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TALK OF PROSPECTS FOR THE COMING YEAF Business Men Think Little Change Will Be Noted Until Late in Spring. The State. ' ~f t There is no magic in the mlmbei f 1921 that, in the twinkling of ar eve, -will bring back business conations to normal, according to th< opinions of a number of business men who were seen yesterday anc who. bv virtue of their Dositions. ar able to get a pretty, clear View of the K outlook for the approaching ne\A ^^^ear. askfed what, in their opinion, were^he prospects for business in 1921, they, with but one or twc " * * i* A ?: t_ _i j exceptions, sa*a xnat uiey Dene vet that in the first part of the . yeai business would be below normal with not much trading going on; that it would begin to pick it up in the late spring and that by fall they believec conditions would app-oach normal. v -:i. . * J;J 4-V.^nL laoogn must *. vueui um 11 w unim \ ? that pre-war prices or pre-war con? * ditions would obtain. While there xna? be some reductions in prices foi labor, pre-war prices will hardly again prevail, they thought, and prices of some commodities may gc SfcSlBa little lower though the fall will not be so great as many, people seem to anticipate. Another factor; brought out especially by Governor Cooper, was that the consumer who has "been, "or strike" can hot remain out of the market indefinitely and that when h? S. comes in again, money will be easier. It was also, brought out by J. Pope Matthews that there is no scarcity ef money?or rather its equivalent cotton?in the state, but that it is noj^&n circulation. Practically everj business man seen anticipated that confidence would be restored, thai credit would be easier and that Deo ? r " ?#l*." wyj . ' pie ;would adjust, themselves to conditions before the arrival of hot wither and th?t such restoration oi confidence -would m itself be a great step'forward to readjustment. Expect* Steady Recovery. "The. year 1921 will not see a rapid recovery in business," said Governor Cooper in discussing the oailook for next year, "but, in my opinion, it will see a gradual recovery and in 60 days business will be in better colidition thlut it npw is. It will gradually improve throughout th? year and will, I believe, reach normal in 4he fail of 1921. "This slow recovery," said Governor Cooper, "will be due to several causes, the principal one beinsr that it takes time .to readjust foreign trade. . , Ordinarily, a normal production of the necessities of Jife is consumed by the' people of the world. But there is not now a normal consumption However, it is inevitable that U;;-, consumption iniist increase as people muist be fed and clothed. A man may defer for a time the purchase of needed clothmg, but the time soon comes when must -buy?in other words, he is forced back into the market. Neither can the purchase of food be deferred indefinitely. "Tfeere as I see it, no reason for pessimism. What; we need now i3 to meet the prevailing k situation with cokrage and to look with confidence into the future." In farther discussing the outlook, ,mc gwrernor saw, "we must prac-| tice rigid economy, but our economy! must not be Wc& as to work injury | to. our institutions. j "Economy that fails to . provide I adequate educational facilities for our people is worse than reckless extravagance.. We should not become stampeded,., but at tbe same time we shouMr take stock of our real condition and adjust ourselves to it." / Says Slocks Low^ "StfApVo nf v* x vvau iuviwiiaxiio uvvx the state are, 1 believe, very low," v. sai4 Moffatt BuPre, well known ?