The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 16, 1911, Image 5
CHRISTMAS
<J The Christmas Season draws nearer and nearer every day, and the time in which to
choose Christmas gifts grows shorter.
(f It's always wise to make selections early when you can do so leisurely and satisfactorily,
and while the picking is at its best.
<| We are in splendid trim for Holiday trade, showing just the things that Men and Boys are
always delighted to receive as Christmas Gifts.
A FEW ITEMS
Smoking Jackets, $5 to $12.
Bath Robes, with slippers to
match $6 to $8.
Mufflers, 50c to $3.
Suit Cases, $3 to $15.
Trunks, $4 to $18.
Fancy Vests, $1.50 to $5.
Pajamas, $1.00 to $2.50
Gloves, 25c to $5.
Silk Handkerchiefs, 25c to $1.
Linen Handkerchiefs, 15c to 50c
Silk Umbrellas, $3.50 to $7.
Neckwear, 25c to $1.50.
Sweaters, 50c to $5.
CLOTHING HEAVILY REDUCED!
Its better for us to STAND A LOSS than to
coats. Raincoats and Trousers will be sold at
Our whole stock of Fine Garments is yours to
pay us the balance. BEAR IN MIND! W(
jck over until next season. All Men's, Boys and Childrens Suits, Over
?NE-THIRD OFF.
rom. The goods are marked in plain figures take one-third off the price and
) our Clothes at our ONE-THIRD OFF PRICES.
Nothing Charged at Clearance Prices.
Strictly Cash !
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The 1> .1.4 I mller < lot hing Co.
Pubh^ncd Wednesday and Saturday.
?BY?
OSTEEN PUBLISHING CU?ifPANY
SL'MTER. S. C.
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longer will be made at reduced rates.
Ali communications which sub
?ervp private interests will be charged
for .?? advertisements.
Obituaries and tributes of resptct
win ! ; charged for.
fhe ?Vinter Wat^htntn w<?. < ! ?und
?'? ; ?>?'??> and th- True itbnon i.".
jv.c The Watchman And southron
n->-v \\ - tn* combined c;r til tion and
InAuel** :i t?oi!i 0( the ?. I pipers
and ? T.aiilfestlv th* best Ivcrtiatng
m**. ji<i in Sumter
TI KK1V OB HV/7. \IU>.
The fifty million dollar offer of th?
New York bankers to finance South
ern cotton, appears in every light thai
we have viewed the explanation a
made by the promoter* of th* plan, i
parallel case of the old story of tin
White man and Indian who want
hunting and agreed to meet and di?
vide fame. When they net the In- i
dlan had a turkey and the white man
a buzzard and th?* white man pro?
posed that he w<?uld take the tur1- >
and the Indian th.> buzzard, or tin
Indian the buzzard and he the turk< ' .
They call it ? "COttog holding"
plan, but th?? cotton In to be turned
over by the farmer to the gyndl<
who will ' hold" It?a. least (1 is out
of the reach or control of th?? far
mer. It appears to b the intention
of the syndicate to put the cotton in
the channels of trad.- just as if it
was gold, and the effect a III !??? just
the opp "??>? to the farmer storing
and holding it at home or in a ware?
house.
For taking possession of tho far-I
mer's cotton and .sampling, grading,
etc. they want $1 per bale, and they
pay him $25 for the cotton.
The syndicate has the U3e of the
cotton and the farmer the use of the
$25. each vithout interest until the
final settling day, to be named by the
farmer, up to January, 191?. The
.syndicate wants one-fourth of the
profit on the sale of the cotton.
Whether that means the difference
between the $25 and the proceeds at
sale or not is not made plain. Two
ether options are proposed: one the
farmer 1.? to pay another dollar and
the syndcate not share in the profits;
or, the farmer pay fixed monthly
charges for storage of fifty cents per
mr'nth for the first two months, and
twenty-five cents per month after
that until the settlement date. When
ths' farmer can store and insure his
cotton it home for twenty-five cents
per month at beginning and tift^t*:i
cents afterwards, this appsars unreas?
onable, -sp.-cially when the syndicate
does not say the cotton will be stored
::nr! held off of the market.
