Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CAR JUST KEPT ON MOVING Lucky for Sleeping Occupants That * the Road Had Been Cut Up by Heavy Wagon. I recall a funny motoring incident that might have turned out decidedly otherwise if it had not been for a mere chance, writes a correspondent. Ii occurred in the country during the early sprang. A young fellow and his sister were returning in the wee small hours from a dance in a neighboring town. He was driving a flivver. They were both very tired, and finally they both dropped off to sleep. It so happened that late the day be fore a heavy farm wagon had passed that way, leaving deep ruts in the mud, and during the evening these had froz en solid. Tiie car got into these ruts and ran along them with no one guid ing it for some time. The tracks turn ed several corners lind finally turned Into a farmyard and went into the barn. The fliv turned the corners and fol lowed the tracks into the yard. It was going straight on and would have smashed into the barn door had not the girl waked in time to see the build ing looming up just in front of them. Realizing the situation immediately, she jammed on the brake and stopped the car a few feet from the closed door. I am assured that this is a perfectly true story. KNOWS NO NORTH OR SOUTH Southern Doughboy Who Fought In France ls Strong for the Appella tion "Yank." The monicker, Yank,' is going to stick. Just read what this fellow, who was born south of Mason and Dixon's line, writes: "I come from a line of 'rebels' who boast that they did not surrender. Until I was quite a husky chap I be lieved that 'd- Yankee' was one word and 'Republican' its synonym, and knew the 'rebel yell' as a varsity boj knows his college yell. Before the war I wore a slouch hat, rode ! horseback and shot squirrels. I still j say cawn bread, think Oixie should be our national air, that Robert E. Lee 1 was the world's greatest general, and I Jefferson Davis, suh, the world's great est statesman. . "But, speaking for myself and a not overly small bunch of fellow 'reb els,* I am exactly satisfied with the i honest, hard-fisted, firm-jawed and I seemingly inevitable nickname of Yank, and say, with one of the papers back home : "*Let Yank be the official battle name of our boys, and the "rebel yell" their official battle cry.' " In truth, the South and the North are welded.-Stars and Stripes. Cutting the Nation's Tire Bill. j ' "Forty makes of motor tires were I submitted to the bureau of standards j by the office of the quartermaster gen- j eral," writes Thomas H. Uzzell in Ev- 1 erybody's. "They were given labora- j tory 'durability runs,' after which they j were avtopsied by the rubber special Ists. Their carcasses' were cut up and the pieces. boiled, roasted, stretched, j The results were discouraging. Even : the best of them seemed to suffer from improper 'toughening.' "So into their little rubber-mill went the experts, with notes furnished them by the tire manufacturers, and pro ceeded to make up 'some tire rubber j which had the proper degree of tough- ; ness. They succeeded. They passed j out the word : 'The trouble Is that you ? makers are not sifting your zinc oxid i before mixing lt with the rubber com- j pound.' "The makers began to sift. Better ! tires resulted. Some $30,000,000 were j saved to the government. And today you are' enjoying a cut In your tire bill by getting better tires-a result of that experiment with zinc oxid." Successful Woman Trapper. Trapplug predatory animals ls scarcely the kind of occupation In which a woman might be expected to distinguish herself, even with the great extension of the range of feminine ac tivities to which we have been accus tomed lately. Mrs. Ada Tingley of Ida ho, is reported, however, by the North western division of the United States biological survey, to be so successful In this employment that her male ri vals are finding it hard to keep up with her records. Her victims are mainly coyotes, bob-cats, wolves, lynxes and mountain lions. At 3:S0 every morn ing Mrs. Tingley moun*s her cayuse and rides off to Tier traps, of which she runs six Unes, of 50 each. She us es a fish bait prepared by a secret formula. On occasion she can, use a .32 caliber rifle with almost perfect accuracy. Make Big Gun by Shrinking Liner. In making a 12-lnch gun at an east ern arsenal the liner tube. 36 feet long, was finished and rifled before being shrunk Into place. Customarily the liner is flne-bored and rifled after the shrinkage operation, and this ls declared to be the first time a gun of such larg> size was ever assembled after the tube was finished.