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/ % , P\J nj[ ' \*rj C^"'' ? 3 S2:K,. WEEKLY. i I .-_... ????????? l. m. grist's sons, Publisher,. % ^jamilg IJcirs payer: ,t'or the promotion of the political, ?ocjalt Igrirultural and Commercial Interests of the JJeopty. ? TER^S^BcoPY,EriviNc?TO^NCE ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., FRIDA.Y, OCTOBER 21, 1921. 1STO. 84 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brie! Local Paragraphs o! Here or Less Inlcrest. PICKED DP BY ENQDIKER REPORTERS Stories Concerning Folks and Things, Some of Which Ycu Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. Sam H. Pratt is regarded as one of the best judges of horseflesh and horse nature in all this section and he loves good horses and intelligent ho \ses. "That Howe's show in Yorkville Monday," he said, "had the finest and best trained horses I ever saw anywhere in the entire country." Weevil Cuts Education. "The* boll weevil has cut ofT the education of many a South Carolina boy living below Columbia this year," said the head of one of the largest South Carolina colleges to whom Views and Interviews was talking the other day. "The number of boys and girls attending colleges and fitting schools this year from the down state section is nothing like as great as it was last year because the crops on which they depended have been a failure by reason of the boll weevil. Thus you see the weevil has his bad j effect on every line of industry and endeavor." Guineas to Get Weevils. "I'm going to require every family on my lands next year to raise a flock of guineas to eat boll weevils," said J. L. Rniney of Sharon, one of the largest landowners in western York county who was talking about the boll ! weevil the other afternoon. "Guineas," said Mr. Rainey, "are noted destroyers of insects. They not only pick them up from the ground but they actually fly into the air in pursuit of winged insects and I have a notion that they will destroy lots of weevils. I'm going to try out the plan thoroughly anyhow." Trying for Prise. "Union school is going to take a try for the first prize of $40 offered by thej State School Improvement Association for the greatest school improv< ment," sua i ruirian I nunKmnou, a irusivc "i Union School on York Xo. (i, who was in YorkviU"? yesterday and who talked ahout his school. "We have doubhd our enrollni -.it; erected a new build ing which is a (1 filled improvement over the old rhack we fonncr'y had We now employ two tcaclurs \vh< < we used to have one ttnd in fact we hardly know ourselves. We have a photograph of tin- old building and we are going to have a photograph mad of the new building to compare. We may not win that prize but we are going to be found trying. Troubled by Solicitors. "Had a visit from a magazine agent this morning," said a Yo-kville lady. "You hear about women being gr at talkers; but I couldn't get in a word against that young man. He said lawas selling inscriptions to magazines to get money to go to college and he p'eaded so hard and so long that the only way I could g. t rid of him was lo give him a dollar. Lots of them >:c? m to be working this territory just now and I expect most of tin in are fakirs. I r< number that 1 did g? t a chance to toll tins smooth young man that 1 doubted very much if i ever saw the magazine. He laughed and said something about my not having confidence .11 him and promised u> s< no mo magazine. ] guess I'll know positively a month from now." Pdost Cotton Ginned. "Jim" Hope, well kiuwn merchant and cotton buyer of Sharon, beiiews that ;.t least "ft per cent, of thij year's cotton crop in his section has already been pieked and ginned. "1 don't think there is any doubt about it."' said Mr. Hope Tin sday. "For instance this afternoon T have asked the first fifteen farmers who dropped into my store the number of bans they expect to make and the number that they have >?t to gin. I kept the record ;iti?! these figures show you t!io total number of boles each will make and the amount of that total yet to be ginned; Already Ginned Yet to Gin. X 1 ft 2 L'ft ft :? i 1-i !? r, "j r. s 2ft i <> Co jr. 2-S ft n . :j 1.5 2 i r? 1 f, 4 p. ? 27ft 77 Recollections cf the Itch. "Sec by The Krniuircr the itch is potting around." said a man yesfer day. "lidicw lue. anybody who has that thine, has my sympathy heeat::I have bron there. 'I went to l!?:tha ny Hiuh .saline! nnr yoar in this days whin it was a c>?rf!'