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DOINGS OF THE pjr^TV \ I (.AN'T C.B.T OW? \ WA U??oP6K HAS-reR-1 7*7 lyvGAP. THIJ > OP c< on at ruraYIelepi Following is the first I'ri/.e Kssa (instonia High School, <??st Conducted liy tIk* Pledm graph < In recent years much has been saiil and written about how to make the country a more attractive place for young people. Older people have been alarmed at the tendency of young men to leave the farm and go to town. Man is a social being and as long as life on the farm is one of Isolation we may expect the rural districts to lose the most energetic and promising young men. This ought not to be for there is no grander and nobler occupation than that of farming. There are three improvements that will do much toward checking this tendency to leave the farm. They are good roads, rural free delivery and telephones. Of the three the telephone is of the greatest help. When the roads are too bad for the residents of these districts to mingle with each other they may converse over the telephone. || It is my purpose to show that the telephone is the greatest agent possible for the removing of the handicaps of the farmer. Last year many men had been read ing in the paper about the big change being made in the milk handling laws. One night at a meeting n man got up and asked bow many knew that these new laws had been put through, and not a single one knew it. 1 The man who was telling the news had gone to a small store that day after some goods and while he was there the storekeeper had received the news over the telephone. Now if it had not been for this man thes* people would never have known that those laws had been put through. Not many people have time to ride nine or tea miles to town every day for news. The thing for these people to do is put a telephone in every-1 one of their homes. Many men who live in the country haul their fruit, potatoes and many oilier kinds of vegetables to a town far away in hope of getting a better price for tb? m. only to find the market low while the price they obtain would just about pay for the raising and hauling of their produce. Now if these men had a telephone in their homes they could easily call the markets and find the price before hauling them all the way to town. I know a man who operated saw mill fourteen miles from a railroad or town. A small piece of niachinerv was broken and lie immediately proceeded to the telephone to order the new part, but found that someone had cut down a tree and It had fallen across the wire and put it out of, service. This necessitated his hitch-j Inir up and delving ?iv miles to the nearest telephone. When he did this' he sot his message through alright and the new part was forwarded by parrel post. Had it not been for the telephone he would have been compelled to drive the whole distance, fourteen miles, what a loss of time! This is one of the many instances I might relate In which the !n mnnprtlnn with fh.P n ir eel post, is a time saver This also ; shows clearly the necessity for safe, guarding poles and Svires for tele-' phone communication. H.cau* of someone's carelessness this man had , to drive six miles fo a telephom when otherwise he could have telephoned j Immediately. The weather forecaster It our; neighboring town of ( larlotte g.-ts ! each day numerous reports by telegraph of weather conditions r 11 overj the country, trom which he complies Ji the forecast of probable condition* to i be expected >n this vicinity. If a storm ; io raging on the gulf coast and Is; . headed In this direction it la often a great Advantage to the farmerss to know ahead of time in order to properly secure field products by g?t VAN LOONS cco^ntA /- ? >p- / "THfcV P6UL Co** IT. R.' I Gi'EE TMa WAR 1 I A ^KEAI COl'NT y -tmikk;* POR exct?5 ^xaarV \ mA . } I 65^) HONE SERVICE V l>y Miss >liiiK?iTt I'ai-liain, of llie onia, X. in llu> Conlml ont Telephone and ToNs 'nm puny ting them in the barn. It is also often valuable to the farmer to know ahead of time of any anticipated frost or drops In temperature. Weatheir reports can