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LEST WE FORGET (j'oHixl by .Mary Pii'kfonl) Your Village And Mine It is just a typical American vil lage? perhaps yours or the one in ike next county. It ha^ two churches and a hotel and there is the "corner" j where the men gather after .supper to-.considtsr politics and "the state of the Union." Its population is about 2 000. ^ When war was declared it nave its sons with a glad heart, aud they marched away bravely ? many with a ash in the throat, perhaps, but with a splendid vision guiding their feet. From the training camp those boys went to Prance and were ujoved up into the battle line. The ?Iun was making u desperate effort to destroy civilization in a bloody drive on Paris. Then? The richest man in 'the village met the hotel barber and they gripped hand* in silence. Their two sons lay dead in the Argonne. The village butcher boy ? red-head fd and Irish ? smiled for the last time. He died fighting that freedom might cot perish. The town's Beau Brum mel ? he had never amounted to much ? won the Croix do Guerre ? but j lost both eyes. Gas claftned the son pft the widow who lived in the little green cottage. J At first .she could not speak when i she received the brie^telegram. Then ?"John was fill I had. I hoptid he would come back. If I had two sons I would give them too." That was all. But ? - ? 1 ' ' | America as a whole, never felt the -rnal hand of war ? not as Prance felt It? nor as fCngland-rnor even as Can nda. Why? ? .,S Because, our doUarfe stopped the war. They made possible those tre mendous preparations for a longvirar that resulted in a short w*r. Never was such a stupendous assemblage of munitions. Germany wilted. Thou sands of millions .of dollars were saved. But best of all. tens of thou sand* d? American boys were saved America prepared Qn faith. .Amer- I icu holds its dollars cheaper than it valued its sous. The war is over. Victory-, is ours America escaped the frightful harden of debt which would have been oura if the war had ladled two years long er. We still have those dollars in ou?. pockets. And (lie hoys are coining home. 4. But the debts the government did contract? the debts that won tho wat ? must be puid. They will be paid, America lias pledged its faith, and th? faith of America has never been questioned. We are now asked to lemf the gov ernment some of those unpaid doling wo still hare in our pockets, and. to neoure the loan, Victory Libertj Bonds will be issued ? the safest to the world. Then let our hearts? and our purse* ? :say how thankful we are that, per haps, half a million American boys saved. * HE HAD THE GRIT THAT WON THE WAR Carter Glass, secretary of the troajj jury, copied the following note, a in oar I others, from the* not.e book of a Red j Cross nurse when he was in Trance: "One boy I shall always .remember. His right shoulder was * practically shot away and he had a big t wound In his' back and one in *il? left eye, But he sat straight up and wouldn't lfet anybody h?Ip him. He didn't say a word while th?y pulled off th<*. tight clinging gause front the red, raw, wet flesh that quivered in spite of him. When the first wound was Arched all be said was: "Do^you think I could rest, a minute. Doc, before yon do the second one# "Red. raw, w?t flesh" ? Americas i flesh. It was not yellow. Think o! I that when you art asked to btfv vie tory Liberty bonds, you who . think | you have done enough. !. ' i, ' With Our Army of Occ?M*^B- ? Vim African ??*? to Enter G*rm??y w m r ' Bii bDH <01* nuilifct^vl^io* W" Kxpodl* T*- Wiftrjr Ut>erfy I?nn ' c <*?*???*^?? tionaiy Forces overall*. ?