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URGES ALL FARMERS TO BANISH CREDITS Commissioner of Agriculture Declare. Credit Direct Cause of Extravagance. CoI'.unMa. .'an. <>- -Tl:p 1 a*.e o e southern farmer, according t? the ar.r.uai report of It. !Ian*.<, ccrii iViissioncr of a.uiicul'.u; e, com a: ere. and industries, is the manner in whir! he has run into debt in the past. 11 '-.as been subject, according to th commissioner, to the tyranny ot tn -creditor class and has suffered man heartburns. He hopes that, as Ion. :as the farmer has cash, he will no go into debt, which, he assorts, cause a n d u e e x t ra v a ga r. c e. In this connev-tion he says: "Curse ot the So;'.th." '"The loii.u' credit system has bee: *'.e curse of the- S ?uTh. I icier oa; iieulavly to oj-er. accounts. Man; honi-ands cf mere liarits have gor. into bankruptcy in y avs gone by be cause they extcn \-u <-ve*:it fv. m Jr .: uary to Januaiy ami ti:oy had ar.nu ni settler.-era with their customer-: ' tens cf thousands of on : oople h:.e been spendthrift y be c.'U^c it w.-^s so easy to buy on ere .lit "Therei?,i'0 \t is wah real joy tha ti e c- naniss'or.c-r observes the pre:' onec or sc- iv-cfi ca>h money in th F rate, "t Ms is ue in large measu'' to the wv.ge i; reuse:. I urge ci } :ep]e tr. 'rev cash .for everything v. ". : ty have lo- cash. Fetter <i v. itkf.-ui IVr a v. hiie than to <;o int debt. For when cne pry; the cash i e ca:. d- v.;i\.! jiocd value for hi mor.cy. V'hm lie a.: epts a crcdi a-.'commodaiion, he loses his inde ner.dence. Injustice Suffered. **It astonishes me sometimes whci 1 consider that the injustices don< .our forefathers Jby the mother coun try were really no worse than sonn we have suffered for fifty years be "fiieo wprp y, debtor section o the country, and therefore lacking i the capacity for resentment agains the tyranny of creditors. "I intend by this to say plainl; that our forefathers fought for les than we have had to endure, but ou liberation has come with almost a much suddenness as our dejectior Let us beware. Stay out of debt. B independent. Must Produce More. 4*I would advise our people tha they should not waste their money? any more than their time. There i no tilling how long these condition of plenty and of comfort will remai with us. The time may come whe -the South may require thi^ cash tha .she has. i do not wish to be a pes :simist, but I fear that the world, in eluding ourselves, is yet to face hun ger and hardships. There is no othe prospect unless we produce more, us -the soil more to make things for ma; .and beast to cat. "1 do r.ot think mat rne prospers; <of South Carolina is due to a^y ris< in the price of co ton. Although tha may be a factor, for i'. has cost '-"lone; to grow ihe present crop. I>ut th< increase ;n diversified crops is ths greatest factor in the wealth of the State. us look at Darlington county for ir 5.'ar.ee. This was. I hd'eve, tht tirst county to Lc:i?i the growing cl toba:*co. '>< ccirse, .o" ..c: o. like- cot tor. his l..*cu~h: hea\ac!es to the farmers. < ut fc ; * he las: tji-xe sea sons the ,v,c:i s have been considerable. Ir :?. !'!'cn to this there is a.' Havtsv:!Ie. In ;hat con: ty. ore of the best staple cotton markets in the Ur.ied States. I ully . "> per cent oi Ihe cotton of Darlington count;* ^brings a premium. It costs no more to cultivate it or to market and vei brings perhaps ten cent per pound more?because there :s a demand for ;it. (That rule should apply to all - cotton prices, when the demand is neater than the supply, as in 1919.) The farmers of Darlington county are ' in better circumstances, perhaps, than those of almost any oher county in the South. "A banker in one county where there is diversified farming has made f-lip rlir'r V.rxl -tV.nml if difficult to lend money to the farmers. lie lias been lending: it as far away from home as St. Louis, Mo., for commercial use?.'' W. J. Cormack. COST OF POLITICS HIGHER THAN EVER r i Much Money Will Be Needed I This Year. .