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fAUrJCi EiiUlll JOHN W. M'KEE SUFFERS LOS Atlanta, Ga.,Oct. 17.?Fire of u; known origin in the McKee Moto , Corp. here early today caused dar age estimated at $150,000 to $20C 00. Whether or not it was coven by insurance has not been learned.' Was it insured is me nrst queam. asked after a fire. That question . never asked by a good business ma He takes it for granted that Mr. M Kee, being a good business man, i his success proves him to be, was.pr tec ted. During his times of good busine .1 and plenty, Mr. McKee paid a nomin lee to certain companies to guara) tee him against loss. His contract pood- The Insurance Companies pn teet him and his creditors. Good bu iness ability. Yes?and good con mon sense. This applies to small bus Bess as well as to large. What kir : ? - ' of a business man are you? Insure with? CITIZENS INS. & TRUST CO. ABBEVILLE, S. C. (Advertisement.) ? ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS < . % " Within recent year there has bee much discusion of the State's systei T~aa cnVmlarqViins in institutions c . . 1,1 "v>" ' higher learning. The University c - * South Carolina is allowed forty-si normal scholarships worth $100 year, plus tuition and college fee: The Citadel is allowed sixty-eigl , aeholarships worth $300 a yea: ' Winthrop is allowed one hundre twenty-six scholarships worth $10 a year and free tuition. Clemso Is allowed one hundred seventy fouj ya^* scholarships and ,fifty-thre one-year agricultural scholarship Each Clemson scholarship is wort |100 and tuition and college fee prr! '* V.*-- ' * ? J 1?U-i. - It _ ine winner ana nyiuer oi a aeuu v ' arship is a young person of mer and distinction. The public gene: ally considers a scholarship a war . U be a fine index to school efficiei cy. Today scholarships are beggin far lack of qualified applicants. ' The following are the holders c scholarships fom # Abbeville county Univeeity of South Gaolirta^?i K. Bower.. ' - The Citadel?R. M Lyon < Winthop College?Pauline Clinl bales, Myra A. Williams. CIem son College?C. G. Crowtht J. R. Swetenberg, G. C. Cann, S. J \ , ' Williams. 1 !'- WANTS * - V - - v . WANTED?-A 2-horse farm wit tenant house on it. Able to fu: nish myself. V. D. Murchisoi Abbeville, S. C., Route 1. It. tx * - ? STRAYED or STOLEN?From m S Borne several days ago, large blu speckled hound dog. My name o collar. Finder please return t 'w r ^ ^ F, C. HODGES. 10-25-lt-pc ? - ? , . , TAKEN UP?rBlack and white spol ted setter pup. Owner can get sam by paying costs. J. W. Powell, Ri 5, Abbeville, S. C. 10-25-ltp LOST?Crank off of Bell auto, in th ' city Thursday night. Finder pleas . return to Charlie Darracott at S. v * Link's store. 10-22-3t-pc FOR SALE?One brand new 6-rooi Bungalow with all modern convei iences, on Magazine Street. The Home Buuilding Corporatio: . < See T. G. White, Pres. 9- -tf : CRIMSON CLOVER?Clean 12 cen pound, burr clover 12 cents poun hairy vetch 28 cents pound, alfall 38 cents pound, rape 15 cen pound, home grown appler oa $1.55 bushel; native rye $3.00 bi / barley $3.30, blue stem whe $3.20, white, yellow and bermu< ?nion sets $3.00 bushel. We pt the freight. FARIS SEED CO. Greenwood, S. C. 10-6-ltw-3t TEACHERS.?Fifty to one hundr< requests daily from all classes so thern schools. If you want rur > "work, graded, high school or pri eipalship, salary $75 to $250, wri ns today for special enrollmer t\ta O C Dinhmnt Vliiuca. vuiumuia) kj. vt) awvu&aav* Va., and Chattanooga, Tenn. So thern Teachers' Agency, Colur fcia, S. C. " 9-20-4wks.( % . ; . v.. . . ; . AVERAGE COTTON PRICES; FARMERS HOLDING STAPLE ? ClemsOn College, Oct. 23.?Rej ports received from the official cotton growers of the Extension Service and the Bureau of Markets n* show the following average prices rs of the various markets represented for the week ending October 16. v Piedmont Markets Abbeville, strict middling 22.67; 01 an IlllUUUllg m Westminister, strict middling *S 22.91; middling 21.05. n' Anderson, etrict middling 22.91. Rock Hill, strict middling 22.75; middling 22.25. Laurens, strict, middling 21.70] middling 20.91. ss Kershaw, strict middling 23.25; a* middling 22.75. Low Country Market* 13 Orangeburg, strict . middling 22; middling 20.79. 