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w ^BSSSSMSBS9^KSSSSSSmlmSSSSmSSSlSSSmSSSSSSSSmmZ "Aerocruiser," La Foal Machine to B? P it Will Be 550 Feet L( ;;.:.y n a ^ The "aerxruiser," an airship of ra of Thomas M. Finley of St. Louis. As t the ship is a dirigible shaped like an ir made in ten compartments and is expecl *Afi?_ The flrat machine to be built will b . feet high. The propulsive for-* will be f estimated speed of the craft will be mi '[ sys^m of gas control will allow the of |r;/ buoyancy of the ship at will. |; v. * ?-gg=j| ' . Mi Costs Woman More i|| Than Man to Live te. *> Ei? ,.:j b Government InvestifeabooFixes Budget (or % Family of Five at $?262.01 ti( pe Official estimates for a "health and . decency" budget for g6vemment clerks to place the minimum annual expenses #0 of a family of five at $2,262; an un- ^ | . married woman'at $1,083, and a single he fe'' man at $1,000. 0f A , , These figures were made public re- 5e cently by Dr. Royal Meeker, chief of the bureau of labor statistics, in con- 0f nection with the investigation of fed- tj( i : eral salaries by a congressional com- jCJ mittcc. j2 The food item in the family budget amounts to $773.93. The clothing bill M. for the year is put at $513.72, of/ h", j^V- Which the nusband is allotted $121.16, W( the wife $166.46, eleven-year-old boy 'l'$96.60, the five-year-old girl $82.50 ^ " ' " V 4 ?* TT t and tne nany ttwo years; ;> *<. nuus& - ing, fuel and light are placed at $428 mm and miscellaneous expenses at $546.82, I a total of $2,262.47. I If the wife was# especially com- L petent In the art of shopping did her Qr own sewing and practiced all house- < ! hold economies the budget might be I i reduced, it was explained, to a "rock 1 bottom minimum" of $2,025.56. I The bureau in compiling those es- j i timates made a hat allowance for Ar the wife of one and a half hats a ; B year, $10 for a winter hat and $5 for; Tl ' a summer one, the winter hat to be S I worn two years. An item of $8.40 is j Mfor a newspaper, held by Dr. Meeker j 1 to be a necessity. The family amuse-1 Cc ment appropriation is set at $40, which | T also includes magazines, though, in 1 j general, such luxuries as the latter, it was pointed out, are to be enjoyed at the public library. SHORT AND SNAPPY | ? I Pf In the matrimonial game a ro baseball player isn't always a J he if good catch. I m; " It is much easier to form a J new habit than it is to reform * Wj II an old one. T ch It is said that every man has f ca his price?yet lots of men give ? ro '1 thpnrsplvps awav. t hi ' There are lots of cross- f j || tongued people in this world? I -' they talk one way and think an- t ch other. I ge A bachelor is given fair warn- | re !! ing when a girl shows him a I " photograph of herself when a 1 baby. Fi 4... ~~--4 _____________ Pressing Hair Back Cause of Baldness, Expert Says of , sh The penalty of a smooth, glossy fo head, with hair well brushed back and e? plastered to the skull by grease and nc pomades is premature baldness, says he a London hair expert This style of fli brushing the hair is common, and se baldheaded generations are expected, ni "By pressing the hair back contrary m to its natural disposition," says the m expert, "you are offending it, causlnj fo It to go op strike?in fact, fall out." Equal Pay for Equal Work. The Federation of Women's Civil fa Service organizations, which ha? been w] formed in New York city, will work to fo open civil service examinations to uc women to obtain equal pay for equal so work in the public sen-ice and equal ar Opportunity for advancement | m " i test in i\ircraft ! > {,<110 Feet Wide end 90 Feet Hifh. dical construction, is the invention j his photograph of the model shows, j iverted letter "U." The gas bag is < ted to have a lifting capacity of 70 ( e 550 feet long, 110 feet wide and 90 j rour 700-horsepower engines and the i ?re than 100 miles per hour. The 5 aerator to increase or decrease the ^ bout Four Miles, Average Distance Walked by People During Twenty-Four Hours j Nature intended that man should alk?properly done, it is one of theL ist of exercises. And most of us alk more or less; though for some of i it is regrettably less. After a careil consideration of mankind's ambula- )ns, including young children and old fople, and the fact that nowadays we ive the inclination and the facilities ride more and walk less than our refathers did, a fair estimate of the erage distance walked during 24 >urs by the men, women and children continental United States seems to i four miles. Casting our figures in the direction enlargement rather than of reduc>n, the representative average Amerin propels himself over a distance of 0 miles a month, 1,440 miles a year, a tndred thousand miles in the three ore and ten years allotted to him in uly Writ. He travels at a rate that I )uld take him from New York to :n Francisco in a little more than o years.?Scientific American. ^ ~~ 1 YOUTH AND LOVE i 1 i tc? only by the garden gate j 5ur lips we joined and parted. ( must fulfill an empty fate ^.nd travel the uncharted. i ail and farewell! I must arise, j ^eave here the fatted cattle, id paint on foreign lands and sldtt Jv odvssev of battle. 