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a? ???M-WM?i i , ' MfMiimwMWiimmnmM?inmoiiinuMMHuiitinimuiiiin>inn>'imnrninmtMmimnuMnmwont I News for ti ^MitnNMMiinMmiiwiNiiNimiiiraraiNNiiiitiiniiMiMiuiuiiiuNiiiiiuiiiitiiiiuitiiiiiNuiiMiiniiiiiiiiunii TRY A PROFIT-SHARING 1 PLAN WITH YOUR LABOR i There are two outstanding facts in regard to farm labor that every ] Southern farmer should understand, 1 and then govern himself accordingly 1. Labor for farm work will this year be shorter than ever bev fore. The draft, the movement of thousands of Negroes north, and the high wages being paid by industries in Southern cities combine to make this certain. , 2. A primary factor in getting l^bor efficiency is to hold the interest and enthusiasm of the worker. Give a worker a direct financial interest in the product of his labor, . and, nine times in ten, we have sustained, intelligent effort; without such an interest to spur him on, he / nrPR little for the aualitv of his work or the amount done; he is a dull plodder with no aim other than to "put in his day." Ninety per cent of the land owners of the South use more or less labor other than their own in making their crops. With hundreds of thousands of our young men gone, i the big probem is to maintain and \ even increase production with the labor supply that we have. Let us consider in their turn our three chief sources of classes of labor, and what may be donfe to speed them up to the utmost. 1. The Farm Boys. First of all, make partners of them. Call a council of them, and talk business for the new year. Impress upon them first -*-1- - J.1 i : - * I tue lttCt mat ui pio^wvanjr everything we raise are two and three times higher than during prewar times, and that big profits await the farmer who efficiently manages his business. Then announce to , them a plan by which they are to j have liberal prizes if a certain number of bales of cotton, a certain t / ?, number of pounds of tobacco, so ; many bushels of peanuts, or so many bushels of corn are made, with an increased bonus for each additional bale of cotton, each additional 500 pounds of tobacco, or each additional 50 bushels of peanuts or corn. 2. Get the interest of the hired mnn. Wlicrp labor is emnlov-1 ed, the farmer may as well under-1 stand at the outset that he cannot get efficient labor at pre-war prices. Other industries are paying on an average probably double what they used to pay, and the wages of our labor must be raised proportionately if we are to hold it. With the high prices of farm products, increased wages are only just and equitable. More than this, it will pay, as with the farm boys, to put hired labor on a profit-sharing basis. Let every ^ worker feel a diret interest in the crop he is helping to produce. 3. Make a business partner cf the tenant. With probe')ly hs'f cf all the crops of the South grown by tenant farmers, too little is being done to get the maximum effi- 1 ciency from tenant labor. First of . all, put the tenant on a cash basis, letting him have so much money ( each month, so that he can buv at , cash prices, charging him no more than the legal rate for any money advanced. Second, offer liberal cash prizes for the prdouction of a certain number of bales, bushels or pounds of any crops grown. Finally use fertilizers liberally to make every acre the tenant works do its best, and provide him with the labor-saving .implements he needs to cultivate a maximum crop.?The Progressive Farmer. , . ; UKI.OAKU APIU UARUtPI WUKK i , FOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT ] Sow cabbage, cauliflower and i Brussels sprouts seed in the hot bed. The plants can be hardened and set to the garden before danger of frost is past. The lawn should be given a top- 1 dressing of finely decomposed sta- i ble manure. ! If the bark of your fruit trees is subject to cracking from sun-scald 1 during late winter, shade the bodies 1 i with com stalks or other cheap ma- : terial. ' Write the Department of Agricul- i ; ' ture, Washington, D. C., for a list 1 of available farmers' bulletins and 1 then send for those of most interest t W b t. UttltHMMIIIIlllUMMimMBIIMHUMIHHWWIBMMMMlMMIIUHMMMtlWII'BMMMmm* m Farmer j iiriminiiMiiHiiirutiriinmniirtKmiimuiaiiiMiimtiutumiuntatiaMUimwttimiiMiiiuiiMmi ^ ^ co you. There are a number on 1 subjects pertaining to gardening 1 and fruit growing. 