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^" "" y|| , Nop Horn Paroled. j H - action of Got. Coper in grantnfiHSP * Parole to -Nep Horn^ecallg a 1 BBjWfoos Shooting affray Uflhbappen- 1 K'C*11-1 *then old MarldTT) tnany t Abraham Grantham was i |^E?aturning to his home about 10 miles 1 HRw^at of Dillon one Saturday night and ] WW the Miller brothers at a house : near the Henry Wiggins place. There < B^Bfcad he^n bad feeling between Gra- < ^BAham^d the Millers and the matter BVcanie to a climax that night when one j Bof the Miller boys shot and seriously < ^^Lvoundetf Grantham. The entire load < shof trom a shot gun struck Gran- ] ?the stomach and for days he ] between life and death. He Sf^^^^^vully recovered from the ^H^HH^Band it is alleged that they ulcaused his death. Before he vended Mr. Grantham was a ^ strong, robust man and never re- ' 1^1 Sained his former physique. The KB Millers were tried and convicted of ' Iff assault and battery. They served their 1 sentence. When the case came on to ! M be heard Nep Horn's name was con- 1 HI nected with the shooting. Horn was ' ^H^ttot here to defend himself and a RHBaled sentence was returned against It developed some years afterthat Horn was at home sick fl^^^^KMhe shooting occurred and had Hn& in it. Since that time Horn living in Mississippi. Friends ^HBHH^Bed themselves in his case and B^flHHTion was presented to the govHHjHpff asking that Horn be pardoned. BHI^^^governor did not grant a full A pardon, but issued a parole. His, Kf health has failed since he left and HP Horn's desire is to spend his remainBp ing days in his native state. Bg o A COST OF LIVING EX* Bp PECTED TO GO DOWN. I Expectations of Decline in Retail ^ Food Prices Expressed by t \ Palmer. Expectations of a decline in retail food prices beginning between January and March, was expressed Monday night by Attorney General Palmer in a statement summing up the efforts of the government to date in forcing down the cost of living. "The cost of living, already under control," said the Attorney General, **can be reduced if everyone who prodaces will produce his utmost; if those who buy and consume will save and eliminate extravagance, and if all honest people will join with the depaxtment of Justice in stamping oat profiteering and hoarding." Explaining that a downward trend, fl in retail food prices ordinarily was |M ahown during- the first two months of HP a year, Mr. Palmer said it was the of the government 'that this njB^kwill be-accelerated this year by ^HRH^Btmpaign initiated by the govIH|^HBnt which is just now getting, H^^HHnder way." ^BHH^Bongh statistics compiled annuthe government show that in ^H^H^Hs years retail food prices in^^eni^BUuring the fall months Mr. BBl PalS^aid that "since August this B| . i H ro rear such prices had been maintain- I1 ?d practically stationary." ;S Only since October 22, when the t necessary amendments to the Lever s 'ood control act were passed the At- c :orney General's statement said, had 1 t been possible to de. effectively c vith all cases of profiteering and t loarding. From October 22, to date. ,C 179 prosecutions have been institut- t id and prosecutions and seizures have 's covered 18 states, it was added. '<> Due to co-operation between the ? government and various retail mer- i ihants' associations, the statement said, prevailing profits of clothing t had been reduced from five to 50 i per cent. i o : I j Tho Alintanp in Business. I It The taxi company which controls { most of the taxi service in Chicago t has purchased fifty planes for opera- ? tion between Chicago ana certain fa- a rnous vacation resorts and to provide i service for' business men who wish to t complete a day at their desks in Chi- i rago before overtaking by airplane ^ the Twentieth Century Limited, which j train left Chicago hours earlier. A t number of rich men now use their < own planes for travel back and forth between the town and the country;, j The general manager of a Middle- i Western airplane company frequently ] comes to New York on business via | the air. Out in Seattle recently a busy ] man on an important mission failed t to catch a steamer that had sailed, j He phoned an airplane company and | was told that they could start in thir- t ty minutes to overtake the ship. The | seaplane overhauled the water craft, i alighted on the surface of the sea ) and the transfer of passenger from i aircraft to vessel was made by boat. < Perhaps the most convincing illus- i tration of the value of the airplane in 1 business is the air mail service be- i tween New York and Washington. I am told that this aerial service will j be extended to San Francisco by next i May if funds are forthcoming. By < spring fourteen cargo mail ships of ' two and three motors will be in opera- j tion between New York and Chicago. 