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* * *%*\ , X Qltyr (Clyrrau c H K R A 1 J. N. STRICKLIN, Les PafcUsfcet ?v< Entered at Pestofflce, Che raw CHERAW, S. C, THURS 18 COST OF LI VINO DECREASING? According to recent statistics living costs in the United States are drop ping; it Is claimed that they have decreased some four or Ave per cent, hut. frankly, to the citizen it does no tbiui appear. Judging by the prices we are paying prices are not lower. On the contrary, we note an actual rise in some lines and a stationary condition in most, while a few?a very few show a small decrease. We have kept close tab of our house hold expenses for the past two months, and they are rising instead of falling. The quality we are using is not better; nor is the quantity more?only the price total mounts. We should like to know what are the experiences of others. Are their experiences similar to ours? Do they note any decrease? The question very naturally arises why.is this condition? Why is it that prices do not drop, and drop considerably? We common people have always considered that with the return of the men from abroad; with the filling up of the depleted labor ranks, wages and commodities would drop, but even wages appear to retain their position. Fifty cents pere hour was theprice demanded for a handy man' work around the garden the other day, and none could be obtained less than 45 cents an hour. This for unskilled labor, that was bringing 15 cents previous to the war. What is ir holding things up? Will the drop come and come with a flop? Is it a case of "someone putting muscilage on the wheels," or what is preventing q -hflfl/ to nrHinnrv ~r m,-- ? w? U?*1UI / |?? ivra OUU U I " dinary conditions? A Detroit girl Is missing from home and in describing her to the newspaper reporters the mother said she had a birthmark just below the right knee. Keep an eye out for h^r. One war gardener declares that th< worms are eating his cabbage, beetles are riddling his cucumbers and moles are undermining his beans? but he's going to have ft good cr of radish *aee<^ r ?^ The Chronicle is fl.50 a year. W. R R 8PECIA1 CHBOMC AMD ! EASES OF WAV n uji PILES AND RIM WITHOUT O OR LOSS 1266l/2 Main Street WMG AS K for. to eel WRIGC a sealed pacl (or the nameName In Goc .. ? - . ?. j (Htymnirlr w, s. c. . a m, Edhur an4 Manager ' b >ry Thursday fl . 8. C .. as Second Class Matter f 3D AY, JULY 10, 1919. J SUMMER READING. It isn't often that we call a man's attention to the fact that he owes it to himself and the community in U ~ !!..?? a. _ a *-1 nuitu iic uvea iu uuve iiih name upon the subscription list of his home-town 1 paper. But yesteiday we suggested 1 it to one gentleman and he replied: < "It's getting "round to where it's too * infernal hot to read." 1 There is a tnian whose conversation, ' then, is only interesting in cool weather. For it is only when a man reads that he can talk in an Interest. ' ing way. And there is also a man who fails to understand that the old ' world is still whirling along at a rapid rate in hot weather the save as in the cooler months, au>l that if he expects to keep up with it he will have to read "summer news" just the same as that dished out by him home newspaper in the fall. But the fact of the matter is the home paper is a home institution, and as such is entitled to support twelve months in the year. It would be a , fine community if we quit going to church and kept our children out of Sunday school just because the house of worship is not as comfortable in summer as it is in winter. And wouldn't it be b?d judgment to quit doing business with the banks through the summer months, or to buy up enough groceries in the early spring to last until cold weather? The man who argues that it is too hot?any day in the year?to read and keep himself posted on affairs about him is on a par with the old fossil who once told us that "he took more papers than he could read." The wail of the Huns appears to be due to the fact that they never knew a square deal had so many sharp edges. As one Cheraw man said the other dav. when Vflll Hn,l an ?"> ? uses his horn too much you'll also And a man who uses his mouth too .much. Villa was reported to hove lost a leg three years ago but nobody has been able bo far to gfet 'near enough to him to corroborate the report. EGISTER LIST IN NEBY0U9 BIS. MEN AND EN fTTHE CritEII PERATION OF TIME COU'MBIA, 8. C. Hi iLUd In the i. sealed ^^^^^package 7 i All of Its soodness ! sealed In? ? Protected, preserved. j 'j rbe flavor lasts 1 ! i i | and be SURE ?V'S. It's in i taee. but looft -the Greatest k/lu.f - iiUIIW# 1 i a THE WIRES LEAD HOME. By August 1 all wires, telephone nd telegraph, will have returned to heir owners, and the doxology will e sung by 100,000,000 people. The attempt of Government control public utilities has been a disnia' allure. Absolutely correct in theory, t has fallen