3" Columbia, middling 19.66. Bishopville, strict middling 21.25; 1_l middling 19.90. 1 I Camden, strict middling 20.38; middling 19.38. Sumter, strict middling 20.66; * middling 19.83. Dillon, strict middling 21.83; middling 20.83. ~~\ Bennettsville, * strict middling j 20.41; middling 19.33. Edgefield, strict middling, 21.20; n! middling 19.33. n Manning, strict middling, 21.04j middling 20.04. ^ Kershaw leads all the markets x. with an average price of 29.75 foi a ryii^^iincr P(v?V TTH1 and Abbeville 3'' are next with averages pf 22.25 and 121.67 for middling. In the- lowr*! country markets Orangeburg and d f Dillon are the> two highest, Orange0 I burg being 21.83 for strict middling n and 20.83 for middling, r* Farmer* Holding 0 That the farmers are holding s s. (large percentage of the 1920 . crof h is indicated by the following .quota3. tions from reports of grades: 1- Orangeburg-?"Only a fractional it part of cotton tbeingr sold." < . ' r- Columbia?"Very little cotton of d fering for sale." l- Bishopville?"Majority of farmg era warehousing." Dillon?"Farmera all holdini >f most of their cotton." r: Manning:?"Farmers storing lota L. of cotton in warehouses." Aiken?"Only few bales low grade - bing sold. Balance going in watra c- houses." Anderson? "Only 10 per cent be yr ing sold.' L and hauling back home 60 per cent." Laurens?"Farmers storing- foi - higher prices." Greepville-? "Very little being 1 sold." I COTTON h . - Cotton prices are probably more sensitive to outside influences than J. I j any other commodity dealt in on the _ Exchanges of the world. The British y coal strike ,and fear of its far reachq ing consequences, proved to be too n heavy a burden on a market already o weakened by unsettled domestic conl. ditions, such as high money rates, - contraction of credit, and liquidation of manufactured products. e We have repeatedly warned our friends for weeks past that liquidad tion of commodities was in progress, * and caution should be exercised on e lL. 1a?m nMa nn r] Jnmniv fUa nOflf me lung aiuc, aim uunug nuc jjaju it n e weeks, and particulrly during the ^ past few days, cotton prices have experienced sensational declines. When we consider that during 01 April the December delivery sold as 1 high as 36.21 and the May delivery as high as 34 cents, and that these n" deliveries during the past few days A ' have sold as low as 17.80 for December and 17.55 for May, we must con^ elude that such drastic declines have about discounted most all of the un^ favorable conditions from which cot^ ton has been suffering. , The monetary conditions should aj. improve from now on, and, besides this wp are annroachincr the disas la ? _? iy trous frost period for the crop. Reports of killing frosts are possible at any time, and may have a materia! ? effect in changing sentiment, both ?d here and abroad, and starting an upu ward trend. For the last two days al Liverpool has been a large buyer, anc n- domestic demand has increased ir te spot markets. Exporters are anxious it | to fill orders for immediate requireld ments. u? While pilitical and credit condition! - I o'l-o orraincf tho mnrlfAf-. nt. +1ip mnmPTlt iL and may even cause lower prices tem? ' . STARTED AS WATER BOY, BECOMES GENERAL MANAGER Atlanta, O-ct. 23.?R. E. Simpson who began work for the Southern Railway System as a section gang i water boy at the age of twelve in r 1882 has been promoted to general I manager of the Southern's "Lines East" with headquarters at Charlnt.tp. N. C.. succeeding the late W. ; N. Foreacre, and Albert Dabney Shelton who entered the Southern's ; service gs a fifteen-year-old messenger boy in 1890 has been promoted to general superintendent