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To the The P remod hands get th now b Plow: of ver tentio: DEl This b the m: They] and cc PL LING COSTS DIFFER Food Administration and Labor De partment's Statisticas Show Con siderable Discrepancy-Differ ence Said to Be Due to Rent Clothing and Other Items Washington, Sept. 22.-The in creased cost cf living in the last 12 months is three and a half per cent, according to the Un~ited States food administration, or 15 per cent, accord ing to the dlepartmnent of labor. The simultaneous announcements of the food atrtior an the abo department a bureau of labor statis We have just Extra S and can fill any order. extra nice Southern dri car to feed and they wil the size and quality and move. Our stock Harn< gies and Wagons you w invite your inspection b studied the needs of oui *of years, and we feel v suit our customers in < Your DLM Ba Fall and Wix Lowden Hards elled so that I ome stores in ese war times eing deliverer ;, Harrows, v best makes. n to different rROIT V eing a Stove : irket. Qicke nave, as usual >mparison of i ,OWDI ties, with their very considerable dis crepancy, is hardly a coincidence; i is the result of a p~ronlounced differ ence of opinion and of method. Rent, Clothing, Etc. Officials at the food administratio explain that the major part of th increased, cost of living is due not t food but to rent, clothing, transporte tion and other items, and especiall due to the advancedl standlardi of li% ing. The food administration's cor pilations are based solely en the sti tistical basis of the nation's expend tures for food at wholesale. The labs department's figures are based on it vestigation of family budgets in var ous cities. what the increased cost of livin received a car Fine d.HORSES! In this lot we have a few vers. We didln't buy this I not stay long. We have >ur prices will make them ~ss, Mowers, Rakes, Bug ill find complete, and we efore you buy. We havea customers for a number 'e now have anything to iur line. truly, RIG iter Season wh rare Company ;hey now have this part of th< , they have sup 1, a complete ii Seed Drillk Ranges, Stov Oil Stoves the3 'APOR S" ttracting mor r to heat, no w a full line of i )rices is all the EN HI amounts to, inclusive of all the items t of the average family budget of a working man, was stated recently by the bureau of labor statistics on in vestigations in various Pacific coast n cities. Compared with costs six e months prevously the cost of all es o sential living expenses had increased in Seattle 18.10 per cent, in Tacoma y 20.7 per cent, in Portland 15.93 per cent, in San Francisco 10.86 per cent, in Los Angeles 11.89 per cent. The item of clothig taken separately, in i- creased for the same period in the r same districts, respectively, 25.82 per cent. 30.92 per cent. 27.63 per cent, - 28.29 per cent and 28.20 per cent. The increase since then, of course, has beeni eniormfous. Increase to Farmiers " The food adlministration in its re .. port adlmits there has been more than: a 3.5 per cent increase in prices paid to farmers but contends that this is Lreduced in actual household purch as ing by a redluction of speculation andi profiteering and narrowed margins between farmres and wvholesale p~rices undler food regulations, that is, that the food adlministration has been able to make a 33 per cent increase to the farmers and only a 3 1-2 per cent in-~ crease to the consumers. Comparing again the twvo state mentst of the food administration and the labor department, Alhowinig the percentage increase compiaredl with a year ago: D~epartment of labor: Bread and flour (no figures); rice, 26, increase; Meats: Chuck roast, 30. increase: round steak, 27 increase; rib roast, 28 increase; s irloin steak, pilate boiling beef and bacon, 26 increase; hens, 38~ Lmenrease. F'oodl adininist ration: Breadistuffs 9.2 increase; vegetables, 63.1 de crease; sugar, 7.4l decrease; fruits, 30.5 increase; oils and inuts, 54.3 in crease; fish, 6.9 detcreatse; meats, 20.08 increase,; peultry a;nd eggs. 26.5 in crease; dlairy products, f6.3 increase. The increased retail price's for all Lfoodl staples combined, retail figures for August comparedl with .Jnly, was 7 peri cent, the labor department says owing mainly to the decreased costs for the month of beef, ham, laimb and nav'y beans. P'ork chops and eggs show the greatest incireases. Bread, potatoes and coffee did not change in temonth. r Increase in Five Years Making a comparison of costs now with costs five years ago, the labor department finds a combhiined increase of 10 per cent of (17 staple articles for which prices hav'e been obtained sys tematically in the