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I >RI N jj Janu M An Expo jj D. P I ISAAC H ; You An | Teak iiiiiiiiiBiaBiiiiii DOES IT PAY? [ e' (The following extracts are taken I from "Does It Pay?'.' the booklet is- ! BOcd by the State Council of Defense, from which some matter was published last week. It is to be hoped that the readers of The Advertiser are Kivintf these facts and arguments their very careful attention. There | will be more to follow. "Does It ; Pay" is a study of education on its i lowest, most vulvar terms, that of! money-getting, but even there it presents an unanswerable argument. ??The Editor.) Education and Income Is education worth anything in dollars and cents? Does it increase one's earning capacity? If so, how much? Prior to 1911 it was easy to give ( definite answers to these questions. Many iniparuul investigations into the relation between education and income had been made, and their results all pointed strikingly to the greatly increased earning capacity of the educated over the uneducated. As expressed by Foster: "It seems that men do not differ much below the ( shoulders; with that part of their t anatomy they gain about the same wages per day in the unsentimental , world of business; what they become , from the shoulders up makes the dif- ( ference." These conclusions have been oh- , tained in two ways. In one, the in- . vestigators went into th(; factories, business houses, and other cnlcrpris- , es and found out the amount of ttchooling the successful employees in the various grades of work had had. In the other, the investigators followed out. into life the graduates ' of certain schools to see what kinds of work they went into, what records they made, and what salaries they drew from year to year "The salary * paid to an individual because of certain educational qualifications pos- ' (tensed by him represents not only the ( financial value of that education to him, but also in a general way rep- r resents the financial value which the ' community places upon the service ' made possible by that education." Dodge's Study One of the earliest of these studies Was made bv Mr. .I.irm-si M rii.H./i, one of the prominent manufacturers | of laenc.i and former president of i the American Society of Mechanical < Engiaoers. Mr. Dodge calculated the i financial value of different grades of j eduration by comparing the earning capacities of common laborers, shopapprentice trained men, trade-school ? graduates, and technical-school grad- 1 uates, who were employed in the Rev- t eral la rge factories under his ob- | aervation. * Hi* conclusion is, in brief, that four t years' training at a technical school i makes a man, by the time he is 22, > four times as valuable as the laborer, I approximately three times as valu- ? able as the shop-trained apprentice, and 72 per cent. rn<A valuable than > the trade-school grudu. ' < surely a ' good return for four years spent in I preparation. I Mr. Dodge found that, even in tjje a lowest grades of factory work the un a educated laborer was often unsuc- I cessful. Only f> per cent. of the un- t skilled remained in the factory even I in unskilled work. s Factory Workari' Salaries and Edu- r cation in Massachusetts < The Massachusetts Committee on Industrial Education made a study of 790 workers who had left school at either 14 or 18 years of age and <: traced the actual average salaries received by these workers from yser to 1 ' G TAILC Opening / at*y 16th, 17th, sit ion of Exclusive Wc ^/I. MOSES, Represen AMBURGER Merchant Tailors BALTIMORE, Md. e Cordially Invited to I ones Corr ililllilllilllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIlllllllllHIIIIIII year. They found that hoys who had remained four years longer in school in order to take a technical course oun caught up in salary with their brothers who stopped at 14 and went in. .?>i >>i iiifin m? rapuny mat oy mo m.< th? y were 22 years old the sum >f the four years' salary of the better-educated boys was equal to that if the eight years' salary of those who had quit school at 14. At the age of 25 the boys who had taken four years' extra schooling were on he average getting $!?