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UOMTO Is the Saving VERY have Wome her ow should be add when the opp appeat s you v it through. Our greatesl life by saving I and then their This Bank ii save your savi HOME I CHARLTON Du President. rIrJl~c ~ m, M .1.14C.1 E m 7B IT IN I Result of Sy I While Youi young Man in this i Savings Accoun n who is employed n account. Every p ed to these accouni ortunity for a really rill have the funds men of today secu heir pennies, and I hundreds and thou wvites you to open ngs. Will you sav< lANK &, RANT, That the lightness of the E Car is united to great s is proven by the splendid it is rendering everywher.( widely varying conditions. The lightness of the car ke gas and oil costs down, sound construction renders inf requent. J. H. McCOLL MTER,') . . S L AGE stematic rig. community should t. Every Young should also have ay day the savings :s. -Then, some day good investment H necessary to carry red their start in then their dollars, sands. an account, and with us? [RUST CO.I T. M. IWELL4Sp Cashier. T..... WELLS ~usiness trength service under eps the md its repairs ,UM, uth'Caroli THE TIME HkS COME TO TELL THE TREI -Declaring that the tifie has con when the truth regarding the cotte situation must be driven home I every farmer in the State, the Sout Carolina Division of the America Cotton Association has issued a statc ment appealing to every organlizati im South Carolina to assist it in il efforts to secure an acreage reductic in the State this year. Statistics are gi ven which tend I Show that on the first of next Augus before a bale of the 1921 crop picked, there will be ol hand a su plus of over 9,000,000 bales, o' a most a one-third crop. It is declare that the plant ing of anything like norala1 acreage in cotton this yel will he a simple suicidal busine: policy not alone for farmers but f, every busintess interest in the Sout For this reason it is declared that ti business and professional- men shou be active in the movement to secu: aereage reduction. "The gravity of the situation col fronting the South as regards t i planting of another cottoni crop a the apprehension Oil Outr parI, th; there are thousands of people inl ou state who do not comprehend jo what we are up against impels us issue this appeal to the farmner business and professional I menl ( South Carolina,'" says the statemiel issued by the South Caroli na Divisi< of the American Cotton Associatio "We feel that it is our duty to pha tihe facts squarely before them, startling as they are, in order th every organized agency in the Sta may join withl us inl our e forts to sc to it that no far'mer in South Carolit plants over one-third of his cultiva ed land itn cottoni this yea r. To < otherwise will be to invite disast and financial bankruptcy. "One of the most alarming featur of the present situation is that, thel are so many who contend that the cannot meet the requirements of tI association that they plant only (it third of their lard ill cotton. The seem not to stop to conisider that would perhaps he better that tih plant no cotton at aI that) to plantt plait it and be forced to sell next fa a a price far belo wthe cost of pr. duction, which we believe they wi surely have to do if over a ote-ha crop i, raised this year. To tho: w\ho still have their last year's cr Or hand we would say that present ii tMentionls are that they would prof by not planting a ale necause a hal crtop this year wou hIl mean that tl would get more for their last yea crop than they would get for la yea r's crop anad this yealr's crop cor bined if over a half-crop is planti this year. "N>ow whaut aie the fActs about tI cottoni situation ? IHere they are, at we hope every farmer in South Car lina, white and colored, who can tea will read them and that. somebod will read them to every one that ca ntof read: "(-o August 1, 1920, there was surplus of' A merican cotton on han to lester, o 08,0 bales. "TIhe tent-year average amoulit American cotton on hand A ugust is 1,200,000 bales. "It is thus seei that tihe sulu)LS hand oil Jast August 1, was albno;. six tiles larger than the averag auount onl hand it that time. "'I'he probable a mount, of surplh cotton