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,00PAIRS MEN'8, .W(~MI OHILDWREN'S SHOiS ~ 1 GO0% YOUR?. ,50( To~ .of C bars 8 m All Chi A3 THEPATRIOTIC ;DOLLAR CpNg RESS DEC REES -DOLLuA AS IN ,LGiNG IN LUXURIES MUST IRST SALUTE THE FLAG. Wa& Re~,enue Tax of -$105,000,000 . 4eved--Beer Bears Brunt of SBurden. Congress has levied a war tax of $103'%00,000 to offset a similar amount of less on impjort. revenue~ duo to the European disturbances and of this amount boer is , the heaviest contribuitor, having been assessed1 ap proximately $50,000,000; a stamp tax on negotiable instruments, it is estimated, will yield $31,000,000; a tax on the cap~ital stock of banks of $4,300,000 and a tax on tobacco, perfumes, thea ter tickets, etc., makes the remainder. Congress has decreed that the brewer, the banker and the investor must shoulder the musket and march to the front; that milady who would add to her beauty must first tip Uncle ,Sam, and a dollar that seeks pleasure must first salute the flag; that Pleas ure and Profit--the twin heroes of many wars-shall fight the nation's battles and by an ingeniously ar ranged schedule of taxation congress has shifted the war budget from tihe .shoulder-s oi Necot~clty to - thorse ofi Choice and Gain, touching in its 'rarious ramifications almost every line .of business, 'All hail the dollar that bleeds -for Its country; that bares its breast to the fortunes of war and risks its life to preserve the stability and Iitegrity. of the nation's credit. The market place has always been a favorite stand for war revenue' cot ,iectors. The trader is a great finan -ciat patriot. His dollar is the first to -wally around the star-spangled banner :and the last to hear the coo of the -dove of peace. He is called upon to *buy cannon; to feed and clothe the 'boys in blue and each month cheer 'their hearts with the coin of the -realm, Men can neither be free 'noi* 'brave without food and ammunition, and money is as important a factor in war as blood. Many monuments have been erected in honor of heroes slain in battles, poems have been writ ten eulogizing their noble deeds and l the nation honors its soldiers while they live and places a monument upon .thner graves when that die. but very N'S AND LYE YOU )men Visit us Dt Our Big Sa] rains.We a) ore days. shoj istmas. Got [IS-H The I lttie nas oeen sama or tne aotiar tnat bears the burdens of war. Honor to the Dollar that Bears the Burdens of War. All honor to the dollar that an. swers the call to arms and, when the battle is - over, bandages the wounds of stricken soldiers, lays a wyreath upon the graved of fallen heroes and cares for the widows and rphans. All honor to the industries that bend their backs under the burddie >f war; lift the )veight from the shoul ders of the poor and build a bulwarki aronnd the nation's credit. 'All honor to those who conitribute to the necessities and' administer to the comforts of the boys who are marching; cool the fever of afflicted soldiers and kneel with the cross be side dlying heroes. A dollar may light its competitor in business, industries may struggle for tup~remacy in trade and occupations may view each other with envy or suspicion, but when the bugle calls they bury strife and rally around tlie flag, companions and friends, mess mates and chums, ali fighting for one flag, one cause and one country. The luxuries in life have always been the great burden-bearers-in gov erniment. We will mention a few of them giving the annual contributions to the nation's treasury: Liquor, $250, D00,000; tobacco, $103,000,000; sugar, P54,000,000; silks, $15,500,000; dia. mends, $3,837,000; millinery, $2,479,. 000; furs, .