18 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
1
A personal invitation to men to visit Schloss Bros Co for the fall and winter styles. The store promises the best and latest fashions in men s wear with an urgent appeal to see the extensive and varied advance line for the coming season.
Schloss Bros. & Co. in Baltimore advertises Schloss Clothes as the standard of quality and style rivaling New York Philadelphia and Chicago outlets. The fall line exceeds expectations after testing samples, with additional selections from other reliable makers to fit any figure or budget. Customers are invited to view, reserve, or buy now.
Abbeville shop promotes its dress goods with large stock including Mohair in many colors at 50 cents per yard and 50 inch Panama fabrics in black blue and brown for 50 cents per yard. Wool in assorted colors at 1 dollar per yard highlights the extensive selection and invites customers to visit or call to see full stock.
Readable lines show damask fabric offered at 26¢ per yard with 350 and 500 yard quantities and a higher price per yard at 1.00 and 1.50. Napkins priced from 50¢ per dozen up to 3.50 per dozen, aiming to match the damask above.
A large lot of ladies undergarments including muslin items with embroideries and laces. Correct corsets for fall and a selection of collars priced at 10 15 20 and 26 cents.
The advertisement touts a premier millinery department led by Miss Nannie Seal and Miss Faulkner. It promises the latest and best goods, backed by experienced staff and substantial investment, to attract local shoppers.
Silk lined Kayser gloves in black brown gray and other shades sold at 50 cents for two clasp styles. another line offers Kayser gloves in black brown tan and gray at 25 cents.
A local retailer invites shoppers to visit a large display of new goods after weeks of careful selection. The store touts extensive stock, substantial discounts, and a focus on quality, promising both pleasure and profit in trading.
Market buyers see gloves in multiple colors priced at 2.50 to 5.00 per pair with a forward bid of 1.00. Ladies and children's underwear offered in assorted sizes and prices 0.50 to 1.50 with 0.75 and 1.00 common.
The advertisement touts 750 yards of a single silk brand including chiffon and hard finish. It markets 86 inch taffetas in all colors at $1 and $1.25 per yard, 86 inch latins at 75 cents to $1, calling it the best $1 silk on the market.
Art Department offers table scarfs center pieces table mats pillow cards and sofa cushions 20x20 priced at 50 cents each. Items feature Japanese drawn motifs and are available in various designs for home decor.
A local advert touts a large assortment of cloaks furs and raincoats for ladies misses and children urging shoppers to visit and see the stock, claiming it is the most complete line shown.
The R M Haddon Company highlights Congressman Aiken's letter urging postal clerks on the midday trains Nos. 18 and 19 between Columbia and Greenville. It notes Greenville’s meeting, rail space issues, and urging chambers of commerce to press the railroad. Wyatt Allen signs the letter, dated September 14, 1907, Abbeville.
Description of the J. T. Mano estate four and a half miles from Abbeville with seventy six acres, one large and one small dwelling, two tenant houses, three streams, and improved facilities. Also notes on a dispensary election petition in Abbeville County and a Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertisement promising healing for burns, wounds, and ulcers.
Property offer cites 445 acres two miles from Abbeville on the Columbia and Greenville road. Land includes bottom, cotton and pasture potential with permanent rail service urged by L. R. Wilson and postal clerks to capitalize mail trains 18 and 19. Cash sale, possible long-term use if traffic justifies keeping trains running.
Five residence lots offered for sale at the corner of Main and Wardlaw streets. Adjacent to the Graded School Building and near churches and the Public Square. Terms reasonable. J R Blake.
Fragmented local notes from Lown Delville recount old road travel by mule wagon to Calfoun Falls, missing items, and various residents and visitors. Mentions include Meore E. F. and Clement Latimer visiting Abbeville, Vera Allen with Huokab es, Nellie Taylor with the Taylor family, D. Barnes from Anderson, RW Collier, Mrs. Charlie Cowan, Miss Leila Mossley, and Mrs. Jeff Howman among others. References to Labor Day, Rural Carriers relief, and a Misco woman. Adds ads for bagging and ties and Speed’s drug store tobacco.
J H Darby real estate dealer Walnut Walhalla S C lists multiple farms and land tracts from 31 to 163 acres with locations near Walhalla, Whitstone and Seneca plus dwelling and tenant houses. Prices offered at seven dollars per acre for timber land and easy terms on all. Also residences and building lots in Walhalla and West Union. Office at Peoples Bank.
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