()(> per year more than those who left school at 'he age of 14. From the 25th year on the boys who left school at 14 would receive practically no promotion, whereas, hose who had remained in school till IK, and had therefore entered the higher grade industries and positions, would continue to receive promotion and increase in salary for many years. if, however, it is assumed that each >oy continues for the remainder of his normal working life to receive the same salary that he was paid at 25 y *ars of age, the boy who quit school it 14 would receive a total life in oine of $2(5,107, while the boy that remained till 18 would receive >"iK.ltOO. It thus appears that four years of technical education, from 14 o 18 years of age, more than doubles he earning capacity of the averai/o Massachusetts boy engaged in iniustry and richly repays both him tnd th<- State for the time and money I ('voted to his education. r_duc?tion and the Missouri Farmer In J 1)12 the Missouri College of Sericulture conducted a survey of i id farms in Johnson county, Mo. )f these farmers, r?f>4 had only a disr;ct school education, while 102 had eceivcd more than that. It was "ound that the better educated farmers operated 33 per cent, more land mil owned four fifths of the land they >per a ted, as against three-fifths (wned by those with only district ichool education; they kept one-sixth nore stock, worked 14 per cent, more and per workman, and earned 71 >er cent, more clear labor income per fear. Prof. O. It. Johnson, in concluding his report of this survey, lays "While otner factors may ha"e flayed some part in this greater earnng capacity, yet from a careful study >f th,. organization of his business it ippears that education must have flayed a very large part in his great*r e truing ability." To sum up: Any one of these many itudies may not be conclusive, but] ,vhen all of them poinl so clearly and without exception to the greatly su-1 l uiniuK jiwwirr in me euucaieu, he conclusion is irre sistible. There indoubedly exists a close causal conlection between education and vealth. The schools, with all their \iults, are giving their pupils a greater earning power than even the trongest advocate of education had laimed. It is a fundamental law of nen and nations that earntog ca-1 lacity is based on education. It had orig been known that only through, i thorough system of public school: ind colleges can a State or a nation >e suie of an adequate supply of (linking citizens. it now also ap- j ears that th?j more a man or a State i pends on education, the more that i nan or that State can earn. Knowl-1 dge is not merely power; it is money. FORD FOR SALE 1917 Model Ford Touring Car; ngine has never been opened. J. J. DAVIS, Vitb A. W. Homy Co. )mg1| t 18th 1! \n1onc Aa? V/fVOU ?/ J ting jjj ! & SONS ?' Attend Ujj , ipany 1 LOCAL ITEMS In Cheraw they tell you to go to , Evans. < | I)r. B. L. Gathins visited in Page- j land Tuesday. Dr. Harris, who has been with the Square Deal Drug Co., 1 or some time, has k ft Chesterfield und gone to Dillon. You are cordially invited to attend < . the Spring Tailoring Opening at 1 Teal-Jones Co., Jan. 16th, 17th and 18th. Spray pumps at W. A. Rivers. I Mr. Henry W. Griggs and Miss l Bern ice Colie, both of Cheraw, were j married in Chesterfield last Tuesday ; I afternoon, the Rev. F. M. Cannon : < officiating. Special reduced pricos on Ladies' I Suits, Coats and Dresses. EVANS CO., Cheraw. , Mr. Lonnic Darmond and family I visited in Fayettville Monday and ' I Tuesday. I I The annual meeting of the .stock- I I holders of the Pe< pies' Hank will he held Friday, Jan. 1 .vh, at J o ciock p.m., in the oiTice of the Peoples' , Bank. Stockholder, please take no- , tice C. P .MANGIJM, , Cashier. ( I , Money to lend on Farm Land* at I ix And seven per cent, interest. 