.to:;li< :ta! institution and it t?l I couple of dormitories. "Tlr- itch broke out there n'om; in late fall and b?>?!i the hoys and u..\\ had it. There are lots of tin ni in Void county who will no doubt mini nib r it. "We used sulphur and lard and ho? - .t. i- and cold water and every kind ' df salve imaginable. One of the-teachers gut it. Tie was bald jit vl. (1 and that itch fret into the bald p'a" <>n ill" tup < I' lii.s head. *-.\!sny,n lime I've .s i rn l;!in scratch his land as he stood at the blackboard oxp*ainin:j some problem. Then thwhole school would break out in a priKgl" and it would often be necessary to dismiss the class. "One who lias the itch has trouble ja plenty and no mistake about that.". Leaving the Frrm. Vic Martin v.no \vj:i ne remcmnerod l>y many York county i>oo;>lo as tbo star li l'tfiekior for the American I-rgion baseball team of Yorkville, the past summer and who has recently sold his farm near Yorkville. as already announced in The Yorkville Knquirer is going to quit farming1. "I don't know just what sort of business I am going into," said Martin the other'day; "but I have made *up my mind to quit farming for a while at least. There has been good money in i it; hut now with the coming of the boll weevil f don't see much ahead for several rears at least and 1 am going to get out of it and into something else." Martin said be would probably go lir.rk to his old home at Cowpens. Over Supply of Sweet Potatoes. "Sweet potatoes stem to lie a drug on the Yorkville market," said Tucs| day a farmer v.-ho brought twenty| five bushels into town to sell and who j couldn't do it. "I tried every store in town this morning and every one of them was already well supplied with potatoes. If York county farmers are | going in for the culture of sweet | potatoes on a big scale some arrangements are going to have to lie made for the sale of tliena. No doubt there arc m.tnv cities within n radius ef loO miles of here that would he plad lo h;uc all we York county farmers have 1 if they only knew about it." Also, if this farmer should have potatoes for sale in February next, he will have 1 no trouble (incHmr buyers. FIGHT FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. Fight Will Bo Renewed at Opening ot 1922 Session. The race for tin- vacant associate justiceship of the supreme court, with It was suspended in a deadlock at the t nd ' "f the 1921 general assembly, wi'l 1>?ren -wed with the same four candidal s; !i the race at the o]h nlny oi the 1922 leva is tor 'v wen in the rtinuiivr at the close of the 1921 session, according, to indications at this timr, says a C>h.inhi i dispaich. It is stated that i fri oris of th four candidates who j were left in th<* race at the v/tndb r? up t! v last tefjislativi session will put : rward name names next year. .! t_'.: t r, who was I a 1:11 , in the hen tin list '? ?: latnre adj ?urn d. will be stronjr'y rupporte.l next January wh< a the billotin^: is renewed.] Itcp:> s: ntativ- J. C. Krarse of ikimber:f. .vho v;:s c'**. (Yrbr's cnm|::ltjn :r.:iii:iir, it. .: i.. ('oltiiiibi.'l recently. ' that ills candidate wou'd be strongly tirj.-d again year. i'ri ads of Senator J. II. Marion of Clioaii r, who stood second in tho race when the I'd legislature adjourned hare Ik< n at wojk for their man and will uri: his election next year. c; 21 ral M. b. i: mhr.ni of Anderson, who stood third in the race when the eotin.; : topped, v i.l a "so be in the race agihi. it is known that strong ? fforts have been muds recently to line n|> supporters in advane for him. lli.s i i*-lids and race leaders have In en i; communication vith ir.emhcra of the general as-a nibly in iig.trd to Ids raillidacy and this will lie strongly urg d 1 next year. j No <1 Unite news has come from supporters of Judge Siiipp of Florence, who stood fourth in the race lav spring, bat it is stated that this c Mididate \\iiI also likely receive a strong vote on tl. Hist billot in li'JJ. Tlit i i.; c.'r. adv talk of pians to break 111" d adloi !; that existed through two More ballots during th< 1 It J1 g: in 1 jiss' mldy. It is probable that a "diik hers,-" will be nominated.! The L* session will .start with the ?! : ?11'?* ! :. though s<>ui?* action of I!: j at .i s. in 1*1 y m:iy bo tnk.-n to bring about .1 solution of the puzzle. Xtninjy in which sharp epithets a rt hurled Marled discussion nf i'ic i t'road situation Tuesday iu 111" ii'i'-s . U**prc.vc:it.tliv-* Ulirke < Uepuhlicaa) i f !