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Farmers Should Get Benefit c Decline in Fertilizer Materia Washington, Dec. 30.-The depar ment of agriculture has repeated] nrged the fertilizer trade, in detern ining their prices for the spring se? .son of 1921, to recognize to the ful ?st extent the downward trend c prices of raw materials and to gi\ their customers, the farmers of th "United States, every' possible prie ?concession. Their attention has bee ?called to their insistence during th war years upon the application c tie "replacement principle" in di ?ermining their price quotations dui ing the period of rising prices and t their abandonment of this theory ur der changed conditions of a fallin market. The larger manufacturers, afte conference with the department, de cided to lower the unit cost of pot ash and of ammonia in determinini the price of their mixed fertilizers (which had been based on unit cost of September 25.) In the meantime however, the prices of raw material have continued to decline with th result that on November 15, the esti mated average purchase price of am monia was $4 a unit, representing ? decline of $1 a unit since Septembe: 25. Since November 15, there havi been further substantial reduction: in the prices of raw materials. . . . The larger manufacturers, in de termining the prices of their mixec > fertilizers have figured acid phos phate at a price which is lower thai -?he fall of 1920. The trade journals on the other hand show that the pricf of 68 per cent Florida pebble phos phate rock was quoted from $6.8c per ton in June and $11.50 per tor in September and that the basis has heen changed from f. o. b. Tampa tc f. o. b. mines, making an additional difference of about $1.20 per ton They also show that the quoted price of bulk acid phosphate increased from $18.50 to $20 per ton The fed eral trade commission, in its report on the . fertilizer industry, indicates that the large fertilizer manufactur ers have practical control of the phos phate situation through the owner ship of acid phosphate plants and of mines and factories and through the existence of long-time contracts of low prices with other than their own mines. The department has urged the mine owners, the larger fertilizer manufacturers and the producers of acid phosphate to make some conces sion to the smaller manufacturer by lowering the price at which they can purchase rock and acid phosphate. They reply that, on account of the .strike in Florida pebble district in .1919 and the car shortage the stocks of rock and acid phosphate are so l^w that they have difficulty in obtaining sufficient quantities of these materi als for their own use. Apparently the .greater part of the rock that is mined above the contract requirements of the larger concerns is held for export, and a domestic buyer without a long time contract is compelled to pay $11 to $12 a ton, as against $6 a ton, ?which is about the average for the domestic contract rock. The principal acid phosphate man ufacturers stated that their price to contract purchasers was materially lower than the quotations in the trade journals for non-contract or cash purchases. The stated that practi cally their entire production was sold under long time contracts, and that the quotations in the trade jour Jials were based on resale lots where .money was needed or storage capaci ties had been exceeded. It is evident, .therefore, that the needs of the larg er manufacturers are provided for, whereas the source of^ supply of the smaller manufacturers is seriously curtailed, and the prices which the smaller manufacturers have to pay are greatly in exce?s of contract prices. Within the past two weeks, however, the acid phosphate price has . declined from $20 a ton to $17 a ton xtn the basis of Baltimore quotations, ..and the price will probably continue . to decline, as the stocks on hand are, in reality, large. Information has . reached the department that not only ;is the cost of material falling, but that the cort of manufacture ib also . decreasing. The Lever food control act does -not authorize the fixing of prices of fertilizers, but manufacturers who exact an unjust or unreasonable profit will be subject to prosecution. Notwithstanding the fact that some o?: the raw materials used in the man facture of fertilizer were purchased at prices higher than those now pre vailing, the department feels that, in view, of existing market conditions, the prices of mixed fertilizers quoted ?by manufacturers for the spring trade of 1921 are too high. The con suming public is vitally concerned in this matter for the reason that the maintenance of high prices for fer tilizers, at a time when the prices pf farm