last five years. All of these articles show increases of 52 Ler cent andI more andi four of them increases more thant 100 petr cenit as follows: Meat, 127 per cent; lard and flour !0(G per cent; potatoes, 105 per 'cent. Whatever the dlisparity of the in creased cost of food between the labor department and the food adlministra tion. officials of both establishments attribute much of the addlitionnl living existence by the wvorking classes. Finally-and this is one of the seri ous problems of the deartment of la. F0 .ich promises have had thei the largest 3 State. Whi 3ceeded in ha' neof ;, Distributi es, Heaters, e carry. Amon LOVES e attention nc icks to burn o 3uns and Spc y ask, iRDE hor-the full satisfaction of aspira tions without need, of' full time labor so that workers can and do lay of part of the week as a result of whiel there has grown up an institution o waste that no longer satisfies itsel with indicating its new elevation o social status by better food, bette clothes and cheap jewelry, but mus manifest its prosperity by showin: --W-S-S 1:OWv TO AVOID THE INFLJNNZ Washington, Sept. 22.-Safeguard respiratory diseases are urged on ti American people tonight by the so geon general of the army to p)revei sp~readl of the epidemic said to has been introduced in America by me frorn tU-boats. The surgeon general adlmonitions follow: Av'oid needless crowdling. Influem~ is a c'rowd~ disease. Smother your coughs and sneeze Others do not want the germs thi you would throwv aawy. Your no~se, not your mouth, we madle to breathe through-get tia habit. Remember the three C's-leni mouth, clean skin and clean clothes. Try to keel) cool when you wal and warm wvhen you ridle and sleep. Oper, the wvindows, always at nigh atthe off ice when practicaible. Food will win the war if you giv it a chance. H elp by choosing an' (hewing your food1 well. Your fate may be in your ow~ Wash your hands before eating. D~o notd let the waste prodlucts dligestion accumulate. D)rmk a glam or two of water on getting up). D)o not use aim napkin, towvel, spool fork, glass or cup that has been use usedl by another person and not wasl Avoid tight clothes, tight shoe: tight gloves. Seek to make natur your ally, not your pirisonier. When the air is pure breathe all< it you cnn breathe dleeply. SAY~S NO P'EACIC IN 810.11T Herlin Papier's Interpretation1 of At swer to Austria Copenhlagen, Sept. 22. A.\mer ica answer to Austria- 11ungary's reeer pegee( note, and the sp~eech of P'rem ie Clemenceau, of France, on the san subject should, according to TIhe I .ok: A nzeiger, of Berlin, be posted on bil boards and commulnicated to the Ge man pieople by the (list ribution of i lions of pamphlets. "No G'erman, nman or wvomain, wia knows the contents and significanice< these dleclarations,"' the newspap ler di clares, ''can doubt that peaee is atta it able onily through our victory or the price of our utter (lest ruct ion."' The Strong Withstand the ficat Suammer Better Tihan the Weak Old people who aro feeble and younger prot who are weak, will be strengthened end enabied go through the depressing heat of surnmer by in bi GROVE'S TASTELESSehiiITONIC. It puriti and enriches the blood and builds up the whtole, s tern. You can soon feel iStreugthening. Invlg< atind KfElct 60a, to be good to 1 .r store enlarge and most attr Le goods are h: ring bought, a> rs and Pki Lnd especially < g them being t md RAN' >w than any oi ut, and safe to )rtir Goods. SREI Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic f destroys the malarial germs whlh are tranmnitrte to the blood by the Malarina Mosquito. Price k-. f f f r .RED) CED)A Lt We g ve* spei~l a itteio t ll Smistak in oder'ing "TrIICEiI 1 muers gurat.eed by ourii namel), a ttio. W iteusNOW. k ICar0lina POrdarn( Charles I, BUY Saving Help Win Buy Thrift S Buy a Baby I It will be worth $5.4 This is 4 peCr cent. c Go to your Bar or any progres: andI ask for inf4 W. S. S. SOl[ This space p~atu to War Saving RManning Oil M ID Ls all, 3d and ,active Erd to ad are inters )all at he Q ES ;her on handle A call Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days elun+gists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT h to cure It(ciing, Bl1ind, Bleeding or Protruding Pikrn. Instantly relieves itching; Piles and you can ut: restful slcep after the first application. Price c . R'-. R SHINGLES > ll ordlers for "TITPEiJ otD SE-. >y inspec(ttion, by~ atdvert ised repju Cemient Company ton, S. C. WAR Stamps the War ! tampgs at 2Sc. lonld for $4.15. 0on Janutary 1. 1923. ompounded quarteriv. iker, Post Office, ive b)usiness manl >rmat iong. I EVERYWHERE ! -iotically donated t s Committee by ill.