\ insylvnnia, a former railroad iinu, callnl lp"prc: i-ntntiv l.i utnu 11)> inner i of '!V:<ar who had Just cnnrltKloil a bitter attack on I the i . i i :> .1 brotherhoods, "a damned I liar" .n charging lie- Texas member J had nvde false statements. ltepreKentativc I'. .niton leap d to hi.- fe< t. and denying h* had sm.tui a falsehood, ! shouti d: "Vo.i're a liar." This j brought tie- retort: "You're a d mned , liar." fr?.:i Mr. lPakc. faring n?n:'ti. ;ou |. . up. i a hunt l?y numbers rushing to restrain two ntemb rs l.'nin ii In... !y dash. .Mr. Ituike shout d : t Mr. : 1:. it ii: "You're a dirty do-,'." !: 'i np,- .a nta'ive> later asked to hi, iin"..* remarks ixniiapd .Toui t!:e i cord and order v.'.e. ro In il ;?. < i.i > n: his j-t <? > 'i < 1 i r ' ? ih.it lli- 1 :i lift' i?l ? llipli.yi iv.-iv i- ii-::.: |.;-.i I" :!)< ||> llh Willi' 111 m'."- I 1' COIIKI'I ss "m; In r I !: ; l?*in? !i < ni.in:< V.'< fiuuiil i 1 I' ll 'i< iri," he !. 'tr< "v. iiV " .it ii' .- . .'i - it . ' * .jit tin .ii' ihi'M' million i<l'< nu'ii ritnly i" luki* your jo! is, ; 1 . -'i u 'tu't iii! i ; v Jl? li ."'i :ir<- tiiv 11 in-- iitu'k t" work." A -I-.;-: '.h-' ?!;< i i'. { v. ill lliir.i \V ' !' t-.iv.-if > . .ii I ??s (!(> u'ii .Mr. 1'.;- : ! .1 !lint ' i'r? ; !( :M I' . l* : ! i wnii'l tl'.ii-lili 'n 'ii ; :i v. h . I.. I i . <1 in." Mr. I'urSce, former* > .m active on ?:! - r ?.! 'lip : -i ' li;-oi!u i :i--o I, tin'!-; i \ -. i: ,i --inliy to lifjl'"' s j'i? t' il Ii*. M . i:..iiit-ni ;i: i p.i s ntiiif? tin- in- Mii'y v..?;4 '-1 r:iili-i ::il work* ?-s. j.-iiid in thi:; connection ch-irgod the j Tc.vir member with making false | si.it.-mm# MUSCLE SHOALS PROBLEM Allow Properly (o go to Waste or, Give it to Henry Ford. PROPOSED SALE Fl'LLY EXPLAINED , , i If Government Does Not Sell Prop- j erty All its Great Investment will j bo Lost, Out Powerful Interests would Rather Have That Than See j Ford Get It. Washington Herald. Should the rniteil States spend j i somewhere in the neighborhood of j $30,000,000 and render itnc'.f free from the necessity of having to rely on Chile for its supply of nitrates which j ere the basis for wartime explosives j and/ pearctime food? In other words, whfit is to happen to Muscle Shoals? Under the control of the war departi merit, it is proving a rather vexing | question, only one hid on the plant { having been so far received which could In any sense be considered to: | have the requisite financial backing. Probably no public work of prime importance, to compare with this pro; jeet has l.c i: so maligned or so little understood by the general public. We I kp.ow we spent a lot of money during I the war and the suggestion has been made that the whole project ho aban- I ?--- -> 1 4.. I ilone-a anu inc iocs rnaii " expenditures, just as the airplane and fhip lasses have been v.'ipcd out. Some lew people, believing it all wasted, really advocate such a ste p. It would be a wave error. We have a mighty baby which needs nothing more than nr expert trained business nurse and . (?mp financial milk to grow into splendid manhood. The facts .ue that the government lira a plant of marvelous potentialities in Muscle Shoals, ready to use. In fact it has been used and produced I free nitrogen, the basis of nitric arid which in turn in the prime need in 1 nth the fertilizer and the explosive field. This ; hint operation was accomplished using steam power from a , lant equipped with 1.0.000 horsepower in steam boi er.s. With the completion of the dam. and the coming of cheaper power, the eost of producing vo'ild lie cut almost in half. A two weeks' test run of the plant with fteam power showed that lime nit-ogen cotild be r ed.. ed, when the j ;>!:'( : o;u r. Ii 1 : .'a , . r c ill. eapsc- | . : i i t-o-: if $'57..Vi p. r ion. The cKiimrt <1 . for pioducin? with the plant running,.!; full rapacity, turning out 222 00 i tons per year, under steam ,?ov.Tr. god dov.n to SCS per Ion. Tiiis In tie:* 11; ore i::;< s a power eost of .0042 ??nts ; ? ! kilowatt hour. With the e<>! iph tion of the dam. the estimated ( st of a kilowatt hour of power is put : t .0007." rents, which would cut ill" eost of the fertilizer to about $30 j !.el' Ion. Investigation committees of engi-{ nrcrs an I busine s nien from both the! American Farm llurcnu Federation in? the Mississippi V: lley association examined Muscle Shoals. Their rot-eta show tli.at tlie condition existing :s approximately this. All t ilil the go*-, iv.:no::t has spout ; oil the projcet a total of f 1i "i.121,L'S3.51. This anioitnt is divid <1 into expend!