The whoK thing look* too much
Ik.- a turkey and buzzard proposition
to aspect any sensible farmer to g*?
Into the arrangement.
if Presidenl Watson of the Cotton
Congress cannol *r<a ? b.-tter arrange?
ment than that -to submit to his con
stltuenta he had better try In som<
p) c? i financiers Interested who
are really friends of the cotton grow?
ers i nd who will l ml money on
Southern warehouse receipts for cotto i
a t-.ail) ttored and held off of the
markst na thai Is ths only way the
law of supply and demand can he
mads t<. work for the farmers' I.
Ths young ladles or the cl \ ir
Kettle^, up a b-ap \vai dan< 6 f"
Tusads v svenlng, Decemi*ei 11
which Is expectsd to I.ne -f th
most Interesting holiday t. itlvl
ths year. Th? ?1 i n< ?? SJ ill !??? glvei
the Armory Hall and ill the youni
ladlss of the county and i Ity are In
vited to attend. Admission for all La
dies will be one dollar.
fit.
WOODMEN I K HKS.
I\ J. Bass Btoo Command?
er of Oakland -77?Boost
Club Meets?1
Mayesville, Dec. 12.?At the regular
meeting of Oakland Camp, No. 277,
W. O. W. held last night, the follow?
ing officers were elected to serve for
the coming year: Consul Command?
er, F. J. Bass; Advisor Lieutenant.
H. L. Thomas; Banker. T. B. Fort;
Clerk, J. C. Jones; Escort, G. A.
Simpson; Sentry, J. A. Baker; Watch?
man. J. W. Boyce; Managers, E. L.
Wingate. W. T. Cooper, If. D. Boy?e,
Oakland Camp is in a most satisfac?
tory condition at present and all of IU
member^ are working together en?
thusiastically for a still larger and
stronger camp. With the above list
of able bfflclaJs for the coming year
the camp should prosper and bscoms
very popular In every respect.
The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club
met this afttrnoon with Iss Minnie
Chandler. The session Wits a most
pleasant one In evsry a ay. Miss
Chandler makes a most charming
hostess ami the large attendance >>'
memb< ra of the club certainly passed
a very Tib I lining and en.joyabb af
ternovn. T*js contest consisted In
colorl v pictures, each meml>er ad?
ding a different color to a picture,
This a/as a very amusing and In! cr?
esting contest. Miss Brockington of
Monnlng was fortunate i" drawing
the prise. Delightful refreahm nti
jell) and cream with frull cake and
hoi chocolate were strved In a very
pleaslna manner at a table decor?
ated In Christmas dress. The nexl
meeting of the club will be held 'Abb
M Iss N'etta (?oi betl on Tu< sd i) aftei
noon. I ?? eml <-i -*'>.
The fallow|ng attract Ive s oung 11
dies ars spending the s/ees with Mb
Pan nie Chandler al hei handsome
home on Ralem Rtreel Misses Pur I)
ol f*u inter, Otgnlllial of Benin i
ton ..f Manning.
Iflaa SSoulean Anderson of Florence
\ islted Msg Hattle II laal night,
attending Ihe "at home''of Miss Fan
nie Chandler.
Misses Zoulean Anderscon and Hat
tie If ayes left tonight for Florence.
Miss Beck Reid, of St. Charles, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. G. Thom?
as.
A MAY CABLE LETTER SKR.
vier.
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System Installed by Which Messages
Can l>c Bent from Here to Europe.
Thf Western Union Telegraph;
Company has recently installed a new
table letter service in its otlk'e in
this and other Cities throughout the
Country by Which telegraphic mes?
sages cum !>e sent directly from here
to any place in Europe. The prices
i
charged by the Western union Com?
pany f?T sending these messages is
reasonable and is very convenient for
those who need t<> use sueh service.
The system is divided int.? mail
?nd cable transmission and telegraph?
ic and cable transmission. By the
first lystem the letters can be avail?
ed from here to .Ww York, from
where they are sent to London or
Liver].I by cable and transmitted
>?u by mail. The telegraphic and
cable transmission convoys the mes?
sage f 'om here to New York at the
regular telegraphic rate whence the
l< tter Is transmitted to London or
i. rp< i i by cable and from there on
to other European cities by telegraph.
