Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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YOU IP all? .etc And the best time for yon to buy is before the best numbers are rrone HATS SUITS OVERCOATS BOYS' SUITS $2 to $9 V-2 to $35 10 to $30 ' >': 2.50 Shirts, Underwear &sd 0 r Furnishings at all prices. The styles are absolutely correct and the values the best you can obtain for the money. IT WILL PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE AT ONCE The D. J 4W ? 4V* ?ao othing mil Copy; itf?t Ut.it IkkuffuurA Alu? EFFECT ON BUSINESS. til WM W Ml .Kill \.\TS NKVKIK TO mo \ l\ WWW Is lost? Scale?? of Provincialism an< lallen I Vom \iiiorlcnn I > < . v i n i;? ill * l?l In i Ian--. New York. Oct. What a ?!IT fennt world of trade this v. ill alun the war was pictured to tlo< South?-rn Commercial Congress hero tonight by gecrstaiy l:? ?Hield In an address- ol the ?Utting of the tlir ols of lb i many's foreign commerce by her own uct. and of t he aw.i ki niug ol \ntei tea and her .-Hies to the danger of having their industries ?I? p? n?l?: nt Up on foreign and possih.y unt'ri? ndly noureea ef sum'11. "Wh<'ti p? o ? ? .ball ? ??nie ami In merchants take up ti,. i . k <a' i. i. i Ing Qtrmany's ruined cuiiuncrco, the will find that it is a strang< world Which tin y se? k to i ? - nt i ." Id law sscretary. ??Tuen? v.ill i? dim. ui ties in the path of tin- futon- p> >?? - fut penetration of win h tin ? ? in not to dream. Commercial frl htful ncMM like its military aamSOnfce, Wit) have passed away. "It will hardlv he sal 1 again t?? i m relary of rommercc of tin* I'nited Stales that t h?- i i? i tu.? n ? ? ? -' if \ ? I ? It 'will not permit' the i .ahlish m< nt an American dvestufi :udn lrjf? Th< monopolies <>f which ?ierm.ni fo commerce in large |mh t ? med i rest secure have pa I a >\ "it is pitiful to t < i sxtraoti Um German press, which seem, tt show that they SXgOOt t?? tal I Bp tin task ot rehulMIng th lr oomt where they laid it down, Thoj re on the world's demand for pol i h a purel> German ? ? ? Ii but It Is im? longer. 'Tin y were th? world's source of dyestuffs. Th it portunlty has gone, || Wl H whom the w??rl?l I??..! ? .| fur glasses We do not I???.!. tin r< They were the sour< 0 of chemical proeelain. V S n day as well ait tin "I need not tell um of tin merrl il value of v. h 1 will* or point the 1. bust it**mm i?m 'ii going ronc<] Th great markets of lh? world h bet and ate to he found morn ?!> II tl?>ns who havs parted Germany in the present 11 past marketM of the svtnld 1, 1 ? fourol among them. 'I I. of these lagsgl common It pu t "1 ? < if rnisnv for 1 renewal o| incrclal intei. .. bi.U : i>y htr act. it must bo renewed unde circumstances of peculiar hardship "As it will he a strange world upon which the German merchant a will lOOk out when WWr shall 'dose, so I t toe add it will be in a large n easuri a strange world upon which th< American merchants will look out up on at the name time. When embar? goes ate OVei and trading With the enemy acts shall hav< esased to trou? ble, we also shall see thing! different ly. The novelty will not on 01 r pari arise from aeparatloa but the reverse. We hays gained and ere gaining o batter anderstandlng ol the world we live in. Scales of provincialism have fallen from our eyas, "Whoa our sons ha\ ? fotlgh? ami died together with Ihoae oI Great Britain, France, itai>, Knasls and our Other honored friends, Ihingl Call not be as 11h? > were before that happenod, L.h'h knows the other better than he did. *dd hm s of separation have gone Oar vision It enlarged. Applied to commerce tfds means that w? ander stand ether peoples and their needs better and know better what we may 4lo to roppty them, our im n with \ i Ion are n aehihK out into all th ? 