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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-05-19
REGISTRATION NOTICE

The Office Of the Supervisor OF
Registration will be open on the ls'
Monday in each month for the pur
pose Of registering any person who
is qualified as follows:
who shall have been q resident
of the State for two years, and OF
poll: precinct in which the elector
offers 10 vote four months before
the day of elction, and shall have
paid, six months before, any poll
tax then due and payable, and who
can both read and write any section
to him by the Supervisors of Regis
tration, or who can show that he
OWLS, and has paid all taxes collech-
bic on during the present year, prop
erty in this State assessed at three
hundred dollars or r,ore.
r. E. CL.HKSON,
Clerk Of Board.
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HOUSED IN OLD BUILDINGS
Financial institutions Of Yorktown,
Virginia, Do Business Among His
terIe Surroundings.

Within 20 miles Of where the first
English settlement In America was
made at jamestown Is the scene
where Capt.. John Smith records the
story of his rescue BY Pocahontas, the
daughter o.. the Indian chief, Powha-
tan. Within a circle Of 20 miles Ii
to be found the oldest Protestant
church in America; the kitchen where
Martha Washington cooked in good
colonial style; the college which has
graduated three presidents; Bruton
church, In which more men Of his
torical importance have worshiped
than in any other church in America
and Yorktown, where CORVALLIS
surrendered to Washington.
Although Yorktown has popula-
ton of less than two hundred, 1t has
two banks, both Of which are working
in what are probably the two Oldest
buildings used for banks in America.
One of these banks, operating under
state and trust company laws, Is
housed in the historic Oldest custom
house built in America-erected in
IT'S. Here the ships for Philadelphia
were once compelled to enter and
clear. Here at one time was the gath
ering place Of the f1nanciers Of the
early colonists. Wall street has TAX
en- away the financiers, but has left
the same Old building with Its same
old walls Of English brick, some "a by
20 feet square and two stories high.
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R0Bs OTHER BIRDS OF PREY
sFrlaate Pelican" Secures lts Food
Chiefly by Forcing lts Weaker
Brethren to Disgorps.

The frigate bird, also called the maIi-
of-war hawk and the 'frigate pelican"
Is sea bird, so called from its attacks
on other birds. This bird, very large
and with black plumage, is capable Of
very powerful and rapid flight It
sometimes measures ten feet from tip
to tip of its extended wings. On ac-
count of its immense extent of wing
and its dashing habits, it has been
called the swiftest bird that sweeps
the seas.
The frigate bird is tropical sea
bird of two species. The larger ranges
all round the world within the tropics;
the smaller is found only near the
eastern seas from Madagascar 10 Mo-
luccaS and Southward to Australia.
Both species breed in large colonies,
building their nests on rocks, high
cliffs or lofty trees on uninhabited
islands. The birds often fly far out
TO sea. cut most of the time they re-
main near shore.
The frigate birds aerial evolutians
are extremely graceful and 1t scars to
great heights. 1t is said never to dive
for its prey, but to seize fishes only
when they appear at the surface or
above it. Flying fishes form a great
part of Its food. This bird Of prey also
pursues gulls and terms and eats the
fish it forces them to disgorge. The
male acquires under its bill bright
scarlet pouch which is capable Of In
flation.
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Carnival Festivities.

Carnival festivities originated In tne
Roman Catholic countries Of Hur,pe,
where they were celebrated, especial.
ly In Rome and Naples, with great
mirth and freedom during the week
before the beginning Of Lent. Mardi
0ras (literally Fat Tuesday" %
called for the French practice Of pa
radinS a fat OK, 'boeuf gras." during
the celebration Of the day), or Shrovs
Tuesday, Ii the last day Of the car.
nival. The festivities were drst M
troduced into New Orleans IN 1893 by
one Of its French citizens, Mr.. Mang.
ny, and for many years they consisted
Of promiscuous maskers roaming
through the streets Of the city. indu3S'
ing in various kinds Of amusemenfs,
fun and folly.
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NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE

Take notice, that I will make appli-
cation to w. E. Snowden, Probate
Judge Of Williamsburg county, at his
Office at Kingstree, S. c., on the 11th
day of June, 1921. at IL o'clock noon
for Letters Dismissory, dischafging
me as administrator, with will annex
ed. of the Estate of R. II. Footman
deceased. j. E. RANKIN. 49,
Administrator of the Estate of r. H
Footman, deceased.
5-12-5t-S&ob.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
FINAL DISCHARGE.

