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LIES ARE FED If SELF DENIAL Doing Without in jDnerioa Supplied Food to Europe. pry from this country nine* ft pdtiM'war liuve kept starvation i Allied Kuix>p? and have tnalu 0 the hi-uith ant! strength of those I ire beeu bearln* the brunt of tittle*. *> that thej could hold ? victory. Now that hostilities Mittd w4 must assume the add rfeu ot keeping starvation from itjiif Its toll upon the millions km been liberated from the Vjju joke. Famine would undo pgrt which bu bMD accomplished ^ the world tor democracy. No u rtrernment can be eatabllahed maiatalned by a nation harassed Lr A starving people turns Bi tad anarch/. Food ha* M ititoctb and courage to the na m flfbtlof tor democracy ; It muet , liv? the natlone strength and KuillltJ to te-eetabllsb themselves frccdfr* and democracy. ifcott our help It would have been piotel/ Impossible for the Allies to totals ? living ration. Since oar ry into the war we bave been con ?ntlo| lar*?'J to th# eupport of one 4red and twenty million people normal food supplies have been off, whose production has fallen oil (a the vanishing point, whoee li bin been devastated by Oer i*. The food exported from the mi States la the pest year has i iuffldent to supply the complete ta of twenty-two million people, la lard to grasp the magnitude significance of the assistance h has been lent the Allies by the lotic, Toluntary service of the rican people. The food we sent ad last rear would bave been suf it to feed one-fifth of our popttla Aod this was done In spite of bet that we entered the year with t crops. Our surplus was practl nothlng. An overwhelming pro* loo of the food that left this co un it- 1 year was snved out of the noiv home consumption of our own $e. h iplte of difficulties met In Inter* I transportation and shortage of pa tou i) Age our food exports last ir amounted to a figure that a few in ago would have been unbelieva , Even the most optimistic element i?r population faced -with anxions iternatlon the prospect which led before us with the beginning the 1917 harvest year. v be American people have not been fpelled to sa ve. They have been taled to on the basis of humanity id of patriotism. They have re rofini voluntarily. . Besides such Incidental benefits as [Improvement in figure and health it we've reaped from Otir meatless, icatlos.s doys, think of the fun we've i out of them? the pew crop of lea, jibe*, topical songs and car at^ to replace the mother-in-law k aid the boost to our reputation f wtdy humor ! Eighty millions of men can not be taken out Of production for four years without lasting tosses of yltld. It will be years before their fields recuperet*, firms are restored, and herds re* docked. Save food. 1 - ? Work. tfork touches the keys of endioaa Wtjr, opens the Infinite and stands '?truck Wore the immensity of ?t there 1? to do.? Phillies Brooks ... ?' i.";;yv.. ? ? ? Collins Brothers atlcrtakers for Colored People ?Mom 41 714 W. DeKalb St. Columbia lumber & teFSCfflRING to. . ,.l B - v1/ '? ->'? " ' ">.IJL WORK 1 pS . .:oor: >'5s V AiiD LUMBER^'.. *a?? ?? MuaCCVtirM 1 fUiN ? HUCTfi! * -ITS.' ?l?one 71 COLLivIii! A, S. C. ^ DOING HIS BIT By LAURA J. NUNN. <taWfri?hl, I9is. by McCiurJ" NewJmiT.T .SvmUr.itu.) Knrly In the grout movement for the cpntervfttlon of food joksi<? had broached the subject to her husband. Ho had acquiesced most heartily, Or tulnl.v ho would l>e glad to "do his bit." "All I want In the plainest of food," he sold. "And your cooking would make tho worst concoctions delicious For a while all went well. Delicious dishes bawd on rice or spaghetti, with nourishing meat sauces, appeared on the table, and occasionally an entire meal of vegetables. And John hod eaten them, llrst. with noisy approba tion of the economic value of tho move ment, then with u great parade of patriotism, but lastly In a pregnant si lence that spoke volumes of martyr dom, Several times he had tele phoned that ho would not be home for dinner ? detained by business. And then one evening the cot was out of the bog. John had arrived homo almost un hour earlier than usual, laden down with packages. Into the kitchen he strodo nnd slammed them noisily down upon the tub-tops. "There!" ho said as he untied a string nnd disclosed a huge steak; "there's a piece of meat. That's steok ! Beef! Allow me to lntroduyco you, mndom, to n meal. I have had all the makeshifts I want around here and I