WV. ^^^Pyfs ^^Kv *Vr*S ^^^HFt Hi vt""" Willi! litfllMMnBVwM BI uree.husky fell w helk out in the hmmbsi Common labor Is today the sought after commodity in America. It is very scarce ||^^BraE29 throughout the enI tire country. Farmm era the are especially worried over the situ^^BSk ation. During war Cms the farmer should be douhly ^ H9B economical of so HARPER valuable a comas labor. It must not be wast^^^Hkow is not the time to employ to clean out fence corners, and | other kinds of the less produc^^^Hwork. There must be no lost mo^ i.'-.? i--.' * ' .... .1. . ?ci j iivn lUUOk UV IlitlU^ IU l^^^^in answering the call of our na-; ^^^Kttl her allies, who are calling out ^^^^Bfarmer "Che ua bread! Give us i best way to economize labor ^^^^B farm today Is to produce more H Hre. The southern farmer will unwisely if he tries to cultiHHBno much land with the present H^Bply of labor. A better plan would ^^Bnot to increase the ncreage devoted ^cultivated crops, but to produce per acre, by thJF use of fertiliz Bi&nure, good seea and improved ^B^^^nery, all of whlgh will save la|^^^B^V)n of got d fertilizer will do work in gro zing crops than will c ii r is~fhc jpovlsc of n express yourself others you. r.nd ^^^^Bthey thought was there; hut if silent you have them guessing, chances are that they will 1 ^^^Brrr's more in you than tin re ^^^^Bk^'hlcli will be greatly to your | ^H^Takes Good I ?and Good E The steadiness of Ray ?neither flicker nor makes it almost as eas delicate, particular ta lamplight as daylight. RAYO LAMP are as easy to light as a gas don't take off cither the ch shade. Merely raise the gal touch a match. A Rayo ia re-wick and easy to keep cl is artistic aiul ornamental. If your dealer doesn't ca Lamps write our nearest 6t Aladdin Security Oil g bv-sr results from lamps, st heuLv-rs. STAND ARD OIL CO. (New Jersey) A BALTIMORE, MD. J1 Washington, D. C. c! Norfolk, Vs. f?I f -hmond. Vs. J C lotts, N.C. * 1 Ohm -too, W. Vs. ^ Chsi lc.. >1. S. C. o IV am jm OWS READY TO ; LABOR SHORTAGE six times this amount of money ex pended in labor. For example, on< ton of good fertilixer will now cos about 946.00. The plant food in thii quantity when applied to three acret of land will give an increase of abou 750 pounds of lint cotton and 1,60< pounds of seed. The lint at 30c pe: pound amounts to 1225.00, and th< seed at $80.00 per ton amounts t< $60.00, making a total of $285.00. Few business concerns net 60 pe cent increase on money invested ii labor, but, granting that the farme, will net inn Tier font r\y> 1? 4 VVMV vu UIO 1UTCDI ment in labor, and supposing that hi pays $1.00 per day for labor, thi $46.00 invested in fertilizer, when in vested in labor, would net him $46.00 whereas, when invested in fertilizer, i gives him a net increase of $239.00 Thus it can be seen the tremendou; advantage of supplementing labo with liberal applications of plant foot Likewise an improved piece of ma chinery that makes it possible to cul tivate an acre of cotton or corn wit] perhaps half the labor ordinarily em ployed, and cultivate it better, shoul be looked to at this time as a sourc of help in facing the labor shortage Good seed of a strain Ktaown to d well in a community will do much t< ward increasing yields, without an li crease of acreage. Is this not a time when the farme should be sure to use these three cro: makers, to the fullest extent, t4 ofi set the labor shortage? i# No Chance. MAh, Miss Ethel, inc * I not drean that one dnv you will be lino?" "Yoi may but it won't come true." Bobbies' Bi? Idea. Bobbie (dining out with his mother in a ghastly whisper)?"Oh, ma, slij me your powder pufT; I've spotted the tablecloth." ^ ID l, vou | ji|||||!l imney or ftj f-J ?'*f ?'.*?;! Sl'l i' llery and ?{ j i?syto ;i; Hi illVlliii * [ean* Ik ;ji if* JM "U* rry llayo ation. uarantees oves and America's is MAINSTAY Surplus Wheat of Bean Sant to Kurffi^H^^H America's great corn crop^^H tag 3,000,000,000 bushels, will ss^W world's food situation, officials of tl t! United States lood administration t ; lleve. Corn is the nation's beat food caret I housewives are beginning to realli It contains all the elements needed keep the body In a state of health at when used according to the scores i tried recipes, especially when cot j blned with an added portion of oil : fat, will sustain life Indefinitely. 1 dian warriors In colonial days lived < parched corn alone for many days at tline, and at Valley Forge parch corn was at times the sole ration the Continental soldiers. 1 Owing to transportation dlfflcultl caused by the war the corn crop raov ;* more slowly to market this year tin ? ever before. Now, however, the cere is reaching the millers and consume! g In the meantime the nation's surpl t wheat has been sent to Europe. ) Today there are approximately r bushels of corn for every America b This quantity is greater by five bus 5 I ??!? than in fnrmor voora Corn has become the nation's mnl 1 stay In the crisis of war. r Just as this cereal saved the fii - American colonists from famine ? 