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CAMPAIGN AGAINST HIGH COST OF LIVING TO BE ABANDONED Department of Justice Will Dismiss All Fair Price Committees On November 1st Washington, Oct. 16.?The campaign conducted by the Department of Justice against the high ~cost of living will be ended and the entire fair price organization disbanded on November 1. Letters have gone out from the Department to all fair price committee and all rvthprs encaced in the campaign advising them of the Department's decision to conclude this work, officials at . the Department stated today. Department officials said that while the campaigns had been successful, the immediate reason for closing up the work was a lack of funds. Abandonment of the campaign probably will mean the displacement of half a dozen si>ecial assistants to the Attorney General who have devoted their entire time in fighting high prices. What officials,wiil retire has not been made known, howi ever. No Let-up On Profiteers It was declared that the dissolution of the organization in the cost of living campaign would havs no effect on the Department's drive against violators of the Lever food .cdhtrol act. The Attorney General was represented as being fully convinced that the Lever act had made it possible to curb the hoarder a:.d the profiteer and determined, to go forward with prosecutions of coal men and others against whom complaints have been made. Instructions lately have gone out from thet Department to district attorneys to pay close attention to all trade organizations with a view to ascertaining whether they have operated as a combination in restraint of trade. Officials said the trade organizations wer6 so numerous that this phase of the work alone had required the services of more attorneys and agents than the Department was able to supply because of its~shortage of funds. , I aM.aitex.oir || Anti-Ferment . ! tf: |i? i in If | CHILDREN tC J I COITA'W y* ?CCO**OL U' I Fm | STOMACH tW BOWELS j! .< l-i* i 7. | ,Ji"" L? y'\ jDriestcry, Diurfoct 2|{ chov. moau^fjc f *j- Cnpbf hujJhUpu:;. , 0 Ncgrei, ?FA.u- Kftvwn * p'l tic. 'I jj j |1 HU WBJMK KXC . ! <J, . i U| AMTI-FCRMCNT | \ iommTSwicjiL(o.'/' rock hill, s c. i i L I % FOR A REAL BARGAtt Place just 6 1-2 mil Sharon Settlement, hood in the county, school and church. . this tract, cut in two Three horse farm in woods and pasture. medium sandy land and is well watered, consists of one good one four room tenar sary outbuildings. T1 EASY TERMS. Dixie L WILSON ASKS FOR FACTS | S ON WHEAT PRICES | ? I Chicago, Oct. 16.?Wheat made a p big advance in price today after! news became public that President Wilson had asked Governor Allen of Kansas, for information which V might indicate that the recent big n fall in the value of wheat was due a to any artificial causes. December " delivery ran up 13 to 13 1-4 to li $2.21 and closed unsettled at $2.17 p ' 1-2 to $2.18 1-2. t( Announcement of recent large bi British purchases of wheat on the Pacific coast counted also as a bull- di ish factor, ^nd so did word of an un- tj Usual export demand for corn. Be- w - ' # ? sides a big drop in ocean ireigra zr rates was reported, and it was said tt that seeding advices pointed to a di seriously decreased acreage of winter wheat planting throughout the Sl United States. ni Most of the hurried buying on s< which today's advance took place m was attributed to shorts and com-1 w mission houses. j gi Wahington, Oct. 16.?President Wilson, has requested Governor ss Allen of Kansas, to forward to the n< Federal Trade Commission any in- tt forma^on he was tending to indi- c< cate that the recent decline in wheat j prices was due to unfair practices g, ? A - -1.1 - _i 1 . or competition or to otner Hrunciai cj causes. J tJ A letter to this effect sent today th by Secretary Tumulty was in an-J swer to many appeals for govern- ^ ment action looking to an embargo n) on Canadian wheat. These were re- pj ferred sometime ago to the com- w mission and the Department of Ag- C( riculture. Mr. Tumulty's letter/ to ^ Governor Allen said: ' pj j "Tfie President has received your | telegram of October sixth with re- ^ ! ? x- i-i.- ?i 4 iereiice lU me wiieai siwuauiuu auu j.