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THURSDAY, MARCH *TH, ISM. m RARMWXU, PaorUMBrnNRL, barnwkll, routh cabqun a TTT m Nobody’s Bosinoss By Gee McGe<|. Tw^of a Kind. I saw in the paper the other day where a shyster' lawyer chased an ambulance and when he finally over took it, he found that it contained an other shyster lawyer.^ Shyster law yers s erve a good purpose; were it not for them, shysters in other lines of activity would have no one to rep resent them in their business of shys ter ing. They all belong to .a club known 'as| “TheJGtet-^Somuthinig-'For- Nothing-Order.” P. S.—We have no shysters in our town; they are all in yours.) . , • Looking Up. An agent for a “Goat of Arms” society called on me the other day and wanted to get me and my family a nice set. He first wanted to know if we had a family tree. I told him no, but it was our purpose to sprout one next summer when the ground got dry enough to cultivate. He said he could trace my ancestry back to Eng land. I explained to him that the guards in some places were not very particular, but tracing the steps that he had already made did not interest me. I told him Td take one of those nice cigars, but that was all for the present. ^^em< Jk Cotton Letters. New York, March 3.—Boll weevil ^mergence was 4 compared with 14 st fall, including young weevils, ants, bed bugs and book agents, and this together with Bombay hedg ing forced July spots down to March futures in sympathy with the farm relief board which will announce its policy just after the presidential campaign in 19 and 32. The .nearby months are showing some weakness because of probable curtailment in wash rags and lipsticks. Wall street is normal except # many seats are vacant because of the suicides and foreclosures. We look for July the 4th. Spring Is Here. - flat rock, s. C. martch the 3, 1930. hon. u. c. snaiks, v Washington, d. C. deer sir:— please send me some free seeds for my wife’s gdrden ansoforth and allso eend some guanar to put under same and try to hunt up some seeds that will come up. Them you sent last yr. and yr. befoar last come up in some places, but the canty loaps was squashes and the tomatoes was pump- kines and the pepper was onions and the peas was beans, get someboddy to pick this new lot who can see bet ter and rCad gooder. if i plant cab bages, i want cabbages, not turnips or spinnix. rite or foam if i can count on you sending the seed, or had i bet ter buy elsewhere. yores trulie, ‘ mike Clark, rfd. The Weather. The farm relief board has not seen &t to do anything about the weather • far. They have succeeded in get- g relief for the farmer in respect fo his cotton, com, wheat, and goo bers, and the prices now ruling on these commodities are not very much more than 35 per cent under the cost of production. Therefore it look* like the farmer can count on being in the poorhouse next week, and in^jail weeki after next and in h the, follow ing fourth Friday. But we started out to discuss the weather, and we intend to stick to our subject. The sun shined out a few minutes in October and Decem ber and January. It hag rained the balance of the time. There is some talk of getting up a crowd of Hoover democrats and making an effort to lynch the weather man. He needs something done to* him. A man that continues to serve the same kind of commodity for months and months without a change—when most unbear able-ought to be confiscated, to say the least of him. Analyze the • • s * * / ’ • . Allowance on Your # ’ ' 4T ’ . Used ^ / If a deafer pays you more than the true utorth of the ear he must make up the difference i % -““s by extra eharyes on the new ear or re-sett it to some one else at too high a price P ERMANENT value is always better than a tem porary bargain in the purchase df an automo bile. It pays to look ahead and consider reliability and ultimate up-keep costs, as well as comfort, safety, speed, and beauty of hue and color. Since most automobiles are bought for replace ment, the value set on your used car is a factor in almost every purchase. Frequently it is given an importance beyond ifs true worth. Used cars have a definite market value and you are justly entitled to an allowance based on that value. It is not fair that you receive less. It is not to your best interests to receive more. If a dealer pays you more than the true worth of ^ the car he must either S re-sell it to some one else at too high a price or make up the difference on the new car. This he cannot do unless he is allowed an excessive profit on the car or on financing, extra equipment and other charges. In either case, you pay the bill, for no way has yet been found to give something for nothing. The money must come from somewhere. f You may not get