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PRICES .WD PROSPERITY "Keep the Wheels Moving" is (loo \dvice of Shoe Men (Prom the Root and Shoe Recon Boston, Mass.) The debt of the United States i 1914 was $1,000,000,000. It is no' $35,000,000,000. The interest on our present debt i $1,000,000,000, or more than the cour try's total debt before the war. It cost $1,000,000,000 to run th government before the war. Now i costs $5,000,000,000. This is the price of the war and i must be paid bv taxation, which mus be shared by all. Labor and wages are twice or mor kigher than before the war. Goods which we all use cost mor to us because of high wages, taxa tion and war inflation of values. Inflation has been ana stm is dc ing "squeezed out". This has reduce the cost of merchandise. We stil have high standards of labor cost and taxation. No one must expect that food, mer ehandise, rents, etc., will go back t 1914 prices, and wages, salaries, in oomes remain where they are. Prices this winter are down to be< rock, as they are based on lowe material costs and inflation has bee; taken out. Whether these lower prices hol< for long or not depends?on every body. You, I us and we. If people hold back in buyinj thinking prices will go lower, price -i - J will nse instead. Making a lot of goods is the onl; ray for them to be cheap. If workers are not employed the; "> have no money to spend. If workers a > not employed good becomes scarce and prices rise. Our real problem is that of em ployment for everybody. Employment means money kep circulating all over the country. I mil G?T? BAtjU * J Jewelry lllllllllllllllllllllllll j 44 Head -DUROC J DECEMBER 28; We axe going to sell at aucti j farm, one-half mile of Manning, to the greatest Duroc boars, Jacl ~ Barbecue dinner at 12 o'clock. ' I boar. IJ&RADHAM DUROC FA Tobacco S( I have been testing diffe tobacco to suit the demands of I growing and improving this tol type is thoroughly fixed. Manure heavy, top high, y let tobacco get too ripe, is the w One oz. seed (enough to pi: sale in Kingstree by W. E. Jen J J. H. TUNE, Jc I means more goods at lower prices. i j Every one 01 us must do our share in keeping the country going. | Hold hard to your job. Work bother and harder. We must all spend our money wisely. We must replace J. extravagence with thrift. Your business and your income will shrink if we allow unemployment to become general. Example: Thirty-five thousand men out of work in Detroit don't mean is cheaper automobiles because they are not producing automobi'cs. It does mean 35,000 families without money . to spend for clothing, shot's, fuel, food and rent. A department store recently "laid ^ off" 1,000 employes. That doson't help business, or reduce prices, but iKnnt cop nnn Iasr .1 week in money to spend. The startirg of a vicious circle. Cotton and wollen mills idle all summer and fall means thousands cut of work with no money to spend. And (j hundreds of thousands of yards less II of cloth that would have been cheaper. Keep up the payroll. Keep the wheels moving. Let us create and produce and lower prices normally through industry, thrift and hard work. Keep money circulating. j Help keep up the payroll. Fight unemyloyment. n o -i ABOUT ROMAN CATHOLICS Some people believe one thing, others something else, but nearly every real American wants to know s both sides of a question before he 9 approves or condemns. We make it our business to tell the truth about the Catholic Church? Her doctrines, H?r ambitions, Her system and Her authority. If you f would like to ask a question write us and you will receive a courteous reply. 5 We have nothing to sell, no charge to make. Just a simple question brings a truthful answer?and noth ing else. THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S t LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ; 105 QUEEN STREET, 1 CHARLESTON, S. C. iiiniimiiiiiiinniHi ETTS or your Christmas and Novelties LVERWARE of Everlasting Quality HIIIIHIMHHIIIIHIH1 HOG.SALE -44 Head | ;at MANNING,S.C I on, at 1 o'clock, December 28, on our AA hoaH snura nnH trilts. hrpH SB f's Friend 7th and Fancy Queen Chief. I Come buy a real sow bred to a real I lRM, Manning, S. C. | ?i?mmaBaMMWPMWwM * sed For Sale Carolina Sap]in, one of the bright- j est f ' accoes grown, easy to cure, [ grows smoothe on dark and heavy j lands, will not wallow in wet weather, j .veighs well, has the biggest record ?f any tobacco in this section ,esp3cially adopted to South Carolina . climate and soil rent tobaccos for 15 years ami find this the market best of all. I have been barco for 5 years. and feel sure its lant 18 to yO inches in drill and do not ray to make bright pounds. * ant five acres) 50c. These seed are, on kinson. ihnsonville, S. C. Will Run Foul of Easter The unusually early Eeaster