*?. H. McGowan in The State. Washington, Jan. 6.?From it: start, the year 1920 will be a recorc breaker in the high cost of politics With money the cheapest thing in thi: -country at this time and with man] * * 1 - ? * 1 VV% Af? persons the easiest 10 get, eumvs : fifty millions of the peoples' coin wii for the greatest political pa mi alone before the year is out. Just how and where the money wil come from and how it will be ex pended is no secret. Leaders amoni the Democratic and Republican part ies have already announced that no only will they need this great amoun of coin to carry on the great presi- j > dcntial election contest but they know i where they will call for it and where J s it will come from. But this is not all.; the 4,ury*" will seek not less than .> J .0 0 0.0 OU 1 .1 o r. e. i itc i!?i\ c already an* j ' r i \v;n 7 : ' ' 1 v <- ?1 i' t * v V. v I . n :...ciin \> + .. Thompson of this cit.y. the man who . coniriluted a million to the work of e the iL.i Cross in Knssia will be their J c h'of raor.t'V setter. . , The Democrats have so far made, o no such announcement but indications <> point to Barney Baruch as the man1 v who will pilot the financial ship of. rr slate for his })arty through the troub-! ,r led waters of the next ten months, i s Republicans are already charging; the Democrats with organizing a first r class "slush fund*' for use in the coming elections it is said cot no rations ? arc being prepared be well milked _ ?if not in fact milked dry. They are V ji v ::. i, i v/ i j v; j n.iviv iu [ii-jvii.iv, .v 2 claimed. a? they never have lee:i be. fore ard it is raid t!.at already ar i,;? ?cn:ei;t>; J:iC- b?injr made by m.my . rf ;' . .n to <r?.-ct thj demands which v.iii .00:1 :.c upon them. 7!:.' P.i r.s claim ihey v.' 11 .. only need a small amount of movcy this time?it may .be good politics? t orIv v.t ' }''. !00,00J, v.'h'le P:moc v- c !. a?. :vs wni not j-.'-'t ell so e easily^ It will robably take $10,003. o OOJ to : : c> lAC r accounts. r-j Th? rn-ost ir.t evening; -art of this situation comes in with regard to! 3 what tl'.o "c.-ys w.i! do. he covt v?*y ;rj?-o:;.!y bcip.T cons!iiui'--nally <*.-y i, freni one cr. 1 io the o'her after 1 ft 1 rt'7/1 'lr ' ll/stv W.I I $ O U ll Uwll %\ I (U.U .l\'.? t cvp:llc! their S23,000,000. \vhit h it is . claimed they have assessed teetoially diy sympathizers in the different* states. i There ire rumors here that, ale though the "dvys" have already - buried old John Barleycorn for ? keeps, that they propose to make the - thins: so effectively dry that there 1 f may be no aftermath of the proposi-. n tion anytime hereafter. Therefore, t so the story goes, they are going in to defeat every member of congress, y senator or house member, who is not s dry inside and out. They mean, they r say, to find out who is not in syms pathy with the "dry" movement and t. to give him a place of honor along e side John Barleycorn. That may be where some of the $25,000,000 which; the prohibition people use goes. At t any rate, that is the way the story _ goes here. s Another situation of more than ors dinary interest to the South is that n the Republicans will fight to replace n members of congress who are in sym t pahy with the President's League ot Nations plan with one from among their ranks. They profess to believe - that they now have tlie methods by r which they may ''get under" many q present members cf the hous? from n Dixie and "break the sol d South." They propose to put the skids under v* the Southerner?, if they can. They s point to what has recently happened t in Kentucky, Arkansas and other 7 at *>vh?>e Democratic members cf > congress have been replaced by ?