- wholesaler of this city. "They will almost be obliged to replenish their stocks by the first of March. "A? the present time, many wholesalers are devoting a good part of their time to collections. * We expect a gradual improvement along about Mirch 1. Some losses may have to be taken, but in the spring we are hoping for an improvement in business, and by that time quotations in our line Will be about back to pre war prices. . Farmers will be able to J size up conditions better then prob-j ably and there will likely be an eas-! ing up all along the line." "The coming year will see tremendous strides in the development of export corporations," said J. Pope Matthews, president of the Palmetto National bank. "Heretofore, foreign banks have] served the people of the South finan-j i* %t_ ?j xi i .? j / : l I ciauy ana iney nave cnargeu lur u. With Southern banks actively encouraging export concerns, conditions will be* altered. "There is no lack of assets in the South?they may be 'frozen' but 4 ' I ' i they can be converted into comme L cial transactions. "Before the war. the South, wi 5 its cotton provided 25 per cent, the entire exports of the Unit States. Instead of being a depen ent section, she should be the mc j independent section in the Unit( * I States. The present congestion l! brought about because of the fa " that foreign spindles for Americj J cotton are grievously hampered?n 5 only because of the financial conc I tion but also because many of the ' were partly wrecked to supply m 5 terial during the war. 71 <to~ ?? <!.. ? ou i<ii <ia Lilt; prjctr ui tuiton concerned, the pendulum has swur " far to one side, it must swing back Expect Safer Business. I "We anticipate a better, a saf< . and a bigjger business in 1921 th* ' we had in 1920," said Holmes Sir . ons, president of the Columbia A ' tomotive Trade association. "We believe there will be a b demand for cars. People have be< ! driving their old cars a great de ' during the past year; a certain pe ( centage of cars will naturally 1 . worn out. Factories have reducc , their outputs in many instance i Many new buyers, people who do m J now own cars, will likely be in tl j market, and fpr these reasons we b t lieve that the demand for cars wi be heavy this year. , "Many prospective buyers ha^ " been holding off the market thinkir ' that cars would continue to fall 1 price. When they are convinced thi ' the bottom has been reached, th< J will come in for purchases." i'Vl >UC iilOV 11UCC lUUilUld I 5 1921,1 believe business will be su normal as compared with the pa ' three years," said J. J. Hope, pres 1 dent fif the Retail Clothier's associ; tion of Columbia. "After three months, business wi rapidly get on a normal basis. ' Pe< pie will, then know what to pay ar business will be good. "I believes that we should all bu what we need without indulging : extravagance. isuy conservati\ needs' is a pretty good slogan f( these days. When the consumer buy he makes.it poasiblefor the:.mani facturer to employ labor, which i turn is able to buy. We can't hop to sell anything at any price to me * 1 _ ' . , ?rj^T_iJuullll'inilllh M1 H /' :? 'rl r * J .? t: ' >1 : ? ' a J|3.8 ; J s B ' = : M I . J ,\. jj . ... ... i \ * s O s s 1 - I' ' z i ? s I j , i x i i " * i = * |j==5--Tir??u? ii tin u ii fi i'mi EAl Phone I sr- whc are in the bread line, and we 1 don't want any bread lines in this th country. When one class prospers, 1 0f all prosper. I am anticipating an im- i ed pro demerit in conditions in the d- spring." 1 St Dr. E. L. Wingfield. well known < / In ro-rriuf ci?irl "TltPro i?i nlp?1<V nf ? -J ~ ^ i" is money in the country?much of it is ct not in circulation, but it is here. I in see no reason why business in 1921 ot should not be good and am antici- q ii- pating an easing up all along the line ^ m early in the spring." a~ "Much in Mental Attitude." "We need 10 develop a more opti- ( *s mistic attitude," said E. 0. Black, ; president of the Columbia chamber of cemmerce. "All commodities are j down in price; cotton has fallen more s 5r than other commodities perhaps, but s m labor, clothing, lumber and various ? n- other articles are down. t - , "I believe conditions will improve, j We are not hurt nearly so badly as j ig some of us think. Our mental atti- s in tude is well worth considering when c al we think of the outlook for business r- in 1921." < 3e In discussing plans for the cham- j >d ber of commerce Mr. Black said :s. he hoped that the chamber would ot have a membership of 1,000 and that ie it would be the best organization of r e- its kind in the state. j ill J. M. Van Metre, retiring president v of the Southern Retail Furniture ( VA "Hnq 1 V?