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KS*T": ' . ' ..{ . " f * V'' * r (Htfp (EJfpram c h e r a w, j. n. st rice lin, lmm PakUiM Ererj Entered at Pestoflce, Cfceraw, CHBRAW, S. C. THURSD IS COST OF LIT1N6 DECREASING? According to recent statistics living costs in the United States are drop- a ping; it is claimed that they have de- t< creased some four or Ave per cent, a but, frankly, to the citizen it does no tl thus appear. Judging by the prices p we are paying prices are not lower, il On the contrary, we note an actual " rise In some lines and a stationary li condition in most, while a few?a very few show a small decrease. tl We have kept close tab of our house tl hold expenses for the past two r months, and they are rising instead li of falling. The quality we are using * Is not better; nor is the quantity v, more?only the price total mounts, it We should like to know what are the ii experiences of others. Are their ex- h perlences similar to ours? Do they h note any decrease? s The question very naturally arises n why .is this condition? Why is it that prices do not drop, and drop consider- h ably? We common people have al- a ways ccnsidered that with the return " of the men from abroad; with the f filling up of the depleted labor ranks, c wages and commodities would drop, ? but even wages appear to retain their o position. Fifty cents pere hour was s theprice demanded for a handy man' * work around the garden the other d day, and none could be obtained less t than 45 cent* an hour. This for un skilled labor, that wa9 bringing 15 t rents previous to the war. What is it holding things up? Will the drop * come and come with a flop? Is it a 8 case of "someone putting muscilage 8 on the wheels." or what is preventing ' a get-back to ordinary prices and or- 1 dinary conditions? A Detroit girl is missing from t home and in describing her to the h newspaper reporters the mother said e she had a birthmark Just below the right knee. Keep an eye out for l^r. d One war gardener declares that tin u worms are eating his cabbage, bee- fl ties are Tiddllng his cucumbers and n moles are undermining his beans? Ku# l?*i- ? * ?? ? ? - -** - Mut uc n |uiug 10 ntva a good or I ot radish ?sae<W 11 m _ ? i It The CbroQioie is $1.50 a fear. 't W. R. RE SPECIAL! CHRONIC AND NE EA8F.S OF V wome: PILES AND RUPT WITHOUT OP1 OR LOSS 01 1206t/2 Main Street WRK uf^1 Jl? se !3pr for. a to set WRIGLE a sealed pack! tor the nameName In Good /T2TO Tiaht? . v . f . ? ^ " % V %: (Htyrmttrlr s. c. e, Ittw ui Mmfer r Tkarsday S. C.. as Second Class Matter AY, JULY 10, 1919. SUMMER READING. It isn't often that we call a man's ttentlon to the fact that he owes il > himself and the community in rhich he lives to have his name upjor lie subscrlntlon list of his home-town aper. But yesterday we suggested : to one gentleman-and he replied: It'a getting 'round to where it's to< afernal hot to read." There is a iman whose conversation hen, is only interesting in cool weaker. For it is only when a mar eads that he can talk in an interest rig way. And there is also a mar rho fails to understand that the ok rorld is still whirling along at a rap 1 rate in hot weather the sa>"e ai the cooler months, an<l that i ie expects to keep up with it he wil iave to read "summer news" just th< ame as that dished out by him honu lewspaper in the fall. But the fact of the matter is th< tome paper is a home institution, ant ,s such is entitled to support twelvi nonths in the year. It would be i Ine community if we quit going t* hurch and kept our children out o: lunday school just because the hous< >f worship is not as comfortable ir ummer as it is in winter. Ant v'ouldn't it be bad judgment to qui loing business with the banks througl he 8umimer months, or to buy U| mough groceries in the early sprinf o last until cold weather? The man who argues that it is tot ">t?any day in the year?to reat ind keep himself posted on affairi ibout him is on a par with the olt ossil who once told us that "he tool nore papers than he could read." The wail of the Huns appears t< >e due to the fact that they nevei mew a square deal had so man] harp edges. As one Cheraw man said the othei ay. when you And an autoist whc aes his horn too much you'll alsc ind a man who uses his mouth to< luch. Villa was reported to hove lost i eg three years ago but nobody hai >een able bo far. *o ^ht^near enotsgl 0 him to corroborate the report." :gister ST IN IBYOUS BIS. EN AND V 1 RE CURED 2 RATION P TIME COLUMBIA, 8. C. LEYS In the x v\ i ?palp/l L? ^ i WWWIVW K^j^^package I of its goodness aled In ? otected. preserved, to flavor lasts I ! nd be SURE ] VS. It's in i tee. but loofc the Greatest i ly-Land. j i I t I i a&FH 3 jJEEZSZ3^^ /f 3 Kept * THE WIHES LEAD HOME. By August 1 all wires, telephone and telegraph, will have returned to their owners, and the doxology will be sung by 100,000,000 people. The attempt of Government control of public utilities has been a disma' failure. Absolutely correct in theory, it has fallen down completely in practice, and very naturally men are asl< ing the question "why?" The answer is plain. W% are not yet ready for this step. As a people, we have no' yet arrived at that point where ou representatives are efficient or honest enough ho handle the public proper ty. As a war-time measure, possibly the taking over of the wires and othe; public utilities was justified, but never was a case more conclusively prov , en than this one of the utter inabilit of the Government to run pri\u* enterprises. Absolute failure has her n the result i Welcome 1iome, oh wires. Now lets have the railroads as soon as possible i A dollar in Cheraw is worth 10(1 j cents, the same as everywhere else, . but it will only buy about thirty cents J worth of grub here. Wonder if it i: f the same way everywhere? i We have also noticed that rubber ; heels are getting to be almost a common in this country as rubber ; necks. 