onl hand on August 1, 1921, estimated by those who are inl got position to know, at ove 9,000,0( bales, or almost a one-year crop. "'Th'he greatest consumption of ever A mericani Cotton ever known iln or year was 15,000,000 bales. Tent-ye1 average of' consumption of' America ('(t ton) prior' to the great wita' was 1 NOTICIC Ol'' l)lS('IIARIlE I will app!ly to th~e .Judoge of Pr. hate for Cliarenodon County, Souli Carolina on the 21st da y of Il'ebruar 1921 at 11 o'clock A. M. for' let ters dlisc'har'ge as Admniin istra tot' oif ti E'stte ofl hI. L. H.Iode deceasedl Jae hI lodlge, I A~~lAdministra1tor'. A lctdt, S. C., Jan. 17, 1921. p CARDUI HELPED REGAIN STRENGTI Alabama Lady Was Sick For Thr. Years, Suffering Pain, Nervous and Depressed-Read Her Own Story of Recovery. Paint Itock, Ala.--Mrs. C. M. Stega Of near here, recently related the fx lowing interesting account of her r covery: "I was irl a weakened Co dition. I was sick three years in be muffering a great deal of pain, wea nervous, depressed. I was so wea I couldn't walk across the floor; ju had to lay and my little ones do tl work. I was almost dead. I trih every thing I heard of, and a number dootors. Stilt I didn't get any relle I couldn't eat, and slept poorly. believe if K hadn't heard of aind takI Cardul I would have died. I bougl six bottles, after a neighbor told n what it did for her. "I1 began to eat and sleep, began gain muy strength and am now we and strong. I haven't had da? tro ble ince . .. I sure can testify to tl good that Cardui dId me. I dos think there Is a better tonie mact and I believe it saved my life," For over 40 years, thousands of w men have used Cardul suocessfull in the treatment of many womani ailments. If you suffer as theme women di take (Gardun It may helpyou vtoon Million Packets Of Flower Seeds Free We believe in flowers around the e homes of the South. Flowers brighten n up the home surrouinlings and give o pleasure and satisfaction to those who h1 have them. n We have filleWlvloro than a million packets of seedhs, of beautiful yet n easily grown flowers to be given to our customers this spring for the n beautifying of their homes. Wouldn't you liko to have five o packets of beautiful flowers free? L, YOU CAN GET TilluM! Hastings' s 1921 catalog is a 116-page haudsomely - Illustrated seed book with twenty I I- beautiful pages showing the finest va- I d rieties in their truo natural colors. a It is full of helpful garden, flower and r farm information that is needed in I s every home, and, too, the catalog tells r you how to get these' flower seeds ab 1.1 solutely free. e Write for our 1921 catalog now. It d Is the finest, most valuable and beau. e tiful seed book ever published, and 1 you will be mighty glad you've got it. - There is no obligation to buy any. 1 e thing. Just ask for the catalog. H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN, ATLANTA, GA. t 000,000 Iles. With so man,111y of tIe' foreign mills shut <down you may t iguoe yourself as to how miuch will I consumed tihis year. - "Ihe A merican erop of 13 ,000,000 bbales llu1s year inidica1tes a world Sup Wy of all1 kinds of cotton, includling A meurican, of 29,000.0o bales. "Th~e worbd Carr-y-over, inlclldingv An erican cotton, lay reach a total of' 13,000,000 b:iles. "The world during the first pr(seit year is not l ikely to conlsuie Omorc than 15,000,000 bales. "'hlese are the facts. The fitIres are startlingt itut we believe they are correct. They were prepired by the Cotton Acreage Reduction Commit t t l em ph is, Tenn., a ppo i nte( by the great n(eention of bankers, fa:r lrs and mlerchlants biel at .Memphis. lb T'his committee conisulited with the it best posted cotton in the worlb. "Ilere is one point which t w desire to strss regarding the pledges. They do not require a farmer to cut his aeriaget 50 p Cent. They merely re I1 uire that he plant only one-third of his cuit ivated laIInd Jil cottoni. If lie ha not been planting over one-tbird t pledge does not ai'ct him at all. t Nevertheless we desire v'er haier, wheth1-r the pledge affects him or not, to sign the pledge because we desire ; to annouice that a de-finite number of farmers have signed. This announelit1 ment