Notice is hereby given, that the un-
dersigned will make application to W.
E. Snowden, Judge of Probate of Will
liamsburg county, South Carolina, at
his office in Kingstree, S. c., at elev-
en- o'clock a. m, on Monday the 18th
day of June. 1921, for his final dis
charge and letters dismissory as ad-
ministrator of the Estate of Fletcher
Graham, deceased, and at said time
will make full accounting for his act
ings and doings as such administrator.
F. W. WHITE,
Administrator Of the Estate of Fletch-
er Graham, Deceased.
h-12-5t-l&s.
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Oldest Crown Jewel . Sapphire.

Only a few of the early British
royal Jewels survive In the present
repalia. The oldest of these Ii the
sapphire OF Edward the Confessor'
which was originally set In his coro-
nation ring. It was buried with him
In his shrine in Westminster Abbey,
but In 1101 the shrine was broken
open and this and other jewels re-
moved. The sapphire is in the cross
on the top Of the kings state crown.
Legend has It that st. John once ap-
peared before the Confessor as a pill
grim, and that the monarch gave him
the ring, which was returned later.
The stone is reputed to have the pow.
er Of curing sciatica and rheumatism,
out has not been used for this Dur.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR DISCHARGE

Notice is hereby given, That the un-
dersigned will make application to w.
p. ,Snowden, Judge of Probate of Will
Iiamsburg county, South Carolina, at
his office in Kingstree, S. c., at twelve
o'clock NJ, on Monday the 23rd day
of May, 1921, for her final discharge
and letters dismissory as administra-
trix of the Estate of T. ]. Hogan, de-
ceased, and at said time will make
full accounting for her actings and
doings as such administratrix.
AMELIA B. HOGAN.
Administrative of Estate of T. j.
Hogan, deceased. 4-2l-5tl&s
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NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE

Take notice, that I will make ap-
plication to w. E. Snowden, Probate
Judge of Williamsburg county, at his
office at Kingstree, S. c., on the 18th
day of May, 1921, at IL o'clock noon,
for Letters Dis,nissory, discharglng
me as administrator of the Estate
of Willie Matthews, deceased.
JNO. SCOTT,
Administrator of the Estate of Will
lie Matthews, deceased.
4-28-5t-s&ob
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOl
FINAL DISCHARGE

Notice is hereby given that on the
4th day of June 1921, / will apply to
w. E. Snowden, Probate Judge Of
Williamsburg County for Letters OF
Discharge as the administrator Of the
estate of Paul Cunningham.
LAURIE CUNNINGHAM,
5-5-5t-wes. Administrator.
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Arrival and Departure of Trains

Southbound: No. S3, 1858 a. m.
No. 7S, 11:21 a. M. No. Al, 6:l7 p. M,
No. SO, 9:22 p. m.
Northbound.-No. 80, 7:l6. No. 46,
HAS, No. 7S. 5:58.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOl
FINAL DISCHARGE

Notice is hereby given that on the
4th day of June 1921, I will apply to
! W. E. Snowden, Probate Judge of
williamsburg County, for Letters Dis
missory as the Administrator Of the
Estate of Antrim Reddin.
D. ]. EPPS, Administrator.
5-5-5t-WeS.
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Send US your order for school in
vitations. We have a choice line of
stock on hand and will execute the
the work in a finished manner.
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Meets the second Thursday night
in each month. Visiting bretheren
cordially invited. B. E. Clarkson, w.
NJ, J. D. Britton, Secretary.
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Phone 179 for Ice
D. & B. Ice Co.
666 cures Malarial Fever.

Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism.
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subscribed. II the members na'e ouAJ
. few cows each, the assessment may
he made on the share" basis, each
member taking an equal amount OF
stock. For example, suppose $4,000
bulls are to be purchased. II there arc
tan members owning 80 cows In one
block, the assessment on per COW"
basis would be $1,000 for each COW
subscribed. On the share" basis, Il
would take $4,000 worth Of stock for
each member in that block.
BY using these high class bulls one
after another the farmers can rapidly
develop fine milk cows. The calves
from the first bull used will carry 50
ner cent improved blood. When they
IN turn are bred to the next bull. their
calves will carry rs per cent improved
blood. The next cross carries 81 per
cent and the next cross 96 per cent
improved blood.
Some ADVANTAGES Of Bull Associations.
1. Better and fewer bulls at less
cost.
2. Opportunity for line breeding by
purchasing bulls suitably bred to
breed to one another's daughters:
&. The exchange of bulls every two
wears. by means Of which continued
use OF the bulls can be had until their
value as breeders is proved.
4. The Introduction OF purebred
cows.
s. The establishment Of one breed
in a county.
, 1921-11-29
Poultry.
NEW Stills At
LARAMIE FIRED
Summer Construction Work
eliminates in Operations
Started This Week.

A new battery OF pressure stills. is
now boing placed in operation at the
Laramie plant of h Standard com
pany. according TO official announce
ments made here today. This battery
numbering 10 stills is the new refin-
cry unit which was authorized at Lara
mic during the past summer.
Five stills were placed in operation
after having been tested last week.
Two more were fircd up Sunday and
the remaining three were scheduled
to start their original runs yesterday.
The addition OF the new battery
nearly doubles the refining capacity
Of the Standard plant Mt Laramie.
, 1921-11-29
WHEAT SLUMPS
ON CROP NEWS
General Rains in Argentina
Bullish Factor in Opening
of Trading.

CHICAGO. Nov. 2s-whent showed
y DOWNWARD tendency in price today
turing the early trading. Declines
were ascribed mainly to pruft-tahng
on the part of holders Reports OF
Feneral rain in Argentina counted also
a. a bearish character. Opening quota
tons, which varied rum 80 deciine TO
\ like advance. with December u.i4N
to t1.I4n and May sl-I7,. TO s1.ish
were followed by a moderate setback
all around
Later the setbacks became more
pronounced, and It was asserted that
the recent advance OF 12Ho had weak
sned the technical position of the
market. Prices closed unsettled. 1Nc
10 So net lower, with December
s1.1il TO si.I1z and May fl15h TO
s1.15h.
Predictions tha the advent of cold
sr weather would mean increased re-
c.ipts had a bearish influence % the
corn market. After opening IN
changed to sc lower including May at
B4ss to 54Tsc. values displayed but
little power 10 rally.
slightly increased runl offerings
and a lack OF support led 20 decided
fozuturns later. The close was weak,
Ia GlAc to 1900 net lower, with
Afay 53nc to 53Sc.
Oats paraIleled the action OF corn,
starting unchanged TO y TO go lower.
May sSSs to sstzc and later saggsd
further.
Provisions were steady but duh.
, 1921-11-29

last week and building erected TO
house the machinery and other sup
plies which r arriving daily. Just
las soon as sufficient material 10 on
hand tho work OF constructing the
stills and other plant equipment viii
be undertaken.
Charles warnock who VIII have
charge OF tho construction Is now on
she ground and is making prepare
tons for the building.
When tho plant is completed the
Standard plant Will take the wax dis.
tiilate from the Mutual refinery and
through pressure process stills will
extract gasoline that It Is impossible
TO extract by any other process
, 1921-11-29
Livestock Mart

