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CLAltEMONT HOTKL OPEN KR ITS DOORS TRI RSD.'.V Vm;it\(M)X. THIRTY - GIG HT ?V S8TS SPKXT ITRsT N hill IN 111 ILIUM;. luninr s New 9100,004; Hotel Now In Operation and Traveling Mc?a May Jso Longer t.rumbh ? Modern Ntrwoture. Km-tnl at Comer of Main ami Rartlette Street* 1m Bis; Addition to City?Hotel Manage it, Building. Equipment, Etc. Stnater'a new $100,000 hotel open od Its doors to the public Thursday afternoon. The Oame Cock City now need no longer be ashamed for Its lack of hotel facilities. The news of the opening of the Ckaremont Hotel will be of great In? terest to the people of Bumter and will ooose as a surprise to many of them who had not expected it to open ?or several days yet The opening of the new hotel will also be welcome news to traveling men throughout the State who have to make Sumter on their rounds and who have for a number of years In the past grumbled at the condition of the old Hotel Sam ter. The first guests of the Clarerm nt O in Thursday In time for dinner d later In the afternoon the hotel opened up to the general public. Thirty-eight persons, mostly traveling salesmen, spent the night in the building and reported it to be a good place to sleep. Bumters new hotelry. the Clare mont Hotel, atands at the corner of Hartlette and Main streets, facing on the former street It is a plain, sub? stantial building, four stories high and sufficiently large enough to ac? commodate the greater part of the traveling men stopping In the city ov > sr day or night. There are seventy seven guests rooms In the building, all of the'n arranged and equipped exact? ly aiik v There are also Ave largo and conveniently arranged sample rooms in Hh eastern part of the ground floor. Toilet rooms adjoin a the sample rooms. The lobby is f in the northwestern corner of the ground floor and is a room 50 by 70 feet In tho souths. ?et corner '.s the dining room, a apace 32 by 52 feet, weich has a ca^city for seating sev? enty-five people. In the fourth corner ?X the ground floor are the kitchen and pantries On the second, third aad fourth floors are the bed rooms, there being a bath room for every third room. The two rooms on each side connect with the bath rooms. There are three bridal chambers, one on ?auch floor, these being different from other rooms in that each one of them has Its own bath and dressing room. On each floor there is a sun parlor, conveniently arranged for the use of guests of the hotel. The building Is a brick structure with a lasse of granite. It is con ' structed in the shape of the letter II in order that all of the rooms above the ground floor may be opened to the outside. The cost of the furnished building la given at $105,000. Um Wise Orantte Company of Richmond. Va. being the. owners. The ground floor of the dining r...-m and lobby .s g| Hit, | u p. ?? being uaed as covering for the floor of the dining room. The bed rooms, parlors and corridors of the other three floors are also neatly carpeted, curtained and otherwise suitably finished off The b? d rooms are fitted out with brass beds, mahogany furni? ture, porcelain lavatories, all of the rooms being providt-d with the sann kind of furnishings. Kach room Is also provided with gas and eh ? trie flxtnr*>s and telephones, with he al and bong distance connections. On each floor an apparatus has been placed at the center of eu< h corridor for hsbting Are. in case one breaks out In the building The fire escapes ate situated at the southern ends of the rr dor* Through the center of the f building Is the elevator shaft, where an electric elevator Is Installed for the convenience of guests. The head of the Wise Granite. Com? pany. Mr I*. I'lfH-hal, arrived In the city Thursday from Richmond to St present at the opening of the hotel. ? He Spent the night there and was kept busy Friday with matters ton? ne? tej a it ?i the opi nlng He leases Friday night for Rb hmond. and it It probable that he will not return to Humter at anv time In the near fu? ture unless something uafoSSSSS hap f pens to the hotel. Mr. C t Whltted the manager of Ihe hotel. He comes I.? SunitiT with several years hotel experience, having been manager of ? hotel a! Weldon. N Ci for BOOSS ligat Thll hotel he will coidinue