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/ FOR. EVERY DAY S AND WAR SAVINGS sr/ BANKS ORDERING HAND GRENADES t>ver 175,000 Children In Fifth District Will Be Routing Enemy, Waste, During Summer Months. Richmond, Va.-According to the latest available figures over five hun dred banks in the Fifth Federal Re serve District have ordered supplies of hand grenade penny-savings banks that are to be used by the children for Bummer savings. The total number of hand grenades that have been or dered exceeds 175,000. The plan of the hand grenade bank originated In the Treasury Depart ment, and the banks are being dis tributed in this district by the War Loan Organization here. Every school child under the age of seventeen years may, by applying at the local bank, re ?oive one of these hand grenade penny-banks as a loan for the vaca tion period. If, dubing th? summer, enough money is saved to purchase one or more War Savings Stamps the bank becomes the property of the child. The banks are made out of real hand grenades that were to have been used against the Huns. With percussion cap and high explosive removed, and .lots cut to receive and take out coins, they are now doing service against the enemy, waste, as banks for sav mgs.# School officials all over the district are enthusiastic about the plan, as ?they feel that it will not only keep .live but strengthen the thrift ideals that already have been implanted in the minds of the children. J. H. Binford, assistant superinten .dent of public schools here, has en dorsed the scheme, in a recent letter expressing the hope that all the banks in the district would co-operate by get ting supplies of the hand grenades, as the school children are enthusiastic About securing them. OBJECT IS TO MAKE PEOPLE PROSPEROUS Government Much Interested In Series of War Savings Societies That Are Rapidly Being Organized. Government officials at Washing ton are watching with no little inter est the growth of a series of societies springing up all over the United States. They have already attained a membership that reaches well up into the millions. Treasury department officials are particularly interested in this move ment, and it ia fostered by that de partment As soon as a society is formed the navnes of the ? president, secretary and each individual mem ber are placed in the treasury depart ment archives. These societies are War Savings Bocieties, and "the motive of each so ciety is Thrift. The government, in favoring these organizations, has not only in view the replenishing of the ?J ni ted States treasury through the pale of Thrift and War Savings Stamps, but the big idea ls to cause .aeh individual member to learn the value to himself of being thrifty. Tho government is not seeking to divert capital from legitimate com mercial enterprises. It dees not want to ti^ ap vast sums. It is the person ?who has never saved systematically Hthat it ii tho most anxious to roach. This person can put aside the small amooats that he has been accustomed to spend, and this, drawing four per ?ont eompound Interest, will in an in credibly short time grow into a large rjsaough susi to make the first pay ment on a home, or to provide a sum ?with which" one may make a perma nent investment "Nothing is final!" said Napoleon after the hattie of Jena. In days of osperity Insure against emergencies, financial safety with War Sar Stamp?. _._" AGENTS CARRYING MESSAGE OF THRIFT Harold Braddock, Director of Savingo Division Writes Letter of Ap preciation to Each of Eigh teen Hundred Workers. TMrst-hand information and sugges tions as to how to obtain increased efficiency and prosperity may now be obtained by women on the farm, in any part of the country, from the home demonstration agents of the depart ment of agriculture. Entering into the national savings movement with a lest that characterizes all their work, some eighteen hundred of these home demonstration agents have been carry ing the message of thrift Into the farm houses all over the United States. In appreciation of their voluntarily undertaken work, Director Braddock has written a latter to each worker, o^commendation, which reads in part: "Thrift is primarily the people's con cern. If thrift ls to become a perma nent national asset, the people's agen cies and organisations must definitely assume their share of responsibility for inculcating thrift by including it in their program for action. Schools, churches, busiu-ass and labor organiza tions, fraternal societies and women's organizations, s.s well as agricultural workers and agencies, are already un dertaking this work and are in close co-operation with the treasury de partment." . According to Mr. Braddock's letter, plans for the creation of savings facil ities in the home are outlined as fol lows: "1. Habit of saving first some part of income for future needs and of spending wisely for present needs. "2. Home betterment fund, to se cure, for example, running water in the house. "3. Savings plan for every boy and girl. "4. SavlngB fund in government se curities for evtry family. "5. Keeping of accounts to pro mote wise spending and to Increase savings. "6. Safe ir.vestraent of savings (Nos. 2, 3, 4) in government securi ties until money is needed; War Sav ings Stamps as a desirable invest ment." EASY TO SAYE By the same token that the best way to have anythiag is do it yourself, the best way to get ahead in the world is save regularly and invest wisely. Your children may be buying Thrift Stamps but the nickels and dimes and quarters they are able to save won't buy a new automobile or a home or a cultivator. The money to do that will not be saved unless you save it It's easy enough to save if you do it the W. S. S. way. Quarters planted in Thrift Stamps grow into War Sav ings. Stamps and the interest maka? them grow like rain deas a sunwner flower. Save .for that happy opportu nity. If you're not in a War Baringa Society-get. m one. Ba with tts crowd. ??+??OS???