CHICAGO. Nov. ss-U. 8. Bureau
of MarketsScAftls = Receipts. IT,
900; beef stssn and fat shs stock dull.
nrst sales l5c tc 25o lower; choice l.
7o3-pound stesrs. %; bulk beat steers.
s66s-75; butcher cows and hsicsrs
mostly ss-<o0s1s: oannsrs and cut
ter.. $1.7s8a.s5: bulk boiosnas. $3.50
9esS; light calves steady; tor. $3.50;
fat calves. dull talking steady
HogeRsceipts. $4,000: market fair.
~ active. mostly 100 lower than yes
tsrday's average top: t7.1o paid for
$50 to 1eo-pound averages; 1so-pound
weights, sos; bulk ss-7sG7; pigs
100 to 1sc lower. bulk desirables. 81
Clio.
Sheep Recsipts. $4,000; market
active. steady to strong; choice fed
western lambs to city butchsrs'
s1o-as; bulk tat lambs. ss.5o6lo.1o
choice handy ewes. SB-i5: bulk ma
tives. ss-so04-z5; good fat lambs
ss.s59s.5o.
, 1921-11-29
Socialists Urge
Release of Debs

CLEVELAND. Nov. ga resolu-
ton calling on the government 10 re.
lease Eugene v. Debs and others held
under h wartime espionage act wal
adopted by the Socialists executive
committee last night. Each member
of the party is asked to send a tele,
or letter to President Harding,
Attorney General Daugherty and
their congressman demanding the re
lease of the prisoners.
, 1921-11-29
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting Of the Stockhold-
ers of the Casper National Bank,
Of Casper, Wyoming, will be held
at the Banking House of said Bank
at Casper, Wyoming, at 4 o'clock
p. m. Tuesday, January 8, 1921, for
the purpose of electing a Board of
Directors for the ensuing year and
for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come be-
fore the meeting.
o. X. DEAvER,
Cashier.
Publish Nov. 90. Dec. q. IL. 20. 1921.
, 1921-11-29
NEW STANDARD
PLANT GOING
UP Al GLENROCK
Cement to Be Poured Follow.
ing Completion of Excava-
ton Work This
Week.

with excavation work completed
preliminary details completed II Is
probable that the Standard Qndiana)
on company will start pouring con
rrete nt its new Glenrock refinery be-
fore the end OF the week.
The new institution which will be
n re-run plant for the oils handled by
The Mutual refinery will consist of n
battery of eight pressure stills as the
original unit.
Excavation work was completed the
, 1921-11-29
ROCKEFELLER RETURNING.

VICTORIA. B. c.. Nov. 2s.-John
d. Rockefeller, Jr.. and members of
his party who have been in China &c
attend tho opening of the Union Med
ical college at Kicking. endowed by the
Rockefeller foundation OF which Mr..
Rockefeller IS the active head. were
passengers on the liner Empress of
Asia which arrived here yesterday
from the Far East
, 1921-11-29
LAY OFF
ZOO MEN IN REDUCING
TO WINTER BASIS HERE

In the readjustmsnt Of forces at the
local renneries In which the plants
were cutting to . winter operating
basis. e 200 men were cut off the
payroll In he past week or ten days.
This number. In the main includes la
boring forces who were recruited after
, 1921-11-29
WOOL BRINGS z CENTS
IN SALE At KENMERER

KEMAIERER- wyo,. Row. es.-E.
II. Simpkins has disposed OF his 1919,
1920 and 1891 wool clips through a
Boston warehouse for prices ranging
from 20 to 20 cents a pound and which
viii net him % cents. He held the
1919 and 1920 clips until this year
because OF unsatisfactory prices pre-
vailins I'm 1919 and 1890.
, 1921-11-29
Goshen DriIlinE to Resume.

Resumption Of drilling in the Cen
tennial we'll on the Goshen dome
Goshen county, Wyoming. is expect
ed this week after allowing 1oincf
casing to set It $3.50 feet. The well
is reported to have been gassins
through 1000 feet OF water which
filed the casing and as a precaution'
airy measure in shutting of tho wa
ter the forge and stove have been
moved out of tho derrick and steam
heat installed.
, 1921-11-29
MARKET GOSSIP AND FIELD NEWS.
OsAGE OPERATIONS ON INCREASE.

