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K TT UUUVOUUJ f Vuwv w, -v?. . . "HOW I CAN BEST SERVE MY COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR" (Continued from page three.) iiome for our country must get rid of all that hate us and will not strive to uphold us in time of war the same as in oeace. II can serve my country by saving I the money I waste for foolish things such as, going to shows, buying candy, etc. Then I can strive to do my best at school while we have a good one to go to for we do not know how soon we will not have any kind, and what would the little ones do if they would have to grow up ignorant, while if all of us older ones have had an opportunity and took it, would be able to teach them, and they might grow up and be a great service to our country. How I Can Best Serre My Country in Time of War. (By Helen Eakin, of the eighth grade.) * * * A ma* in tne time 01 mis w?hu-?*iuc nu> every person should ask, or at least hethinking, "How Can I Best Serve My Country?" There are many, many ways that boys and girls, as well as older persons, can serve their country. Let me tell some of them. The first things that I think of as cannected with war are soldiers and Ifa ?QE| what's In the varnish you buy We can supply formula of conter PALE II MARBI For outside work an Vernosite. It will sun cannot blister it For ituide wood-wo required, use DEV( beauty of the grain; For all floors use proofs the wood, an and tear without m P. B. S ABBEVIL Some Wil A.i iir* utners m CSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST ,$. ??${. {$$$ TO Tf As compared with tha ?*? ? AV%A ZCI1B 19 Oil coojr vii^i The least that you can 1917 which MUST BE . By subscribing to this your money will be inve interest return will be sa 8 Subscriptions of AT ] Every Citizei | PROTECT YOUR C I Any Bank in Buv a LIE r food. Of course the men must the soldiers so the thing that I mi think of is the food, or rather, t shortage of food. The girls and boys living in place like Abbevile usually ha gardens, and if not gardens th have large yards, so why not planl garden? The vegetables that I c produce may seem small now, but real war does come, and it seei quite liKeiy mat it wiu cviue uu they will come in very, very well i deed. Some boys and girls may as "What can we plant that would useful?" There are many things, let me name some of them. The are cabbage, tomatoes, potatoes, co peas? beans and other things. Some may say that they can r raise them for they can not wo them. Of course the girls are not e pected to plough them and do t roughest work, but they can pla the seed and do most of the woi as hoeing, etc. And what other gii can do I am sure I can do, or p( haps I can't do as much, either, b will do what I can. There are other ways of helpii besides planting gardens. 4 One w is to economize more. America said to be one of the mo3t extrav gant countries in the world, and t South is the most extravagant ps of the United States. So we sout ern people have plenty of room economize. We have always been noted f HII you with varnish that has the exact its printed plainly on every can? SES59VA Jtif sitBTto mm |/^CBTC THE LONG LIFE 11/WI I k SPAR VARNISH NTERIOR VARNISH LE FLOOR FINISH d all surfaces exposed to water, ase DEVOB not turn white from sleet or rain and tho rk, where extremely transparent varnish U )E Pale Interior. It heightens the natural is hard to mar and won't scratch white. DEVOE Marble Floor Finish. It waterid enables it to withstand the severest WW arring. Excellent for lisoUttn. IPEED LE, S. C. fofei DLoanTI JEIR COl t of the men at the fron l do is to subscribe to t MADE AN OVERWI loan you will be doing isted in the safest seci tisfactory?3 1-2 per c LEAST $50 should be r a li II 01 ADDeVl COUNTRY, YOUR F Ahheville Wil 1ERTY B( be spreads# such bounteous tables t ist every meal, so why not stop that an he eat plainer and more substantii food? Of course I am only a gii a and cannot be expected to say jw ,ve what my father and mother shall ea ey but I am sure they are quite read ; a to do more than they have been doin an to save. if Then I am not obliged to have an ins fine clothes. A cotton or serge dres w, is just as useful, if not so pretty s in- a silk or satin dress. There are nc many ways to economize in shoe: VtairA 4-Vmra T riaarl ?,* jj^ iur A