<????eO*f M?? Did Ton Bvar Bay: *TF I HAD THE MONBTT Then eansMer REGULAR SAVING-be mat urate about ft-*? gires yon tho power ol SELECTIVE BUYING, which saves yon stm mora money, ka? olde? getting you Jae* what yam want and provides tanda tar SECURE INVESTMENTS, & which pila up money without f help from you while ycu'ro gat ting some mora. it's BfJUiB and M's EAST. Ia anything better than that? Start NOWrtt ? WAR Jj SAVINGS < ? STAMPS. \\ They bear interest. Tornr o nearest post office or bank has thea. (Death Rate High Among Chil dren. Out of every 1,000 children born in South Carolin in 1918,' 133.2 died before they reached one year of age. The tota' number of births in South Carolina in 1918 was 44,S85. The total number of deaths of chil dren under one year of age was 5, 974. The deaths were distributed as follows: White males 1,105; White, females, 808; negro males, 2,235; ne gro females, 1,862. The death rate among children under one year of age in 1918 was 133.2 per 1,000. These figures are officiai and au thoritative. They are taken from the official records of the bureau of vital statistics kept by C. W. Miller, chief clerk. The records are made up from reports receiver from all parts of the state; the reports have recently been compiled and show very clearly the ravages which influenza caused last fall and winter. The total number of deaths in 1918 was 31,979, distributed as follows:' Whites, 12,188; negroes, 19,785; In dians, 5; Chinese, 1. The births in 1917 totaled 43,125, I as against 44?,885 for 1918. The death rate among children un der one year old in 1917 was 124.4 per thousand as against 133.2 in 1918. The deaths in 1917 of children under one year of age totaled 5,365, distributed as follows: White males, 1,042; white females, 785; negro males, 1,984; negro females, 1,554. The death rate for children under one year of age in 1917, as stated, was 124.4 per thousand. The death rate for all ages, whites and negroes, was 14.5 per thousand. Reports for January, February, I March and April of 1919 show some (interesting facts as regards the num ber of deaths from different diseases. I A list of a few diseases, together with the number of deaths reported for each month, is as follows: Jan Feb Mch 'Apr Typhoid fever_ 4 3 7 8 Diphtheria_ 12 11 Sleeping Sickness 2 6 Measles_ 2 2 1 Whooping Cough 7 17 7 'Tuberculosis_ 120 126 155 150 ? Meningitis All forms_20 13 18 19 The total number of deaths from tuberculosis during January, Febru ary, March and April of this year have reached a total of 551. Menin gitis comes next with 70 victims. The State. Loss of Appetite. As a general rule there is nothing serious about a loss of appetite, and if you skip a meal or only eat two meals a day for a few days you will soon have a relish for your meals when meal time corns. Bear in mind that at least five hours should always ?lapse between meals so as to give the food ample time to digest and the stomach a period of rest before a second meal is taken. Then if you eat no more than you crave and take a reasonable amount of outdoor ex ercise every day, you will not need to worry about your appetite. When the loss of appetite is caused by con stipation as is often the case, that should be corrected at once. A dose of Chamberlain's Tablets will do it. America at Head of Peace Policy. Berlin, July 13;.-Count Bernstorff, former German ambassador ?t Wash ington, writing in the Weekly Demo cratic Germany, advocated a pro American policy and points out that a revision of the treaty of peace can only come through the League of Nations. "When Germany is received into the league," he says, "she can hope for a world order checking imperial ism by individual powers and bring ing about a system binding peoples together across the frontiers of states. I hardly need to point out that such a policy would lead us to the side of the United States. The idea of a League of Nations is a living one. There alone are funds to be found, and there the principal champion of the league idea will be at the helm for another 20 months." Count von Bernstorff says that so cialism is unpopular in the United States and therefore if Germany wishes to cultivate friendly relations with that country they must convince Americans not only that militarism is dead, but that new Germany has no intention of fostering world revolu tion. Summer Complaint Quickly Relieved. "About two years ago when suf fering from a severe attack of sum mer complaint, I t|ok Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and it relieved me almost instantly," writes Mrs. Henry Jewett, Clark Mills, N. Y. This is an excellent remedy for colic and diarrhoea and should be kept at hand by every family. . .Chain ' fl m STEWART & KERNAGHAN, Candidate for Cotton Weigher. I take this means of announcing iat"I am a candidate for the position of' cotton weigher for the town of Edgefield and solicit the support of farmers who sell their cotton there. If elected I shall endeavor to give entire satisfaction at all times. B. C. BRYANT. Candidate for Cotton Weigher. Having just returned from France, and receiving my discharge from the U. S. Army, wnere i nave been since September 1917, at the solicitation of a number of my friends, I hereby announce myself as candidate for Cotton Weigher for the town of Edge field, S. C. If elected, I promise to give faithful service to all parties in the performance of my duties. WILLIAM G. BYRD. There can be no doubt as to the merit of Cardui, the woman's tonic, in the treatment of many troubles peculiar to women. The thousands of women who have been helped by Cardui in the past 40 years, is conclu sive proof that it is a good medicine for women who suffer, lt should help you, too. Take P The Woman's Tonic Mrs. N. E. Varner, of Hixson, Tenn., writes: "1 was passing through the .. . My back and sides were terrible, and my suffering indescriba ble. I can't tell just how and where 1 hurt, about all over. I think ... I began Cardui, and my pains grew less and less, until Twas cured. 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