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FOLLOWING FALSE GODS By 8. STANWOOD MENKEN, President of the National Security League. \ Just as the teat of the Individual Is heat found under the stress of great trial or play of passion, so nations prove themselves In time of war and are able to Judge. ?KBeJbbMC?8BI not alone of the their peoples are so the measure of con0dence^^ which | for they admit it; , 3. Stanwood look back over Menken our .l*i8t?ry and consider how we have met great problems?such, ns slavery, by a great war; tariff, by fourteen bills nnd a like number of panics; conservation, currency, banking, anti-trust and railroad questions, by making the same matters of politics?It may be doubted whether we aro quite as groat as we think we are. In considering how we exercise our Judgment, we should remember the extent to which we have devoted ourselves to the education of the young and the large sums we have spent at all times for public schools nnd foi colleges. When we look back nnd see the mistakes we have made, tt would almost appear ns If we had failed to apply much that had been taught us In school and college, or that perhaps the school nnd college had not taught us bow to solve great political measures. Then, again, the thought comes to us of whether or not we have not had false lenders, and have not clnng to false gods. Corporation Wrongs. We all remember the outcry against vested Interests of the capitalists. There have been great wrongs done by many corporations?some of their franchises have been obtained by corruption and theft and great Injuries hove often been done to the rights of the people; and so, when we found times hard and things going wrong, 3 - * nc 11 ??e veuicu uur anger upon corporations and upon the capitalists who controlled them. In many cases we flowed ourselves to become angry with a" dags, or with certain Individ1 uals and expended our strength on our temper, rather than upon a study of the cure of the conditions about which we complained; and In many Instances we punished corporations for the wrongs of their predecessors In ownership, much as sins of parents are visited upon their children. Demagogues, knowing the public mood, appealed to prejudice and Ignorance In discussing public matters and made Issues like currency, antitrust laws and the railroads political footballs. Just as If the question of whether meney could he saved by jolalng together companies aad providing for economy In purchases and sales was political. Of course It was a matter of economics (which is the science of commerce). Such matters I \ ou ?m n vuuicirm c uri wrrn reprw sentatlves of farmers, laborers, scientific students of world conditions, and manufacturers and purchasers of goods, to consider nnd determine how goods can be produced with a fair | wage to the employee, a fair profit to ! the employer and the maximum benefit to the public. Future Problems. In Europe they have taken ihese questions up In this careful way and tile result has been of great benefit. Now, and In the future. America will have to deal with countries that are short of resources through the cxhaus- | Hon of war and have, of necessity, to get down to rock-hot torn. The thrifty. Intelligent, Industrious European Is apt to he a good merchant, and we are going to have a hard time competing with him for commerce and for world position, so we must consider all of our proniems mort' ciireiuny tnun ever before and cast aside those men who attempt to lend us away from a thoughtful, dispassionate view of great questions. Graft and neglect In local communities of political duties by the average citizen are responsible for the mlsgovernment that breeds disresp'ect, where we should have pride been use of tlx efficiency of our people. The llrst concern of the citizen In every community must he to see that It Is governed in a way that will assure the approval of clean th'nking men and women The mechanics governing n city re quire the same kind of clear thought and careful work ns that given to shop work or fa^rn planning, and every good American must feci that at this time there is nothing more worth while. If we do these things well, we will rot have to worry about the foreignborn loving America, because living conditions here ydll he bo excellent that they slmplfr cannot help It. cape daily when they are Riven not alone good government and healthy conditions surrounding home and worlr shop, hut also education, opportunity and a charter of liberties which will mean' happiness to them, if w? per form our duties as citizen* Hfe FOOD CONTROL MEANSVICTORY European Shortage Places Problem Before American Government?Farsighted Policy < Adopted. i NEED 75,000,000 BU. WHEAT. ! 1 Food Administration Asks Aid of Every American In Glgantio Task of Feeding Millions. 