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VALUE OF SAVINGS BECOMES APPARENT Ono of Great Lessons of War Is That of National and Individual Thrift, Now Rapidly Growing Now that the new German govern ment has accepted the inevitable, and 1 has officially signed the peace terms dictated by the allies and the coun tries associated with them, the great- i est and most disastrous war that ever scourged the world ls ended. For nearly five years the world has been topsy-turvy. The things that were needed yesterday ar6 no longer required, and the activities of tho great war establishments and muni tion plants are being diverted to the manufacture of Implements of peace There must now be a readjustment. Governments that have thought in bil lions and spent money with a lavish, hand, must retrench and think in mil lions and even smaller amounts, and ?inst gain a new perspective. Viewed in the retrospect the part played by America in the great world war ls one of the most glorious chap ters in history. And in the making of thia brilliant history the plain Am?ri ca? citizen prayed a stellar role. The mountains of munitions, the equip ment for the millions of soldiers, the great 6hips that carried the men across the ocean, could not have been provided had not the common people .of America provided the money. Much of this money was obtained through the sale of Liberty Bonds and War 8avings and Thrift Stamps. Tili? great volume of nioner has not been wasted. First it brought perma ?neat peace to the world, and now that real peace Is here, every cent that was so Invested will come back to those who aided their government, and it will come back with interest. This war that is now happily ended has taught the people the value of sav in?. They went into the saving 'gaine as much through patriotism as anything else. But now that they are reaping the returns, and see that what they did with a patriotic motive is a real foundation for future fortune, they have gained a new confidence in 4heir country, and they will continue <o buy the securities the Treasury De partment offers, and will make the country many-fold more prosperous 'than it would have been had not the war instilled the lesson that will prove 'invaluable In future years. PAYING OFF THAT MORTGAGE Theodore Roosevelt said: "Thrift is merely the use of hard common sense in the spending of money." Paying off the mortgage on the installment ?yian by buying War Savings Stamps ls one of the uses of this hard com mon sense. Not only does this plan offer a prac tical way of saving small amounts of aioney, but small amounts may be earning interest as soon as they are set aside toward the collecting of the larger sum. This interest in turn materially helps to reduce the G per cent interest rate commonly charged on mortgages. When the mortgage comes due it may either be paid off in whole, or In part and renewed, the method of saving through Wir Savings Stamps being employed until the principal is liquidated. "May the vast future not have to lament that you neglected it." Buy Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps. Is the glue on the back of War Sav ings Stamps flavored with peppermint or wintergreen? Buy one and ind CANNOT LOSE MONEY IF INVESTED WISELY Funds Put Into War Savings Stamp? Are Absolutely Safe and Yield Handsome Profit to Hotder Government securities afford the safest and most practical investment in the world. A War Savings Stamp is a promisory note for $5 if redeemed at maturity, or for the original cost of the stamp plus accrued interest if re deemed before maturity. It was only after America entered the great world conflict that the small wage earner in this oountry was af forded the opportunity of investing in government securities; of becoming co-partners with the government. That there are today more than 20,000,000 holders of government securities is a fact which speaks for itself. When you buy a War Savings Stamp I you are helping the government. To be able to make a loan td the govern ment, even as small as the sum repre sented by a War Savings Stamp, is a proof of patriotism and also a practi cal manifestation of that spirit of na tional thrift and individual savings which has come to us as a permanent heritage from the war. WEALTH OF NATION GROWING RAPIDLY In Washington some of those ex perts, who are masters of figures and who have a mind attuned to statistics, frequently dig up queer things. One I of this type has figured out that the total wealth ot the United States is $300,000,000,000. Then he figures out the new wealth produced annually, which he terms "net income." This gets into dizzy figures, too. He esti mates that last year the national wealth increased $18,000,000,000. which he admits is going faster than the normal. Another Washington official points out that one of the best ways to conserve this national income in wealth is for individuals to buy War Savings Stamps. ONE SAFE PLACE FOR LIB .ERTY BONDS-THE BANK PUT YOURS THERE The Cumberland (Md.) Eve ning Times prints the following, which should be a reminder to all who are now keeping their Liberty Bonds or War Savings Stamps in boxes around the house or in broken tea pots or in mattresses : Mrs. William B. Dever. wife of Fireman-Engineer Dever, Baltimore and Ohio railroad, of Rowlesburg, W. Va.; threw $1,-, ? C50 worth of Liberty Bonds into the Cheat river, back of ber home, by mistake, with rubbrsh she had cleaned from their home. The valuable bonds have not been recovered although a diligent search of the Cheat river bottom in that vicinity has been made. W. 