The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-14
COUSIN DAVIS INDITES
LETTER TO COUSIN PERCY
Thinks Of Putting on Clearance Sale
Of Ash Trays-Needs New Suit
of Clothes-Not at Law, and Sees
No Reason Why Major Fu!P Does
Not Give Dinner, Willing To At
tend.


near that you had arrived in New
York. i" suppose the boys asked a
good deal about me when you arriv-
ed and wanted to know all about the
Dutch Kolone. Well, guess you
could give it a good recommendation
on heat, because I burned two tons
81. coal while you were here trying
TO IkeepIthe steam running so that
you would keep warm. I am glad your
boss was pleased with your write-up
in: n.:thenPress and Banner.
Everything is moving along nicely
down here. None of my creditors
has sued me yet, and only one has
threatened to do so, and my lawyer
says they generally threaten about
three times before they sue, so l will
rest easy until l get the third letter.
A good many people have been put
ting on clearance sales. Philson and
Henry had a big one, and Poliakoff
and Parker and Reese. They seem to
have stirred up good deal of trade.
1 am thinking of putting on clear
ance sale on these lady-ash-tray
holders have on hands. was think
ing there would be big rush for
ash trays and stands for Christmas
So l hurried in and cornered the mar
ket on the Indian lady ash-tray-
stands and l now find myself with a
hundred and thirty-one left. There
was not as much ashes to be trayed
as I was looking for. would be glad
if you would inquire around New
York little and see if you cannot
stir up a shipment of job lot up
there. Cigars are high down this way
which reduces the amount of trays
needed and everybody is so economi-
cal that they walk out on the front
piazza and shake the ashes off the ci-
gars into the yard rather than buy
a tray. l suspect if you would see Joe
Hartman, j. Pierpont Morgan and
Cousin Walter Tusten you might
work off three trays. Give them
good recommendation and tell all
prospective buyers that we guarantee
the trays and that they are held by
the most beautiful Indian girls you
have ever seen. You cannot put it too
strongly if there. is chance to get
rid of few trays.
No, we have not had any turkey
set back dinners down this way this
winter as yet. Most of US have not
had any money and you cannot buy
turkeys on a credit. That is the rea-
son why 1 have not had one. But I
do not see any reason why Major
Fulp should not give a dinner this
year as we'll as last year. You see he
is a salaried man, and his salary is
paid just the same, whether times are
hard or not. Turkeys are cheaper
than they were last year and so is
oyster pie and all other good ingre-
dients. It seems to me that it would
come handler to him to have a big
dinner this year than last year when
everything was so high. Mrs. Fulp
;nld Big Sister that the Major would
have a dinner but she was afraid that
it would make all the men like me
who could not have one feel bad, but
she is mistaken about me. cannot
speak for the others but l would no;
feel bad at all. l would 60 right a.
head to his dinner and eat just as
much, if not a. little more, than l
would if l expected to have a dinner
the next week. Everybody would
know why 1 was not giving the din
ner in return, so why should I wor-
ry. It may be that there are some
about our town who would feel bad
about being asked under these cir
cumstances, but the thing to do
would be for Major FuIp to ask every
body about this, and those who would
feel bad under. the circumstances
could stay at home. There is noirea-
son why those of US who would like
to 60 to his dinner should be forced
to stay at home on account of these
people with so much feeling in the
matter.
If you see my partner Edison up
in your city, tell him he had better