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W&t pamfcerg ^eralb ESTABLISHED APRIL. 1891. Thursday, May 10, 1917. While the people should practice every reasonable economy, it does not appear necessary that business should become disorganized because of the war. In fact the present campaign of preparedness is aimed largely at preventing this condition. It seems likely that there will be no shortage in foot it nrmears likely U1 lUUllt; . IAA IMVV .V ?r r that unless larger crops of foodstuffs are grown this year, people with money to spend may find it difficult to buy many articles they have heretofore beei\ accustomed to enjoying. We do not think there is any need for the people to become panicky?rather to view the situation from a commonsense standpoint. Work hard, cut out waste, and make the best of the situation, is our advice. The importance of the South growing sufficient foods to feed the South may be seen from the fact that the department of agriculture puts the amount of foodstuffs shipped to the South at $700,000,000. Coming down to a final analysis it appears it io within the ranee of possi ilia i iv ao w_ bility for the South to actually win the war by planting foods. If this importation of foods into the South can be absolutely stopped, the country will have an excess of foods cer-! tainly to the amount of seven hundred millions over previous years. This is something to give serious attention to. We believe that the people of this county are going to do everything possible to help the situation, and if the farmers all over the State will do as much as Bamberg county there will be a lot more food grown this year than in the past. It is indeed difficult to grasp the magnitude of the seven billion dollar "Liberty Loan." To give some idea of what a huge sum seven billion is, one can better grasp the amount by the fact that seven billion one dollar bills placed end to end would encircle the globe thirty-four times. It would take an express train running forty miles an hour two and a half years to cover this distance. It would take one man 750 years to count seven billion one dollar bills, ^counting one per second. Suppose one had a fortune of seven billion dollars, and had It invested ai six per cent, interest. If his expenses were one million dollars a day, after spending a million a day for seventy years, he would then have fourteen billions?twice as much as he started with. He could not even keep up with the interest by spending a million a day. Somehow we feel that news censorship is not the thing for the American people. Our people have never relished the idea of news, good or bad, being suppressed from publication. The unwarranted optimism of America today toward the war is due, in a large measure, to the censorship of the news by Great Britain, according to our opinion. All the successes th& allied forces, but very few? only the glaring?reverses, were made public by the British censors. Consequently the American people naturally believed the war was rapidly Hearing a victory for the allies. We are now beginning to see that the war is not near at an end. Many bitter months of struggle are yet ahead before the end can be achieved with the success that America must demand. We do not .believe the American people will ever flinch from a truth, no matter what that truth ^ may convey. Bottle of Gold Found in Hollow. A story, much like the ones in Arabian Nights, or what you see in the movies, floated into the Index office yesterday. Whether it is absolutely true or absolutely not. cannot be said now. but this is how an Index * reporter heard it. R. E. Griffin, who runs a saw mill about five miles from Troy, had bought a body of woods, and was having trees cut down to be converted into lumber. A negro, while cutting down a tree, struck something hard in it with his axe. Examining the place carefully he discovered that U ? ?tio >1 a o 1.- r\ff a h nt f 1A lit) IldU IUI lilt JJCV. I\ Ull V4. ^ which was in the tree. Fearing that it might be some dynamite placed there by the Germans, he ran to tell .Mr. Griffin. They returned quickly to the place and in a few minutes had cut the tree down. Instead of one. they found two bottles. After pulling them out of the cavity they opened them and before their eyes was a large amount of glittering gold and a number of confederate bills. Quickly counting it the sum came to something like $4,200. .Mr. Griffin divided the money equally with the negro. The Index does not vouch for this story, of the dividing of the money, but prints it as told a reporter front two different sources.? Greenwood Index. I Ovprtfnrla IV/ T VI VIVV11! t We have over 3 are offering ai fords that w / you to bu I and nc selini FLORSHi Florsheim $8.00 Ralston $6.00 O: Bates $6.00 Oxf< Bates $5.00 Oxf Bates $4.50 Oxf Bates $4.00 Oxf IBelive what we tell y day wha C. R. B PORTUGAL'S SOLDIERS. New Problems of Finance. Xo Mythical lieings and Already on in one way or another the Un French Front. States has loaned $2,750,000,00< According