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I Profit in Advertising Publicity Expert Demonstrates Value of Advertising to Pro gressive Merchants Ashev?le, N. C. July 11 (Special) ? The usefulness of advertising to the general public has been clearly estab lished in the discussions here this week before the annual convention of newspaper. publishers and advertising agencies. It is through the greater volume c?. . business on a given overhead Which is made possible by intelligent adver vtising that prices of any commodity are lower if sold by advertising than when this engine of modern business power is not employed. \ , In almost every instance where ad ? . vertising is done intelligently its cost ;" is more than offset by the savings that it effects. Just how the matter works oat was fully explained in meetings of the past few days by men familiar with every phase of publicity. For instance, a retail store may have a fixed overhead of fifty dollars per week. If the overturn is only two hundred and fifty dollars each week. " twenty per cent must be added to /?? cover the running expenses and ten ' per cent, more to give the owner a safe margin of actual profit. When the merchant spends fifty dol lars a week more for advertising, in creasing his overhead to one hundred dollars, with the effect of building his business to a thousand dollars a week, v^jcen per cent, mark up will cover his :*\^<Jos$s of operation and an additional \.\nve per cent will afford him twice the net; profit that ten per cent gave him on has two hundred and fifty dollar overturn. So the merchant who advertises can sell his goods ffitr fifteen per cent ad \ yahee on the -Tvholesale prices and make twice as much for himself as d?eis the storekeeper who fails to ?d-! ^ver?se and whose prices are thirty! per cent, higher than those at which - he buys from the wholesalse houses. The public gets'the benefit of the fifteen .per cent lower prices the ad vertising siore can offer. It has been 'pomted out repeatedly \ this week in the-discussions before the _.'.:donventions of the Southern Council : of the American Association of Ad vertising Agencies and the Southern Kewspaper Publishers' Association that widely advertised food and other products were last to be raised in price during the war and that on these advances when made were smaller . than on non-advertised goods. -' Cow Testing Report _________ Record of Pioneer Cow Testing Association for June ?' ??? ? r ? ? Editor Sumter Daiy Item. JDear Sir: Enclosed please ? find anonthly list of cows in Pioneer South Carolina Cow Testing Association pro ducing over 40 pounds of butter fat for month of June. This month's record is good consid ering the condition of the pastures, and the hot weather. It will be noticed that Dr. China's cow "Queen" heads the list. She has been the highest producer for the two months, April and June. Yours very truly, ? ... ? J. W. Herrin '. The following table gives the names of owner of cow, name, breed, age. when fresh, pounds milk, per cent of fat and pounds of butter fat of the cows in the association which have produced more than 40 pounds of but- ! terfat during the period of 30 days ending June 30, 1919: R. M. Cooper. Jr.. Wisacky. Tu^Tp; 1 Guernsey; 5; Sept: 78^?-.2;^4-er? R. M. .Cooler, **ri. Wisacky; Laoyj - Dixon, Guernsey; 12; May; 1.080; 4.5: 4S.6. R. M~. Cooper, Jr.. Wisacky: Clara: Guernsey: 5; December: 810; 5.0; 4.0.3. E. B. McCutchen. Bishopville: Oak wood; Guernsey; 4; June; 1,080; 1.5; 43.6. R. M. Cooper. Jr., Wisacky; Dairy Maid; Guernsey; 8; June; 1,062 4.4: 46.7. E; B. McCutchen. Bishopville; Katie of O.; Guernsey; 4; April; 945: 4.ri; 1 40.6. E. B. McCutchen. Bishopville: Pearl | Ii Til; Guernsey: 6: January; 930: 4.3: 40.0. R. A. Smith, Lynchburg, Brownie; Guernsey: 4; April; 900; 4.5; 40.5. R. A. Smith, Lyechburg. Winnie; Guernsey: 4; May: 810: 5.0; 40.5. R. A. Smith, Lynchburg; Josephine: | Guernsey; 8; May; 960; 4.2: 40.2. Dr. A. China. Sumter; Queen. Hol- J stein; 5; March: 1.380; 3.6; 49.7. Dr. A. China, Sumter: Rose; Jersey: 5V;. May; 1.050; 4.2 44.1. Dr. A. China. Sumter: Dream: .Jer sey: 5: March: 924; 4.4; 40.6. J. W. McFarland. Bishopville; j Belle: Jersey; 5; May. 1. J 4<>; i \ 4J.