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FARMER "GET* LESS, BUTHe Has to Pay More for What Ha Doesn't Raise. The U. S. Department of Agriculture has just announced that notwlthstand lng the Increased cost of living among the people &b a whole there was a greater decline in the prices paid to farmers {rom Aug. 1 to Sept. 1 this year than there was last year. The average farm prices of the important crops (corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, potatoes, tobacco, cotton and hay, which represent about three-fourths of the value of all the country's crops) declined 7 per cent during the month, while in that time last year they declined in price only 4.4 per cent., and during the last * four years the decline in price averaged 3.8 per cent. The average of farm prices on Sept 1 was 2.8 per cent lower than on that 41ate last ' year. Prices paid to farmers on Sept 1 this year, with comparison of prices paid on the same date last year, follow: Articles. 1912. 1911. Corn $0,776 $0,659 "Wheat 855 .848 Oats S50 .404 Barley 535 .770 Bye .708 .769 Buckwheat 766 .740 Flaxseed 1.626 2.086 Potatoes 650 1.137 i Hay 12.140 14.610 i Cotton 113 .118 1 Butter 242 .231! 'Chickens >. 113 .1111 Eggs 191 .174 | But the prices on tariff nurtured I articles of manufacture which the farmer has to buy continue to soar. , TRUTH ABOUT THE TRUST, Expected Economies from Combinari? KI\AIlw? i WIUll W HWl IVI CI kv I ICi I Ifcv. (Louis D. Brandeis in Collier's.) Leaders of the new (Third Term) : party argne that industrial monopo- i lies should be legalized, lest we lose , the efficiency of large-scale production and distribution. No argument could 1 be more misleading. ! It may be safely asserted that in America there is no line of business ( In which ail or most concerns or plants must be concentrated in order to attain the size of greatest efficiency. For while a business may be 1 too small to be efficient, efficiency does not grow indefinitely with increasing ( also. What the most efficient size is , can be learned definitely only by experience. The unit of greatest efficiency is reached when the disadvantages of site counterbalance the advantages. The Unit of greatest efficiency is exceeded when the disadvantages of size outweigh the advantages. The history of American trusts ^ makes this clear. That history shows: First?No conspicuous American trust owes Its existence to the desire for increased efficiency. "Expected eoonomles from combination" figure largely in promoters' prospectuses; but they hare never been a compelling motive In the formation of any trust On the contrary, the purpose of combining has often been to curb effl- ! dency or even to preserve Inefficiency, thus frustrating the natural , law of the survival of the fittest. Seoond?No conspicuously profitable trust owes its profits largely to ' superior efficiency. Some trusts have been very efficient as have some Independent concerns; but conspicuous profits have been secured mainly through control of the market? through the power of monopoly to fix ( prices?through this exercise of the j taxing power. Third?No conspicuous trust has been efficient enough to maintain long ; as against the Independents its proportion of the business of the country without continuing to buy up, from time to time, its successful competitors. There is plenty of peace about the Taft candidacy, but nobody claims It . passeth understanding." , < Woodrow Wilson says to the longsuffering farmer who buys in a trustcontrolled. highly protected market ; and sells his wares in a free market: I "Walk into your own house and take possession." How many of those who are strug- ' gling with the "High Cost of Living" ( believe there is to be any relief if the 1 Republican party, which brought It about, remains in power? s i i The Bull Moose ran things with a 1 ?... J ' . DIB BUCK Ol Tnwumgmu tui bbvbu urin a half year* and didn't by act or word amlte the bosses he now rails against i ' or promote the causes he now "em- ' bodies." Being "a practical man," ha ; asks a third, etc., term. By applying the common sense test'! to Rooseveltlan romance Governor 1 Wilson manages to keep the country both amused and thoughtful. j1 What's a Moosette? A Third Term i' peekaboo! < ! Gov. Wilson said to the newspaper 1 men, at the New York Press Club < banquet: "Suppose you had a House < al Representatives mixed lite the present Senate 1 think we could all go fishing for the next two yean." Bat he's at the helm and there wont be ] any Democrats that's s!L \ ? JSI in