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-i?i CUT COTTON COST BY MAKING FOOD fouthern Farm Prosperity Absolutely r Dependent on Cutting Produc tion Coot Through Food * Making and Saving. Atlanta, Ga.?(Special.)?"A right/ - about-face movement in 1921 is neces sary if the farmers of the South are to get on safe, firm ground again," Md H. Q. Hastings, President of the lirast Southeastern Fair. "ft looks as if we all went cotton arasy last spring, despite all the dan ,^rirT and the disregard ef ? plain tacts as to costs of cotton production. We have repeated our fol Qea of 1911 and 1914. and piled up debta baaed on costly food and grain ko bo paid for by cotton that is now to!** cost of production. -With few exceptions those items Md rrain could and should have been produced pn home acres I < at one-third to one-half what the sup ply merchant charges for them. "Cotton is the one best money crop < tor the South, and probably always ( 5W. will be. The time of war prices is , rer aad the problem from now on is lo lower cost of production and at the 1 * same time afford the cotton grower a , fair profit .. "Coat of making cotton Ifl primarily 1 ' the cost of food,' grain a!nd forage t for the farmer, his family, his labor- ( era or tenants, and his work stock. . Catting food, grain and forage costs by home production will reduce cot- i . lap. coats from one-third to one-half. c "Plant \for an abundance of food, grate aad forage,' thus cutting down ( . store bills, and the lower prices for aotton will not hurt to mack. We can tot, With, European countries so thor aghlyxlUorgaiilzed, reasonably expect |! Ugh p^c^Stof cotton for several year? I and we. must, make cotton at lower -f eoat, or el?e quit cotton growing. ? "Most of us Cannot quit cotton, I hence the absolute necessity of food, ( grain and forage planting in 1921? the making on borne acres of every pound of food and grain needed to see as through. In this food production program, lake the home vegetable garden seri Misly. Qive the home garden a square ieal and it will surprise you in the amdont of healthful food produced. It" takes the least . ground, can be plant mI the earliest, brings quick returns ind if kept replanted and worked will stay by you all the season through." GREENVILLE WiDOW RUNS rt>R OFFICE Mrs. Scott Would Succeed Late Hui? band?Election Held Soon 4 Greenville, Dec. 30?At the^ earn est solicitation of literally hundreds f friends throughout the city and comity, Mrs. annie Davis Scott, wid w of Probate Judge Walter M.-Scott who was killed in an automobile ac cident last Sunday, tonight announc ed that she will accept the offiee of probate judge to fill the two years ?f her late husband's unexpired term if elected by the people at the spe cial election to be called by the gov ernor. Mrs. Scott was assistant to her husband during the six years he serv ed as judge of probate, and her friepds contend that'she is well qual ified for the place. If elected, it is believed that she will be the ' first woman county official in South Car olina. Mr? Scott, who was slightly in jured in the accident which cost herlj husband his life, said tonight that if I chosen by the people, she would ac cept the office chiefly as a token of esteem for her husband. Her decla ration came after much pressure had teen brought to bear upon her by newspapers and the publie. Nitric and carbolic acids in rain to wear awav the hardest : \ i i, FOR 3ALE?One De Loach 3aw mill and Ajax engine;. Afcply to E. L. J% Boyd, Abbeville, S. C. or W. R. Boyd, Mt Carmel. lt-pd. n ML" IftJ&l ,a white Tox Terrier spots on his ears, he was wearing a collar with a coun ty tax tag No. 48 on it. He was lost several miles in the country while out hunting Monday after' Christmas. Liberal reward if re-1! WANTS tamed to Mr. Lewis Pernn, at tae National Bank of Abbeville. ltc FOR SALE OR RENT?165 acres of land near Plum Branch, McCormick County. See J. H. Austin, at Aus-* tin-Perrin Drug Store. 12-31-2tc LOST?Sunday, Dec. 26, 34x4 tire . and rim of rear end of car, between Lebanon church and Calhoun Mill. Suitable reward if returned to this' office or to Clifton Sprouse. Abbe-' *:lle. 12, 29-2tpd. TO UNVEIL PORTRAIT OF COL. JNO. LAURENS In Columbia, January the 13th, 1921 ?Program Will Be Published Later. Under the appointment of the leg islature, we are now preparing to place the portrait of Colonel John Laurens in the most suitable situa tion in the State House, in our capi tal city, and to have the unveiling sxercises so conducted as to attract ivide attention to the remarkable en dowments and highly meritorious conduct of one of our Revolutionary soldiers and diplomatic officials. His iareer was so notable as to give him i place of highest honor in the world's record of heroism and brilliant a :hlevements. * Upon the recommendation of Gen ital Washington he was chosen by Congress as a special envoy of " the [Jnited Statep>to solicit further aid Torn France of men, money and mu litions of war on sea and lan!f. At ;he most critical period in the his ;ory of the war he, in the face of # U * . >pposing influences, secured the time v heln which saved the American irmy from discouragement and final lefeat. His fame is embalmed in, our :arly histories by faithful authors ! 