&. J. W. McP'arland. Bishopville: May Roe; Jersey: 6; May: 8 43: 4.9; 11.3. John Hickson. Cheraw: Evaline; Jersey; 6; May: 1J2S; 4.3; 48.5. J. A. Shanklin. Canubm; Int. Ion ise; Jersey; 6; April; 939: 4.6: 13.2. J. A. Shanklin. Carnden: Susie or Marlow; Jersey; 10; February; 816; 5.0: 40.8. - Number cows of different breeds tested: Jersey, 84; Guernsey, si: Hoi stein, 9. Number of cows producing over 1'? pounds butterfat: Jersey. 7: Guern sey, 10; Holstein, 1. Highest milk ai d butterfat pro duction: - Queen. Holstein. o\vn?-.l by Dr. China. Sumter. Milk 1.380 lbs: Butterfat. 49.7 pounds. - * J. W. He. ring. Official Tester: ! Andreas Westergaard, Secty. Overtakes Ship in Air Seattle. Wash., July 12.?Chartering i an/airplane at one dollar a minute; for.a flight to catch the steamer Kals ma Maro which he missed when the vessel sailed from Seattle for Oriental ports today. J. J. Mayer. Seattle Red j Cross worker booked for Vladivostok, i ??-?cceeded in catching up with thej f*ip near Port Townsend.. Washing-! ionj. after a 35 minute flight. Proceedings of Court The Court of General Sessions j convened here Monday with Judge (John S. Wilson presiding. The grau?] [jury was at one*- organized and was give*\ a sheaf of ('ills to pass upon. I T&e case of Hampton Cooler was called and the defendant plead j guilty and was given a sentence of j imprisonment for one year and a 35 fine. David Capers, who was arraigned under charge of grand larceny, plead guilty and was given an IS months' ! sentence. j The following true i>ills were hand ed in by the grand jury. Ivory P.eterson. obtaining goods un der false pretense. Altamont Murry. assault with in tent to kill and pointing a deadly j weapon. j Edward Johnson. Mims Dow. Willie [Jackson. Collin Alston and David ed I dis. bouse breaking, i Eddie Grant and Scrap DeVorc. hhousebreaking and larceny. Peter K. Sanders, forgery, j Jake Middleton. forgery. ! W. M. and M. M. Baker, murder. Wash Brown, alias Ward Casey, obtaining goods by false pretense. Nathaniel Casey, forgery. Cephas Ford, bribery. Fritz M. Behre, murder. Eugene Krideri larceny of bicycle. J. R. Woathorly. breach of trusl with fraudulent intent. Joe Crimm, house breaking and I larceny,? two bills. Arthur Howard and Tatum Pierce j breaking into railroad car and lar I ceny. Mack Wells, assault and battery I with intent to kill. i Andrew J. Brewer. breach of j trust and grand larceny, j Frank Brogdon. malicious mis-' i chief. Andrew Covan and Willie Riley.j larceny. James Dennis. Scrap DeVoe. Ed Grant, and Ivory Peterson, injuring jail. No bill found in the case of Carl! Williams for obtaining goods under false pretense. In the case of the State against S. B. Ostgen-for-assault with intent j to kill the jury brought in the vor h?ict of guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, 'with recommendation to mercy. No i tice of motion for appeal was given by the defendant's attorney. ' . Eugene Krider plead guilty to lar ceny of bicycle and was given sen tence of three months." In the case of Hazel Holidav and John - Singleton, larceny from the field, a verdict of not guilty was ren dered. Joe Crirri plead guilty to the charge of house breaking and w?s given sentence of one year in the lirst case and six months in the sec- ; ond. the latter sentence to begin at the expiration of the first. James Dennis. Scrap DeVoe and Eddie Grant and Ivory Peterson' plead guilty to a charge of injuring; the jail and each were given a sen- j tence of thre^ months or $7?. Eddie Grand plead guilty to charge 1 of house breaking and larceny and: was given sentence of nine months, j to begin at the expiration of a sen-! tence already given in another case, i Andew Gvoan plead guilty to lar- J ceny and was given a sentence of six j months. Ivory Peterson plead giulty of ob- j taining goods under false pretenses and was given sentence of on<- year. A verdict "f not guilty was dt- i rected by the court in the case of J Peter R. Sanders. Ferdinand .Martin was tried andi found n<>t guilty of murder. Presentment of Grand Jury. Hon. John S. Wilson. Presiding Judge, j Having finished the business rcferr-i ed to it, the Grand Jury herewith j>r< sents such matters as appear to !