iiiaH i I "I Am well" | writes Mrs. L R. Barker, If of Bud, Ky., "and can do B all my housework. For years I suffered with such P pains, I could scarcely j* stand on my feet After three different doctors had B failed to help me, I gave K Cardui a trial Now, I feel 1: like a new woman." B ICARDUI I The Woman's Tonic I A woman's health de- B pends so much upon her E delicate organs, that the B least trouble there affects Kr, her whole system. It is E the little things that count, B in a woman's' life and R health. If you suffer from E| any of the aches and B pains, due to womanly weakness, take Cardui at r' once, and avoid more serf- ft. ous troubles. We urge H . i Our Clubbing Rates "We offer cheap clubbing rate ' vs'ith a number of popular news- j papers and periodicals. Read care-! fully the following list and select j the one 01 more that you fancy and | we shall be pleased to send in your order. These rates are of course all cash in advance, which means that both The Record and the paper ordered must be paid for, not 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, but twelve months ahead. Below is the list of our best clubbing offers. The County Record and the South-' em Ruralist (twice a month) for $1.25 a year. j The Record and Home & Farm | (twice a month,) $1.35. The Record and New York World! (3 times a week,) $1.75. The Record and Atlanta Constitution (3 times a week) $1.85. The Record and Bryan's Com-j moner, $1.65. The Record and Cosmopolitan Magazine $2.00 Ihe Record and Youth's Companion (New Subscribers) $2.50. The Record Semi-Weekly State, $2.50 The Record and Watson's Magazine $1.65. The Record and The Jefferscnian $1.65 The Record and Lippincott's Magazine ??.75. The hcjord and Natr'onal Magazine $2.00. N. B. We do not club with any daily papers. The first issue you receive of the Daoer or Deriodical is evidence that the money for same has been forwarded by us. We are not responsible after that. The County Record, Picture Cards. The missionaries in China are asking for Sunday-school cards. This request has come recently from Miss ; Sophia Manns, Sungkong, China, says the missionary bulletin, organ if the Women's Council of the M E ;hurch. These cards need not be lew or up-to-date. A number are leeded. The Sunday-school at Sungitong is overcrowded and the children are eager for the pictures. As1 they meet the missionaries on the streets they beg for pictures, and n the Sunday-school room they lis- " ten quietly and watch the pictures j as the lesson story is told. Gather up your cards, even those that have oeen us'ed and the large picture rolls, J and send them to Miss Manns and to l 5ther missionaries. Your postmas- | ter can tell you how much postage ' | is reguired. j ^ J W Copeland, of Dayton, Ohio,' purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's 3ough Remedy for his boy who had j ^ a cold, and before the bottle was j all used the boy's cold was gone. Is that not better than to pay a live dollar doctor's bill? For sale by all dealers. Iyion Brand Shirts, Collars and Ouffs?the best made?at People's 1 Mercantile Co. 10-3-tf. | Get Busy $ TF jou have clover, 1 I or alfalfa, it will pa: hay takes barn spa easily and you cannot hay that is baled whii high-priced city mark< upon which you make money in owning an IIHC H The horse power pre: ity than any other ho: They are lighter draft a The step-over is the made. They have an i which insures com pa equipped with a rollei staggling ends, thus ma appearance. * I H C motor - -esses i ber and anIHC en? stantial trucks. The I motor press correspon chamber of the. horse 16 x 18 inches, and 17 x lost in setting up the moved easily from pla the stack or barn, ands The engine does not n and there is no danger operate a small threshe I wood, shell corn, grii generate electricity, or Drop in and see an your town, or write for Internationa! Harvestei <Inc>r:>i Columbia I H C Serri The purtpose o( this 13 of charge to ail. the best on better farming. If yo tions concerning soils, ci ci:i - .. fertilizers, etc.. mn and send them to I K C Si Building, Chicago, USA IT r m i m ?bp * ****** ? vfjl Why Mar a mm? Evening's 1 J If Jl<'l I and suffer the tei Iff /Aili 1 neuralgia when a 1 N?ah'S ^nlmel Wta m I It has helped oth< Hi \/ two former sufferer I vV t by the,r knowledge * Noah's L I Penetrates and drives this te I ate relief. j| It Is also an excellent rem acne, cougne, cuius unu asun j Noah's Liniment relieves the pains. Sold by all dea and $1.00. I s Could Not Sleep. c "I suffered about five years with 