to manage Si ^ heretofore The office for? e, of the Ctttremonl roriMtsfM of M. - r-* S Luvnidi'-. who i omes here from Nashville, Tenn . and Maurice Cox of Durham. N. C. Mr. ''ox has not yet arrived, but is SjBfSited here Saturday. Mr H. M. Swarm, formerly of Charlotte, is Stewart and looks after the feeding of the visitors. A force of waiters, cooks, bell boys, etc., has been secur? ed, and seemingly everything is pre? pared to run along smoothly. At present there is a sense of newness about the building and a strong smell of fresh paint, but otherwise things are going along, as if the hotel had been in operation for a number of weeks, Instead of having just been opened. The opening was by no means a for? mal event Although a number of ?uests registered for dinner Thursday, it was not decided until In the after non to open up the building to the public for the night There were 38 guests to spend the first night after the hotel had opened and Friday a great many others registered at the hotel. From Indications it can be judged that the hotel will immediately receive a fine patronage and will be kept well filled with guests. The news stand and cigar stand opened up Friday with Mr. Henry Brinkley hn charge. This feature is run by Mr. J. E. King of this city and Mr. W. H. Strange has opened up a barber shop in the building. Mr. Louis A. Bland of Cleveland, Ohio was the first person to register at the new hotel, after it had opened, while Mr. Thomas (). Lawton, of Sa? vannah. Oa., came in second. Others who spent the night at the hotel were! W. H. Goodlet Greenville; W. F. Sheets, Knoxville, Tenn.; J. A. Mc Gahee, Atlanta; J. A. Coleman, Oa.; F. Zabrlakle, New York City; J. F. Bates and wife, Cincinnati; J. E. Cole bough, Columbia; Jno. O. Kain, Co? lumbia; Lee Paschal, lllchrnond; W. L. Fowlkes, .South Boston, Va; H. Mal many, Coutclandt, X. Y.;\V. M. Sha*\ S. C.; J. A. Attmeyer, Cincinnati; G. L. McBiven, Atlanta; B. C. Blackman. 8. C; J. H. Lawton, Savannah; C. E. Shaw. Florence; K. W. Blanton. Cin? cinnati; A. H. French, Charleston; E. W. Smith. Jacksonville; G.W.Uoss, X. Y.; E. H. Bowman, Cincinnati; J. Quigler, Lanes; H. G. Mcllwin, Co? lumbia; \V. J. Stub! s, Kingstree; J. L. Goode, X. Y.; M. Adkinson, Kentucky; E. Frye, Washington, D. C; M. D. Tindal. X. C; II. K. Overton, X. Y.; A. Sternberger, Va.; E. K. Booker, Farmers, Va; W. E. Saunders, Balti? more; H. E. Kinner, Fla. The iy*Ht Cough Medicine. MI have uoed Chamberlain's Cough lltiedy every since I have been keep? ing house," says L. C. Harne?, of Mar bury, Ala. "I consider it one of the best remedies I ever used. My children have all taken it and it works like a charm. For colds and whooping cough it is excellent ' For sale by all deal era?Advt. Heal Ks tat?* Transfers. Susan Peters to Hattle Stuckey, lot on Bartlette street $1.000. Alma D. Df Medieis, et gl., to Charles B. Suiter, Interest in lot on Sumter street $750. T. B. Kennedy and It. J. Kennedy, to Douglas China, lot on Liberty St., $500. Kdith Brogdon to Agnes Perry, In? terest in tract of in acres; also trftCl of 14.4 acree. $1.840. 11. 1, Harby to Marion W. CatO, 26 acre tract. 9sSl.fi W. T. Andrews, trustee, to Sarah Frlerwon, interest in tract of 17 ac res in Concord township, $2 1.20. * \V S Bkelton, ? merchant .,: Stan? ley. Ind.. says ho would not take * l to 06 for t he relief i i n*le bos of Foley Kidney Pills cave htm. ' i bad a severe attack of kidney trouble with ?harp pains through my back and OOUld hardlv straighten wp. A single boa ,,f Pole] Kidney Pills entlrel) relieved me." Mbert's Drag store.? Advt. Marriage LtCCSSM Ite**ord. Robert Jackson, of Dalnell, ami El? len U Martin. of Wedge field, colored, secured a marriage license Friday mot nine; and were married by the county clerk of court in his office. ?When Barton Holmes recently I gs t bis celebrated travelogue on Panama" at Ore best rs Hall, Chl cago, he was seriously Interrupted by continual coughing of the audience \o one annoys willingly end If people with coughs, colds, hoarseness and in kling la throat would use Folej s Honey A Tar Compound, they could quickly cure their coughs and colds and a\oid this annoyance, Blhert's Drug Store Advt A force of hands is still at work In I he Atlantic Coast lane rrelghl