followed by a similar ainnounce d tit-nt fro leach of the other cotton state's will show the world that tlie e South is isn earnest this time and will have a good effect on the market. "The situation is so serious that we appa.11 to every fariler, every mer chant, every baikir, every profes sional m1,an; to every newspaper, every chamtll)ber of comle r1Te anid state wide orgvanization to joinl inl the( fie-ht.. V believe that the i other stat's aic goingto Ii tredulic. Reports indicatev that they certainily will. Whet her they do or not, South Carolina should. Ife we reduce and they do not, we will have no cause for regret---ildeei We would thie have to conlgratulate our seilves.. But they are goiIg to reduce anIld We ilust keep faith with tieIl." ---------- ------I El'XLOSION K ILLS SiEEN IIERSONS 0 Lawrenceville, Ills., Feb. 7.-Seven personi, six young boys and a mail, y were killed atnd atnother boy is Cx Sperted to lie as tle result of a pow r der explosioni which-h occuirred this af 4 OUR BANh THEY ARE I. INSEPARABLE I 14 A good futur-e without dloesn't often hap)pen, yo S Our institution is a 1)1 and investing bank. We solicit the patronag aattributes are likewise ly dlesire to become such. You never regret mor Duse to regret when it is y. iThe Bank C lJOSEPH SPs T. M. MOL DRAG At1 Speci S ~As long ais oiur TPype "W"' Dra hiosch Magneto and le-vet' Contre 12,we will maitke a spec'ial pii e these machines, which means a 2 7 COLUMBIA SUP 823 West Ger-vale St. G. C. COOPER, Licensed Optometerist EYES Carefully Examined, 'lasses Fitted, Broken Lenses Duplicated. 3atisfaction Guaranteed. SUMTER, S. C. eilooln at the t'oss r oaIds school 1ou1:1V aoltit, the ne miles West of here. Tvhe dead are Fimett IInyan, 3o 'ears od!, the to:ieher ani1d the fol owing pupils: i.ntn4 Grotves, 1; Ioward [Lett, : Thonmlls It' hil; brother. 12; 'harles Welton , 5; Itobrt Mecaus - 'iid, 12; Elner .lellet, 10 and Rich mi Peters, 7. Iestei' Groves, 11, a iroh f Rof % Ilmond G roves, i's e'x. tet t div. Several (other childrent 'ercived miiilor injuries i the explo ion which occur ired when oneV of the4 tiys atteipted to cutl the top friom he eal with an a1 ixv. hunyan aid live of tihe boys were <lied instant ly and thet other two lied several hoirs afterwards. The n1iured were taklen ti their homes and to hos'pitals inl Vincennles, Ind. NOTICE OF DISCHARE I will apply to the Judge of Pro )ate for Clarendon Coulity, Oi the 14th, day of February, 1921 at 11 )'elock a. im. for letters of discharge is Administrator of the Estate of 'hoimas 11. House, deceased. Seward Palmer, Administrator. St. Paul, S. (i .Jan. 12, 1921 --pd. lOW DOCTORS TREAT COLDS AND THE FLU Pirst Step in Treatment Is a Brisk Purgative With Calotabs, the Purified and Refined Calomel fablets that are Nausea less, Saf a and Curc. Dototrs have fotii i byv exierieitei hmt no0 meldicinle for. cohil al influl 4z1 ('al le ttdepilded upiton fir full ef et iveness until tile liv'r is made thor iuglylv at ive. That is why the first step) in the I rtent iienit is; the i:.w, nanisea which are free from the siritijng and weak'Ililig e't'ets of, theA. obl stvil' cao niel. Doctors als o po;int ou!t the. fact hat an actie liver iov Vo a long way owails preventting ivil en iia antd IS oil. it the iliost important fa t ink on ibling ithe patien1t to siecesst'illy with. Itantd an attack aiid vard o ti pnil 11011 ia. One Calotal oi tlhe' tonle at bed ime with a swa:llow of wa*:tvr-'hat'.' ill. No salts, no imusea itor the slight st interferaetet v. S ii u r eat ilg, pleas ire or work. Next mot rniing your cold ins vanishedl, your liver is active, your tystein is purified, and yon are feeliin ne, with a bearty apoetite for break. ast. 1)rurzists sell Calotals oily ili >riginal sIalil package's, prite thirt% ive centq. Your ionev will li. eheer ully refunded if you (o not find then elg tu. (Ad-.. and 3Ur Future i saving is somnet hing that m know. e of these whose person -and those who earnest e~y saved1. Tr11(.e is no(' f Manning ROTT, President ZON, Cashier SAWS IlPrices ! g saws, wvhich are ecquipped'i with I, last. and until Febr'uai'y 1 5th, I f. o. b. Columbia of $1 50.0)0 on* %/ cut. PLY COMP~ANY 'oIAJmBAsc S (