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112 Mtiiioss used last year* to KILL COLDS HILL’S CASCARA * QUININE . St.nairT coianrTrSeaF^Ttr y?m?r -—in tablet form—safe, sure, no opiates—fcreaUs up a cold in 24 hours—relieves crip in 3 <$ays. Money bad: if it falls. The Pennine box has a Red too with Mr. Hill's picture. At All Drug Storua To abort a cold and prevent com plications, take FAB SHOULD HELP OH CENSUS Urged by Agricultural Depart ment to Give Full Information* TO THEIR OWH ABVANTA6E gunlzrd to handle drainage. He to asked to tell the amount of land pro vided -with artificial drainage and the additional area neening drainage only, drainage and clearing, or clearing only. The statistics for the crop and live stock reportc are quite similar to those used during previous years, although some minor modifications have been made. * There are other new items listed under the caption of farm facilities which include particulars regarding the nnmbar of 4i The purifisd and refined calomel tablets that are nausealess, safe and sure. Medicinal virtues retain ed and improved- Sold only in sealed packages Price 35c.* To Instanfly Relieve Highs, Colds, Sore Throat Use TRar* J3 ai«aM (Mentholated) E: prair.ptiy breaks up coughs and cold*, ::rs t!ie head and reaches deep into the p’ :st where external remedies could hardly :* cJ.eciive. ^ ted for more than 40 years with splendid paulu. Ih’.icious taste. Harmless to the most del- system. Absolutely non narcotic. /Buy a bottle and take a teaspoonful idiately. U will make you feel good SE’ever. Your druggist is . instructed to ilund your money cheerfully if it doesn’t tlleve you. 85e at your druggist’s. • SLOAN'S FOR YOU PAM RELIEF You don’t have to rub it in to get quick, comfort ing relief Once you’ve tried it on that stiff Joint, sore muscle, sciatic pain, rheu matic twinge, lame back, you*ll find a warm, soothing relief you never thought a liniment could produce. Won’t stain the skin, leaves no muss, wastes no time in applying, sure to give quick results. A large bottle means economy. Your own efr any other druggist has it. Get it today. 35c. 70c. $1.40 Sloan’s - Li nime trt Kerf) ii handy ti Pays You 7b Ship FURS To SABEL M Tears' Record of Honest Deal In* Ho commissions to pay. Write toda _ forfree shipping tags & top price 11* H.&ABEL & SONS be »s»t s Louisville, Ky to, kill eat vsel 'ypewritet; Ribbons, and Adding Machine Paper. fe’s Book-Store Farmers Asked to Acquaint Them selves With the Requirements and Make-up of the Censua Questions— Only ths Uninformed Farmer Shloa From the Census Enumerator—In formation Used to Better Agricultur. al Conditions. (Prepared by the United State* Depart, ment of Agriculture.) In an advisory capacity, the United States department of agriculture Is as sisting the bureau of the census in preparations for taking the 19*20 cen sus. ' Because the farmer usually Is busy in the early spring and also be cause tfie farm herds and flocks are not as replete at this period as at some other season, the date of the census has been changed to January 1, 1920,Jnstead of_Aprll JL_ Hence, on January T fn^Slf sections of the coun try enumerators will begin the work of visiting the 7,000,000 farms peopled by 35,000,000 rural citizens, who com prise practically one-third of the total population of the United States. FarmeA ov'er the country are urged by the federal department of agricul ture to acquaint themselves as thor oughly as possible with the t'equlre- ments and make-up of the census ques tions. Considerable figuring and ac counting must be done by the farmer— although the computations are in na respect as complicated as those essen tial in figuring his income-tax return— to answer accurately and Tally the questions which will be put to hiv by the enamerator. Many of these ques tions cover subject matter heretofore not Included. As the statistics obtain ed from the agricultural census will largely determine the future land poli cy of the federal government. It la every farmer’s duty to make Individ ual answers as accurately as possible. Such Information Involves some little study on his part previous to the ap pearance of the enumerator. It is only the uninformed fanner who shies from the census enamerator as though he wefe an objectionable book agent. Others are glad to aid this work of assembiiiig specific facts and figures about all the farming oper ations and farms of this country, since they are aware that this information Vs used directly for the promotion and development of better