>'? j of public importance. All indictments placed in our hands by the Solicitor have been duly considered, and re-1 turned to the court with our findings! endorsed thereon. The committee appointed to in spect the County Jail and 'louse a ad Alms House have reported t<> us to the fotto wing effect: The Jai! now in use has been con: demnetE time and again as unsafe and unsanitary, and the laps-; of time finds no improvement of a permanenl nature^ Mr. D. W. Owens the jailer is ah efficient, humane and faithful of ficer. He 'Iocs tlu- b<st that can be done in the circumstances. Sumter j County needs a new jail constructed in [accordance with modem ideas of hy [giene and safety. The funds avail able at tiiis time are inadequate for such a building as is necessary to meet reasonable requirements. We would urge upon our legislature and! commissions that they provide the j means wherewith this need may bei supplied within th?- next year. Mean-! 1.while repairs upon the old jail should be made forthwith to such an extent: as will insure safe keeping and com fort for those who are confined there in. Th*1 Alms House, or collection of smali houses thai an- us- d by the in-j mates are ->'-\ of them in need of rc-i pairs, as is also tie- case wi:h the SU-1 perinfend?nt*s cottage. There are! some leaks that should be stopped in order t<> prevent rapid deterioration, to say nothing <>:' the health and com fort of the people occupying them. A j liberal use of whitewash inside and I outside is recommended. The steps] t<> some of the houses are rotting down. th<- chimneys are in bad con dition, th efencing needs repairs, hi I fact there is much work thai should j !.?? done without delay. The Court House is in fairlv rood condition, but here too. there a rot Some things thai should be don*. Th ': outside covering over '?]?>? windows is falling off. The walls throughout tie*! building are rather dingy, :in<! should; be oalsomined. Eere and there ;:: j some of the offices; the plastering is j broken. This should be patched if ] practicable, or new plastering done, ft] seems a pity for so fine a structu to be permitted to fall into an unki and unsightly condition, which ea a b prevented by timely ? ;u->* and work-. Complaints have come to us of somei violations of law which n?'ed to be <-?>:--j rected and guilty parties p?nlsb?:d.; among these, is the alleged fact that ! there are many idle persons who should be arrested under the vagrancy i law. Then too we are told of the'ha Ibitual sale of gasoline <>n Sunday and j other acts and deeds that violate the sanctity of the Sabbath... In this con nvction we feel sure that our Rural j Policemen are alive to their duty con I corning such matters, and we know that they have a large territory to cover. None the less wc urge them an increased vigilance and determina tion to correct these evils. They may considered as minor matters., but j in ill" aggregate they add to laxity of tin- law observance ami lead to more ; serious tilings. ! .Much complaint is lizard of speed j ing automobiles on the public high j ways. A number of accidents have [occurred 'from reckless driving at un : lawful rate of speed. Unless the i growing evil is stopped, serious conse ' quences will be the certain result. The j peace officers, sheriff, deputy sheriff j and .policemen should use their best j endeavor to apprehend all persons of ; fending in this particular an<l pun j ishmenl should be swift and severe to j t he limits of t he law. j In closing, we beg to express our iappreciation for the courtesies and as j'sistance rendered us by your Honor and all officers of the Court. Respectfully submitted, j ? Foreman. I Real Estate Transfers Sumter Township. June 20?The Master to I. C. Strauss sand 1). D Moise. 