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b ' "V'' V'-:• V ■- v^»*V That’s what you find in the tire Goodrich has. built especially for Ford cars, "The Goodrich 375/ in size, burlier ifi 'Strength—x 3Jf~ inches—with an inch larger on the circum ference, and thicker in the cross section than ordinary size Ford tires, it makes a different car out of . your Ford, different looking and different riding. The added class and efficiency quickly cancel the slightly higher cost ‘Three-Seventy-fives,** like all Goodrich Tires, are the standard in their class by which other tires are meas ured. ' To learn the value of any tire, square it up to the Goodrich Square of Goodrich List Prices, and the Good rich . More-Mileage Adjustment—6,000 miles for Safety Treads; 8,000 for SU- vertown Cords. The comparison of the mileage adjustment and the prices, tells you why experienced tire users stick to Goodrich Tires. Bay Goodrich Tire* gg from a Dealer ADJUSTMENT Fabric* • 6,000 miles Cords . 8,000 miles You remember how the Pied Piper of Hamlin Town played a siren tune' S ' on his pipe and lured the children away. The land is now full of Pled Pipers 2 who are trying to Induce people, to sell their Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps. They are making ’‘golden" promises; they are offering stock in con sents which they say will make you rich. Hold your government securities. HE TELLS WHAT HE THINKS OF AMERICA Syrian 8aye Now Is Time For Every Man To Prove Patriotism—An swer Pound in War Savings . *' Stamps. It aopqStfttea takes the new-comer to aypreeiate America. The native- born is often too dose to the situa- tioh id realize what this country ataKki'ifo the world today. He is used to all feat it offers, taking it as a mat- tar of Course, and frequently loses the vlstoa in sordid detail; .while the new-comer—but listen to what one of them had to say. Ha Is Oeorga E. Rihbany of the lilt elaas of the Boston High School of Commerce and ha came to this country from his native land, Syria, whan he was It yaara old. In a four- minute speech on the value of War Savings Stamps, given et the school recently, he said In closing: "Mete is not characteristic of the American people, but the Germans taught us unwillingly how to hate them. Now It Is a ein not to hata the spirit tht Hun showad and not to abol ish It frpm the face of the earth. Of the latter we are positively sore, be cause thp American passion for fus tics la a hundrad times stronger than coming an orator and I am sure that I lack oratorical ability, hut auch qualillcations are dnnecesaary Ml an occasion Him this, because the only and beat inducement to a true Ameri can is the call of his duty and govern ment, and not even the best oration of the greatest speaker of all times. “Whether we all realise it ■or not we are aotr in the midst of a period which will be known to all the op pressed peoples of the world as the Americanisation period. Now ia the time for every one of us to prove whether he is a sham American or a genuine American.’’ The practice of thrift and the pur chase of War Savings Stamps are Just now good indications of the genuine American. They make for flhancial Independent, freedom, proaperity and bappineea. KEEP GRIP ON TOUR WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Advertising Clubs Issue Warning Te Protect the Public Against Ubiqui tous Stock Swipdlsrs. was the German passion for conquest. “I never entertained the idea of he- i hie attUude whea it ie piupBlsr to Various ways for prospective inves tors to detect the unscrupulous stock promoters are contained tn»a bulletin recently iasued by the National Vigi lance Committee ef the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World. The bulletin indicates several unmistaka ble algns of the “wild cat” stock p*d- diets which owners of War Savings Sumps and Liberty Bonds will do well to consider before exchanging their valuable securities for the offerings of northern stocks. The warning to prospective Investors Is aa follows: “So far as we have been able to as certain not a etegle case has evsr been reported where the promoters of a le gitimate, worthy tnUrprlss have of fered to tgke Liberty Bonds In pay meat for the eapkal stock of a new company. We believe that the very offer to take Liberty Bond# should piompt the bond owner to consult a banker or legitimsU broker aa to the value of the stock that is offered in exchange tor the bonds. The offer to exchange la an earmark which should serve as a warning. "Another earmark of the faker is ■L postpone action pending an Inveatlga tion. He will usually sneer at'the thought of consulting a hanker or broker of sUndiag. suggesting that of course, they would not recornmend the stock because they have stoeka of their own to sell. “In auch a case the prospective In vestor might he ssnslble eneugh to remember that ft is tbs one who easts reflections upon business men of standing who is" likely to he the fly ■ by-night salesman, and that tha bank er has been in the community many ! years and will no doubt continue in business for many more. He might reason that an established Arm would figure that tt could not afford i to deceive. Yet there are thousands ! of people who allow themselves te he hoodwinked because they believe such fairy stories." * ^ UNCLE SAITS MONEY — BEST IN THE WORLD Color Looks Good To Boys Coming Homs After Seeing Only Foreign Curvonoy for Montlia. Just how good American mousy looks to u man away from home is 'JUastrated by tha story told by one of (lt0Be”'boys who fought Jin France In tha war for the preservation of cfvil- isatlon, and who afterward# saw ser vice across the bbrder in Germany. . Sergeant H. H. Coffee was attached to Company L, 3S4th Infantry, and tor six months was at Trier, Germany, M miles from LuxembCrg. Now he Is back home. “While we were in Francf,” celd Sergeant Coffee, "we were paid In French money. And afterward, when we were In Germany, we were paid la Berman money. The difference be tween the French and Ge{m*n money, as compared with United States mon ey, is amaslng. It Is printed on white paper, and one geta an awful wad of tt for comparatively a small quantity of American money. * “When we got this foreign staff tbs beys were very •liberel fr with it. They would gamble with it, 'would lend it and handle It very carelessly. But when Ve got to Brest on our wuy homo, anB that money waa exchanged for real American money, all that lib erality disappeared, and it waa guard ed zealously.” That Is one of the lessons the war has taught American thoney, any promise to pay on the part of Uncle Sam, Is mighty valuable In the eyes of the world.