the largest used-car allowance from the Ford dealer, but that very fact should give you confidence that you are receiving full value in the new car. Ford charges are not marked up or increased to cover a high tradedn allowance on your old car. Because there is no waste, extravagance or undue profit in manufacturing, distribution or selling, every dollar you pay for a Ford brings a full dollar in return. In lower first cost, in reliability and long life, in the low cost of operation, service and replacement parts, the Ford will save you much more than the seeming difference in trade allowance. FURTHERMORE, at least $75 extra value is given to you in the new Ford in the Triplex shattei>proof glass windshield, the Rustless Steel, the five steel* spoke wheels, and the four Houdaille hydraulic double-acting shock absorbers. The unusually large number of ball and roller bearings, and the extensive use of fine steel forgings instead of castings or stampings, are other features that show the extra quality built into the Ford car. Roadster, $435 Phaeton, $440 Tudor Sedan, $500 Coupe, $500 Sport Coupe, $530 Two-window Fordor Sedan, $600 Three-window Fordor Sedan, $625 Cabriolet, $645 Town Sedan, $670 N . * • - * - • . • , All prices /• o. b. Detroit. Convenient low time payments arranged through the Universal Credit Company • x *- v . ■ • ' ' , • . ‘ * - ‘ .. : .. • Vi-* * FORD MOTOR COMPANY • . t • , ■ • •jrh \\ \ * rJJ However and notwithstanding, • the bad weather in question has served some good purposes. The earth worm population has increased 68999 per cent. They thrive terribly in damp soil, and that means leas work for our spring fishermen. The ducks have also enjoyed the past 6 months of Jupiter Fluvius and his family. A jfek doctor told me the other day flKt the nataral growth of the ducks \Kbbed feet‘during a 6-week period ju?t ended waa one tenth of one iota more than the corresponding period at k*t yes*. y&e fish ponds have Kke- the excess of rain, ft seems that it has been much easier for them to make an honest living since the floods set in than it was ptior to Hoover’s election. The mud- cats have found mud wlaeve no mud was even seen before, and frogs have also entered into festivities of the muck and slush and they too have shown a great increase in population and the government food experts now claim that frogs legs wBl possibly sell in the best New York Cafes at 2, to 4 dollars by early fall, that being 3 cents lower than last winter. Mud-hole owners have prospered horribly also since the clouds let loose last September. A prominent farmer told me last week that he pulled *7 cars out of his pat muLhole last month as Compared with only 5 - * > , v * me \ cars the same day last year. He gets 10 dollars per car and can there fore afford to sell his cotton for 9 cents a pound. The milk.men say that it has been easier to get water than ever before, and the over-ehoe sales have increased expensively— due to the over-productioii of “Rain-in-the Face.” And it is still raining. . .. Ho Broke Out of Debt. , Mr. Hittem Hard wound up in bank ruptcy 'last week after a 7-years 'struggle with adversity and all is quiet aTound his little store since the sheriff called. Mr. Hard went into the mercantile business in 19 and 23. At that time, hs owned a 75 acre farm, but condi tions became so bad in 19 and 27, hs at- ^ sold, the farm to hig wife for “5*dol r lars and love and affection.” His creditors never did learn what he did with the 5 dollar^.. ML Hard hes nothing left now ex- . cept his wife and her automobile and her radio and her farm and her house hold goods and her children and her house and lot—which she bought with the money she made in the store. (She « clerked on Saturdays). The future 7 looks dark for Khn, but he thinks mebbe they will move back oo the farm. X The oil company sent out and took up his tanks. The scale agent re possessed his 2 pairs of com scales. The cash registeg levied oo the Mb count of Mr. Herd skipping 2 pay ments. Biy Holdem claimed 6 months rent and got that. The tax collector quizzed folks and others about the past due pledges to the Tax Commis sion. v The flour and meal and lard and coffee and sugar and crackers and salmon had been sold and possibly eaten up. Mr. Hard’s married son -owes for the rations he bought the past 3 years and the creditors come into possession of Jerry , s Mr. JHmrd says the account la sibly pay the 1 per cent dividend that the creditors will get within the next year p/r so. The Assignee sold the stock for 84 dollars. The assets were $245.00, bat all ef them could not be located. The liabilities totalled $6^ 555.55, and he ha£ no trouble locating them. We feel mighty tarry for Mr. Hit tem Hwd. He RM the beet he could /