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THE PATRIOTIC DOLLAR CONGRESS OECREE8 DOLLARS INDULGING IN LUXURIES MUST FIRST SALUTE THE FLAQ. . > War Rouenue Tax of HOS.OOO.OOO Levied?Beer Bears Brunt of Burden. Congress has levied a war tax of $ 103,000,000 to offset a similar amount of loss on import revenue due to the tiuropean disturbances and of this amount beer is the heaviest contributor, having been assessed approximately $o0,000,on0; a stamp tax on negotiable instruments, it is estimated, will yield $.11,000,000; a tax on the capital stock of banks of $4,100,000 and a tax on tobacco, perfumes, theater tickets etc . makes the remainder. Congress lias decreed that the brewer, the banker and the investor must shoulder the musket and march to the front; that milady who would add to her beauty must first tip Cncle Ham. and a dollar that seeks pleasure must first salute the flag; that Pleasure and Prolit?the twin heroes of many wars?shall fight the nation's battles and by an ingeniously arranged schedule or taxation congress has shifted the war budget from the shoulders of Necessity to those of Clinirp mid Hnivi tniiphinr in its various ramifications almost every line of business All hail the dollar that bleeds for its country; that bares its breast to the fortunes of war and risks its life to preserve the stability and Integrity of the nation's credit The market place has always been n favorite stand for war revenue col lectors The trader is a great financial patriot His dollar is the first to rally around the stayipangled banner and the last to hear the coo of the dove of peace. He is called upon to huv cannon; to feed and clothe the boys in blue and each month cheer their hearts with the coin of the realm. Men can neither be free nor brave without food and ammunition, and money ts as important a factor in war as blood Many monuments have been erected in honor of heroes slain In battles, poems have been written eulogizing their noble deeds and the nation honors its soldiers while they live and places a monument upon their graves when they die, but very little has been said of the dollar that ? bears the burdens of war. Honor to the Dollar that Bears the Burdens of War. All honor to the tollar that answers the call to arms and. when the battle is over, bandages the wounns or siricicen soiaiors, lays a wreath upon the graves of fallen heroes and cares for the widows and orphans All honor to the industries that \ bend their backs under the burdens of war; lift the weight from the shoulders of the poor and build a bulwark around the nation's credit. All nonor to those who contribute to the necessities and administer to the comforts of the boys who are marching: cool the fever of afflicted soldiers and kneel with the cross beside dying heroes A dollar may fight its competitor in miiuimn, iiiuiinu ii .i limy ail UKK"' l'"" supremacy tn trade and occupations may view each other with envy or suspicion, but when the bugle calls they bury strife and rally around tho flag, companions and friends, mess mates and chums, all fighting for one flag, one cause and one country. The luxuries in life have always been the great burden-bearers in government We will mention a few of them giving the annual contributions to tlie nation's treasury: Liquor, $210,000.000; tobacco, $103,000,000; sugar, $.14,000,000; silks. $11,100,000; diamonds. $3,837,000; millinery, $2,470,000; furs. $2,024,000 and automobiles, $870000. We collect $661,000,000 of internal and custom revenue annually and $410,000,000 of this amount classifies as luxuries, and to this amount we should r dd the $100,000,000 war tax now levied. The war tax is immediately effective Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! the industries are mnrching $100,000,000 strong and beneath the etarry flag 11,.,.. ...Ill nil >1.