1 I?:. We are In the family whether we will of not ami my earnest bellet Ii i hat we \\ dl draw 1 a hly from fam? ily Intereou . i, "if Sfi were those who look upon lhaj peaceful contests of commerce u economic war, we should hardly feel WS rou i >psail with freedom In thl? praaanee ol Ihe com I on days when nornsal eommerola] Intercourse throughout the world shall replue< i . > s/ot reatiieted oondltlons, for whui we reeognlas as a matt ?.? ol course ai an opportunity and a duty, they an not slow to see and upon which thej rightly act, that the nations assu . ited a ti ii in in this war are nn ? p| i in I I ?r tlo if pbper share of t h< \ ogM'i business when tin- wai shu do e. I Mlie1levlng as ws do* however, thu Icon men e is got e ir I ul mutual in t? i | otll ? to mutual y dn, WS I"" upon every effort of our frlen? I rei e a . ooimi rclal ami Indui tri ?i ac ? ttvltles In the happier days that ar? ! com I ig." QU? a Vi< a of Sweden, who h i ? o brought prom! isnl I) Into 1 b ii lie v\ i by her alleged pi <> ? h i mi ism. h IS never ei j?3 ? I ipulai ll) v' mI; the people of H'.vedi heoltti, she hi? gpent little on h< ne In Stockholm, residing durla .? r i? i ?? of Ihi year with h Iiclplng Win the Worj ( By (iO('i-gc Ade.) Article m. Ad vi co to Americana" be? iwe, ti the agci of 6 and L6, Assuming ib.; t this letter in now being read by some I >y or old enough to i o to si hot I bill 11 in youni enough t(? he called ?'kid" (by those a bo don't ; now any better) rot Ua begin by aaking the question, rtlB ? wrong to ?ght ESvery boy or girl with civilised par? ent* can aiiawer that Question, it is not to be answered by "y . or "no." if wa say "yes," we admit at once that our oi l friends Ucorgo Washing t??n and i'. 0 Grant were depraved < hamctsrs, because they fought and thon kept on lighting. ff Buffalo i'd!t once upon a tlm< rode otd across the plains and came upon a band ol India! uttacklnjs settler's cabin and wont dashing up with ids stouts ami i,dl <i n few red ? i in::. |u there p,ny boy in tin world who would go back on Buffalo Mil and pick out some on-' t. ? 1 .'< rlj real eel ?!? dealor ai a subsltute hero? It's- too foolish to talk ul out.' Suppose wc say it i< not wrong to fight. Thon we remove bl from tin- Indians that Buffalo BUI kill ?? and Wl lind OURSClVCS ho mixed tip thi t probably \\?- had belt* p I a- i u ? iinl take a m \\ start. in answer to the ques ion. "is II wrong to nght," there enn be biii on< [t.enslbb reply, an follows; "it all do i ?ende." Buppose a hoy of i l walking along lim st!a el with bis i iter and tin neighborhood hull; swaggers around I the corner and pushes the boy up against a fence ami cuffs him alone, s .h- tin- head it nd then i ?!< a some In | suiting familiarities on Ihe sister, anil suppose tin- hoy who |g thus, humill ated and whose i;. ter Is In t< ar . sud denly remembers that h< ha aeon told to "keep out of lights 1" What shall he do? ):? treat to ??'>! alley, < r stand up In defensi of hii own self respect and tr.1 to protect hi . Bister? you >h> id me, I won't rike back." Then he won hi gi i [i i w niort < u ? ? ? soYnV'who ate wnrmed by r d bipod In? stead of being chilled by sarsaparilla i?* * i * had to make the pome decisioi that every boy la called upon to matto when he In jumped upon by a tough cuetomi i". Another question (boys only): Did you ever let o boy up before bo yelled "Enough*! and then have th< whol< fight over again ? / if so* you might go around In your neighborhood and give borne valuable Information to people oid< r ii in j our* ?elf. If you (this is for both Loys and girjs) went out Into '?h<- woods for fl picnic with another "bunch" of young people you know and liked, ind If your crowd bad a basket <?r thl to ix and the other crowd Und a hi - - I and Home toughles came uiong and stole Lhe baskot belonging to the other crowd, would you give tii m some? thing to eul out of your basket, or h I Lhem .sii ovor by Ihcmnetves, hungrj and miserable, and watch you stufl yourselves ? You'd play fair, of course, evon in you had t<? go a little hungry, Mr. Hoover It now asking every boj and girl in America to play fair and divide up with the, hungry youngsters of Prance aud Belgium and i 11 < d I Iritaln. j There Isn't enough food in the world ? to go around if v.?? qiv i ifish and ? ?(aIm more than our sh ire, I Mow can a boy or girl under La? st hoo] age really help to win tin- wur? Plrst join the Junior lied Cross, 'i hen keep on saying, "] know Uncle Bam Is right and i will pull i*'!" hiin until he wins." r. 