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* ?.- ??? ? HARRIS CONFIDENT 1 COTTON WILL RISE If Farmers Lose, Merchants Also Go Broke?Sit Steady In Boat. t . I "If this cotton crop gets out of f the hands of the farmers at the j prices quoted today, I want to say i c to every business man that has1 -5 goods on his shelf that the bigger j < portion of his stock will stay there," ^ said Commissioner Harris yesterday, when he saw that the cotton futures t quotation had gone down another t 100 points during the day. Mr. Har- t ris is not dismayed. He says that a cotton really is higher today than a it was a year ago, and it went to 43 t cents during the summer just past. ]f He feels confident that cotton of t the present crop will go beyond 50 q cents next summer, but he wishes to . 6ee the real producers enjoy the f benefits of those high prices. a "Since I have been old enough to c watch things," says Mr. Harris, "the s farmer is always the one, the very t first man to get a lick in the head. S ASPIRIN i c .. - ? i! Name "Bayer" on uenuine j u , ''Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" is li genuine Aspirin proved safe by t millions and prescribed by physi- o cians for over twenty years. Ac- v cept only an unbroken - "Bayer ii package" which contains proper y directions to relieve Headache, a Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Colds and Pain, v Eandy tin box of 12 tablets cost o few cents. Druggists also sell larger j a "Bayer packages." Aspirin is trade I s mark Bayer Manufacture Mono-1 a ' aceticacidester of Salicylicacid. k 8 ^ ^oecp" | ; HZSCALED TINS ONLY f1 . AT YOUR GOOCEfcS ? fMAXWaL HOUSE J COFFEE |? "f _ _ ^ SOUTHERN RAII ANNOU1 EXTREMELY LOW ROUND-TRI1 UNITED CONFEDERATE OCTOBER 6TH, HOUSTOI FROM Schei Lv. Blacksburg, S. C. 9:15 AM Lv. Gaffney, S. C. 9:3.0 Aft Lv. Union, S. C. 9:12 Aft Lv. Tryon, N. C. - 8:35 Aft t n i i n n 4 a . j a AH .L.V. spartanDurg o. v^. iu:^u ah Lv. Greenville, S. C. 11:58 A] Lv..-Seneca, S. C. 1:20 PM ' Lv. Greenwood, S. C. 10:15 AN Lv. Abbeville, S. C. 10:00 AR Lv. Belton, S. C. 11:35 Aft Lv. Anderson, S. C. 12:05 PR Lv. Seneca, S. C. \ 1:20 PR Lv. Westminster, S. C. 1:40 P1V Lv. Atlanta, Ga. 6:40 PM. Lv. New Orleans, La. 11:25 A Ar. Houston, Texas 10:50 PM ' \ Proportionately low round tri Tickets to be sold in addition to tl 3rd, and 4th, with final limit to re tober 31st,?1920 with stop overs a Fares authorized are only ava ed Confederate Vtterans, Sons of ern Memorial Association and Unil acy and members of the afmilies o organizations. Those desiring to make this 1 Certificate from Camp Commande be presented before tickets can be Special Pullman cars will star and Greenville on the above schei from Spartanburg, Greenville, Gr Uppers $4.50. (Eight per cent. (8) war tax rates.) For Pullman reservations and nearest Ticket Agent or address. R. C. WOMAN, 103, MAKES LEAP YEAR PROPOSA Seward, Neb., Sept. 25.?"Bett< oo late' than never,' is the philos< )hy of one of Omaha's oldest? 'act the oldest?female residen klrs. Patrick Convey aged 103, r :ently took advantage of the Lea fear opportunities and proposed 1 )aniel Kennedy aged 100, of Si vard, by the mail route. Kennedy, who recently made rip to New York, and other citie aking $10,000 with him, receive he proposition with little, enthus ,sm. He stated that he was too bus t the present time to acept the inv ation and also declared that h awyers had tied his money up s hat marriage was almost out of tli [uestion. le is the man who gets jumped o md cussed out when the prices ( ommodities are high. At present eems that the finanical interests ( hp rountrv are arraved against tt >outh's monopoly cotton. We ha\ i monopoly and they have a cottc amine, it is actual, and yet th .re trying to beat down the price ( otton. Deflation?after our crop nade and p&id for by the farme "hat's a one-sided proposition. 