|_ has received a number of others of similar tenor. He fully .recognizes the importance of the questions you raise and he has therefore, request- . ed the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Agriculture to look in to the matter at. the earliest possible moment with a w j view to determine what, if anything w can properly be done. In the mean- ^ time, he will appreciate it if you will be good enough to forward to the ^ Federal Trade Commission any in- se formation in your possession, which < in your opiniQn, tends to indicate W that the recent decline in wheat d? prices is due to'-nnfair practices or lif ! competition, or to other artificial th causes." ~ ba a SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON ' ?e I , a New York, Oct. 16.?If the price ev of cotton goes ^ny lower Southern farmers will cease to grow it and CQ the chemists of the world will be called upon to find a substitute for CI cotton as they have for the silk ( worm, it was predicted here today by Dr. Roy Thomas, professor of; chemistry at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C., in an address be- A *??? +ViQ Inncal VirnncTi of the Ameri- at 1V1C VA1V- iWVM* W- ~ _ can Cotton Association. Artificial l; silk, he said, has practically super- ai seded the silk worm's product. fj . 'm b it SALE : C ============== b li J?The W. 0. Graves r; es from Abbeville in rg The best neighbor- ? 3-4 miles from good ? There is 120 acres in | f h\r fVip mihlir road. I e J cultivation, balance in ti The land is a good c and practically level n The improvements J - - - Q ti four room dwelling, I c it house an dall neces- J i he Price is only $6,500 " b s s .and Co. i I I EPARATE PEACE TO BE REJECTED ! lans Of Republicans Will Fail? White Gives Views New York, Oct. 16.?George 1 /hite, chariman of the Democratic ational committee last night issued statement in which 'he said that eleventh hour plans of the Repubcans weuld fail to check th# ReI ublican and Independent stampede > Governor Cox, which has already egun. * ? | "The Republican campaign is in isorder," Mr. White declared. "Par- j r ranks have been broken; Those ho for years have affiliated with le party because they have believed lat it stood for high principles are gserting it. . j "Independents who have often ipported it are turning to Goveror Cox. In close council and deep! scretey the Harding campaign lanagers are seeking frantically to ork out eleventh hour plans to re tin lost ground." One of these "plans," Mr. White lid, he understood was to anounce in advance the personnel of le cabinet Senator Harding would mstitute if elected. "It is to contain names of distinaished men who are seemingly dislarging their party obligations at le expense of their convictions and leir consciences. "If the plan is carried out its pur%oa ttrill V\a " l'wnrflcc o crffi/1 joc win Lfc vyj 1111 yicoo o ui^uvwcu ation with the fact that a weak resident would surround himself ith strong men. It would be,, a mfession of inefficiency unparallel1 in the history of American camaigns." , Mr. White stated that the Repubcan party was being deserted for iree reasons, as follows: "First, true Americans are deterined that the league of nations in be saved only through the elecon of Governor Cox. "Second, the country has come to low Senator Harding as at best, a abbler on the great issue, and, at orst, by his own statement, a eorn enemy of any league. I "Third, Americans will not counnance the Republican plan for a parate peace with Germany." j In concluding his statement Mr. Mfee referred to Senator Harding's jclaration on league of nations objations, "I do not want to clarify I aDa nKliffoflAnc T TIT QTlt tn tllTTl mtl I UU115?ViViId? A TTHI1V VV VU**t *HJ ick on them." ." i "These words," Mr. White said, [mashed the deceitful strategy of campaign which proposed to fool erybody until after election and sgan a movement which has be>me a stampede." HESTNUT GELDING MAKES 60 MILES IN EIGHT HOURS Concord, N. H., Oct. 16.?The rab chestnut gelding Crabbet, was jain to th? front today when the 3 survivors of the 300 mile endur.ice race started out on a racing nish headed for 1 Camp Devans,1 [ass. The goal was 60 miles away, Ul/J ill/l/wil/lioboiiuiii^ i/iiaw iJiu liles of fairly stiff going lay beind them, most of the animals were i such good condition that their\ iders were able te make it a race. The honors of the start were with ihabbet. This descendant of Araian desert steeds yesterday estab-j shed a world record for 60 miles of! oad travel under weight when car- j ying a rider and packs weighing toether 245 pounds, he traveled from Phite River Junction to a point utside this city in eight hours. Offiials of the race said that no such eat by a horse similarly laden had ver been recorded. The average aily march of a cavalry mount in he United States service under' ampaign conditions is 25 miles. Bathed and rubbed for hours last j ight and this morning by his rider' ack Fretz, a lanky cow puncher, j mo noias tne oroncno ousting j hampionship of Australia and the | Jnited States, Crabbet stepped out i :pon the trail as briskly as if he had >een through an easy jog yesterday nstead of a drive that left a dozen peedy steeds behind. It was not yet dawn when the hores got away. Crabbet was followed losely by the Kentucky thorough>reds, David Craig and Moscowa. ind by the prade thoroughbreds