yard, .ind when the work under way is . ompitted the fur.l will he as good M anr in the State. ?Conductor S I, Mdhr, Norfolk, Sehr., on tlonesteel Division of c A \\ w R) . I 'o. recommends Foley Kidney I'iils and says: "I have used Kldne) Pills with very satisfactory re? sults and endoms their use for any ..rie afflicted with kidney trouble. They lire all right" Blbert'l l?rug Store.? Advt DAVIDSON COLLEGE NEWS, Students Plan to Have Representation in Inaugural?Junior Speaking ?Baseball Debate. Davidson, N. C, Jan. :;<>.?The student-body Ii very much Interested In the plan to have a Davidson repre? sentative at the Inauguration of (Joy. Wilson, win. was once a student here. The faculty at a recent meeting de elded t<> grant permission to anyone to attend, provided a sufficient num? ber go. Partie! In Charlotte are arranging for special accommodationi and the friends of Davidson hope that there will he a good representation present. The faculty have been as? sured that the students will have a prominent place in the parade, along with the Princeton and Virginia stu? dent-bodies. More definite plans will be announced later. The Junior Oratorical Contest has been fixed for February 20, 21 and 22, and all Juniors are busy preparing their speeches. Three speakers are selected from each literary society to speak at Commencement for the Ju? nior orator's medal. Hasehall interest has been greatly increased since Cashion, the Washing? ton star ,has been signed to coach the pitching staff. He is at present a student here, leaving March 3rd to join the Washington team at their training quarters at Charlottesville, Va. The warm weather has aided greatly in getting the pitchers into condition and with such an able coach we are expecting a good pitching staff. A debate with Wake Forest has been arranged for Easter Monday. The subject is, Resolved: "That the Amendment of the Federal Constitu? tion Should Be Made Easier." The debate will be held in Winston-Salem, the Chamber of Commerce of that city having offered a loving cup to the winners. Preliminaries to select Davidson representatives will be held February 3rd. Dr. King's New Discovery. Soothes irritated throat and lungs, stops chronic and hacking cough, re? lieves ticking throat, tastes nice. Take no other; once used, always used. Buy it at Blbert'S Drug Store.Advt. lOOOnd Week Jury. The following were drawn Saturday to serve on the jury for the second week of General Sessions Court: J. C. Stukes, S. W. Mobley, T. S. Joye, W. S. Reynolds, R. S. Hood. B. O. Wilder. M. B. i'arkham, J. C. Dawkins, \V. S. Tlsdale, Prank In gram. Isaac Behwarts, C. A.' Ellerbe, G. W. Johnson, R. C. Riehsrdson, A. D. Owens, Moses Green, G. F. Epperson, A. L. Atkinson, R. H. Dingham, J. L. Jackson, T. P, Sanders, John R. IfcBlveen, j. J. Whilden, J. W. Scarborough, I). W. Hopkins. J. Haskell Broadway, O. H. Folley, B. < ?. Hradwcll, W. D. White, j. P. Brunson, A. E. Aycock, A TV Vinson, C. F. Atkinson, t. B, Brunson. w. B. Ellerbe, B. P, Myers No Need to Stop Work. When the doctor orders you to Stop work it Staggers you. I can't, you say. Von know you are weak, run down and falling In health day by day. but you must work as long as you can stand, what you need is Blectrlc Hit - terS to give tone, strength and vigor to your system, to prevent break down and build you up. Don't be weak, sickly or ailing when Blectrlc Bitters will benefit you from the first dose. Thousands bless them for their glor ions health and strength. Try them. Every bottle is guaranteed to satisfy. Only r.Oc at Blbert'a Drug Store.? Advt. The Bumter Brick Works la one of the Sunder enterprises exhibiting :?t the Arcade In Columbia, it having fur? nished something for the Bumter ex hil it. This firm has secured one very large order through its exhibit, from a Columbia contractor and has prat tbally secured another order Still larger than the first, other exhibit? ors have also reaped benefits from the advertisement <?f their products, Old Age. < dd ace as it comes In the orderly process of nature Is a beautiful and majestic thing It atnnds for exper? ience, knowledge, wisdom, counsel Thai Is old age as it should be, but old age us it often is menus poor di r, t m, torpid bowels, a sluggish liver and general