am off tho war stuff for good and all ! Why," he continued virtuously, "all 1 want Is simple food. A good piece of meat, Some vegetables, some good bread and butter, nnd n dessert. No frills to that. And I'm going to have them." Secretly Jessie wns Just as well pleased. The "makeshifts" hud meant much extra work for her, and It must be admitted she did not particularly enjoy mnde dishes. She, too, liked "good plain food." So matters Jogged along until John produced a pair of tickets for a lec ture on "Hooverlzlng." "It is tonight/' he sold. "We will have to go? and thank goodness It Is with a clear con science that Wo can hear him hand It to those people who have not been doing their bit" 1 "Well, we certainly hove!" laughed Jessie. An hour Inter, from their comfort able sojits in the hall, they looked at each other In consternation. But the speaker's jyords still flowed on In ear nest appeal, and there was not time for discussion.^ "Hundreds of you good people would tell me if I asked you, that you ure doing all you can/' he said. "You will say that you have cut out every thing but necessities. You are using nothing but plain food ? and plain food with you means the best roasts of beef, Iamb and pork ; the finest steaks chops j th^ whitest bread you caa obtain, and the 'simplest' desserts ? Usually pies or cake which use up the white flour. 'Do you honestly think you an? do ing your best? This war will be won or lost by food. Don't forget that for oqe mlntfte. Most of you, in your ctfm fortable houses, feel that the war is a remote thing which can never touch you. iTou give, five minutes of pity to the starving children in Belgium or Poland^ arid then sit down to heaping plates Of food and promptly forget all about them. You have a vague sense that everything will be all right Uncle Sam is behind us, and of course that n)eaii8 that nothing can harm us. Other countries have suffered. But America? , Impossible 1 And so you go on day by day, grumbling a little at the increased cost of living and continuing to live ernctly us you did before the war. "Many of you think because you have bought a Liberty bond you have 'done ygur bit.' What right have we to give a 'bit' while pur men in the army give their all? So must we. We cannot all go to the front ; some of us must stay here to keep things going. But we can and we must do without the things we like; must sacrifice what we most enjoy to help win the cruel-, est,' most horrible war in the history of tLe world. "Begin at homo? now ? to save the foods that our men at the front must have. Cut out tho roasts, the steaks, the pies and puddings. What if you don't like wfflrUreHtfT Or macaroni* Or beans three times a week? Do you think the men In the trenches like* It ? especially now when winter is at hand? "Looking at It from this point of view the housewives of the country ftra of even more importafrce than its army. For of what use would be an army without food? "And get away from this idea of do ing your 'bit.' Go in all over. A 'Mt' is not enough. ? ALL of the BEST of fou Is necessary. YOU can win this war l" In silence John walked home beside his wife. She was doing some deep thinking but wisely refraining from iaying anything ? yet. . Finally It came out Was It John's jmuilly hearty, loud voice that spoke? ?Well' begin tomorrow, Jess," he said -tuskllx. "I guess we have not done nuch thinking? I've boon wishing all ilong that I could do something. En rled the fellows la uniform and nil :hat yoy know. Even If I can't wenr .lu> khaki I can do something. IIow iboiit It old girl?" And Jessie, as she thought of thei Tnlned houses, the blind and crippled I the "starving women andchUflrrnfl n Europe, gavo thanks thht she coiilw lo b^r vurt to aid the mrn who w?*?l m lght to nuTke such co? -.