1 These ships will carry from 200 to 1 3000 pounds useful load?that is, j mail. Even now between Washington 1 and New York and New York and 1 Chicag0 eight planes are in the air ] daily, each carrying up to 450 pounds of first class letter man. ueuvery is advanced to all points from sixteen to twenty-four hours, because distribution may be made at terminals instead of in railway cars en route. 1 am informed that airplane mail is cheaper than that by rail and the Post Office Department expects to save hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly when the big ships are in operation. i At a recent conference In Cleve- < land it was stated by the chairman of the aviation committee of the J Chamber of Commerce that an unsuc- < cessful Attempt had been made by the Cleveland banks to get the New York i Central Railroad Company to adjust < its New York train schedule so as to i save a banking hour for Cleveland. < te Fish to the b INTO THE NAMI VCTFI Riuizi TRADEMARK ypCt>x r.c).KHMISTVHEO vho want fish in their fertilize by insisting on Royster's, the 01 /e have been successful in secu h and will be able to fully meet for this popular ammoniate. As he Fertilizer thi Fish Scrap Fa F. S. ROYSTER GUA . ci BRADDY, DILLON, S. C. tow comes the alrplafc? anj traveres the 410 miles in r>ur and a half o five hours as against thirteen toeventeen hours by tr?n. This has onvinced Omaha bankdrs that literaly thousands of dollara in interest an be saved by the transportation ?y air of negotiable papeys and so on. )n this assumption the Olrnaha Cham>er of Commerce, throukh its repreentative at the Celeveland meeting, ippealed to Otto Praegei/, Second Asistant Postmaster-General, for a apid extension of the aerial mail. Airplanes have beep used to beat he telegraph and cable. Reports of ;reat length, which would have contested the wires for days, have been ransported within afrew hours. Nothug can exceed the/speed of a telegraphed word, but M requires a good leal of time to wipe many thousands >f words. A schen^e is being worked >ut for the combination of train mail, tero post and telegraph for the meedier transmission of messages. This plan originated in England. Orffe example of time economy occurred he day^of the WilJard-Dempsey flght. nhen New York apd San Francisco t>apens carried the films of the bout jy airplane. The San Francisco papjrs saved 24 hours over train time. Forest-fire patrols are In operation n California and Oregon, where milions of dollars' worth of timber have seen saved. One airplane has spot:ed as many as forty fires in one day, ocating them at a distance of twenty-five or thirty miles to within half i mile of the exact spot. The plans for next year call for air patrols throughout the entire Northwest and the radio telephone will be used to report conflagrations. Maps mads from photographs taken from the aii ire absolutely accurate. The lens records details that would ptherwise go unnoted. In coast and geodetic surreys the airplane is fast proving its srorth. Bird's eye view lithographs are now out of date. The present vogue is airplane pictures. Certain large realestate and financial concerns in New York City are sending their photogMnU AM < rv I ? ? n ifnln nnn urKan TT?iHt la^uciis u y i Li au |/iauco nuvu n iuv views of newly developed plots are de sired. Down In Cuba one large mahogany company dealing only in the finest wood recently purchased a num ber of training type planes for use in timber plotting. This was found tc be the quickest method of locating the most desirable trees. Many of oui war planes that were used last yeai for coast defense are now being em ployed as a coast patrol for life-sav ing purposes. o MORE ABOUT TAXES ?AND DRIVES From one of its customers the Motor Car Supply Co. of Chicago receiv ed the following letter: For the following reason I em unable to send you the check you have asked for: I have been held up, held down sand-bagged, walked on, flattened out and squeezed; first by the Govern merit for Federal war taxes and ex cess profit taxes, Liberty Loan bonds RSI ER | r can be sure of I iginal Pish Fer- jg jfl| ring ample sup* VMS! the demands of sk for Roytter'* it Maae f WJT.U mous Wjm thrift stamps, capital atock tax, marchant's license, merchant's bond, and automobile tax, and by every society and organisation that the mind of man can invent to extract what I may or may not possess; from the society of the St. John the