- . tints rp to Jtir.i' 30, 1920. for Nitrate !'!: :it No. 1 $13,VS|,:.r.7.12 (and this >'aint has never been use!, or. account > of the greater safety of Uio process for nitrogen fixation used in I'lant No 2); a Nlti.'itc I'lant No. 2 $ti0.67(i.SS!),06 1 and 0:1 the (Jorvas Steam Station, in- 1 1 lulling transntission lines and sub-j tat'ons (for ;0,i:0t> lmr.se power), j : 7'i.7' L'.:;3. On the big ('am, known as No. 2, or Wilson Darn, there has been 1 t or pledged about $17,y'i0:000. The Tennessee I liver at Muscle Shoals !s about as large as the Ohio liiv- r at. Cincinnati. or the Mississippi at |)tibiii|tie, or the I'otoniae here, cxcept that I here i*. inore water, because the river is deeper. More water means : | more power. The dam as it row stands blocks ti c navigation el' tie- l'p|a>r Tennessee Itiver aid it. tributaries. On these j streams they are great deposits of; coal, iron, marble, si- ip, phosphate , roek, r.ine. enpjH r and lead, and im| mease fe.ri: ts of hardwood lumber. | Tim f i." na\ iiration of the river is :u ee> ar.v to get the products, badly needed by the nation, out into places! win re they pan be I'-od. < f .. .. 1.... 14 Tin -lti;Mloil . rin viM iij.-'i mm , ; :tut ;i. t.ii; ?!: ni (v/liitli v.miM lie- tin- <?ntl i;n- < s? in til" world, l?c*in ' I'm ' h ;i:; anl foot hixh) , imild In* onni|?!ot"d. and nhoiit ti'Mi.OOi) j hor-o;.owo:\ ::t :i Maximum ooiild 1m rt-hpi-::?I : ( I'm- !o\V Olisi jdiOVO 'iniH'u. Also ih" rivr v.onid math* j - 'i; id" for na\ motion. t"o'l.idi ti"ii of tho V.d.son IVim, lowovor. does not ill": n tllj't 111" prois linlsln d. \nnth-r dam. further '|i l!." iv.ir, on Mod No. would h:iVC in I " lillilt. Id storo w?!"f for lil" l.*r "r d im. : iiiI. in tini" : 11? tv."iil\v.yo iIim would listv?- !' i'" i'liiit on Hi" MiiaHo:- li i!>i:tari( s of tlit* 'IViin".*'S ' . to Sl'd " additional WJlt'T. T|i"s?' mil" lil'l* li'lilS 111" s".l 11 immmI :!" iii. in tho mountainous :-tt\inn:i of ""Mirth Carolina :t:iil Ctormn. Thoy v.o ild ii' I 'i;nc lo l>" linilt until til" >!< mar 1 for power assumed certain pmpo:;ionr, rnersitntiii;? t!*.o storage ?>f v.: tor in ir the :nimi < s, to insure a more rvt n flow at the l i.r dam downstn am. Hut, eventually, they would have to j no up. and that is onra of the reasons for the lon/7-timc lease of 100 years which Henry Ford put In his offer to i the War Department. No one would 1 wish to ta.Kc the risk of handling the 1 proposition over a shorter period of time, as the history cf water-power development shows that invariably at the start, there is an excess of power, | and later on this excess is absorbed, and demands for extra power are put on the Km crating stations. All that takes time for the development of factories and industries which will seek that section because of the cheap power available. The ( ost of Dam No. 3, which Ford's ' offer demands be built by the government, ia placed at *$8,000,000. This 1 figure has aroused a storm of protest ' from various sources, the objection being made that it is too low. It is pos- ' siblc to estimate engineering costs < quite closely, as all contractors know, I but even if this $8,000,000 is a couple : of million shy, would it not lie better i to s]>cnd that much more and get I something for the money? Just one figure shows the possi- 11 bilitl(-3. In 1919 the United States i paid Chile $S5,000.000 for nitrates. : Since 1.S67 we have paid Chile some i $S21,183,000. Our nitrate demands are doubling about every ton years, as our soil gets weaker and weaker. We use ; about 25 pounds per acre in growing | .wheat, and get'about fifteen bushels | of wheat per acre. Belgium uses y about 240 pounds to the acre and gets , about forty-five bushels of wheat, t When our soil is less rich, fertilizers , must make up the deficit if we wish ] to eat. Should we send our money outside the country for Chilean ferti- | lizers? j For Nitrate Plant No. 2, which cost | under wartime pressure about $69,000,- | 000 and which has steam power avail- | able as a reserve to aid water power, j and for Nitrate Plant No. 1 which cost , $1.1,561,000 or so (and which is not he- j ing used under the present process), w it is proposed by Mr. Ford to pay the < government $5,000,000 cash. While , this seems like a rmall sum, it must , So remembered that tl?e Old Hickory ( power plant, which cost about $S0,- , 09),000 was sold for $3,500,000 and the , ..II I'lfrhlc. tn thp tilant. , Whereas under the Ford offer, should j war occur the government would he , placed in possession a completely <<iu<ppvd and operating plant for turn- , ir.g out explosives, which would dimi.iate the large purchase of that com- . inodlty. . One has only to consider the ex- j srenifl" small sums re:'i zed from the' sales of i amp sites and other war!, ; i' :'t s to appreeiate that ?