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INITIAL VOL'K AIRMOBILE Advice Ky H, H. Windsor. In the M my Popular ftkchiiiilw !yh|?xine. vs'* . _ . wjiito* uio man who *tealx a $150 horse promptly KOts a k?hmI term In prUon. ttee autounfldle thieves Ihrotigh* out the country escape entirely or got u few months for idcallng a $fl,000 car, This makes them very bold.. A wHl-oi'KauJ'/.ivl force for Htcallng au tomobiles usually onnnUts of at leutd tl>m? One, the salesman, who under the guh#> of a' traveling wpre xentatlve fur Home staple article, visits a country town, tlnds nut who tH think < lug of itwjriug a car, what oar ho pre fers, and Ith price now. In a most casual way ho relate* how his next door neighbor, having recently pur chased Just such >i car for his wife, and who having died, no louder requires It. lie giv(?s Hut <11 r owner's address and makes an appointment by tele phone far the two to meet In a few day*. In the telephone conversation the ear the buyer wants Is adroitly described. Thereupon the street man gets busy hnd proofs Is to pick up precisely such a ear on the street. He drives It rapid ly u few )>hs?ks, jumps out, and the third miv? takes it to bin place, which has a small garage in front and a concealed -work room In the rear. Tito re some rapl^ work in done, The wheels, 'and .perhaps one or t<Vo other parts, are painted n il liferent color, witii a quirk -drying j?alut. TJien the numbers which the factory has ptaciMl on var ious easily accessible parts are skill fully altered. A 1 is changed to 7\ a 0 hncomes a (t. Or a (t an- 8. Num bers are^ also raised by addition of othe^ figure*. uiul in i? mftnuer dlflt cult of. detection. la the cam; of ? recently stolen ear, the factory re? INtrU^I the engine of tliut number to ho in Cleveland, the body in Dallas, Texas. and the rear axle In Han Fran daco. The following jlay. traveling sales man lulled Into country town aud finds prox|x<cilvo buyer. Says he wan com. lug out (hat way and the owner sug gested driving the car out. He leuvcs It with I ho loiter for a few hours to try It, out. while he g??cs on to the next town to call on hi* customer*. Kcttirnliig, there In a longdistance (Malversation between buyer and "own er" and It In arranged to pay the sales* man bi cash, who makes out a hill i?f sale as owner's agent. The saving of several hundred doljars on a prac* tieally new car makes the buyer an*' lous to get the bargain, as the car In almost sold to a man in the city, but who can't pay for a week or two. (if course, the buyer of the stolen car loses l>oth car and money. The anor^J is for buyers to purchase only from established agent, or from an owner who !* i>erKoiuilly known to be all right ; and for owners to Identify their cars by placing their Initials, or other marks, in such inaccessible places that no ordinary search would discover iheni. TIU* promise of an expeditious trial prevented the lynching of Jim Williams a negro charged with an alleged at* tempt to assault a white woman, at Allendale Monday, according to Infor mation from Barnwelll Monday night After Mve alleged attempt a crowd of white men took the negro to Barnwell < and threatened to lynch him If Sheriff Morris,' of Barnwell County, could not promise a speedy trial. WE WRITE ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE IN MOST RELIABLE COMPANIES i ii ii When You Wank Insurance, See Us < ' . , Camden Loan & Realty Company FRANKLIN and HUPMOBILE AUTOMOBILES EACH IN A CLASS BY ITSELF T GEO. T. LITTLE, Distributor . "BUG DEATH" t Watch .vour IHhIi Potatoes for hugs, and kill them with Bug Death. 50f, and 80e |>ae Itages. We have a few Irhtli Cobbler I'otaloeH fliat should be planted now, jiriee while they last 50 rents |?eeU. W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store Telephone 30. ? % <* B/^LTIMORE, MARYLAND ?? 2?