1a is make it and then squeeze u "ause us to suffer a heavy financii oss, and our section as a whole 1 ie weakened in power and infh nee. That's what they-are drivin or. "The reason why they can g< way'with so much , of this kind < 1 / % i tUlt IS Decause 01 our uriuusuiei) ike system. I have presented this 1 he State Bankers' asociation an thers and they promised relief, an /e must change our system of sa1 ng all of our indebtedness for tl: ear to fall due between October 1 nd December 1. "Every bear speculator- in th /orld knows how much money wed by the farmers in each count nd when it has to be paid. Th 0 peculators have for 40 years take dvantaee of the situation for the now that some of the cotton has t o on the market to satisfy debt! 'his is a bad system for the farme nd it is up to him to remedy it. "There is no just reason why cot m was worth yesterday 110 point lore than it was quoted today, m proud to say that there is ver ttle cotton going on the market fo le farmers know that such price re not justified by the costs of pre uction and the law of demand. 1 lis cotton crop gets out of th ands of the farmers at the price / "* * .WAY SYSTEM I VICES 9 Fares account of the VFTFPAVS RF.IJNION ?8TH, 1920. * TEXAS dule DATE Return Fare. Sou. Ry. Oct, 4th $23.20 I Sou. Ry. Oct. 4th $23.2C [ Sou. Ry. Oct. 4th $22.88 I Sou. Ry. Oct. 4th $23.58 1 Sou. Ry. Oct. 4th $22.62 M Sou Ry. Oct. 4th $21.98 [ Sou. Ry. Oct. 4th $21.20 [ Sou. Ry. Oct. 4th $21.86 1 Sou. Ry. Oct. 4th $21.50 I Sou. Ry. Oct. 4th $21.76 I Sou. Ry. Oct. 4th $21.56 I Sou. Ry. Oct. 4th $21.20 [ Sou. Ry. Oct. 4th $21.08 West Pt. Rtc. Oct. 4th. lM Sou. Pac. Oct. 5th ' Sou. Pac. Oct. 5th. p arfes from all other points, le above train on October 2nd, iach original starting point Oci -11 I cUi puuita. lilable to members of the UnitVeterans, Confederated Southted Daughters of the Confederf members of the above named ;rip must secure identification rs of the U. C. V. which must secured. t from Columbia, Spartanburg, dule October 4th. Lower berth eenwood and Anderson $5.63. to be added to all the above I other information call on COTNER, D. P. A., SPARTANBURG, S. C. i AFTER YOUR MONEY L j Walter T. Duncan, who was re2r cently elected Comptroller General 0- has been appointed Director in in South Carolina of the Dollar Camt. { paign for the National Democratic e- j Committee. Mr. Duncan succeeds ip ( Col. Joe Sparks who has been made io J Assistant Treasurer. Col. Sparks e- has started an aggressive campaign, | his slogan being "Openly Solicited, a Openly Contributed and Openly Res, I caived." Col. Sparks thinks it d I should be an easy matter for South 1-1 Carolina to raise one hundred thou;y j sand dollars and is asking our peoi-1 pie to "Match the President" who is recently contributed five hundred ;o dollars. 6 150 POUNDS DYNAMITE STOI.F.N PROM WAREHOUSE I ? !n Chicago, Sept. '23.?Department ^ of justice agents and police seeking clues here in connection with the New York bomb explosion speeded 16 up their inquiry today following re discovery that 150 pounds of dyna'n mite had been stolen on September ^ 5 from the Aetno Explosive Com^ pany warehouses at Lambert, Jlliis nois. r. it FRANKLIN AUTO s. . PRICES ARE CUT al 'O Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 23.?The i- Franklin Automobile Company g Thursday announced a reduction of . fropi 17 to 21 per cent in the price it of its automobiles. )f It was stated wages would nqt be s- reduced. H. H. Franklin, president :o of the company, in making the and nrmnrpmpnt. snirl nripp id in all lines are necessary to stimu-1 /- late business. >e 1 5 quoted today I want to say to the j merchants that have goods on their i le shelves that he bigger portion of the j is goods will stay there, the people ; E ;y will not bijy them. And the bankers 11 le know that their deposits will be I n slim. g y "The prices being offered for cot- H .0 ton today are $50 to $75 a bale be- j B 3. low its intrinsic value. Yet, I am I r sorry to say, there are some very 5 prominent men in South Carolina! who have said that the farmers have! s made a verv crave mistake in not' I selling their cotton before -now.1J y These men