1 Put a few forkfuls of stable manure around shrubbery on the lawn. To grow good specimens on the lawn the plants must be given specitl attention in the matter of fertilizing. ' Sow onion seed in the hot-bed now to make plants for early spring setting. The Prizetaker variety is splendid for this purpose. xl_ _ x i oee mat me winter appies are keeping properly. They demand a cool temperature, but should not be allowed to freeze. A hillside pit such as is used in the storing of Irish potatoes is a good place to store them. If you haven't a barrel spraying outfit, buy one now and use it during the next two months, before the fruit buds open, in ridding your orchard of scale. Ask for a few of your neghbors to join you in the purchase so as to get them interested in spraying. * The first step in starting an orchard is to know what varieties to plant. The horticultural department of your state agricultural college will be glad to furnish you a list of varieties suitable to your locality. It is a waste of time and labor, as well as very disappointing to plant and care for trees that turn out to be worthless. Go over the grape vineyard and replace all rotten posts and loose wires. All sagging wires should be tightened and new braces placed at the ends of the rows. It is well also to give attention to the scuppernong arbor in the way of replacing rotten posts and vine supports. Watch young fruit trees closely at this season when there is a scarcity of green vegetation to see that they are not injured by rabbits gnawing the bark. Broom sedge or corn stalks make good material to the about the bodies of the trees to prevent this injury. Make cuttings of the bunch grape Use well matured wood of the last season's growth and cut into lengths of eight to ten inches, containing at least two buds. The cuttings may be put out now by placing them a foot apart in rows, allowing just thp ton hllH ho flio n, i^fann r www w vv> MVV* V VUW or they may be tied in bundles and held over in moist sand until spring and then planted. While awaiting the arrival of your seed catalog make a plan of this year's garden on paper. The sketch should show the location, variety, snd date of planting of each vegetable. Also, it should contain a system of rotation that will keep every part of the garden occupied through rut the year. With such a plan you rill find yourself taking greater interest in your garden work.? The Trogressive Farmer. i i CONSERVE FOOD. William Elliott, Food Administra- 1 tor for South Carolina has issued the following statement: "The Food Administration re- 1 quests those who entertain, whether J iinners, dances, or other entertain- ! Tients, in arranging their bill of 1 fare, to omit therefrom all beef, 1 1am or other pojrk prbducts and to i jmit as far as possible the dishes 1 containing sugar, and as far as pos- 1 sible to serve no wheat bread. < "The foods that are available < ifter omitting the above, offer a 1 wide range of selection; in fact 1 they are far more appropriate for < such occasions than any of the food < stuffs mentioned. The Food Ad- < ministration indulges in no criticism of those who give normal and proper entertainments, provided the ibove suggestions are complied ivith." j THE COAL QUESTION. Every industry in the country | that is not engaged in manufacturing war materials will cut their fuel { supply which will cut their output, j We think it would be a good idea :o start to saving our fuel by all ( ;he stores closing at six o'clock the /ear round. There is very little sold after that hour and it would lot take the customers long to earn to do their buying before that < lour. Why not start now and save i :he coal? ' graduated rates of tax Section 201 of the Act of October J, 1917 ,imposes the following tax >n excess profits: Bracket 1. 20 per cent of the imount of the net income in excess of the deduction (determined as hereinafter provided) and not in excess of 15 per cent, of the invested capital for the taxable year. Bracket 2. 25 per cent, of the amount of the net income in excess of 15 per cent and not in excess of 20 per cent of such capital; Bracket 3. 35 per cent of the amount of the net income in excess of 20 per cent, and not in excess of 25 per cent of such capital; Bracket 4. 45 per cent o:F the amount of the net income in excess of 25 per cent, and not in excess of 33 per cent of such capital; and Bracket 5. 60 per cent . of the amount of the net income in excess of 33 per cent, of such capital." The following example is given in concrete form so as to show \ how the above rates would apply: A corporation ia engaged in the manufacturing business with a capital of $20,000.00, surplus $5,000.00 and undivided profits (earned prior to January 1, 1917, of $5,000.00, making the total invested capital $30,000.00 They were engaged in business during the three prewar years with the same invested capital In the three prewar years they have averaeed a net income of $5.0 00. In 1917, their net income amounts to $12,000. How much war excess profits should they pay? ANSWER. 