-"?.(?00.000 is l out the going rate for property such ! ( as this. On the other hand, with only $5,- , 000,0?)0 til d u;> as the capital charge , against the plant proper, the cost of , producing nitrate is lower than it w ould be if a greater sum had to be .safeguarded. Since Ford offers to sell nitrates at S per cent, above produo- * lion costs, this means that the farm- 1 or would have the opportunity to buy < fertilizer more cheaply. Of course ' the nitrates from the plant as it now < . lands will not he more-thjin a drop in ' She bucket, for it (an produce something like 200,000 tons per year, and I the state of Oeorgla alone uses over I 1,000.000 tons. Hut the plants could 1 he enlarged as the power was devel- < 01 ed. In addition the Ford offer contcm- < plates paying the entire costs of Dams t 2 and :t, with interest at fi per ^ent. i hi the money, so that whether Dam ' So. ;{ costs JS.OCO.OOO or not, the en- I tire cost would be repaid to the gov- I er.imcnt with interest. I In all, over a period of 100 years, i l-'ord would pay Hie government $214,"t aooo. At th - end of 100 years, there < would lie going a development of 850,- j 000 horsepower, and the navigation in j the river for 150 miles would l>e im- | proved at once, free of cost to the j ! > ountry. There would also be a t charge <>f $.">3,000 or so per year cull; out which is now paid for the operation of canal locks. The number of ; an. 1 locks would be cut from nine to two, making shipments much faster, in addition, Mr. Kurd agrees to pay j $."..000 each year for repairs and main- j tenance on the two dams. The <iu : (ion of the 100-year lease seems to disturb many people who otherwise approve the plan heartily. Rut 100 years is not too long to allow the amortization of the cost of the | dams. The power is going to waste j now, and it would take many years to j build up an industrial community ! large enough to use the entire amount. | That means that millions more will have to be spent in additional faetoriiand people who invest would want to be sure that they could spread their amortizati< n charges over enough j time to make that amount relatively sinai! in computing the overhead. Also] ihex wish to he rurc of their power. A;; matters are now, tin- government could sell t||?< |?];tnt lor salvage, which \ would bring little, if : ny, morn than is ol'i'i-ii'd for il :>s it stand:'. In its I |.r? ..oi't 1' i in. i' is useful. As salvage 1 lorn apart, am! dismantled. OilO.dOO worlh of work is thrown a wa y. Opcri iiiion of tin1 plant 1?y the government* i w:is rejected |?y the Inst congress. | i The innintninancc of the plant, in a \st.and-by" condition is expensive and impractical. Machinery rusts, despite care. Improvements in progress will l>e made, through operation, which j will lower the cost and make tlie prcsi ent equipment, in time, obsolete. This i will only occur through discoveries i (fontinued on I'tirfe Two) WHY PRICES STAY HIGH ! Ifie Question is One of Very Many Complications. EARNINGS ON DIFFERENT LEVELS' Farmer In Best Position In That He Can Always Eat?Readjustment Is Slow. By F. J. Haskin. Washington, D. C.?"Why," demands nn editor out in the corn belt, "does the retailer charge from 35 to 40 cents i pound for pork chops when bogs cost him only 6 or 7 cents?" lie is one of a chorus singing different words to the same tune. A man down in Oklahoma wants to know why ie cannot tote enough hides across the street on his back to buy a pair or shoes. A man in Georgia wants to know why cotton enough to make a tent won't buy an undershirt. And a farmer in Maryland asks why apples, such as he fed to his hogs because it .vould not pay to haul them tc market, sell f6r five cents each on the fruit stands. All of these questions have been isked many times. They have also heen loudly answered with the assertion that retail prices are too high, .vhich is of course merely begging the luesjtiun. Sometimes it is added that :he retailer is a profiteer, which is gen-' ?rally not true and certainly sheds no ight on the situation. When the editor's query was laid before certain' marketing experts in the government service, it was learned that :he question is a good