>V United States Fidelity &; Guaranty Co, Absolute Protection Reasonable Rates Prompt Service Surity Bonds Casualty Insurance ' ; . . ' '? -\s C. P. DuBOSE & COMPAN |P?i ? EcSi ;? i REAL ESTATE INSURANCE CftOCKB* BUILDING PHONE ? ' - * ^ APPORTIONMENT ANNOUNCED Kerahaw County Called VfM To Pw-j ' tlMMW $150,000 In Boo*. - Tbo official apportionment* of the l bir<l Utterly loan for the ciiuiitlcM of Houth Carolina were imnouiiml Friday at tlio oftk-o of tlio central liberty Umiu committee. Tlw aiiportlonment* have JaHt been neoelved from the fed-, oral renervo bank <*f lllcbmotid. TUe appm lionmrntJ* for the varloUH OOdJtf? tlea of the State aro announced ae follow*: amhwiiio ...... irso.ooo Aiken ...... . ........ 341,800 Anderson 690.400 Itnmlterg .... 170,000 lianiwell ...... ...... 183,900 lleaufurt 125,000 llerkeley .... - .... .... 125,000 Calhoun 101,000 Charleston 2,015,900 Cherokee .. 178,300 Cheater ...... 204,800 Cheaterfleld .. ...... 195,000 Clarendon , 160,000 Colleton ....... ...... ...... ...... 64,000 Darlington ...... 286,400 Dillon .... 146,200 Dorchester 100,000 K<l?etle1d .. 171,000 Fairfield 184,500 Florence ...... 426,400 Georgetown 1213, 800 Greenville 496,700 Greenwood ,, .... 387,900 Hampton ...Tr:... 140,000 Horry ..._. 125,000 Jaaper .. .... 20,000 Kertfhaw ^JKO.OOO I^niea.ster 191,000 Lauren* 268,800 J<ee 150,000 Islington .. 189,900 Marlon 186,800 Marlboro 217,800 MeOoRDlek 53400 Newtoerry I UK 5,100 Oconee ttBt900 Orangctourg 562,000 Pickens i0t,GO& Richland u 1,818J00 Saluda .... 125,000 Spartanburg 900,700 Bumter 418,000 Union - 175,000 Williamsburg 195,000 York '....? 449,100 BOHEMIANS CHEER ALLIES Citizen* of Austrian Province DenAnee The GermAn War Lords. ? Amsterdam, April 15. ? Thousands of jwtxons gathered irt the streets of Prague, capital of Bohemia, on Sat ? urday, denounced the Germans and cheered the entente and President Wll sou, says a dispatch from that city to the JA>lcal Anzelger of Berlin. All the Czech members of the par liament and party delegates, together with Klovone and Betfbo-Croat delegates met in the town hail and adopted a manifesto. The crowd gathered in the streets outside the hail in support of the policy of tho delegates. The principal demonstration occurred at the close of the meeting. The feeling against Foreign Minister Czerniu was shown by the shoiltw of disapproval with which his narao was greeted. The crowds dlsj>ersod singing anti-German songs. , ? A conference of representatives of ? nil Cxech parties at Dux, the dispatch says, unanimously opposed the estab lishment of a (ierman-Bohemian pro vince, asserting the Czech minority in the Gcrinun speaking region would re sist Germanization tV? the utmost.. Good Rules For Business Men. Don't worry ; don't overbuy : don't go security. Keep a high vitality; keep insured ; keej> sober; keep cool. Stick to chosAi pursuits, but not to rliosen methods. tte content- with _hinaU beginnings and develop them. Be wary of dealings of unsuccessful men. x 15e cautioxus, lyut when a bargain is made stick to it. - * "T~:r ? Keep down expenses, but don't *>9 Stingy. Make friends, (but not favorites. Don't take new risks to retrieve old losses. ? Commerce and Fiuaftce. ? ? f I ?? "CASH AND GARRY" 1 PLAN A SAVING ? LI Mt NATE COST OF DELIVERY SYSTeM AND CUTS OUT *. CREDIT LOSSES. Opportunity For Communliy Workere to B?tabll?h Plan Everywhere by Bringing About Understanding Be - twee* Storekeeper and Customers. Fair and even moderate prices of food and food products these days pi abnormal conditions ara ao greatly in creased over prices which ware stand ard a year or two yeara ago that many housekeepers whose family purses have not been> fattened In ^portion i to the advance In prlcee'are experienc ing difficulty in providing, even with rigid economy, the necessities of life, and many othere are stretching the weekly or monthly allowances ever these nerlods only by taking advan tage of every opportunity to save. The retailers are, as a general rule. ; selling at prlcee which give them no more than a reaaonable profit above coat aad expeases of operation to which they are entitled; but oae of the big Heme figured la cost