1 le untented Kosmos my abode, pass a wilful stranger; V mistress still the open road Ind the bright eyes of danger. t ime ill or well, the cross, the crown, Che rainbow or the thunder, ling my soul and body down ror God to plow them under. ?Robert Louis Stevenson. jses of Any Color Now Obtained With Chemicals Recent experiments have proved It acticable to make a rose bush yield ses of any color desired. It must, iwever, be a bush that would norally bear white roses. Then it is erely a question of watering the soil tth a very dilute solution of one emical or another. Potash will use the bush to produce green ses; alum will give them a lilac le, and ipuriatic acid will tnrn them d. By like means the long-sought ue rose has been obtained; but the lemical employed In this case is a cret. The same method, with like suits, can be applied to white hyangeas and other white flowers. ive Watches, Four Hours Each, Aboard Ships at Sea In the time division of the 24 hours 1 the day into watches on board Jps at sea there are five watches of ur hours each and two of two hours, ery watch having its distinctive ime. Beginning at noon, the after>on watch is from 12 m. to 4 p. m; st do a: watch, 4 p. m. to 6 p. m.; cond dog watch, 6 p. m to 8 p. m.j ght watch. 8 p. m to 12 midnight; iddle watch, 12 midnight to 4 a. m; orning watch, 4 a. m. to 8 a. m.; renoon watch, 8 a. m. to noon. Women as Laborers. A considerable share of labor on rms is taken by the Serbian women, ho also weave the homely materials r their clothes. The women are valid highly for their services, so much > that t>ieir parents not infrequently e unwilling to see their daughters arry. a * Colds Cause Grip mad Influwm AXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablet* remote the aoee. There is only one "Bromo Quinine," IW. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. H PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, injectors, Pumps and Fittings Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines .AROESTOCK LOMBARD foundry, Machine, Boiler Works Supply Store. AUGUSTA. *:GA. A. B. UTSEY t | . INSURANCE Bamberg, S. C. You Do More Work, * ifou are more ambitious and you get more enjoyment out of everything when your blood is in good condition. Impurities in :he blood have a very depressing effect on the system, causing weakness, laziness, aervousness and sickness. GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying md Enriching the Blood. When you feel ts strengthening, invigorating effect, see low it brings color to the cheeks and how it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC is not a patent medicine, it is simply [RON and QUININE suspended in Syrup. 5o pleasant even children like it. The alood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it These reliable tonic. properties never fail to drive out impurities in the blood. rhe Strength-Creating Power of GROVE'S rASTELESS Chill TONIC has made it the favorite tonic in thousands of homes. More th*n thirty-five years ago, folks would ride a long distance to get GROVE'S TASTELESS "'Chill TONIC when a member of their family had Malaria or needed a body-building, strength-giving tonic. The formula is just the same toiay, and you can get it from any drug itore. 60c per bottle. RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life Accident INSURANCE Office in J. D. Copland's Store * 3AMBERG. 8. C. BUY WAR SAVING STAMPS LOOK HERE FOR IT Many a Bamberg Reader Will be I i Interested. When people read about the cures nade by a medicine endorsed from ;ar away, is it surprising that they wonder if the statements are true? But when they read of cases right lere at home, positive proof is withn their reach, for close investigation s an easy matter. Read Bamberg indorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills. J. N H. Murphy, fanner, Elm St, ?ys: "In my estimation, Doan's ?Mney Pills are the best kidney emedy on the market and I can lonestly recommend them. I haven't lad occasion to use any Doan's Kidley Pills for several years, but 1 kinn.i,r umamw #Viq Mind t derived IVUlUiiAW* bMW Q !rom them when last I used them, i lad a lameness in my hack and my ndneys were disordered, causing me nuch annoyance. I used Doan's Kidley Pills and they completely cured ne of this trouble and put my kldleys in good shape again, so I am jlad to endorse this remedy. Any>ne having trouble with their kidneys should try Doan's Kidney Pille." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get loan's Kidney Pills ? the same that !dr. Murphy had. Foster-Milhurn lo- Mfgrs.. Buffalo. N. Y. TITEHOLD Cedar Shingle 100 Per Cent Heart Sash, Doors, Mantels, lime and Brick STEEL CORN CRIBS Sizes 100 to 3,000 Bushels .. .Call At. .. BRICKLES GARAGE LB. FOWLER MAXTONE?The guaranteed tonic for chills, fever and malaria. 25c and 50c bottle. DELCO-UGHT' complete Electric Light and Power Plant Faulkner Electric Service Co., Dealers, Bamberg, S. C. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested that the undersigned administratrix of the estate of W. B. Kennedy, deceased, will file her final accounting with the Judge of Probate for Bamberg county on the 5th day of December, 1919, and will at same time ask for letters dismissory as such administratrix. MRS. S. M. KENNEDY, 12-4. Administratrix. 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