deal more complicated than those who blame the re:ailer, and let it go at that, ever imagncd. The department of agriculture is naking a study of the retail prices of farm products in all of the principal \merican cities. It is going to find out i.thosn wrices are so inordi lately high and why the farmer gets juch a small share of the large price:hat the consumer pays. The government men do not care to be quoted nor :o make .any extensive comment until :his investigation has been completed, i^ut in the meantime they throw out a few hints. i In the first place, they say, don't be :oo quick to blame the retailer. Retail prices, probably, are too high, but they ire not as much too high as you think. Tlie retailer has been facing a dull market for a long time now. His great Red is to turn over his stock. It Is extremely probable that he would reduce prices if he could afford to do so, in orler to stimulate trade. In many cases, if course, he has done so. The "apors ire full of bargain sale advertisements. Vet the average retail prices remain ligh. Cost of Retailing High. This, say the experts, is partly be?ause the cost of retailing, as a business operation, is high. Out of the 35 rents that you pay for pork chops, the retailer must pay, not only the price of die pork at wholesale, but also the rent nf his store, tl\e cost of the ice on which lie kept the pork, the wages of ilie man who cut it and sold it to you, :_ ...hint, it n.au u'rnnnml .and iiie paper m v.m?.w upkeep of the vehicle In which it was Jelivered. The experts do not seem to know exactly what percentage of the cost of those pork chops is represented by each of the elements in its transfer. That is probably one of the things their investigation will reveal. But they think that the price paid for the pork is less than half of the total cost of getting it from wholesaler to consumer. And all of these facts in the operation have risen in cost. Rent, wages, ice, paper, gasoline?no one needs to be told that all of these things are from 10 to 100 per cent, higher than they were in 1913. Remember, too, that with many persons out of work and money tight, the retailer is doing a smaller than normal business. But he still pays the same rent and he probably has to maintain about the same staff. Ills reduction in expenses, in a word, is not in proportion to his reduction in business. That means that the cost making each sale is higher than it would i be if he were doing a big business. If the butcher only sold one pound of pork chops in a day, he wou'd have to get $10 or ?15 for it in order to break even. As a matter of fact the profiteering ictailer is probably a rare bird just now. A few of them are perhaps making large profits by sticking to wartime prices; but many more of them are only hoping to make expenses until better times come along. The difficulty, explains an expert, lies in the fact that retail prices, wages, and farmers' earnings are all, on different levels. In order that our clumsy industrial system may work at i all, they must be on about the same! ieve'. Farmers Felt Drop First. When prices began to drop, the drop1 fell on the farmer first. With unsold I stocks of foodstuffs on hand, the buy- ' crs refused to give him a high price for what ho raised. IInt lie had to sell.' So ho took a low price. Wholesaler and retailor refused to follow suit. The The cost of their operations was high, chiefly because wages remained high, and by co-operation and storage, both of which the farmer lacked, they were able to keep up their prices to a great! extent. But the farmers form about 40 per! rent, of the buying public. Haying] very little . oney, this large section of the buying public bought very little. Manufacturers of farm implements immediately felt the pinch. Their sales in many cases fell off more than half. Other manufacturing lines also felt It. As a result factory employes were thrown out of work. Unemployment set in. It affected millions. So the buying public was still further reduced, demand declined still more, the cost of every retailing operation rose and the retailer, with his high prices, was less than ever in a position to reduce them. It is a stalemate which is easy to understand, but hard to remedy. If a bushel of potatoes would buy a pair of shoes in 1913 and it takes two bushels of potatoes to buy a pair of shoes now, then the potato growers can only buy half as many shoes now as in 1913. One result is that employes of shoe factories will "be thrown out of