9 many occasions, just as it served as 3 staple food during the War of the It* l* oiution and during the Civil War, Ki | Corn lias again come to the front ( the nation's battle with autocracy, j Corn meal is finding greatly lncret r ed use in the making of ordinary will i bread. Hundreds of housewives ai l- many of the larger bakers are mix! I- 20 per cent, corn meal with who h flour to make leavened bread. Tt l* kind of a mixture is worked and bak in the same recipes and with the bhi ? methods that apply to straight whe bread. >. Corn bread?using corn meal entli i- ly?is gaining a greater popular! than ever before. Housewives a * coming to realize that every pound P wheat saved in America means a poui ^ of wheat released for shipment to t nations with which America is asso ated In the war. There are a score of corn produc that today possess unusual Importan l for Americans. Corn syrup for swei I enlng corn cakes and buckwheat oak and for use in the kitchen instead granulated sugar is one of the Wndii | products made frotn corn. | Corn oil, excellent for frying and C , I every other purpose filled by salad o" , Is appearing 011 the market In Ifr j | quantities. It comes from the germ | the com. , I ??????????? MADE-IN GERMANY LIES CIRCULATED IN CANAD Canada is also having trouble wl I Made-ln-tiorinany lies calculated | hinder Canadian food conservation 11 I cording to an official statement t j ceived from the Canadian food co ! tioller by the United States food a ' 111 irdst ration. The stories bothering Canada a of the same general character as tho the United States food administr , tor recehtly denounced in this cou \ try, such ?s the ridiculous salt ai blueing famine fakes and the repo that the government would sei housewives' stocks of home cann goods. The Canadian food controller es mates that when the people listen and pass 011 such stories, each o lias the power of destruction that 11 in a battalion of soldiers. "Stories without even a vestige 1<een calculated arouse public indignation. "They are insidious, subtle, persli ent. Hit by bit they dissipate pub trust, the great essential in the wo of food control. "It lies with every individual to f? hear from criticism; to refrain frt j passing on the vagrant and hartnl story, and thus the more effective : to co-operate in work which is goi to mean more than the majority people yet realize." i THE UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION SAY There is no royal road to food conservation. We can only accomplish this by the voluntary action of our whole people, each element in proportion to its means. It is a matter of equality of burden; a matter of minute saving and substitution at every point in the 20.000.000 kitchens, oh the 20,000 000 dinner tah'^.s, and In the 2,000 000 manufacturing, wholesale arH r^tafi establishments of the country 1 : regulato^IMM Mevet coastipatioa. 1 >1. tkdk ks4adM mad bfl- i Ton CM : 'BSTcJZVti *'** id cebeL Ceases bo jrip- & of iag. Gives satisfactory I ?*- resell Larfebos, 25c. |? yd or A dose c two will do. S ** n' chancer medicine ca UL. . ? ? * ? ^ ^ ^ * ? ?, , CO) CMTTARVUVA, 1 LRU I A) ; a i ;? ed i A??SX5j??C?*s)??< of i i e? If??WW?WW?B WiHWWHWBWaWi no al cl f STEADILY ce ? IS THE TREND OF 2 STEADILY UPWARD THIS GREAT C bj That gas is dropping s a matter of news. But wh think we will never see aga jjj the master of the situation. It is the great Chalmers to is making poor gas deliver 1 ioIt breaks up to an unpr d* coming from the carburetoi say, and then heats it to Z plugs set it off. irt One device that does mo z? e<1 now famous Chalmers "ho ^ genious "ram's-horri" manift So thoroughly does the gi of and Hooverize the gas tha ft wasted* power. ly. ^ tn Tests of the exhaust hav in to And so fluid or liquid is the driver. Yrm ran or^t vi< llc - ? ? ?T *' rk can "tame it to almost notl ? it for ihuch or little it has a "y it that always denotes a sup ng of TOURING CAR. 7-PASSENGER $1535 TOURING S TOURING CAR, 5-PASSENGER SIMS CABRIOLET STANDARD ROADSTER - - $1486 TOWN CAR S| ALL PRICES F. O. B. DETROIT SI Moore Auto T\TT ? /\ U1LJLU H a milch cow ? tkiiftcWHHBWpr FOR SALE BY | ADE STACKHOUSE 1 DILLON, S. C. I 8??(iXSXS?????????6xa)C*'st of this important work is the?^ t spot." The second is the in3ld. reat Chalmers engine Fletcherize t there's scarcely a particle of \ mk e proved that. A this power that it fairly charms fl ilent action in an instant or you liing." And whether calling on ^I peculiar note of softness about ' mKR >erior piece of mechanism. .. EDAN . $1954 TOWN CAR LANDAULET - $9435 , .V PASSENGER - 41775 LIMOUSINS' '-Pacwm/SBP - , 7-PASSENGER - $JMS LIMOUSINE,' LANDAULET JBJECT TO CHANCE WITHOUT NOTICE Sales Company