2 lots, $100 j June 21?Realty Development Co.. I to S. B. C?rbett. l lot. $200. i ? June 2:;?H. s. Waddell to W. x. [Hook, l lot $200. j June iz--j. c. Plowdcn to W. N. I Hook, J lot. $300. j June 23? W. X. Hook to J. C. Plow den, 1 lot. $300. June 24?R.- W. Westberry to Mar guerite H. Brooks, et ab,-35 acres, $4, ? 140: ? % ? ' ?: ! June 23?McCalrum''Realty Co.. to |j. W. Harper, 1' lot. $1.900. June 25?L. B. Stubbs to Sam Mc Laughlin, 1 lot, $90. June 27?R. W. Westberry to Adam i Davis. 1 iot. $375. July 5?Z. J. Jackson to W. A. j Bowman. 236 ' 1-2 acres. $10.000, and other con side rations. July 7?A. R. Howard to Charles W. | jDuRr.nt, 1 Jot, I house. $125. July 7?Lucinda White to Eliza] Franklin. 1 lot. $1. Sumter City June 20?Aiice V. Middleton to J. A. Middleton. 1 lot, 1 house. $517.17. June 21?A. P. Vinsoh, et al to D. G. F. Bultman. 1 lot. 1 house. $4.250. June 21?Robert B. Vinson to D. G. F Bultman. 1 lot, 1 house, $472. . ne 21?D. G. F. Bultman to Ray mon Schwartz, l lot. $300. June 21?D. G. F. Bultman to Ray mpn Schwartz, 1 lot, 1 house. $1.225. June 21?Th?-- City National Bank to W. B. DeLorme, 1 lot. $300. June T.'>?R. W. Plowden to J. F. Nunnery. 1 lot, $450. June 2:*?L. C. Moise to F. O. Law son. 2 lots. 1 house. $4.300. June 23?Cora G. Hewitt to C. W. Brand and Rosa B. Duffy, 1 lot. 1 house. $10 and other considerations. June -28?Samuel A. Ross to L. S. Ross. 1 lot, $10 and other considera tions. June 28?Willie Ferguson to Henry Ferguson, 1 lot. $50. June o0?McCallum Realty Co. to E. W. McCallum, 1 lot. *2f>0. June 30?Geo. If. Hurst, et al.. to C. !0. Hurst. 1 lot. $5 and other con siderations. June 30?Mary Z. Bowman to Paul K. Bowman. 4" acres. and other considers t ions. .Inly 1?Perry Krasnoff to Mrs. T. O. Guthrie, 2 lots. 2 houses. $2.400. July 1?J. J. Whilden to S. M. Pier son. 1 lot. S5 ami other considerations. July 1?S. M. Pierson to J. J. Whil den. 1 l?>t. $."> and other considerations. July 1?D. I). Moise to Peter Wel come, et al. 1 lot. $525. July 1 Elizabeth B Lemmon to Jo s' ph A. MeClure. 1 lot. 1 house. $4. 600. July 1 ? R. B. Reiser to J. H. Mc-j Collum, et al.. 1 lot. 1 house, $9.000. July 1 ? Christopher Atkinson to R. B. Reiser. 1. lot, 1 house, $5 und other consider., t ions. July 2?J. R. Jones to W. K. Wright, 1 lot. 1 house. $3.000. July :: It. c. and E. B. Haynsworth to E. L. Witherspoon. 1 lot. $1.100. July 3?H. C. and K. B. Haynsworih to 11. L. Witherspoon, 1 lot. $1.100. ,TuIy .1?Mrs. E. K. Ruker to F. L. LeGrande. 1 lot. I house, $10,500. July 7?Maria Wilson to Nero and bEIizo Richardson. 1 lot. 1 house, $600. July 7 E. W. Me!'.-ilium Janie W. McCallum. 1 lot. 1 house. $mo I and other considerations. July 7?Sallic Seott to Hairy and j < nrrie David. I lot. $400. Bishopville bus seemed hydro- j electric power to light 'he town and 1 to operate planus needing electrtc ! power. If Sumter could obtain power j at. a reasonable rate it would be an advantageous arrangement for the municipal plant to obtain current from the.same sourc ? and retain th< steam plant for use ii case of emer gency. The town of Dillon has recently made very advantageous contract for power for lighting the town and operating tin- several cotton mills and other manufacturing plants in and around that mwn. If this city is ever to hook up with the hydro-electric I power lines thai are being established throughout this section on the State, now is tin- line- to get in. Th? pros ! pect is that coal will continue high :?; I price and go 11 j11?-i-. and to pr<*diie?> | power fi"'?m coal will cost more tha : I by water ppwer. Washington, July !::. -General ferences between President Wils.:; : ? and members of both houses of Con gress will begin tomorrow at th *. White House. ft w.