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A 0 1101,D WHIP H-AND OVIt. U-BOAI'S More Submurines Destroyed in De, cember Thnan (ermny Bullt 'lhat Moith. EAId in Sigrht by August? Wasi hington. 3larch 7.-More subma rines wore destroyed -hy the Allied and American naval forces in Deceiber than Germany was able to build ditir ing that month,-.according to informa tion reaching Walshingtun. This fact developed today in discussions of the slat ment Iid:nle to Parliament Trues day by Sir tIre Geddes, filst lord of the i2r1iish admiralty,, that the subh Ina;'es were lbeing.eheeked. WI' I hether sweedin g months have hma net os e in Gerinan submarines Sno. kiioilw her. It Is bel eve.'de, Iow - ev ier. tihat tlhe ant i-submarine cam pah:u ii a proved so effective that in Cerd effor t tls is spring w\.Ill see a tady der(ase in, thle number or u-ha'.,is available to Prey oil allied and Anericaln shipping. \\'hat oillcials know of plans foi eesing 1hom0e the attack with In 're1 .dn aI vigolr, explains .tihe feeling -of ptililisill that prevails in oflicial cira's a'sait Iconinulied heavy drains nln hii p tolalge throligh the u-boats. The g-'a(rIal dealin1e in tonlage losses was graphically plictureI to Parlia iel by Sir Icie with curve charts. Amie'icanl Iaval ofielals appear to be :'atistled Ihat thae weapons with whicII tOy ex pe'Ct to crush 1iially the Sill'iin ilelnCt( are forthcoming. Increa sed nimbers of patrol vessels, of 'airiouis types. appliances and de vices to make them more effective agalIst under1water craft and tite in (creased skill of navy persol 1101 are S111011 g Ite things 1111011 ,Wiieh they Count. it ias taken timo to devise anl build the weapolls, hat they are beg'n1lilng to b 'enme0 available now. When the Unit.d States entered the var th nvy contributed pr1omnpt ly althat it had available 1o .ioin InI the rlhmai ne1-1 hun11t. Sir- Erie fiId Iligh tribute in Ills reillarks to the spilrt a id elleleney of American naval units, 1' redi ig tie wit a ai r I Ashar?. of, what had bjeenI accomplishied. Vica Admiral Sits' destroyer forces, however, consttied only the advance guad 11 of what tihe Allerical Ilavy planned it) fitrnish-A for thle lighit, hen with that limited aid the Allied navies llave' held the enelily and ala nlow de stroying one out of every four rle01 Ive Gen ti'il im-ioats that put to sel. Now \ America,'. real ('0111 ribil Ion to the1 nti\al warfare is about to lie felt. Withl'every passing week the str'ength of tle .force will grow, for -it is Viml i)o d n ll .thet mllost extetisive str'te tion piogram ever undertaken for tihe nlavy 01r for anly power. The new destroyers and other craft muist,* be added to tihe patrol lieets pgradually as they are constructed. T h,1 reflore no stuii falling off of ton miqg losses i; to be expected. It. hits ebecn. stated) pmliclk-y by high rts liviail 1111111oritics, however, that. next August iiiwill show beyond q(uestioll tihat th 1t-hoats have )een overcome. There arae otilial s herte who are' 1hope fii! that deelied restlts will he aip Ilarent beforela tha11t , peaps as1l earlt'y ('IdSS F~(kt EVELYV DtLAFTE'iE. Nest. IDrafit Jtunis' A(crdinilar to Phiy sical f'onditionl. tion, .ae'oydin~g to hlea~~ll coniitionl elf the. 11en'aeal n lite nlext armI~y dr aft is ri'ldedi in tevlised istrute tionls for miedlial alvisor'y baoardos, whlich ai'e being senlt to the local boartds thr ioulghoutt tile coun ltrly. Thie ne0w regultaton 1 m1 lade putblic toinighit requ11Ire thait everOiy mlanl Summlionled be fore the boarid shlall beh placed in 0one of -the~ following fout classes: ~'a) Acceptable for tihe genlerat mil it ary service; (b I) nceplablie for geni - 'ii millitarly service after being cutred *f reimediai defects; (c) accelptable for .special or' limited militar'y ser' vic'e inl splecified caplacity 01r occupa~ ion : Iid) trejecte andllc exemtptedi fronm The- campaign for' the Th' ird 1Libel'ty Sallm will be openede 0on thle fith of A pril. tile aniviersar'y of the declar'a t ion of a state of war -bet ween tile l'niteed States 'and1 Glermany. 'rie aml~ount, tertmsl, and conditions of the loan are' dependeni~it uIpon furthletr l'eislaiont and will be announced as gecon as CVongtress has gr'antedl tihe nee'es~sary3 plowers. Secretary McAdoo chose0 thle 6th of April ais tihe (day to Open tile campaign as the tmost fitting date to call for a pAdtriotic response to the summ~fons to duty of every American, to ask from the people at ho0me the same fervent ha'triotism that acttuates ou'r gallant Ronsh on1 the battlefields of France and onl thle waters of the Atlantic. Had1( Taste in Y'our Month. 