1 1 11 1 c m THIS E fl-e / How do stores unl cnn t;,vu which Watch ness ?he j money vy J fore the ] i i i i it jfe* ; -f j Telephor 1 and gl The L 9 \ ! and must be perpetuated by their worthy successors. Let us, therefore, on this occasion pay him that tribute which will, es tablish the devotion of his own peo ple and make his life an inspiration to liberty j lovers throughout the world. Signed: R. A. Cooper, Gov. S. C. W. A. Clark, Chr. S. C Historical Commission John J. Dargan, Historian of this Commission. TOTE?A program of exercises will be published later. CLOSE FOJRD PLANT UD1IL rtCRUAKI JKU Detroit, Mich., Dec. 30.?The Ford Motor Company's Highland park plant which closed for the customary ten day inventory period, December 24, probably will not resume opera tions until February 3, or later, it was learned here today. No statement was obtainable at the executive offices of the company, where it was said announcement of the shutdown had not been officially authorized. Approximately 50,000* _ workers were employed^n the Highland Park plant when it closed for inventory. laizraiiifiUEfiuaiziaraiHiiiai 5 THE SL you expect ess vou out OPeop i The Press i our neighbor i knows a go here it pays < r>eonle?wher le number te in ladly assist yo s Press 6 iRRRFSBtF&RRRRRS $21,000,000 PAID k FOR INSURANCE BY CltlZENS OF S. C. This it Nearly Five Million More Than Last Year?Commissioner Makes Recommendations Columbia, Dec. 30.?Insurance paid by South Carolinians in 1919 for which year State Insurance Commissioner McSwain has just is sued his report, totaled more than twenty-one million dollars, which was nearly five million in excess of the premiums written in 1918. Life insurance premiums totaled for the one year $13,015,103, which was an incease of $2,549,641 over 1918 life premiums. Fire insurance premimums totaled $7, 121,338. Premiums on mi^pellaneous insur ance totaled .f1,503,760, an increase over i?io 01 xne wwu in crease for the year being $4,683, 536. The total insurance premiums paid in . the state last year was $21, 640,202. The income of the insurance de partment, paid into the state treas ury, for 1919 totaled $418,337, an increase for the year of $115,743. In his annual report to the legis lature Insurance Commission ? Mc Swain makes certain recommenda rarajaiEfiuiiTiimnin'riinmiri AUfc bt,A to tra your offers I in the y ind Banner I / ^ ' who adver od investme dividends. K 1 they need m and our iu in the pre k Banne tions for legislation. He urges the following; Amendment to the present statute to require individual insurers to re port to the commissioner any trans action with unlicenses insurance companies, and to pay a fee of four per cent on the premium, in addition to the one-tenth of one per cent of losses adjusted. The idea is to pre vent the operations of "outlaw/in surance companies/' Legislation to require insurance companies whose licenses have not been renewed, to- report semi-an nually the amount of renewal pre miums collectedly companies trans acting business in the state. Legislation to put the supervison of investment companies under the attorney general. Legislation to make the license fee of all insurance companies of other states of countries three hun dred dollars each. .A law to require all schools and colleges to devote a small amount of time each week to instruction in fire and accident prevention. EATS FIRECRACKER?DIES Bennettsville, Dec. 30<7?Perry iJ. Odom, Jr., the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jercy B. Odom, died at their home on King stpeet about 5 o'clock iuiiHiiuaraizfiiiarajuiiLiiiizi TS SON.... ' 1 * J tde booming Defore the ei 000 H inters Tri-^X tises?he's d< nt and . is p leep your bu j.L" anyining in representativ< oaration of ' ar Comp uafiuaiEfiyaBfEmaiiuiJii this morning as the result of eating a new kind of finecracker which has "* been sold in Bennettsville during the holidays. About 3.30 o'clock yestey-j day afternoop the cairn's mothe found something around the chjld^l mouth, and other children told her that it had . eaten a firecracker! About 6- o'clock the child began, tjo show symptoms of illness. Drs. Smith and Kinney were called and washed * out his stomach. Dr. Kinney was there1 Jgain about 11 o'clock and the little boy then seemed to be doing well. About 5 Dr. Kinney got a mes sage that the boy was thojight to be dying and he was dead before the doctor arrived. The Medaille Military, the high est military distnctionN in France, was created in 1852. / What is the shell of probably the .largest tree in history is located at Tuolumne, Cal. " ' 'Xr\ . The famous battleship, Maine, which was blown up In Havana k?r bar, is at the Brooklyn Navy Yfcrdi' . The Bank of England safeguards its gold supply over night by tub merging it in a deep well.; /' r?siisiajiui!faigraiaiiiraia V I ''it w i I >m T . s in vour /es of the i I ! omes i * /" e^kly Ding busi v . N utting his > isiness be^ * ^ your line r * >'** \ e will call < M copy % ianv [ziarairaizia mimiziJI <