- ? - ? Mir; niii mi me treasury again wnwe they snout, "Hurrah for Uncle Sam!" In every field ol human activity the demand for more competent men and women is growing every day. Especially so in agriculture Home pride in a mighty valuable as act. and the farmer who nan none Is carrying a heavy Handicap on the road to success. Work is the salve that iieals the "rounded heart SHAKEN, BUT NOT TAKEN. i .1 l. -ii ?i? i Biiixift an over wnen I proposal to her." "And the ^ir! ?" '"Shook only her head." THE CAUSE. "The ahscorder was in straitened circumstancea." "1 suppose that ia why he look to crooked ways*" THE RURAL THE FARMERS THE CUSTODIANS OF THE NATION'S MORALITY. Corporation of Church, School and Press Essential to Community Building. By Peter Radfortl Lecturer National Farmers' Union. The church, the press and the school form a triple alliance of progress that guides the destiny of every community, state and nation. Without them Civilization would wither and die and through them life may attain its great est blessing, power and knowledge The farmers of this nation are greatly Indebted to this social triumvirate for their uplifting influence, and on behalf of the American plowmen I want to thank those engaged in theBe high callings for their able and efficient service, and 1 shall offer to the press a series of articles on co-operation between these Important influences and the farmers in the hope of increasing the efficiency ot all by mutual understanding and organized effort. We will take up. first, the rural church The Farmers Are Great Church Builders. The American farmer t? the grentest. church builder the world has ever known lie is the custodian of the nation's morality; upon his shoulders rests the "ark of the covenant" and he is more responsive to religious influences than any other class of citizenship The farmers of this nation have built 120,000 churches at a cost of $7">0,000,000. and the ntinual contribution ot the nation toward all church institutions approximates $200,000,000 per annum. The farmers of the Uni ii'ii amies Duna zz cnurcnes per day. There are 2ftp0ft0,0fln rural church com muuicants on the farm, and 54 per cent ot the total membership of all churches reside Ih the country. The farm ts the power-house of all progress and the birthplace of all that ! is noble The Garden of Kden waR in the country and the man who would get close to God must first get close | to nature The Functions of a Rural Church, it the rural churches today are go{ ing to render a service which this age demands, there must be co-operation between the religious, social and economic life of the community. The church to attain its fullest measure of success must enrich the lives of the people in the commuuity it serves; it must Duild character; develop thought and increase the efficiency oi human life. It must serve the social, business and intellectual, as well as the spiritual and moral side of life If religion does not make a inan more capable, more useful and more just, what good is it? We want a practical religion, one we can live by and farm by, as well as die oy. Fewer and Better Churches. Itlesurd is that rural community which has but one place of worship. While competition is the life ol tradeit is death to the rural church ami moral starvation to the community. Petty sectarianism is a scourge that. I blights the life, ami tne elinrrh nroln dice saps the vitality, of many communities. An over-cjiurched commun ity id a crime against religion, a sen , ous handicap to society and a useless tax upon agriculture While denominations are essential and churoh pride commendable, the i high teaching of universal Christianity : must prevail if the rural church is to ! fulfill its mission to agriculture We frequently have three or four i churches in a community which is riot I able to adequately support one Small oongregatlons attend services once n month and all fail to perform the re ilglous functions of the community. The division of religious forces and i the breaking into fragments of moral j efTorts is oftttme* little less than n calamity and defeats the very purpose ' they seek to promote The evils ot too many churches can be minimized by Co-operation I'he social and economic life of a rural community are .respective units and vuniiui uc nu<LTS?IUIIJi divided DV (ie' nominatioiial tines, and the churches csn only octfcpy this uu|>orlHiit held by co-operation and co-ordination The efficient country church will definitely serve its community by lead ing in all worthy efforts at conwnunily ' building, in uniting the people in alt ! co-operative endeavors for the gen eral welfare ol the community and in arousing a rem love tor country life and loyalty to the country home and these results ear. only be successfully accomplished oy the united effort