be secured each day by telephone, free for the asking. A man in the rural district drives ten or twelve miles just to And out the price of cotton where if he had a telephone he would not have anything to do but call the cotton market in the town or city. There is no use of a man trying to get a right price for his produce unless he knows just when and where to sell it. Last year many bushels of fall apples rotted because the owners did not know that a certain market in the town had succeeded in getting ten empty cars, and that the man at the market could only hold these cars for one day. As the market man could J not get word to most of the people| in time to bring their apples, they wore lost. Whal the people lost on, the apples would liavo paid for a dozen telephones for each one of, them and it they do not get together ' and lind a way of keeping in touch J with each other the same thing may i happen this year. Suppose a girl in the country is going to have a party. Mow is she to invite Iter friends without writing invitations or going and inviting them to come? The money the girl spends for invitations she could pay for a telephone for a month and she just has one evenings pleasure where she could have a month's pleasure for the same amount of money invested in n telephone. Suppose a man living in the conntry becomes desperately ill at a late hour of the night. Some one has to ride seven or eight miles after the physician. Before the physician can teach the home of the man he is dead. This man has lost his life hv not getting a physician in time. Not long ago a young robust man just in the hloom of life was cutting wood. He accidently cut his foot and severed a blood vessel. Before his brother. who was with him, could get a physician the boy had died from the loss of blood. Many other lives have been lost In the same way. Now if there had been a telephone in the homes of these people it would have saved the lives of these two men. A man in tho country had to go to a lodge meeting in the city one night, leaving his wife and child at home. About twelve o'clock his wife discovered that a robber was in the house. When she found the robber he had all pf Jewelery and silver. But what could she do? Nothing because there was no neighbor near or a telephone In the house. Now in this case Is not a telephone useful? Of course It is. Many people in the country would rather p?y ten ! dollars a month for a telephone than lose all their valuables in one night. A lady in the country is going to have a dinner. If she had no telephone she must drive around to her} nelebbors putting in her time lnvlt- | lug them, then she must make one or two trips to town to get some ar-| hole for the dinner in all, spending j about two days gettmg ready ti login the preparation of the dinner! j With telephone in the house she might do all this in fifteen minutes. Is a woman j time and shngth worth so little that she can nflonl to jp<. nd eignt tr t ot hours i.oing a work that the telephone would enable Iter to do In f\lteen minutes'People drive t? n m les to town to find out. the price of cotton. While they are coming to town they could pick several hundred pounds of cotton. They have now lost a whole days work, while, if they had a telephone they would not have lost more THE LANCASTER NEW! ~\ s? U2co^\ f 5AV LOOK ) V^He. WARV j He*4f5 , wrtv ???. ?v I ^BN'r TWRSfS \ / __c-v ^ ' \ iOCK'i tASNt o'.J y j|j| + + + * + * HEALTH SI 1. No conceivable circumstan'-i designed to protect human l'. More than 1.500,000 peopl :i 1?1?* disease. ! Von do no) calch typhoid, y v 4. \void badly ventilated, badl -! heated, crowded or damp rn 5. Mother Nature's Hemedies: + Food. Rest. *">. Medical Inspection in the S avert many a tragedy in th ? 7. Correct way to care for Bah *! n t es. 8. The common towel is dang 0. The ordinary cake or soap ii soap. -! 10. Hear instructions and lie \\ verbs VIII. .IP.. II. Do not take baby's score ca"< I* 12. h7 per cent of Public Set I- defective mouths. Decay of Dr. tl. W. JCversol. III. The grinding power of soun artificial teeth about i!i? pou 14. The safest, sanest security !