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i IyZ pv y i > - lEll 1 Weekly Dep. *>?' * ? $ 1.00 2.00 . If'V 3.00 ' 4.00 m a 5.00 O 6.00 ' J/ 7.00 K; . ' 8.oo 9.00 W- 10.00 1 It is not what H H. M. GRAH H .f MAKING OP CLOTHES PINS I. Humble Article Valuable By-pre 4 of Hardwood Mills. ? ; The manufacture of the hu , clothespin is a considerable indi v\ in the mountains of Pennsylv -A where hardwood is still being ci large Quantities. In the hard^ nkills In central Pennsylvania -/ -clothespin forms a valuable by duct, the. waste from maple and lumber being used to manufa< the little implement of domest: Large quantities of American clo . ;pins have been shipped yearly to many, Australia . and other foi countries. Manufacturers state due to the war, the greater po: V of their foreign trade has been continued. The trade slump has . - felt in the Pennsylvania mount where the clothespin makers are working as steadily as usual. v? Native Pennsylvanians are ^ni] ed exclusively in the clothespir f dustry, and.they earn .fairly wages, most of the operatives ^ |p?; Ing by the piece. g||iv r \ It takes a dozen or more rapic II erations to turn a piece of hard i Bp* into a clothespin, which is read WfcliP? shipped from the mountains t< ' New York broker, who distribute smooth pin throughout the w P^.v Strips from boards are conveyed j?. the hardwood mill to the pin jp-;"' where the strips are cut into s gpv! cubes. * The cubes are soaked |||f' steamed in the upper room of mill and then, thrown into cli j, leading to the turning mach ' Girls run the turning machines, w eat up thousands of the little bl | hourly. The girls must be nimble of fii I?or it is necessary to keep tne tee canal tight with blocks in orde prevent the pieces of wood fron: ing about. The machinery ii jpfc'. clothespin mill vibrates tremenc ly, the noise .in the mill being < ening. g % - From the turning machines th ?p* tie blocks go to the slotting chines, which are also run by 2 ' occasionally boys are put on 1 kg * . when girls are not to bd had. 1 machines are as noisy, but nc dusty, as the turning machines, dust absorbers are found in clothespin mills and the gears 0 machines are not protected. A: blocks are wet when they are through the machines the sav does not fly, the dust in tne arising from accumulated sav which has dried out. From the slotting machines pins go into driers. When the; thoroughly dried the little stick conveyed to polishing drums rapidlv revolved in soapstone, \ gives them their marketable sm ness. From the polishing drums 1 _i_ are taken to a wasner, wnere soapstone is cleaned off, and then go again to a drier. Fror K drier they are conveyed to the ing room, where the girls with fingers, piece-workers, pack the boxes of 500, the girls receivinj cent a box for their work, the pa averaging 150 boxes a day, altl some systematic workers pack i I * If: m - ' P? xi;--.' - ' - . ^SvV'' . . ??? 7*. *\<- - vv - . ' - ... . irSavi MONEY DEPO< Deposits of $1.00 to 1 Year * 2 Years | 3Y< $ 53.31 $ 109.30 J $16 106.61 218.58 I 33 159.91 327.89 ! 50 213.22 437.21 ! 67 266.54 546.50 ! 