nave WW IIOV& vitviu* m. Iivvu Ail. be have so many pairs and I need nc g0 try to wear them out so quickly jus re to getanother pair. rn I am always wanting to go to th picture show, to the drug store <i 0? gomewhere for pleasure, but whr rjj good does it do me? None, reall;, It would be much be much bettt jjg for me to stay at home and read nj. good book or perhaps sew som< Ijj Then I would be saving some mone rjg for more useful things and still b }r_ getting the benefits of the sewin 'u? lesson and getting a great deal o pleasure by reading the book. nj? Speaking of sewing lessons, the ay may be put into use by making pi! ? low cases and other bed clothes fo .a. the hospitals. They certainly wi be needed. irt Then if I am really needed I suj u pose I could go as a Red Cross nurs< 'k, but I don't think I would make good nurse and I think I could d or more good at home. Of course there are other girl - who can do much more than I car but I will try to do my duty, an what more can be expected? How I Can Beat Serve My Countr; * in Time of War. (By Comer Phillips, of the seventl grade.) Many people have thoughi; thi great war of the present time woul< 1 1 A1?A All f T? Q flAI nave iung ccoacu c;c uui I>I>..VI would be engaged in it. But sinc< we are mistaken, and our countr: men have gone to the field of battle we girls and boys should do all ii our power to help our country to b< victorious. We can not enlist In the army but we can enlist in a very powerfu army, the army of agriculture. Wi can convert our back yards into gardens and raise many vegetables The pepole who live in the countr] can raise more wheat, corn, potatoe: and other various vegetables thai ever before. Wheat especially ii important, because the wheat croj of this year has been many bushel: short. ? We may can the fruits and vege tables which are produced in th< summer, and keep them for the win ter when the plants have perishec and the air is cold. We may raise chickens and tur keys, guineas, hogs, cattle, and othei animals. The soldiers need horses and these horses must be fed. W< would benefit them very much if w< would raise horses and also rais< <1 Al corn, oats, and many omer uuiig; for the horses to eat. Horses in Europe because of theii small number, are very expensive and the soldiers are even very thankful for mules. We could raise horse: and export them to Europe. We may also economize on dress and instead of buying silk and crep( dechine dresses, buy cotton ones I Another great help is to make bandages and pillow cases for the soldiejrs lieir Lives leir Money LJNTRY t the lot of most of our ciiti he LIBERTY LOAN OI 1ELMING SUCCESS! your duty as a citizen an< irity in the world. You ent. received from everyone. 11 117*11 ?1 1 lie win mi AMILY, YOURSELF ! 11 Help You to kMH T?J~. HW 1 UWd) it at the front who are giving their < d lives for u noble cause, the protec- t il tion of their country. t rl We may do without things that are j it pleasing, and yet are not necessary, ; t, such as picture shows, parties, and y going to the drug store. g We could stop using powder and < costly perfumes, and instead of * y tnniming our hats with expensive ( is fathers, we could put a plain, small ^ is band of ribbon around them. Instead \ >t of having a hat for different occa- 1 s, sions, buy only one hat and wear ^ it on all occasions. ?t We girl? may make our own < clothes, instead of having to pay ( dressmakers bills. Many girls are i e not gifted with the art of dress mak- i r ing, but we could make plain dresses r Lt without lace and embroidery, which t J vnnniro t\f\ aVill V A W iiv . r With the money which buys candy I a and cigarettes, bread could be bought c " Instead of buying fine stationery, y we could write on five cents tablets e and buy a package of five cents en- T | velopes from the ten cent store. We * could use pens made out of feathers . as the people of the sixteenth cen- !j ,y tury used, in lieu of pens we buy at 1: l" the stores. We may use poke-berries lj * in the place of ink. 11 Dessert for dinner may easily be jj done away with. It is very nice to jj >_ wear a flag on yourself but instead jj of honoring our country by respect jj a and words we must honor it by no- ;j 0 ble and patriotic deeds, so we must ;| do our very best. ;j .s !