^Hons \mv m able In America. f Rhett Plan for $25,000,000 Bond Issoe for Building Good Reads in South Carolina . r ? t,y f Id response to many roquosU w? publish below the Rhrtt plan tor a Issue of I25.U00.000 for good roads in South Carolina, the interest1 on the bonds to be paid by a special automobile tax and a staking fund for their retirement in twenty year* to be created In the same way. Till# ia the plaa ; that has been endorsed by the good roads contention, the South Carolina | State Automobile Association, the Columbia. Greenville, Rock Hill and ; Charleston chambers of Commerce *nd many other organisations over the State. it is to be submitted to the General Aseembl^ at the approaching session In the form of a bill. The plan follows la fuM as endorsed by the good roads convention: Your Committee on Plans begs to submit certain facts which should b# known and understood before Its proposals are presented. There |s at present no SUte Highway System In South. Carolina. Thi State Highway Commission, created In February, 1117, Is composed of five members, of whom three are senior professors of engineering at colleges, and the other two are appointed by the Governor. It Is limited iji Us powers and duties to investigation and advice. At least four-flfths of the amount tt colleots from licenses Is turned over to the counties. Under the present Act, it is not possible to eetablieh a system of State Highways, and your committee's recommendation^ contemplate such amendments to this Act as. in its judgment, would be necessary, both to eatabllsh and maintain In good condition and repair at least fifteen hundred miles of well-surfaced highways, connecting every county seat In the state. To do this would require a very large sum of mone^ ? possibly tvrenty, . or even twenty-live million dollars ? and without the credit of the State behind it, this would be impracticable. Under the Constitution, this credit may not be extended "unless two-thirds of the Qualified electors of this State, voting on the question at a general State election, be in favor of it." Until November, 1920, there will be no opportunity for submitting this question to such a vote. However, there 1# much to be done In the establishment of * System ol State Highways before surfacing them and it will be found that a year an& a half will not be too long a time to lay out such a system and acquire title to the roads. In the meantime, however, your committee hM proposed plans which would enable euch counties, aa may desire to have their highways completed within their limits, to do so. It Is clear at the outset that two-thirds of the qualified voters voting oa the queetlon would never favor any large Issue of State Bonds, to he retired by general taxation. It must be made clear that the general public are to pay no part of this tax. It is 'a public Improvement which so particularly benefits the motor vehicle owner that he can well afford to pay It *11, and he should so unmistakably express himself. There are now over 66,000 auto* mol?i lea registered in this State, and they have paid in Moan see during tha year, In round numbers, $290,000. *Tiiw iucinase Of automobiles in the State for the peat two years has been, from 19,000 In 1916, to 37,000 In 1917, to 66,000 in 1918. The increase In the United States from January 1, 1916, to January 1, 1918, was over 100 per cent. Iowa already has one car to every six persons. To retire $25,000,000 of 4ft per cent bonds serially In twenty years would require about $1,800,000 per year. An average license of $20.00 per oar on 106,000 care would yield $2,000,000 with; 160,000 oars it would take $12.60 peg car. The present average license is $5.26 pes car. H every owner of a car would figure his saving in gasoline, repair bills, and in wear and tear, provided there were 1,600 miles of. well-surfaced high ways, kept in good order, in the Statfe, Jt^ would be found that thiB will amount to between $100.00 and $200.00 per annum. He. therefore, is asking the State to permit him to Invest from $10.00 to fl6.00 per annum, say, to save from $100.00 to $200.00, a total saving to the automobilises of the State of over $10,000,000 per annum, in money. It would be hard to compute the saving in time. x , With this prelude, your committee begs to report its recommendations, as follows: , 1. The State Highway Commission should be given the power to acquft? rights-of-way and iande, by purchase or condemnation* for the purpose of establishing a State Highway System connecting all the county seats; to construct and surface the highways 1$. such a system so as to take care ot the traffic which may be developed upon them, and to keep such highways ia proper condition and repair. 2. The State Highway Commission should bo eeven in number, and should ^>e composed of one from each Congressional District, with the three sector of <m$rUuH*rlog. provided in the ?resent Act, as advt#Ofy members. It should ?el?ct its own chairman, and have full power to employ fie own engineer, and fix his compensation, and aleo the compensation of all Its employee#. 