jobs. Then they can't buy any shoes either. Really, the farmer, if at all intelligent, is in an enviable position. He at least can eat. It is only the farmer who raises nothing but one money crop who now suffers?the man who raises only tobacco, or cotton?for example. The farmer who produces hogs and chickens and keeps dairy cattle and raises potatoes and beans and pther vegetables, need go to mc-net for very little of his food, ' He is vastly better off than ex-shoe-factory employe, for example. Business will never pick up until the farmer once more is able to buy a pair of shoes with a'bushel of potatoes. That can be accomplished either by giving the farmer more or the shoemaker less. The diagnosis is easy, but the only remedy seems to be a slow process of readjustment. TO SUE GOVERNMENT Important Case Coming up in Rhode Island. Whether former soldiers whose minds were wrecked by shell-shock, wounds and gas are temporarily or permanently insane is to be determined in three suits to compel payment of war. risk insurance by the government, filed in United States district court in Providence, R. L, by James R. Littlefleld, attorney acting for the American Legion. The action lias been taken in behalf of three soldiers, Adam Milkilliwicz, (Juisseppe Vitullo and James McGes. It is alleged by the Legion attorney that the three are totally disabled us a result.of insanity. Tfie government Insurance bureau, Mr. Littlefleld charges, has refused to pay the insurance of the men on the ground that they are but temporarily disabled and may recover their mental faculties. Hundreds of New England service men, their minds dwarfed from shellshock, wounds and gas, are confined in state institutions for the insane and in private hospitals. If Attorney Littlefield wins his case, similar suits will follow in federal courts in all New England states and, with , a precedent established, in all parts of the country. ' "These men were returned from service in the aimy as insane, and it has been established that their insanity is due to army service," Mr. Littlefleld declares. "Yet the government refuses them the financial relief to which they are entitled under the war tax insurance act and they have not drawn a cent from their policies. Two must remain confined in the state asylum unless they can collect the $57.50 a month for 20 years on their policies. This amount would enable them to be released from the asylum .and allow their families to care for them." . CANDY VALUABLE FOOD Much Energy Contained in Small Portion of Sweets. If there- is any doubt as to the food value of candy, the statement, which bears the stamp of science and investigation that a man may walk a mile on the energy furnished by the caramel, nrovides food for thought, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The exact amount of energy produced depends, of course, upon the kind of candy eaten and the nature of the ingredients which enter into its composition. That candy is an energy producer was demonstrated many times in the recent war. The authorities, not wishing to feed the fighters stimulants that would lessen their resistance, gave them candy and Jams in large qauntities. Practical tests of the value of sugar in preventing or delaying fatigue were made, the results indicating the value of sugar in the ration when men are subjected to great exertion. Chocolate bars are one of the most convenient forms in which sugar maybe carried; they pack readily and carry much concentrated nourishment for their weight, making them a favorite with mountain climbers and hikers who do not wish to load themselves with large quantities of food and if one caramel will supply enough energy for a man to walk a mile, it will he seen how comparatively light the load may he. The Swiss guide considers lump sugar and highly sweetened chocolate an indispensable part of his outfit. The Humanitarian.?"I use this horrible shriek horn on my automobile for humane reasons," explained Lieutenant Husted. "If I can paralyze a pedestrian with fear, he will stand still and I am less likely to run over him."