The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-04-19
SUMNER & HIPP.
Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and House
furnishings.

A comparatively new enterprise
since it has been identified with local
retail interests but two year,, the fur
niture house of Summer & Hipp fur
nishes in it's very presence and sue
cessful operations the incontrovertable
evidence of NeWberry's constant devel-
opment as a trade centre. While this
particular firm is comparatively new,
Mr. Gus B. Summer, the senior MEM
Der, is old in experience, for he has
been connected with other furniture
concerns in Newberry for over ten
years, as a member of the firm of Shell
ley, Dean & Summer and Shelley &
Summer. Summer & Hipp occupy
three floors of a commodious building
on the public square, each floor of
which is 42x1OO feet in dimensions
supplying a total floor area amounting
to 12,600 square feet, every inch OF
which is utilized for the temporary
storage Of surplus stocks and for sale
quarters. These stocks anticipate all
the needs of the house-keeper for fur
nishing the home, and consist of all
articles of household equipment from
the parlor to the kitchen and for the
humble cottage, as we'll as the more
pretentious residence. The stock
equipment has been selected with
great care from the warehouses Of
leading manufacturers in the several
lines handled, and contains the very
latest ideas in style and workmanship
and such completeness in variety OF
price and quality as to respond
promptly to all ordinary demands.
Bedroom suites are exhibited, ranging
from medium grades up as high as
$50 in handsome creations and like
assortments are found in all the other
departments. The stocks carried con-
stantIy and ready for immediate de-
livery comprise parlor and bedroom
suites, couches, in variety OF styles
and qualities of upholstery, china clos
cts, sideboards, extension tables, en-
amelled beds, mattresses, Wardrobes,
rocking chairs, hall racks and every
thing in the furniture line. The eXhl-
bit of stoves contains, among other
makes, the Southern Beauty and Iron
King productions, and the Favorlte,
Cameron and Eureka range, which are
admitted to be among the best types OF
stove construction on the market. The
/ line presents variety Of price Of sui
ficient range to meet all conditions
and demands. The carpet department
contains the very latest designs and
color combinations in rugs, art squares
and druggets and the customer finds
no trouble whatever in selection. Sum
mer & Hipp are the selling agents for
the celebrated Red Cross sanitary mat
tress, which is unrivalled in its line
for comfort and health. So compre-
hensiye are the stocks carried, it can
be safely assested that every need OF
/ the home in furniture and housetur-
nishings can be supplied On demand.
Gus 3. Summer and John c. HlpI
compd3e the partnership which
owns and conducts the business. They
are both men of established reliabll-
ity and integrity and enforce a pro-
gressive policy which maintains fo1
the people of Newberry county money
saving and thoroughly satisfactory
buying opportunities, by giving prices
that stand the test of honorable COM
petition anywhere and by selling on
the most liberal terms to people pos
sessing established regulations for
honesty and industry. Although but
two years old, select and growing
patronage has already been built up,
patrons coming constantly for many
miles in all directions to secure their
needs from this concern, for so salts
factory and so reliable are all trade
relations.