15 per cent, of $30,000. is $4,500.00. The deduction is ascertained hy taking only 9 per cent, of $30,000.00 for the three years, or $2,700.00, as the profits for those years exceed 9 per cent. So $2,700.00, plus the specific deduction of $3,000 makes a total deduction of $5,700.00. This applied to the first bracket, or $4,500.00, would make no tax under the first bracket. In Ca?et of No forester Capital In cases of no invested capital or not more than a nominal invested capital, the following is provided under Section 209: "That in the case of a trade or business having no invested capital or not more than a nominal capital there shall be levied, assessed collected, and paid, in addition to the taxes under existing law and under this Act, in lieu of the tax imposed by Section 201, a tax equivalent to 8 per cent of the net income of such trade or business in answer to the following deductions: In the case of a domestic corporation, $3,000.00, and in the case of a domestic partnership or a citizen or resident of the United States $6,000.Q0, in the case of all other trades or businesses, no deduction, * ' <' f . . NEW CROP OF SUGAR. \ The United States Food Administration has issued the following Btatement concerning the sales of sugar to manufacturers: "The new crop sugars are now arriving, but it will be some time bime hnfnri* fVi? onnnlv in +Vio At. T..^ ~V?fJfj ?" VUW "IT [antic states is sufficient to fill all requirements. Therefore refiners 3hould not increase sales to manufacturers up to eighty per cent until supplies are ample. In the western section of the country, where ample beet sugar supplies are available, refiners and beet sugar manufacturers should be permitted to supply manufacturers up to eighty per :ent. In other words, sales should depend on condition of supplies of the various states. It is estimated] that a twenty per cent restriction 5n manufacturers will result in an annual conservation of several hundred thousand tons of sugar." THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. President Wilson's speech was read in by the world in two hours ifter he began speaking. So wellj laid were the plans for heralding :he President's words around the world that in less than two hours lews was received at the press censors office that the entire address lad been delivered at the news igencies of all the allied centers in South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, and the far East. No merchant can afford to step jut of the line of Progress and that is what he does when he doesn't idvertiie. LICENSING OFFICERS? Washington, Jan. 8.?Van H. Manning, Director of the Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior, today appointed the following persons as licensing officers in South Carolina in- connection with the enforcement of the new Federal Explosives Regulation Act: J. L. Perrin, Clerk of Court, Abbeville County, Abbeville, S. Car.; Thomas T. ' Cushman, Clerk of Court, Aiken County, Aiken, S. C.; Paul Whitaker, City Clerk, Bamberg County, Bamberg, South Carolina; S. H. Rodgers, Clerk, Circuit Court, Beaufort County, Beaufort, S. Car.; Edgar; C. Dickson, Clerk of Court, Clarendon County, Manning, S. Car.; John C. Muller, Clerk of Court, .Calhoun County, St Matthews, S. Car.; William H. Dunkin,, Clerk of Court, Charleston County, Charleston, S. C., Thomas M_ Caldwell, Clerk of Court, Cherokee County, Gaffney, S. Car.; J. R. P. Gibson, Clerk of Court, Chester County, Great Falls, S. Car'.; P. C. jonnsion, ciierK oi uourt, lJorchester Courty, St. George, S. C.; Harry A. Dargan, Clerk of Court, Greenville County, Greenville, S. Car. i C. A. Power, Clerk of Court, Laurens County, Laurens, S. Car.; s J. H. Clyburn, Clerk of Court, E!i>rshaw County, Camden, South Carolina; J. Arch Talbert, Clerk ? of Court, McCormi:k County, McCormick, S. Car.; Tom C. Hamer, Clerk! of Court, Marlboro County, Bennettsville, S. Car.; John F. Craig, Circuit Court, Oconee Countv. Wal halla, S. Car.; J. F. Walker, Clerk, Circuit Court, Richland County, Columbia, S. Car; John R. Logan, Clerk of Court, York County, York S. Car, Francis S. Peabody, Chicago Coal Operator, has been appointed , Assistant to the Director- of the Bureau oi Mines, to have immediate charge of the enforcement of the Explosives Regulation Act. The law which went into effect November 15, provides that all persons having use for explosives must first obtain from the licensing officer in his county a license stating the manner in which the explosives are to be used and assuring the officer that the explosives will be properly accounted for. It is hoped in this manner to account strictly for the disposition of all explosives and to prevent them from falling into the hands of evilly-disposed persons. The entire police force of the Country has been asked to aid in the enforcement of this,law. The penalty for the violation of the law is a fine of $15,000 a year in penitentiary, or both. HOME GARDENS CUT STORE BIOS President Georgia Chamber Of Gonv merce Shows How Millions Wera Saved Last Year Atlanta, Georgia,?