< ? c* lof t / XZ. i/vaxvio ciocuv^iauxviij iia^ ictcivcu | ig ters from J. A. Gilmore, chairman of t in the executive committee of the Re- ; at]tail Furniture Dealers' association of s ?y the United States, in which he says[c that the outlook is that prices on fur- ^ :>f niture during 1^21 ^vill not be more b- than 5 per cent, below present quo- j st tations. ii- "Some people are probably holding I a- off the market anticipating greater reductions in prices of furniture," ( ;j] said Mr. Van Mere. "Our informa0_ tion is that press reports of the de- ? id termination of manufacturers to ] lower costs have been distorted." ty E. R. Hey ward, president of the \ in Rotary club, said: "There is no lack re of money in the country?much of it C >r is out of circulation, but it is there, s, I believe conditions will improve 1 i- gradually and that by-the arrival of in next fall we will find ourselves at it "J >e hammer and tongs1 to keep up with n demands for material of * various I - I * i 'V> i ' ' ' ' ' ' i J ' " f 'I.. ?. business car u - - 4 x ? ' ' * .* . ' ' T y.% J. % ' / ? Merchants count it an investment where returns are actual nd provable.v I rhe expense of maintenance is omparatively insignificant. , f i ( The gasoline consumption Is unusually low The tire mileage is unusually high \ * ' ' \ i . V-' ' ' \ " .s 7 . .. V , V +, . ... * * * V /. ' H II I' II il H ft'fl H 11 tl II tt H H n HI' ? " 5 " " X " imp JTERBY MOTOR O s 200 Laurens, S. rinds." - ] Efforts to communicate with F. E. < Brodnax of the Kiwanis club were mavailing. i Mayor Blalock expects a gradual estoration of business and various >ther business men expressed similar sentiments. In Memory pf Otis Seybt. It has been a little over a year ;ince our dear brother and son left ' is to return to the One who gave 1 lim 10 us. His life^vas short lived but we :ould not keep him longer. God vanted him. You have left us dear one, your )lace is vacant, your sweet voice is ;ilent, no more can we hear the ;ound of your footstep, but we feel, iven though the separation is hard, hat you are at rest, peacefully restng in that land where we hope to oin you when our life on earth is ;pent. -We think not Mat you are ; lead but that you are 'Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, j Vom which none ever wake to ' weep." When darkness comes we miss you nore, when gathered* around the : learthstone at nigbt, your sweet roice and dear smile is not there to ] iheer our broken hearts, but we : :now .that some day there will be no 1 larkness, all will be cleared and we ' vill understand why you could not tay, but went to join other lov^d >nes on that "Beautiful Isle of Soinevhere." * . J .. . Vs from the darkening gloom a silver dov<? Jp soars and darts into the eastern light, )n pinions that nought moves butj pure delight, >o fled thy soul "into the realms above iegions of peace and everlasting love, Vhere happy spirits, crown'd with circlets bttght )f starry beam, (and gloriously beI**. 'astc the high joy, none but the blest can nrova?, i i ^here thou joinest the immortal'i choir, '*/[ " .. ./ I t n melodies that > even heaven, fair ' [ j y V 1 i ' ' II II II i* H B it II D't nSDIf ! " 1 , - *rf' Z '< ? ' ' : ' ; a i .! a ' : -:!/ : Ill ' ' . op t ; . i n I | a ; I t t 3 5 I 3 I v S. i i ^ ' * S 1 = " a i ^ I " . i i i : a 5 ' 5 ! X * , ' : f - ? < 1= I * 5 . * : . * ' ^ s } . 5 M i aniinngMHi B5ir"?==^^l| o. C. .( I Pill with superior bliss, or nt desire, Of the Omnipotent Father, elean'sfc 4,1 .. * I wie air > On holy message sent?what pleas-T ures higher? j 1 Wherefore does any grief our joy impair? Mother and Sister. | : j' A few doses GGo !>rcalc a cold.? Adv. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PAROLE. j i Notice is hereby given that I'ick- J 2ns Harmon, colored, has peuuone-i | lis Excellency, Gov. R. A. Cooper, j ior a parole and that he will appear, j >y his attorney, before the Board of j Pardons, at its next regular meeting :n Columbia and ask that they re.-)mmend said parole. That the said!' Pickens Harmon war, convictcd ofj =rrand larceny at the July term or ,( ;ourt for Newberry county in the /year 1920, and sentenced to serve 13 nonths on the public works of Newberry county. 