products have greatly declined, may result in a curtailment of the use of fertilizers and a reduction in acreage and in yield per acre of crops planted. Winding the Clock of Life. Dr. Raymond Pearl's comparison in a lecture of the duration of human! life with the running of a clock will strike the average person as decided ly happy. It is easy to think of one man, owing to his inherited mechan ism, as being "wound up" for eighty years and of another as wound up for only sixty or less. Humanity, according to Dr. Pearl's analogue, is made up not exactly of what we may call 7-day clocks and 24-hour clocks, as in the case of the ordinary mechanical timepieces, but rather of 8-day clocks, 24-hour clocks and clocks all the way be tween; and in all cases it is more or less a matter of mechanism. The child of long-lived parents has a much bet ter chance to attain a long life than the child of short-lived parents. And yet, since the elements are so mixed, no man can bank upon living to the age of 90 merely because his father attained that age. We know that, so to speak, an 8 day clock may have been married to a 24-hour clock; the father may have belonged to a long lived people and the mother to a short lived people. In that case will the progeny be long lived like the father, short lived like the mother, or somewhere in be tween? To answer the question, we must wait until the person concerned is dead; in which case it will then be all the same to him whether his pa rents were long lived or short lived, or both. The interesting thing about Dr. Pearl's deductions is the degree of scientific assurance that they contain that, if one lives to a certain old age, one is getting the benefit of a good, sound, snug winding up that one's fathers gave to one's physical organ ism. The Scriptures put it right; If one reaches the age of fourscore, it is "by reason of strength" and not altogether one's own strengm either. But does long life depend altogeth er on inheritance? Is there no chance for the individual to attain long life as against an ancestral "winding up" for a shorter period? Dr. Pearl cer tainly has not asserted that. There is this difference between the clock and the human organism, that a man is a combination of mind and of phy sical mechanism, whereas the clock is altogether a machine. A man may be wound up for sixty years, and yet a wise, healthy, calm ample and truly conservative course of living may en able him to survive to eighty. In a sense, the man may wind himself up again. And by so doing he may, pre sumably, help (to wind up his off spring for a'longer run than his par ents had. Indeed, that is what the whole human race seems to be doing at the present time. We cannot shake off inheritance we may even make sure that it is th'3 dominating factor in the duration sf life-but by little and little, :hrough sanitation and better housing in i clothing, ampler onurishment, ind easier conditions of life, we are winding up the clock for a longer :un. It is apparent from the words jf Moses, as reported in the Psalms, ;hat fourscore years in his day was regarded as about the same thing as fourscore and ten now. And the gain n the expectation of life has chiefly )een made "in the last two genera ;ions. The human 24-hour clock is scorning obsolete.-Boston Tran script. Furman Student Can Not be Found. Greenville, S. C., Jan. 9.-Leaving jreenville on December 22, presum ibly for his home at Mayesville, S. 1; to spend the Christmas holidays vith his widowed mother, Richard Gurman, 21 year old student of Fur nan university and member of the sophomore class, disappeared and ?ince that time has given neither his nother nor his friends here any clue is to his whereabouts. The young man's mother became apprehensive when her son did not re ;urn home immediately after his col ege closed for the holidays and vrote to the president, Dr. W. J. Mc jlothlin, who informed her in reply ;o her queries that he had left the :ampus on Wednesday before Christ nas day along with the other stu ients. Dr. McGlothlin and the authorities it Furman are assisting the distract ed mother at Mayesville in her ef forts to locate young Furman, who is her only child. The Best Hot Weather Tonic GROVE'S TASTELESSchill TONIC enriches th. olood, builds up the whole system sad will won der ful ly streagt_?n and fortify you to withstand the depress i ae effect of the hot summer. 50c Borrowed Plumage 8 8 g By ALDEN CHAPMAN v Ssoooeooooecoooocoocoooooc (?. 