-Popular Mechanics Magazine. Johannesburg Now Metropolis. Johannesburg, with a population of 263,274, is the largest and most cos mopolitan city in South Africa. The tastes of the people are varied, rang ing from the simplest requirements on the part of the natives to the most cultivated wants. Music of some form ls one of the means of satisfying these wants. Business was always suspended promptly at one o'clock on Saturdays In the law offices of Spencer and Boyd, Notebooks were tucked away, and type writer desks were hastily closed. Even Mr. Spencer, the senior partner, usual ly hurried away to the country club for lunch and an afternoon of golf. But today he lingered at his desk, al though Miss Carroll, his secretary, was preparing to leave. Jimmie, the office boy, was bustling ubout. attending to the closing of the office with his cus tomary Saturday alacrity. For Satur day was the day when Jimmie and his j best girl, as he called Helen Carroll, . had their weekly, party-the lady finan cing the affair, for Jimmie's present j remuneration did not permit of such : lavish expenditures for luxuries. Hel en Carroll's kindness was one of the j pleasant topics of conversation In the office. "Where Is it today, Jimmie?" asked Mr. Spencer, with an indulgent smile, as the boy stood In the doorway walt ing Impatiently for Helen. Jimmie grinned and answered with his after-business-hours familiarity. "Oh, our car is waiting to take us to the hotel for a little five-course lunch, and then to the matinee." "Which means," Helen Interposed, i with a pretty blush, lunch-counter j and the movies. I'm all ready. Jimmie. ? Come along. Good afternoon, Mr. ! Spencer." The senior partner sat in thoughtful i silence after their departure. If only ! his son had fallen in love with a girl like Miss Carroll, Instead of with Ju dlth Spalding! I Meanwhile, Helen and Jimmie were I hurrying up the street merrily dis ? cussing what they would have for , lunch. A passing soldier diverted Helen's at I tention. She stopped abruptly to gaze i after him. "Doesn't he look lonely, Jimmie?" ; she said, with pity In her voice and ! eves. "And hungry, too. Perhaps he hasn't any money for his lunch. Oh, Jimmie, do you suppose we ought to In vite him to go with us? I've jwt got paid and I have plenty of monev with me." Jimmie was all enthusiasm at the Idea. Without walting for another word from Helen, he ran after the sol dier and tapped his arm." "Me and my lady friend want to know if you'll eat with us. She says you look hungry," he spluttered excit edly. "And maybe" she'll take you to the movies, too." Jimmie introduced his new friend without much ceremony. "His name's Jimmie, too. and he's got three service stripes, and he says he's hungry, and he'd love to go to the movies." That was the beginning of a most wonderful afternoon for Sergeant Jim. As charming a girl as he had met In his travels, with golden hair and laughing gray eyes and a complexion like apple bIossoms--and an irrepressible young ster-helped him to a precarious perch on a stool at a lunch-counter. The yonng lady, with tender solicitude. In sisted that he have something substan tial to eat. but he explained that he wasn't really starving. So he shared" their regular Saturday luncheon anti enjoyed the apple pie and ice cream fully as much as Jimmie. Aftewards they had gayly purchased a box of caramels. Then they had hurried to the movies. There, while Jimmie gave all his attention to the candy and the screen, Helen and Sergeant Jim con versed in low tones, for the most part oblivious of the silent drama being enacted before their eyes. He told her something of his experiences abroad, and of the battle In which, he had re ceived his wounds, from which he was almost recovered. And Helen told him softly of Jimmie, the oldest of four children, and how the lad manfully trudged to and from work every day to save carfare, and carried unappetiz ing and meager lunches in order to turn over his pay untouched to his mother. At five o'clock they said a regretful ; Mgood-by" in front of the theater, bnt no,t until after Sergeant Jim had man aged to draw Jimmie aside for a mo ment and persuaded him to reveal the young lady's name; The next Monday morning there was an air of subdued' excitement In the office. Mr. Spencer's son, recently home from overseas, was starting tn his career as