| j How I Can Best Serve My Country <j in Time of War. jj (By Jeanie White, of the fourth jj F grade.) jj I love my country better than any ; 1 other country. I will try to serve it in any way I can. jj I am too little to fight and run t airships, but I can plant a little gar- ;! ;* den and raise things to send my ;! * country. jjj I can raise potatoes, beets beans, jj ' and other vegetables. > I T ttar\ loom frv Irriif fnr fVio C A VOll IVKi It VV ?W*? V HVM4AW *V* v.?v I soldiers-and I can crochet caps for ]) 3 them to wear. 1 ; I will not go to the moving picture ;| j show, or drug store and will save ;j ' money in that way. I will not eat ;! to much but enough to keep me ;i running. ;! I will read the paper every day ;j and see how the United States are doing. f I will not go on any pleasure trip Ij this summer. !j I wish I could be there and en- jl couraging them. jj I will not dig trenches but I will plant vegetables. I will not shoot cannons but will send food. ;i I will not kill men but will pro- ;j duce food. ;! I will hope that the United States jj will win, but I have a reason for that, it is my own country. I will not want to have everything ;i pretty I see, I will be satisfied with > what I have. l I will not buy very much except m what I need. 1 4-l? 4- TJ7 AnrlvAitr WUQAH I 1 Will HUJJC VIIOW TV WVUV7T TV iiwvit ' will be able to rule the United States | in time of war, and that he can bear the bad news that is to come. I will hope that the Kaizer will [ have a softer heart toward the United States. [ 1 will go to school and learn my lesiions good, but that will not help my country very much except that if - my country hears I am learning they wii '. not think I am ignorant. Woodrow Wilson is a strong man I know, but I hope he will not get ) weaker. I will think about my country all | the time, I will never forget about " it :[ can not be a Red Crosii nurse, ? but I wish I could because I wish to nurse the men of the United States. I live in a small town and I love it well as I ought to. The colors of our flag js Red, m White and Blue. The red is for J brare, the blue for true and the white for pure. I think these are the prettiest colors I have ever seen together. 3 I know the Germans are sly but they can not run over the United Staties. Woodrow Wilson and Manning are great men. and I know they are with the United States. I must finish now. How I Can B??t Serve My Country in Tim* of War. ' (By Willie McLane, of the seventh grade.) I can serve my country in time of war in many ways. I can plant me I a garden which will mean a great ~ - _ - .1.-1 deal. I can save an 01 my nic^eia 7 and dimes and help buy my clothes and food. I could do all of the cooking at home then five or six dollars will be saved. I could fix me up a cannery and , can vegetables and fruits and put 1 them up for this winter. I could learn how to knit and sew a.id then I could make clothes and socks for the soldiers. Instead of planting so much cotton the farmers should plant more wheat because the Boll Weevil will be here in a little while. The boys that do nothing but loaf around town could get him a job and support himself if no one else. Instead of using so many tablets and pencils in school I could be a little more saving on them. (Canada has so much land and nobody to work it. She wants the United States to send farm hands un there to work the land, but she has not any to spare. I could plant butter beans and keep what we do not eat up this winter until the next. I could put my winter clothes up until the next winter instead of just throwing them around. I could take what money I had and buy me some chickens and raise chickens and eggs. Then I could sell ny eggs and buy me a pig so I could have it in the winter and make meat and also lard. rl could do without buying so much ribbons, stockings and dresses. When vacation time comes I could wash my own clothes instead of hiring a wash woman. I could also write letters! I IL . md cards to the soldiers and cheer ;hem up, and I could also sro around ind cheer the people whose sons and fathers and brothers are in the war, IP- ^ Instead of buying candy and ice :ream I could buy a loaf of bread ind' if I could not eat it myself I :ould give it to some poor family -Li- i i -i t wuu is nut iiuie vu Duy oreaa. in he summer I could go barefooted nstead fo buying shoes which are rery high now. Every time I