411 B.F.PEGUF.S, Attorney, Cheraw, S C. All who want GOVERNMENT ( SODA wdl have to make Application I on or before Jan. 25th. Do not delay if you want Soda. W.l'.ODOM. Mr. C. L. Hunley spent several 1 days in Sahbury on business this I week. < The best Toilet Waters and Tal- ' cum Powders on the market are now to be found at the Chesterfield Drtitf Co. Itc 1 Ladies' Underwear. Special for j sto-.its. EVANS CO., Cheraw. ) Floyd Davis, the younjj son of Mr. 1 A. F. Davis, was accidentally shot yesterday while handling ? 22-cnlil.re ' pistol. Th(. hall entered the fleshy part of his left hand, making a pai iful, though not dangerous wound. ' 'Phone the Chesterfield Drug Co., No. 13, for anything you need. ' Now is time to begin spraying 1 fruit trees. Lime-sulphur solution at ' I W. A. Rivera. 1 The Cheraw Methodists last Sunday morning combined with their regular service a memorial feature in honor of their three boys of Company I, Lieut. W. A. Mulloy, Corp. | I Hubert Terrell and Thomas Hun.lay ' ?who died on the battle front. William A. Harrison, of Company K, , same regiment, who attended that church and Sunday school while there on guard duty, before going to France, was also honored . Company H of ilie State's Guard, attended in a body. j "Society Brand," The Suit Su- 1 preme. EVANS, Cherew. I A dispatch from Washington stater, ' that Congressman Stevenson has in- ^ trod ced a bill providing for the donation of a German field piece to the following towns in his district: Lancaster, York, Camden, Choraw, Gnflfney, Chesterfield, Chester, Fort Mill, Kershaw, Hock Hill and Wiiuboro. l" Station Hat Haadquartars for 20 f ymmr?, EVANS CO., Charaw, Man* Laced High Boot*. Size* (H to 11. EVANS CO., C bo row. Mr. W. P. Odom, treasurer of the Chesterfield County Fair, announces hat the premium checks are now eady for the winners who are exacted to call for them. He will not >e in town during the week' beginling fan. 21. Men's Army Shoe*. For Boy* and den. EVANS CO., Choraw. Mr. Charles B. Hanna, who for everal months past has been engaged n Y. M. C. A. work u> Norfolk, Va., las become secretary for the Y.M.C. V. at Whitmire, where he formerly j vas principal of the public cchbol. j Full stock of Auto and Work . Close*. Soe EVANS, Cheraw. i i White Star Flour, .made by l!.e nfther* of Melrose. W. A. River*. 1 handle standard 36 per cent, proein feed meal and old st; ,e huib. /hen you buy FEED MEAL a*lc for he protein content. There are lot* >f feed meal* on the market '.ha", ontain only 20 per cent. 1 do not tandle that kind of meal. See what ou are getting when you buy. W. P. ODOM. Everett Watson, the IN yo:?r-ol! ;on of Mr. Leander Watson, of tho ^hiloh community, was s t rcriouidy njured by a cotton gin last Tucs-V. lay afternoon thai the aninutation ^5 >f his right arm was necessary. Ev- jtt was working at the K>r of Mr. lohn Odom ar.il there hail been rouble with the gin on several occasions during the day. On this occasion Everett's sleeve was cr.vght by Lhe saws which drew his rrm in. Or. I'erry was called and d"c:ded that lhe irm could not be s:>.v 11 wis assisted ;n the operatio by R;i-:; An; Kiolds, Chesterelii's I' ' '.> awe . Mr. D. M. Motes, the expert tailor representing Isaac Paniuui Kc;- ? Sons, will be a' our clw Tlitr; lav, 16th, Friday 17th, Saturday 18th. Call in and lock tli; woolens over. | A visit incurs no obligation to bu TEAL-JONES COMPANY. For Figaro Meat Preserver, sec W. A. Rivers. Mr. Carl J. Hacr, president of the Comm iiii'j' Development Co., of i America, will deliver an address at Chesterfield in the Courthouse at II :3 p.m. on Thursday, January 23d. His subject will he "The Acre and the Boy." Charts will he used to illustrate the address. Mr. Hacr speaks under the auspices of the State Highway Campaign Committee, and will [explain the legislation that the present General Assembly will be asked to pass. The address promises to be intensely interesting and of vital importance to us all. Every hoy and girl is invited to he present and to bring his or her parents. The address is free to all So come, listen and learn. The speaker will address an audience in Cheraw at 7:3o p.m. the same day, Thursday, Jan. 23d. Viecol, for waterproofing Shoe*. EVANS, Cheraw. See me when v u want cotton