$2,024,000 and automobiles, 1870,000. We collect $685,000,000 of intornal and custom revenue annually and $460,000,000 of this amount classi flis as luxuries,- and to this amount we should &dd the $100;000,000 war tax now levied. The war tax is immediately etfee tive. Trarnp! Tramp! Tramp! the industries are marching $100,000,000 strong and beneath the starry flag they will f1ll the treasury again while they shout, "Hlurrath for Uncle Sagm!' in -every field of human activity the Semand for more competent men and women is growing every day. Espe Dially so in agriculture. Honte pride is a mighty valuable as set, and the farmer who has none is carrying a heavy nandicap on the road to success. Work is the salve that neals the wounded heart. to be.found. They range i'n price fron: i cents up. S. M. & E. H. WVILK1ES & Co. The Blo~ster Sale is rolling out thi goods. . C, nimNB ' o. tring the N le, and get re offering. So join tb >pers at th( ids at Sale hOPE] lace Where E CHRISTMAS IN SYRIA. H Itev. Dr. D. G. fHowie, the well known Palestine missionary, de scribes 'a Christmns celebration at midnight in a mountain village in Syria: "From difrerent directions men, wom en und children bejiring their flickcering hand lanterns wound their way through tho'af~Iddy. slushy', crooked and darle hanes under cte'flfliig xleet and over a thin layer1 orfIO s now aredy on the grotnd. MenI and1 boys enItered~ by a huge door in thIe mIidhdle oit' Ole south wall and~ o'eipffii~ tli' hodj' of the church; women'I .Ind1( -glrls Cetred by antothter .southi door an td sitatIione'd thiem selves ini the. western dIlvision of' the intunen'ise butitlintg, whlieb Is screenedl fromi the othIer dliv Isionis by wVooden hat ileework. AllI stood ('rect, moat iole(ss, In thei coldi. comf 1ort less and 21very dI imly3 lighted and1( too airyt, btilin ug. "A few h)11ad tuuhrel las. butt water proofs were unknocwn.t nid conlseluenit. 13y manty of them tt U m hve stood in partly w~et clothes. TPhe quest Ion (lid occur- to mte at the time as to whether out of their beds. out of their homes, at that hour of night ini that kind of weather, fasting. to attend Christmas service amid such dismal, comfortless surroundings."-Tit-Bits. Over the Christmas Cider. See the steaming sleighbeill Smoking on the plated See the luscious icicles Blazing in the giate! Oh. the joys of Christmas, Driving off dull caret Hear the mLnce plas rtnging On the frosty airi Hear the turkeys chiming On the distant leat Christmas is the season Best of all for mel -Success Magazine. A Christmas Wish. That love may light the eyes of them Who keep the season of his birth Till to the starry hosts our earth Uhall be the star of Bethlehem. -Edward Eyre Hunt in Atlantis. AM larksdale School. There will be an oyster and chick en supper)C at Barkedale school Friday evening, December 18. Everyone ia cordially invited to come and bring friends. See our~ line of Children's Wagons, Velocipedes and Rlockers. They are priced so l'ow that every child can have one. S. M. & E, H. WILKES & CO. Booster prices are carrying every thing before it. ' C. RNe &u O. ext 8 Days their share Remembe: e big CrO~ SBig Cut Prices. Ce the Big Sale BEST WAY TO PUT UP A CHRISTMAS TREE IEbe'ytnd ensiest way to put been1 fl atente(d or publhlihed-ln facet, It is'so sitiple -that it couild not be puittete. .. tidvinig failed one Christ inns eve--to- provide a mtitale foot 01 baefo 0h faily tree, necessity comi 1)elled me1 tO in vent one11, beenuse5 tihe I wo) younggst mikIIembes of' the fam ily *a true. So I saw ~ed tihe hIt t of thle tree Sqizmre, then imeiii'j olf a1 few of tile lowest birangheis gud( set thle Irue in ai good 5iz/edl stonie jlar. Theli jar was then.i filled wIth stone, p Ibles i':ce(s of paicked dlown' tirmil~y and( thle lposillon of the tre'e so adjusted t hat It stoo~d per feetly straiighit. - Whleni the1 tree was in) lositlinl lite G retel had a happiy thouwghit. "Let 115 give the treeom w110~ ater." "lie said. "Ju~st as. if' it wure ai lig liower." Anid we filled the jarl wvith wa'iter. Then'l we' covered the stonies with hits of sii our tree looked as if it was actually growing in ai ig jar, From time to t11me, as the water wasi drawn up by the tree, we refilled the jar. and the result was that we kept our treo green and fresh for a month. Since that year our Christmas tree is always put up in that way, and we can keep it as long .as we wish. A tin pail, a tub or any deep vessel can be used to taae the plae of the stone jar, and pieces of coal or coke can be used instead of stones to hold the tree in place. JAPAN DISTRUSTS U. S. Views with Suspicion tihe Statement of President Wilson on "Prepared ness." 'Richmond, Va., IDec. 10.