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$1.00 POUND FOR 80 BALES COTTC Mr. R. W. Cowan, of Mt. Carm S. C., probably holds the Piedmo section high price record for his c< to:1., he having just sold eighty bal cf long staple cotton which netb him S4".000. This cotton was of the long star variety and brought SI.00 per pour the seed and cotton together broug the above price when the cotton w sold. Other instances of long staple cc ton sales at fancy figures have be* noted during the past season in A derson countv. Long staple cotto wherever it can be grown has pro en quite successful. Some Ande sonians have grown an extra stap cotton without knowing it this beii the case with several farmers in tl Brushy Crek section, who planti raised an extra staple cotton, ai only realized they could get an e i? ?- - - ? ? :i ?i ... tra price iur iv wiitrn tuc awuiv ?v. brought te Anderson and tested 1 the government cotton grader her The whole neighborhood where th cotton was raised benefited by tl grader's work. ?Daily Mail. Many Negroes Made Returns A surprisingly large number of n groes made income tax returns South Carolina this year, accordir to officials of the internal reveni collectors office in Columbia. Prosperity of the negro race is ii dicated by the income returns mai in South Carolina. Some negroes r port large incomes. Many colon railway employees are making much as $2,500 to $2,800 a year. R turns on incomes are made by all si gle persons earning more than $l,0t and by all anirried perosns whose ii comes exceed $2,000. The work of tabulating all incon returns for South Carolina is now u der way in the office of D.C. He ward, collector of internal revenu MEN AND BC Men's Suits from $2 Boy's Suits in all sizes p SI Ladies Oxfords in all s i^ / ^\Xf\xiLT Ar\xrr / JLAV T UV/ J \J 5p? appearanc< C Thenweshoi q On fit? Fitting u long suit. If you v> ? shoes should come u Proper lasts? ( 3 sentative in their s g of last, designed j foot. If you are 1c P can serve you bette 5 On the basis of g are marked at pr p your coming back | BEACON I $7.50, $( 3 a M'lTW'Hrrj iTgBOWMiUff'illmgJTfi p w |h^S9Er^9H?SK^^kbI j X If. IV! Abihevi I "rii'SJSJBjg/SIB/5f5JBJ5J5ISISI5l51Bi5iB?BJ5I9JSfSI5jr >N | i Com :| FRIDAY M IE "II asil flBbt I Dot : in ui lejj ? J ig\m mmmmmm J I HERE'S A PIC1 1(j ? He ch as @ lis | This will require several months' J' ime. On the fact *of the returns and j . the work of tabulating them, it ape. pears that the number of incomes oni ;n which taxes are due is much larger i # 1{r this year than last. jo NEGRO KILLING SUNDAY | n- McCormick Messenger. je At Mt. Moriah colored church near 1 e_ Plum Branch last Sunday morning Whit Cunningham shot and instantly as killed Nathaniel Garrett with a pis-' e- tol. As Garrett was falling to the h- ground he opened fire on Cunning>0 ham, one bullet hitng Cunningham in n- one side, inflicting a flesh wound. Cunningham made a bee-line to j ie Plum Branch where he had the wound^] n- dressed by Dr. J. B. Adams, and made y- his escape. ?Ro did not say anything i e. about having killed the other negro j )Y'S CLOTHING 5.00 $48.00 n'ices from $8.00 to $18.00 HOES tyles price from $5 to $10 i >u buy Shoes? i 11 lid sell you your shoes. g feet correctly is our S j rant real comfort your -j g | : from here. 5 !5 )ur stocks are repre- ? election of every type ? to suit every kind% of 9 s >oking for variety, we | S fair price? Our shoes ( '? ices which will insure .. 9 again. C ERE ARE CUfhEC a . 1 BETTEJLj3/7 (/X*aJP S M)0, $10 ; rUTJTJTJTJTJTJlJtiTnJU^ mm jtniwi i lie, S. C. I 3re!J[2J3M3M!SJ31SMSJ3MSMSMSMSMSMSM5 : rv nig \J\ 7 and SA1 iglas HIS MAJE' "'URE FOR YOU?A romance with < *ans up everything from Neil1 York a revolut REGULAR , or even that he had been in a fight,J and the news had not reached Plum Branch at that time or else Cunningham would have been apprehended. The two negroes had not been on ?ood terms for sometime, and when they met at the church decided to settle once and for all time, while sarvices were being held in the building HOKE SMITH WILL "CONSIDER" PRESIDENTIAL BOOM Washington, March 