teed mrii I. I am in position to do you good. I will sell you one sack or 1,000 sacks or any amount you want. 1 am in close touch with the meal people and can give you the best of service. W. P. ODOM. There was quite a little excitement around the Courthouse lust Tuesday "" when an irate papa from Marsh . ille was given a pretty severe beating by his son-in-law that was to be. | Chief of Police Melton received a I 'phone call earlv in the nftarnann of ' Tuesday informing him that a couple, Mr. Ciritlin and Miss Little, of Marshville, wore headed for the office of ihe Probate Judge of Chesterfield ounty, and that close on their heels, to to speak, was the father of the bride, who claimed she was not as ?hl as she claimed to be, and Mr. Melton was requested at least to inlereferc with affairs until the father ould arrive. The couple soon apteared on th,. scene accompanied by ioveral other young people. Mr. Melton stated that he knew he had no authority in the premises to make i-.n arri-st. but persuaded the couple, ts he thought., to await the arrival of he young lady's father. They did not care to wait, but to do so. While Mr. Melton \.... > migagod \ onversation with o'" -r members h(. party the principals in lids off nude a quick exit through the court nouse and off into the woods nearby, i hen appeared the irate father and he search bega ? Unfortunately for dr. Little, the father, he found them tiding in a negro cabin, whore iriflin used a fire poker to such purpose that Mr. Little needed the rninisratioms of a physician, and the ouple went on to Bonnet tav ille, .vherc the knot was aecurely tied. For prompt delivery cell No. 13 For Drug*, Patent Medicine* or Toilet \rticle*. Ha* anyone the nerve to charge irou more than S cent* for Coat's Thread? We haven't. EVANS, 4 Cheraw. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our deepest leartfelt thanka and appreciation to aeh and every one for the many cindnessen shown us during the .tflea:; of all our family and the dea h ?f Our dear beloved husband ar.d ather. May the Lord bless you all Mrs. J. G. Hursey and Children. SALESMAN WANTED Lubricating oil, grease, specialties, taint. Part or whole time. Commision basis. Men wi'h cr.r or rig proerred. Riverside Refining Co., Xp Cleveland, Ohio. m I M I I ,1 ml I I &} "The Quality G< |yyyyyk . H J| The Cai |?|^j The car of today i liii ^ efficiency without Wm > No car can meet tl j .V-V than the Dort. It* \ oil consumption ai IP^i construction togetl vice?plus, meaiu 1^4 J$/%& maintenance. It is a car you can without having the forever staring on gauge. It is the c ? used by men o thrift and conserve All the Dort mode inspection. Let u Lucas Auto Four*en*on / seoftN opih\ Tho Dort S | >f--|rT~Tl 1 ^ upoamlMd I I ^ J H~l enjoy nro?t p< | J. I l~ "hi1 .11 IIJ!, I '( i>V ?mon? I I "" |'[* I I *?~?J loclcinit in a e I ? -"S~\^J op pe.ru nee, ? ,^7 LU- |fO|Jr end comlo* "---- low price. Q rOXJR. SE.A 3 $925 F. O. Several Touring Cai Fertilizer wiili Fj Royster s Fertilizers are the F. S. ROYSTER. Their excellence is the result effort to' perfect a plant fooc crops and Southern Soils. V Is the knowledge and experic anything to you? Then ask fo ROY SI FERTI1 TRADI MA -Ttx\ RKOISTBR ORDER EARLY AND AVO1 F. S. ROYSTER Norfolk, Va. Baltimore, Md. Toledo, 0 Columbia, S.C. Spartanburg, S.C Columbus, Ga. Mont .... i%\Vl<lM i|||fl ^mlL I ' ' >e8 Clear Through" [? of Now s one that is built for waste. lis requirement better \ tire and gasoline and re light. Its staunch *p tier with DORT ser? little cost for other use freely and muchj bugaboo of "Upkeep' , it from your gasoline ar of Now?for Now f Now ? the day of ation. ils are here for your s show them to you. Co., Agts. | Cora -v lodan. / jidanii opin\ land? f,?_=^ \ >pu|jr. I < I I thostt Hi ^ ** pffi ^ ) ^^ELLiuJ^v O N C A R8 B. Factory rs Now in Stock ersoraality ^ / j life-work of one man; of i5o years of continuous i especially for Southern ncc of a life-time worth r ER'S i r I7rn lj JL iL< JLLi 1\. vBK 1 to. ID DISAPPOINTMENT J GUANO CO. I . Tarboro, N.C. Charlotte, N.C. Ailnnln f .n (-0*