'B. Dever's great loss of bonds has a parallel. W. W. Wood, Baltimore and Ohio rail road engineer, lost $150 worth of Liberty Bonds from his pock et. They were a $100 and $50 issue. Engineer Wood intended to deposit the bonds in a local bank. They have not been lo cated. A laborer unloading a car ot coal at Paw Paw, Saturday, found a $100 bend in the coal It is thought to have dropped from the pocket of a car loader at the mines. The laborer re ported the matter to the com $ pany's station agent at Paw Paw, ls said, with a view of returning lt to Ita owner. Will the People Submit to Lawless Distillers? Will tho people of South Carolina submit to the overthrow of prohibi tion by the lawless distillers? The overwhelming majority of the people are opposed to the making and sell ing of intoxicants, and they know that, so far, prohibition has tremen dously benefitted the state. Open bar rooms and dispensaries the last three years would have made life in this land almost intolerable. Now we are confronted with the fact that an element of the popula tion is resolved that the prohibition law shall bo set at naught. Two dis tilleries were raided in Barnwell county two days ago and every day reports of the operation of these criminal concerns are published. Until the dispensary law was en acted the "whiskey question" was one of cities and towns and for a long time the people of the country were unreasonable in their disposition to the towns on account of it. The dispensary law, destroying the treating habit, went a long way to shift the problem to the country dis tricts. Whiskey was purchased in the original package and carried to the country and there distributed. The present condition in the rural sec tions is, in part, the inheritance of the dispensary system for which the rural voters were in the main respon sible. Be it to their credit or discredit, the responsibility for prohibition be longs for the most part to these same rural voters and the problem of extir pating the illicit distillery is almost exclusively the problem -of the coun try people. After a long time the pub lic opinion in the towns, even in Charleston, asserted itself against blind tigers and resulted in reducing the evil to the minimum. Since 1892 the country people .have shaped and directed the policy of South Carolina towards the whiskey traffic and, at last, the time has come 'when they have got to act as well as to vote and talk. They will have the cooperation of the people in the towns, the "moon shine distillery" being a menace to them, but most of the task of sup pressing the unlawful manufacture and sale of liquor will be upon them. If prohibition shall fail in South Carolina, it will be their failure. They have made the law and it is for their public opinion to organize and en force it.-The State. Abbeville-Greenwood Mu tual Insurance Asso ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $4,268,300. WRITE OR CALL on the under ? signed for any information you may , desire about our plan of insurance. . We insure your property against destraction by FIRE. WINDSTORM or LIGHT NING and do so cheaper than any Com pany in existence. Remember, . we are prepared tc prove to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of insurance known. Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the countiei of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor mick, Edgefield, Laurens, Saluda, Richland, Lexington, Calhoun and Spartanburg. The officers are: Gen. J. Frasei Lyon, President, Columbia S. C., J. R. Blake, Gen. Agent, Secty. and Treas., Greenwood,' S. C. DIRECTORS. A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C. A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. 1 J. Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C. W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S .C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, GEN. AGT. Greenwood, S. C. February 1st, 1919. THE CONFEDERATE COLLEGE 62 Broad Street CHARLESTON, S. C. A BOARDING and DAY School for Girls,, Begins its session October 1, 1919. Historic Institution situated in a healthy location. 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