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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.
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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.
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WILSON ASKS FOR FACTS | S
ON WHEAT PRICES |
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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
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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,
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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- ^
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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
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SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON ' ?e
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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
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can Cotton Association. Artificial l;
silk, he said, has practically super- ai
seded the silk worm's product. fj
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EPARATE PEACE
TO BE REJECTED
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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."
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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
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We now h
of lumber
dwelling, t
us before ]
of furnishii
Ibhipmen!
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material, tl
cJepreciatic
warehouse
builders' su
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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
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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. ~
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~*"Y?iG
NEXT WEEK
UTH CAROLINA
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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 & [\>,
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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'
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Farm Dmonstration Agents and f
Football Classic on
ursday. 1
of Clemson Cadets .,
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Week, Don't Miss It
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