- Thal ia why the Libert Bondi found so iwady a market, and that is why the War Saringa Stamps look Just as good as money. They are both evidences of indebtedness on Uncle Sam’s part and his written promise to pay. There Is no record yet that he ever failed to meet an HAND GRENADE BANC WILL SOON BE READY Children Are Urged to Begin Saving Money At Once Be That They WtTt Wot Lose Any Time. Some 250.000 hand grenade hanks will he yeady for distribution in the Fifth Federal Recerve District . by August 20, according to a statement iaeued at the War Loan Organisation of this district Every one of these hand grenades was mannfaotured to carry destruc tion to tbs Huns, and now, with per cussion oap and exploslva removed, they are to serve In the campaign for thrift. Made Ini* penny-clot bank* they will be lent one to each child under seventeen years old who calls at a bank. Then, if enough money to purchase one or more War Savings •tamps is eared in a specified time, the hand grenade" bpeonies the prop erty qf the cMld. There has been seme delay in Washington in getting the grenades reedy for distribution, due to the large number that had to be prepared for their new capacity, but It is now as sured that they will shortly he ready. •very child who would like a real souvenir of the great war can get it by calling at the beak as soon after August 20 as possible, far there win probably he more than 210,000 chil dren in the district who will want the grenades, and the supply Is necessar ily limited. Meanwhile, the children are urged to begin saving nt ones so that they may have a “running start” when the grenade banks are delivered. The sooner enough money Is saved to hay a War Barings Stamp the sooner the hand grenade belongs to the fehfld. and the sooner the child begins to save the sooner the desired end win be reached. - , Don’t let the Pled Pipers make a laughing stock and a sucker out of you. x I Isa T HIS Bank’s experience in thebank- ing business is not an inconsider able item of its assets. That experi ence qualifies it to serve its customers satisfactorily. And it is the invariable experience of the customers of this bank that its service in any and every, department of banking is satisfactory; This hank’s best advertisements ^re ! the expressions of satisfaction with its service given utterance by its thous ands of customers.; Because it is satis- fyirig them it knows it can satisfy you, and hence it invites your account either checking or saving, or both, • * . and it will extend you every accomo dation consistent with sound banking rules. V* 1 4 \ i » National lank CUNTON’S STRONGEST BANK” thasbuym, are the real builders of wagons. Vou put For spokes and axles final 0 W final Okay upon the use of certain materials and con- * struction when you buy a wagon containing them—and refuse to May awagon that does not. We want to show you how the ThflgshUl Wagon is built. Upon a plain statement of facts ^ weifrewiiling to rest our case. We believe the Thornhill way NPwould be jeer way if you should build a wagon. used For hubs and tough aeeond growth highland hi&ory ia felloes the sturdy white oak ia preferred. i preferred, d is hard— This wood grows upon the mountain side. The eround is hard< themate severe. It has to fight for life. It has nearly twice th^rength of oak and hickory that grows under softer conditions. S ' ■ . Ml.. r three fo five yeara. aap dries in it, giving it a strength thaCs kin to steel The THORNHILL WAGONS Full Grde Iron Mali—hlw Front Houn Plata pain Thrift tef* Thrift Stamp#. In turning and backing up, with the ordi nary circle iron, which is only a half circle, bolsters run off the end of the track and hang. It is difficult to make short turns and back up. The Thornhill full circle iron gives a continuous track on which tha bol sters can turn. The gears of Thornhill wagon* stay in line for life. Instead of the usual front hound plate, a hound plam of malleable bon is used. It is a metal jacket braced at eight points that keeps gears from ever getting out U line. On the front bolsters of ThomhOt wagons top and are heavy iron plates runnipf . along top bottom—connected by rivets that run clear through the bolster. Strength and lightness are combined. Rear gears are strongly ironed. There are braces on both top and bottom that emend the full length of the hounds. Solid trust bun extend the full length of the axles giving them double strength. K you examine the beds of Thornhill * Wagons closely you will see at once the superiority of the construction. The bottoms are re-inforccd over front and rear bolsters. • Come in and examine this wagon for yourself. We will take pleasure nd pride in showing you a Thornhill—The i» made of ttough highland oak and all others lack. [610-al FARMERS MERCANTILE COMPANY CLINTON, S. C. —II » ........ Vl , Grove’a Tastele## chin Tonic restores vitality and energy by pnrifyk# and *o> rkhiadthe blood. 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