Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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■sr-i' \ ,■ | AMD^tAMSABD Wedncsdar, Mar 1, 1918. SAVED FROM All OPERATION ROREtSORFORm PRICE ON P0TA1DES Information For Dealers Who Will Apply To The Food f Administration.^ W UNO CARRr PUR A SAVING auMOMAtt corr of oelivery •YETEM AMD CUTE OUT CREDIT LOSSES. Mf YOU CAR TO HELP A mmtmrrnfn Oon If voo catdi cold* eatflr, if troubled with catarrh, if Sdt to headaches, nervousness or iisfes^e*, st^ today to build your ttrength witli How the Staj-at-Homee Cm "Do Thdr Bit."—Hot A«^Hfi|r Too Mnchr ‘ r .Stock River Fall*, Wh.- , 'A* Ljrdto E. Pinkbam’* VegeUble Compound Mved me from u operation, I ran not .Wk , jr IcoaAdbsrdjrbetm n my bed. end I iKSfc-fS Columbia —If there f* to South Car- oltoe »ny community where prices of Irish po^oes bare hot decreased to a level which pto£e* this food‘within the reach of all, by reason of the fact lower retail prlcea. the Food Adminis tration is I1|* position to inform sach dealers whtrs potatoes eaa be secur ed at prices comparable with the ear- plea stock to South Carolina at the ima. A latter ar pootaT ad- ifeoeed to tha Read Admtolatratiaa at Columhto wttl hrlac thie toformatioa SOUTH CAROLINA SOYS ARC HELFINO FEED THE WORLD irrsfhtor. lsa or ‘"tha bluee” ehauw hot rest ur.til she has given it e trial, and for sp* ial advice write Lydia £, Fink ham If !icAne Co.. Lynn, Mass. COLLETON WILL . - SEND MORE MEN Contingent of Whites Left Friday Morning for Caaap Jackson to A • Eater The csll for five white men to uo to Fort Screven, Qa., on May 6th, will be filled by the,following y o oun< and well known white men from the county: ' A<1I. Saunders and* Y5>nhK Shuler Linder, of Walterboror^Oliv er P. Polk and Medic ns Heyward ' fiodley, of* Ixlandton; Corbett Bun- . ton. White Hall ThpSe younc men will c«Htie to WaltM'horo and leave from here in ><»dy Monday .morn* Mlfa. They wi^Ciepoii for duty Sun day afternoon. - WHAT TO I SK TO v \ PHKVF.NT AI*Vi:M»iriTi*> W’aUerboro people should know tmph buckthorn hai*k. al.veeiln*. • t<\. as mixed in \dle» 4 k.i .Hushes the KN'TIKK .bowel tract >«• com idetelv Miat eppendieitis is pi.vent ^ -d. n\K SPOONFCL Adl'i-ika 'elieves V\V CASK mmii stomach, -as 'or it.nstipation HeeSus** »t r>'- uioves_ MM, foul maltet which clos ed and poisoned your system Th * INSTANT action nut pi ises . ly.t h doc tors an»t''£.p*ti**nts Jolm M Klv n Iti nuaist Opportunity Far Community Workers to Establish Flan Evsrywhsrs by t Bringing About Undoratandlng Bo* twrosn Storekeepers and Customers. I « " • • •* Fair and oven moderate prices of that food dealers have not boon able foo<1 And food products these days of to secure potatoes at a wholesale price j •bnormal conditions are so greatly in which will permit of selling them at' «r**aed over prices which^were stand; ‘ ~ ‘ «rd » ydar or two yeara agq that many housekeepers whose family purses have not been fattened to proportion to the advmalic to pricks are ezperienc* lag difficulty In providing, even with rigid economy, the neceesltles of Alto, aad many others are stretching the weekly or monthly allowances over these periods only by taktog ad van* toga at every opportunity to save. ' The retailers arm aa a general rule. Mlllag at prices which glye them no a reasonable profit above af operation to which they are - eutltled; but on# of the-big items flgnred to coot 1^ the ex pense', of rred.it and delivery. This ex pense Is of course greeter in larger centers, but even in the small-, com munities it *■ a, ' factor '■whi'*h con tributes to making food anHhCvod.xtuffs. already dear, even dearer to\he'con- ramer.’ \ * ; v .Any plan whereby the retailer trvay be enabled lit i«oll food products even a fraction cheaper without cutting Into the reasonably profit to which Tie is entitled and whVh be must necessar ily have to maintain himself in busi ness, will, undoubtedly, be welcomed by b>th the retaller'and the consumer everywhere; and the “Cash ana Car ry” plan, which is being employed in some of the larger ritl try would appear to com The "Cash and Carry*’ plan—which la simply the doing aFay with deliv cries so far as thy is pracH. able, and paying cash— not only eliminates t\e one expense of delivering one s gobds at his kitchen door* butNalso th^ more considerable expense \of eeping. credit 'an/1 co'lle< tionSj, Splendid Work of Cam and Fig Club Boys Forma Big Contribution to Faad Supply. Columbia.—Tha report of L...JL. Ba ker. Supervising Agent of‘Boys’ Club Work In South Carolina, recently made to Dr. W. W. Long. Director of Eitension Work In this State, a copy v af which haa been received by the tood Administration, illuatratos in a most forcible and convincing manper hoV fanner boy* can. on their own resptaisibUlty. aid materially la the production and conservation of food at thls\ critical- time fn the world’s* history \h*n tbs crying demand of a hungry,, fighting world is for more and more fCpd At the aame time, the boys are earning money with whiCh to buy LibertV Bonds, thus helping In a double-barrel^^ manner to help win the . war Members of theNCom Club in South Carolina produced \ast year 2t»,S13.21 bushels of com at'ali average cost of forty cents s hus*hel.."t\e - average yield i h<K»k Contributions Are Beiiij? Asked T.Verv person interested in Live (iak. nfMietecy . nked to coutribtite f 1 .tint# the upkeep of the oetuetej V T,bis' dollat is beint col Iwted nuNv aad will be tecehed/n) M. I’ Hs*8**11 or Mis. Frjunpton Wichmaa. Xg’he laraKiie has just cwne ts tbs 'expense of having the citx water Vvia\to the cemetery 1*1 a cost to the lea Vue of more than $30b,Ob./ 'Lot tiers and others Interested should\how their appre ciatron of this worV by comperatina with Ihs I’riic Leuguf to ths extent of givins at least hi.00 a year, which iuieit be made v\lutar1ly, not niakipc tt ae.-essarx to bk Waited on by the committee fioin th** leagu**. I.t Is niiicb easier to^kead ^inr con tributioa to these -ladies Vjian to make them tall Tor it. Stop Corn Agony la Four Seconds Use “Oots-Xt’ -Soe Corns Peel OCT! The relief Jt..xt 'Mets-ir glVSS If^in c.>r(i-fMine tlie way tt makes ^•*rns .<o-i i itiusej* pe#| .»(l p.unlesi- !j in pie. e is one uf yn<* won- of whi.v boing fifty-’hree lutsh"N to the were Figuring corn at" $per bushc!, whh h is conservative^ tlV total ner . profit v a* |t2. f *S5i4T Thev total re' profit r'<uT!ieg fronKthe ikiv-s' pig fTith in the State was fk’h'IsV: The tniM tie- pr'.flis of Sotifh. <’\rolina farmer ho vs in these t woprr)jX ; t\ for' the year was $*'*.