'llevo what you say. I Etool for the U. s. a. as you would root tor your baseball nine or youi ' basketball five, J ,-'iaud out on tin- edge of the side ?u g i * a chance to hold yarn for CroBi knitter, da? your ,,blt," j ti* yoursi If, when your am i t.i goi lired: "i urn helping oh leinR i'i or discoiiragod. VI hen to comes for him to tight he will ? ? I rr ' I the world can go buck to housekeep- I unr." Probably the children to whom are ire now talking are better posted re* warding United State* history than are .some of the people who talk ibout it. The children have got the Declara? tion of independence and the Emanci? pation Proclamation freshly la mind and know what they were about an 1 \ hy. They know thgt this country Is dee i i set against slavery, either of the old* fashioned kind of chains an I shackle*, or the modem sugar-coated German VC riet v. They know that our boys now in th< training camps or on' the r way to Prance are goting ready to fight i. I Lho Oppn ? -ions 6t a cruel des? pot, just ionic other American )?? once fought at l ?unkt r HIU. By the way, If ybu can llnd a mai or wanna a who does not understand how the righbi ot a democracy are to he preserved when kings go on the rampage, you might loan this Ignorant person your school history. Mark th ? ; ges relating to the Boston Ti i Party, the Liberty Uell, Lexington, Vallcj Forge and York town. See If you can lind any favorab'.e | In en t ion of tin pacifists of 1776! Know Your Cotton tirades. The proper marketing of this year's crops Is the most urgent problem now hefore Lho farmers of the South. In? stead of being careless about this matter now, it is tin very year when ti rmers should be unusually careful. Watchfulness will save more money now th in ever before. The higher the average price of cotton, for cx ' pie, tin greater wll be the differ between prices offered for ion Win re- such a difference n i 'it be only half a cent a pound or one'Cent a pound In ordinary years, li ? ay be from one to five cents q pound this year. Consequently, knowing what you ;nr?.g when j ou go to sell ans product this year will pay biggei iprofits .hm ever before. The tlm< to time to save is v, hen there ?* plcnt ol monei to suvu Itesolve now i n MANY JO I is OPEN. THei 1 Sam Needs I'l.iMM) Stenograph? ers BJld Tv;k writers at Once. vVi ?hlngton, <>ct. 15.?Now that Undo Bain has the yocng men of the country In training for military s?r vice, ho finds that he needs 10,(00 typewriter operators and stenograph era nd typewriters, both men and women, for the Departments at Wash? ington. Tin- Civil Service Commis? sion ins notilied all of its U,000 boaids Of I .aminers that they should 1 ut forth their best efforts to secure tins,- urgently needed workers, While OXanilnatlini are now held weekly in '?? " ? i'n s, 11 io eomm ssion states tl at arrangements will be made to have an examination held at any accessible place where a small class of appit cants can be secured. The entrance salaries range from $1,000 to $1,200 a year. Promotion is reasonably rapid to those whose services prove sat s Cactoiy. No appointments can be made to these or other positions in the federal class!Qod civil service un tess tduthortxed by the Civil Bervtcc Commission under the civil BSrvtPS law. Any information tc the contrary ia unauthorised. This is a splendid opportunity to serve your country. Full Information may be secured from the secretary <>;* the board of civil sir rlce examiners at the postofBce in your 5ity. TIGHTENS CP THE EMBARGO. War Trade iloatd Strict on Arms to Mexico. Washington, <u-t. ir..?The tirst cr der of the newly created war trade board, made public tonight, tightens the embargo upon shipments of mu? nition ? to Mexico, in the future reg? ular applications for permits must tm 'made for such shipments, regardless ol 1 in ir sise. Heretofore less than .' orth id* munitions could be seal Into Mexico under a customs oollec ense granted upon a dcclan ! tion 1 y the shippers as i< desttnati ?n a nd 1 Ul pOSC. The board also gave out tonight the ? of an agreement which all as* port* ? ? il be required to sign when ii pp.ug lo their own branches in foreign ? unti es* The shipperemast rantee that their goods will not MO 1 1 n. inj or ?<? the ally of an ewe* cllj or indirectly, that they kvi 11 1 1 de * '?? Ii < '?? mies or allt? s 1 . und thai none of the gocsls export* 1 by them will be sold or eV>" 1 without written approval of ; 'lib d States consul ai the place