar, money would be
valueless to them. Their less rich
associates and the thousands of oth?
ers, who are daily forced by thi3
vulgar Haunting of the power Of mon?
ey to draw a comparison between
their own condition and mannet1 ?f
living and that of the silk sto<?;rt \g
joy-riders, who make of life a money
spending debauch, try to Imitate tl em
with the result that the coun r lias
become tilled with people who live
beyond their means. Now to set back
to tho tariff?where did the new
indolent vulgar rich get their money?
A very large percentage of them ac?
quired it as the result of the tariff
that enabled them to levy a burden?
some and unjust tax on the public at
large. A majority of the (reel for?
tunes a?-e tariff built fortunes and
thoy were quickly made. M ney
easily made is easilv spent and the
Pittsburg steel millionaires, thesugar,
wool and other tariff made million?
aires and their families and their
associates have set an example of
indolence and extrav igatice that has
been imitated by all rlaasee and con?
ditions of tuen and women to the lim?
it of their ability. The tariff has not
only made the favored few richer
than they should be but it has taxed
the public at large unjustly, thereby
depriving; them of the product of
their toil, and has created s spirit of
unrest and dissatisfaction with a mode
of life based upon regular work and
plain living. The tariff beneficial hs
have debased so< t\ by a vulgar and
vlsclous extravagance, while the tnr
ffl victims have been debased by 'he
influence of this ? Inss of people and
are wasting what little they hsvs hi
irv ng t ? emulate those who squsadce
a plethora of unearned Incn m< nt.