1 ] It Is the food problem over there that makes a food problem over here. 1 If we wished to be supremely selfish? : and supremely shortsighted?we could iu uu cuuiiK hh mum as we lue ana l whatever we like, without much dlfll- : eulty or interruption?at leaHt, until the Germans came! But we are not doing things In that . neltish and suicidal way. We are trying to make a great common pool of all of our food, and all of the food of th? allies, and all of the food we can get from South American' and other 1 neutrals, and dividing it up fairly 1 among America, Blngland, France, Belglum and Italy. This does not mean that all of the people in the great pool are going to have the same ratios, but means that we are trying te arrange to have enough for everybody, so that tike soldiers?our soldiers and their soldiers? will be well fed, as they have to be to fight hard and continuously, and that the munitions workers and the workers in all the other necessary Industries, and tfie men and women at home will all have enough to keep alive and well. It is absolutely necessary to do this If the war is to be won, and we are going ta do it, but It means planning, working, arranging, co-operating, being careful, not wasting, saving And It means that each and every one of us has got to help. Now, we have enough and more than enough food for ourselves, and the Government Is going te see to It that we keep here at heme a sufficient supply of every essential kind wf food to support our people. But over there they simply have net enough. Lord Rhendda, the English food controller, recently cabled the American food administrator, that unless wa can send the allies before the next uropean harvest 75,000,00# bushels of wheat In addition te what had been sent up to January 1 of thia year ha could net assure the allies that they wo"'"f lo produce the ?. . ,1 feed to^lity of root, and the maijju?a< He did liract f**?/ything In this cable about the otne. food necessary, bat he has told of these needs In othei cables?and by his actions In Englaad For example, his latest regulation oempels a reduction of meat eating In Che United Kingdom to a maximum o! me pound per week per person, thli pennd Including the hone and othei waste parts id the meat as bought Is tike shop. The allies must have mOlre wheat, sore meat, more fats, more dairy prodacts, more sugar. Their harvests were very short?France had less than hall her normal crop of wheat?and the available shipping Is small In amount and constantly being lessened by submarines, so that It Is now practlcallj Impossible to use any ships for the long voyage necessary to bring food from Australia and other remote markets The food must come chiefly from America. In specific figures It Is necessary for us to send to the alliei 1,100,000 tons of foodstuffs a month This is a great responsibility and a great problem. The food must he found, and also the ships to carry It It Is being done, but can only continue to be done by the help and full cooperation of all of us over our broad land. We must produce and save more. To supply the wheat necessary until the next harvest, we must reduce out consumption by from one-fourth to one-third; we must cut down our usual average consumption of meats ami fats by from 10 to 15 per cent, and dairy products by about 10 per cent. Over there they are tightening theli belts and doing everything they enn They are eating war bread; they are Cutting down their sugar In England to two pounds per person per month, and In France and Italy to one pound? how much are you eating??and they are using ration cards for most of the staples. We must meet sacrifice with sacrifice. If we don't, we are helping to lose the war Instead of helping to win It. f r*T cV rTt * Buy Local Food ( ... 1 RELIEF THROUGH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Headquarters Italian Army, May 15.? (Correspondence of the Associated Press)?Arrival of relief from America through the Red Cross Agents behind the Italian front along the Piave river, which section is filled with refugees from the regions invaded by Teutonic troops, is greeted with evidences of fervent gratitude and jubilation. This is true not only because of the actual gifts in money, food and clothing but because it signifies to the Italians the fact that America is standing behind time in their long conflict with the Austrian invaders. The aged priests at Castello-diGodega was so overcome by the unexpected donations from America that he threw up his arms, knelt in prayer and exclaimed, "it is a gift .lirect from 'heaven." WhpTPVPTO tifo PoJ frnoo ? ??