Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ELIMINATE COST OF DELIVERY SYSTEM AND CUTS OUT CREDIT LOSSES. Opportunity For Community Workers to Establish Plan Everywhere by Bringing About Understanding Be tween Storekeepers and Customers. Fair and even moderate prices of food and food products these days of abnormal conditions are so greatly in creased over prices which were stand ard a year or two years ago that many housekeepers whose family purses have not been fattened in proportion to the advance in prices are experienc ing difficulty in providing, even with rigid economy, the necessities of life, and many others are stretching the weekly or monthly allowances over these periods only by taking advan tage of every opportunity to save. The retailers are, as a general rule, selling at prices which give them no more than a reasonable profit above cost and expenses of operation to which they are entitled; but one of the big items figured in cost is the ex pense of credit and delivery. This ex pense is of course greater in larger centers, but even in the small com munities it is a factor which con tributes to making food and foodstuffs, already dear, even dearer to the con sumer. Any plan whereby the retailer may 1 be enabled to sell food products even | a fraction cheaper without cutting iato the reasonable profit to which he ia j entitled and which he must necessar-j ily have to maintain himself in busi- ! ness, will, undoubtedly, be welcomed | by b)th the retailer and the consumer1 everywhere; and the "Cash ana Car-! ry" plan, which ls being employed in some of the larger cities of the coun-; try would appear to commend itself. The "Cash and Carry" plan-which is simply the doing away with deliv eries so far as that is practicable, and paying cash- not only eliminates the one expense of delivering one's goods at his kitchen door, but also the more considerable expense of book-keeping, credit and collections,; of which the greatest is that of credit, ; since that term always implies a cer-! tain percentage of losses, which must likewise be figured in by the mer chant, else he could not continue in business very long. In other words, the man who does not pay his bill pen alizes the man who does pay. It would appear that in any com munity the retail merchants would willingly give their customers the benefit of these costs-of delivery and credit-cutting down the prices ol food products, if they might have ths co-operation of their customers on the: "Cash and Carry" plan, which would mean that the customer would either call at or send to the store, pay cash for the goods purchased, and carry the goods home with him. In the handling of heavy goods there must, of course, be deliveries made. As an example of what saving can, be effected through the "Cash and Carry" rlan, one of the largest dairies in the United States operates 185 milk stores or depots in New York City. This big dairy corporation recently advertised what is termed "the biggei service," and announced that on Apri! 1st the "Cash and Carry" plan would become operative. To all those whc j carry their containers to any one oJ the 1S5 milk stores, milk is stold at 10 cents a quart, for cash. If the milk is delivered, as the corporation is willing to do if that should be preferred, the price for the same grade of milk is 14 cents a quart. Through the "iash and Carry" p"an the consumer saves four cents a quart. Another system of food stores in the metropolis, operating on the "Cash and Carry" plan, will, on each one dollar's worth of goods purchased: give the customer 14 cents either in cash or in additional goods, if the cus tomer will carry his purchases with him and have'the stores the expense of delivery, fourteen cents on the dol-. lar is certainly worth saving. PLANT WAR GARDENS, SUPPLY HOME NEEDS. lt ls the Patriotic Duty of Every One to Help Provide for Himself In Present Crisis. Columbia, April 9.-In planting war gardens, the advice of Herbert Hoover, United States Food Administrator, is: "Plant what you will be able to use, not what you think you may be able to sell." There has probably never been a time since the South was blockaded during the War Between tl-1* Sections when it has been so vitally necessary for the people of South Carolina to concern themselves about the ques tion of food supplies, not only that the soldiers fighting in Europe and the Allied soldiers and peoples may be fed, but, because of the unsatisfactroy food situation, that they may not suf fer at home. Food production during the coming summer and fall calls on people In cities and towns as well as upon the farmer for their very best efforts, and every one who has waste land around the home or space in the back yard should esk himself: "Will the fact of my planting a gar ?en help win the war?" Mercurlira. In the mythology of ancient pagan Rome. Mercurius, or Mercury, to give the English form of the Latin name, was the divinity of commerce and gu in. and was identified by the Kornaus with the Greek- Hermes. A temple was built to Mercurius as early as B. C. 495. near the Circus Maximus, and an altar of the god existed near the Porta Capena by the side of a well. His fes tival was celebrated on May 25, and chiefly by merchants who visited thc well near the Pouta Capena to which magic powers were ascribed. Great Mangrove Swamps. Mindoro, one of the larger islands of the Philippine group, is a province by itself and contains 3.9S3 square miles. It is distant from Manila a lit tle more than 100 miles. Along the shores of this island are more than 30, 000 acres of mangrove swamps, with large trees in practically virgin growth, conservatively estimated to yield 50, 000 tons of bark readily convertible into approximately 17,000 tons of cutch. Just why this growth should have