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We will discontinue handling ;
out our fine stock at a consideral
We have a full line of the besl
FISK, and FIRESTONE. We
^of our casings are the best.
We offer 30xS $12.00. 30x
sizes i* proportion.
Casings will certainly advance
1 need or.e or more in the next yi
r vantage of this offer.
We will sell a tube for each i
We wii! continue to handle al!
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Remember, we are the exclusi
line, both wholesale and through
dealers in Standard Oil Kerosem
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MEASURE.
We are wholesale dealers ir
OILS. "It makes a difference."
GET YOUR CASING BEFOR]
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Never before, in the history of
JI y brought such Iiigh prices. And
If the benefit in bigger profits! Nj
If greater will your profits be; hei
|| each acre of land produce its ut
|i corn, truck?useAPlanters Fertili:
to 2 bales of cotton per acre an
J| of this reputable Fertilizer on So
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For many years Planters Ferti
|I the South's most successful farm
If ble to nroduce bigger, better cr<
fi ys?.r?GET RESULTS THAT W
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automobile casings, and will close
ble reduction.
; well known makes GOODYEAR,
have never handled seconds: all
3 1-2. Non Skid, $18.0(fc Other
; in price, therefore, if you will
jar it will pay you to take adcasing
if wanted at actual cost.
1 accessories including tubes. I
ve dealers in Standard Oil gasoi
filling station, we are wholesale
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LITY, SERVICE AND FULL
i HAVOLINE LUBRICATING
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the country, have farm products
the successful farmer will reap
iturally the larger the Crop, the
ice it is essential that you make
most. For prize crops of cotton,
zer, 90 to 95 bushels of corn?1
: records established through use
uthern farms.
rfci! illicit!
rom mi.?
lizer ha^ been the preference of
ers, because it has made it possi- j
jps. Make every acre count this
[LL PLEASE YOU. Consult our
ition and Prices?or write us di>
to you.
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CCU7K CAROLINA.
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CAMELS supply cigarette conter
you ever experienced! You i
bodied mellow-mildness; sue
lavor and coolness. The more C
[reater becomes your delight?Cat
cite revelation !
Everything about Camels you find
heir quality?to the expert blend
hoice Domestic tobaccos.
fou'll say Camels are in a class by t
nade to meet your own personal
freedom from any unpleasant cig?
ileasant cigaretty odor makes Camel
o the most fastidious smokers. Anc
iberally as meets your own wishes, i
\ taste! You
cigarette s:
Camels so at
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Last week .cck the prize in b
jweather, as we had rain, sleet a
J snow then rain again. Monday
jthe most disagreeable day we ha
had this winter.
Messrs. Robert and Willie Bez
:ford, of near the city, spent Thu
'day night with Mr. Luther Erwin.
Miss Maud Botts, of Lander C
jlege, spent the week-end with V
Ihome folks,
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Mr.and Mrs. W. D. Beauford spc
iFriday in the city with Mr. and M
|j. M. McKellar.
NMr. and iv.. J. K. Cromer a
Mr. Arthur Erwin was shopping
j the city Monday.
We are sorry to report that Mr.
|H. Botts is sick at this writing. ^
hope for him an early recovery.
Miss Allie Bcaufoi'd spen? Wedm
11 day with Mrs. W. S. Bosler.
Mrs. W. D. Beauford, and dauj
ter, Miss Nina, spent Monday in t
city with relatives.
Misses Eppie Beauford and E
Finley were shopping in the c
'Tuesday. /
I Mrs Fnuptip Millpr. and cbildrt
.spent n few clays of last week wi
'Mr. and Mrs. Luther Clamp.
Mr. Edd Kellar is visiting in A
"".bama this week.
Miss Bessie Erwin spent the wee
"jjend with Miss Estell Finley.|j
Miss Ethel Botts had the misf<
11 tune of breaking her finger U
I week, but we are glad to report th
tit is geting along nicely.
1! Mr. Allen Palmer was a busine
f'visitor to the city Friday.
1} Miss Eppie Beauford spent Su
I|day evening with Miss Eva Finley.
i! Mr. and Mrs. Boner Haddon. a:
i little ones, of Smithville, spent Su
f day with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Milk
1, Mr. Ben King was a businc
f,visitor to the city Saturday.