feeling of ill health, de? spondent > und misery. This In al? most every Instance is wholly unneces? sary One of Chamberlain's Tablets taken Immediate)} after upper will Improve the digestion, tone up the liv? er and regulate the bowels That feel? ing of despondency will give way to ,>n< "i hope and good cheer. Por sale by ail dealers. ? Advt. RECORDS IN PRIZE CONTEST. Crops Raised and Fertiliser Used In <' * I > National Dank Pour-Aare Con? test. The records In the City National Hank's four-acre prize contest have been given out by Mr. J. Frank Wil? liams, who acted as judge in the con? test. The records will prove of great interest to those who joined in the contest last year and expect to take part, in it again this year, as well as to all farmers in general. Mr. T. S. Du Hose, Jr., of Oswego, won the prize of $100 for the greatest yield on four acres, while the prize for the greatest net profit made went to Mr. S. J. White, who lives several miles south of Sumter. Similar prizes have been offered by the bank in a contest for the year 1913. The following are records made in the City National Bank diversification contest and kind and qunatity of fer- j tilizer used: I T. S. DuBose, Oswego, made 2,330 pounds seed cotton. Fertilizer used: 200 pounds cotton seed meal; 200 lbs. S-3-3, 200 pounds acid, 90 pounds kainit and 200 pounds nitrate of soda. He made 8,884 pounds slip shucked corn on 27-28 of an acre. Fertilizer ! used, cotton seed meal 760 pounds; kainit 760 pounds; and nitrate of soda 380 pounds. He made 126 1-2 barrels of sweet potatoes. Fertilizer used 400 pounds cotton seed meal; 200 pounds 8-3-3; j 400 pounds kainit, 200 pounds acid, i stable manure 1 load, and 200 pounds , of potash. 11?- made 13 17-30 bushels peas and 290 2 pounds of cured hay. Fertilizer ' used 200 pounds 8-3-3 and 200 pounds acid. Mr. J. S. White made 6,822 pounds j of slip shucked corn. Fertilizer used 1,100 pounds of cotton seed meal; 400 pounds acid; 400 pounds of kainit; 400 pounds of top dresser and 582 pounds of nitrate of soda He made 2,631 pounds of seed cot? ton. Fertilizer used, acid 200 pounds; kainit 200 pounds; 8-3-3 600 pounds; top dresser 4 00 pounds and stable ma? nure 8 loads. He made 239 7-12 barrels of po? tatoes. Cotton seed meal 1600 pounds; kainit 800 pounds, and acid 890 pounds. He made 10 1-2 bushels of peas and 4932 pounds of hay. Fertiliser used, acid 400 pound3 and top dresser 4<"i pounds. Mr. J. W. O'Dow made 2,229 pounds of seed cotton. Fertilizer used 200 pounds acid phosphate; 50 pounds potash; 200 pounds meal and loo po inds nitrate of soda. He made 83 3-4 bushels of corn. Fertiliser used, acid 400 pounds; pot? ash 100 pounds; meal 4 00 pounds and nil rate of soda 4 00 pounds. He made 6,350 pounds of peuvine hay. Fertilizer used 200 pounds mix? ed. He made 356 bushels of sweet potatoes Fertilizer used, acid 300 pounds; meal 300 pounds; potash 200 pounds and 15 loads of stable manure. Mr. J. J. Hatfleld made 2.102 pounds of staple seed cotton and which sold for 16 1-2 cents per pound. Fertilizer used 2oo pounds phosphate; loo pounds cotton seed meal; loo pounds potash; 400 pounds X-:5-3 and 100 pounds nitrate of soda. He made 4,620 pounds of slip shuck? ed corn on 4-:, of an acre. Fertiliser used amounted to $14.90. He made 73 barrels of potatoes Fertiliser used 600 pounds 8-3-3, ami 400 pounds kalPU. He made 5,t?.s pounds of hay. Fertiliser used 4oa pounds acid phosphate and 200 pounds of kainit. Mr. m. H. Heek made l'.iis pounds of seed cotton. Fertiliser used B00 pounds of Qermofert; 5<m? cotton seed meal; 700 kainit; 200 pounds nitrate of soda and 100 pounds of potash and 1 2 loads of lot manure. He made sJ 1-2 bushels of corn. Fertiliser used B0 bushels cotton seed; 100 pounds kainit; 400 pounds cot? ton seed meal; loo pounds of Qerm? ofert; 400 pounds of'nitrate soda and 12 loads of lot manure. He made 4B6 bushels of potatoes. Fertiliser used cotton seed B0 hush els; Qermofert 600 pounds; muriate of potash 100 pounds and lot manure l loads. He made 6.B42 of cured peavlne hay at two cuttings. Fertiliser used 600 pounds Qermofert; 100 nitrate of so? da; second planting same acre, 10 loads stable manure. Fertiliser used, ten loads lot manure, i < To he cunt inued. ? Ire "N on a < old Sufferer? 