junior partner in the firm. When the young man In uniform, walk ing with crutches, was Introduced' to his father's secretary, she was so ob viously startled that explanations -.Tere In order. Jimmie was too excited' by the turn of events to do much work that day and lt is doubtful if Helen or the new Junior partner accomplished their share. Shortly before five that after noon, after announcing to Helen his In tention of taking her and Jimmie home In his auto. Sergeant Jim told his fath er what he was doing. At first Mr. Spencer was' Indignant. .TU have none of that. Jim," he said sternly. "Miss Carroll is too fine a girl to be trifled with. And what would your friend Judith say? Aren't you practically engaged to her?" "When a girl tells you to go away because you can't take her to a dance your liking for her ends then and there, dad." young Spencer explained. "And. dad" (his eyes met his father's hon esfly). "I ihink Miss Carroll ls the nic est girl I ever met." (Copyright, 1919. McClure Newspaper Syn dicate.) CAROLINA YOUNGSTERS ' ARE PILING IIP MONEY davin gs Societies In 8ehools Makins Excellent Progress.-Splendid Support Given United Stats? Trsasury Department. From- the small folks learning to pell "cat" In the primary grades up to th? big: boys and girls who take Latin and algebra, South Carolina jL-hool children have been adding a pew study to their list; and they hare j been winning honors in it. Their new work is the study of the subject of thrift, taught in connection with the 'Text Books Of Thrift" which are lent to all the teachers desiring them by the War Loan Organization of the Fifth Federal Reserve District, at Richmond, Va. But South Carolina boys and girls in their patriotic work and in learn ing how to save and get ahead are go ing the teaching of thrift one better. I Already in the schools of the Pal metto State many savings societies and thrift clubs have been organized, and the children not only in South Carolina but all over the district are busy earning money and buying use ful things with it or Investing it in Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps. Money put in War Savings Stamps bears interest at the rate of 4 per cent, compounded quarterly, and grows rabidly. Laid Money Aside. A lad in one of the schools in this district has laid the foundation of a prosperous career by plowing and by selling vegetables, w'hen all the work was done he counted up the money he had put In bank and* found that it amounted to twenty-five dol lars. Many of the world's richest m'en began life on less than twenty-five doflafs. But they saved their money regularly nad invested it wisely, thus assuring success. The teacher in one of the 3-A grades has reported that one of her pupils has earned no less than twenty dollars by helping around the house, while members of a savings society that flourishes in a 1-A grade have made abootv twenty-five dollars doing Buch odd jobs as feeding the chick ens, tying tobacco and chopping grass. Several boyB who are members of school saving societies which are particularly active have bought ctothes with money earned in similar ways. One little fellow did so well helping his father that he was poid ten dollars. As he received the money he bought Thrift Stamps show ing that he already knew how to save and invest what he made. Help Them Save. Popular among these small invest ors are the Penny and Nickle Savinge Books issued by Uncle Sam to all school pupils desiring them. In the days when, to many tots, the price of even, a Thrift Stamp may be too huge to be paid all at once, and wbsn one just must buy an occasional all day sucker or a cent-apiece bite of candy, lots of youngesters find it wise to save a penny or a nickle at a time. The coin is deposited with the teach er for safe keeping, and she stamps the savings card to show how ra^ch the child has put rh his acer;ant When the total is large enough. It goes into the purchase of a Thrift Stamp. Piling up money of your own is a great game, played in this fashion, t and a game that is daily growing in | favor in South Carolina schools-. PILE UP YOUR"DOLLARS SO THAT NO ONE CAN KNOCK THEM DOWNl. Many a tired lad has- slipped his; coat on when the whistle blew and said derisively: "Another day, another dollar. A million days, a millionaire." He has said' a mouthful In bitter jest and without knowing it. For tfie dol lars do pile up if: the- stack ia not knocked over. ' Some financier sharpshooter is al ways gunning for your dollars. They