remained untouched for so long is not explained. Monks Carved Church Seats. Church seats carved by monks ar-e to be seen within the walls of the an cient church at Clodock on the borders of Monmouthshire. The edifice was built some eight centuries ago and for many years it had interesting relations with Lanthony Abbey while It was the monks of the adjacent monastery that did much of the beautiful carving with in its walls. The fine tower is now so dll?i-)idated that it must be speedily re stored if it is to be saved from ruin. Rules Only for the Weak. It is one of the weaknesses of man kind that it is forever establishing rules, programs, formulae. They serve their purposes for the guidance of or dinary minds. But the pioneers of thought ride ?ugh-shod through the rulers. They gain the ends they desire by refusing to be directed by what someone else has thought before them, by what teachers have insisted upon as binding.-Exchange. Best Kind of Play ls Work. One of the best kinds of play is work. Many of the elements of play enter into work if It is performed in the right spirit. The most satisfying forms of play are those in which inter est is excited ; competition, with desire to succeed and accomplish some defi nite end, makes the game worth play ing. Work is fatiguing and distaste ful when it is lacking In these ele ments. Take Pains. Genius has been defined as an infi nite capacity for taking pains, and tal ent, which is a sort of second cousin of genius, ha*: the same characteristics, observes an educator. One who will take pains enough will meet with a mensure of success. And no one who belittles the need of patient, plodding work is likely to succeed, no matter what his endowments. At Sunday School. "Give an account of Balaam," said the teacher. "Balaam was a prophet who ?lived a long way oiT," replied the student. "After a while he went out for a ride on his donkey, and he got very angry with the donkey and hit him, and a voice from heaven said, 'You must not hit the donkey; it is lioly ground.' " Making Bulgarian Milk. The milk of the Bulgarians, well known all over the world for Its su perior nutritive quality, is made by ex posing it to the sun, the rapid develop ment of the germs under the action of the ultra violet rays being such thai when it becomes dry they are In high ly concentrated form. Moss ls Valuable. "Moss" is the popular name for sev eral kinds of small flowerless plants which flourish in damp places. In mountainous and wet districts tracts of moss are of great'service in retain ing the water and preventing sudden floods. Too Particular. The girl who thinks more of her georgette crepe waist than she does oi her beau and refuses to permit it tc get mussed will never march to the well-known tune of Mr. Mendelssohn -Florida Times-Union. Some Towers. i The height of the Eiffel tower, Paris, is 9S0 feet; of the Blackpool tower, 520 feet; of New Brighton tower. 570 feet, and of the Woolworth build ing, New York, 750 feet. Queer Place for Meteorites, One of the remarkable features of the ocean's floor is the fact that ls 3ome places it is covered with the dus? cf meteorites. Silent Applause. Many a vaudeville actress seems to think she's a big thir.g because she sings through her nose, like an ele phant.-Exchange. Vehicles Bear Owners' Names. In England all carts and wagons must bear the owner's name and ad dress before being used in a public highway. ?O PUSH ?G OF RED CROSS HOUSES Home Service Work For Army Camps Stressed In Conference At Divi sion Headquarters A very important conference touch ing (he work of the American Red Cross in the army camps of the South ern Division was held in Atlanta a few days ago. There were present not only Col. W. L. Peel, Division Manag er; C. B. Bidwell, Associate Manager, and Z. Bennett Phelps, Division Direc tor of the Bureau of Military Relief, to gether with a number of the Rod Cross Field Directors and Assistant Field Directors from the camps, but also, W. Frank Persons, Director Gen eral of Civilian Relief; Henry S. Thompson, National Director of the Bureau of Camp Service, and Charles E. Fox, Assistant Director of Camp Service in charge of construction. A number of important ' matters were discussed, amoL ? them being the personnel in the training camps, the building and manning of the Red Cross houses fdr convalescents in the camps, and the appointment of directors for these houses, instructions regarding hospital information service, and the relation of the Home Service depart ment to the department of Military Relief and the importance of Home Service to the men in the training camps and in the trenches, which latter was taken up with the field di rectors by Mr. Persons. The volume of Home Service work to be done necessitates the appoint ment of an associate field director in charge of home service who svill work with the regular field director in the camp. There will also be a Home Ser vice director on every transport that carries American troops to France, so that every soldier who leaves family or business worries behind may have someone to whom to turn for help and advice. The problem of keeping up the morale of the anny by making them understand that their families are well looked after while they are away as well as that of helping to maintain a normal standard of living in the families where the men are away belongs to the Home Service or Civilian Relief Department. "At the time of the Napoleonic campaigns," said Mr. Persons, "it was estimated that the morale of the army was more important than ammunition in the ratio of 3 to 1. In the present war, one of the greatest English gen erals has estimated the ratio as 9 to 1. Home Service is more important to the United States troops than to those of England and France, because the French and English