*>'<7.42 TherC x is an efTorr being made Vo more,thin <I< uhle the membership o\i vllliugfy g v« their customers the th** greatest' Is ihat of.cr*»'flt\ i f .rnf al'w-avs impli < a <•» r tpfn |> r. toitagO'of lo'sse*. which must likewise b.\/figurert in bv th" r t chant, else he - could, not continue in hu-t**** v very- ! uig. In other 'word-, the man wiio d\<-s not pay his^bill pur . allxes the man wh° does pay It w;,rtiU gp^oar that 1^ any cf>a n:unify th>> retail merchant.-, w iphi z wotid. ThcvWoman in “Gel *4- fieudr' QuMk' I* Csm* l vtm Pa.M ••aMsim.Ci r».i r.«iw tyr the Porn and Tig Clubs during pres eivi year Last year tjiere were. 1«>5*> bova eMHilie.V In Pern ripf. Work, of- wiiom. 'hi.iwevCf.^ only 501 reported; and 1.2.'*0 boys hnrolK*d in I’ig (j’lutis, of'whom sinly Sail, rcport.nl / r ". To aksirre the success of the Port! ami 1’ig flub work in Houih t arolina. the co operation. , encouragement and support of the public spirited dilxens is necessary For instance, last year a number of bankers in different parts of the State helped by offering prires. and in this way thousand* of d-ollara’ worth of pare bred pigs were brough’ Info the fttate, very materially adding tw the breeding Horii of hogs Ope' of the greatest difficulties has begn encountered In supplying thw- boys with plg^ This splendid w*rk of the farmer boys of South ParoHua has formed a big contribution to the food supply of the country, and it Is a work which offers opportunity for many publi^splrited people td lend ’ Tnere will be itapre Pig this year if til* pigs tp sup ply/th«ro are offered- or the money Arith which to j>iiry pigs -and L. L. Baker, Superykdtuf Agent of Boys’ Hub Work. Ttishopyllle. S C . who Is in charge of the work in this State, will he glad to hear from any one who -will aid th* farmer hoys in their effort ity greater production of food Offers addressed to the Ohairman of Oxn serv\tion of th" Food Administration for Carolina Columbia, will he forwarded to Mr Beker WOULD BECOME CLAY f EATEtf TO LICK THE KAISER ' !—L decretory McAdos Says It DrasiCt Matter What Straeqe Foods People Eat Nowaday*. \ Columbia In Ihc course of his ad laud, hip* th« third I.iberty I Loan in Sohtb Carolina. William M. Adoo S.\ ret.trv of the Treasury cal! ; ed ait"! • -* in his Columbia spe*ch t.-s. . w -» • • o»• 1 • i * ••• lllJ; ,• U'-V !.. | I • <« V-e l" . :• * .**4s«f eieri'cc' - whicTi c •nr' -veo nv' A’ "‘ • ex-ef •' part 1 .1 » OHS ••• »’• ' '..y'-.'-f ‘ X" • V ■» . . \ : , r ,... r !’ >>» Sgc, 1 . ■c - h X ■, d a. \ . \ ’ in'..\ ir‘v T. vriAamk tVu* ie\ wV | ^ W.4VS henoffi of che.sdjS'Osf.—of delivery and .rndit-' cutting dnwtt th>* pri< .m food prot'i. •, if ti:>*y might h.c.e the o\p. rali(,:i of thefr Customers on tbs' and I'.ir plan, whl uld meanVhat the .us’onn'r wouKlr hei;, ...all atVr send ttv.the sto^e. pav . for thJpurch^ycd. a* . arr> the gmnlA-home wjth ' him, Iri th*' handling ofMieavy goods dfii musK of epurse. be\delirerlc> ma/lc. / / . \ - /^ / As ah "xamp^e of what -lay^’g can be eff«i^ed through the “■fash and Carry'’ plan, one of the latest dairies in the Cnded S.tales ope;it»e^ l> r , tnilk stores or depots iH Xdw York City. ThU big dalry/^cpyporation reisntly advertised what is termed "tl^r bigger servK'e/>*nd announced .toat on ApVil lat the “Cash and Carry” plan would hAnroe operative To all those who car^y their containers to. any one of the 185 milk stores, milk is stold at 10 cents a quart, for rash If the milk is delivered, as the corporation is willing to do if that should he preferred the price for the -same grade of milk is 14 cents a quart. Through the ‘Tash and Carry” p an the consumer saves four cents a quart. «. Another system of food store* in the fnctropoH*. operating on the ’ (’ash and t'arry" plan, w iil, on ea. h one dollar's worth of goods purchased. g.