(Special.)?"More money was saved in 1917 through the medium of the home garden than ever before, the United States Department of Agriculture estimating that there were fully one million new gardens made last year," says H. G. Hastings, President of the Southeastern Fair and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, In an interview reviewing the 7.917 farming operations in the South. "Thousands upon thousands of our people in the South," said Mr. Hastings, "for the first time in their lives learned to appreciate the money Having power of the home garden, properly planned, prepared for, planted and kept planted during the entire season." "Un to the Dresent it has been very hard to get our people to consider the home garden seriously as a real substantial factor in food production with the consequent saving of money that went for food supplies at the store. Unless we are much mistaken the home garden will from now on be taken as seriously as any other part of the farm work. "A quarter to a half acre devoted to a variety of vegetables liked by the family ckn be kept going nearly the whole year in the South and give ita owner as much as the product of two or three acres of cotton, even at present prices, will buy at the store. The right kind of a garden means an abundance of healthful food during spring, summer and fall and an abundance either canned or dried for winter use." "Let no one be fooled by the lies spread abroad that the Government is going to seize home canned goods on closet shelves in the farm or home. These lies are* started by German agents for the express purpose of discouraging our people in increased food production and saving. Few can go to the firing line, but all can join in and have a Dart in homo Drodue tion of food. \ "We have never seen a permanently prosperous farm section either la the United States or in foreign countries that was not a diversified section, and in every diversified section the home garden has an honored and valued place. The home garden is a stora bill cutter of the first raak," | GENERA ^iHUiiniumtituiiHiaiiiiiiitMitHitinniinimmnmnntfnmrauMiMUMiiumiNiimramiiMMmRiitmunn Orangeburg, one of the good towns of the State, has Postal Tel- r egraph Service. n ? ;? r L. S. Bowers has resigned as f postmaster at Prosperity after a a continuous service of forty years, " having been appointed ;by President Grant shortly after the close of the g Civil War. An honorable and a c most unusual record. s e Maypr Augustus P. Gardner is ill i of pneumonia at Camp Wheeler and his condition is causing uneasiness-. Mayor Gardner resigned his a seat in Congress to enter the army, t He is a son-in-law of Senator t Lodge and while in Congress made many bitter speeches, against the South. p V Two churches are being erected \ at Camp Wadsworth. One now n neariiig completion has been built by the 102nd Engineers, Col. Vanderbilt's regiment, and' the other, e for which the foundations are. being t placed, belongs to the 107th infan- ? try, the old 7th. Funds for the erection of this church have been presented to Major W. R. McCord, t chaplain of the 107th, by Mrs. Ci- 1 pfiano Andrefde, of New York. ' ti g Mrs. Marguerite Vivian Burton v .Thomson of Burlington, N. J., who ti recently married Count Christian von Bernstorff, the son of former ambassador Bernstorff, is thirty-five t< years old. The Count is only twen- $ ty-sijc year? old. . 1 ' The men who will do the nations F fighting are ^hose who have no fam- J ilies dependent upon them for a a living. i n It will not be necessary for the present to call upon the women and n children for compulsory work in hi the munition plants according to the a reichstag and the war office in Ger- p many. , , b In York the fuel administrator seized , one of t&gftfe ?ars " of coal b consigned to the Cotto^ Manufac- b turing Co. During the recent cold si spell there was actual suffering and K the coal was distributed out in 500 d pound lots. a: Tom Lee Mayor, of- New. York Chinatown is dead. Her- was 76 w years old. "fj ' CJ The Anderson Daily Mail wants d the Congressmen to hear Billy Sun- n day preach while he is in Washing- tl ton. Republican Leader Mann and Rep- ti resentative Sims were the two men g: who came from their sick beds to a< cast their votes in the suffrage a] amendment which won by the nec- tl essary vote, 274 to 136. .. T ? . A Baby Carriage manufacturer ir insists that he be exempted on the ti grounds that his work must go on. s( He thinks making baby carriages is si an "essential war industry." w " John R. Tolb'ert, age 84, of Ninety Six, died at his home on Jan. ci 9th. He was for many years: a sc Republican leader and was a for- f< mer customs collector at Charleston, tl r I * Trotzsky told the Peace conference that Russia was not conquered s* yet. He said the. Russians went to tv Brest-Litovsk not as representatives ^ of a conquered people and did not ai intend to ask for pity but would v< continue to act as true revolutionists. . 