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Show uu BANQUETS A THING OF THE PAST During this period of solf-prlvation In aid of our loved country, thp following fol-lowing will meet with general approbation: approba-tion: "SUir Lodge, N. 99, A. F. & A. M., of Grantville, S. C, has drawn up a set of resolutions pledging its support to the government, and promising not to give any banquets or servo any refreshments re-freshments at any meeting." This is an example of how the cause of the allies can be served by thoso at home. If the people begin to economize, econ-omize, there will be plenty for all, and a surplus to bo given the men across the seas, and tho first move at oconomy should be along the lines of the South Carolina lodge. Americans cannot go on living and wasting as they havo in the past and do Justice to those who are fighting with them to make tho world safo for democracy. oo |