-is indicated that :i wide range of subjects, domestic ??? '?1 ?.?/??!! as international, would be dis-j cussed. \'o annoihtment had bee'il - - nade tonight for the president to r< ? j ceive as :i body the senate forei;* tj relations coihrnittee. which has be fore it the peace treaty and its Icagu ?! covenant. 11 was considered Hltely. 1 however, thai stich an appointment might be rna.de within the next day or. The Potash Question Mr. Dabbs Comments on Reports From Darlington County To the Editor of The Daily Item: I am surprised at this sentence in the report of potash damage in Dar lington county: "At a meeting of cot ton farmers in New Orleans about two months ago an effort was made to get the government not to put a heavy tariff upon German potash. This effort was killed by the agency of the men interested in American potash." I am also surprised at the state ment "it was shown that one part of a field where the potash had been spread has suffered greatly while in another part where German kainit or other forms of potash were used." etc. The point to my inquiry is: Who had German kainit in 1919 after 3 or 1 years when it had not been import ed? And what other forms of pot ash were used? 1 am also curious to know what Mr. Williamson means by saying "Where 75 pounds per acre of K20 was used" "where 40 or 50 pounds of K20 was used." etc. and where small er quantities of K20 were used the ef fect is not noticeable." Kainit had 12 pounds K20 in 100 pounds of bulk therefore, if one used 40 pounds of K20 he had about the equivalent! of 333 1-3 pounds kainit. If he used 50 pounds of K20 he had equal to 400 pounds kainit. If 75 pounds K20 he used equai to 625 pounds kainit. It" he used 75 pounds K20 it took about 200 pounds of the high grade domestic potash or 300 to 4 00 pounds or the lower grade, say that running ! !< to 25 per cent of K20. I used iast year 100 pounds of Searles Lake pot ash 2! to 255 per cent K20 per acre and saw no harm, but good. I am using this year some of the last year purchase at 1"0 pounds per acre. Some of this year's 19 per cent K20 100 pounds per can' and 38 per cent K20 at 50 pounds per acre. I see no bad results. I tried to use what would give me the same K20 as 150 to 200 pounds of kanit. I have some cotton in 4 separate fields from 1-4 mile to three miles apart that look as bad as cotton can look. Where the three different grades of potash were used? but on the same rows in two fields, and right by these bad spots I have as good cotton as there is in this sec tion. Therefore without moire light than was given at New Orleans or in the article of Dr. Summers I am j "from Missouri." So much for that. To go back to the statement about ' the New Orleans meeting. If it re-1 fers to the meetings in New Orleans May 12-16 I was there and all that I heard about potash was that the do mestic potash had some poison to plant life in it. 1 questioned this statement. The gentleman who read it said it had been proved by five' years tests. 1 questioned that statement, and stated that. American potash had not been discovered until we had exhausted oar supplies of German potash, and that there could not have been any five year tests. I demanded the source of the gentle-! man's information. He failed to give it. I asked Dr. Watkins, assistant di rector of extension work in this State what he knew about it. His reply was "I never heard of it before." I then stated that the gentleman had made an admirable report and I con gratulated his committee on their in-, dustry, but that I must insist on his reference to American potash being stricken from the report, if he want ed his report adopted unanimously. After some rapid fire -discussion tie) agreed to rhy opposition. I believe if he had not done so the convention would have stricken that from the re port. What I did was without con sultation with anybody. I have no in terest in American potash further than to be glad that we have a supply of it. I