<?? publicans and they predict a landslide ? this fall. V.'hether or not they, too have a "slvrb fund/' as they allege . , the Democrats have, remains to bo ? re en. biit w>h ?50,000.000 bein? P /H , ? ^ i- ? <"\v? yr\ r\ 1 l * ' r? c oIa!?/* f I"; > ^ \vo^v fV.pVO L ij.-Cilt IVl I'VlU.'.o ?... - ~ - vi'l be r.o reason to cioul?: that iha : ccst cf politics v\H bo h'<:k. - BAPTISTS FNL A??GE MISSIONARY WCRIC _" i : Genera! Board Votes to Spord Sixty' Four Thousand Dollars in Stnto Missions. ! * f 1 ' : j Columbia, Jan. 0.?Adoption of ! the several programs of the to mm is-1 sicrs on Sunday schools, I). Y. P. U. I and colportage, the commission on > benevolences and the commission on missions and creating: much new work ! for the denominational forces ferttu1'. ed the meeting of the general beard | for t.he b'aptist convention nere inis afternoon and tonight-. The depart- 1 ' ment cf rural Sunday school supevia1 tendency, the department of elemen farv Sunday school work and Junior B. Y. T. U. and a new standard of colporta^e were rll new departments created by the general board yestcr- 1 ' day aftrnocn upon the. recommend?.- * tion of the commissions under which ' t the work is to be directed. i , Baptist Enlarge Field. 1 * The board was in session until a j late hour tonight and many import- ( , j ont affairs of the denomination were , i being passed upon. The program for j I moo -pm. Cfo+o miftsinnnrv work. Sun j J PwV IUI UVUVN/ AAA v. 4. . _ . ! day school activities, B. Y. P. U. and ; 5 aged ministers relief and other pro-', * grams during the year calling for .enlarged fields and additional forces ; 3 were all agreed upon by the board. ' >" j The board voted to spend $64,000 ^ on missionary7 work in the state this I year, and $40,000 additional in build5 (ing churches. More than 100 mision-. ; ary pastors were reappointed. The ! 1 Rev. J. L. Baggot, assistant pastor Snnnrp B;ir>tist church of Ui VllttUVi v.*- - 1 % Charleston, was elected State secretary of the B. Y. P. U. to succeed the t Rev. Joseph A. Gaines, resigned. The t Rev. Mr. Bajrgotc*8 will be tin work NEGLECTING THAT GOLD 00 OOilG! Why, when Dr. King's N Discovery so promptly checks it TT'S natural you don't want to careless and lot tha* oM eoW couirii dra;r on or that iww at! develop seriously. .Vol. \vh:-n you fret sn<*h a proved successful rem as 1 >r. Kin it's Now Discovery. Cold, couch, grippe, croup does rosist this standard r; llovj r very i< Lis quality is as iti^ii today as it ways has boon?and it's l?oon iirov sieadily in popularity for taoro t fifty years. GOe. and $1.20 a i>ottl< all dl'ujrtrisis.* (Jivo i; a trial. ri . . 19 n o ' Lensupv.zcu : Here r lie* X"t 11iai ij lir.rnr';:!, aavays ir:;t :il. i : y ) ? !;? !.;. vo l arsii >'?t i *rr:ii<-?rr.riivt' ivii*?!i ?.> ' s',i?o\v? is xi j.> ??;>v>ixi. in Dt. King"-; .W.v i'iifs. Ton*'* i:: 001?'p. f hey y.roiuoto biu' (* iiji !: '] . i] < !"<?I!: h:ii jrowly ? ! -m . .'M .'I w v<>u ki-.- i y.( - i h.m) w.-rk 'i.i ivc/eaiioa. Ail dru&fis lvau? Iji;1; L00K F0R THE red ball TRADE, MARK / _ .fif *? |l hVeai'ms ^Ammunition ? llShootinf mri Hf \ i ==* f *3K3*Sy / I \ if J*h| i ill I /Ji if 1* mil i H & -' Jri'-f!3 1 ? V.NViC] i 5?7?vid: ; K ; dealer doesn't carry them : send money and bustmeas j lire and -ye vlii send you on< for trial. Postage prepaid i kex.0 eygii.-vir.r-asmon jsstttct | Dept. 5<. 23 irvinif ?Jac? New Vo* K f-spiifnahsn j* c<>.i.'? W.lS-lK i! < *:* 'if :!l ' I'1 ? : |-r ?"l .s'rvar A,ti i;Ti! V. j.'\ i:ivi,;v <r?: Tcinli -v; In* it::>n"v :?a \ Tim;< ' -r'r '. n'': r.-! v.? ! v o"*r 1 ' . 1 J. k:b:.r G?. i Mi -ch 1. ' EI::?b?th >:r. fcoh. of R morn!, Va.. was elejlc-.I crintcnc ? ? f'U.rv fj'.'v.o.t-ti-v Cnn/^v r; n,i(i i v.' ? I i' Jar lor 1-. V. P. T.