1920. Western Newspaper Union.) In serious family council Joel Tal bott, his wife and the daughter of the house, Ruth, discussed the Important subject of the marriage of the son and brother, Waldron, for two years ruan ager of a small wholesale mercantile house In the city. " 'Miss Arline Eurt,' spoke Joel Tal bott-"a pretty naine." "And pretty herself," volunteered Ruth spontaneously. "Have you seen her pictures, father?" "I am about to show them to you," interrupted Mrs. Tnlbott with a certain severe di wi ty that was rath?r omi nous. "Waldron has sent us four-n sort of goddess of the season series," and Mr. Talbott regarded the speaker a trifle uneasily, for his wife's tones were tinged with something of sar casm and bitterness. He wondered why, and was soon enlightened. Au envelop containing four photographs was handed to him. He Inspected them with curiosity and admiration and made the sprightly remark : "Pretty as a picture, isn't she?" "That is a question," remarked Mrs. Talbott rather snappishly. "I am not the woman to criticise or interfere in my son's private affairs, but I am bound to think of his welfare." "Why, what are you talking abouti Martha?" Interrogated her husband In vague surprise. "If you have eyes, can't you see for yourself?" challenged Mrs. TSlbott. "Those four pictures tell the tale, don't they?" "I think she Is the most charmingly dressed being I ever looked upon," said Ruth. "Why, yes," nodded Mr. Talbott ap provingly. . ,. "Oh! you do?" flared forth the wife and mother. "And let me ask, have you considered what those clothes, must cost? Why, the girl simply has the latest and costliest gowns that Paris can make." "Well, even so," suggested the tol erant Mr. Talbott, "she's fitted out for a whole year, Isn't she?" "Yes, and oh ! how I would like to see those lovely dresses," cried Ruth. Mrs. Talbott was for writing at once to Waldron, exhorting him to think twice before he took to himself a ruinously extravagant wife. There her husband set his foot down hard. It was not their province to interfere In the heart affairs of Waldron. Per haps he was wedding an heiress whp could afford fd wear what she liked. But this Idea Mrs. Talbott scouted ut terly by alluding to a letter written In the past by Waldron, In which he had stated that his fiancee was poor, worked for her living, but was good ns gold, and would make him a helpful, economical wife. "Economical!" shrugged Mrs. Tal bott. and looked desperate. --^] "A sister-in-law to be proud of, any way!" whispered Ruth to herself. "I don't blame Waldron for falling in love with such ? dream of a beauty," soliloquized the ofd man. In a couple of weeks the news came Informing the family of the wedding. It was a modest, unpretentious affair. The nappy wedded pair were to come to the Talbott home for a week and due preparations were made to re ceive them, although Mrs. Tnlbott went about her duties under protest. She feared that the bride was likely to ap pen r as a capricious, overdressed crea ture, vain and extravagant, ?i sort of human doll, with finery and display the leading characteristics of her shallow nature. It was upon a Tuesday that the wed ded pair were expected. Ruth, at the gate on the tiptoe of expectation look ing for them, was surprised to see a cab drive up In front of the house dis charging a single passenger, a plain, but neatly dressed lady 'with a suit case, whom she immediately recog nized as her sister-in-law. Arline was wondrously pretty and graceful and there was no affectation, but eager, pleased delight as she was welcomed by Ruth and her mother. "WaWron had some business to at tend to at Wyndham," explained Ar line, "and will be on with the trunks tomorrow. How homelike and cozy lt ls here. Mother, dear, let me help around until Waldron comes, won't yoi??" She reappeared from her room clad In a simple gingham gown, wearing no Jewelry but her wedding ring, and pre senting not the slightest trace of arti ficiality. Mrs. Talbott was disarmed by her simple, sensible ways, but Ruth awaited the arrival of those trunks with joyful anticipations. "There certainly is no flash and glit ter about her," admitted Mrs. Talbott to her husband. "She seems anxious and pleased to fall right into our home-' spun ways and help all she can." "I never was so disappointed in my life!" pouted Ruth to girl friends the next day, when the expected treasure house, the trunk, arrived. "Why, I've got as pretty a gingham frock and a pink organdie and a white lawn as she bas. "Dainty but economical," voted Mrs. Talbott, and blurted out the indica tions of magnificence the pictures had fixed lu th ?lr minds. "Oh! did you think all that finery belonged to me?" smiled Arline. "In deed, no! You see, I was working for a garment house as camera girl. That la. I posed for their fashion plates In their newest and finest frocks." "Arline needs no gay plumage to make her prettier than she is!" de clared Waldron. "S??e ?..ertalnly does not!" said bl? father admiringly, and' with enthi si as m. Million Packets Of Flower Seeds Free We believe in flowers around the homes of the South. Flowers brighten up the home surroundings and give pleasure and satisfaction to those who have them. We have filled more than a million packets of seeds, of beautiful yet easily grown flowers to be given to our customers this spring for the beautifying of their homes. Wouldn't you like to have five packets of beautiful flowers free? YOU CAN GET THEM! Hastings' 1921 catalog is a 116-page handsomely illustrated seed book with twenty beautiful pages showing the finest va rieties in their true natural colors. It is full of helpful garden, flower and farm information that is needed in every home, and, too, the catalog tells you how to get these flower seeds ab solutely free. Write for our 1921 catalog now. It is the finest, most valuable and beau tiful seed boole ever published, and you will be mighty glad you've got it. There is no obligation to buy any thing. Just ask for {he catalog. H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN, ATLANTA, GA. Abbeville-Greenwood Mu tual Insurance Asso ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $8,875.360 WRITE OR CALL on the ander ligned for any information you ma. ienire about our plan of insurance We insure your property a gains destruction by PIRE, WINDSTORM o? LIGHT NING md do so cheaper than any Com pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared u prove to you that ours is the safes: ind cheapest plan of insurance lenown. Our Association is now licensee io write Insurance in the countiei sf Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor nick, Edgefield, Laurens, Saluda, Richland, Lexington, Calhoun, and Spartanburg. The officers are: Gen. J. Fraaei Lyon, President, Columbia S. C., T. R. Blake. Gen. Agent, Secty. and Preas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. 0.- Grant, Mt Carmel, S. C. T. M. Gambreli, Abbeville, S. C. r. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C. K. W. Youngblbod, Hodges, S. C. & H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. F. Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C. W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S .C. ?7. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, GEN. AGT. Greenwood, S. C. January 1, 1920. Notice. Owing to the change in the law ixing the commutation tax at $4.00, >r work four days on the public ?oads, the board of county commis ioners will appoint for each commu nty a road overseer upon the recom nendation of the people of the com nunity. Overseers will be authorized o notify all persons liable under the aw for road dutj co work the road it such time as they may name, and viii be also authorized to collect the 54.00 from citizens who prefer to >ay instead of work. Overseers will >'e further authorized to expend the noney so collected in hiring addition al laborers for the roads. The board lesires that it be distinctly under wood that it shall be the policy of the ?oard to carry out the law which pro vides that all commutation tax shall ie spent on the roads in the township n r&ieU it is paid. ^Up to this time the board has re lived offers of free service as over eers from a number of men who are mder the law not liable for road luty, and it will be understood that ill who serve in the capacity of road overseer who are liable for road duty heir services must be rendered the lame as other citizens who are liable 'or road duty and without compensa ion by the board. We are glad that hese citizens over the age have of fered their free services and we shall five them our fullest co-operation. A. A. EDMUNDS, JAMES W. DEVORE, T. LESTER TALBERT Board of Co. Commissioners. FIRE!! Insure your cotton in the Seed or n Bales. I can give you insurance for hort or long term-one day up. The tame for corn and other farm pro lucts. Better Be Safe Than Sorry. E. J. NORRIS,. 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E Zimmerman Co. -No. 66 EVERY DOLLAR that you spend foolishly, every proportion ate amount of money that you earn that it would be possible to save and do not, is only money that you have to work for again. On the other hand every dollar you put In the bank is money that is going to constantly work for you. Which is the best; mc ney always working for you, or you always working for your money. Come in and start that bank account Don't put it off another day. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS: J. C.. Sheppard, President; A. S. Tompkins, vice-President; E. J. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, M. C. Parker, A. S. Tompkins, J, Holland, E. J. Mims, J. H. Allen.