of the ; Northern District with office at Danville, Va., succeeding Mr. Simpson. ; These promotions are ip line with the established policy of the South; ern Railway System to fill all vacancies by the promotion of men who have been trained and develop; ed^in its service and is a striking illustration of the opportunity which the American railway service af; fords to young men who display industry and ability, no matter in ;. what positions they may start. J "THE POOR SIMP" , I ' When Melville Carruthers decided to i propose to Grace Adams it-was the , most momentous decision he had ever I I arrived at. So, armed with a large, , J luxurious bunch of orchids and a j Pomeranian pup, he sallied forth. ,! When he arrived at the house, he i had forgotten what he wanted to say 1' and after looking at Grace's father ,' he forgot what he had come for. * Then Melville felt blue and wentj j in search of adventure. He found it! in the shape of a nice bump on his B head, caused by violent contact with [ an empty bottle in the hands of an irate gangster. Then Melville decided life was too strenuous, anyway, and he would put an end to "his share of it. When he found all his friends not 1 only ready but^feager to help him, he was a very clean-minded chap, he changed it every- few minutes. Then I the excitement comes thick and fast. Owen Moore will be seen as Melville Carruthers in his latest comedy, "The Poor Simp," at the Opera House on Wednesday flight. .. * ' ' ? " NEW EXPRESS RATES NOT f - IN EFFECT IN S. C. YET i Columbia, Oct. 28*?The advanced express rates already effective in j other states, have not as yet been al. lowed in South Carolina, bat it is probable that the South Carolina Rail. road commission at its regular meeting on Wednesday of this week, will ' take some action for disposing of the matter so far as it effects South Car oiina. ? It is thought likelythat the commission will issue an order allowing the rates to take effect. If the rate advance is refused, the interstate commerce commission will have the right to reverse the, decision. There i has been agjme question as to certain > commodities under the new advance, i but tn date nothing has been deter ' mined by the state commission. 1 The advance became effective on interstate business and on intra-state express in many states on October 15. This is the second increase granted the express company in recent weeks, the first of twelve and a half per cent and this being thirteen and a half. NO POSTAL INCREASE. Washington, Oct. 23.?Postal estimates, to be submitted to the coming session of congress, Postmaster General Burleson said today, will not recommend any increase in the two cent first class letter rate in connec ] tion with any plan of taxation rej vision and will renew the departi ment's previous recommendations fo^* a one cent local delivery rate. The postmaster gpeneral estimates, that a 1 reduction of the local'delivery rate from two cents to one will probably 1 increase postal revenues rather than I decrease it. I ' i In many districts in Russia the crops are so poor that there is not .' sufficient to supply the residents. ; Thes hortage will be felt principally [1 in the Soviet districts where little i food was crown and transDortation! .{facilities have been ruined by negi lect and mismanagement. x I Spotting tuna fish by airplane, i J porarliy, we feel that the market is - now more evenly balanced and that, purchases of the spring months on 3 recessions will eventually prove pro-j ; | fitable. J Springs & Co. ! . V ' The Ros DEPAt Four Stores t ' ' c We she to savi First, w( quality t * '*/ Schaffne all-wool, ored. r on a ver / profit, what sp are offer: KOSJ MERC^ i ' : t enberg Men nCompanyHBBi ITMENT STOR Abbeville, S. C. " M *t- "'**,% , . , ^ ' X iw^ou Vj 3 on cl< -- ' . \ -' 3 make sure c . ] >y getting the :r & MarX k \ * ! i r i Stylish, finely rhen we sell V ' y close mar? 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