\e the customer 14 .cents either In cash or in additional good*, if the cu* tomer will carry his. purchase* with him and have th** stores the expanse of lelivery. fourteen cent* cn the dol lar Is certainly worth saving ' Columbia.—From time to time the Food Administration hss giv en the people of this State var ious rules and regulations issued by the authorities in Wasbinfirton. Just at this moment the chief drive is to conserve wheat. The authorities % Washington are trying to make a voluntary sav ing, but if the American people do not respond, more drastic measures may have jto be taken. The Food Administration has worked out the best plan after careful study sad closely watch ing results, and have notified the food administrators throughout the country that they are re quired to enforce As best they cap the following rules; '‘First, householders to use not to exceed a total of one and one- half pounds per week of wheat products per person. This means not more than one and three- fourths pounds of Victory Bread, containing the required percent age of substitutes, and about one-half pound cooking flour, macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat breakfast cereals all combined. “Second, public eating places and clubs to observe twp wheat less days per week, Monday and Wednesday, as at present. In addition thereto not to serve to any one guest at any one meal an aggregate of breadstuffs, macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, 0t "V Tf Un ' ca ^ e ®* - wheat breakfast cereals iDwtir containing a total of more than two ounces of wheat flour. No wheat products to be served un less especially ordered. . Public eating establishments pot to buy more than six pounds of wheat products’for each niqety meals sefyed, thus conforming with limitations requested of, 'householders.” ^'[ \‘ Third, x retailors to ||Jr not mtVre than ohe.-eighth <>f a bar rel \f ' flour to anv Jto\>-iioustorn^T at ai^. one time af»4 not nafuv than iW quarter of a barrel t any-coiiYit ry oLstomerjsttaTksortny time, ail (Kin no case to sell \vh*<it products'ivjthout the same of a equahweigm^of other cereals. '‘Fourth, we j**1< the bakers ,}and grocers toNtedUce the volume of Vietorvjtremi sold, by deliv- en* of tlre^threeViuarter pqutid loaf yfore one pound was sbkt Ik* -inxiind corresponding pro ms in other weights. We also ask bakers not tox increase the amount of their whe^t flout purchases beyond sevent per cent of the average monthly ampun* purchased in the four months prior to March first. “Fifth, manufacturers usin^r wheat products for non-foper purposes should cease such use entirely. ♦ “Sixth, there is no limit upon the qse of other cereals, flours, and meals, corn, barley, buck wheat, potato flour, etc.” whiAh a concMtratedmedidnd food and building- tonic to put power in the blood, strengthen the fife forces and tone up the appetite. . \ No alcohol in SC0TTS. i cod li*vr oil wed in SccM’a fmmlfiam i» aow-refioed > which auarantcc* H free from impunue, K. |. » r-u Ladies’ Silk DRESSES i '•> ' v ^- . . ■ " ... \ '• ' ' V ^ ' ONK IXYT SILK C’RKPK DK CHINK AND GKORGETTK. IN ALL C’OfXJHS AND -BUST QV%UTT«H. AND THK PRHT.H ' V *. , - I.OWKST TO UK FOCNt>. COMM AND St'A-l THIS I5KAI - TljFtT, LINE. YOC URL;, BE SCItPIHSED AT THE UCAI.