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WHAT TIME IS IT? Tick-tock— TO REVIEW 1I8IH. REGIMENT It isn’t much of a clock as clocks go. Jupt an ordinary; everyday affair, such as one sees on the wall of almost any office. Perhaps you’d never glance up at it unless you' happened to be late for luncheon... * It.hangs in the counting-room of one of the biggest banks in New York, and there‘8 nothing unusual about Tt except that it was put up the same day an Austrian princeling got him self killed at Sarajevo—and started the war. ^ It used to keep pretty good time. After -we got into the war and got to going good, some one put a Mttle red sign across the face of it so tha^ whenever you looked up to see whaf time it was you saw the little sign staring at you impertinently; "TIME TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS.” Tick-tock— That clock was ticking off the min utes when the guns were booming along the Somme and while the Crown Prince was battering vainly at the gates of Verdun. It was tick ing when the Lu- s i t a n i a went dowft — when Bernstorff went back — when Pershing went over. It was tick ing when there wasn’t an Ameri can soldier on the Western Front, and when there were two million, with more on the way. Tick-tock— It was ticking that day four months ago when the German Ar- m 1st ice Commis- sioner took out his fountain pen v and signed his name on the dotted line—ticking at the rate of $555 a sec ond. Tick-tock— $656. Sixty seconds make a minute—sixty minutes make an hour—$60,000,000 a That’s what the war was costing America when the Arinistice was signed. Quick! Some one! Stop the clock! Well, some one did. That day of our first Peace Cele bration when we all wont crazy and tore loose, some wag in the bank did stop the clock. Took out the pendu lum and tied a big piece of black crepe on the clock itself. And every body laughed and yelled their heads off—because the war was over. That was the end of it The war ^was over—the clock was stopped and everything. Well—almost everything. Other clocks still wept on tiekjng— at $555 a second! They’re still tick ing. Not at $656, to be sure—but it will run far into millions before next June. We still have a job to finish. We still have war-bills to pay. And Amer icans always pay their bills. We still have an army at the bridge heads of the Rhine/ and we’ve got to keep it there for a while—if we’re go ing to get a real peace in place of an armistice. And then there are the soldiers to bring back 'and the wounded to care for and the crippled to make over and jobs to find—before our job is finish ed —before we cap turn all our ener- gies to making plows and automobiles again. ~ It’s “gotng to take money, we've got to raise it. That’s part of our job—yours and mine and the peo pled next door. The bank with the clock can’t do it —all the banks in the country can’t do it—if we are going to go ahead after ward making plows and automobiles and opening up new mines and plant ing more wheat fields. We’ve got to have credit, if we are going to get back on a prosperous business basis. And we can’t have credit. If the banks have all their money tied up in Liberty Loans. Whenever one thinks of the proa- peyity and happiness we can have hi this country, if we make good use of the opportunities that lie jnet ahead, he should think of that clock in the bank wKh its streamer of crepe and its Mttle red sign: And of the millions of other clocks that were ticking off the minutes dur ing the war just-as that block in the bank did and—well— Tick-tock— Those clocks are stlM ticking. Col. McCully Desires All Members Who Preceded Regiment Homs - to Moot it at Columbia. Fort. Mill.—Former Lieutenant Col onel Thomas B. Spratt has received a communication from Col. FT K. Mc Cully commanding the 118th infantry, in which he expresses the desire that all officers and enlisted men of this regiment who have preceded Jt to the United State, whether by reason of wounds or any other cause, meet in Columbia on a day to be ?et later during the first week in April for the purpose of reviewing their regiment. There are quite a number of wound ed men and others who were sent home on special duty who will be ex pected to be present at this review and pardcipate in the exercises of the <uy: Sentiment for Withdrawal. Spartanburg.—The question of leav ing Spartanburg county and joining Cherokee was discussed at ar meeting of several hundred people from the Cowpens and Chesnee sections of this county, held at Chesnee. A large number of persons from Gaffney and other' Cherokee points were present to press the claims for the annexation of this section of the county to Cher okee, and the meeting was quite an interesting one. There is apparently much sentiment in the Cowpens and Chesnee sections of the county for withdrawing from this county and annexing to Chero kee. and the outcome of the matter is anxiously awaited by the people of Spartanburg. Rugs. Those rugs and art squares we men tioned last week are goinj; fast. If you have not seen the rugs we are showing, call in today; Galloway-Sunpson Furniture'Go. Ice Cream Freezers We have just received a large ship ment of Alaska and North Star lee Cream Freezers. You w ill need one / < later in the summer. "Why not buy it now-and begin at once tojmve that good home made ice cream. Galloway-Simpson Furniture Co. Meeting Largely Attended. St. Matthews.—The Calhoun Coun ty Cotton Association held a /largely attended and enthusiastic meeting in the court house here. Delegates from every section of the county were present, -The • campaign.-. Tor- cotton acreage reduction, the planting of in creased food crops and the holding of cotton for remunerative prices Is making wonderful stdies in this coun ty. Reports were received, much ur gent- business transacted and statis tics are now being compiled for the purpose of forwarding final reports to State headquarters on cotton acreage reduction, fertilizer reduction and many other matters of vital impor tance to the cotton interests. State Aid for Chester. Chester.