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CENTS ANDSEN There is a difference between cents . sense. It is possible for a man to possess cents without sense, but it is impossible for. a man with sense not to possess cents. The sensible man is the. one who saves, no matter how small his earn ings may be. Consequently he is at at all times independent and able to grasp business opportunities that his less thrifty friend cannot manage to cope with because he has not prac ticed the paramount habit of SAVING We extend every courtesv to our customers and are always willing to oblige them to the best of our ability. We assure our depositors a safe current for their money intrusted to us and we take a personal in terest in the dividends their money will inherit. HOME BANK & TRUST CO. BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS HAVE YOU SEEN THEM ? A DANDY BUNCH OF AND every one a good one. You can't I beat these no matter where, you go. Come and look these over. Youman's Old Stable. . L RIDGEWAY & 11. BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS lp~1 BIG A VANCE IN SHIP BULDING. Washington, Jan. 2.-War condi tions have brought about an enormous increase in the cost of building ships, j Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of the bureau of construction and repair, told I the House naval committee today in L discussng the 1920 naval appropria tion bill. He estimated that the hulls ? and machinery of the ten battleships g and the six battle cruisers authorized g in 1916 would cost nearly $150,000,000 L more than estimated--an increase of i almost 50 per cent. Admiral Taylor said he did not thihk it was likely that the end of L hostilities would result in any speedy reduction in costs. Aft.er the civil war, he said, there was no appreci- L able lowering of costs of labor and - materials within three years. Lost Money. I "The battleship Mississippi (a new i ship delivered last year) was built on contract for $1,116,000," the ad miral said, "but the company which I built it lost a large sum of money, and when bids on the little ships Cali fornia and Tennessee were asked for I no contractor submitted a bid under the estimated cost of $7,800,000. The government then decided to build them in its own navy yards, and the cost will amount to probably $11,250,000 F each, an increase of 43 per cent over the estimated cost. "The same increase will apply prob- I ably to capital ships authorized in the 191G three-year program. F"or the ten battleships and six battle I cruisers provided for in this program I imagine the increase will amount to nearly $150,000,000. This applies I to the hulls and machinery alone. I j would not venture to say how much the increases will be for the armor I and armament, but I will make in quiries and let the 'ommittee know." Tremendous Advance. Admiral Taylor said the cost of constructing merchant ships has in creased from $75 to $200 a ton, while the cost of battleships has increased less than 50 per cent. This has been accomplished, he said, by exercising the greatest economy possible in the government navy yarls and by close supervision in private yards which are building battleships on the "cost plus" basis. "The original estimates to the bat tleships Colorado, Maryland, Wash ington and West Virginia on which construction has been startel," Ad mi ral Taylor said, "was $11,500,000. It is loubtful if they can be complet ed for less than $15,550,000." "If there has been an increase of $150,000,000 over the estimatedl cost of the 1916 three-year program, what. will the increase be in the three-year program just recommended by Secre tary Daniels?" asked Representative Butler, of Pennsylvania. "The cost is estimatel at $600,000, 000, but the estimates for the individ ual ships are not much larger than for those made in the 1916 program Surely they cannot be made any cheaper than those being constructed now." May lie Reductions. Ad miral Taylor replied that there may be largo reductions in the cost of construction before the program is started. The 1916 program will not be completed until 1923, he said, and the new program cannot he put into full swing before the present one is out of the way. -0 SOUTH CARO[INA TAXES ADVANCE, Columbia, .Jan. 2.