19.?Replying1 a telegram from Felix Jackson of Gainesville ,Ga., advising him to inaugurate a presidential boom in hi."1' boralf, Senator Hoke Smith "bf Georgia said today he would take the matter under consideration. His final rleciion, he said, would be governed <(by my conclusion as to what is my iluly! to my fellow Democrats in Georgia and to our party." The telegram follows; "Your telegram reached me last night on the floor of the senate where [ was busily engaged seeking to pass I reservations which I hoped would, help obtain immediate ratification of the peace treaty. I appreciate deeply the compliment you and those joining you have paid me. I had hoped not to j be involved in any way in the presidential primary and certainly had loped not to be involved as a candi-j date. I still hope that developments may be such that it will be unnces-1 ary but I realize fully the import-j ince to the Democratic party of the' situation you present. I will take the1 subject under consideration and bej governed by my conclusion as to what s my duty to my fellow democrats in Georgia and to our party, the success >f which the coming election is so mportant to our nation and to my1 onstituents." Japanese labor in Hawaii has beon nstructed from Japan not to work "or white planters. The Japanese strikers have destroyed many valuable sugar cane plantations. A Southern woman aged 99 has seen invited by the mayor of Savanlah, Ga. to hold her next birthday eception in the city hall. ix A five billion ton coal field has seen discovered in the southern part >f Sopth America. "Cafeteria" is a word of Spanish origin. In Mexico a cafeteria is a wholesale coffee store. Paraeuav "mate", a national drink used in South America, may be:ome a prohibition drink in this country, says an American manufacturer. Mate is an herb and is made and! drunkyhot like tea. <i Thg'?Central American humming >ird the size of a bluebottlefly, is the: mallest bird in the world. The "Whites" of Hungary are hav-: ng huge bonfires of books. Public and private libaries are stripped of he works of Marx, Bebel and .Lai:'.v, in an effort to exterminate 'heir ideas. The "White" appear to be as stupid as the "Reds." A glut of meat is peportd at tho lovt of London?1,000 000 cnrnsse.V iei:v* in storage and 1,1.'50,000 cur-1 asses aboard shin waiting lo he un-j jaded. iMSMSiSMSMSjSMSISJSJSJSMBJSJSMSJSJSfSJSJSllfSJSMc peraH rURDAY A 3 Fai STY THE f i regular hsro, ani h iroitie and oodles c to the Mexican border and then hops to I ion. Can he do it? Well, you know DOLi ADMISSION 10c y5J5JSJ5J5JBJ5I5JB/5J5J5JifSJ5J515J5JBJ5JSJ^J5JBJ5J5IB'l5J5/5Ji II la || I 3 I I ? ""see 1 is Cm<? 1110 I Easte ~THE April 4th, passing of winl point? the rea] Clothes \ transition. The way to wearables~refl? whirVi come wi II " ~ '' " Kuppenl express the "Sj are nice in thei earnest in their manship- And .. worthiness. Typical Ameri want good app The hat, the shirt, the 11 ' scarf?accessories for your haster outfit are ready for you here. n i rarK< II II li II _ WHIUlWgWMjj f.|-.-|-a|<||||||||nni ? "? V ouse Lpril 2nd an rKan1 ft fc^ClJLAi AMERICAN' f Villians and everythtng and,]such a i Europe to show them how to handle c? AND 20c 3JSISJSI3M3I3J3JS?SI3I3JSIS(Slc!MM3JS3fSfSJ3M313Mi iiiinitiiiiiiiMiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuiMiuiiiiiiMiiiiiuiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiT'lU'i'niHuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiuiii \ the new clothes in our window r TURNING POINT 1920 ? Easter, marl / ter monotony - the ti I beginning of cheerful ? lave a definite place i do is to step forth in set the ambition and the ith the new, season. leimer good Clothe >ringy" feeling properly, r American fashion ~ th< mialifv nf mafprml ^nrl I they are true in their ican clothes - for men earance and 100 % valu< Men's Suits fron (UOA i.~ <fcHl ?pju. IU ?pu< A TWO | DAYS d 3rd I ks I 5 1 hero! S 3?S?3/3I3f3J3SJ3iSI3/3I3/SJ3J3J3^ ! # | 11 j if J I u r :s the i! Liming ij ipring. n the : | l new : vigor n II :s j| They || sy are J work- jj wear- ]] 35 !| who |) ^ II e. |! = 1 ? 5. p I y ? 11 11 i! ?j