Increased oil prices continue to show a gain in new work
In the Wyoming fields, despite the unfavorable weather that
has prevailed in some districts within the last ten days. This
holds true in the Usage field where the Usage Trust company
has started its second well on section 1S-46-6S after COM
pleting a small producer at 1S feet. Byron Gardner is also
, 1921-11-29

NEW YORK. Nov. 2s.-copper =
Firm: c~iectrolytic. spot and nearby.
1sN Q13x.
Tin-steady. spot and nearby 5000
futures. 30.12.
Iron-steady; unchanged
Lead-Steady: spot, 470.
zinc-Quiet; East ST. Louis delivl
cry spot. 4.7o.
Antimony-Spot. ass.
, 1921-11-29
Denver Quotations.

DENVER Nov. as-cAttls = Re-
ceipts. a.7oo: market strong; beef
steers. t596.25; cows and heifers.
ss.75Q5: calves. ss-5o0s-5o; bulls. s,
03: stockers and feeders, N-2s@e.
Hogs - Receipts. LOO; market
steady; top. $40: bulk. ss-2s07.
Sheep = Receipts. 1000; MARKET
s..ong: lambs. s7.5o9s.75; ewes. s2.5o
"a; feeder lambs. s7.2s0s.25-
, 1921-11-29

the first reimbursement which became
effective during b early summer
morth From announcements made.
the plants are now on 4 winter or>r-
at;ns bssis and Jointly stin have rrsn
over 5000 employee
, 1921-11-29

Foreign Exchange Irregular.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2s.-Great Brit
ain-Demand. s.ssx; cables. 3.o9A.
France = Demand. go; cables
Ie.s41s.
Italy = Demand. 4.o7sz; cables
I4.os.
Belgium = Demand. s.s1h; cables
$50.
Germany - Demand. o.ssA; cables
o.ss&.
Holland - Demand, 35.45; cables
35.51-
Norway-Demnnd, 14.1s.
Sweden-Demnnd, 1880
Denmark-Demand. 1916.
, 1921-11-29
Lance Crock Completion Ordered.


Orders have been given TO dril in
Buck Creek well known as Rodeo
No. 9 on section &c OF the Lance
Creek field and considerable interest
attends completion of the test. The
we'll was drilled to tho sand several
months ago and work was stopped
pending arrangements TO take care
OF production. OIL prices have In
creaseed and tankage and pipe con
nections made with the result that
tho well will DO completed within a
few days.
Converse County Sheep wen No.
being drilled by the Ohio OIL com
pany in same neld is down LIDO
feet and good progress is being made
The Union oil company has been
moving materials for Robin well No
3 to the southwest quarter of sec.
ton 32-s6-e5 and drilling is expected
to be under way early in December.
, 1921-11-29

reported 10 have drilled IN snotner
well on section 21-4s-s3.
Some mystery surrounds the Pro-
ducers & Rehners well on section So
1854, where some reports place pro-
duc;ion as high as 100 barrels a day.
On section 2i45-ss the Upton os-
age company has spudded in for n
new well.
The Nye Petroleum corporation is
Transferring its operations to section
ss4s-es where several wells drilled IN
last year will be cleaned out and put
on the pump and other producers de
veIoped.
The Dakoming on company has
purchased two more rigs for shall
low drilling and enc IS starting n
well on section b4s-s3.
On section 'IT+s-ss the Penn Pc
troleum company 10 down 600 feet
with its well No. s.
Tho well Of tbs Wyoming on Trls;
on section 14z-e& has been recased
and will be carried deeper. according
to the management
Tho Miller interests OF Portland
are fishing for a bit and cable at g.
| 900 feet in their test well on section
1642-e2.
A second wen has been started by
the Gogerty interests on section Is
<6-es. Bert Higgins being the driIier
In charge
Drilling has been resumed In the
Young & Marshall well south OF New
castle after casing the hole.
The Aksarben company OF Ord
| Neb.. have been making locations for
wells to be drilled at an early date
/ on their holdings.
, 1921-11-29