\ work. She begin work February 1, Ei-cted Superintendent. J. L. Cors're, cf Cavbordale, was elected as guperintemlert ru-tJ Sunday cchocb, wliioh oJ was created today. jtfr. Corsine beirin work March 1. lie is a i equipped layman for h:s new dut The Rev. A. J. Foster cf Cob bia, was made manager cf the i Paptist Book Depository arid begin his duties immediately. ' Rev. br\ Foster has been pastor he Fast over Church during the y /ear. Miss Winifred Brunsor., i nerly of Columbia, but more rece y of Greenville, was chosen to h lie Sunday school offices in Coh M :>s L. M. Durham, Columbia, bookkeeper at the b iepository. Tlie Rev. J. J. Beach of North, 1 ?Iected a State evangelist. The f FI. C. Euckholtz was reelected a St evangelist, and the Rev. K. J. Wc ivard was made missionary of CI leston. Edward H. Burnett, of Orai came into possession of an old i top desk which had belonged t relative in Sunderland, and sole to a second-hand dealer. Bel delivering it he looked it over in various nooks and corners found $22, mostly in gold coin. He?D'you know, May, you g more beautiful daily? She?Oh, George, you do exagj ate. He?Well, then, I should say e\ other day.?Philadelphia Ever Bulk-tin. r UMI TCI (J T vr\ KS < fc? -i ' ?! '-i sw | t.;. j. .., ] M I* *' \ < u K ft V 4 fcaii Cud J be We have now for [.,*'k grade cars we have e exceptionally f.ne co ical condition, tires c .?? advancing price of c. now. At the price w< 1|!!? Our price is on the b; a M t will be much higher. = | for a year. Come iri ' r>$ j v'.* Cne Studebaker I Por'-^.i- rM?nn L 1' i. v . i.\- c- . uxlaj v'.l/ili *. V-l;!. r-; 1 1 1 une bvucicbiikefro!! unusually good value every way. ami One Studebaker Is? -j -i ( y-1 sor- " ? f i .""j' ; i; V_ <.i. - i V , ?s . 1 \.l L VA4lO i*JJ ? ;^ ' : - f r\ ' v /"i ' ^; cL r"7T.S| \ ' ' \ ' \1 \ r> ] r / , i? |i::,' Kj : i -J J vvi-.L c JkJc-.ilv 1 jiw _ ? ?7Tj~> T ! A*~ o ** p ax"* !-\o "j? z^*1 % x < V- ? V *. - a. V/ O) iiC VV Ks d I Niif f:p ?' ) n rl o' a ' i < >' i *' 15 ?/ i*C L' >.i v X U w.i 1 Battery. Perfect cc: Jj .One CI-aimers Si: P- tion. A bargain at t One Maxwell Toll TIMJ ?! II Fhone 300. j "Exetento Will Mak* Youf Hftf Loa?, Td6** h Spm j "Evepr woman ran ? ' *** 3 have nice, long bair." sa 3 Hay Gilbert. "My S bair has grown "28 ? nt"'; ^7 inches loner by using s V \ ' - / y?ur wonderful ? | EXELENTO pomaEI "' Pcn't he fooled by fake Kirk Ren-avcrs. Yon ? ' enr't straighten yovr hair until it's soft ^nd lonpr. Our pervade removes dandruff, feeds the .j ]t, ) -s of the hair an makes it grow long ar..i *"** nnk^ D\e?cn(r> PUIn T?<\iutin^r. an I ;'f. r j > >! :'i:!CRt fcr (!?rk, g.illmv skjo. Used in ] i I r<: !Ufi:t <.f f :?in troubles. J v i i i '.!CE OF F.*ri! 25c IN STAMPS OR COIN ^ i i , V.ANTfO EVcRY\VH?KE j I V .:lo fur ? ! | E"EIP!*? 5*OT? CO., !,:rr U. | v ' - "OVI. ? ich jeVlti NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. : We will make a fir.ai settlement of ? 'l ; , W|H line cjiute of Lafayette Pitts in the; i Probate Court for Newberry County.; 1S* C-, on Saturday the 7;h day of; 1 * * m i ML, February, fci 13 o'clock in the 0f forenoon and will -i'lime-iiatsly there Tlce 'after a.-.k for our discharge as Exeeu- i w;j]; tors of said estate. jreili HESSIE PITTS, { ,ies.! JIM PITTS. i Jn1.j Executors. ! iew ' Newberry, S. C. Decornier 80, 1 'Jli). j rill 1-2-it. j; The ?j of TO MEMBERS Or NEW3ERRY, J >aSt; CAMP NO. 542 W. O. V/. j j or-' You will please take notice Tnatjj r,ii-' the rates of the vV. 0. W. will be ead changed December ;>lf 1010. In | jm- order that vou may know just how I j of you stand, it will be necessary for; ook vou to see your clerk, who will be; 4 * * J glad to explain it to you. j tvas : I will be in Klettner's Hall every ? lev. Saturday from 1 o'clock until 5:30; rate! during the month of January. ,od-! 