-, ITY A N l> PBIt'E. MILLINERY Jl sT HECKIYED A LOT OF NEW STYLE SHAPE'S AND • J " V• KEAl’TIFt’li flUMMJNOS. EVEIIY MONTH FROM NOW ON WE EXITOCT NEW GOODS TO ARRIVE. / Jend Children’s Dresses -v V LEST GINGHAMS I OVALITY AT ' ' 1 ■»Oc X \ • X \ • ^ .'V ^ \ ■•; v ; ! x v ' 1 1 ■ c • t FOR A FULL FOOD ACREAGE ^LANTk.WAR GARDENS. - SUPPLY HOME NEEDS. tt is the Patriotic Duty of Every One to Help Provide for Himaelf to,<' Present Criaia. \ CMitnthia. April 9 —In plaXr.e war eknlens th* .tth i.v of -r Hoovef, rnitr.; K-x'.l A‘itBin:-t-4t >r “l’k|n! what you wtll bV ifo gsc nn? yt»u tUiuk. you n jy ab’e t<* .*-1! ”\ . *' Columbia. — Mr. David R. Coker, chairman of the South Carolina Council of Derifense. in his appeal to this State, states the importance of raising more foodstuff. Mr. Coker himself is a most splendid farmer and Is in close touch with the national sit uation. and what he has to say is of the mast importance. In his appeal he says: '" \ “The food situation is increas ingly serious. High cotton must' not prevent a full food acreage. Many, farmers do not intend to plant sufficient foodstuffs. These must lie reached in these fee | .days remaiTtfng before planting : is completed^ T :X(f» d r?" .X 'T!«. PL l NT POTATOES. O. K* X^utt-rd. !iT t” . b(Uk<»- s-rvmot > r. Uwonb tiUi ** (HU# st any drus: storV* SWEET *— . «"V>1>ir**d4 - As • n# wiv x*«!jrr s t f«.\it f" vin'r’ ?k» <•1 gtat#* Fond AdminutraOan is nrg Inc ths farmer* nf Saulh Carolina fo prg,!a ■;'nn *<»rrhc 'h* \rUng tni fill I %H* rtf) P«*5pl\ In s-t'.** aM towns riA »»>!l ,g -farmar f.»h>Th«ir vnrv effort*, •vary in*! wh-x ha* wssta land aroutd\ tha hum 4 or spar* in the hack yard Bh.jskl f«k hiioaclf: t’orn Bread Brigad*! Karol! -At thi* hou- join' f»ur men ar* 1 fliihtfng ' ■Mx 4>.' H! r. rvc * •’ - ’) »n X They * ,rt •' V't - •’ \ v >' S •h A , L •it’lf!! np ;- V< r?'.! f X— , *! MV M w-»rtt ’h- .>/ ••or* | S.m;>v 1 cat no w^eat— > vi'aUx’/ifi-. - *-*ary ' for. fni* 4 id tfi ¥ h'lUf'^hold r •'Ji 'Ca.r !- .l to ; , 1 •»* r«o wK - No mlL : f?T«nv tlw 'X'n? - -yit* No bucufta S’.) white hi - t a ?*wk1 oivikl X ■ •, . tha* ’oi n hr ad # » % 5 rt Tt v * * 1.'. • W • ilHsomo' Otvvi - ' X -hi «>i>t*iiar* * . L . •! v ht Pxta'Ahlr, . b j an** >? 1 h u\*ai • *f rov N ' ii i-4!!:".^; 'i*',ar tha’ 'h’y uukv i - * *>tf You will *o jn dke ii’hctter! mond Tires JUSmmom . Akims Pay Your War Taxes V Tlie saA \~-2 9^ the purchase ^ \ price cf /cur Dianor.J Tir:s Vhll be practically enqagli t<- your war taxe^ for the coming year. ^X • Com ke in sind let uj tell you mpre or 1 We have Oil Stoves in 2, 3 and 4 Buri • ' x ,4?SE OCR HARDWARE; IT W vNDS HARD WEAR \ ' * ’ ,X ' f \ f Roger Hardware Company WALTER DC CAROL IN* \ flra It -.s nun do * ’ I rat no whrat until victory, ovir - (!»ar, is won! Stand bahtnd vonr Comtuandyr In Chief v . The President n*ed* \ woman boy, girl taiioa! Cork Bread Brigade! how man. MONEY TO LOAN x' , / \ - / On Real Estate , L. B. HOUCK . ■ ■ WAL'l'E^BORO,, S. ! \ .