3. There should be two or more tnii of 8tate of South Carolina High way Bonds, aggregating a sufficient amount to connect every cdunty seat with a well-surfaced highway, each issuo to bo retired serially, or by amortisation, within the life of the road upon which the proceed? cure expended. . . .4*4, There should be levied by the Legislature am annual license tax upon, motor vehislee all of wWch should go to the State Highway Commission-?, sufficient to enablo the Commission to keep the highways in the System In proper condition *ud repair; to pay interest on *11 outstanding State Highway Bonds, and to retire same in accordance with their terms. | 6. The oountios of the? State should be authorised by the Legislature to issue County Highway Bonds, and ^MUrtract Mich parts of thin highway sytem within their borders as their people may ratify. 6. There should be levied for t^e next two years a one-mill tax, to be distributed bo the counties proportionately, for ro*d purposes; provided that, in the event any county should desire to turn this fund over to the State Highway Commission for expenditure on a highway In the State System, within the limits of its county, the Commission should be required to add a like amount from Its Bcense foot forths mm MrpiM _ 7. The present motor vehicle license tax shoo Id be at once raised to M cents per horsepower for automobiles and motorcycles, and $ L0& per bona* power for motor trucks, with >5.00 for trailers and *$*6.00 for dealers, ?*??? there Is an opportunity of securing Federal aid, in which event this should be tnoreased to such an amount aa will supply the portion which this 0ie*? must furnish In order to obtain the full portion to which it would be entitled. 8. Any moneys which a county may turn over to the Highway Commit* sion, to be expended on a State highway, should I* refunded such, court? put of the proceeds of any State Highway Bonds, which may be issued, with* oat Interest. v 9. Wherever any highway which is now improved, or may hereafter ha Improved , shall be taksn iato the State Highway System, so much of the ear* facing improvements as may be available In the said System, shall be eppralsed, and the value thereof paid to the county out of the proceed* oC any State Highway Bonds that may be issued. ?? Your oommtttoe believes that under audi a plan a System of State High ways can be b??un *Ad be prepared for construction by the time the State Bonds referred to to . Paragraph 3 may be submitted to the people. In Noven* her. llM. J (Adopted by attd recommended for enactment into law at a convehtkm of the South Carolina Automobile Association, December 11, 1918.) idoufl Growth ofthe South ( bile Association in One Year. ColumbfU-A year ago tha South Carollaa State Automobile Associate* w?e unknojrn. Today it has several thousand members end new clubs are being forced weekly In every section of the State. . The association has launahedJluring the fast few weeks a movement for a $2:?,ooo.t)(K)_ bond issue tor a St^fe-wide system of good roads that blda fair to culminate successfully* If it d <#s the good roads system will stand as a lasting monument to the autom<vllc association. M,f ch of the credit for the wonderful work dona In the organisation of the ysoclation must be given to C. W. Co field, the tireless secretary and tre^urer. When he came to the State a year ago he fonnd the organization pr Jtically defunct. lie took bold of it with a vim and has accomplished M The State headquarters of the association are located in the Imperial motel at Greenville. "There <Mr. Co field has compiled a list of every antomo? ?lis owner in the State- of South Carolina. .He. Is also compiling through tha different local club# a minute description of every car in the State. Thisl will be of benefit in recovering stolon cars. The auto aseocietioB ; furnishes each member with a copy of the Blue Book, membership in the local. State and American Automobile Association^ an emblem for hU car, a subscription to *h<* American Motor, a national good road s^magaVft&?,& feurcrty fefcture and the protection of (be South era QaAorwrttern Detective Iiurcr\u in recovering stolen cars. "FOOTER'S" ?wr < fe-. - .. ?'? CLEANERS AND DYERS OF WEARING APPAREL AND HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. WE DYE AND CLEAN ARJdY CLOTHES. I'awl Pout mmI Ktimw Mb yiii.rils Olvrn ItiiimxIUU* Atlenilou FOOTER'S DYE WORKS, CUMBERLAND, MARVIAND jgj ?