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I ~a bi 4 ~&tnnrjenc ~~iiij$b' Vmu'*~ ~xxv - LAUI~ENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1919. NUMBER 7 PRICE TENDENCY TO SHOW D( Live Stock Prices in Chicago drcd Hounds. Public \\a-huoni, iAug. 27.---lPrIees are beg ilning) to iil-i downward inl Vari Otis pait, of the country, but the sliiip has not yet gathlered Illomel t! in su ffivoent to effect. purchases be i ng made for IImintIed i se It:;, ai-c(oi(llg t0 IZ polls to the dellartmiient of justice. ' 2anlhy 1-tilIal altle'l asked to day how .,oonl resulls 0o1tld be expect ed Irlon tile capllaliiigln to reduee the (co.st (if liing, the oultolle of which railroai iployes have been reIetlsted to wait before pressing deialids for wage inl cre ases. said all the govern mveit waited was a fair chance to show what could be dolne to take the artificial inflation out of the market. He said offleers were Well pleased wvitih the success so far attained and hat culmulative resu lts were expected when oligress entiacts aiuendiients to the food control lhw, by which crim inal penaltiei can he imposed on profi teers and hoarders. "We hope the public will begin to reap the benefit of our efforts before long," Mr. Palmer said. [or instance, we aret- making pIrogress Iin obtaining prolis(es from the shoe manufactur eras to tixing a 1linlit beyond whIch pricves shall not go." Propaganda, whilh apparently Ia natiion-wide on the part of shop-keep ers king to induce piu rshases now Oil 11lk. prelext that prices will be ma teriaily higher next season, Was conl demlild y l'aimr as one certain thing that \VolId Imake prices ('o(intinue ris Ing if heeded. Ills attentoni was call edi to adveri1tisvI0eents inl variouis papers In whl it was stated that straw hats. (lothing and other ionl lie rIshable arti (( should le botight before next year's pr ises b/colme effective. "It is very unfortunate that. Some merelhants take thatI attitide and we have bven stIudying the sitiation," the Ile attorney ge'eral said. Extensive purla:icSe's 1ow, redluling the Supply and inr(easing t1he deIalnd. woIlId make their predictions Coie through, wher1(as we hope for a normal price level if Iho peolev do not. slaimpede into a1 huyling hysteria". Chicago. Aug. 17.- -A (1101) of $1 a hun11dred pottnlds onl th1v average forI hol-s with lower prices of beef cattle at thlie stink yards today was aseribed to .vt rat reasolns, in(elliding liim gen eralpotest git il w hi::h1 e 'A of livingv. Malrket mn Said the tenden ey wa.- l sI oill lo%'er hog pric(s, Pal liiularly after the fll Inarketiing, and I Iltey pruifQeso-d to vee a brealc in high livntf costs. Tihe pubiIc has cu rt al led its buying of pork and bevf receltly whilIe live stock r'c eips are large. Tip, easiern SAUNT KATE SEI t4ontinuied froin last week.) Ourl Iteereallions. "All wvork and14 no0 play maikes Jack a1 dll ho~ly,'' 5o when'i we camne In at ighlt, tired4'( of sIghts eeI ng, we restedi by ehiang 1i ourt (octl111Ion. Our1 fir1st soc'IaI e'vent Iwats the ight -wi htadl thle part y 1o mieet some1 of thle friends (our1 gIirl had made in lbhe capi tal city1--alhi wholec-soulIed American girils, reinedl e'duted (most 1151 of them normiia! griadua tes an th1 Ierefore school1 teacher1st wh hadl ans( ii weretd their nieeded'i. Theliy were the re from (CallI fori a, Soth l (Ca rqlina,1 Indiana, Keni tII' mlid from14 M isippi. Ther wc~~as he' Iictures I hal wvi'l linger longest (il nui mlory3'A wvall, w'l~l b(' the face's, bri1ght and11 love'ly3 of thes;e wvholec-souiI ed Am'erlenn gil who saId as they shook1 tihnds good-bye.,~l wih the oldl to '1ave4 mlet, kn!owni andl lovedl girls fashioniable atndi (puit expeni~ve tea pari I( and w114 madlul(e m1ir acqualntIance A\nother lIt the lady13, fromn (Calfotnht, 'We saw and enjoyed the simlef~l lIttle ptory, that manny - of youI have read, sutperbhy acted, "Daddy Longiogs," BEGINNING IWNWARD TREND Show Drop of $1.00 per Hun Curtailed It's Buying. muarket failed to act as an 1mlerl:-eny outtlet and the parker virtually v with drew%* their bue frot the pens to day leavinig tloiusaind if hog.; anl cat tie vithout. buyers. Speculators were hit hard. Live stock men say exports Iusiness hias been depressed by ti; foreign ex cliaige situnation andI that this. outu Iled with IIe recceipt of los that ac cIiulitiIted onl farins duiring the rail road 11h1.iilen's strike. and the pros pet. of a strong 1.u11 of hogs, heliied to ctise lie weak Imarket. While the ave rage drop for hogs was at $1, the difference between to day's lowest point and yesterday's hightest point, was flily $1..0, live stock authoritlies said, while Ihe aver age (ro) for heef Cattle, today raniged from 50 to 7;e a hundred poi nds. Sheep also sold lower. New York, Aug. 27.