Junkie and Mile Densie and the ^.rab Rustem Bey. / SPENDS MILLIONS t FOR AUTOMOBILES Soutli Carolina Invest* $115,400,250 In Car<?U?e? Much Gasoline. South Carolina has at present approximately $115,400,250 Invested in automobiles and motor vehicles in general as compared with the combined investments of all banks in the state of $42,000,000*, .according to statistics compiled by the state highway commission. These figures are based upon an average cost per car car of $1,275, which is considered reasonable by the department. Figures from the department show that last year the combined capital invested in all industries in the state was slightly in excess of $201,000,000 Qr not quite double Luc aiuuuiii juvesteu in motor vehicles. / Much Gaioline J During 1919 the state consumed more- than 32,000,000 gallons of gasoline and for the nine months of 1920 the consumption has already reached 31,857,830, the statistics show. This is an average of 3,539,750 gallons a month. Registration of cars has also reached, the highest total in the history of the state with 9.4,511 for the nine months of 1920. Last year the total registration reached 74,299 and in 1918 the number was 58,803 while in 1917 the registration was 40,174 automobiles ahd motor vehicles. Below are some figured by fli/i ofofii AATnmiaofAn wiiv ovwv** VVUttUiOOiUIl Investment In Car* "An estimate of the cost of automobiles and trucks now registered in South Carolina, if based upon an average of $1,275 per car, which is considered conservative, places the investment in mo^or'cars within the state at the present time at. no less than $115,400,250. It is very interesting to notice by way of comparison that our investment, in all the banks of the state combined, aggregates only a little more than $42,000,000, of which approximately $24,000,000 is capital stock and $18,000,000 is surplus. Our textile manufactories represent an investment of about $117,000,000, while the total amount of capital invested I . I mm r bUlLl Shingles :Lati V We now h of lumber dwelling, t us before ] of furnishii Ibhipmen! Be fair wit material, tl cJepreciatic warehouse builders' su Dim nFDC DUILULIVl ' i Abbeville, i in all industries in South Carolina last year was slightly more thai} $201,000,000. This serves to give us some idea | of the importance already assumed by pleaure and commercial cars, because of the money value alone , wihch they reflect, and demon' strates most conclusively the need ^ for a system of roads in the state good all the year round; a necessity j that grows almost imperative if we stop to consider the enormous loss to the citizens of the state occasioned by roads such as we have enjoyed in the |ast. It is an admitted fact that the average life of automobiles traveling over bad roads is only ARE YOU COMII THE GREAT SO STATE AT CO OCTOB Greatly improved grounds and fi ever before presented. Don't n People from everywhere will be Special Reduced Rat The $1.00 almission i Races as well as to fa rates for children. ENLARGED GOVE Exciting Auto World-wide Entries of Fine Liv attracting Enlarged Agricultura South Carolina's Grc Official State Show c try Association. ? Great get together week of Boys and Grls Club Workers. Carolina'-Clemson i Big Th . Annual encampbent throughout Fair wi Remember It's Next1 3MATI iave on hand a romp necessary to complei am, garage or outbui placing" your" order; v ng you a money-savin ts Receivec h your building?us len you may expect n. We have a lumb< stocked with a line ipplies to be found on SUPPLY I H. JACKSON, M? \ \. . -1 from two or three years, whereerer I on good roads the average period of usefulness may be prolonged to six. or eight, and even ten years, and moreover the consumption of gasoline, oils and tires, and other expense of upkeep is reduced fully 331-3 per cent, when we note that duping 1919 this state consumed more. ?The State. ' . . -rxLt In the devastated regions ol France the population his increased' from 2,000,000 to more than 4,0Qto'jr I 000?approximately three- quarters; i 'of the prewar population. ~ ' /* ' , #*..?' . '--py ~*"Y?iG NEXT WEEK UTH CAROLINA : FAIR LUMBIA ER 24-29. | icilities and more attractions than nisst the State Fair next week. I I here. :es on All Railroads. [ fee admits to Horse ^ ir grounds. Special & [\>, i Tr.. : RNMENT EXHIBIT mobile Races. * r-fv.j r:} ; e Stock. More | liberal premiums , 1 Displays. ' V[{ ) f latest Poultry Show. ' n , 1 A ? TTl 1 >i tne American jpoui'I' I Farm Dmonstration Agents and f Football Classic on ursday. 1 of Clemson Cadets ., eek. . Week, Don't Miss It g ' ' . . AX ? ^ . , : ' ri:t 'I* P*J# ding:: Siding ilete supply , te that new Iding. See ^ are sure I . g estimate. ' 1 Weekly e the best minimum ^ sr yard and of the best the market COMPANY T >A S. Carolina j