agricultural con ditions througboat the country. New Questions in Summary. The agricultural census statistics are divided into facts covering farm tenure; farm acreage; farm encum brances ; farm values; farm expenses; uses of the land in 1919; drainage crops produced in 1919; live stock maintained, including an enumeration of the various numbers of each class and grade on every farm; farm fa cilities, such as tractors, automobiles, trucks, and other farm conveniences; co-operative marketing; pure-bred ani mals maintained; fruits; nnts; and forest products. Information will be secured which will enable the United States depart ment of agriculture to figure up the length of the “agricultural ladder”— how long it takes the young farmer t) learn the rudiments of his trade, so that he is able to graduate from the position of hired man to that of cash or share tenant, and later on to change from tenant into owner. Furthermore, tile name and address of the owner nf each piece of land in the United States will be obtained. This Information will be secured by new questions, such as: How many years, if any, did you work on a farm for wages? How many years have you been, or were you, a tenant? How many years have you farmed as an owner? How long have yoU operated this farm? If yon rent ail of this farm what do y„ou pay as rent? If you rent any farm land from others or manage any farm land for others, give name and address of own er of land. Other new questions in the coming census Involve the amount of land from which no crop was harvested this year because of crop failure; crop land lying idle or fallow in 1919; pasture land in each farm. The farmer Is also requested to give the total value of his farm January 1, 1920, as well as the value of all buildings on the fans and the value of implements and ma chlnery belonging to the farm. If any encumbrances exist against the proper ty, he is asked to specify the tota amount of debt on the land on the day the census Is taken, and the rate ol interest he pays on this debt. Under the head of farm expenses each farmer Is asked to state the amount expended in 1919 for hay, grain, mill feed, and Other products not raised on the farm which he used as feed for domestic aulmals and pool try; the amounts of cash expended foi manure and fertilizer and for farm la bor, exclusive of housework. He also is to give the estimated value of tiu house rent and board (nrnlshed fans laborers in 1919 In addition to tbi cash wages. Information on Unimproved Land. Special attention is also given to tho matter of drainage, particularly wttt -the fai'in.'tug number of automobiles, motor trucks, whether the farm has a telephone, wa ter system, and gas or electric lighter Information is also requested as to whether there is a local co-operative marketing tlnb, and farmers are ask ed to give the value of all farm prod ucts sol# through or to such organiza tions in 1919, and also the cost of sup plies purchased through the assistance of such an association. Complete information is also asked regarding the orchard fruits, sub tropical fruits, nuts, small fruits, fruit products, grapes or grape products, and greenhouse and hothouse areas and equipments which are produced or which are used on each farm. In order to ascertain thd timber and lumber resources of each farm, three forestry questions atV asked: The number of acres of merchantable tim ber, consisting principally of trees of -mwAoiF&te; - fire valwnbf--alt^TOTCSt products of the farm kt the date speef- ti«'d which have been sold or are 'for sale, and the value of all homegrown forest products which have been or will be used on the farm. HUGE CHICKEN SNAKE Swallowed a Copperhead That Carried Many Little Onea. A sure enough snake story comes from Uuckusburg, Calloway county, Kentucky, and is reported by F. H. Onier and son Dennis, whose record for truth and veracity cannot be que»- tloned. While the two men were suckering tobacco one day their attention was at tracted by the family dog barking and making a peculiar alarm. They wait to the dog and saw the animal grab a big snake and begin shaking it In doing so young snakes the alae and length of a lead pencil began to scatter about him. The men examined the young reptiles and fonnd them to be copperheads, but the snake which the dog attacked was a big chicken snake four feet long. They were not satisfied with tills strange condition and on further ex* eminatlon they found that the chicken snake had swallowed a copperhead snake two and a half feet long, which contained theTittle snakes. Seven of the youngsters were found, but there might have been more in the lot that were scattered about when the dog began to shake the big one. BOHN IN AUTO A TWin Boon Followed It -and Thus Added to Family. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Rathbun of Grover, Pa., started the other day with a neighbor on an automobile ride. When they returned home twins had been added to the family. The party had gone only a few miles from home when the driver, who had paid no attention to his friends in the rear of the car, was asked to stop. Turning his head he was startled to find Rathbun holding a new bom baby wrapped in one of the automo bile robes. He drove to a farm house, into which the mother and child were carried. Before an ambulance^could be called, to take the woman home she gave birth to a second child. The first twin was a boy and the second a girl. PAYS FOR COOKIES Conscience Stricken Person Sends $1 After Many Ye^rs. About 24 years ago Louis Michaels drove a wagon for a candy company In Milwaukee. Among the wares he sold were cookies. One day a boy stole a handful of cookies from the wagon, but Michaels thought no more of the prank until he received a letter in closing $1. That the man had apparently be come conscience stricken as a result of religious studies is indicated by the inclosure of pamphlets on theology and a copy of his letter: “Inclosed you will find a dollar bill In payment of theft committed 24 years ago for a handful ojf cookies. Jesus says no thief, liar, deadbeat or murderer of a person can get into the kingdom of heaven unless he repents for his sins.” SECRET JOBS PAY WELL has frecu improved by drainage and whether a drainage oi levee district <a some forti of slock *ompaiiy was or German Officers Getting Rich Driving Garbage Wagons. Rather than enter a store or office where they would receive only 400 marks a month, two German officers have become garbage wagon drivers In Vienna. Counting the tips they receive from householders they get more than 1,000 marks a month. The nature of their work la kept a secret from their old associates, while the high price enables them to mingle more or less in aristocratic circles. Lovers Blow Themselves to Atoms. Thirty-five pounds of melanlte, set off by s detonator, was the means eny ployed by Adrien Tbumerel and his fiancee to end their lives at Chate&u regard to the area of the farm which Thierry, France. Tbumerel was charged with tT*o theft of some hams from stores destined for war prlsonem. explosion was heard for mllae. The Farmer’s ' i ■■ N Bank Account \ With both labor and capital falsely branding the food producer as the high-cost-of-living profiteer, our farm ers must fight together under strong leaders if they are to continue to get a living wage for their labor. In our own county this bank will always stand for your prosperity. Nationally—internationally—the strong voice that is speaking for the American farmer today is me COUNTRY GENTLEMAN The farmer is not a profiteer. He has earned his bank account, his credit rating, his home com- 5? the copy everywhere e'woiTdTfom starvation. But the world is moving fast, and to keep in weekly touch with farm condi tions everywhere—to hold what he has won—the farmer should regularly read The Country GentLeman. The information you will get in the next 52 big issues may make or save for you $100.00 to add to your savings^ Tfyoufitvean"account'with us, you can instruct us to.charge it $1.00 for your year’s subscrip tion. If you keep-your surplus cash under the old mattress gend us $ 1.00 for The Country Gen tleman. Or, better still, come in Biid get acquainted,—today. First National Bank Capital #100,000.00 B. H. BOYD, President Phone 07 First National Bank Geo. W. Copeland, - Cashier Clinton, S. C. Gentlemen: (1) Because you know me, enter my name for The Country Gen tleman for one year and charge the cost, $1.00, to me. or (2) Here’s my dollar. I want The COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. Send it to me. 1 (My Name) (My Address) „ (City). (State). Just Received 'll / ■ ■ ■ -t..,— ; - r --.p. . A Car Load of THORNHILL WAGONS '\X7E HAVE just received a shipment * ’ of a car load of Thornhill Wagons —the wagon made in the heart of the hardwoocf region of tough highland oak and hickory. These are the long wear wagons with many patented features. Made with (he old standard track. Not the lowest priced wagons but the best and in the end the cheapest.. [6II . N] ■->v t Farmers Mercantile Company Clinton S. C.