evidently think that the' *, r farmer was holding for speculation j :S but he wasn't. Cotton has not sold in i >- the last 12 months'for the average' I cost of production over the cotton e belt last year., is "I do not think that any ' farmer j _ or any manufacturer is doing wrong m when they are holding their pro-' ducts for a price above the cost of i 'production. The present crop has! cost the farmers more money than j any other crop, and if it gets out o'f j the hands of the producers at a price below the cost of producing it, every business man in the South is going to feel it. Will selling above the cost of production hurt the South? "I will guarantee if 13 New England states owned the monopoly of such a world's commodity as cotton short staple would be selling today for a dollar a pound. They would 1 hold it and make the world pay for it, just as they will do with the goods made of our cotton. I am afraid if-some of the fellows who ! say that 40' cents is too high for j cotton had to get out and make it and gather it, they would say that it was too cheap at that price. The committee of 100 farmers in Texas has figuredthat it cost 43 cents a pound for the 1920 crop in that state, and I am sure that the cost in South* Carolina will be just as I heavy, for we have fewer boll wevils i but more fertilizer bills. 1 # I "I call upon all classes of citizens in our state to assist our farmj ers to get over this crisis. If we j want money and prosperity in our state, we must help the man who * ; has the raw material to convert into ; : that cash which makes all lines of j endeavor more active. Let the far- j j mers warehouse their cotton, getj I the receipts and borrow enough to j pay their pressing debts. I am not in j favor of the farmers evading their! debts, but pay them off with ware- j house receipts and let the merchants pass them on to the banks. This will hold the cotton off the market and at the same itme keep business go-: ? J ing in a fairly normal way. The farmers have the situation in their own hands if they just refuse to become stampeded." _ ) ROYAL BLt mmammmmmmmmm < Tailored to Your ' (DOA.OO. | tpov= I Mr. Joe H Epstein, an Columbia, S. C., but no\ Blue Tailoring Compar be with us on Thursday fipnt ^Otli anrl i uvpu trvui luiu To take your measi coat WAIT F( ? . ' .. . . i I 11/1 1 1 j. in. anaen CLOTHir v Phone 36^1 . % -a**, Suits anc FOR I jiT r3MS!5!3!5?3J5.'5MEI3j'EiTl^!JSJSMSlSMSJSi'2I3M3JSISMSISJE - It's true that good dressin I proclaims one's status to s ! friends. You've felt it?h . I costume is the secret of a f S MIT A AVI1 V> fY* A*n virv^ AV Ivv e <xid unciing gaimci ness in coloring and wea*v 4 charm that catch your first There are novel effects wl source?the plainer chic t can?altogether an ingeni 5 $37.50 1< The New I Suave Hats and Subtle Hats to r Brims that cast the bit of shade s turbans. Soft little berets. Audi face Hats and exquisitely curvii . trich to lend them insouciant Ca' Styles are of such all around you can't resist them. Philson ( Abbeville, inmnnHn IE CLOTHES I ' 'I ' Individual Measure 9 rt?no en I ? ,."><* JnfygJ ;. >i fy>Vs expert tailor formerly of / v representing the Koyal ly, of Baltimore, Md., will 'M . /. ' /, Friday and Saturday...... > Oct 1st and 2nd ' t . ' v i ^ - - ire for a suit or over- 5 S )R MR. EPSTEIN I son Company sIG STORE 1 m Abbeville, S. C. ^ I Dresses X ? . FALL . j g is one's greatest asset. It / | lociety. It is a tribute to one's g \ aven't you?that a beautiful ' ascinating personality? | q its in fabrics of unusual soft- I re?There are points of great ^expression of admiratioiL 1 r?l o i?v? Povio oc fVim** ? ' I ixv^ii \siaiiii JL ai 10 au s hings are out and out Amen- 1 ous and original array. 3 $100.00 1 MSM3J2JSM3JSfSJ3M3?3IS?3J3?SfSI2ISI3MSJ2fSJ3MS?SJSJS? all lVfillin^rxr Ull A J.111111^1 J nake you look your loveliest. o graceful, so youth-giving. Soft acious tricornes. Gay little off-theng chapeaux with new ways of osvTalier grace. / ? smartness and fascination that ? & Henry So. Carolina \.