ot the press the school the church anc organised farmers NOW HE'S 80RRY. "What's he sore almut?" "Hia mother-in-law Wanted in trn ? * to Europe a couple of month* ago, and he would not hear to it." A SHARP WOMAN. "You say she know* her husband like a book?" "Yea. And she can shut him up like one, too." CHANGED HIS LIFE'S WORK Aversion of Companion to Travol by Sea Led 8ir Henry Layard Into Bible Landa. Tlie first man to undertake extensive and important explorations among the ruins of Babylon and Nineveh, says the Milwaukee Sentinel, was Sir Henry Layard. who was | born in Paris nisety-seren years ago. It was due to his friendship for a young man who had a great fear of seasickness that he was led to begin what was to he hia life work. T.avard ' was educated and started for Ceylon 10 practice his profession. Mc was accompanied by another ' lad who had a horror of the ocean, and l.nvard readily agreed when his companion suggested that they make the trip by land across Europe Asia Minor, Persia and India. It was [ while on this journey that T.avard I was inspired with the ambition to delve among the ruins of the ani iont cities of Asia. "When 1 first beheld I lie mounds of Nineveh,'* he wrote, "a great longing come over lite to learn what was hidden w'tliin them." lie yielded to the desire, niul largely at his own expense car: ried on those excavations at Babylon and Nineveh which were chiefly : responsible for the discovery of the lost records and relics nt n people who lived 3.000 years ago. Many cities and palaces, including the pnlnce of King Nebuchadnezzar, were unearthed by Levant and the most valuable trenail ret in the BntiHi inuRiMtin gorve to commemorate hit name and fame. SURE . "> First Literary Hack?If Jonah had lived in these days he'd have heen a lucky chap. Second Literary Hack?I should say. He could easily have gotten lire hundred for that whale story. THE TULIPS OF HAARLEM. The consular report mentions the anxiety of the Hutch bulb growers about the effect of the war on their world-famous industry. Haarlem is a specialized horticultural nursery for all Kurope and the United States. The tulip, of course, is the typical bulb, the symbol of this amazing Dutch industry and a standard 01 value?as wheat is the agricultural barometer and pig iron the industrial indicator. The Dutch growers produce 2,00<! varieties of tulips. They sell a million dollars' worth of bulbs to tlx United States every year. The nations at war may not be in a mood just now for the gentle science ol j tulip cultivation, hut a heller day i> I : 11 i *ii i i rumiup. naanem will I>e UOing t flourishing business in bulbs, hs foi centuries agone, when Kssen's greal armament factories are turning oul implements of peaceful industry ua der the Krupp brand. A FACETIOUS PEDAGOGUE. "Professor (Sadsbv, the T^itt ir teacher, has a very small wife. IT it pet name for her ia 'Multv.'" "That's a curious name. Whw does it mean?" "It's an abbreviation of the Imtii i phrase 'multum in parvn.'" THEY ALtO RAN. "I j;ot dm cup for running." j rt\Vhoja In-it ?" ! "The owner ami ?ii pol icemen.**? Harvard Lampoon. THE REAtON WHY. "Bnulder dona*, wlgr does vm name yoali mule l*oor Kieuso?*# ? "Sister Anneli?.*, I Hmi it hrka* it's hettdr'n none." ?? AUNTIE WANT? TO KNOW. City Nephew (on vacation) ? I'n studying now for n doctor. Itural Aunt?i>o tHl? Ain't th< daulwr aU? U* 4u Jua awa atud/iug i ;**- ^ 4 -- -^1 ! MUCH VIRTUE IN THE GRAPE Nor.* of the Fruit* More Potent in the Effects Upon the Human System. j Since the dawn of creation the i grape lias played a part in the his; torv of mankind. \Vs iind mention of unfermented gTape juice in the j earliest recorded history. In Greece ; and Persia grapes were made into a sirup in order that they might be ! preserved as long out of season as possible. The grape contains many healthgiaring elements. Both the water and sngai of the grape require no digestion, so can readily he taken into the blood. The mineral elements in the fruit clear, strengthen and cleanse the liver, kidneys and iurestinos. Some one lias aptly said that if the grape were a medicine more could not he elairr.nl for it. (irnpe sugar is one of the moat > important elements contained in the fruit Albuminous matter, lime. . iron, genuine cream of tartar, which is the natural salt of the grape, and