}! Mrs. T. PI. Botts, and daughtc
| Miss Ethel, spent Wednesday
? Smithville, with Mr. and Mrs. Gusf
j Miller.
i| Mrs. Earl Stewart spent Saturd;
|| with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Boauford
||| Miss Eva Finlcv entertained a fe
if of her friends' at a Rook par
11 Thursday. All present reported
|i nice time?
|! UNREST FOUND
AMONG FARMEF
I Washingaon, Jan. 30.?Indicatio
| of a widespread spirit of unrest a:
f! dissatisfaction among the farmers
!| he country, so threatening as like
*i' o disturb the existing econon
ffsi m
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ltment beyond anything 'v^-Vc
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never tasted such fullh
refreshing, appetizing \v'?.o
Camels you smoke the &;?"? ' r
nels are such a ciga- v>v.\:v
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so fascinating is due to ivv^j-;
of choice Turkish and LS'Vvvi
Wu
:hemselves?they seem .rjfvt;
taste in so many ways! 'ffc/iQ
iretty after-taste or unIs
particularly desirable
I, you smoke Camels as
for they never tire your
are always keen for the
atisfaction that makes
tractive. Smokers reallvalue
is in the cigarettes
xpect premiums or cou$g#
Camels with any cigaworld
at any price!
Id everywhere in scientifically ' T' ' V.v.*
?s of 20 cigarettes or ten packarryttea)
in a filassine-paper
n. rve strongly recommend \
>r the home or office supply -i'v * T?*
ravel. *A'.
DS TOBACCO COMPANY
tton-Salem, N. C. ,
sVlstructure, is considered by goveri
V|inent officials to be revealed in moi
V than 40,000 replies to a questional
V recently sent out by the~ postoffi<
\ department. The replies as thus f;
P. - digested were summarized in a r
nd port prepared by George L. Woo
-as!superintendent of the postoffice d
ve partment' division of rural mail, ar
read to the senate postoflice commi
tee today by James L. Blakesle
rs_ fourth assistant postmaster gener?
The views of the 40,000 or moi
farmers were obtained bv the broa
ol-1
ier! casting of 200,000 copies of a que
'tionaire throughout the agricultur
^'.states asking for .suggestion where!
!the postoffice department might a
rs. i. .
jin cutting down the cost of living.
i Answers to the qoestionaires ha:
been coming in since the middle <
injDecember at the rate of 1,000 a da
I and as summarized by officials sho
,'ithe major complaints of the farme
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|in numerical order to be: Inabilii
obtain labor to work the farm
BSl^hired
help and the farmers' 6hildr<
j having been lured to the city 1
' high wages and easier living, hi|
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i profits taken by middlemen for tl
imeie nanaiinfj 01 xooa products ai
VD j lack of proper agencies of conta
j between the farmer and the ultima
I consumer. Many of the replies, sa
>n i
' 'jone of those who had looked the
ithi ... '
jover, probably as many as 50 pi
^ icent., indicate that the writers co
| template either leaving their farn
^ ior curtailing their acreage, becaui
of the growing feeling against no
'producing citv dwellers.
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^ j Means Grave Menace.
iat' Commenting tonight on the r
plies, Assistant Postmaster Gencr
.gs Biakeslee said'. "Such a condition ;
'a time when the predominant cry
n_ |tor production, and still more pn
iduction can /lot but constitute
nf|igrave menace."
n-i Before the senate committee, J
;r.' charactei'ized the situation as "di
iss 'quieting and portentious of disaste:
ous consequences." Thi? opinio
;r,! was expressed ,by Mr. Blakeslee a
injter a member of the senate con
ie mittee had remarked that the veplk
i cemed to have cojtu1 "mostly from
ay bunch of bolshevists."