?The Arkli?rht. NEWS ABOUT CLOVER ? Seventy-five Members of Barrett Family Attend Birthday Beunlon oci/cd11 noco nc cnoirr ccvcd OLVLIMIL LrtOLd UI UUMILLI 1LVLB , < --"0h \ Clever People Orink Liquor Instead of Patent Medicine* Says Druggist*? Towb Will Increase Its Wafer Supply?Other News and Note*. (By a Staff Correspondent.) Clover, Oct. 20.?The Barrett clan, descendants of Mr. W. A. Barrett of Clover and a few other relatives held, a re-union at the home of Mr. Barrett's son, J. R. Barrett of Clover No. 3, last v Saturday, the occasion being the 76ti? birthday or tne senior air. u?nw. There were a total of seventy-five persons present and a bounteous dinner was served while the members of the family spent a most enjoyable day with their relatives some of whom they had not seen in a long time. Present for the occasion were eleven | sons and daughters of Mr. W. A. Barrett, eight sons and daughtera-ln-Jaw, t twenty-eight grand children; seven great grand children; four brother* I and sisters-in-law; eight nephews and 1 nieces and four friends of the family. Despite his 76 years, the senior Mr. Barrett continues to enjoy good health and bears promise of many more years 'of life and usefulness. ' Liquor or Nothing. ' That there are less patent medicines and extracts sold in Clover for beverage purposes than in any other town in this section of the country is the opinion of Dr. J. E. Brison, well known Clover druggist, who was dlscoseing the matter with this correspondent on yesterday. "Clover people," said Dn Brison, "either drink liqubr or they drink nothing. After a hard struggle the Clover drug stares have gotten rid of the patent medicine nuisance for ? > beverage purposes. If a mart comes here for a bottle of vanilla extract we make him sign a statement that it la not to be used as a beverage. Cod llv- . er oil, peptone, predigested beef and other such truck is no longer sold. Some of the grocery stores sold the stufT for a while; but now they have cut it out and the only time one sees it now is when some fellow who has been to some other town brings back a bot, tie. It is now liquor or nothing with Clover people and there is not a great deal of liquor being drunk." Fraternities Are Growing. Clover fraternities, especially the Masons and Juniors, are growing in membership, according to Jas. A. Barrett, an enthusiastic member of both fraternities. According to Mr. Barrett a number of candidates have recently been initiated into both fraternities, and there are quite a number of applications pending. Scarlet Fever In Town. Several cases of scarlet fever are reported among children living at the Clovef Cotton Mill here and while it is said that some of the patients have been pretty sick, none,of them have been seriously sick. So far there has not been a single case in the Clover school, although the school authorities are somewhat apprehensive on account of it. New Residence for Town. R. A. Jackson is laying materials preparatory to the erection of a real dence on Bethel street in Clover. W. T. Beamguard has the contract to build v the house. Mrs. Virgie Jackson Is building a residence on South Main street, near the Clover Cotton Oil railL Town to Buy Well Boring Machine, According tc Mayor I. J. Campbell, the town is going to buy a well boring machine as a matter of economy. For several weeks past the town has been trying to bore another well here to increase the "town's water supply. Water 1 ?o, loof chnwinc n. I nas uccn i cuvmcu uv iu??, ? flow of about Ave gallons a minute; but this is insufficient and it is going to be necessary to bore another well In the hope of striking water in greater' volume. Well borers charge $5 a foot for boring wells and the town figures that since much trouble is being had in striking a big vein it is much cheaper for it to own its own machinery and do its own boring. The town figures on selling the machinery' after the work has been completed. It is hoped to have wells with a total flow of at least 200 gallons a minute by the time the work is completed. Gun Club Organized. A. J. Quinn and Dr. I. J. Campbell have recently organized a gun club In Clover and every afternoon Sam Mtftthews, O. A. Niell, Frank McJSlwee, WU1 Rudislll, William Allison, T. M. Campbell and a number of other Clover sportsmen are out on Thad' Clinlonvs field, off the Bethel road, having a try at clay pigeons. There are a number of good shots among the club members and there are a number of others who arc becoming quite proficient in breaking the clay disks as they sail out Of the pigeon gun. Personal Mention. Charlie Ratterree was a visitor In Atlanta this week. Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Pressly of Greenville, were visitors in Clover this week. Rev. and Mrs. A. A. McLean of Le noir, N. C., visited friends in Clover this week. Rev. McLean was formerly pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Clover.