- - ^ vt voo acia have distributed their relief, the mayor and local committee directed the succored families of that commune to write to the soldiers at the front and tell them what America has done. The work of the Americans was extolled and the people were told that the United States was thus cooperating in close and practical accord with Italy. In some cases huge posters have appeared on the town walls with proclamation by the mayor announcing what America was doing. The misery which prevails among the refugees in the provinces of Treviso, Venetia and Padua is most distressing. Stopping at the little town of Riesi, in a tour of this section, there was a chance to see one of these communities of refugees in all its misery. It is a strange community, which has migrated as a whole from its former home at Vidor, now held by the enemy, to its present habita tion of Riesi. Vidor is the village on the eas bank of the Piave which was occupied by General von Below and his German troops, and when they came these townspeople, with only the clothes on their backs and a few household belongings, fled across the Piave and settled down here. Most of the refugees have scattered all over Italy, but this is one of the few towns that has held together in its flight. The parish priest led the way as the Red Cross workers went on a round of inspection to see just how these people were living. The mayor and the parish priest are usually consulted on this work, the latter because he is in touch with all the troubles. Most of the people are religious, but even those who are not to get religious when they are in trouble, and everyone is in trouble here. They all knew him, and he made his way through crowds of ragged children and the choked alleys of whai would have been a concentration camp if it had been organized but being unorganized was only a vast hive of refugees in their misery. In one room about 15 feet square 25 people were sleeping on straw strewn over the earthen floor. The place was stuffed with soiled garments, the pitiful remnants of what these occupants possesseed, ' and reeked with vileness. Across the court there was a smaller room where 13 were sleeping, and in another eight all huddled together On the straw, w*omen, children, babies and their rags. All the outhouses, bams, grain lofts, were utilized for sleeping quarters. There were few men, for all the men have gone to the war, 4e\cept the very old and very young. Many of the women were very old, with wizened hungry faces like witches. A number of the women carried babies, and all of them were trailed by lnrpe broods of children. All these people had lost everything:. Their clothes were in raps. Underclothes and stockinrrs bad lonp apo disappeared. Even the consolation of work was denied to these people, for there was nothinp for them to do here, and they stood about with their crowds of children and babies, fiphtine to keep off hunper and typhoid, and helpless in their misery. As a result of the inspection the T??.l Ci-noo I, r. ? H.. ... 1 ~' ?vu vi uon una aim icu wile WUI IN. (M ameliorating this condition, providing suitable sleeping quarters, with sanitation and the nucleus of a hospital for the growing sick list. The secretary of the Loria municipality said all the barns there were fairly packed with people, 30 or more to everv barn, filling the stalls and lofts. The mayor of Castello di Godega said the spirit of the farm people was showiner remarkable fortitude in spite of the troubles thev were encountering. "They are going to carry on their May plnnting as usual." he said, 'gathering the sprine cloved and then nutting in corn." America may have very few aeroplanes on the western front, but the few there seem to be doing the business.?Greenwood Journal. <? ? They will have to rake up the"Ta\vn yery carefully at the White House y> tee that not a single strand of the Golden Fleece escapes the auction block.?The State. WAR RAVINGS STAMP* NONTAXABLE. Whim preparing for the ieeulng of Thrift Stamps and War Saving* Certloatee the national admlnlstrstratien vary wisely decided that they ehould not be subject to any taxes, federal, state *r leoal. h this reepeet they are entirely unique, being free when almost everything else is subject to impost. As the amowii that an individual may hold is limited to $1,000, this concession doe* not deal unjustly toward other aeeurity holders. It is simpty an inducement te the small investor to make an unueual effort ia hre own and his ooontry:s behalf by depositing as much of Ma i surplus with the government ae possible. Those who buy these little bond*?Bind atl should do IS? ehauld understand In advene* of the coming days of taxation return In AprM that whatever of their earned savtnge er surplus dertved ; from eoeueaelas is converted lute I Thrift Stomps or War Savings Oertldeatee need not be reaordad upon the assessor's blanbk As the hsbareaft and principal are payable in ' 1993, neither Is M nsoetsary to RWtM mention of A* IwvrtwtnW In the return to the teeems tan ?o4Keeter. They ere, ?? a*a*sd> ehnehitety free and, as they afoo ftmy 4 per sent compound totereat, are the beat eeourKles that one ?an bap In theae troubled timee. Ft err time von buy a War Savings Stamp you help weaken the Hindenburg liae. J ?mimm??^| SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS LOST One pair gold rimmed spectacles, i front of my residence. A little chil threw these glasses into the street. The have been picked up by someone. Rewar if returned to me. Mrs. Ida C. Bakei 23-3 wA FULL LINE OF KODAKS and Kodak Sup plies sold by Palmetto Drug Co. WANTED?To sell or exchange for smal farm, one nice building lot on South St 80x226. J. Wesley Greer. Box 386. 162-t ALL SILK, Georgette and Foulard Dressei values up .to $25.00, during our Fou ^ Days' Sale at $10.00. At the Wonder. -n FOR SALE?One good plug mule. Apply t D. J. Gregory, Union, R. F. D. 3. 161-t SAVE YOUR SURPLUS EGGS in Egg-Con omy, a harmless egg preservative. Fo sale at Palmetto Drug Co. WANTED?Fifty used Fords; 1917 and 191 preferred. Drive over to Gaffney and re celve the cash for your Ford. We swa; sell and buy used Fords. Gaffney Liv Stock Co., R. E. Johnson, Buyer. 151-2G-P LOST Tuesday afternoon a black hat be tween Monarch and City Park. Findc please return to Times office. REMEMBER THE BIG FOUR DAYS' SALE Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satui day, at the Wonder. BATHING CAPS?Beautiful new line, l.tl est styles, sold at Palmetto Drug Co. FOR SALE?Old Hickory Wagons. Car loa just received. Peoples Supply Co., E Fant Gilliam, Pres. & Mgr. 21-12-di FOR RENT?Three or four nice rooms fn light housekeeping. Apply to Dr. W. F Hope. 101AT THE WONDER All Gage Hats at hal price during our Four Days' Sale. MONEY TO LOAN at 7 per cent. straigF interest on business and residence prop erty in amounts of $2500 and abov< F I -. i c r TOR SALE?Fifty bushels of King's Cotto Seed; 15 bushels of Mitchell's Early lm proved King and seven bushels Big Bo King Cotton Seed at $1.50 per bushe f. o. b. Sedalia. J. E. Minter. 17-t I HAVE several improved Farms for sal( ranging from 75 to 100 acres, located nea town. Terms and prices right. Addres Box 177. 17-1 FOR SALE?A irood supply of can seed for sale, several varieties. J W. Gilbert. 165-Thu. Buy Purest and Freshest DRUGS and Have YOup DOctors Prescriptions Filled At Palmetto Drug Company I JmiLN J,SPp jw FOR w SI Usually women are *" 1 men in the manajrem B\ perience often leads 1 B\ Women of property PjM, with its care. The N pacities and we will fairs for a moderate c Conferences invited. Kmtdio Nicholson, J. Ro "resident, V 8 ; Makina Readv For d v ^ - Or even a Brief Outing renders regard for the Clothes to be 1 know how important it is to h Cool, Comfortable Clothing. ? business to know that. We are prepared to serve yo Largest Selection of Summer C ? and Underwear, Shirts and Ties Kool Kloth, Palm Beach ai prices? ' $7.50, $10.00, $12.50 s i, Boys' Kool Kloth and Palm B $3.50, $5.00, $6.50 a; ? Panama, Leghorn and Bancoc I". $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 a Straw Hats at prices? $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $ ii White Canvas and Palm Beac] _ $2.00, $3.00 and washable l ies at? r 25c and 5()< r Men's and Boys 'Bathing Suit patterns at prices? r. $1.00, $1.50, $3.00 ai We have everything to mak< fortable. j. cot The House of Sati Convenient features are found in I DR. a five-spindle turret drill-head attach merit that occupies about as mucn qj space lengthwise as an ordinary chuc k, says the dune Popular Mechanics Magazine. It may be applied to a single or multiple machine in a couple of minutes. Only the one spindle that is in working position resolves. MOO By pressing a lever at the front, the ' turret may be turned in either direction. RUB-MY-TISM ? r Will cure Rheumatism, Neu-' wiI] ! ralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic .. .n. > Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old ' ' Sores, Tetter, Ring-Worm, Ec- The zema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, Jersej used internally or externally. 25c defcm :holson tK&TRUSTO? IN/ON. S. C. \Q OMEN !j less experienced iknti "lit ami care of pita, matters. This ino\ to serious mistake need not be Iviixleno-I ICHOI.'SON HANK & nets in all Trust catake care of your afli ?r*re. iy Fant, M. A. Moore, ice President. Cashier. r wmmmm 5S*v. iptS A Vacation 5 necessary a special taken. In fact, you lave Dressy, Stylish, 5o do we. It is our u with the Best and lothing, Shoes, Hats i. id Mohair Suits at md $15.00. leach Suits at? nd $7.00. ?k Hats at prices? nd $5.00. 13.00 and $4.00. i Oxfords at prices? $3.50. ? ' ;s, in plain and fancy nd $4.00. * you cool and comIEN sf action I I. MURRAY HAIR Dentist fice: 507 Chapman Building Phone 1569 SPARTANBURG. S. C. MONEY TO LEND on FARM LANDS m tin nnn t1 t vu ?iu,vuir?i nciHjr years ume. See J NO. K. HAM KLIN IA* w ver j territory (lomany is gaining ot be much more than a graveror her men we are killing. sinking of those boats off the r coast will wake up our coast <e t,o keener watchfulness. I