Baptist, the G. A. R., the Women's Relief, the Navy Lea. gue, the Red Cross, the Double Cross, the Chidren's Home, the Dorcas Society, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., t the Boy Scouts, the Jewish Relief, and every hospital and church in town. The Government has so governed my business that I don't know who owns it. I am inspected, suspected, examined, re-examined, informed, , misinformed, required and commandI ed, ^ I don't know who I am, where j I am, or why I am. All I know is that il am supposed to be an inexhaustible supply of money for every known | need, desire or hope of the human race; and because I will not sell all II have and go out and beg, borrow |or steal money or give it away, I have been cussed, discussed, boycotted talked to, talked about, lied to, lied about, held up, robbed and nearly ruined. The only reason I am cling ing to life is the insane desire to see what in h 1 is coming next. BONUS FOR EMPLOYEES. i Marion Manufacturing Company Gen* erous With Gifts. Marion, Dec. 27?Every employee ( of the Marion Manufacturing company received a very wolcome and ( substantial Christmas present on , Wednesday, when the company gave 1 checks to each employee for a bonus of 30 per cent, of his or her earnings ( for the year. This bonus was paid alike to the highest paid officer of ( the corporation and to the lowest paid worker connected with the com, pany. The total amount paid out was ( nearly $10,000. \ The Marion Manufacturing comr pany has enjoyed a very prosperous . year and took this method of show > ing in a substantial way its appre. ciation of the hearty support and co. operation of employees, which had in - a large measure made this prosperity possible. While this is a small mill, ? the officers and directors endeavor to > do everything possible for the loyal ; and faithful workers. For several years this corporation has had each r employee insured for an amount equal - to his or her earnings for one year. - The premiums on these policies are by the company, and the benefit in cas* of death is payable to the heirs of the workers. It also gives . free house rent to employees and furnishes fuel at cost. Cold* Causa Grip nod IfifloMlA I LAXATIVE BROlf0 QUININE Tsbtoto raoovt the caaM. Thar* to only ou "Btomo Quialaa." E. W. GROVE'S siioator* oo box. 90a ftWLv A sl% m ^ ?> I ^^#y ' gMffi* iii Traj $1395 CHASSIS f. 0. b. St. Louis. Some Traffic Features. Red Seal Continental 3%x5 mote Corert transmission; multiple d ' clutch; Borch magneto; 4_piece a shell, cellular type radiator; dr forged front axle with Timken roll bearings; Russel rear axle, interr gear, roller bearings, semi-emp front and rear spring; 6 inch channel frame; Standard Flsk tin 34x 3% front, 34x5 rear; 133-in wheelbase; 122.Inch length of frar behind driver's seat; oil cup lubrict ing system; chassis painted, strip* and varnishel; driver's lazy back se and cushion regular equipment. Pne matic cord tire equipment at ext cost. Adam SEED PBTflTOES ] I I have in transit several cars ? * finest Maine-grown Irish Cobblers X :* and Red Bliss. My seed potatoes are the fa- a I mous BULL S EYE BRAND and { * ? 1 'it <? v | are not to be compared witn tne .* | regular commercial and unbrand- f X ed stock. X | Write or phone me for prices ? | before you buy. % | THE SPRING CROP | X Many of the leading farm papers ? | are advising the planting of pota- Z> X toes this Spring, and recent gov- f | ernment figures show shortage of ? X many thousand carloads of pota- i | toes in storage to supply the de- * | mand until new Southern crop X ; comes in. * * All indications are that prices ? | will be high. However, to be sue- *> f cessful with Spring potato crop S preparation and cultivation must y | be thorough, the crop must be A | highly fertilized and planted early ); and the best seed stock used. a | J.H.BENNETT ? I CLIO, SOUTH CAROUNA. - ? A A A A A A A A A A A A A 4ift| dfifr dfib VVVVVWWV%^VVWV V V / gicTrupk \ The Lowest Priced 4,000-lb Capacity Track in th^Worid. V Putting performance above price defines the Traffic policy. It >r; motor trucks could run on their reputation, your only considerate tion would be price. A name and reputation gained on past peri8t 'ormance cannot compete with qualities that guarantee present ?P performance and the fulfillment of future demands, ler lal Traffic quality insures continuous service on the job. year after tic year. It is without a competitor for either price or performance. U- Saves you hundreds of dollars in first and final cost. It cuts the 38> cost of hauling with team in half. See It today. ch ne ited at ura s & Gibson AGENTS