am willing to pay more for it to de velop the home supply until such time as we'can trade in the German supply without giving aid and comfort to the enemy. When they and we have ratified the peace treaty and they show their good faith by carrying out. the provisions of th'- treaty, r am willin.tr lo trad<- them cotton seed oil and cotton for kanit and ammoniate of potash. But until then I repeat' what ! said in Washimrton and Kew-j Orleans "Not one pound of cotton or cotton seed products to Germany, if I never sell any more." That was call ed in Washington by one of the dele gates "1>?d poor business." and may be thought by some in New Orleans, but both meetings strongly indorsed the position I took. 1 am opposed to any tariff on Ger man potash. [ do not want merely to ask "the government not to put a heavy tariff on German potash." I believe the government should pay to the men who have developed our do mestic potash whatever will protect them against loss in supplying us with; potash until trade becomes normal again, and to show our citizens that should it be necessary they can go out and develop our natural resources to make us independent of another] country! But I do not believe it is good policy to encourage the use of our natural resources when we can be, supplied cheaper from foreign sources. We should keep such of our natural j resources for the time'when either by war or the exhaustion of the foreign! supply, ours will be our only source! of supply. My friend Bright Williamson is very careful in all of his statements, but if he said what lie is quoted as saying these farmers were using from 200 to 4fli) pounds of potash and in that) much there may be enough of some deleterious tfubslance to kill the plants. j Bui .ill this has to be demonstrated. 1 have heard farmers say it was not safe in use over 1!1111 pounds of kainit I or 50 pounds of muriate per acre. I| have used 100 pounds of muriate, and 1.000 pounds of kainit and saw noth ing bui good in each case. We are not doing any good. Mr. Editor, but harm, !>y publishing state ments of a lscarehead kind. ! is to protest againsi this and to set the record straight that I am asking you to give space to this article. E. W. Dabbs. Mrs. C. W. Stansill is visiting rela lives in Eastovcr for a few days. ho continued, i! was necessary should <!'> so to ? could while the Hi. bul don'i Corget Km pin- that won < 'laiming Tjjc \ ictory (Charleston Pest ? "Don't forget/' exclaimed Field Marsha! Ilai- in a. speech Newcas tle on Wednesday, "it was the Brit ish Empire thai won the war. Wo talk a great <l?-.i "about our allies; and right thai vv buck them u fighting was goin it. was Tli-- Britisl this war. We talk to particularize, but you know our Russian friends let us down and the Italians didn'l do a great deal. Then mir French friends made the best of ?. !>nt they really had ;i very h;ird j<d> ::i ih<- beginning; F??r the last two years England bore ihe brunt of the struggle." The Ameri cans? two divisions of which, includ ing our own Thirtieth, broke the Hin denburg Line under Marshal Haig's own command?apparently had no part in the proceedings. It i-s a. mat ter of record that at the tint.- of the armistice the United States armies held a. considerably greater portion of the western front than the British forces, but lnnv should GenVral Haig know tli.it. or why should he mention it. if he did A good deal has to be allowed these military men. who are usually unable to see beyond their own commands, and much must be conceded to nationalistic pride ??speci ally to the British. General Haig was never greatly interested in operations beyond the British sector and he doubtless believes sincerely that the war was fought amd won wholly in that part of the field, and it does no harm for him to think and little for him to say so. There will be plenty of time to discuss this part of the busi ness and history is not written in a day nor in the lifetime, usually of a soldier. The war