Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LET W. S. S. BE BANKS TO SAFEGUARD ; BONDS AND STAMPS Are Ready to Protect Securities of Small Investor? Free or For Nominal Charge. In buying Liberty Bonds, Victory Bonds, Thrift and War Savings Stumps the people of the United States have done more than perform a patriotic duty-they have invested in the soundest securities in the world, gold obligations of the Unit ed States of America. But the safeguarding of these se curities has become a problem for many folk. Only a few persons, rel atively, have either a safe in the house or office, or a safe-deposit box in the vaults of the bank. Far ."? o many patriotic citizens are keeping bonds and stamps about the house, in the bureau drawer, under the mat tress, or on the shelf. And even if the treasure is thus hidden from thieves, there is the ever present dan ger of fire, and the loss of the money invested. There may be no further call for the people at large to subscribe to huge bond issues, but the govern ment needs the daily and weekly sums which come in from the sale of Thrift and War Savings Stamps for taxes must be kept down. The danger of loss has deterred some peo p.'o from getting as many stamps as they might otherwise buy. Hence the problem will be a future question as well as a present one. Steps have been taken, however, to meet this situation. First, every bond or stamp certifi cate may be registered with the Treasury Department. Registration means that the owner's name and the number of his security have been "registered" by the government, and that nobody but himself can pos sibly get the money which the bond or stamp certificate calls for. Cer tificates may be registered through the nearest postoffice; bonds through the nearest bank. And the second method for safe guarding has been provided by the ' banks themselves. Every bank-na- 1 tional bank or savings bank-and ev ery trust company has, of course, ample and secure vaults. For the man who does not feel that he can afford ito rent a safe deposit box to keep ?Liberty Bonds and War Savings .Stamps in, many of the banks and trust companies have announced their 1 willingness to keep these securities i for him in their own vaults. ' SUCCESSFUL DOLLARS ! ARE THOSE WORKING ; Invested in War Savings Stamps They < Never Fail to Yield You Hand- J some Profit. < It is the dollar that goes to work < that is the successful dollar. The j idle dollar is a failure. . The success- < lui dollar brings back another dollar ? with it. It makes itself a dollar and ? something-two dollars and some- ? thing-a whole family of dollars. But the careless dollar goes off \ somewhere and is never seen again. 1 A Texas man the other day lost a ! life-time's savings-$786. His dol- ? lars had gone off in the pockets of ! two fake stock promoters. He had ? not taught his dollars to keep good ? company. ? Hundreds of years ago a man to ! whom a handful of money had been j trusted buried it all in a napkin. He got no increase-he did not even keep j ?what he had. < The dollar that succeeds is ener- ? .getic-and careful. War Savings < Stamps do more than save your dol- ? lars. They put them to work at < compound interest. And they never J fail. Your government guarantees < every one of them. , A man once bought Manhattan Isl- < ?nd for $24. He had the $24. Buy ; War Savings Stamps and be ready. ! Provide a sliver lining for the com- 1 int 41ou<L War Savngs Stamps will ; YOUR CHAS?PION WAR SAVINGS STAMPS MADE HOME POSSIBLE Man Who Suddenly Found Himself Without Roof Over Head Was Able to Buy Property. . This true story tells how War Sav ings Stamps built a sure protection around one Washington war worker and his family. Early in the war savings campaign he began a small systematic invest ment in Thrift Stamps, which ulti mately grew until he had an. invest ment of $100. He says he acquired his stamps without depriving him self or family. The investment "just grew" out of incidental savings. Presently this incidental ' money became scarce. The war worker and his family felt the burden of the war time'high cost of living, and the anx iety and expense of extraordinary ill ness of the two children. Then an other blow fell. He awoke one morn ing to find that he had no place to live. His residence had been sold and he and his family were asked to va cate. He could find no houses for rent within his means, and was con fronted with the necessity of leaving the city or buying a home for his