to a dispatch from an Europe since the world war be American correspondent with the an<^ ^le ?f railway secur: British armies on the Western front, I repurchased here in the same tin: officers of the Portuguese expedition- more than $1,500,000,000, but in ary force have arrived on the front! war financing which the Un and are preparing to tackle the work States may do, and to almost any before them with enthusiasm. This. tent, the economic problems w< marks the beginning of Portugal's no^ include foreign credit operati actual participation in the fighting The * nited States would simply a in Europe. The officers are said to itself of possibilities of credit wi present a smart appearance, and they *ts oxvn borders and payment on appear to be impatient to get their count need not imply huge troops on the fighting line. The! b?n(i issues. The wealth 01 the troops are well armed and equipped ! ti?n *s so ?reat fiiat a respect; and supplied with several batteries ; portion of the expense would be of the celebrated Til-millimetre field j ^-v current increased revenue, guns, and they display good training: "hay as you go principle is be and discipline, it is said. I ning to find popularity not only \ It remains to be seen what ac- (individuals, but with municipals count these troops will give of them- | States and larger governments, selves. It is a long time since Portu- < should we be unfortunate enougl guese troops figured in European | *iave to incur ok our own accoui strife outside of their own borders.: staggering war bill it does not There was a time when Portugal ' 'ow necessarily that we would c ranked with Spain in her achieve- j ou* ?f *he conflict with an unwie ments of exploration and discoveries, wealth of the nation is but as in the case of Spain decadence | ?reat that a respectable set ir. and she fell behind in the | t'011 ?f expense would be world struggle for existence until j i?ng time bond issues, she became one of the poorest and i volume of bond expressed war de most backward of all the European J Therefore, people who may 1 nations. v I tate to buy government bonds 77; rrrrz 'cause of the prospective opportu nigns oi nit* nine:*. | tQ get tjiem draper later on are In Greelev, Col.: "Others have! to he fooled in two ways: first. i cheated you. Why not give me a ' supply will not he as abundant chance??The Ennis Shoe Shop." In j imagined. and secondly, the con Laurel, Mont.: "William l)e Worst?J sion principle will in the end put Plumber." In the Stockton. III., op-| the bonds on an equal basis.?Fii ry house: "Any one using this fire eier. escape only in case of fire will he I m ? fined for trespass." In a list of! Why? I phonograph records in Davenport: j "The Harp That Went Through: Diner?That man at the round Para's Hali." In the Hotel Hants, j hie gets much better food and Humboldt, Kan.: "Heat in your room j tention than I do. I shall comp 2.~>c extra." In Douglas county. I Hi- to the manager. Where is he? nois: "Keep off drug roads when Waiter?He's the man at muddy."?Chicago Tribune. round table, sir.?London Opinio :d on Men's .00 nairs nf Mftn's Ok : a bargain. Good all rill give satisfaction. I y your shoes for this si jxt at the prices we % them for. .'. .'. FIM RAISTON AND F Lillfl} 1U1UU1 Vll i 1111/ M. Oxfords at xfords at srds at ords at ords at ords at ou. These oxfords would a t we are offering them to yoi Irabham's / Bamberg, S. C. ?1 GET THE I ne> | HABIT J | Iner 1 elry Store for your H 'I'liS The j ^ Watcnes, Clocks, |ig gin-'HS and Jewelry. Your j||jj vithlH Jewelry repaired ? 720 i ti8S' H aild ma^0 6<1Ual t0 ||j j" ioi- I n __ , _ ? nine | H B I wc p?r- | I Reid's Jewelry Store I j I a knov iesi" ___________ mom benj^v Some Horse. test < apt * B t]ie Old farmer Spuds was very keen as on a deal. Last week he managed to have ver- j se^ an ?kt crock in the shape of a all j horse for $40. tan-' Honesty, however-compelled him' 1 to speak out. I yi j "I tell yer. mate, that this mare's' H ; got two faults." 3 j "Only two? A dozen. 1 should I ? I ta_ think! But what are the two?" gj [ at- i "Well, once ver let that mare out Q J lain | ter grass, it'll take yer about a week I ' to catch her; and when you catch 9 the I her she ain't worth catching! Othern. | wise she's all right."?Chicago News, j MMaBSMMBMBBBBBWMBMWWBMM 14 ABB BB \jfk9^r n :fords that we 1 leather Ox- I t will pay I Limmer I are I v B * SATES I | $6.45 I $4.95 I | $4.95 1 >-.? $4.45 I M $3.95 I | $3.45 1 || H ctually cost us to- I li ii for. W'M v. r . yi > Sons I 1 I : jfl ? The mai\ with a%kvoi\ey , ser "gets laid off jfcJor never ^dischar|ed./^^k ' I nd HE is the man who gets PROMOTED. The man money is "looking" for the man who SAVES. He /s that the man who can take care of his own 2y is the man to TRUST. Saving money is the true reliability. It's good common sense, too. e wise today. Open an account with the money you in your POCKET. Put YOUR money in OUR bank fe pay 4 percent interest on savings accounts. / Peoples Bank BAMBERG, S. C. I ?5 ri .