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HANA14 GIRL DIES WITH LIPS SEALED Shot. By Erstwhile Chum, She Gave No Explanation of the Shooting. ev York, Sept. 25.-Miss Mildred Hanan, daughter of the late Alfred P. Hanan, shoe manufacturer, died early today without having advanced any explanation as to why she had been shot Friday morning by her erst while chum, Mrs. Grace Laws, who later committed suicide. John S. Borland, importer, Dart mouth college graduate, who was in her company when the shooting took place outside the apartments of a mutual friend on Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn, was at her bedside when the end caie at four o'clock this morning. Mrs. Clara M. Hlanan, her mother and several other relatives also were preseint, but the girl, who had lapsed into unconsciousness short ly after midiight, died not recognizing any of them. An autopsy performed by )r. Carl Botiger, district medical examiner, showed that a bullet pierced the tho rax and the abdomen an(d lodged under the ninth rib on the right side. 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M DEA WHEN BETTER AUT4 BUICK WILL they were unable to determine wheth er it was because of Borland or bo cause of the severance of Mrs. Lawd friendly relations with Miss Hanan. Borland told police that he beleived Mrs. Laws was driven to the act as a result of having lost the'friendship and financial assistance of Miss Han an. He also expressed the belief that this was followed by excessive drink ing which Mrs. Laws admitted irr a letter to her sister in San Francisco found among her possessions after her death. Mrs. Laws had lived with the Han an's until about two weeks ago when a quarrel between her and Mildred at Shoreham, Long Island, resulted in Mrs. Laws taking rooms at a hotel not far from the Hanan home on Park Avenue. On the evening pre ceeding the shooting, Miss Dorothy Gottehalk, a friend, had dined with Miss Hanan and Borland at the Han an home. Miss Hanan and Borland later decided to accompany Miss Gottehalk to her home in Brooklyn and it was while eierging from her apartnent the shooting occured. Except to state that Mrs. Laws had shot her and that Borland had nothing to do with it Miss lanan had declined to answer the inquiries of police seeking to establish a motive for Mrs. Laws' act. Engraved Cards and Invitations. Advertiser Printing Co. ultimate cost new or re g the lumber r giving double value, genuine E SS ETERNAL ey by averting r bills, and by .de that fits the save time and having to do ind over again. you the grade you your job calls for. LANS for farni buildings. S.PASSf. Insist on "Tide Water" Cypeas T oucani vdntify Ille, Fla. it by this mark. YOU. IF HE OW AT ONCE. the Handle ck Crank Case awl under a Buick to The oil drain, like Ind on the new Buick u utmost pleasure and e. With these refine >owerful Buick Chassis [otor. See the New Buich Four. S 22-.Four-34 -$ 935 22-Four-35 975 _ 22-Four-36 .. 1475 22-Four-37 -1650 All Price. F. 0. B. rSalfaaion Flint, Michigan ACHEN ~LER . )MOBILES ARE BUILT BUILD THEM COTTON CROP SHOWS BIG DETERIOAATION Wall Street Coton Expert Says Out look is for Only 6.500,000 Bales. Declares Estimate Conservative. The prediction that the American cotton crop of this year will not ex ceed 6,500,000 bales was made Mon (lay in Atlanta by David C. 'Tarrower, cotton expert of the Wall Street Jour nal and universally recognized as one of this country's closest student of the cotton situation. Mr. Harrower is making a tour of the South for the purpose of investiga ting conditions of the cotton crop from personal observations. le has visited North and South CaroLina and is now engaged in touring Georgia. Upon leaving Atlanta and this state he will visit other sections of the cot ton belt. Mr. Harrower declares that he re gards his prediction of the present crop at G,500,000 bales as n -conserva tive estimate." ie goes into detail concerning widespread deterioration of the cotton crop since the last gov ernment estimate, which placed pro duction at 7,035,000 bales. Asked to make a statement for the Atlanta Constitution concerning crop conditions, Mr. I[arrower dictated to a stenographer a statement which will be read with interest throughout the country, for