family. He could not buy without making a substantial initial pay ment, and ready funds were seem ingly beyond reach. Then he thought of his War Sav ings Stamps. He remembered they were redeemable on ten days' notice, with accrued, interest. With the pro ceeds of these stamps and such small sums as he could gather he made first payment on a new home in the suburbs. Recently he refused to sell it for $1,200 more than the purchase price. This man is a War Savings Stamp enthusiast-and he is on the straight road to financial independence. Start your mind going along saving , ines and then watch it travel. Buy 5V. S. S. regularly. Pull together to produce mora, to eliminate waste, to save and to in fest in W. S. S. Keep your money at work for you. ?e-invest your Liberty Bond interest n W. S. S. REMEMBER THE ANT Save and have!' Remember the story of the ant and the grasshopper? The ant worked and saved. The end of each day found him with a little more added to what he had the day before. The grass hopper danced and sang and fiddled his time away. Winter came; the ant had plenty. The grasshopper had nothing; he l ad not saved. He went to the ant and asked for help. Said the ant: "While I worked, you fooled your time away. You can dance now for all I care." Are you an ant-person or a grasshopper - person? Some time are you going to have to as.k for help and will someone tell you to dance; or will you be independent? If you save now, you'll have laler on. Let the end of every week find more Thrift Stamps on your card. At the end of ev ery month be able to show more War Savings Stamps pastel on your certificate. Lend your money to the government at 4 per cent interest, compounded qus.rterly, and see it grow. Take stock of yoursc-lf! i What are you worth? Will J next New Year's Day find you <? worth more or less? Which will | you be; an ant or a grasshop- ? National Capital Engaged in a Hunt for Bold, Bad Men. Washington, July 20.-The na tion's capital is going through the novelty of a man-hunt. A long series of daylight hold-ups and robberies, topped off by five at tacks on white women by negroes, has wound up with citizens taking af fairs into their own hands to the ex tent of forming vigilance committees and by private subscription raising a reward fund which now totals more than two thousand dollars. One negro under arrest has been identified by two of the white women but the police say their evidence against the man is only circumstantial and they are holding him while mak ing further investigations. The n;gro made one futile attempt to escape while under questioning at police headquarters during which he denied his guilt. The man-hunt has proceeded in the most fashionable part of the city and close by the homes of many well known men. One assault which took place not far from the celebratel Chevy Chase golf club aroused the men of the vicinity and nearby Mary land and they formed searching par ties, raised a reward fund and pla carded that part of the city with dis criptions of the negro. For two days searching parties combed the woods immediately at the entrance of the National Zoological Park, where the negro was said to have been hiding. Thescene is near Secretary Tu multy's house, and the homes of other nationally known figures are nearby. Meanwhile, other attacks on white women by negroes took place m other sections of the city and citizens' associations held meetings at which the police were denounced for ineffi ciency. There were threats that if the negro should be caught the search ers would take justice into their own hands. The police have counseled respect for law and order, and maintained that Congress does not appropriate enough funds to make policemen enough available to adequately police the city. Police officers are inclined to charge the crime wave largely to the results of bootlegging by negroes since the dry laws became effective. So far as is known, the assailant of at least three women is unaccount ed for. The man held is charged only with assault upon two. There has ' been some talk of a Congressional in vestigation of the police. The sixth attack of its kind in four weeks was reported to the police early this morning. A woman employe of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the, plant where the govern ment makes stamps and currency, re ported she had been seized by two ne groes at a street corner but beat them off with her umbrella and alarm ed them with her screams. As part of the police crusade to meet the situation, orders were given today to round up all negro loiterers Dn street corners who fail to give satisfactory accounts of themselves. No Reason for Sugar Shortage. Washington, July 20.