vinous acid, which is similar to the malic acid of the apple, are also found. Indeed, there is no safer tonic in health or general ill health than the grape. The grape is at its host when nipped by the frost. Those who have had the pleasure of breakfasting on cold grapes pulled from the vine on a frosty morning will, in| deed, vote them h rare treat. There is no more welcome addition to the preserve closet than grape , jnice ! CROP WASTE IS ENORMOUS Diligent Gleaning Would Yield an Abundance of Good Food for the Hungry. Ever since Ituth gleaned in the I.eMa of Boaz there has l>een a lesson tr nl' mankind that there is enough waste in the world to give all an honest living, if it were only diligently gleaned. The other day, riding through the ountry, we noticed many bushels of dropped apples that were left to rot. Why, we thought, could not those j apples he gathered and given to the poor? No reason, except there was no elTort made to do it. We raise j millions to send Bibles to the heathen ; why not a few hundred to send those apples to the people who really need them. It would give lots of happiness and improve greatly the Christianity of those who do the gleaning and the distributing. There arc many fruits and vegetables in our orchards and gardens i that are hardly marketable and yet 1 ! would be good food to many pimple. ; ) : Why might not the idle people be j i i organized to gather up this food and i scatter it among the poor? If an i ; organization was formed tn ; and distribute these gleanings there i would, no doubt, he plenty brought in. There is plenty of good will, if ; it were only set in the grooves and ! * | started along.?Ohio State Journal. i i ?- . B- I % TAX RETURNS FOR 1915. I Office of (he County Auditor of York County, South Caroline. Yorkville, S. C., Dee. 1, J914. * As required by statute, my books will be opened at my oflice in Yorkville on r'riday, January 1, 1915 and ' kept open until February 20, 1915, for f the purpose of listing for taxation all I personal and?real property held in ' I York county on January 1, 1915. ii t For the purpose of facilitating the | r taking of returns and for the greater convenience of Taxpayers, I will l?e * at the following places on the dates t named: At ltamah, (A. M. McGill's Store). Friday, January 1. At Bethany, (McClill Bros. Store), baturnay, .January 2. At Clover, on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 5 and (i. - At Bethel, (Ford, Barnett & Co's 1 j Store), Thursday, January 7. i At Point, (at Harper's) on Friday, January 8. At Bandana, (Perry Ferguson's t Store), on Saturday, January 9. At Smyrna, on Monday, January 11. 1 At Hickory Grove, on Tuesday and 1 Wednesday, January 12 and 18. At Sharon, on Thursday and Friday, January 14 and 15. At Bullock's Creek, (Good's Store), ! ' on 5sntnrd?v .lunimrv lft - J ? J ?* At Tirzah, on Monday, January 18. j AtNewj>ort, on Tuesday, January 19. j At Fort Mil), on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, January 20, 21 and 22. < At McConnellsville, on Monday, Jan-1 uary 25. At Ogden, on Tuesday, January 20. At Coates Tavern, (Koddey's) on Wednesday, January 27. At Hock Hill, from Thursday, Jan- j 1 i uary. 28, to Wednesday, February 3. And at Yorkville, from Thursday February 4, until Saturday, February s 20. All males between the apes of I twenty-one and sixty years, except j Confederate soldiers over the ape of fifty years are liable to a poll tax of $1.00, and all persons so liable are 1 especially requested to pive the numbers of their respective school districts in makinp their returns. BKOADUS M. IX)VE, County Auditor. ; i -i! IAsk Santa for a Bank Book j| Showing your first de- || e J^SsSSfal5^ posit in the Savings j I if c$\ ^ Bank. It is one of the ? I could receive. It means i*" "k n the safety of your II BOOK\] noney, better statjd- II f&wffi' ^ 1iess associates and an g Jff'jif easier, safer, cheaper way of transmitting money and preventing disputes which checks insure. " | Savings Bank of Fort Mill, I I W. B. MEACHAM, Prisideni W. B. MEACHAM, Jr., Cashier ^ l i Santa Claus I Has arrived and for the Hist year has made headquarters at L. J. MASSEY'S, where you will find the best stock of Christmas Presents of the BETTER *? KIND that he has ever shown before. 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