Full Line of Straw Hats at Wholesale Cost
A full line of straw hats offered at wholesale cost. Prices listed as 3.80, 2.98, and 2.13 in current promotion. Local retailer highlights value and selection for bulk buyers and casual shoppers alike.
30 Jun 1909
Page 1
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
1
A full line of straw hats offered at wholesale cost. Prices listed as 3.80, 2.98, and 2.13 in current promotion. Local retailer highlights value and selection for bulk buyers and casual shoppers alike.
An ad lists men's shirts at 20 pounds good rice for 1 dollar. Salmon 15 cents, 9 cents. Soda four cent packages, seven for 25 cents. Tobacco priced at 29.34 cents per box, ten pounds of cigars for 2 dollars 95 cents.
A transcription of a Q and A dated June 29 2000 discusses Abbeville County profits from the State and County Dispensaries. It notes shifts in revenue distribution, with profits now shared by Abbeville County schools, and mentions direct county shipments, policing costs, and fines totaling about 851 dollars plus possible additional revenue. It cites individuals Mr Hugh Wilton and J. E. Jones and references 1906 1908 periods and broader state practices in Georgia Greenwood Anderson and Lancaster areas.
Personal items from West End note Mrs. V D Lee recovering in Atlantic City with daughter Mrs Lewis Bryant, Miss Belle Visnnski visiting Atlanta, Mr and Mrs C K Layton of Gainesville Florida visiting Abbeville, Miss Sadies Belk visiting Dr W D Simpson's family, Miss Francia Sloan guest of Miss Loi Wileop in Debrubl Street, Mrs Foonie Haddon and son Chalmera returned from West with Mrs Robinson, Mary and Fuente Starke to Colombia for a friend’s marriage, Mrs R L Dargan hosts Bridge, W S Cothran to preside, Mrs D Brown and Charley Brown visited Atlanta, Templeton visiting from New York, Miss Bolo Binghton from Atlanta in town, Mr JE Cifebey of St Louis in town, and an essay on advertising using human life imagery. Foley’s Honey and Tar promotion cited.
An event of great social interest reports the marriage of Miss Acres Grier to Prof. Edgar Long on Wednesday at 9:30 in the home of Dr. J. Moffatt. Guests included Rev. and Mrs. Met, Mr. and Mrs. Long, and a large bridal party with music and a formal reception planned at Gastonia after a trip to North Carolina.
A deadly accident at Saluda Copper Mining Company near Donalds, South Carolina, occurred around 4 p.m. yesterday. George W. Dickens died from a broken neck after entering a shaft to inspect blasting. Alex Cond and a negro miner Davis helped rescue others as fumes and gas overwhelmed workers. Captain McKee and Dr. Crawford attended, with coroner’s jury attributing death to gas inhalation and a fall from a rope. Dickens leaves a wife and four children from Pulaski Virginia.
The first bale of this year's cotton crop was marketed and ginned in Mercedes on Friday, shipped to Galveston and then to New York. The note includes various local notices and advertisements, including Foley Kidney Remedy promotions and train schedules for Due West Railway, with items on winter clothes and local merchantry.
Indianapolis dispatch reports Hong Soon Tong, the Chinese Masons, mobilizing to aid police in finding Leung Lim, New York murder suspect in Elsie Siegel case. E Lung and Chin Goon, with attorney Casa Conway, urged law enforcement cooperation. order urges all members to pursue and report the fugitive.
Georgia Senator Taritt warns tariff on bagging and cotton ties costs the South at least five million dollars annually. He forecasts a fight in Congress as New England shifts burden while southern producers demand representation. He expects Democratic senators to be heard from, pledging action this session.
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