The cost by mall and cable transmls
Ion will be $1.50 for a twenty-word
letter and by telegraph and cable
j I '?" divided as follows: Bumter to
Nev York, 50 cents, Sew fork to
Llveri.I, eahle charges, $1.50; Liver
i.I or I.' ndon to Home, $1 20, mak?
ing the total IS.30.
ah of these cable lett< pi re ? ? hing i
rlnlght will be dell< ver
n o ning -t I h ? second d rj
rter; for example, If filed
twelve Monday nlghl the
will be delivered H dnewda:
Ing.
i the
there*
UNDER ARREST FOR TRAIN ROB
BERT;
Three Held I? Charleston and Tim**?
in Atlanta Suspected of Com
pHcUr.
Charleston, Dec. IG.?George Ueau
reguard. William Spencer and C. K.
Irby, all white, arrested at Ashley
Junction, just outside of Charleston,
this evening, are being held in the
county jail here on the suspicion thai
ihey may be the men who, held up
the Coast Line flyer near Hardeville
on Tuesday morning. Beauregard,
who is short and stout, and Spencer,
who is tall and thin, appear to an?
swer to the meagre description of the
train robbers. Postoftice Inspectors
have bean notified and will look the
men over.
Arrested In Atlanta,
Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. 18,?Three men, j
suspected of having I.n implicated
In the hold-up of an Atlantic Coast!
Line train, near Hardeevllle, yester-j
day, were arrested as they got oft a {
Central ol Georgia train here this
morning. They had come from the
direction of Savannah.
The men gave the names C. D. i
Gibson, Edward Gibson, the former's;
brother, and J, U Putman. The flrst
two answered the description <?f the
robbers who held up the train. They
are being held at police headquarter!
awaiting further advices.
They deny they are the men want?
ed tnd declare they were in states-!
boro, Ga., are farmers from Bullock I
county, Ga., and were on their way)
t.i i >u iton, Ga., t<? t Ml Putman's J
father.
TT?. ? hi. sts Acre made on Inform a*
lion of the 'rain conductor, whose J
- Ions w er.- aroused,
to The Police Court.
Th< i ? b only one ease in the po?
ll . court Thursday,
Krank Gibson, alias Prank ?;illis.
was up for vagrancy and for non
pnj menl ot street taxes. He was
tin. .1 {1 '< or '!<> days on one charge
Marriage Licence Record,
Dan Cupid seems to be at work
among the negrtes these days for
there are several of them to visit the
eleTk of court's office almost eVery
day. Tho following have l>een grant?
ed licenses:
Ifoses McDonald, Oswego, and Ad
die Leila Jenkins of Providence; Na?
than James and Grac? Cabbage-stalk,
Oswego; Harrison Bwlnton and Jennie
Wright. Dalsell; Charles McGainey
and Mary Tisdale, Sumter; and
Clinton Motel and Lordna Hayns?
worth, Tourney.
Haraoa-riii'athcH Oyster Supper.
All tike regular and Irregular mem?
bers of tli?' Baraca and Philathea
flasios of the First Baptist church,
and Invited friends, are cordially in?
vited to meet at the church at N
o'clock Thursday evening, December
2lst. to enoy a big oyster supper.
Preparations are being made for
a large number, because we are ex?
pecting you t<> come.
WANTED rO RENT?By the month.
plough season or year, or w ould buy
it' cheap, a few mules or horses.
Wire, phone or write .1. H. Aycock
and Sons. Wedgefleld, s. C.
WANTED?To aid In the cause Of
more and better steck, i am of?
fering some choice young sous
bred to full Berkshire sire, at very
little mere than pork prices. Some
writer In his article which settled
the price question said' "Plant
some hogs." 1 am offering seed
Pius. B, W. Dabbs, Mayesvtlle, S.
i\
I o|t SALE?I>lxl( Will resistant cot?
ton need, m ob this year on land
that blighted I ?I year l,MIO pounds
?I . I cotton to th< aero, Address
I ? R, Cokdough, Oswego B, C.
1 2 -1 f.
WANTED?-To buy at onc< severed
carloadi 1-foot pine, oak and slabs,
apply Commander's
Sumter, S. C.