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CLEAN UP AND 1 CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP. Let's Make Our Town Attractive, SanN tary and Safe. An Editorial by BRUCE BARTON in "Every Week." I have in mind two towns. Entering one, the railroad runs between two rows of dirty back yards tilled with tin cans and rubbish. Entering the other, it passes bouses neatly painted, back yards with flowers in tlieni, and streets swept clean. These two towns had the same population five years ago. But recently two new factories have moved to one of them; real estate values have advanced; new houses are being built; everybody is nrosnernns nn<i h?nn? And the residents of the other town cannot understand their "bad luck." A real "Clean Up and Paint Up" campaign would have taken the "bad luck" town out of its rut. This year more than 0,000 cities and towns in tiie United States are conducting "Clean Up and Paint Up" campaigns. Many men and women go through life without ever doing anything for ,? their community. "Clean Up and Paint Up" offers you your chaiff e. The greatest miracles of modern times have been performed with bonfires, drain pipes, soap and paint The Philippines have been made a healthier place to live in than the average American town. Typhoid has been stamped out of Serbia. The Panama Canal zone has been transformed from a dismal, unhealthy swamp to a wholesome place for homes. Last year Cleveland, in its "Clean Up and Paint Up" campaign, disposed of refuse sufficient to fill a train three and one-half miles long. Another middle western town gathered its boys together, and, by offering a reward for each 100 tin cans, abolished its unsightly back yards in a single day. "There is no better test of the civilization of a community than this: How much paint does it use?" A wise man said that. it is not given to you to found a religion or make a great invention or discover a new continent. But you can make your town a Cleaner, better place to live in. And by so doing you give a little push to tl?e chariot of civilization. A*** "GREATER THAN FIRE LOSS": By PROF. II. H. KING. : a Kansas State Agricultural College. o a I^iick of paint causes a great er annual loss through deterlora a tion than the aggregate Kansas fire loss for twelve months. Yes, a there is much more reason for u a real "Clean Up and Paint Up" a campaign than the average lay man would at first recognize. Paint, as has often been said, nerves more than the mere imr. I pose of decoration. Its principal value lies in tlie fact thnt It pro longs the life of the surfaces painted. J Wood and Iron on exposure to the air undergo n slow proo ess of oxidation, which just as J surely destroys them ss though J they were set on fire, the dif J ference being the speed at which the reaction occurs. 5 We take out insurance to cor- J er loss by fire and should Just as nin ety put on palllt to COVCf JOSS J by decay. It. takes very little J calculation to discover thft ap- J parently astounding fact that J the loss through lack of paint- 2 Ing Is greater in Kansas than 2 the loss by fire. 2 When the property owner 2 comes to a full realization of tho 2 true reason for painting there 2 will be no need for public splr- 2 ited people to back up a Na 2 tlonal Campaign for such a pur- 2 pose. ? PAINT DP NOW 1' i 4 1 i V j I CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP. J ( - 2 To Remove "For Rent" Signe. e ' J By E. T. TOBEY, J ' President Real Estate Bureau, 1 J Little Rock. Ark. | It is not surprising that houses which arc for rent should be J ' without tenants, because in most cases such houses are unpainted, 9 j the steps are rickety and the porches not in repair. ? ' ! The number of vacant houses 1 in any city is largely due to the J negligence of the landlord him self. I recently took two ladies 1 J out, trying to And for tliem a de- J 1 sirnble six or seven room house j to rent. I was unable to find J anything to suit them, either on 1 i * my own list or on the lists of J I other real estate Arms, and ( ? these ladies were not exacting J > in their wants. They were shown a few houses of the desired * < size, but the houses were not in ( good condition. It is true thnt * J some of the landlords say they ' are willing to make certain re- 1 J pairs for a good tenant, but it < has been my experience after , J jeais in the business, that it is best to put your house in attrac- 1 tive Nhnnp flraf on^ ?111 < J. v UUU JUU Will g ' quickly got a tenant . ITouses that are kept re- J paired and painted not only rent J better, but they greatly Improve ? \ the looks of the