1M1I neuralgia and pain vlllJg in my side. The llVall fain was so severe [fnTmj could not sleep. llJInlUlJ I tried Noah's Lin- TESTS lment and the first m*MMi application made M)IU|? me feel better than I have in many year a.?Mrs. immmi Martha A. See, ? ??? Bichmoad, Vai" -=3 mm Don't wait until the cold blasts of winter are upon you ;o order your supply of coal. }ive me your order now. Order your Cotton Seed Weal and Hulls for cow feed from L C. MONTGOMERY, i KINGSTREE. S. 0. Bucklen's Arnica Salve Tim Best Salve In The WwM. i ^ith A Baler j ^ Hi iimorny, prairie grassf : V you to bale it. Loose ^ j ce. You cannot sell it ship it at all. It is the ch is in demand in the ' jj ets. This is the hay your profits. There is ay Press j ;seshave greater capacrse press of equal size. .nd easier on the horses, lowest and narrowest idjustable bale tension, ct bales. ' They are |lj tucker to turn in all iking each bale neat in consist of a bale cham- M ;ine mounted on subbale chamber of the ds in size to the balfi press?14x18 inches, 22 inches. No time is machine. It can be ce to place, 1 ;cked to | tarted to work at once. j eed a man to watch it from sparks. You can r or corn shredder, saw id feed, pump water, ji run a cream separator. I H C local dealer in ? a catalogue. ? | Compaq of America j; iratAfll ^ i I ce Bureau j ureau is to furnish, free , . information obtainable u have any worthy quos- I ops. land drainage, irri- ! ikeyourinouiries specific WMnUI/ :rvice Bureau, Harvester W/M" Pleasure ; Tfble agony of \/f SV^W/rff i :ew applications XT at will relieve T\j jj/s ffBRgwj \ its. Read what /P jf /' s say and profit \ iniment \ l_ rror away, giving lmmediedy for jiore throat, tooth.71 a. the aches, frightens away lers In medicine, 25c, 50c Suffered Yt?r? !"My wife suf- | fered for several years with neuralgia and too:hache. She used about Italf a bottle off Noah's Liniment and got Immediate relief. I would not be without It Jn my house at any cost.?J. ?5. Fisher, Policeman^ Hodges, S. C." ""TDOMESTIC! Jkow amgmth ; wjf Yiq can pVc# th# K!df I AJVX m .del. fnatr.? jVf ;-J| ^Kiffia tif. Um r t ' on i i r /Mffr y ^ Qjren of all sewfr machinaa.in your hoo* ^ us.- it C'?r.t nuLih/ ! :l - month, r.r d or joy a vary apodal pHc<( "Ll hwiflSlit,'OT9ydirect to yet or from our Ftyytfatrerc'. A r^-cmSca&t moc-ica-* i We Will Take Yoai Old Machine VGntX?' liberal allowance on a aplcr. i:.? ncv, f a T'n I ** " * Doactti-r. And you car. ?uil trke ad if'TAnngcit the special pneo ana caa: domestic Xhep?.-leH: "win- maffVnotfcr.t Imi -h7*>-* iod a!i othet I ni: :ctian?i if 3<ia> b*tr?r t.ic.n ?vor. Tw.> n-.ir in.<n rti*~:oci'. attlch afxl eh?Jn fc: .ia>?r tvai. nit> tr.^ toll r>-?rir?. A compl-t r>.jy on-nra<t?t*!, ?v;.. f^r ?v*ry-. . ; ?. '?!. ?"o *?'. c ^ -*v?'it*onnyvfer"1 ms'hfn-pr- * . *' '-* lEI'U BOOK. Th?: -'i* . > % :.4 Muchl ^f." U-Trc ;?ca f.otr >ou ??in rav? . . . . ?* ? . . s-N ire mr.de at a Scocir I iaO?* a?>d *. 4 V.d' l*h.U rhr *? r#ll . irf-l ^r??w tf'*'' ' 9 Y 1'AS 01 AK\.n7FE. "(Wtthafacta b*?.V-? yoi 7. - Irua * ... U^Ui' <.%? *rii| ?* /a J ruor#y. .< '-? :t X? V. S UJU J:ni; kittUlCi. 4l.'?ii?ioI>i, *,..,.11 C-4JJ2, * <!* ? ?> " ' ' ' rOLEYSKlDl?Y PIUS Fo? Bmkm?K IUe*sjn**ouBiaoa?a / , . * WHAT*I TUMI A r I 1 /IabVVH >| E.ASM ^ $M AMO \ I JUST ASK YOUR WIFE IF SHE WOULD LII SHE'LL LIKE THE KIND W^ S COME, SEE. FARMERS' S him?i mi - mi miir nmr ^YTSWa 9 1 They interlock and overlap eacl 9 hardest driving rain or snow cannot sift 1 Won't pulsate or rattle in wind-sto I last as long as the building, and never i | We have local representatives almc I immediate locality, write us direct for s I CORTRIGHT METAL R I 50 North 23d Street ?i?:?:?:?.?:?:?:?:?*? ? 1 f fiT ?L. J. 31^ ? The Coffins and ? |j offers his | Day an< @ in tl & I FIRST OFFICE OVER STACK ? ? Yours to 1 L. J. STA ? K = Go To I 4MI WHEN YOU NEEO ANYTI A record of more than t hind him. With a bunch c on hand, he is always read Also Feed and L J. L. Stuckey, The County Record and So Only , i WENEW I f I (E TO HAVE l| A NEW RANGE? B . ' 1 a*aa w 1| i other in such a way that the * : under them. I / jfl rms. They're alao fire-proof, will I .jffi i:?:?:?:?:?:@:@:@:@:@ flj lCKLEY, 11 7 a II v? -m (?) M Caskets Man <?> m @ services | J Night ?1 ? mn t HRn [LEY'S DRY GOODS CO.'S. ? Serve, jp lCKLEY. i?:?:?:@:?:?:?:?:<! H Stuckey , M j?L z, irl tING IN HORSEFLESH ^ wenty vears stands be>f nice horses and mules y for a sale or a swap. M iivery Stables. ??-1 ntiinrn DiirftU<vl turn YoOr !H uiiicii! nnrofroi unc icai \mm 1.25 M