0. S. GOREE, ? - /\ it r iar-i Clerk vv. u. w. jl-2-4t i | i ^ j NOTICE OF ELECTION oil- i I 0 .a State of South Carolina, County of I j !t Lexington. j -?ore An Election having been ordered I and by Governor R. A. Cooper to be held? he in requirements with the law govern- j I ing said election upon the question of < 'annexing a "portion of Lexington! ! Countv to Newberry County describ- j row ed in a proclamation issued by the ! Governor of South Carolina to be ^er- held on the 6th day of January, 1020, at which election the electors shall i r . vote '"yes" or "no" upon the ques-j . * tion of annexation. The following j im? Managers are hereby appointed to: conduct said election at the precinct 1 Trw-^r3^ /r\ t !i M ft /' 1 kJ & ^ a? sale the be^t collection < ver been able to offer. r ndition in everyway a; md batteries. In view c ars it will pay you to sele 2 can offer tbe.-e cars we < nf Is sr. summer's leve You can save enough n< and select your.; before t Series 19 Li-ht Six, 4 P \ bargain. Six Series 1S, > Passengc New tire ;; rew batter Six Series 13. 7 Passengc :e now. n* -( ,-* > ? v - v v. o | n, . , ' > r c >w' i i V k.-v. ' ? tiO. C ^.j" I'hQ *fi~Tl ' n cvii- w.L 'wliv yi IN. v # Series Six IS, 7 Passen l'v, Spiendid value, ing Car. New tires, ne n cation. x Touring Car. All new he price. aring' Car. Fine conditio ? PAYMENTS ARRANi I fc/T .amy m< Distributor. ! MITI.F?f ? V & JSL?<c o j I Wi!I have a < j' esses Mules toarr in and impecither Will meke the pri R,~.? A VrV is. ?S4 ?kjj* "I j <?3atV*X a %*V ^ W I u* a PaI g I At f\nMA I ($ n i BS& iti9 h a I ULl/dlttUI Touring Car. Exa buy from Oicismobile this car at a consider pay more when we ca n/J F ? 1 Mcoard} Distril j Phone 300 named below and to canvass and de- J, dare the result and return the same j to the Commissioners at Lexington j: Court House, South Carolina, imme-1 > diately thereafter. The first named : Manager is hereby declaired Chair- j man and is requested to secure the ] boxes from the Clerk of Court's i Office at Lexington, S. C.f and return the same together with the number of on/1 fha caul VUieS taei, lUl auu a^auicv kuv kiuiu i annexation and the total number of! votes polled, etc. I, That only those residing within the | area affected as described in the governor's Proclamation, shall be permitted to vote at said precinct in the said election. , Polls will open at 7 o'clock in the j morning and close at 4 o'clock in the j afternoon. Boxes may be secured j ary time on or after the 3rd day of j i y<5 ] **1*1 iS B J 3i slightly-used high Fhese cars are all in ppearance, mechan if the high and still :ct one that suits you j ean save you money. 1. By spring- values ow to run your car v j hey are all gone. m assenger Roadster. % * y )i* Touring Car. An f - , .. . t y. in line condition Touring Car. This j ?: Touring Car. Fine 1 tger Touring Car. iw Wiilard Rubber j tires, perfect condi.y'r'' . ? in. Good value. - 0 2ED '7 < * >wer >r'M Lower Main St. . ^ f rggflfe* _______ ;*>. MULES! :ar cf fine Term- J ive to cay. Come n before you buy.. , ? ice right. - TJ 0 1 r.m.-+ <wc * ^rf V ^ . -~~ j j Tnrw ! i V rwi J : j I t r r?i^ w\ a r> n t*/Mi /IrtM I cti,) acinic as yvu can . : dealer. We can sell able discount. Why .n save you money? i Mower | ^ ' kiifnr Lower Main St. I : January, 1920. All voters in the above election must have their registration certificates and their 1919 tax receipts. Managers ot Election. Peak?W. M. Wilson, chairman; W. H. Epting, J. Owens Chapman, Charles E. Stuck, clerk. i Chapin?P. B. Fulmer, cliairman; J John J. Chapman, N. E. healy, G. } EI. Shealy, clerk. I Efird's Store?C. L. Matthews, I cViaiVnmn TTV1 Slioolv ToKot I WAtMil ) +~*\A K/ilVMlJ J C/UVV/i 1 i IV XX | | M. L. Wheeler, clerk. ? W. H. Witt, I T. H. Rawl, - | A. S. Frick, I Commissioners of Election for Lex- fl ir.gton County, South Carolina. ":H 7 exington, S. C.. December 1st, 1 12-1 <5-9 tl taw J9