5 Something has gone out of the life 1 of a <man when he no longer haB a * long summer school vacation to looli * fdrward to. A grass widow is generally one who is looking for "green fields and pastures new." One 6f the hardest things we hnve to fathom in looking at some grrden? j in and around Cheraw is to tell whi< , is the vegetable and which is tin weed. , It's too bad the Italian delegate didn't take his wife with him to the peace conference. Then he'd have had somebody in Paris who would . have agreed with him. r It's a pretty fast world, but we notice that burglar-proof safe's are still . being robbed while fire-proof build( ings burn up every day. > t Remember, that even If you can't do anything else you can at least heir things a little bit by keeping out ol t the other fellow's way. l\ Tfca fact thaX Uw> waea 0*91 drawing salaries as a result of the peace conference comes pretty neai explaining why they were stringinj it out. If any man in Cheraw feels unctyn fortable during the next few week: but fails to have the usual dark-browi taste in his mouth he should be wise eonugh to keep his feelings strictl; to himself. Feeling Blue ? Liver Lazy ? Take a Cilotab Wonderful How Youug and Energetic i oil reei Aner raking Thin >aulealeii Calomel Tablet. If you have not tried Calotabs you have a delightful surprise awaiting you. The wonderful liver-cleansing and systeau-purifying properties ol calomel may now be enjoyed without the slightest unpleasantness. A Calotab at bedtime with a swallow of water?that's all. No taste, no salts, nar the slightest unpleasant effects. You wake up in the morning feeling so good that you want to laugh about It. Your liver is clean, your system is purified, your appetite hearty. Kat what you wish,?no danger. The next time you feel lazy, mean, nervous, blue or discouraged give your liver a thorough cleansing with a Calotab. They are so perfect that your druggist la authorized to refund the price 'as a guarantee that you will be delighted. Calotabs are sold only in original, sealed packages. Price thirty-five cents. At all drug stores.?(adv.) m\mm the pep ball 1 mmmgm trade, mark /|3 RMN^,,Modtm,t || |A Fifeartns $ Ammunition m ^Shootingi Ejfebf ij mffim i ! ! t MHmaaaiKSBtMaBa??. , /We don't know what k(nd/ of t plac? the average man likes to sp< p his vacation in/bvjt (or our part w ? Uks to And one where the basse t as often as the mosquitoes. e ? a' It Is a wise child that goes out h the room to laugh when the old n anashes his thumb. - > ise the Family ' ime crispy, tasty, golden-br CE-CHEE Self-Rising Floui is disappear?one. two. thro le last. f . \ What has become of the old-fash loned <oan who used to insist the bis trousers be equipped with hi] pockets, and long deep ones, besides Cheer up and quit klckin about th high cost of living?you can get i postage stamp a cent cheaper noi than you could during the war. ISurpr Bake them sc from OCCO-NI way those goodi< one as good as tl occo Self Takes the Guess < I! With it you can ] muffins and cakes 1 It has mixed with baking powder, sot saves you the cost occo-nee-che: the Indian Head o When yt buy J AUSTIN-H i ^ > " ^j^r 9KM|HT| |ijj!2|JP 1L ^HSJ ^ ^Bf |V| t iBB K I Who Zoom Over Your Troublt PEPSI-COLA! See the Hyer zoom over t soft fresh cloud high up in heftvens ?he's cool and hap A -v /\re you f Or are you hot and aticky, m tally fagged and sluggish ? Try an exhilarating zoom o your troubles with a bubblii sparkling beaker of Pepsi-Ct It makes you simply scintillate J 'lo catch the incipient headai ?to give Old Man Humidity merry ha-ha! Drink Ptpifyiug?Slimmlatiag? PEPSI-COLA o**-PE . . ~ \ -NEE-CH Rising Flour out of Baking and Sam you make the same appetizing biscuit time after time, here's no more it, in the exact proportions, the" ia and salt It's economical be of these three materials. Buy s E Self-Rising Flour today. Loc n the hag. At all grocers. tu prefer to bake with plain flour Perries*?the beet of Its bind. EATON CO., Durham, I *^r out I For, with Princo Albert, you've g< that cuts you loQee from old atv Made by our exclusive patented from bite and parch and h?nd? voi that avsr was scheduled in your d Princa Albtrt ia a pippin of a baata tha band! Gat tba slant tk man avar loagad for in tobacco figure up tha sport you've slipp Albsrt quality flavor and quality a Youll talk kind words svsry tims Tummy rW k??, tidy rW tlmm. hmmdt dmrm?mmd?ikmt elmmty. fMutfod Siifi multumur Urn tkmt ti?i ?A R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Coi opee !J ? WithaGl**so^^ ng, ? mmm % %| fyi i .!^^v\ 3A W ifefASSn| PSI-0 a^HM * 1 ; ? V" ; *a Some of these days the ^irla will - and learn that it Is as often what they e'd don't have on as what they do have >lte on that causes comment. And what are you coins to do if of the dealer tells you that since prolan blbltlon came the p^lce of 'raisins has doubled. 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