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Winthrop Graduates Number Two Hundred and Fifty-eight. sion of Winthrop College at Rock Hill came to a close Tuesday night when graduating exercises were held in the college auditorium. Diplomas and certificates were' presented to 258 graduates and students pursuing special courses. This is the largest graduating class in the history of the college. The address before the graduating class was delivered by P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of edu cation of Washington, D. C. Mr. Clax ton, who is an eloquent speaker, hold ing the close attention of his audience throughout his address, set forth a few of the present-day needs in edu cation. He declared that the body should be trained as well as the mind and quoted statistics showing how the failure of such a large number of men under draft age to qualify phy sically for military service might have meant the ? downfall of this nation had the enemy outnumbered the American soldiers to a greater ex tent. While the body should be built up, ,the muscles developed and a high physical standard maintained in order to successfully cope with the tasks of life, the careful cultivation of the mind should not be neglected, the speaker stated. Physical training and mental training should go hand in hand. Each is handicapped without the other. The most important thing to-day, Mr. Claxton declared, is the educa tion of the masses. The government of this democratic country is upheld by the masses and its stability de pends upon their knowledge and abil ity to think clearly. Crime, he stated, can be greatly reduced in this nation by educating the child away from it, and poverty, crime and unrest will last as long as the masses are un educated. The presentation of diplomas and certificates was made by Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of the college. In a brief address before presenting their diplomas to the graduates Dr. Johnson reviewed the work of the college during the past year and told of a few of the plans for the coming session. He stated that during this period 22,792 country girls and wo men have been enrolled in canning clubs, poultry clubs, home demon stration clubs and war garden clubs. The work on the new dormitory which was started last January is now rapidly progressing and Dr. Johnson announced that it will be sufficiently completed when the fall session opens to accommodate 140 students, which will enable the college to accommo date all of the high school graduates who heretofore have been turned a way for lack of room. The college now has an hand $101, 500 to be used in the construction of a Y. M. C. A. building. Dr. Johnson stated. Work on the building was not begun last year because of the ruling of the war industries board prohibit nig all construction work except that which was vitally necessary. Mr. Rockefeller has agreed to extend the time limit within which this building was to have been completed under the conditions of his gift, 12 months or until September 17, 1920. The A. Markley Lee scholarship, which is awarded, every year to the junior who completes the work of her class and who is judged by the facul ty as excelling morally, mentally and physically, was presented last night to Miss Marie Tedder" of Dovesville. Honorary scholarships were awarded to three juniors, Misses Helen Bailey, Lila Foy and ?auline Marion; four sophomores, Misses Louise Geddings, Ella Stout, Clara Hammond and Hel en Derrick; and five freshmen, Misses Mary E. Blackman, Alice Wells, Sara L. Foster, Anna Sullivan and Elise Faye Ford. Those graduating with honor were Misses Grace Beard, Sarah Godbold, Elizabeth Gooding, Cecile Hardee, Martha Marie Sanders, Louise Simril, Harriet Sullivan, Virginia Thomas and Aline Williams. Rock Hill, June 4.-The 24th ses GEORGE F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST Eyes examined and Glasses fitted for all Errors of refraction. Swat GIVE GRENADE BANKS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN Millions to be Distributed by Treas ury Department to Encourage Happy Habit of Thirft. Hand grenades made by the United Stateu government to bomb the Huns to destruction are now to be used to boom thrift Millions of the little ma chines of destruction, with the explos ives carefully removed, are to be given to the school children of the United States to encourage the saving habit. The grenades are being con verted into miniature savings banks. They will hold pennies and nickels and dimes which can be converted into Thrift Stamps. The Thrift Stamps in turn can be converted into War Savings Stamps. Distribution of the grenades in the several Federal Reserve Districts will be left in the hands of the district Sav ings Directors. In this district the War Loan Organization, with head quarters in Richmond, Va., has so ar HAND GRENADE SAVINGS BANK ranged that a grenade bank will be ?warded to each child. who, during the vacation period, earns enough mopey to bay a War Savings Stamp. Some bank In every community will lend each child a grenade and at the close of the vacation period the child will return it with the money it con tains, to the bank. There the money will be counted. If the child has saved enough to buy a War Savings Stamp the grenade-bank will be his, 1 but in all events the cash must be in vested in Thrift Stamps if not enough 1 has been saved to pay for a War Sav ings Stamp. The grenade-banks are of considerable value and will be : splendid souvenirs of the great war. and the War Loan Organization of the Fifth Federal Reserve District is anx ious to place them in the hands of as many children as possible. Thrift is not miserliness, it ta get ting a hundred cents worth out of every dollar. Are you sending out ships, or Just hoping that somebody else's will get stranded on your shore? Buy W. S. S. and watch your own come in. Den't forget the squirrel-save some of your nuts for the winter that always follows the summer.