---The taxable prop 'rty of South Carolina increaseld $56,510,527 (luring 1918, as comparedI with 1917, according to the fig'ures compi1~aledl todlay by the ullice of Roht. pL. Osborne, Comiptiroller Ge~neralI, for the fisca~l year. TIhe total assesed valuation for 1 918 was $376, 178,1199, while that of 1917 was $31I9,687,972 andl of 191G; was $311,870,290. Th'b're were sublsta ntialI inlcreases ini every count v in the State except F'loren'e anid Rich landl, where <leereases are shown. Cha rlestoni County leads in assessedl v'aluations with $32,008,29;1I, with: S pa i tai no brg ne x t wV i $26,567 ,9108, and Richland third with $231,7319,81 0. Mlc(ornmick County foots the list with a' toit al assessed va luation oif $2,844, 667. TheI following are the total assess ed valuations lby counties for 1917 and 1918: 1917 1918: Abbeville $ 4,.789,873 $ a,435.,35~8 A ik en .. i ,7031,905 12,8:15,523 A ideirsoni. 14,-128,705 18,011 1,995 Hamilber' 3,3108,-1'0 :3,7:32,.179 IHarnwvel 9,77,5 10 7,29.9,570 lleau foir. :,61 2,364 :3,8417,81:1 lHe rkeley . 4,10907,819 41,4 79,681 Calhoun 2,00,519) ::181,1980 Cha rleston 29,215I S,450 3i) 2,008,21 I'herokee 9;,295 ,231 I 7,-158:357 Chiester' . 7,810,912 8,19.:.17 Chestergehl 41 9,0 ,96,1 Ch. rendoiin 117 993 .,9,5 (Colle'toni ..,841( ,x.5 Dariilington ,:,:s t.8,2; Dlillon - 101,17 319 Y IDorchester 91.25 . n9IP > l'airfieL. S~82 58 l 1"lorence - '(8I,'9( ,1 9 Greenvyille 17)8'25 1.1(8 SGreeiiwood 7(,I9,21 818II I anliptoin II 119 11 .t K \ershia w 5. 9, 1 58178 tIairionI . .7,5 47901 Mlarlboro 31288 81109 Newberry . . 91 :5 81.9,() Oranigebuirg.9:1 2)9 17(,09 IPickeins ..',1,)2 9,813 Richland ..217110 2,898t SparitanbuI~irg . 298:,8I 2151,19 Sumter . 1,7 ,0:1 U nion . 709,29 73749 Williamsburg 4,~.x ,~,9 York . ,1158 1,1,1 Total- $34,671,005 462, 504 Inc,73s,32568,407,28. JEWELRY! We carry Jewelry that has distinction about it--in other words, gold work and unique settings that you cannot find displayed just everywhere. rIME proves the real commercial worth of Jewelry and we predict that the purchaser this year from our store will return fifty years later, if able, and do the same thing over. There is value in good Jewelry and we carry only the best. W. D. LLOYD. Next Door to Dixie Cafe. COAL COAL! ~fi We have succeeded at last in getting a really high-grade, free burning domestic coal that we can-recommend. Price, $8.00 per ton at our yard. m Manning Oil Mill i Most Nest Eggs Never Do Hatch But a nest-egg in a bank, hatches. A nest-egg of dollars hatches out many nickles and dimes. Get a Nest Egg That Will Hatch Set it to work hatching intreest. That's one part of the business of this hank-paying interest on your nest-egg-on time deposits. The man with a savings account has an interest. in life. We invite you to let us help yo ucreate that interest. BANK OF MANNING BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS For Sale! 285 Acres in Fork of Black River. Six-horse Farm, cleared. 750,000 feet of Timber. A Bargyain. Eight (8) Lots in the Town of Manning, near A. C. L. Depot. Price, each 81 75.00 One Loti n1 Manning, near A. C. L. Depot. One eighth Acre, with good house. Price 4350.00 One Lot in Manning, near A. C. L. Depot. One.. more than Three (3) Ares. Price -. 500.00 You (an get goo( te'ls on any\' or all of these Lots. J. W. WIDE'AAN, ianning, S. C. N (i': l' 'I l OF I AIt(' I:. No Wotis iit a lcaithy Child will p'i1y to tlh .lulge of I'rol'al All tetidra irulI with worms l:ove it, .T a 1 1a ta y , 19 19 . o t 1 aettIe rs o f 1)i:"- rule, there i ore or ls v xt iiitwli irurlon , - -harve h t.istrator of the ltte TONIC ivenregul'rly l1 en' o I I for two or three week will enrich the basedi.ll, :, no' II ys lotea sr d. prove the digestion, and act n aCeneral Strength Itohrt. If. Reaves, ('ting Toni to tho whole system. Nnure will then Administrator throwoffor dipel the worms, and the Child will be Aicola, S. C., 1?c .~ 2 i, 1918 li perfect health. h lcasant to take. 6 nd ser bole.