can pick them' off at a mile Rfc? An nie Oakley cracking clay pipes in a shooting gallery: But it you put some of your dollars under cover before any one can draw a bead on them, you leave a slim seor? for the profi teer and the grafter: . The safest protection from those sharpshooters is War Savings Stamps bought every pay-day. rf you give them your whole roll to shoot at they will hit lt for a perfect score. Make them waste- a little ammunition. War Savings Stamps are absolutely safe. They pay a high rate of inter* est and you can get your money IN FULL when you need it When they pile up, nobody ean knock th? stack over: PROVERBS. Seest thou a man dilligent in kia business, he shall not stand before kings, he shall not stund before mean men. Prov. 22:29. It is th? moral support of capital back of him that gires the diligent man dignity in the presence of the king. Buy W. s. s. He also that ls slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov. 18:9. In fact, the slothful wan is not only brother to the waster, he ls IT. Put what might bs Wiste lato W. 3. 8. * ^^^^^^^^^ QUT a pipe ?n your face that's filled cheerily brimful of Prince ^^??^S - ? fAlbert, if you're on the trail of smoke peace ! For, P.A. will ^^2SS^" life^job was to see how much of the national joy smoke you fin?M could get away with every twenty-four hours ! ^ < ||?yS^^?sl You can "carry on" with Prince Albert through thick and thin. Wm^iK You'll be after laying down a smoke barrage that'll make the ?^^m ^oys ?* *e ?^ ^ont ^e France! lil m??% m A' never t*res y?ur taste because i" has the quality 1 And, BK^SHrflP ^et "lt0 your think-tank that P. A. is made by our exclu ^^W?& M P * s*ve Patente(* process that cuts out bite and parch-assurance that you can hit smoke-record-high-spots seven days out of Bjlfc every week without any comeback but real smoke joy 1 '. i R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C 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. It should help you, too. Take le Woman's Tonic Mrs. N. E. Varner, of Hixson, Tenn., writes: "I was passing through the . . . My back and sides were terrible, and my suffering indescriba ble. I can't tell just how and where I hurt, about all over, I think ... I began Cardui, and my pams crew less and less, until Twas cured. I am remarkably strong for a woman 6? years of age. I do al( my housework." Try Cardui, today. E-76 INSURANCE What Kinds of insurance? Fire Rates Reduced. Six or eight best Companies. A pleasure to adjust losses agreeably and pay them promptly. Life Prudential Life Insurance Company and Southern Life & Trust Company. All kinds of policies, no better contracts or lower cost, ex cept Uncle Sam's. Accident and Illness Pays your salary while you are laid up by illness or ac cident. Horses and Mules $7.00 per $100.00 of animals. on life Automo bile $1.50 per $100.00 for Fire and $1.75 for Fire and Theft. 50 cents per $1000.00 up to $4.00 per $1,000.00. E. J. NORRIS, Agent. Bonds What Makes a Bank? Well, our answer to that question is that it is the men behind the bank, the men interested in its management, the men who stand for business in tegrity and square dealing. "S The officers of our bank are accommodating ard willing to eoctend you every courtesy. Our directors are not figure-heads, they actually direct the affairs of the bank and know how its business is conducted. Our stockholders are among the solid men of the community. Theae are what it takes to make a good bank, in our judgment, a safe place for you to do business. We invite you to join us. The Bank of Trenton, S. C. CAR LOAD OF Chevrolet Cars We have just received a car load of Chevrolet cars, and can supply you with any size or style of car. The prices range from $825 to $1,350. Come in and let us show you these cars. We can sell you the same grade car for less money than some other cars are selling for. We will be glad to give you a demonstration Acme Auto Co Attention! Garage Men You should have one of our Garage Assortments containing 100 Iba. of Standard Nuts, Bolts, Rivets, Cap Screws, Studs, Spring Bolts, Set Screws, Machine and Wood Screws and other useful articles too numerous to mention. All necessary in the daily conduct of the suc cessful garage. This outfit will cost you $7.50 f. o. b. Detroit, Mich. We have an assortment in our window which we will be glad to show you, and which will give you some idea as to what this assortment is. Columbia Supply Company 823 West Gervais St., Columbia, S. C.