12-31-2t. 666 breaks a cold quicker than atny remedy we know.?Adv. ANNUAL. VJi" ^ I iJCiCvHOLDERS. . * The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Prosperity, Prosperity, S. C., will be held in the office of the president, in the bank building, on Tuesday, January 11. L921, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the Purpose of electing directors and attending to any other business that may come before the meeting. J. F. BROWNE, vjubiiiur. 12-31-4t 66G quickly relieves a cold.-.?Ad/. SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERIV. As administratrix of^ths estate of II. L. Domjnick, deceased," I v/iit -selj . at Ills late residence on Thursday Januaty 13, 1021, at 11 o'clock n m., the personal property of the sr.io deceased eonsiitinf* of three mule.; wagers, higgles and harne&r, farm in# impiemer ts, shop tool:*., household goods, etc.' Terms of saler Cash. ELVIA i>OMiNFCK, Administratrix. 12-21-td,. To br^ak a cold take GG<?.-?Adv. ' j ' . A > < ? > . - TAX RETURNS. ; I, or an authorized ngrenr.. v/itl ho at j lie following place? earned he low tc.v \ .he purpose of taking ta>: veUy-'- r: of! bersonal property ?or the fiscal year.! 1921: .. ; ,j Whitr.iire. Tuesday, .Janajiry, 1. G'enr.-Lowiy, \Veincr.'d;iy, ' Jan :ai y. 5. Kinar.cb, Thursday, Joctkhqt '3. i. ?M. ii is^illii ?II ! ' - . 1 IIllKS t y: : -mSt i'Wi | ;**" ' ;-. - ; : . ." ;' 4^m?? ian^save- ^ c??i ?iu Iw -' . "* >- 1 ' - ; * - -. 5 ' ft Wv. v ,? ? : . *.r..,.:, : or write th Longshore3, Friday, January 7.- c Chappells, Monday, January 10. r P. N. Boozer's store, Tuesday, Jan-' ( lary 11. ; i Silverstreet, Wednesday, January: i 12. * it St. Lukes, Thursday, January 13. ! ] O'Neall, Friday. January 14. J < Prosperity, Monday and Tuesday,! January 17 and 18. jc f.ittle Mountain, Wednesday, Jan-j: mvv 10 M Jolly Street, Thursday, January 11 30. ! j Pomarin, Fridny, January 21. Glymj>hville, Monday, January 24. i1 J. I.. Crooks' store, Tuesday, Jan-i "1 lary 25. Peak, Wednesday, January 2G. Maybinton, Thursday, January 27.,5 And in the auditor's office in the! ?ourt house until February 20, afterj] vhich dale 50 per cent, penaliy will j3 dc added. The lav/ requires a tax on ail notes j inn mortgages aim moneys. i There is a capitation tax on all j lojrs cf one dollar and tv/enty-five; ] I "BieManH H .'il _ ? 1 Iwnn mina needs the blend of vc malted bs Concentra isKment oJ I flavor- at. SOLD BY C EVERY"V I Madefy Postam Cereal Co S,W. ,,.r, - ,v V'-A< ; ;.. ' '/ ' ' ' s" * / / '' 7i, B Protect vs. DECAY ? I'm$?.i/r }''.:* :' . 4 < : .<- " V ~ ': covered with Gltdden Em ay easily, for Gltdden-prate ^quent repairs. : Giidden Endu, decay! keeps ou gjfcl-." wood and resists - weather conditio) cracking. \ ' .. Giidden Endm arid looks well a wMfxprne cheapes ? -.v . > : w ' ' >: >' ' . ' ' ' '.;N . * For everything II W& We have them. Wfys v ? Art'"/*,/'," ,, WZ&fy&W . . : ; ' ' '*" ' irest Glidden D e Glidden Co.? Cleveland* WP5SP5SP83HPS??MP!!Sf^f3f'?Jli?ly^8?CSE rents. All mala person? between the ages >f twenty-one and sixty years are iable lo pay a poll tax of one dollar jplc-ss otherwise exempt. Persons laiming exemption from poll tax on )hysician's certificate should secure certificate of recent date. All male persons between the ages )f 18 ami 50 years are liable to pay 1 road tax of six dollars, except hose residing in incorporated towns ind cities, and should make return of ;ar.ie. - All persons owning property in uoro than one school district will be required to ir>r.l:e return in each dis,riet as the ta-c books are made up >y school districts instead of town :hips. Be careful to state whether you lave bought or sold real estate durn?: the year 1020. J. B. HALF ACRE, \ 1 County . Auditor. . . 7 '[ Rub-My-Tism relievos Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains.?Adv. , ui iiiusue, 1 it sturdy I iieat and I trley'?' I v ' ? : ted nourf pleasing low cost. SRDCERS ra ERE' Ta&i Battle Greelcjlfich.' ^ - 'loo I t moisture from^ t paint you can bi^jSL mmmmzk M M Color cards fre^ ealer ' -1 Ohio k . . V* ' 1 : : ' ; ' : ' .