'l ike Dr, King's New Discovery. The best cough, cold, Ihronl and lung medicine made Money refunded it it tails to cute you. Do n<U hesitate? take it at out risk. Flrsl ddse helps. .1 It, Wells, Floydada, Texas, writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery cured my terrible cough und cold. 1 gained 1 ?"? pounds, ' Buy it at Slbert'i Drug Store. Ad> t. FARMERS' UNION NEWS - Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers. (Conducted by E. W. Dabbs, Pres? ident S. C Farmers Union.) Some Random Thoughts. Last week the State Union, after careful consideration, endorsed the Stat* Warehouse bill as reported from the committee appointed at the an? nual meeting in July. Hon. Don. Mc? Queen, of Marlboro; L. J. Browning, of Union, and J. H. Claffey, of Or? angeburg, were added to the commit? tee to secure its perfection and pas? sage. a a a At Florence on Tuesday the County Union had a good meeting. Better marketing of tobacco and farm crops were the principal subjects discussed. P. If. Corner, of the Producers To? bacco Company of Danville, Va., ex? plained their system of handling to? bacco. J. If. Brogdon of Bumter ex? plained the plans and working of the Union Brokerage Company. Recommendations to the numbers and farmers not to plant over 12 acres of cotton to the plow, to urge the leg? islature to enact the Farmers' Union warehouse bill, the Torrens land regis? tration system and to use the Chol? era service, burn or bury .ill dead animals, and remove all restrictions as to killing buzzards were discussed and adopted. The secretary was in? structed to communicate these rec ommendations to the members from I Florence county, and to give them to the press. see The hospitality of the Florence lo? cal union was h?arty and bountiful. Every one seemed to enjoy the day. Bro. Brogdon from Sumter, Bro. Comer from Danville and the writer I , were the only invited guests. see A short visit to the Statt industrial school would require a separate letter j to do justice to what Mr. and Mrs j Holmes are doing to make good citizens out of wayward boys There are some 85 present now. More room is needed to better provide for them ments. Some of the graduates are and to extend the trade's depart doing credit to themselves and the i state that has provided this necessary school in the educational system. E. W. D. Reception for Bride. Friday afternoon Mrs. U. C. Rich? ardson and daughters gave a most de? lightful reception in honor of Mrs. Henry B. Richardaon, the ( harming bride of Mrs. Richardson's son. De? spite the Inclement weather a large number of guests called during the af? ternoon to make the acquaintance of the guest of honor. The parlors anil hall were tastefully decorated in pink and green. The guests wire met at the door by Miss RichardBon, who with Mrs. Richard ion and Mrs. R. I. Manning, composed the receiving line. Miss Emma Baker and Mrs. Agnes Bogfn served punch in the hall and dining room and Miss Annie Richardson hail charge of the dining room and served refreshments to the guests. The affair was a most enjoyable one and was largely attended. Trains Delayed bj Breakdown. Train No. 53 over the Atantic Coast Line wa.s delayed more than an hour Friday night by a breakdown of the engine between Columbia and Sumter and Saturday morning No. ."1 was two hours late on account of a mishap to the engine. Saturday morning the Bteel tire for the driving wheel became loosened near Bastover and another engine had to be set t out from Columbia to take the train on to Florence. When the tlrst engin ? was detached from the train the Bteel rim of the driving wheel fell i ff, showing how loose it had become and how near the train came to having a serious wreck. Miss Gertrude Knight's dancing school is an attraction for many of the young people of the town on Friday afternoons Quite a number are learning to dance an i others attend simply for the pleasure of dancing ?F. E Walling, a farmer living near Vukon, Mo . strongl) recomrr ids Fo? ley's Hone> & Tar Con. d and says: "I have been advised by m> family doctor to use Foley's Honej ? Tar Compound for my children when there was a cough medic tie needed It always gives the best ol satisfaction and l recommend it to others" Sibert'a Dr ue, Store. -Advt.