soldiers have two weeks' leave every 90 days, can return to their homes and look after their most pressing business affairs for themselves. But the American soldier who goes to France will prob ably stay in France until the end of the war, and it is only through the Home Service Department of the Red Cross that his mind can be relieved from all worry concerning affairs at home so that his entire attention can be concentrated on soldiering." Many illustrations of the value of Home Service in the training camps of this country were given by the Field Directors, and the duties of the men in charge of this branch of the work outlined. Henry S. Thompson, national direc tor of the Bureau of Camp Service, spoke on the duties of the military field directors in the camps and their relation to the Home Service Directors in the same camps. The building of the Red Cross houses in 40 army camps in this coun try was then taken up by Charles E. Fox, assistant director of Camp Ser vice in charge of construction, and the purpose of these houses was explain ed to the Field Directors and assist ants who were present. Quarters and a place of amusement will be provided in these houses for convalescent sol diers who are well enough to leave the hospitals and yet not well enough to return to active duty, as well as ac commodations for the families of men | who are ill enough to make it neces sary to send for their relatives. It is being planned that a large part of the furniture for these houses shall be made by the older boys in the Junior Rod Cross auxiliaries. The construction in the camps of the Southern Division will be su pervised by John R. Dillon of Atlanta, of the firm of Morgan & Dillon, archi tects, who has volunteered his ser vices to the Southern division for any sort of architectural work. Men trained in work similar to that of the Home Sendee department are wanted at once for work in the camps and on the transports. All applications in this division should be made to Joseph C. Logan, Director of Civilian Relief. Field Directors and Assistant Field Directors present at the conference were T. T. Flagler, S. A. Darrach, Dr. Josiah Morse, Lanning Haney, W. R. Carr, William C. Denny, H. M. Voor hees, J. Loaring Clark, H. A. Field, William S. Moore, J. C. Williams, and Mrs. Charles A. Sheldon, Sr. JUNIOR RED CROSS TAKES OVER ARMY OF RELIEF Harvey D. Gibson, General Manager of the American Red Cross, announced this week that the Junior Red Cross organization has endorsed and taken over the Children of America Army of Relief, and that henceforward the work of this latter organization will be carried on by the Junior Red Cross. The transfer of funds took place on March 2nd, $40,000 being given over to the Junior Red Cross to be devoted to child welfare work abroad, and the Army of Relief will cease to solicii funds. All Army of Relief members are now eligible for membership in Junior Red Cross auxiliaries, and Chapter School committees are author ized to incorporate them in schools that are not already enrolled as Junior units Off to incorporate all Army of Re lief members in their territory as a single Junior Auxiliary. WELL SUPPLIED WITH FERTILIZERS We desire to inform the farmers of Edgefield county that.we have on hand ready for delivery all brands and formulas made by the Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Also a full supply of the ' 'Quality Line of Fertilizers" made by Coe-Mortimer & Co. of Charleston. Before making your fertil izer contracts for 1918 call to see us. We can also supply you with meal and 16 per cent, acid for mixing your own fertilizers at home. W. W. ADAMS & CO. HARRIS' PRESSING CLUB I take this'means of letting the people know that I have re-opened my pressing club, and will appre ciate their patronage. I am better preparad than ever to clean and press all kinds of garments, both for ladies and gentlemen. All work guaranteed. Let me know when you have work and I will send for it and make prorupt delivery. Wallace Harris Sheppard Building Down Stairs WW ' GEO. F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST Eyes examined and g.asses fitted only when necessary. Optical work of, all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C. Notice to Stock Raisers. KEEP YOUR SHOES NEAT WHITE CAKE White WHITE ???lH ? WHITE LIQUID sxlO? Dressing FOR MENS j WOMEN S AND CHiLDDEN'S SKOES , ^ ' ,'T?. F. F. D?LUEX CORPORATIONS, U'MITED. BUEFALO, H: Y.? . ; c?"-: My Jack will make the season at Wm. Allen Mobley's farm, west-end of Edisto street, Johnston, S. C. Service fee $15.00 insuring mare to get with foal. Five dollars paya ble when mare is bred, and the bal ance when colt is foaled. Notes or contracts for deferred payments mast be given. Not liable should accidents occur. Eclipse Shirts B. T. Boatwright Phone No. 12-7 W How To Give Quinine To Children. PEBRIUNEisthetrade-mnrk name given to an improved Quinine. It i? a Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot iake ordinary Quinine. Does nof nauseate nor cause nervousness norring""?: in the head. Try it the next time you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask for 2-outice original package. The Hx?ii FEBRILINE is blown in hotUd. 25 ^ent* Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days your druggist w?n refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pile* ;n 6 to 14 days. ?he first application gives Ease sod Rest. 50c, You are invited to come in and see our beautiful assortment of shirts. We sell the celebrated Eclipse shirts, the best on the market for the money. Large assortment to select from. Our Spring Oxfords-both the cele brated Crossett Oxfords and the Selz Schwab Oxfords-are arriving'. Come in and let us fit von. ?/ Every department is being filled with new spring goods. DORN & MIMS