* vest is healthy security, v 15. A well conducted school ilen effective prevention of tubei I- Id. Sit and stand erect. Practi *! through your nose. 17. A child cannot fitn .ii. . ? "ifr is distracted bv itching te< ! IS. Prompt repairing of decay* } ing. v 1JP You n? vet lust a tooth if vie ! 2b. Tti borculosis is preventable -!- 21. Public Health is Public Wet *; 22. Avoid tobacco and liquor, d- 22. The common drinking g1as> your glass last? -!- 24. Insist on being served at s< -}- cups. v 2.r>. Do you visit a dentist twict your teeth drive you to hit 2*1. Take care of the consuniptiv place and in the right way wrong time, in the v.ronp p he is dead 27. Get enough sleep. 2S. Sleep with windows open 2!'. The fly breeds in filth and v 30. Admit plenty of sunshine *r lives. Cultivate eheerfulne< f- to resist disease. Your tnir Mothers are urged not to 'o v in Lancaster June 1 and 2. Ji than ten minutes. If you want to go to see your neighbor you can first call her up over; the telephone to see if she is .it home In this way you can -a\<' time by 1 having a telephone. A rural telephone connecting up 1 with an exchange in a town has dl- ; rect communication with the tele-1 craph offices and in this way -<*curesl indirect communication with any^ telegraph office or cable office in the world. What a satisfaction t<> know! that indirectly the whole world is atj! the other end of your telepnom line' Tlie value of correct time, while of not such great Importance on the , farm ?s in the city perhaps, yet the lack of it often causes delays. ' miseonections and Inconvenience^. Correct time may he gotten front the I central office or by calling the West- , em Union Telegraph Company, which company will be glad to give correct , time to the second. ' | Thus you see that the telephone enables the farmer to keep in touch 1 with the markets; that it banishes loneliness by providing a convenient means for social connection: that it,' serves as a protection of life and health in that a physician may be t' summoned quickly; that 't secures t > the farmer the protection of the law for an officer can be called quickly: that It Is a time saver and a medium of general information. Humming ( up?the telephone is a connecting link between the farmer and the great world of knowledge and power, "j Let every rural section of Gaston county and our country at large by 11 this time next year have Knral Tele- i phone Service. MARGARET PARHAM. ' astonia High School, j i 5 MAY 2:1, 1 Fath< / VVMS !> >?> j ?=o?_KS 4 I pyrrofN wMve /v*KS, ON it w-^T \ op" ^ WAR I \^0F C0y#5'J V\ gl * * * * * -:- -:EN TEN; ES s warrant disregard of the laws life and health. # e are constantly ill from prevent ou swallow it. y lighted, dusty, dirty, over- -!lotus. Sunshine, Fresh Air. Good iehnols of South Carolinna will c lives of her children. -! v's Nipples?boil them 15 inin I Kins. Use paper towels. ; covered with germs?use liquid rise, and refuse it not?1'ro1 home with you. ool Children have diseased or -!? the teeth is most prevalent. d teeth is about 250 pounds; nds. Why not save your teeth. in which any community can in- -! tal clinic is the best and most v rculosis. nice deep breathing. Breathe -! h standing in school if his mind v uth. ed teeth saves money and sufferu visit the dentist regularly. -!lit h. They are especially injurious. < transmits disease. Who used -!: -H >da fountains in sanitary paper 1 a year, or do you wait until u ? e at the right time, in the right until he is well, and not at the ihire, and in the wrong way un- v . or better still, out of doors, spreads disease. ito your houses and into your > ss and kindness, it will help you id acts on your body. rget "Hahy Week" to be held v PLEASANT HILL NOTES ?i .School closed Friday 12th with a picnic on tin Catawba rim Mr. K. It. Ileckhani has returned froin Clover where he went as delegate to the A. It. I*. Presbytery. Mr. and Mrs It F Marshall of Kershaw *p. *?? da \ C' the lh?r incrs father. Mr. W. A. Marshall. Mrs. (!. F. Hammond of Stoneboro -pent several days tliis week with her daughter. Mrs John Maglll. Mrs. L. L. ("authen left Tuesday to .isit her daughter. Mrs Heulall lleg ?r near t'nariotte. Mrs. Sidney llobt rtson, Mrs. Lovlc Bowers anil Mrs. Mclvin Cnuthen are risiting relatives in Kershaw. Mr. Paul Bennett of Wakefield, S\ ('., and Mr. John Bennett of Great Falls spent the week-end with their tareiits. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bennett. Mrs. Bennett lias been quite sick [his week, but we are glad to report her condition improving. Mrs. Alexander of ('tnulen is spending this week v ith -m si - i Mr'. Jim Bennett LAXOASTRR PFOPIF GUT It ST.WT AtffJOW. Those who hive it in t.errnster are itatonishjm at the INST.WT actioiv of J'u 1,1s u"kVi?u j bark. g'ycoitn\ A* lived tii \d' t k i. b> W.-? ft i t i -i r y \ loi\? r and upperA^'el. ONF B <"h y FPL Adler-i-k.-yr^ieve- a'tuost AVY PASF. eonstl|)?ioaA^ou atom; oil or gas. It remorea su<\ sur?? ? '?? - rout matter that at' few dosfts < ften * or prevent 'appendicitis. \ s . treatment helps chronic t ' .one' trouble. Lancaster Pharmac; 7 ?r isn't the only one who can play that game j : 4 T S" on " <__L . 5E.VV' , (ACCOOMT) 'vr * J /-r^r~WHfl>TS THE "A I ww^l ?<-? / MATTfe*.! I'VE. WfiCN ] V__-?.-^1 ?fj| s, \ I WMT l<V HE.Rf? HAi^ I \ j AM .' / fil.Y J \^VHV I .M^T jMNNl-'K / ^ Found Simple Remedy that Relieved Child ! Mild I ;i\it i\? t'ompouml Ciiim N S|uliltnrn ('nv <>t Constipation j /; \ 11 important duty that devolves on | ? < $W..A parents is tlio regulation of t!? !r chil- f- iPPPpJi lion's bowels. Health in later life ' depends in large measure on jmrly 1L.j i uininu ami a child slyntld be {/uglu ' \ / ' from infaucy to regulaV habit/. / >$$} When from any cauV the bowel Wtjfr / jfy becomes congested wiWy stomach f '" \ / %.{} waste a mild laxative stoA^il 1 he em- / pl'tyo,l to open up the i/lssiyge gently i * *>, y v/ imi! carry off the conjasBted mass. A j\ W* most effective remedy for this pur- > \ pose is the combination of pimple laxative herbs kdown as Dr. M'alrtwell's Syrup lVpsin. Mrs. W\ D. yf K * ^ Mulls, of Iteed/Dkla., used Dr. <a?ld- { '< \ well's Syrup Pepsin for her baby hfo'. '. .jr . Harley Butyn Hulls, and says "1^ \M \ did him urfore good than anything . .. J we have jCwon him. Mis bowels are llarley Huron Hulls very stlyTborn about acting, but they act eas/t% every time I give him Dr. live years and is the family standby Caldu/ll's Svrim P..i?ulw " f in tnousands of homes. Druggists I?k Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin run- everywhere sell it for fifty rents a tains no opiate or narrotir drug and bottle. A trial bottle, free of charge, is a splendid remedy for children ran be obtained by writing to Dr. and older people as well. It has been \V. 15. Caldwell, 4.14 Washington on the market for more than twenty- St.. Monticello, 11!. - .+*++*- ?| + t | i + i t ?f + 4 ?.l M-r-frHfr i. i I i I Phone Us YourOrders | ^ ii j| W M . We handle everything good to eat. We handle Chase & Sanborns Coffee, 35, 30 and 25c packages; also Chase i; \ 1 & Sanborns Teas. I \ 1 *' J ? Try one of our Stone POUND CAKES; Silver Slice, j! ? Golden Sunbeam and Chocolate. These cakes are made ?: ? from the very best ingredients ayd are sure to please. ? / >! \j Our fruits are always fresb and the best. Apples, jj \\ Oranges, Grape Fruit, Lemons. Bananas, fresh Tomatoes, ? ] | Cabbage, Irish Potatoes. ! ? it ;? ! \ Call us and get your goods without waiting. \ * ; ! i \ ;; ii : ' i in* i ^ ? * 1 Hdwards & Horton | ? . >4.. L. l,l:l IM I I I 1 I ... . . I , I , ,n , , , , t , , , , ,1 Advertise in the News for Resits ^OWN PRINCE IN LONDON ' '1, ? rrf wr priniN it Serbia (left) and Prlnc?> Albert of England leaving ; Char nir<"roB.H elation. London. Prince Alexander, in return for tne great aid ren< ,r> d the Herbs In the reorganization of their army by the allied powars, * -a hoeii making a round of the capitals of thoae countries and has already jr 'ed Home and Paris 1Tpon his visit to England he was received and g-oeteJ hy Prince Albert, second son of King George and Queen Mary.