01 The payroll to the soldiers for sc the month of December amounts/to is $78,580,800. This does not include s? family allowances, or compensation under insuranre act. h ?i m-aj? n: -Lyjxc^LUi vjrcncitti lUt/lUUU bays that the railroad situation has iip- " proved under government control ro that there will be no more coal famines in any part of the country G during the remainder of the winter. M st . The Food Administration is con- P sidering legislation to make the saving of wheat compulsory and has approved a bill drawn by Represen- w tative Lever author of the food V control bill, tn enforce wheatless di days. tl mural in ' > Jt LNEWsl l^IIMaiMlliMliaiMaiiailiaMailHIMMMMaMIMIIMIIIp9IByaiHHVIIIIIH^^^^^^^^Br^ iiiiniiiiimin)iiinnniiiiiiiinimnini>Riummiinunirniiiiiimmanw>niminwminHi>f Several American soldiers hafEgSH eceived commissions upon recorfi^^ nendations of Gen. Pershing. aen have seen service with the Iiragg ayette Escadrille of the Frcn^iBH President Wilson received cable- * 1 . rams from Hyndmah, a British Soialist and Dr. Gavronsky, a Rusian commissioner, who were arousd ta protest by his words express- i . ng our war aims. , . ' ' V ; Dr. Matthews and Mr. Johns are sking an appropriation of $87,500 o be used in the /maintenance of he Boys Reformatory at Florence. ' ^ A Greenwood County man 'dis >utes the Dutch Fork weather pro>het and says the coldest weather ; ire have ever had was in 1886 and tot in 1880. ? . , \:'"w An embargo has been placed on xportation of batter except to naions associated with the', United ': vvj Itates in wa!r. i The Mexican mission that is * in ^ ieunos Aires was.more Hun than lexian according *\ to the authoriies. They will not be treated as. uests of the government. They re re denied, entrance in the Argenine ports except Beunos Aires* ' . i? ':4 ?Jacksonville was due to have a: X "J emperature of 18 degrees but in- if > tead had 24. , . I The annual meeting of the State 'armers Union will be held I in the H efferson Hotel in Columbia Janu- . ry 16, the opening session begin- ; . h ing at 3 p. m. ? ! Senator Tillman wants to get the. : . J ames of the soldiers rank, etc., who ave dependents who should^ receive id. He thinks probably he can get rompt action in cases that have een delayed. ' j ' i ... 1 . Otto H. Khan, who is of German irth,. says that there should be no ar to loyalty. Just because a pernroa Knim tn H a wmi am J ? " #u vf?o uvi it aii vrciuiaujr auu uuw ' ki,,1 yes in America- he should not just o his duty but he should speak out. \f nd let others know that he is loyal. , ~ 'A - :} ' i' r "/> ' The Industrial Building under L hich there were about thirty manuicturing concerns doing * business , : : ; aught on lire and was completely qstroyed by fire. The loss is esti- ' v tated at $1,000,000. It is thought lat it was of incendiary origin. - * '*' The supply of coal to less essenal industries will be curtailed beinning this week. There has been ctual suffering in the cities. The pportionment of coal will be left to ie State ' Fuel Administrators. .y he instructions are to supply first Duseholders then industries 1 makig war material and then unessenal industries. Man of the unes ... -- ? - ' mtial industries wjll be required to lut down at least three days a. eek until the fuel crisis is over. , , The American Defense Society lp for having made the highest iore at short range target practice >r battleships was won by the Bateship Florida. When a fire broke out. in and deroyed the Lamar Cou.ity Agriculiral High School, one student was arried to death "while the principal id several other students were se?rely burned. ' I * . A cargo of 400,000 bushels;. of ! its will leave an Atlantic Port a# >on as plans are completed. This the first full cargo that has befen int out in several months. Senator James H. Brady of Idan in Waoliinflrf/.n .QnnHatr wry U4VU AI k M UOUlligVVU ight after a critical illnsss of about fo weeks. " *? Mi' _ Mexican leaders returning from ermany and Austria will meet in i[exico City. President Carranza .... v. ;ill remains at his head quarters at achuca. A meeting of the crown council as to meet in Berlin on Jan. 13th. on Hindenburg, Gen. Von Ludenprff and the Crown Prince were lere.