has been won and it is necessary that we get the world back to peace as rapidly as possible i if worse than the war is not to afflict lit. Whether or not the British Empire 'won The war is not worth disputing i but this much is beyond dispute?if the United States had stayed out the German Empire would have won the war. TIME TO ACT. Don't Wait for the Fatal Stages of Kidney Illness. Profit by Sumter I People's Experiences. ! Occasional attacks of backache, ir regular urination, headaches and dizzv spells are frequent symptoms of kid ney disorders. It's an error-" to neg lect these ills. The attacks may pass j off for a time but generally return with greater intensity. Don't delay a ; minute. Begin taking Dean's Kid 'neq Pills, and keep up their use until 'the desired results are obtained, i Good work in Sinoter proves the ef fectiveness of this ^reat kidney rem edy. . Mrs. K. i). Briggs, 312 W. Liberty St., Sumter, says: "1 had a slight l j touch of kidney trouble about two j years ago. Headaches and diziy I spells bothered me a great deal. I : felt languid and tired and wanted to i ! sleep all the time. My kidneys acted ! irregulariy and I felt bad all over. Doan's Kidney Pills were recommend :ed to me by a friend who had used ? them with good results/ so I tried i some. A few doses brought me fine ;relief and it wasn't long before I was : cured." I Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't ?'simply ask for a kidney remedy?get i Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that jMrs. Briggs had. Foster-Milburn Co., Ulfgrs.. .Buffalo. Ni: V.?Adyt.. fllHT! YOUR farm land, subdivided into small farms and sold at auction b)^ our method will pro duce quick and profitable returns for you. Many South Carolina owners realize the advantages of our me thods and are selling their farms through us. _ Here are a few South Carolina Sales made last year. Date of Sale Owner Aug. -31/18 .C: O. Dixen, Esq_ Sept. 10/18 _H. N. Singletary,Esq.._ Sept. 11/18 _Durant, Horton&Fioyd Sept. 13/18 -Mrs. Mary J. HarrelL. Sept. 14/18 _J. D. Coker, Esq. Oct. 1/18.._F.L. & John Wilcox__ Oct. 9/18...W. T. Wilkins, Esq.._ Nov. 1.9/18_York Real Estate Co... May 7/19_._Catawba Real Estate Co. Location Am'I Sold For Nr.ir Mullins, S. C_$42,999.16 " Lake City, S. C_ 66,723.66 " Mannir.gr, S. C- 35,294.62 " Darlington, S. C. 25,134.56 " Hartsville S. C_10,116.20 " TimmonsvilIe,S.C.- 71,589.85 " Kingstree, S. C..__ 19,206.72 York, S. C.__.,__ 11,331.25 Rock Hill, S. C. 17,500.00 South Carolina Farms can be sold to better advantage now than ever before. Money is plentiful and tliere is a demand for small farms. Quick Actioit?Satisfaction to Seller ?Satisfaction to Buyer are three principles that have made our organization the largest and Tiost in demand for selling city, farm and suburban property. Wc have hundreds of endorsement letter} that, emphatically express the satisfaction of our customers. Write for copies of these and booklet, explaining our methods. Farm Lands Our Specialty ?Territory Unlimited Atlantic Coast Realty Company /^^\ESyK> "The Name That Justifies Your Confidence" />jOVjpH>?wfo Offices Petersburg, Va. Greenville, N. C. tu Reference: Any bank in Petersburg, Va, or Greenville, N. C. " 4M4A"ll'>l***t II I < mill I BUM* ?? '> z, * * t t t T WRM f hf % ?r'? ' ''5'.a The National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter With o <?f our men returned from the Service and with Assets $2,000,000.00 We are better prepared than ever to Serve You C. G. ROVVLANO, Preside if. F1 E. HINNANT, Cashier. ' > ?? ?? ?? ?? * * ?? ?? i NEILL O'PON'XELL, President ! .-W 111 r""" .' 1 'rilrT- - - V fir**}. i n&: O. I/. YATFS, Cashier A Satisfied Customer Is the best asset that any Mer cantile or Banking Institution can Ihksscss. If your Banking arrange ments arc not perfectly satisfactory come in and Tell Us Your Troubles And if we can help yon, be assured tliAt It will be oiir pleasure to do so. The First National Bank SUMTER, S. C.