- Underwood. N. ?.) Public Information from T7ndtrw<*>? ? HE FINISHED THE JOB A, P. MOON. J*. i Unique in the annals of war loan history is the cum of A. P. Moon. J t? easbJer ?f the Oarteravllle Jlunk. Oar tersvitto, V?. He has already secured subscription-: for the entire allotment of hin bank. This is the first bank In the Fifth Federal Reserve District | which Into mode such a record, so fur [ as Ih known. I "I ant working night and day for my town, county, atiite and nation," de clared Mr. Moon. "At the close of the Fourth Libecty Loan campaign, I thought It would ho n good idea to keep ihfe ball ; fPtUln&t instead of , stopping i went straight uhead and continued getting subscriptions for the I Fifth Loan. Our bank sold $35,000 of the. Fourth issue, which is more than dou l<- its quota, and I was so inncli cue :aur ?;??*! ovor that record -that I de? elded o start right to fOfk on the F'-th Loan. ... v ? l" p u> Uate, we have subscriptions for inoT?> than $20,000 Victory Bonds. )>ut \v<> arc not through yet and ex pect to ko right ahead and try to double tli is if possible. The argument 1 used was simply that tW ' Victory j Loan was needed by my Government u.nd that ft was up to every man to finish the job -by paying the bills for a vl? lory which would have been ! cheap at double the price." Mr. Moon said he didn't knpw much, about the terms, interest rates of other' details of the Victory Loan and i didn't care, going on the assumption that the loan woulil be a good proposl* Hon in any sha|te offered. SPECULATORS TRY TO OBTAIN BONOS Her rts are wide-spr?iad that some owners * of Liberty Bonds have : sofi? them at price* lower than their mafy kot value. Investigations show that shrewd speculators are active in try^ ing to Induce people to part with their government securities. Many of them are offering to take Liberty bonds In exchange for other so-called "securi ty" which promises a higher rate of interest thftn Liberty Bonds. It is pointed out by treasury offi cials that Liberty Bonds are worth every dollar paid 'for them. Qne evi dence of tljelr valtie is the eagerness f of the speculator to gwj possession of them. He knows What they are worth., The Liberty Bond owner doesr not know the value of the "stock** or 1'bond" he la offered in exchange for ? hiir government. security. Liberty bonds have back of them the entire resources of the United States which makes thom worth their I fane value. The person who ex ' changes them for some other kind ot paper risks losing the -money invest ed in his bond as ,welt}ns the inter est,. > . Other people are selling thdlr bonds because they feel that "the war's over" arid they are no longer obligat ed to hold them. Aiinough fighting has ceased, the war will not be over until the peace treaty is signed and our soldiers are home. A Liberty Bdfid is a certificate of service and the person who sell* 1t at a sacrifice, except in cases of extreme necessity, is failing to ''carry on." He Is re flecting on ht* een- patriotism and surrendering an investment that, never will fail to pay returns. It Is recognised that there are times when investors are compelled to seek relief from financial distress. Often their first. Impulse is to dis pose of their Liberty Bonds. In such caseb the bank is the place to go. Banks will lend money on Liberty Bonds. The borrower is helped out of his difficulty and does not Sose possession of his government bond ? i> . ? **? ? i . I. ? . ? ? ? Liberty Loan Levity Jn?t :i half-wit, thrr called porter Tv' !& --.v Barber knewy Uniojrh. mw day would be rainy. So he shared and he shn?*f And aared and ha saved? * iAi*4*nniS 1^Dd*.'?|f#frrth<i]Fj UN KttM Al Albeit Montgomery waif ahol and in stantly killed at Uuiontown church, near Ht, t'harleH, -Hunday by Thomas Jeffcr son, Th r*H? .shots were tired from a Ji2 ealibre r?yolvei\ two taking effect, one in the shoulder and the other in the neck, which broke the ?mull column and caus ed inatant death. 4 After the .shooting vslffet*)OU walked off without molc.sta-* tion, none of the large crowd of negro.** pre*cut at the meeting making uuy at iwnpl to arrest him. letter in tht? af ternoon the rural wlice were uo titled and they made an effort to locate Jrflfersou, but he left that section of the country, Having uo trace. J offer won'* home wan in the* Lynchburg .section of i-ountry and he iund three Other negroes from Lynchburg attended : A v/v.'v ?'