Mr. Harrower is regard ed as one of America's foremost cot ton experts. Mr. Harrower says: "The cotton situation is bound to be acute in the present season. The world's supply of American cotton in all countries is about 9,000,000 bales. This includes linters and low grade stuff. About 6,500,000 bales of this total is in the United States and in cludes some cotton that is not tender able on contracts. Of the cotton held by the farmers of the old crop 13.5 per cent is made up of snaps, bollics and other grades that are not tender able. This is the position of the carry-over of old cotton on July 31, 1921. "We come into the new season on August 1 with a crop for the United States estimated by the department of agriculture at 7,035,000 bales bas ed on the condition August 25. Since that time deterioration has been rapid throughout both the eastern and west drn belts. The boll weevil has taken practically a third of the crop in most all sections. "There is little hope of further blooms and the large ginning return which to somef looks like a large crop is really an indication of a decidedly small one because the hot, dry weath er has been forcing the crop to an early maturity and picking is unusu ally early. "Since the government report as of August 25, deterioration has been rapid and the crop prospect is actu ally lower thanti at that time. "In Texas, where the best authori ties had estimated the crop at 50 per cent of all normal production, or 1, 500,000 bales, the recent floods have cut down production at leas' 250,000 bales more. In some parts of Miss issippli the wveather has beeni so ex r'cssively hot that the pickers c'annot work a full day; plants are (lying; no more blooms seem plossible and the cirop is gone. "In the circustances is seems as Cif crop of 0,500,000 bales wvould be on servativye. "Put this be'hindl the do(mesti ct (arry over andl we have about 13,000,000) balof a , ll hinds. '"The total prodIuction last year was 1 0,500,000) bales. "'Our dlomestic' prioduction is niow inl re(asmng. "Ger'many, wh'icah in the 1 920) sea 'ton used only abloult -.110,000 bles(', inl the past sealson1 uIsed I ,381I,000 balhes of Amertican cottton, i nclutding a bout i;0,000 balecs ofI Iiniters. "'The biest authlor' ite say that with this evidence of improvement world i'onsumpjtion of American cotton should ('(uad I2,000,000) or I 2,500,000 balt's. Of' this the suipply will no1 mare than btalan ce the demiand if' it even permiuits a full run of mills uip to the end of' this Beason."'--A t~ln ta C onst i tution. INA, SlI;'t LMIE NT TIake ntot ice that on thle l-ithI day of' Oc'ta, 1t'1, I will ienider' a Itna. accitount of' my1 aets and doings as Ad main Iis tat' the (estiOat' o W. W. Culherta't son, deceased, in the otli'e of' thei .1 udge of IProbate of I iianrienis (couu ty, at I I o'clock, a. im., and ont the same1 day wIll applly for a discharge fr'om my13 tirust asg Administrator'. Any person Indebted to Sithi estate Is noti lled anid r'equi red to mak e pay muen t onl t hat dlate; anid all perisons having ('laimls augainst saId ('stat-e will priesenit themi on or' before said dlate, dly 1prI oven., or be foi'ever harired. Administriator. September 1-1, 1921. 9-St-A Hupmobile The Car Everlasting Ellis Motor~ Co. DISTRIBUTORS Clinton. S. C. Wah- Over Domino Every detail of this model is new in shoe styling. It is the newest release by America's most successful designers of sport shoes. French English squared toe, soft, sturdy Scotch Grain leather. AA to E Widths Wells Clardy Co. Laurens, S. C. TRADE MAM SEED WHEAT AT COST $25.00 Prize For Best Yield In order to encourage the growth of wheat, which we believe is necessary in the fight against the boll weevil, we have bought a solid carload of high grade seed wheat which we propose to sell to farmers at ac tual cost---$2.00 per bushel. To further stimulate interest in wheat growing we offer a cash prize of $25.00 to the Laurens county farmer growing 'the most wheat on one acre of ground this season. It is not necessary to buy the wheat from us to en ter the contest nor to enter the contest to buy the wheat. We want to see Laurens county farmers grow enough wheat to feed themselves. COME IN AND GIVE US YOUR ORDER WHEAT ARRIVES THIS WEEK JOHN A. FRANKS