-Dr. Sid ney L. Gullck of the commission on relations with Jap~an, who ia connect ed with the D)oshisha Ulversity at Toklo, here to attend the Federal Counacil of tile Churches of Christ in America, in an authorIzed statement today, declared that "the views of President Wilson in his annual mles sage on the subject of preparedness will be received with suspicion and distrust by. Japan. "President WVil son," he said, "practicaly agrees that we need a .strong navy. Jap~aa will think that we want a strong navy for 700 MEN'S 00 IN id Chi , the last c of the m r there are4 vd of satis Sale. me and Gel )MPI rS UR is OR the purpose of dollinating the oceans. She knows that we will never trains Port troops over the Pacific to attack her. "It is Well understood in Japan that Germa'ny hoPed for a war between Japan and our coun1try, in which Japan would be weakened. That was part of the German war policy-to foment a .1 apanese-Un itedi S-tates war in which~ the ilatter would be0 used( as catspaw for Germany. Now, whle.Ja pan Is're jolIing over th icatr of~ K110 1n o ChIiow and; saying that Germnanv will never agin~ get a hlin th Ile far east, we aro raisinig thi. (ry for! great'er Ipreptaredl yung ilnen bing))~ trained~ in thie use of d~eend ourselves,' hut It is jus8 exact.. ly sti g navy that1 wvill (cause su). Ipicion of us8 and1 ourl j1lans1, and this8 is practically true ofl the far ('ast. .1ajpan cann1 ot hbut ask thle (ttest ion as to wh atI U our1 urpose Is, having been tught as she has been for some time11 past to int erpret all PreparatIons from tihe standpoint of distrust. One of tihe omIlOUs sIgns of tile times Is the change of JIapanese sentiment towards us. Now wvhile Eunrope is fast being depleted of her milItary and naval strengthl, thus1 p)ostponilng In the very nature of things, the p)ossibility of Our being Involved in the war, we are asking for' greater degree of prep~ar edness. Jap~an will ask why." Knowledge is power. That's why a professor gets $1,000 a year and a eoncrete-brained fighter can get $10, 000 for an hour's work.-Cincinnati 3Cnquirer. The Big item. "Does it take much money to send a boy to college?" asked the Boob. "No," repliedl the Cheerful idiot. "It's keeping him there that takes the coin." Not to Her Taste. Art Doaer-"This is a beautiful scene from 'Hamlet.' " Mrs. New rich- -"I don't care for hamlets. Show me a good-sized city."-Judge. Woman's Tear. "They say that a woman's tears come to her aid at any moment." "Yes; her tears are volunteers, so to -speak." AND BOYS' SUITS MUST CT 8 DAYS. HAVE YOU GOT YOUR I Idren lays any :mly fied Yours NY I.** * * * * * * * * * *"* * * * * * * * * * .* * * * * * * .* Watts Mill. Dec. 14.--On Thursday December 2-ithi there wvill be two Christmnas trees and entertainmen'ts at this place. Tlio one by the Ilaptist Sunday school will be held in tlie church(1. Thei c thiMi ly 'the~Methodist Sunday school 'vill bt, held in tile dially invited .to atten'dl thes~e ente tainmenits. . At tihe r'eguilari oneing of F'airve.v eninpj No. 122 W. (). WV. cn Friday Advisor Li('m1nam; it. II. I )onaldson, C'lerk; J1. W. I Ieaton, llanker; W. A, -til Jr.. I.s(ort: I)r. 1I. It. W alker, Cani0)' Physician; J.. I .. Meltze, Watch ma;.10ohn M . Wise, Sentry; J1. H. Juckett, Manager; I). L. Iloulware Past C'ouncil C'ommiander. TPhe heath of thuis place is very good at present. Born to Mr. and Mrs. L,. It. Ivy, boy. Mr. Claude Patton, of Enoree, wvar at Watts Mill a few days ago. Miss Annie Moore was at Watti Mill last week. Rec. W.V. Hammett. ofGreenville was the guest of J. M. Moor0 and fam ily last week. We are very glad to have Rev. yi 'H. Lewis with us again for anothe year as pastor of the M. .E. churcl From now until Christmas, -th Booster Store will be open2 at nigh until 9 o'clock. J. C. BlURNS & CO. Fifty Hlorseipower Too 3Much. -in the Item In last week's paper ghj ing an accouint of the establishment 4 a new peak under' the contract b~ tween the city and the Reedy .Riv Power company, The Advertiser w~ ini error' in stating that thie new ped estalished w'as for 283 horsepowe It should have been 2:33 instecad. Her. t0oore the etly has heenl paying for' 18 Th'Ie Advertiser secured its informiati from one who was in a p)osition knwso conlsidered it authentic.T er'ror was discovered by our inform and pointed out to us8 so that we co~i make th ecorr'ection. D~av is-Roper Co's. Big Sale still Loxts of bargains.'