in 1921 seems to be one of the tilings which the retailers who are holding hack in placing spring orders rave not taken into account. In the case of shoes retailers, for instance, it appears that not a great deal is to be done until after the annual meeting of the rotaileis in Milwaukee about the middle of January. If orders are r.ot placed before that time, it was said yesterday," i* will be impossible for the goods to be delivered in full time for the retailers to'do their regular Easter business. Stocks of leather and ether materials in the hands of the manufacturers are said to be light and thev are doing very litt'e buying, if any. "on faith." The consequence is that it will take them about thirty days to assemble their raw materials and at least another thirty days to "^t " shoes out. This, dating from January 15, would allow just eleven days in which to get the goods to the retailer and the latter to sell them, as Easter comes on March 27.?-New York Times. o GREENVILLE GETS CONVENTION South Carolina Automotive Trades Association Elects New Officers Columbia, Dec. 10.?The 1921 convention of the South Carolina Automotive Association fvill be held in Greenville, decision to the effect being reached by the convention in Columbia today. The morning session of the convention was held at Ridgewood Country Club and was featured by str ng addresses by H. B. Harper, president of the National Automobile Association; A. S. Bachelder, representing the American Automobile Association, and J. T. Farleey, vice president and general manager of the 'Auburn Motor Co. Optimism was the keynote of the entire convention. The convention adjourned at 2 o'clock following a luncheon at the Club. The a tendance has been apprcximately two hundreed eand fifty. A. M. .Gibbs, of Columbia, was reelected president of thee association. Other officers elected are as follows: H. Lee Harvey, Charleston, first vice president; Otis P. Mills, Greenville, second vice president; J. R. Paul, Charleston, Member of board of directors from First congressional district, J. M. Holly, Aiken, member from Seconddistrict; J. W. Cananfield, Greenwood ,membeer from Thidr district; W. D. Burnett, Spartanburg, member from Fourth district; D. H. Sadler, Rock Hill, member from Fifth district; W. V. Parrott, Florence, member from Sixth district; W. T. Harmon, Sumter, member frof Seventh district o NEGRO GETS CHAIR Second Jury Convict* in Twenty Minute* Staunton, Va., Dec. 11.?A verdict of guilty, with punishment of death by electrocution, was returned by a jury late today in the trial of Harry Hart, a negro, for an attack upon a 17 year old white girl near here last Wednesday. Judge Holt denied a motion \hat the verdict be set aside as contrary to law and evidence, and sentenced Heart to die at Richmond on February 18 nert The jury which was the second to hear the case, was out 20 minutes. The first jury was unable to agree and.was discharged. Fear of mob' violence led Governor Davis to order a com panof national guardsmen from Charlottesville here when the first jury reported a disagreement o The Rev. J. J. Durham, D. D., president of the negro Baptist state contention of South Carolina, died Saturday morning just ofte-r being seated for breakfast at his home. Durham was born in Spartanburg county 74 years ago. In his early days he was a blacksmith. TM\ IThe Universal Gar f Cnlnn ? Onruinn 5 IOdlOO ? OGIIIliG 2 Insist on Genuine Ford 1 Parts. I D.W.SMITH | KINGSTREE, - S. C. aacnavnsmsitV'iBsrovmavii ....?? .1 ?. i Not Yet Too Late to Make Your Fruit Cake! ||J | Your Christmas Dinner I gggg) Must Not be Neglected if 11 g?ip you Wish a Perfect 11 ^ 9 Christmas. ifl FRUITCAKE Ifl Ingredients store ?^ers the folks of Kingstree as many * advantages as are enjoyed by any folks anywhere in || dates the country, for here you can purchase the cream of * |? 1 . .1 1 . ff Tf *. 1 1 ? FIGS wnat tne mantet oners, n its tne Dest on tne marRaisins ket y?u ^ ^ere? f?r 7T*w 3 ' that's the kind of a store ours is. | TS WE SELL THE FAMOUS ^fBpr If ORANGE PEEL v . ^ [FilBW vffSl lemon peel Roysu ScsLTict and White Rose s BRAZIL NUTS BRANDS OF CANNED GOODS JKjg? 1 PECANS f . |1. WeVe well prepared to take care of your | needs in Oranges, Apples, Nuts and Can- | r*f all Ir nrlc Vrm'11 finrJ if mnrli fn ''J 11^^^ Al VfcAVV/ v/ A MAX 1\AA1VIU? 1 VU 1A AAAA^WA A. V AAA VA VA* W V-T "^srM Y^ur fadvantage to come here for your g | L. S. WEINBERG II I " QUALITY THINGS TO EAT " SUM Phones 204 and 205 Kingstree, S. C - JsSBB I nAKU 1 Won't Hurt You! J ] It] [Is a Matter of Mind Over Matter I WeTare with you and intend Jto Ostay 1 m with you. If you haven't any I 1 money and need a I I Horse or Mine ?i I we can supply your wants 1 I Brace Up--Don't Holler! I Arrowsmith Mule Company |; I KINGSTEEE, % - SOUTH CAEOLINA 1