84 319.83 655.78 100 373.15 765.07 ,117 426.45 874.28 134 469.76 983.72 151 532.56 1092.91 ] 168 you EARN, it is what ENTE ' \ \ AM, President. I # 5. LICENSE IN HER STOCKING. i duct Policeman Causes Enibarrassmen When Calling for Permit. mble The next time a certain youn* istry South Orange bicycle policemai ania, comes across a party of womeji wh< at in I are involved in an automobile, eras! vood! will not be so insistent about thi the production of drivers' licenses. -pro- i A machine driven by Mrs. Max Ger I ash]ties, ?f Summit, N. J., in which wer< jture' ^er daughter, Helen, 2 years old, an( icity. two young women, came into col thes- lision with a touring car containing Ger-. Mr. and Mrs. William T. Bethea, o *eign ! Tampa, Fla., and several friends, that,1 Mrs. Gerties's daughter was hurle< rtion from the car, but was picked up onl: diS- slightly hurt, although badly fright ^? onorf Thft f^ndar and radiator of th< ueeu v-v"? - - ains, other car were damaged. > not! The two parties were taking stocl i of their injuries when the policemai ploy-' arrived and demanded tc see Mrs i in-' Gerties's license to-drive an automo good' bile. She replied to his demands r0rk- evasively. The more insistent he be came the more confused Mrs. Gerties 1 op- became. Finally he was requested t( vood! retire t0 a distance for "just a mo [y to ment." Within a minute Mrs. Ger ) the *ie?> blushing, but /triumphant, pro s the! duced the license, orld. | 1 from ! The Wrist Watchmil!,j ' ? . mall; Why should ,a man -be accused o: ^ i "sissiness" because he wears a wri& or i the ^watch? Some Eastern pundits ar< lutes ma^in^ vastly merry over their dis ines covery that army officers are some hich what addicted to this practice. Nov ocks wrist would seem to be exactly fho whprp a soldier should wea: ?..v ? - --his watch, or indeed any other mai lscer " 1(jjng who is likely to. find that both hands }r to are strenuously and simultaneously 1 fly- 0CCUP*e(*- The idiot scribes who ar< raising their feeble cackle over this lous- matter find something bettei leaf- which to occupy thei/ allege( minds than the wearing of a w^tch ii e lit- most sensi^^e ?f places.?Ar ma- g?naut drls; Geritly Broken. them 'hese. & young man, an only son, mar >t as rje(j against the wishes of his par ents. A short time afterward, ii telling a friend how to break th< f the news to them, lie said: s the ^'Start off by telling them that ! Put j am dead, and then gently work u] ;dust;t0 the climax."?Answers, mills _ rdust pressure 250 boxes daily. In some mills, the culls, sorted ou the by the packers, are saved and mar y are keted in the United States, s are The clothespin market varies, th and factory getting anywhere from 4" t vhich 75 cents a box for its product. Th ooth- factory being described ships tbre i they carloads -of clothespins weekly to th the New York brokers, they The machinery used was jnvente n the by a Pennsvlvanian, who revolutior pack- ized the clothespin industry, and dc quick veloped into the "Clothespin King. ;m in He started the first rapid-fire clothe! g one pin mills in the vicinity of Kan< ckers Penn, putting to profitable use muc lough wood which otherwise would hav tinder been burned as waste. \ - . * I 11 ngsare 5ITED REGULARLY W OUR RESOURCES NOW OV i $10.00 Weekly at 5 Per Cent. Comp sars 4 Years 5 Years W6 $ 229.72 $ 294.41 6.13 i 459.43 588.82 4.17 ! 689.18 883.23 2.25 j 918.88 1177.64 0.29 | 1148.59 1472.05 8.36 ~ 1378.32 1766.48 6.42 1608.02 2060.96 4.52 1837.76 2355.37 2.51 2067.58 2649.78 0.65 2297.35 2944.21 you SAVE, that Counts 1 $1.00 WILL STAI :rpre N. A. HUNT DR. RO Vice Presidents. V BAMBERG, SOUTH C 11 ?? . f THE "PRUDENT & j I. The one and cmly way to get - I START one and continually FEE I It is easy to spend money whe " I pocket. Money once foolishly sper I When a man works hard for I I HIS family are the ones who are e B Who gets the money YOU ear f I. in your business. ? I Make OUR bank YO I We pay 4,per cent.