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% 11 . ";!.?<.)<{ J fiU" 'q I VOLUME 1 IW. M%-GOLDFINCH, Manager ! Household furnishings and funeral supplies 47 MAIN ST., CONWAY, S. C. Let us heip you make hone life attractive for the winter evenin&s when the family gather around the fireside and enjoy the comforts of "Home sweet home." UMHMraiiu IB Solid Comfort " Chairs and Rockers Comfortable chairs for everyVJ/^^ body ? that's what makes the j jar 'IV TCI JtB home attractive. And style / ijii, 9 ''&Wf need not be sacrificed. 1m It Will Pay You to Buy i at These Prices | if TO Wc are making some especially IwiSSmvVI Hi attractive offers right now on overIliM I stuffed rockers and luxurious Morris j ^I chairs. We have them in leather, r\ imitation leather and various kinds of cloth upholstery and in the very latest designs. 1 Style and Stability at Pleasing Prices After a aleasant evening spent together you return to your i room, and find it well furnished for the nights rest. mWMImmM ~ I 1X-??t; T'lR I 1 - /%-\- ' ' \ ?=r I Q.- / .. W'tLlfP W . I I fe Bedroom Suites J /j L^)j^ St-it ylll y*v tastily furnished bedroom * I \ is always sure to win favorable ? I 1 fM comment. And attractive furI ?>J[ M niture need not necessarily be S M /in expensive either. 1 l\ihi-fFn*ti0irc 7^ # /? c c/>v*c 1 1IftWIifl J j w // # jj isr* Us? j ^ jl^// (/jj( / j lir^^lP anc^ Dressing Tables \ :;|^? You who need complete bedroom 17 JifipPt^ i'B^ sets and you who merely wish to add 5 | I ^ to your Present furnishings- v^lll findfo ^ ' ::,l^ what you want here. All't^e latesfe//'< < styles in whatever finish you prefer. ^' rrV " ^ <2#*/ Stability at Pleasing Prices SERVICE IS OUR WATCHWORD Cash or Liberal Credit Terms ' <4* \ oldfinch Brother V CONWAY, S. C., OCT. 7, 1920 EVERYBODY WILL SUFFER WITH FARMERS (Interview by Cotnmissiorer Har- * ris in dailv papers of September 24.) "If this cotton crop frets out. of the hands oi the fanners at the , prices quoted today, I want to say to every business man that has goods on his' shelf that the bigger portion of his stoek will stay there," said Commissioner Harris on Thursday when he saw that the cotton futures quotation had gone down another 100 points durimr the* d:iv. Mr. Harris is not dismayed. He says that cotton really is higher today than it was a year ago, and it went to 43 cents during the summer just past. He feels confident that cotton of the present crop will go beyond r>0 cents next summer, but he wishes to see the real producers enjoy the benefits of these high prices. "Since I [have been old enough to watch things," says Mr. Harris, "the farmer is always the one, the very first man Vo get a lick on the head. He is the man who gets jumped on * and cussed out when the prices of commodities are high. At present it seems that the financial interests of the country are arrayed against the South's monopoly. cotton. "We have a monopoly and they have a cotton famine, it is actual, and yet they are trying to beat down the price of cotton. Deflation?after our crop is made and paid for by the farmer. That's a one-sided proposition. Let us make the crop and then squeeze us. Cause us to suffer a heavy financial loss, and our section as a whole to bo weakened in power and influence. That's what t'.ey are drivinir for. I "The reason why they can get away with so much of this kind of stuff is because of our unbusinesslike system. 1 have presented this to the Stat;? bankers' association and others, and they promised relief, and we must change our system of having ail of cur indebtedness for the year to fr?ll due* between October 15 and December 1. "Every bear speculator in the world knows how much money is owed by the farmers in each county, and when it is to b^ paid. The speculators have for 40 years tiken advantage of the situation, for they know that some of the cotton has to go on the market to satisfy debts. This is a bad system for the fanner, and it us up to him to remedy it. "There is no just reason whv cotton was worth yesterday 110 points more than it was quot:d today. I am nroud to sav that th?re is very little cotton going on the market, for the farmers know that such prices arc not justified by the costs of production and the law of demand. "If this cotton crop pets out of the hands of the farmers at the prices quoted today, T want to say to the merchants that have goocjs on their shelve; that the bigger portion of the goods will stay there, the people will not buy them. And the bankers know their deposits will be slim. "The prices bcinrc offered for cotton today ave $50 to $75 dollar: a bale below its intrinsic value. Y't, I am sorry to say, ther? are some very prominent men ir South Carolina who have said that the farmers have marie a grave mistake in not selling their cotton hefore now. These men evidently think that the farmer was holding on fpeculation, but he wa n't. Cotton has rot sold ir. the last 1?. months r the fweva"e cost <f p ctior. over the cotton bet last 'I do not think that any farmer or an> manu.iijtuic is <1 ing wrer.g when the; are holding their products for a pi ice above the c . t of production. The present f iop has cost the farmers more money than any ether crop, an! if it gets out of the hands of tlv^ producers at a price below the cost of producing it every business man in the South is going to feel it. Will selling above the cost of production hurt the South? "I willgur tatovS hrrlahrahrohoo <<T ...ill j IP -to XT T7* i win guarantee 11 i?> i>i;w j', ngland States owned the monopoly of such a world's commodity a^ cotton, short staple would bo selling to-day for a dollar a pound. They would hold it and make the world pay for it, just as they will do with the goods made of our cotton. "1 am afraid if some of the fellows who say that forty cents is too high for cotton had to get out and make ; and ' jj rgatbjpr rot they wculd say jit was #>o . cheap at that pricf*; The eoTopiit&JO , of 100 faVficrs in pejeas' baa IfigM#*^ , ad ?wit it cost 43 cknts a pound for the 1020 rftw in fiiat^ State, and I am sure' thfit thcK$r>St in South Carolina will bo just as heavy, for wo have fewer boll weevils, but more fertilizer bills." i rtriTi Every fsflrmin should double the pirr nopulnnftv *>n M6 place. South Carolina shoulVi raiwi iet\ times a^ much meat a* she is doing. I * . I i ^ SpOUfe l ; jv? . NUMBER 2 Goldfinch Dry Goods Co. A. E. GOLDFINCH, Manager Hi ? M. ? ? oi main at., Conway, S. C. H "V* I THE BELL SHOULD I BE ON THE BOTTOM g OF EVERY SHOE' YOU PUT ON We are making a speciality of good shoes for the whole ^?*1 family at right nrices. Our King Quality for men, Waltons for boys and girls, ancf r/ Long Wear for all the fam- i / I ? D j 'M 9 ily is just the kind of mer- I f I chandise we can recom- j jj||bM ||| 1 mend. B I rmwm rti ira* wv? .L?runatiMdMNinMnaflMMW" Jfi tONfi^ARiSilOKj j Ho/IES)' h / ,* i Hosisrv comes n?xl in irn- 1 poi tanoe" for it takes good ] f hose to wear tha boys anri 11 girls in school time. We j ? have them in our Hole Proof and Honor Knit lines. 1 k Then you will rieo:! good v.ann underwear, Sweaters, 1 wraps, etc, Our line is compltte, an:: wa aiso have new | lots of ladies coats, coat suits, waists, skirts etc., com- 1 ing In right out of Picw York every week. a In our dry goods and notions department we are per- a pared to furnish vour needs in. semes, outings,, flannels, i ' * OB cheviots, and other lines of c^oth at correct prices. Bought | since the recent price reduction. , 1 s1 Goldfinch Dry Goods Co. A. Phone No. 36 Three Rings *?.?? I v? 1 , %