'When y'ou have a bad taste In. your rotith you may know that youir diges. tniOn Is faulty. A dlose of Chamberlain's Tablets wvill tisually cotrrect the dils order. They al so cause a gentlo m~ove maent of thle howelo. You will find tisa -to be one of tihe best medicines you hayeoever become acquainted wilth, PIGS AND PEAWUTS f . MAKE PROSPlnitIlTY Alabama Farmers ltienp flarvest from liaisinig of Hogs tnd .Planting of Penuts. flow the farmers of Alabama have 'rospored from the raising or hogs and cultivation of pcanuts may ne gatherett fron a recnut issue of The Montlgom ery Advertiser in whicli IS an acconi of at hog sale held at Ozark, Ala., ot der the aulspices or a co-operative a sociation or farmers. The account ('1 this ieal is of particlar interes hi a thi ie, when fihe mlowveiet l Muore hogs has beien revenllly stimd lated by tihe sale of' at carload of bre' hogs by (lie farim dononstrator in cc operation w%-iti the 10nit erprise Nae;: al Bank. The comnmunIi'ication to I ' \Monigomnery Advertiser fromt Oizvrk as follows: Ozark, Ala., Feb, 2.--Ozark aigai enthroned pigs and peanuts this we,. 'The rain probably kept at lea"t hv arloads of porkers away, still. therev were about five ear1s in sight at :h. ,)a1e. B. Ii. Andrews, clerk (if 1)aii county, 'Wes tle sale every fortimgh!. On the first, day or this month Ihv s-d biought $27,161 for 1192 head (W hm.. The second sale of a foritnigh i a offered 1011 head of ulie porkers on( the- went off at 22,150.39. Oil .an. '15 a special car was shipped (11u I hat irought $2,OO. Today were sold oo hcad which broligl 18,000. Pork ma ie are here front Atlanta, Nashvilki,, T.ouis, l11irmi ingham in, l3artiford, Ah: bamal and Moultrie, Ga. Tlhe association handling the sale and the lethod.of condu1cting its lat iness origilnate(d In Ozark and was ith plan of 1. L. Androws and (n11 ohiel men who got together two years ago and launhed Ihe llovemien I. They star ted with i1eteen oo pt-rati n fainiers and now ( the assolbiItion h:i a ll(m111bershlip of line lindtdil a;wl thiirty-six. F0oreign buyvers were har11d to it vst aW the incepltin lo ic wirk o' 1lhe a ssocia Ionl b1 ut 1now they wir. that they will he resent and it d, hayed ask that the houlr1 for ' ale L.o posl loneel until they get there. Tit 111ain revasol lies in the fact' that they have learned that tle hogs are 11r1( ,ond that they can get theml when il zo want tliei and at pric'es thaI thb blyers are glad to pay. Local buyers take just so glieat interest. in I i 8ain as do he foreign and cooper(01 ,a withll ile association in tIhe aive work of lthe comibine. The peallut did It. The intr1'odtl'ion of the heat stack and the iiaiinain an1e of the standard of regIsr porkers keep the hitsn1)lless,goilng c': %1ard witi leaps and bounds. .\s a: illusiration of the prodnclivity of ih! pl:anit and the mnarket valules, you. correspondent gathevre( tle informa-1 lion from the follow inig m1en: K. C. Mlartin, planted the North Caro!lna varilety ' I'll 1111rs, u(sed one huniidred pounds of phosphate to (thle aere, .eed (d sixteen acres and sold fromn 13hat 1rea eleven hn Jl lidr bush f's o -. 11118t'(l fo 11 a tIo on. llarney ('a1rawa:: planilted eight acre's (of the 801m1 vi' Ill and( gater 31 50 budshie1ils and( ulsed no fertilizer1 what ever. L,. II. 1 1Q1rndon1 gathler'e 58 bulshels to theO a1re and34 used no0 fertliz',er'. '.\l A. Av'ei ma I;0 bushels t. 1thIle aicrie ith 1 100)3(1 pound: if ..phospha~lte. .J. 'P. Wat kinls hlarveia :'d t13 bushels onl flye acres wIthl n. fert Iiir/er. Ther'e is o1) 10011 aouting Iniad e here for' thle htny and1( thle feed t'o: '4055 left Il inte ground1( afte'r hiirvels I 15 no0r th 31 eed0( reserviedl for' pla111 ng an 1 otherl year1. lIere 38 a good it - u~strin on1(1 (I forty acr'es ownied by' 1. 