-inti ^' I pounded quarterly on savi ! I Farmers & Mercl f I t. LXEABL 1, { : 1 5 , >' i . ? r ! I PI PORTABLE AND STATIONARY HUE Engines s AND BOILERS ' Saw, Lath and Shin^fe Mills, Injec- v tors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood 1 Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, e Belting, Gasoline Engines ?m *?* r^rv I LAKUB5IUVK L^UiVI DAKL* p Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, ( Supply Store. " AUGUSTA, GA. t Xot Guilty. "* I i There had been a railroad collision e near a country town in Virginia, and o a shrewd lawyer had hurried from 13 e Richmond to the scene of the disas- U* e ! ter, says the New York Evening Post, e He noticed an old colored man with | a badly injured head, and hurried up d to him where he lay moaning on the i- ground. }-! "How about damages?" began the " j lawyer. . s-1 "G'way boss, g'way," he said. "I Invigora 5,; never hit dat train. I never done TheOidsi I GROVE'S h sich a thing in all mah life, so help Maiaria.er e,me Gawd! Yo' can't git'no dam- tf>m- Atr ages outen me." Read ISafeV fl I i^ITAnn VAI TD CI 1 LULi UUA1\U IVUR ru EE $100,000.00 ounded Quarterly Accumulate as SI 6 Years | 7 Years 8 Years $ 362.24 i $ 433.32 i $ 507.8 724.49 866.65 . j 1015.6 1086.74 - 1299.98 ' 1523.5 1448.96 1733.29 I 2031.3 1811.24 2166.64 ! 2539.1 ' 2173.49 2599.97 ! 3047.0 2535.74 3033.30 | 3554.8 2897.99 3466.63 | 4062.7 3260.24 3899.96 | 4570.5 3622.49 1 4333.44 \ 5078.3 oday. Now is the time t< IT YOU >E BAI BERT BLACK, ' . * ** # > t IAROLINA Bfr ^pfiSgREfjflM^HflKK^E^K ^H| Q ***&* I ^JDENJMAN | | bank account is to j ; ; D it. I fl n you have it in your | > it is gone forever. H/ / his money HE and P H ntitled to it. I H n with your work or I I M' UR bank ' || J erest, com- I H< ings depsits II Ilants Bank EI RESH SII ORFOLK I YSTERS 11 Own Candies H We Make Our ' B COLD DRINKS j I CIGARETTES [< CIGARS BBWBB FINE FRUITS ??=?? AMBERG FRUIT CO. I ygjgg ting to the Pale and Sickly y'VTT :andard general strengthening tonic, -4?-^^^4 TASTELESS chi'l TONIC, drives out Jfo iriches the blood .and builds uo the sy s? tonic. For adults and children. 50c The Herald, $1.50 year. % & / ? ' *; 4 vi&m TURE I & . : * * \ town. 9 Years 10 Years 1 I 3 j $ 585.83 $ 667.55 > | ? ill 7 1171.67 1335.11 ' . ' r 1 1757.51 2002.67 t . 5 2343.35 2670.23 M 9 2929.19 3337.79 > 3 . 3515.03 4005.35 . - * JE "X ? 7 4100.87 4672.91 1 4686.71 5340.47 > 1 5 5272.55 6008.03 I V52 5 5858.43 6675.59 .< f : ^ 0 Open a Savings Account H 1 . ^ i H|?;f9 I k TV W I ii\ n . J. E. NEWSOM, Cashier. ^ -?? ???.- ; . COST For the next thirty days II; we will sell our entire I stock of Meo's Suits I . AT COST I 1 If *ou need a suit it will II W * pay you to see our stock I I; before buying elesewhere I g BRABHAM'S I SONS II I I Pat a Real Electric Starter l I On Your Fori Bk A Starter that has been used for > \ l years and is reliable. The Starter goes on under the hood out of the Jyf way. A Starter that does away with cranking, starts from the seat. IISM^ CALL AXD LET ES PET ON ONE POR Y0UgBmmr. WILLIAM H. PATRICK % B BAMBERG, S. C. , ": ? '?>' < .V