city. OS THERE'S WORK FOR ALL IN THIS CAMPAIGN ! CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP. Women Can Take a Leading Part In < This Movement For Beautiful, Sanitary and Safe Home Towns. By LOUISE KERPER. Chairman Civic < Committee, Ohio Federation of . Women's Clubs. * Women are housekeepers. They are * apt to see more clearly tlie need of i municipal houseeleai ing than are men. , Through our clubs we have an excellent opportunity to lead In "Clean Up * | ana l'alnt Up" work. Here are somej [ pointers for women who would help' regenerate their community with a I real "Clean Up and Paint Up" cam- * i palgn: \ Each campaign Involves the reuova- _ tlon of the Interiors of buildings as well as yards, streets and alleys. t The removal of all rubbish and use- ( less things Is most Important <. Borne revenue can be derived from th? sale of waste paper. During the "Clean Up and Paint Up" 1 campaign Is a good time to have rnb f blsh cans placed upon street corners, for the deposit of pnper. ' Nothing will do more to improve the f appearance of a town than the liberal ( use of paint. Useless and unsightly outbuildings c should be torn flown. V Business houses need attention. Rubblsh accumulates In cellars, tinder . stairways, In storerooms, passageways, ' and In the rear of hotels and restnu- c rants. Book out for RATS here. A clean yard is not sufficient; It should he pleasing to the eye. Plant grass and flower seeds. Sod bare spots c In lawns. Plant shrubs, vines aud trees, j The thresholds of a town should be made Inviting to the visitor. * This Is a good time to find out about tl the sanitary ordinances of the town. ^ now nliout the regulations In regard to garbage collection, the use of closed c garbage cans, manure piles, spitting, toilets, etc.? Are they adequate? Are n Hw... ? J * * uuiumti r Appoint a committee on thin subject. Have the ordinance 11 published and distributed widely. n It is very important that the "Clean Up and Paint Up" idea be impressed , upon the minds of Hchool children. ^ Q ',1 )r. Stewart Talks With Gloves Off j Below are reprinted some of he remarks by Dr. H. D. Stew- n irt before the Woman's Club of donroe a few weeks ago: It is said that almost 75 per * :ent of the married women that jo to hospitals for treatment or or operations have to go be- 3 :ause they have been infected >y their husbands with gonorrloea. The conditions are ilarming. c A young fellow infected with I conorrhoea, againt the advice or >ver the protest of his physician, r narries a young lady of the rommunity. She may be vour s laughter, vour sister or mine. >he is the picture of health. F >he is ignorant. She little sus- d >ects that the fellow who proesses to love her and promises g o keep her in sickness and in lealth is about to ruin her for ife. L" It is mv opinion that the doc- I or or the family physician shold call a halt right here. s Many women have been kill- s 2d by their husbands. It is said that as high as 25 to t SO per cent of blind people, (of whom there are half a million in the United States), were render- 2 ed blind by gonorrhoea of the I eyes when they were new-born babes- The husband infected a the wife and mother and the s mother the baby's eyes. The 5 doctor failed to cure or prevent, i Then these blind people mar ry and 60 per cent of their chil- 3 dren are born with hereditary blindness. Syphilis is the great black j plague. It has many obscure manifestations. It causes aneurism. paralysis, baldness, insanity, ? demetia and mental defects in a the children and many other evil effects. A friend of mine | [amity name and soci..l position^ I He infected her wis It S3 philis. I Within two years she died a I errible death. | You would be astonished to inow the truth about some so:ial tragedies that have been jnacted right here in Monroe. It is alarming how many people h<*ve syphilis. It is claimed hat 75 per cent of the negroes tnd mauy of the white people lave it. I am candidly of the opinion hat marriage should be denied o the fellow who rnnnnt clinw i clean bill of health. It should >e denied to the confirmed, unbred, syphilitic, to the chronic jonorrhoeic, to the epileptic, to he habitual drunkard, to the nental defective; to the insane; o anybody with any incurable lisease of mind, body or moral lature. The right to marry should be lenied to pseudomaniacs, nym)homaniacs, kleptomaniacs pyomaniacs, monomaniacs and o just everyday ordinary Union lOlinlv nr \'nrlh Pomtinn A ~~i~ j - - vr. Ill \yillV/llll(l I >axon maniacs. The applicant fur a marriage icense should be required to urnish the Register of Deeds a