la the ex pense of credit and delivery/ Thle ex pense is of course greater In larger centers, but even, In the email 'com munities it f a a factor which* con tributes to making food aad foodstuffs, Already dear, even dearer to the con sumer. Any plan whereby the retailer may be enabled to g3ll food products even a fraction cheaper wlthoi^t cutting Into the reasonable profit to wjhlch he is entitled and which he must 'necessar ily have to maintain himself In busl ness, will, undoubtedly, be welcomed by b>tl| the retailer and the consumer everywhere; and the "Caofc ap? Car ry" plan, which la being employed in Jptto of the larger cities of the coun try- would appear to. comcneud . itself. The "Caah aad Carry'* plan? which la simply the doing away with deliv eries so far n* that is practicable, ghd paying cash? not ally eliminates the one expense of delivering one's goods at bis kitchen door, bat also :the mere considerable expense of book-keeping, credit and collections, of which the greatest is that of credit, einco that terim always implies a cer tain percentage of loases. which must , likewise bo figured in by the mer chant, also he could not continue in business very long. In other word*, the man who doee not pay Ills Mtl pen alises the man whd does pay. ' It would appear that In any com munity the retail merohants would willingly give their customers ? the benefit of these coats ? of delivery aad credit? cutting down the prices of food products, if they might have the cooperation of their customers on the "Cash and Carry" plan, which would mean th&t the cuetomer would either "call at or send to the store, pay cask ' for the goods /purchased, and carry the goode home with him. In the handling of heavy gedts there must, of course., he deliveries made. As an example of what saving can be effected through the "'Cash and Carry" plan, one of the largest dairies ' in the United States operates 186 qiilk stores or depota In New York City. This big dairy corporation recently advertised what la termed "the bigger service," and announced that on April lit the "Cash and Carry" plan would becpme operative. To all those who oarry their containers to any one of the 1S5 milk stores, milk is stold at 10 cents a quart, for cash. If the milk is delivered, aa the corporation is willing to do if that should be preferred, the -prlee-for-tho game jrrade of milk la 14 cents a quart. Through the "Cash and Carry" p'an the consumer saves four cents a quart. " Another system of -food? stores In. rthe metropolis, operating on the "Csth and Carry" plan, will, on each one dollarts 'worth of goods purchased, give the customer 14 cents either In cash or In additional goods, if the cus tbmer-wlll oarry his purchases with Mb and hnVe the stores the expense of delivery* fourteen cents on the dol lar Is certain^ worth saving. PLANT WAR GARDENS, SUPPLY HOME NEEB8, It le the PatMetie Duty' of Every One js- to Help Provide for Hlmeetf In Preeent Crisis. Columbia, AprH 9. ? In planting war gardeas^tke advice of Herbert Hoqver, United Statee Food Administrator, Is: "Plant what you will he able to nse, not what you think you may be ablq to sell." There hoe probably never been a time since the South was blockaded during the War Between the Sections when It haa been -so vitally neceesary. foi*the people of South Carolina to concern themselves about the ques* tlon of food supplies, not only that the soldiers fighting in Europe and the Allied ao Idlers iki peoples may be fed, but. because of the unsatlsfaatroy food situation, that they may not suf fer at house. Pood production during the eomlag summer and fall ealls on people la dttee and towns aa well as upon the farmer for their very beet efforts, and ?very one who has waste land aronad the house or space In the bosk yard BnM Mk himself: "Will the fast my plaattu* a bmhj dsn bole wta ths unarT" inspection YOUR SHOES PIJYVKKK AT ONK THOt SANI> Cost of Automobiles 'ro Rise Kmh Week Assert Dealer*. This Is n tip automobile dealers uie passing to