do anything, instead >f getting pay for it I can do with>ut. Instead of going to the movng pictures I could buy something nore useful. When I make candy so nuch I could save the sugar for some hing else. I have tried to show you low I can show my patriotism and will try to do all I can to serve my ountry in time of war. "Selfishness and personal interest nay be sacrificed." V TO AVOID TROUE MICHEL ALL SIZES ON HA] lawwilM ! Auto 1 Sta *T.hu R*fi s*aI Statio: Battery will give you the service you want. Once . a user you will al- " L? 1 way* be. ? ??? , Daraan-I u FINE for CO H. F. BACHMAN & COMPAN New York, says the indications j price for the next two years at ] all the cotton you can on land y< is good. These fine prices will i profitable crop at present prices on account of the high price of al And ih#? tnrinv vai frnn lot a *a i yu can increase your crop by ii side dressing liberally and that i crease your crop. Fertilizer hai dity a farmer uses and fertilizer corn pays better than any fertl crop gets it all. We are making izer, heavily charged with soda t ness of this crop requireth haste, per ton at Anderson and $41.60 Anderson. One sack of this cos to the acre of cotton will increa more than $10 an acre and gooc pays better on corn than it doe! applied early, not later than Jui We don't advocate the use of 1 cotton growing so long it will no plied at any time between May 21 better than any fertilizer you u: year. Feed it and nurse it and feed your mule more than once your crops as often as it needs because it is better fed. You ai every head of stock?horses, mu verse conditions better if well f< But be sure to feed yourcrop Your cotton will make a better "turn out" at the gin, as it mak seed will pay for the fertilizer. ! that 1,300 pounds of seed cotton turn out as heavy a bale as 1,50 dressed. There is more lint to the seed 15th. Labor is to scarce and the acreage, but you can increase y< tilizer. t should be rich in nitrof action is needed. Side dress lib pay from $2.50 to $4.00 for evei ANDERSON P OIL CO! W. F. FARME JAMES M. BAKER* JR., GOES INTO UNCLE SAM'S NAVY Becomes Assistant Paymaster After Resigning m Senate'* Chief Bookkeeper. Washintgon, June 1.?Special: Mr James M. Baker, Jr., son of the Hon. James M. Baker, secretary of the United States Senate, has resigned his position as chief bookkeeper of the Senate to enter the Naval Reserve Corps as assistant paymaster in the navy, He has been assigned to the naval training school at the Washington navy yard and entered upon his new duties several days ago. "No form of security obtainable is as safe as U. S. Bond." ILE ON ROAD USE i|j Itt TIRES & 1 111 TUBES I ND AT ALL TIMES | for fools - Spark Plugs tches - Auto Oil - ;|; Mud Hooks? i : ther useful articles i r r the car owner *!? )RE MILEAGE j ...buy... ill ndard Gasoline j; n on Main Street n | Operated by X BROWN, JR. jj (ing Co. II PRICE TTON Y, COTTON MERCHANTS, in are cotton will sell for a fine least, so you will want to malce >u have in cotton while the price lot last always. Corn is also a and may become more profitable 11 foodstuffs. Labor is too scarce ncrease your acreage much, but lcreasing your fertilizer and by s by far the cheapest way to ini advanced less than any commoused in side dressing cotton and lizer used because the growing ' a magnificent high grade fertil0 give quick action as the busi, We sell this goods at $41.00 1 when it is shipped away from king you $4.10 or $4*15 applied n? a n/nriAr tiaM r\f ernn " J -W.V. V4V^ I farmers say that side dressing s on anything. But it should be le 15th on cotton. this goods too lato as it keeps the >t mature and ope.* in time. Ap5th and June 15th and it will pay se. You only make one crop a make a good one?it pays. You during the crop season, feed it It stands dry weather better id the hands, on your place, and les, hogs and cows will stand aded. Your crop will too. the second time by June 15th. staple. You will get a better es more lint to the seed and the Experienced ginners will tell you i that has been side dressed will iO pounds that has not been side . But apply not later than June seasan too late to increase your >ur crop by increasing your ferjen for quick action. And quick orolltr on^ Qnr\Mr oorlxr T4* mill ?iiw **FxfkJ vailjt At Tf III y dollar it costs. HOSPHATE & MPANY R, Secretary. * ^?