-Buy W. S. S. Thrift ia the wise use of money Improvidence is its abuse. Buy W. S. S. BRITISH THRIFT. The British War Savings Com mittee has become a permanent institution in England and the fol lowing declaration has been issued explaining the English attitude toward thrift: "Quite as important, both as a source of revenue and as a social movement, is the restraint of lux ury, and growth of economy and simplicity of life among the well-to do. Otherwise goods and services will be wasted. War savings ap plies to all classes and appeals to all incomes." HOW SAVINGS HABIT HELPS EVERYBODY Money Invested This Year in Thrift Stamps Returns in Fivo Years Vastly Increased. On New Year's day 1923. there will begin a remarkable series of divi dend payments to American people. Hundreds of millions of dollars of War Savings Stamps sold during 1918 will then be redeemable. On each News Year's day thereafter for a num ber of years there will undoubtedly be huge returns to the American peo ple of the money borrowed wLth in terest. These great dividend days bring American bankers new opportunities and also responsibilities. How can new thrift haibits be linked to thrift institutions? How can this money, the product of thrift, be mobilized for further work? Already the bankers are working with the Treasury Department to continue thrift habits. For people who save money there is a wide range of thrift institutions that will take charge of funds, put them to work safely, and return good earnings. As the government filans to borrow by general education of thrift in every kind, so the banks and thrift institu tions can aid the government by en couraging general thrift and building hipper business themselves. One of the first steps to be taken by bankers is that of spreading -informa tion about banks, life insurance, build ing and loan associations, federal farm louas, and all other thrift institutions. The best way to meet Uncle Sam's borrowing needs is te promote thrift on the broadest possible lines. Every dollar deposited in a savings bank becomes available for national finance. Every life insurance policy" sold is equivalent to an indirect loan to the government. Every obligation assumed by thrifty people such as a building mortgage is a stimulus to production and saving, and therefore, as much a national service as the di rect purchase of government securi ties. In placing these matters clearly before everybody in his community the banker will live up to his opportu nities and his responsibilities in the new thrift movement When the bil lion dollar New Year Days arrive he will be ready. TELLS HOW SHE BUYS WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Woman Tells How by Intelligent Sav ings Plan She ls Able to Accumu late Money Which Was Formerly Wasted. "Save while the money is warm" ie the motto of a woman who has estab lished a reputation both for herself and her family by the number of War Savings Stamps she bought without apparently stinting in the least Here is her system. "The only way to save is to save. When I have actually saved a quarter I put it into a Thrift Stamp without delay. If I save that quarter on one thing and then spend it carelessly for something else, I have not saved any real money. "For example the other day I went down town expecting to pay $10 for a pair of special shoes.-To my sur prise, I found there was a sale that day. and got the very pair of shoes I wanted for $7.75. I had sarved $2.2*. But how to keep it saved. I knew that if I simply regarded it mentally as saving, before the end of the month it would be spent miscellaneously. 1 went right down stairs in the store and bought nine Thrift Stamps and stuck those quarters in the'Thrift card where they could not get sway before the end of the month. "I do the same thing when I have saved a single quarter or half dollar, and I am seriously thinking of getting a little penny bank to hold saved pen nies or dimes until they grow to Thrift Stamp size. What is more, I am get ting a whole lot of fun out of this most fascinating game, the game of "Getting Ahead." Get that happy f?elln?-it's waiting for you with your first W. S S. The man who puts his money Iff to W. S. S. is never "brr,ke." Watch your out-go today ?ii your future income will take cars of itself. Buy W. S S. and you wiil ni waste''nor want The Real Thing Right Through Put United States Tires under your car and you'll find them the real thing. They're built to wear-to give you the kind of economical service you want. And that's just what they do. Hundreds of thousands of regular users will vouch for that-lots of them right around here. There are five distinct types of United States Tires-one for every need of price or use. We have exactly the ones for your car. STEWAKT & KE?NAGHAN, local Dealers Oxfords! Oxfords!! Now is the time to discard the heavy, wornout winter shoes and buy a stylish pair of Oxfords. We have a large stock to select from in Grosset and Selz-Schwab Oxfords Big line of Straw flats, warm-weather Underwear Clothing, etc. COME IN TO SEE US Born & IHims W.RHartin & Bro. 1815 Main St.. Columbia S.G. v_-' Hov/ To Give Quinine To Children; PEBRILINE is the trade mark name given to an improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it ?nd never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringins: in the head. Try lt the Jext time you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask for 2-ounce encinal package. The name FIBRIL ?NE is blown iu bettle. 25 cent? United States Administration Southern Railroad Schedule of trains arriving and departing from Edgefield: Depart Arrive 6:55 a. m._Trenton and Columbia.__._9:45 a. m 8:40 a. m._._.Trenton and Augusta_.7:50 a. m. 10:40 a. m._Trenton, Aiken, Augusta, Columbia, Washington and New York_2:00 p. m. 8:05 p. m-....Trenton, Columbia and Augusta_9:00 p. m. For additional information communicate with J. A. TOWNSEND, Agent, Edgefield, S. C. v.