TRIBUNE CLASSIFIED ADS
BRING RESULTS"
, 1921-11-29

Potatoes.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2e.-Potatoss-
Steady; receipts 81 cars; total United
States shipments S23; northern white.
sacked s1.5o61.s5 cwt-; ditto bulk
sT.5s91.7O cwt.: Idaho russets s2.2b
cwt-; Idaho rurals s1.9o92.o5 cwt.;
Minnesota Red Rivers s1.so@1.5o cwt-
Poultry.
CHICAGO. Nov. 2s-Poultry-Alive
higher: fowls. 14Ge2hc; springs. 21c.
turkeys. SOC; roosters. 15c.
, 1921-11-29

Mrs. John Hendricks who has been
spending the last several weeks here.
left this morning for .Thermopolis
where she is making her home
, 1921-11-29
SPEC|ALTIES IN
MARKET ACTIVE
Shippings, Oils and Motors
Feature Trading at Open
, ing Today.

NEW IOEhs NOV. -. - The
OF Liberty bonds ana railway
Issues and tighter money rates con-
ktituted the chief features of the
days broad but certain dealings on
tho stock exchange. Sales approx
mated 100000 shares The closing was
irregular.
NEW YORK. Nov. ,a.-rradins
shifted to shippingsr oils. motors and
their specialties at tho opening Of To-
days stock market Rails. steeis and
equipments evinced little of their TO
cent activity. United Fruit rose IL
points. Mercantile Marine preferred,
American International. wmysover-
land preferred. United States Rubber
and kelly-Springfield tire also hard
ening. Standard Oil OF New Jersey
made an initial gain OF ? points and
this BOON was doubled. the California
issue rising rs. Associated Dry
Goods was strongest OF the speclaitieS
advancing 1 point Pressure against
Union Pacific. New Haven and West.
inghouse Electric caused fractional re-
verses IN those issues
Tho AZ per cent opening rate for
call money encouraged n broadening
OF operations for the long account dur
ing the morning. Oils. tobaccos and
feathers continued to be most favored
although rails, notably Canadian Pa
cinc. Union Pacific preferred. Great
Northern preferred end Norfolk a
Western preferred. showed marked
strength Scars RoebuciS was the only
distinctly weak Issue adding is points
to yesterdays never loss. Accumuln'
ton OF Liberty tonds on a large scale
was uninterrupted. seven of these IS
sues making LEW high records for the
year. The firft IA were the outstand'
ing feature. showing n gain Of 81 Ter
400 at 1914 o
, 1921-11-29

swftzerland-Demand, 1900.
-Spain-Demand. 1900.
G-reecc-Demsnd. 400
observation-disclosures. s2.1z.
B-nzil-Demand. 13.oo.
Montreai-91.375
, 1921-11-29

CHICAGO. Nov. 20
Wheat Open. High. Low. Close
Dec. --s1.14h s1.14& s1.11% s1.11S
May - 1.17& 1.1sA LIN Lisa
, 1921-11-29

Money.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2s-can money.
firmer; high 81; low Az; last loan
5n; closing bid 8; offered at 81; rul-
ing rate AZ.
Time loans. easy: 60 days. 90 days
and sir months 8.
Prime mercantile paper b95A.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-04
Business
Trend Is More
Optimistic

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 29.-The
monthly report of the Eighth Federal
Reserve Bank District shows little
change in the general era of business
but prophecies a gradual trend toward
more optimistic days and brings as
supporting evidence a slowly settling
scale of prices. Meanwhile buyers are
not inclined to make advance pur-
chases, the intense heat has slowed
adown building operations and condd-
lions in the manufacturing world APP
proximate q standstill.
I'm agriculture, reduced acreage, with
wheat and oat crops of poor quality
and a corn crop imperiled by the long
drought, strike a rather gloomy note
for this essential industry. Fruit and
cotton crops are far below normal and
there 10 a noticeable stringency of
cerdit IN farming districts.
The most hopeful factor is the bank
ing ami financial condition, which
shows a continued Improvement, ac-
cording 10 the report. Liquidation of
accounts is proceeding at a satisfac
tory rate and tfer is a marked in
crease in the number of new cash pur-
chases. All buying is largely res
tricted to s~ixty-day basis, merchants
showing a tendency 10 conserve their
assetc and wait for prices to drop still
further.