?. ? 'J* { >y V th?- meet in* , It is stated that Mont' gomcrV. who wi? u St. Ohttle* negro, whs sitting In ?. buggy with u ..womnn when h?- whs khut- The origin of the trouble lias nut beeu lenvnml.- Sumter Ife'iu. ' A i?et hog utUektM and partially <ie voured the h?ml of the -three -mouth* -old daughter of Nlr. und Mr#. Wllliuui Hum uer, who live* iu the southern part of lloioBt anil would have unquestionably killed the infant had not its uother !><>? n at 1 1 a< t.st by its Hcretta>?. ' ? itobert \\>kt, uduiiaihtiutor of OhurlfN Hotm VV?* t, ut Oharlf.s|on, ?ued Thomus J. Miles, owner of u cur which run over ami kined i'harlew Hons WeKt? tin in fant. for $$,000. The Jury hwu><1?*?I th< full amount to the plaintiff Knrahaw County's quote #3*5,000. South Carolina will be ??xiwlod ralso $2l,tMHfOOO iu tho Vldory Iuiu! which i'uuvmss begun Monday. Tlw St ate'a quota in tb? IVturik hHfWty (< umi? Wa? |P4dR|000, <??' tint' ttilr<l in of thr |>H*s?'ut quota. Five eountira "will bo i}*ik?0>U t<> amouut* in ?xo*as of $1,000,000. t'bar U'nNhi bold* first placo by u wl<V' margin with a quota <rf $4,801,400. Richland stand* next with $.'1,507,000. To <Jreen~ vIMo will |h? ujnM)rtk)m'd $1,718,000 ; Spartuabui'K $*,358,800 u?nlA An dom?r? $1,062,000, Kernhaw county will bo ex~ to ralitt $225,000. ? Matrimonial Folic Ml**. "Ok, why d^d l over mtary your* J Becauao I didn't know any batter.'V Utft i, V FARMERS-BUYERS-- ATTENTION ! Keep this advertisement. Remember the dates! Attend the sale or sales near est you, or attend them all. Over 11,000 well conditioned animals to be sold AT OtfCEL if you need fine fanmlng or draft stock, you will get bargains SALES AT THE FOLLOWING CAMPS: Camp Wheeler , MACON, GA. April 25 400 Cavalry Horses, 750 Artillsigr Horses, 350 Draft Mules. For information write Lt. Col. H. C. L. Jones, Remount Depot, Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga. Camp Hancock ? * AUGUSTA, GA. April 30 300 Cavalry Horses, 450 Artillery ~~~~^Hx>rse8t 75 Draft Mules. For information write Major T. E. Price, Remount Depot, 308 Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. f* 1. ATLANTA, GA. May 5 Artillery Horses, 330 Cavalry Horses, 160 Draft Mules. For Information write Lieut. L. X*. Evans, Q. M. C/, Remount Bepot, No. 316, Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Gfcir; . Camp Wads worth SPARTANBURG, S. C. April 28 400 Cavalry Horses, 900 Artillery Horses, 460 Draft Mules. For information write Captj P, S. Bur dett, Q. M^C., Remount Depot, Camp Wadswbrt, Spartapburg, S. C. HTr'tMlfl & '^n'rjr GREENVILLE, S. C. May 2 576 Cavalry Horses, 650 Artillery Horaes, 350 Draft Mules. For information Write Capt., Oliver L. Overmeyer, Q. Ml C., Remount Depot, Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. Embarkation Depot north CMARIESTOH, SC. May 7 30 Cavalry Horses, 3^0 Artillery Horses, 250 Draft Mules. _ ? 1" Depot, North Charleston, 8. C.. Other Sales Will Be Held As Follows: April 25 ? Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas. April 28 ? Camp Upton, Yapfcank, Long Island N. Y. ' -- April 28 ? Cainp .Dodge, Deslfoines, Iowa. April 28 ? Camp Travis, Ban Antonio, Taxan. ~ April 30 ? Camp Dlx, Wrights town, N. 3. May ty-Camp Funston, Port Rrley, Kanwas. May 1 ? Cainp Shelby, Hattietfmrg, ltim. May IJ--<3amp? Devens,' Ayer, Mass. v 11 > May 5? Camp Sherman, Cblllicothe, Ohio. May 7 ? Camp Taylor, Loui8ville, Ky. For further information write Commanding Offi< er, care Ucnioun't Depot, at the. -foregoing cjunpo. These animate are all prime, fat and in good condition. T^hey are exceptionally fine Uaiaingi stock / Sales win be held always at REMOUNT DEPOTS, rain or shine? under coyer. If necessary, and " tar highest bidder.. Lunch on grounds^ -rr- r TERMS: CASH OR Iter with each animal. Rail I ? m ? > v A * *Sr Sold singly, in/ pain, or car lots, to suit pi road Agent* *M>e on the frouaj^^By? It's your last.and best chance! ZikMj-' ' 2r Bi? ! voy