-While re tail dealers throughout the country are advising consumers they have dif ficulty of obtaining normal stocks of sugar, the government has forecast i domestic crop far above the aver ige for the last six years. The department of agriculture in in estimate based on July 1st crop conditions and announced today, pre iicts a crop of 2,216,000,000 pounds jr 147,000,000 pounds more than the iverage crop of the preceeding six fears. The beet ~ugar forecast this year s higher than the record crop of L915-16 by nearly 75,000 tons, but ;he cane sugar crop is almost 100, 300 tons below the average of the six years. The sugar beet acreage this year is a record one. In recent years the cane sugar crop jsually has been about one-fourth of ;he total and beet sugar produced contiguous United States, but this years the prospect is that'it will be )nly about one-seventh. Smaller acre ige and a wet, cool spring are the cause of the smaller crop. Michigan, Colorado and Utah show jig increases in beet sugar prospects, forecasts Ishow Michigan's crop as L,159,000 tons, an increase of 257, 300 tons; Colorado's 2,024,000 tons, ncrease 580,000, and Utah's 1,208, 300 tons, increase 205,000 tor.s. Summer Complaint Quickly Relieved. "About two years ago when suf fering from a severe attack of sum ner complaint, I took Chamberlain's Dolic and Diarrhoea Remedy and it relieved me almost instantly/' writes VIrs. Henry Jewett, Clark Mills, N. Sf. This is an excellent remedy for colic and diarrhoea and should be cept at hand by every family. JP mull?, lia ?il? ! fe1 iii fe NO use arguing about it, or making chin-music in a minor key! If you've got the iimmy-pipe or riga rette makin s notion cornered in your smokeappetite, slip fe^^iwjpSSw it a few liberal loads of Prince Albert! M Boiled down to regular old between-us-man-talk, Prince Albert kicks the "pip" right out of a pipe! Puts pipe pleasure into the 24-hours-a-day joy'us class! Makes cigarette rolling the toppiest of sports! P. A. is so fragrant, so fascinating in flavor, so refreshing! Prince Albert can't bite your tongue or parch your throat! You go as far as you like according to your smoke spirit! Our exclusive patented process cuts out bite and parch! Toppy red bags, tidy red tins, handsome pound and half-pound tin humidors-and-that classy, practical pound crystal glass humidor with sponge moistener top that keeps the tobacco in such perfect condition. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C. WANTED. Splendid opportunity for men and women selling guaranteed hosiery. Handsome profits made in either full or spare time. Full line of men's, wo men's and children's up-to-date styles. Large commissions. Experi ence not necessary. Write PHOENIX HOSIERY CO., West Market Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa. NOTICE. If you want your Gold Crown or Gold Teeth to keep bright, send for a 15 cents package of Price's Gold Cream Polish. JOHN C. PRICE, 1243% Jones St., Augusta, Ga. 7-2-4t. Wai You cannot lon; have a large assorti make themselves cc See our hot-weat are reasonable. Large stock of ( popular leathers. If it's a Straw hs can fit you at a reas Largest stock of ! shown. Can fit an1 Now is the time 1 You can get what y WANTED-A J?ABM 200 to 600 ACRES Improved land, on public road, near school house and church. "FA?ME? D4" CARE OF "THE STATE" Columbia, S. C. LOST: Automobile number 46, 080 somewhere between Edgefield and Johnston. Finder please return to MRS. EVA W. OUZTS. rm Weall ls Here ?;er put off buying hot weathei nent of everything that men ? imfortable these sweltering days her clothing, all sizes and all we 3xfords that are stylish and di it or Panama that you need, c onable price. Shirts and Summer Underwear y size from a small boy to the ls ;o supply your needs before the ou want. Come in to See Us rn & Min HARRIS' PRESSING CLUB I take this'nieans of letting the people know that I have re-opened my pressing club, and will appre ciate their patronage. I am better prepared 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 prompt delivery. Wallace Harris Sheppard Building . Down Stairs mm ?ff?&? her r garments. We ind boys need to aves at prices that arable-all of the ome to us. We that we have ever irgest men. stock is broken. ns