> ? ' ? "? v * y*r /?, ^tV . ? : a,, y. WHITK MAN 8URKKNDBHS M?y? He Helped ltob Post Office In Virginia. Oreenvillc, Jan. ft. ? Declariug that he Sad taken part iu a postofflce robbery at Bedford, Va., on Novoinber 22, Arthur tarrett, a young white inau appeared at he office the postofflce inspector Here i week ago and Maid he wanted to give diuself up to the authorities since hit) <on science hud worried him considerably. The young roan was given a formal pre 'iiuinary u day or so ago here, was bound '>ver to the Federal Court for trial, and vill probahly bo seut back to Bedford n the next few days. The postofflce 'uapoctor communicated with the Bedford luthorities and found the facts substan tially a.s stated by the youug man . He aid he had been pursuaded to go into the robbery by two other men whom he met the same day and whose names Me did not know.: They got into the office, he said, but not into the safe, but ?tfled some packages which they found ?n the floor. . JSarrett said ho repented after he had left the postoffipe, and came p'>nck to return the goods ho took, but 'oiind the office already occupied, and Vft^them outside. York's Mayor Takes Action. There Were no sales of alcoholic bev erages last Monday under the camou 1ngft iULffiedicine. PawPaw trade was U a standstill. No kind of protestation T tummyache would hjive boon sufficient to get a bottle of Jamaica ginger, and !f a respectable housewife had asked *or a bottle of lemon extract, as to whether or not sho got it would have impended upon the known habits of her husband with regard to use of frtiiuu lants. The alcoholic beverage business was shut tip tight. Behind it all- there was a reason. Mayor Johnson bad given notice on the strength of mftst convinc ing assurance that this notion that there ix no \vay to restrict tho sale of alcohol in various available beverage form* un der respectably sounding names la a mis tuke. There wan no real fear of a mob outbreak Monday ; but it was recognised that almost anything might happen la n case liko that and that tho frea flow i >f aUohol does not in any why mjti gate such a situation. ? Enquirer. Mr*. Susan Eleanor MorrlH and her daughter, Pearl, died within an hour of oju-h other near Hlacksburg Tueaday night. Mrs. Morris wan 41 yeara of ige nnd her daughter, 21. The husband in d father suryites with /seven other children. "The Reason Why." it. A. Thomas Stock Keraedlea are the bent, they are aclenttilcally made and all medicine. They keep the health up, aiid? the feed bill down. There la a a cause for every effect, remove the QHVM and tho effect removes itself. The Poultry Remedies are especially made to relieve all the diseases in the Fowl family auch us, Cholera and Itoupc and makes tho Hens lay. The Hoc Remedy will positively keep off tne Cholera, and if given in the first Htages, will cure 00 per cent. Don't forget to keep on baud a bot tle of Karris' Golie Remedy for Iloraes. It is so simple with dropper, that a child can give It.( Also a bottle of Fer- , ris' Healing Remedy for Cuta and Urulsoa on muu or boast. They never fail, v These remedies are all guaranteed to you by your dealer, to give satlsfac tion, or yout money back; Made by Old Kentucky Manufactur ... log Co., l'adueali, Kentucky. 8V>r sale by Springs & Shannon, Cam den, S. C. ? adv. .Tune 8. TKKHl'ASS NOTICE All parties aro hereby warned not to trespass o" my landa located on the Darlington road eight miles east of Cam den, knownMPs the English land. This is for huuflng, or any purpose -whatso ever. AMfne violating this notice will he preseuWd to the fullest extent of tho law. i I, F. HOLLAND. December .2$, 1918. Don't pay out a fortune for a suit, and don't ex v" ' ~ " -rr-r --- . r. . ? r ?' ^ _ pect to get one for a sons. One is extravagance and . I ? _ the other is foolishness. Neither will lead you tq success. \ v 1 * ? ? * ' ~ ? ? ' - * ' r. - "? r ' "' V;: ' ' :r r - - ? ' ? There is always a medium between two extreities, and this applies especially in the selection of your clothing. This is the medium store, where ybu can always ? ??? ? - ? buy a solid, substantial, correctly designed and splen - . - ??? . " ? ! , didly made suit for the minimum price to be paid for quality goods. The same high, standard and . minimum of i s maintained in our furnishings department. We no "cheap stuff", and we charge not one cent than is absolutely essential to a reasonable profit. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROl