Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GREAT CLEARANCE SALE OF ALL CLOTHING Twice a year we do it! The DISCOUNT SEASON, the CUT PRICE SEASON, is now at hand! We are going to make a CLEAN SWEEP of all Spring and Summer Suits and Trousers. While there is plenty of time yet to wear light and medium weight Garments, we must get ready for Fall and Winter trade by clearing our cabinets and shelves of the stock we have on hand. Glance over these prices and you'll see at once what our "Great Clearance Sale" means. Men's Suits $25.00 now only $16.50 22.50 18. 15. 12. 10. 7.50 15. 12. 10. 8. 6.65 5. Boy's Suits $12. now only 9. v 7.50 6. 5. 4.50 3.50 ?? *? ?? $8. 6. 5. 4. 3.35 3. 2.35 Men's Trousers $9. now only 7.50 6. 5. 4.50 3. 1.50 $6. 5. 4. 3.35 3. 2. 1. Boy's Trousers $2.50 now on 2.00 1.50 1.00 75c 50 c $1.67 1.33 1.00 67c 50c 38c SALE COMMENCES FRIDAY, JULY l8th! TERMS STRICTLY CASH THE D. Chandler Clothing Co., SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA f*abllshed Wednesday aoJ Saturday. ?BT? OSTIEM PUBLISHING COMPANY ?UMTKft, S. a Terms: fl.lt per s.mum?In advance. Advertisements: Ose fiejuare first insertion.11.00 ?very eubsequent Insertion.60 Contracts fer three months, or longer will be mads at reduced rates. All communications which sub serve private interests will be charged far ae advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of rsspeot trill ->? oharged for. The gnmtee Watchman was found del Ii. lftt and the True Southron in INI The Watchman and Soufhren esfw has the combined circulation and tsafuvnoe cf both of the old papers, aad Is manifestly the best advertising j medium in Sirmter. MRS. At'tilST KOHN Di;\l?. Kxplred Suthlenly at Summer Home on Stillt?an * Inland. Cftmwtlfitteh July 17.?Irene Hold smith Kohn. wife of August Kohn of Columbia. Hied yesterday at the sum? mer home of the family on Sullivan's Island, as the result of a seizure of angina p. . i.om, from whi< h she had suffered for i sear Mrs. Kohn was ?tri? ken while lunching with hat ?tster. Mr>. y S Itrunson. ?>f Co lumbla. The funeral will bg half In Columbia tomorrow, at an hour got yet gpsmssjeed, Hsj BsMg at whieh will depend on Ihe hour at whi? h htf BOSV August Kohn, .fr . may srrlve from ?llreent'! i? i g^ftsgje, Alver <on, W V'a Mrs. Kohn wan IhS eldest asaghHl of the late A. A. OommwHi of Char? leston Morn In September, Ihkm, nho was married |g August Kohn Iti Charleston Man h I M'JI. Her daughter, MImh Helen K dm. |g g sttl? dent In the College for Women, Co? lumbia. The other children BPS Aug oat. Jr. and Theodore. Miss Helen Kohn and Theodore Kohn were a* the seashore with their mother, and were retui ulna PJ the Ofittamj on the Island, with a friend who had ?SJgasj up to visit them, when word reached thern of their bereavement Surviving sewfhefs and sinters of \l i < Kohn are Monsr and Kdward lloldsmltb ot Charleston, Mrs. Kite Jaeobs of New York City, Mr? P N Mrunnoii of Half (more and .Mi***< Ales. Broughton of Sumter. , TO AID BN LISTED MKS. Secretary Daniels Has Forme?! Flan to I du< ate Ja'klce. Chicago, July 13.?Detail* of a plan for the vocational education of enlisted men In the navy were an? nounced today by Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who stopped here on his way to the Pacific coast, where he will inspect naval stations and for tiflcatlona. The secretary said that recent ex? changes with Japan had nothing to do with his trip. "It Is planned to give enlisted men in the navy the benefit of three hours a day regular schooling in a course that is abmg the lines of the curricu? lum of the naval academy at Annap? olis," he said. The curriculum will be modified and abbreviated from the studies pursued at the academy, but it Is the purpose so to train the men as to fit them for responsible positions in civil life when their en? listment expires." ' Drafting, electrical engineering, naval architecture, civil engineering and allied Studien were mentioned by UM secretary as among It trades for which tm*s men might receive partial preparation. The secretary is due in Seattle Jury 1?. St M i l It COTTON MAHKFT. Corrected Dally lly FrueM Field Cot ten Buyer. Sumter. S. <*. July 17. Oood Middling 12. Strict Middling I 1 7-X. Middling 11 3-1. Strict Dow Mlddlit.g 11 3-3. Low Middling i" 1-4. staple Cotton< Nominal. New York Cotton Market. <?Prn (Mose. New York. July 17 January.? 11.41 11.31 February.111:*. 113". Mare*.11.41 11.3? May.11.41 11.41 July.11.31 I 3.36 October.13.13 13.31 Hepteanbtr. ... 117:- 11.31 i ictober.I I 1117 tV. ? mber.11.41 11.38 <'auMea of stomach Troubles, Sedentary habits, bu k of out door sxerclsee, Insufficient mastication of food, constipation, a torpid liver, wol - rv and OOS let y, overeating, pnrtakim; of food and drink not suited to your age and occupation. Correct jour habits and take ('bamberlain's Tab? lets and \um v*iii toon be well again. For sale by all dealers.?Advt. FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH. Mayen of John Q. Lewis Condemned to Electric Chair. Cheater, July IS,?Four negn?cs?j Meeka Orlflliii John Crosby, Tom Gliflta and Nelson Trice?today were found guilty of murder and sentenc? ed to death for the murder of John Q. Lewis, a highly respected Confed? erate verteran of the Cornwell Sec? tion Of this eounty, April 26 last. The negroes were sentenced to die in the electric chair Friday, September -6. next. Tiie verdict of guilty and the sen? tencing Ot the four prisoners came a* the culmination of the most sensa? tional murder trial in the annals of Chester eounty. How the four ne? groes plotted tiie death of the aged man was told on the stand yesterday by Monk Stevenson, who acted as watchman while the deed was done. This testimony, hacked up by other evidence, proved sufficient to clear any reasonable doubt from the minds Of tho Jury, and after staying OUl about two hours the jurors re? turned a verdict Of guilty without recommendation to mercy in the] cases of all four negroes. C. J. Katnage of Saludu, acting Judge, then pronounced sentence on the negroes, setting the time of sxe-1 ? ut Ion as September between the bouts of 10 a. m. and 2 p. in. A Good Investment. w. D, Magll, a well known mer? chant of Whltemound, Wls., bought a stock of Chamberlain's medicine so as to !