certificate of health and fitness rom three reputable physicians. )ne physician would not do be cause there are some who vould swear to a lie for ten lobars, but you could scarcely ind three such culpable medial men at our county seat. The bass singer in a country hoir dreamed one night that he lied and went to heaven. Saint 'eter took him round to inspect lie choir. On being told that le could arrange the singers ac t- - iu ins own taste, ne said: "I shall need twenty thousand riore altos, twenty thousand lore sopranos and ten thousand lore tenors." "But what will you do for ass?" exclaimed Saint Peter. "Oh,U can sing bass/' was >he uick retort. Church Service Directory . W. Elkins, M. E.: Pageland, 1st Sunday at 8: p a. and 3rd Sunday 3:30 p. m. Zion, 3rd and 4lh Sundays al 1 o'clock. Antioch, 2nd Sunday at 11. Mt. Croghan, 2nd Sunday al :30 p. m. and 4th at 8. p. m. Zoar, 1st Sunday, at 11 o'clock Sunday school at all the above hurches at 10 o'clock, t. W. Cato, Baptist: Mt. Pisgah, 3rd Saturday 3. p n. and Sunday at 11. Sunday chool at 10. Mt. Moriah, 1st Saturday at 2 >. m. and Sunday at 11. Sunlav school at 10. Bethel, 2nd Saturday at 3. p. m nd Sunday at 11. o'clock. Sun lay school at 3 except on 2uc >unday. J. S. Funderburg, Baptist: Pageland, 2nd Sunday at 11 ind 8, and the 4th at 8. Sunda\ chool at 10. Dudley, 2nd Sunday at 4 anc he 4th at 11. Sunday school ai ? except on the 4th when it is it 10. ^eon Funderburk, Baptist: Liberty Hill.2nd Saturday ate ind Sunday at 11. Sundaj chool at 3, except on the 2nc iunday at 10. V. J. Crane, Presbyterian: Pageland, 1st Sunday at 4 anc >rd at 8. Sunday school at 10. Salem, 3rd Saturday night a \ and Sunday at 11. Beulah, 1st Sunday at 11 anc Ird at 4. . W. Quick, M. P: r* n ? " rageiana, ^ra Sunday at 11 ind 2nd at 3:30. Sunday schoo it 10 except on the 2nd Sunday New Hope 1st Sunday at 11. Sethesda 4th Sunday at 11 Sear Creek 4th Sunday at 4 p. m . F. Hammond, Baptist: Union Hill 1st Sunday at 11 ind Saturday at 3 o'clock. Sun lay school at 10. Prayer meetng everv Saturday night. r ? A New BAr This machine is i derful set of steel h I vvc itiu pulling IO ' accounting departrr With it we can ha ure work faster thar and at the same t that every item in < right. Helps Us Give 1 Service Bv the machine m depositor's accoun balance all the tim are no mistakes sue avoidable with otl handling figures. Thn fimn " A MV iinit; oclviil? 11 by the machine giv portunity to improv to our customers ii ments of the bank. THE B>! L 10 lbs. La We were fortunate ii of lard before the advar giving you the advantai the price to the above f The famous Internal Measure clothes sampl individual selection. 1 ; You know what Intern; Our business since c< exceeded our expectatio | thank you fo your fav Don t log< C. I-filll 11 Pagelar I ; So the People May KNOW I l that you are in businj ness, come in and let us show what we can do for you in the way of [ attractive cards and letl ter heads. Good printing of all kinds is our specialty and if we cannot satisfy you we don't want your business. I That's Fair, Isn't It? Machine kllf mD4ni?? A JL ftuuijf eally a won- Everything irains which m work in our It prints c lent. posits to tin mdle our fig- tracts checks i ever before your new bal ime be sure done autom; 3ur books is ator simply on the keyh( ifou Better snirts trom ( , and adds, sut dale as des lethod, every least attentioi t is kept in e and there Come In a :h as are un- There is n< ler ways of ledgers kno' this Burrou lade possible Machine in ? es us an op- time saving, e the service Come in 1 all depart- Burroughs a counting dep UMK OF PAG ird $1.25 | [i buying a big supply | ice in price. We are IS r i-i * ' * ? ge ol this by holding ? igure. ional line ol Made-toes are here for your rhat is enough to say. ational means, oming to Pageland has ns, and we desire to ors. to see LLEDGE id, S. C. I Legal Blanks lor | Sale at This Office Dr. R. L. McManus DENTIST Pageland, S. C. Pageland Tuesday of each week. Mt. Croghan Friday. Jefferson Wednesday. Chesterfield balance of time. Veterinary Surgeon Calls answered day or night. Phone No. 48 two rings. Full stock of horse and cattle powders on hand at all times. L. P. GRAVES 1 n AtThe LND ; Is Done Autoaticallv lates, adds your dci old balance, sub, figures and prints ance. All of this is Iticallv. The oner writes the amounts sard?the machine :olumn to column >tracts, or prints the tnwl nrlthriiit i K Iivu, >v IIIIUU1 1IIC 1 being necessary. nd See It Work ) method of posting wn which equals ghs Bookkeeping either accuracy or and see our new t work in our acartment. I ELAND