. ' Excerpts froma number of lettei
!W,taken at random from the mor
ty than 40,00.0 already on file at th
a postoffice department showed th
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beville Cc
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n- trend of thought among at least a'r
re j considerable proportion of the farm- p
re ers of New England, the Middle f
Western states and the agricultural t
ir section. "The time is very near," 1
e- wrote a farmer at East Chatham, X. C
d, Y., 4,when we farmers will have to e
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e- curtail production and i-aise oniy;i
id,what* we need for our use and let:
t- the other fellows look out for them- :
e, selves. Labor unions are --more to It
il. blame for the high prices than anyjv
t'c one else. Feople urc '^.o get1
rj. pay for what they dont earn." <I
s- Writing from Palmyro, Mo., anal
other farmer said: "I almost fear ai*
>y!famine, farm help everywhere is,i
id'flocking to the city, lured by short j*
hours, high wages and the promise il
re of a good time. Some one is going to >
uf suffer if this condition is not reme- t
y( ;died shortly." . '
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w! Declaring that the whole honus of
1 j f
rs1 the high cost of living rests with the
ty;middle man, another Missouri pro- *
is,Jducer advocated the establishment of *
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:u municipal marivecs tu ue serveu uy,
)v! parcel post direct. "I sell butter to c
rh 'the dealer for 45 cents a pound," his j
*?e (letter said, "and the same butter!5
id selis to the consumer for 80 cents ai
ct1 pound. In the distribution we losei1
te; nearly half and we lose money on
id i the butter at the first price. Such *
m conditions are causing the farmers[?
er to leave the farm by the thousands. Is
n-jWe have reached a crisis. You may '
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ns j ask what we would do with the mid- i *
se!dlemen. I will suggest that^it be ar-!l
n-jranged for them to go to the farm 11
nmrl U /il nvAilunn f T lin/lnv
cwiu neii.1 jnuuutc ciim^o. x unucistand
that they might not relish'J
e_!working 14 hours a day, but if we i
aj get by the near future there will i
,t have to be some useful work done by t
js!every one."
a- i Declaring that "great evils con- \
a front us today," says a letter, "re- a
iduce the cost of my foodstuffs to thejs
10 consumer, you must first furnish me s
with first class labor at reasonable,
r_ wages and second, you must eliiiii- ,Q
v nate thousands of middlemen whojv
f. are rebbing the "people wholesale."
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"Y" TO GiVE SCHOLARSHIPS, f
a | E::-. ervice men ha^e many advan- C
tages over the ex-soldier of fitly v
s years ago. For examole. then ;roo I t
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e had their education cut short by war. v
ie and the next generation especially :
e in the South felt this handicap. But c
s the banner year in our real
brhich we are deeply apprec
and friends. The year 11
o as being still better than
e which we have in Abbevi
>unty causes us to feel verj
uture.
pleased to refer to our for
real estate values would
, and that those who buy nc
r investment. Real Estate
fe have several good pro]
Louses, homes and farm pi
pleased to talk with you al
e Land Com
L. M. TALBERT,
Abbeville, S. C.
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low, not only the Government is
iroviding certain vocational training
or its soldiers, but comes forward
he Y. M. C. A., with an offer of
.50 to 200 scholarships for Snuth . J
Carolina, the only condition of
'liiribiiitv beinir that the anolicant
las been honorably discharged.
These scholarships are distributed /
imong ail the states ironi our Educaionil
War Funds left over when the
var closed, and each '"'ounty is alotted
a pro rata shar. :f 2 cents per
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capita.
.
A County Committee in each
bounty will receive and pass on the
ipplic-nts ,v.iid scholarships rai:<;<;
Tom S.")0 and upwards per man. The
^robate Judge, the County School
superintendent, and the Principal of
lie High School at the County Seats,
n Couties where there is no local
'Y", and will act as County Commitees.
Public-spirited men and educa;ors
please take notice and hrln tr?
ret the right men in touch with these
. ommittees at once. The opportunity
:iose:s September 80th, 1920, South
Carolina gets at least $33,000 in
scholarships from the New York office,
this being unused War funds,
lot connected with home work.
The application will be passed up
it oncc to a State Committee located
it Columbia composed of Prof. Wilson
Gee, chair of Rural ( Social
Science^ University of S. C., Mr.
Fulien C. Rogers, Vice-President
Liberty Bank, and Prof. Luceo Gun;er,
Rural School Supervisor.
Mr. Eugene R. Pendleton has been
isked to supervise the work to get a^'air
distribution and will be glad to
'urnish any information or assistince
in his power.
Negro soldiers will receive their
>roporticn according to numbers,
md awards are open to marines,
oldiers and sailors in camps or overeas.
The wide range in courses offerd
to make it possible for the man
vith little or no elementary educa
ion to participate in the benefits on
n equal basis with those more
ortunate in the mater of education.
Comprehensive and practical
gricultural courses are offered in
he Home Study courses, aiong
rith commercial, academic, profesionaf
and highly specialized technial
ones. . ' ^
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