>?? able to supply them to his customers. After receiving them ho was himself taken .sick and says that one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholers and Diarrhoea Remedy was worth more to him than the cost of his entire stock of these medicines. Fur sale by all dealers.?Advt. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. Notice |s hereby given thai ;ill per? sons Indebted to the estate ol L W, Muldrow will make settlement with, and all persons claiming Indebtedness Hgalnsl said estate will present their claims in proper form unto .1 It MUliDItOW, Administrate! The Desl Medicine in the World. "My little girl bad bi.ly dysentery very bad l thought she would die, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera snd Diarrhoea Remedy cured her and l can truthfully say thai I think it Is tb?> best medicine In the world," writes airs William Orvis, (Mate. Mich Fol sale by ull dealers.?Advt. BANKERS ELECT OFFICERS, Rural Credit System Endorsed By Bankers?Other Maters. Lake Toxaway, X. C, July lo.? I With the election of officers and action on a number of Important res? olutions, together with addresses by W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw and Charlee Hall Davis of Petersburg, Va. the 13th annual convention of South Carolina Bankers' assciatlon closed here this evening. Bright Williamson of Darlington, was elected president of the associa? tion, Chas. J. Shannon of Camden is made vice president and Lee G. Hol b man of Anderson is reclected secre? tary and treasurer. Emslle Nichol? son, the retiring president, was nam? ed as a member of the. executive council at large for a term of three years to succeed K. W. Robertson of Columbia. The report of the com? mittee on resolutions was one of the most important incidents of the dayr. The committee, of which Richard I. Manning of Sumter is chairman, re? turned favorable reports on a num? ber of resolutions of general interest. The address delivered by W. F. Stevenson of Che raw was a master? ful one. Mr. Stevenson took up and discussed with emphasis questions ??f Intense interest to bankers everj - where, but especially to the bankers of South Carolina. Among the resolutions reported fa? vorable and adopted by the conven? tion was a motion for the chairmen of the Various groups to take steps to raise funds to offer prizes to fanners of their sections for success In im? proved agriculture. The chairman will work in conjunction with Clem non college and the United states de? partment of agriculture. The resolu? tion specifics that no conflict must come with the extension work of Clemson College or the farm work of ihe government. The chairmen of the eight groups arc placed on the ngricult uro commit tee. Mr. Wannamaker'a resolution In? dorsing Senator B. I?. Smith's bill in tin* senate providing for the exter? mination Of the boll WCCVil WUH la voruhly reported ami adopted. Fight members were added to the executivo council as ex-ofhetu members, The additions arc the chairmen ol the uro ups. Heal Flinte Transfer. A transit! of real estate has been recorded from Mrs Leila B. Wright to T J, Williams, jr., lot on Oakland Avenue, fOll. Dr. It. M. Burns Of Johns Hopkins University is one of ?ie witnesses in the Broon case against the railroad. Surprising Cure of Stomach Tronblc. When you have trouble with your | stomach or chronic constipation, don't imagine that your case is beyond help just because your doctor fails to give you relief. Mrs. G. Stengele, Plain field, X. J., writes, "For over a month past 1 have been troubled with my stomach. Everything I ate upset it terribly. One of Chamberlain's ad vertising booklets came to me. Af? ter reading a few of the letters from people, who had been cured by Chara berlain's Tablets, I decided to try them. I have taken nearly three- I fourths of a package of them and can 1 now eat almost everything that 1 s ant." For sale by all dealers.?Advt | Mr. Charlton Say wer, assistant to the comptroller general, will be In the city this evening to go over the auditor's and treasurer's books for a settlement for the year 1912. SUMMER SCHOOL. The summer school for teachers will be opened Monday, August 4th, at the Hampton school building, and will continue for four weeks. Prof. S. H. Edmunds will be the instructor in English and mathematics, and Miss E. W. McLean will be in charge of the Primary Methods and Writing course. J. H. HAYNSWORTH, County Superintendent of Education. YES 25 NO? Do you or do you not save something each week ? :-: "TRY THE CERTAIN WAY" ?f Peoples' Bank Bailey Military Institute Formerly the S. C. C. I. nf Edgefield, S. C. A Christian military institution offering instruction in classical, scientific and com? mercial courses. Large new brick build ings. Modcrnly equipped. Steam heat. Electric lights. Hot and cold water in every room. If you want to place your son in a school where his health will be carefully looked after, hys mind thoroughly triincd and where he will be taught habits of odedience, punctuality and industry, send him to our institution. Here each cadet is under the close per? sonal control and watchful care of the tc.ichcrs from the time he reaches the school until he leaves for his home. Fop Catalog and other information, add ress: Bailey Military Institute, fcyg* s. <?