—W. D. Knox, county su perintendent of education, announced that the rural schools of the county will receive the following State aid; Rossville school, District No. 6, $300; Edgemoor school, District No. 11, $300; Fort Lawn school, District No. ■ 17, $300; Boscomville school, District No. 18, $209; Richburg school, District No. 19, $300; Pleasant Grove school, District No. 20, $200; Oakley Hall school, District No. 21, $200, and Ar menia school. District No. 29, $200, Big Cotton Fire. Sumter.—More than 4.500 bales of cotton, together with 10 or 12 freight fears on the Atlantic Cofist Line rail road were destroyed in a fire at the Sumter Cotton Warehouse Company plant here. The loss is estimated at between $500,000 and $700,000. The cause of the blaze was undetermined. In addition to the cotton compress shed and platforms of the warehouse company, the railroad cotton platform and several cars loaded with fertilizer were licked up by the flames. Several brick warehouses filled with cotton About haif the-cotton was in storage with the warehouse company, the hal- An( j. ance-lxeing xiwned..by. buyers and mer chants. There’s another liberty loan eomtnf. Tiek-tock— What time will it be by your clock next month when the Victory Libsrty Bonds are offered? this kind of spirit won THE WAR. The following letter has been received by the War Loan Or ganization at Richmond, Va., from Mr. A. W. Hall, manager of the Sykesville (Md.) Herald. Who could ask-more? ’’The Herald will go to tbs War Loan Organization without charge. Moreover, we^ invite you to use its columns in any way you see fit for the Victory Loan. It has freely given ser vice and space for all war afctifi- tiss r.nd will not stop now. Pleaae accept the tree copy. Proper Spirit Shown. * Laurens.—With four or five civil engineers on the ground, three from the state highway department and two from the county, the work of making surveys fbr the permanent public road improvement in Laurens county is now well under way. The initial survey started at the Laurens- Newberry line, near Kinards. As showing the willingness of the people to cooperate in every way with the road improvement organizations, the store of Smith Bros, was found di rectly in line with the first sutwey made out of Kinards, on the suggest ed . change of route, the owners promptly stated they would move the building out of the way. * School Room Needed. Florence.—Petitions will be circu lated in Florence In a few days in the matter of a bond issue for $100,000 for school improvements. The issue was made possible by a recent act of the legislature. There are now three commodious school buildings in Flor ence, but the capacity of each is taxed and more room is needed for the pres ent enrollment, to say nothing of the Increased attendance which the en actment of the compulsory attendance bill will bring. The school board has decided to meet these conditions. Horry-Cut! Acreage. Conway—Horry county is by no means a cotton growing county since only 10,000 bales were raised last year, yet this county is in sympathy with the cot tort reduction movement throughout the cottop belt. At a meeting of representative farmers held'in the courthouse a census was taken which ^/rtibwed that 4.6 acres was planted to the horse last year against 3.9 acres to be planted this year. Figuring the reduction from this basis Horry cpunty urill not rmlM more than 8,000 oh lea this year. HOW CAN YOU TELL YOUR FAVORITE TOBACCO? As Rain as the Nose on Your Face—Just Smell It Smokers do not have to put tebacco in their pipes to find out if they like it. They can just rub the tobacco between the palms of their hands an’d smell it. The nose is an infallible guide to smok ing enjoyment. All smoking tobaccos employ some flavoring "to improve the flavour and burning qualities of the leaves”, to quote the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Naturally, there is considerable differ ence in the kind of flavorings used, and the nose quickly detects this difference. TUXEDO Tobacco uses the purest, most wholesome, and delicious of all flavorings—chocolate. And the almost universal liking for chocolate in a great measurdexplains the widespread popu larity of TUXEDO Tobacco. .— . Carefully aged, old Burley tobacco, phis n dash of pure chocolate, gives TUXEDO Tobacco a pure fragrance your nose can quickly distinguish from any other tobacco. Try it and see. Q 1 0 y a o I Deitroit Vapor Oil Fttoves just receiv- ed. See our line pf Baby Carriages and Go-carts. S. M. & E. H. WILKES & Lu. iliczrocDlfoI feu We can fix that trouble with your Automobile we believe. ■X 1 * • . . i See our line s! Hupp’s, Anderson’s and Dodge’s. They are here. Ellis-Hatton Motor Co. Clinton*- hoe •Hi HOE D(c HOE 51|c=joizd1(c,.. ioi “Kitchen work is now a pleasure'’ Efficient housekeeping methods are im portant , as capable business management. Yet thousands of women continue to work under conditions that are little better than primitive while men are aided in their daily tasks by dozens of time and labor-saving ap pliances. Busy men would not countenance the re strictions that kitchen labor imposes upon women. So why should women, who com prise America’s biggest industry, ^permit inet. It will save miles of needless steps, hours of wasted time and precious energy: It will make kitchen work a pleasure for you as it has for nearly a million and a half housewives. i ^ This store is tne home of the scientific Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet. Come and see the many models. Let us demonstrate their many patented conveniences and exclusive features. Let us show you how this cabinet will actually cut your kitchen work in half. * c* drudgery to take its tpll in’precious time and Because pf enormous production, Hoosicr’s energy? - . . - ^ • are moderately priced. • i # • * ' Household efficiency should begin with We have just received a solid car-load, the installation of the Hoosier Kitchen Cab- don’t delay getting vours. S. M. & t H. Wilkes & Co. K Laurens, South Carolina f. X t ' \ \ V m h l / v ■■