-In an effort. to'stabilize meat prices. the comililittee on fair prices for meat of Ithe New York state association of tnited Mas ters 1lut ches of Amerlea today agreed upon a telltative fair- mariglli selhedile covering eighteen basis meat items. The list will be given a trial during the mont ih of Soptmollher. The margins agreed upon are t.wo cents higlier' than those In in effect. during the wartiie period. but it was ii nderstood that reductions in w1ole sale prices wo lI enabil e ih em101 to sell at lower than war t ivne ligures. The illoxiiIm fair margin profit schdle agreed uipon today follows: lileef of good and medium steers: Chuck steak, I:". a p;ound ; whole cross rib 20c; cut cross rib 21c; stew beef 13e. Ilinds and ribs of g00(1 and iled i tim steers: rIoin steaks. 17c; bottom round, I9e; rib roast, prim", ISe; whole 1to) sirloiln, 15. ; cut top s rloill, I0. Lam b: leg of lamb, I 1c: ib, chops Ic ;/h ehuck. :c ; Iav11lam, u ndier cost1 .0-le. Pork producets: Slole'l halits. un11drapped, R to 10 polilds Se a Ioilld; smlolved1 shoul ers, lie(nies : 1-2 to 7 poinds, 7e; smoked bavrol, iulnrapped, 1;3c; pork h(ops, enlds, Se; pork chops, middle. 12c. Tl iargins ai ba.ed oi "sh and carry" and do Inot inclmid4 theo cost of delivery serviee. Tl mtie: al dealor exp;mlatined tha1t Ile m r isfixed worro the dife;-. al loive1d theml be1 4te flte co:t anld zell r rieprofit ald (xpense of hand iinv. T e declared thiat tie increase of 2v over the w ar titie marin wa mt:at ncessarty by the uincreased cost of overhead exponers includitg rentals and lahor. S WASHINGTONI I've put oft Ithe best or the worst- 41ake your (holee) for Ithe last. We even wenlt to a vaudeville and guess where we sat ? Pterchued up~on the last. row in thel seconld balcony ! .PTatI is the hi Ighest seat that I (everl occutpiled, Ex ergIt the timet I wenlt to the circuis. We' sat that day on the 1top seat in the tenit. I'll nieveri forget that tIime t houighI il Ioudn't have bieen over S yearis old. As we wet into the tent1--Priospec't dtel egat Ion 441niasse- -the good siste'rs ('aime race to face withI their .pastor, Itev. .J. I). P1itts. "'ls my45 il soul," he said, "heret4 you all are0 hieadedii to do struti Oln!"' antd such a lugh as wenit lip In that ciricuis tenit dtotr! I said( to tmy good sistetr on my left, as we sat onu that high eyilh\ inl that erowdedl ami lphi-thieatrte, "W\~e cettainly are heiaded for destruti on now. In tmy opiiloni 0tr leads will swimi andi we'll I tule downVI." l or the beniefiItiof yout dear' roaders who t hink that is one0 latce the told lady ottgh t 1t1 have st a yed away froth, I'll exiilattn by saving I went tt tif cutrios ity to see whait. it is t hat tl eases the imutltitudo an iut saw! Mtuiday ini the( taplital! Isn't. It st ranlge when~ 0on 1has a1 Chiance to 'rest youh (n'iilt? Or at least thait is what alwvays happllens to imet. "Dontif't get iip .yet, .\ammila, yout'l Iw~ake utp e'verybody. WVe don't have breakfaust tIll 9:30. We go ftomn breakfast table to Sunday School--aieen on"! I'm here to tell you that the habit of a StidaY we had In Washinwon. IL -arter of a entuliry enn't be broken was il(t ill a theat tu. *ross frot by sayting, "Sleep on." lie (lil an, aid was composed entirely At the breakfast (able we decided on or yo irls, a good iijori t f the our day's program --To Calyary B3ap- 150 young womet beig War woi1(0s. I tist cllich in the lorning; to the Tile Itittli or these guts is Miss l1on Motistory (Catliclie) to vesper service who is o)11 or tile editors of 'T h and at ni;lt to .louit Verinon .\Ietho- Nat ttt (eograph(~al MLwazjieI, a ditlilthur,, as that was the nearest vol eia I ed youig wotiit whose ill to our stopping plaie. We did Watiit to Ilit lot i eleiitv alollo witl go to tite hlurh tle lPrident aet tends but that was too far frotti tts. We ily ww4 is withilt yot." When went first to Sunday School andI here we itto the (itittth wc wvre told were two dlinet. feaures abou eilutth :F111dy "ilol %v ttede thl Sunyday wem' hw ad \%.n : Wahn ton I Slinday School rooms (alI't. hold th' sinall wooden l) sw., ith i thill)e n. P"luIls, hence the -150 girls go across .inst b Ifhe S-ruI~l tm cou-eg to the theatrie. 'Ihe regialar pastor . . 1'n11 rre'tr if' lniSon "Oil the lir.st dav wastit tl'('ent. he'. s olf o n iis va (atioil. but IIl assistaliti, Or. (;revIl. tI' as 1r4 L ord a: p spil red LiaV( 1l it go Sd 01'111011. The pastu You, 141 (a( l one lIa.y by ill tol'e, and has beeI there 1) years and I sall with On, accord the O tirig goets in Ia wa ysl; regrel that I did not g't 1 tll' n d lie collection is taktol I look in lite tal' f a ipreacher thal w ars s w ll heIf has i:reaclied 1i years il One In il lii a li i ll y keei) }n I is l-h i rollly w id dbi' i e c110 of th on aind hi . yolntger assistant11. 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