prosi>octivo purchasers. \For Vach week you potftponu the purchase ? ?f a velvety limousine, a chummy roadster, trim tiwn ear, an ever ready runabout or even a much ridiculed flivver it is going to oost you $1 or. more. , The $1 estimate is conservative, the dealers say, f^r the cost of motor cars Is going to soar higher and much more rapidly for the remainder of the war than it did during the last . v two years. That is. if the war lasts another year, the minimqm increase in the eo*t of practically every make will i>e $.">L\ The eftauees are, s/iy tha dealers, the Increase will "be $100. If the war bust* two years, the in '.crease wilt amount to l>etween $100 *iwl $200 ? ?]x>rhaj>s more. The longer the war lasts the more frequently prices wl\l be marked up, and "flivvers" at $1,000 is not a re mote possibility. assert the* dealers. \ li> Europe the price of cars has doubled and trebled in some sections. In other parts, the price is altogeth er prohibitive, and in some sections motor c ars sue 'not obtainable at all. It is certain that the price of (?rs in the I'nited States will not be as cheap within the next four or Ave; years as it is today, assert the deal ers. Production is being reduced, creating a shortage of cars ami trucks. The war is making excessive demands upon the motor industry and at the same time is cutting down the out put; by the conversion of factories* into Avar plants. The cost of labor Irns soared. The quautity of available materials has shrunk, and consequently the cost of these essentials has risen high. And? here is one of the prin cipal reasons ? Americans arc so pros perous that everybody wants a car when the sivpply is limited. So, say the wise dealers, if you are golnu to buy a car during 1918,! 1010. or oven if your plans go as far ahead as 1020 It is safer and cheap er to buy now. .Madame Angela Browntield. aged 715. for the past half century a rrsu lino nun, died ar. the I'rsuline Convent in Columbia Sunday afternoon. She was a native of Statesburg. in Sum ter county. A little taft'y injudiciously applied^ makes a bumbled man stuck up. RECRUITS . WANTED All (tranches of Servke Open To Men 18 to 21 Mid 80 to 40 Years. ? Tlje rocntftlng station .?t Oheraur bus sent Unit the follow Iur bulletlu. Any further information de?ire<l will bo furnished at postottlccs or recruit ing stations: 'The resolution exitendftig the Se lect! vo Draft to onen reaching the age of 121 yearn since June 5th, 1017, the tirst Keglstratlon Day, "way passed by the Senate without * record vote, afid no doubt It will be ipasscd by the House of Oongroe* jind .concurred by both houses. Hence it behooves the young men of South Carolina and Southeast GeorgUi to lose no time In volsni lug their service# before this new measure becomes a law. Other they will have no further ogqw to volunteer their services, but 1 ha to to wait to be drafted. \ "Young men of '21 years of age who huve jiot yet registered can select a*y bran< this privilege will be withdrawn. "All 1 biunrtiw of the service are open to men between the ages of 18 to 21 and 80 to 40 years of uge." * m WEE' Builds UAAOC Frames . For Sale by ' ^ ; WORKMAN GROCERY CO. nl ?~r ' "i" > m ?' t 1 li " J I GOOD TO THE Lrt ST OP.Or x COFFEEi ASK YOUR GROCER ( ECONOMICAL PEOPLE LOOK FOR AM ECONOMICAL Vr-" " . v?* v* ''V .? .1 ip? , ... ? , 3 V; V>rj.vii 5 M f <V f?; i if ? ? . -? n THEY FIND IT HERE We can not offer you cheap goods, for there such thir^g any more. Everything is outrageously everywhere now. But we can and do offer you th? best goods ob* tainable at the lowest prices obtainable, %nd on o can do more than that ? very few do as much. This is exactly what we clainrior it, an econo?|* j cal store, but we never practice- economy at the e 1 pense of quality ? as so. many do. ? -? < j.* You can always depend on this: . If y?u - , from us you will be paying the minimum price your article ? and the- minimum is the econdnu price. ? -.V. . ======?========= Springs & Shannon ^ The Store That Carries The