down completely in prac ice, and very naturally men are using the question "why?" The answer s plain. Wh are not yet ready for his step. As a people, we have no* ret arrived at that point where ou representatives are efficient or honest enough ho handle the public proper ty. As a war-tUne measure, possibly the taking over of the wires and other public utilities was justified, but never was a case more conclusively proven than this one of the utter inabilit of the Government to run p:i\_' enterprises. Absolute failure has hern the result Welcome "home, oh wires. Now lets have the railroads as soon as possible A dollar In Cheraw is worth 100 cents, the same as everywhere else, but it will only buy about thirty centsworth of grub here. Wonder if it i: the same way everywhere? We have also noticed that rubber heels are getting to be almost a common in this country as rubber necks. Something has gone out of the life of a <man when he no longer has a long summer school vacation to look fdrward to. A grass widow is generally one who is looking for "green fields and pastures new." One 6f the hardest things we have to fathom in looking at some g miens in and around Cheraw is to tell whl? is the vegetable and which is the 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. It's a pretty fast world, but we notice that burglar-proof safes are still being robbed while fire-proof buildings burn up every day. Remetmber, that even if you can't do anything else you can at least help things a little bit by keeping out of the other fellow's way. The tact that there were 1.4Q0 wen drawing salaries as a result of the peace conference comes pretty near explaining why they were stringing it out. If any man in Cheraw feels uncomfortable during the next few weeks but fails to have the usual dark-brown taste in his mouth he should be wisr eonugh to keep his feelings strict1> to himself. Feeling Blue ? Liver Lazy ? Take a Cilotab Wonderful How Youug aud Energetic Ton Feel After Taking This Nuusealess Calomel Tablet. If you have not tried Calotabs you have a delightful surprise awaiting you. The wonderful liver-cleansing and systeuu-purlfylng properties of 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 tune you feel lazy, mean, nervous, blue or discouraged give your liver a thorough cleansing with a Calotab. rhey are so perfect tuat your cJrugiist is authorized to refund the price is a guarantee that you will be delighted. Calotabs are sold only in original, tealed packages. Trice thirty-five :ents. At all drug stores.? (adv.) BPS ESM5& J "Modom" |i mL firearms t? Ammunition || \ jflShootinl Rtehfii HffiH r~" I 4 I Wtat has become of the old-fash ioned man who used to insist that his trousers be equipped with hip pockets, and long deep ones, besides? Cheer up and quit klekln about the high cost of living?you can get a postage stamp a cent cheaper now than you could during the war. m Surpri W Bake them sor * from OCCO-NE: K- way those goodie! I one as good as th< occo Self Takes the Guess a With it you can ni muiTins and cakes ti It has mixed with i baking powder, sodi saves you the cost < OCCO-NEE-CHEE the Indian Head on When yoi buy Pt 1ITCT1N U I ?2K ^HDjIFgprWH <t ^r ^QB; I'm Who Zoom Over Your Trouble PEPSI-COLA! See the Hyer zoom over tbi fiolt fresh cloud high up in tl heavens ?he's cool and happ Are you ? Or are you hot and sticky, mei tally fagged and sluggish ? Try an exhilarating zoom ov your troubles with a bubblin sparkling beaker of Pepsi-Col It makes you simply scintillate! a I .1 . 5 a. I J I i ?> eaten trie incipient iicmumci ?to jfive Old Man Humidity tl merry ha-ha! Drink Ptpifying?Simulating?R^nnsanti^ PEPSI-COLA PkPE * * I *~iTi'rn-i'ift<aaB?fc?? . |Ws don't know what k(nd/ of ' a place the average man likes to spend lei his vacation in/bqt for our part we'd do like to find one where the basse bite on as often as the mosquitoes. It Is a wise child that goes out of th< the room to laugh when the old man Bill onashes his thuimb. ha mmmtmmmmmmmmmim se the Family Toi ne crispy, tasty, golden-brown E-CHEE Self-Rising Flour. T1 s disappear?one. two. three, foil t last. NEE-CHE] Rising Flour ut of Baking and Saves you Mom take the same appetizing biscuits, wafl me after time. There's no more guess! t, in the exact proportions, the very l i and salt. It's economical because >f these three materials. Buy a bag c Self-Rising Flour today. Look for the bag. At all grocers, i prefer to Sokm with plain Jlour eeriest?the beet of ite kind. IATON CO., Durban, N. C. ?mmmmm???? *QKwBBm Tran#.I? ml{fflt|l(l|||{b I Siiffliu ^ ^HQSCA' out for wt For, with Prince Albert, you've got a tie that cute you Ioqss from old stung tor Made by our exclusive patented proem from bite and parch and hands you abou that ever waa scheduled in your directio Prince Albert is a pippin of a pipe-p beats the band! 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