1,. Andrews. MI'. Andrews used1 no1 10rs, alt a totail c0ost of ever'y Item h:: he trlansactloll of $6400 andl galthered his1 year I the followIng 10otal8: 340an11ilr I ,:129.50;: 225 13ushe103 cornI 8(old for1 1 ,25; 300 -bushel8 (If sweet 31otatoes( sold for'il 50)e a bushel; 22 tons8 of Ipe 0 mt liay for $20 a loln. That thle for'!y 1(eres 3ieIlded (3to Afr. Andre'4ws this8 laist Cal' [a total of $2,198.50 at a total ('0st if $600. NOTI CE. Not Iee Is herebiy given that t he looks of IRegist ratloll for' the r'egis rI'on o11(f thie nlames of thle (313113llied 'lectois8 (f the City (If Laurln ar1e11 >11en at thle oflice of thle unditersigned(1, 11 the City3 of Laur Ienis, attid ill3 rt nain11 01401 until1 tenl (1413 before the nuiiplal election to be held for 311e blection 'of municipe13al 031100ers onl the4 th dlay of April, 1918. The books will 'ema14in closedl for' tell da1ys before thle iOIldin of saidl election. The prIodue( loll of 'a certiflcate of r'egistrat Ion 'r11om 1 th Oardl of r'egIstr'ation of 14au 'ens County entItling the applicantl o vote in a pollinlg prleclnct wIthin (lie jity of Laurlens and proof of thie aip >lilcant's resIdence wIthin thle 11imit1 >f the 'Oity of LJaQurens for four mon01411s >reced~Ing said election4 and proof of inyment of all taxes assessed against 111m dub 31nd( collectIble foi' the pri' m11 flacal year shall entitle the apiill atnl to reglstr'ation. ~R. E. IBAl., Supeirvisor of Rtegistration. 32-51 For Weakness anui [.o'.s of Apotito ile Old Standard Wcuecrat strenathiening tot IROVWS TASThLVss chini TONIC, drives o ftalarla and bildJ e :l '.'m :iem. A true tor md oie Annetz~ t'0m nannulna tcIlna. PAGE GHOST OF MUNCHAUSEN Prince of Story Telldra Would Be In terested in This Wonderful Tale of Adventure. One of the big ocein liners waus sev oral days out front New York oi a trip across the Atlantic. It was (lint -ner time, and those at tit table fell to telling stdries about their expeiriences at sea. Finally it was the turn f1. i person who ha(d previously liin hoast 'Ing of his lineage. I le told this "yarn" says fhe Youth's Companion. "It happened a number of years ago," sa1id he, "onl my fifteeith trip across the ocean, whln we rat short of some provisions, partivulirly eggs, milk, fruit and fresh menit. We woye very fortunate to lutvi on board a ,resourceful fellow namoed lirand, who pulled us out of the difflicully li good shapo. First lie went to tiit! hitch way for eggs, but, as they were a lit tle too old to eat, they were used for cooking, and hie requestUl tle calptalin to have the shi) lay to. Tihis opera tion wa's repeated unitil we had eggs enough to go round. "Then, at Brand's suggestion, ti captain fired a slii p's rocket into the Milky Way, and all we haul to do was to hold buckets and catch tihe milk as it poured out of the hole inide by the rocket. For a fruit sliply wo let (own buckets over the side of he shipi) qng plked up Qifough oian e'urranli to last for a week. The next day we had foul wedtther, wilcli provided us with plenty of ducks and chickens. Some of these we ate and others we kept to replenish our egg Slupply.'' -"I wy gn tahat very trip." spok e ipl a wag at the end of the table. "It was the steamer Baltle, in October, 1i0, New York to Liverpool. We also had on board t fai-'sized goose, vhh wa.q oierlooked in isome way. I'm sure they never ate the bird, but I've wondered, all these years until today whatever became of it." VALUABLE ARTICLE OF FOOD Banana Really Is Not Appreciated Anything Like as Much as It Ought to Be. The banana ts one of the most use ful of all foods. When the population of tle earth becomes overerowded, we shall have to (at iore hannai s and less bread. An ncre In wheat will yield 900 pounds of food. An acre in bananas will yield 120,000 pounds. The banana resemhiwes lin composl tion the mweet potato. Roth colitailn 11/ per cent of protein anA 20 per cent carbohydrates. The hanana con tains more starch than fruits of the temperate cline. As It ripens, the starch gradually turns to sugar. The late Edgar Wallice Conable s aid that the banana Is the only food which may safely be eaten when it has been pleked green. This. he ox plained. Is heeaise the green hammas draw nourishment oit. or the great evl tral stem, wlitchi gradually shrinks and withers.- A banana should never be eateti until the skin Is beginning to turn black. Some claim that they should he entirely black. Ilowever, it is not necessary to go so fair as that. As they turn black the slarch turns to sugar. Serape the white material from beneath the skin before you eat the fruit. The Brute. "WVhere have you heen tonIght?" she asked bitterly, as lit saunteredl in ab~out 11 o'clock. "Was it business again this evening?" Hie made no reply, .hut sat down to the cold supper thait was on the table. "Aha, the difference In a short time !" she wvent on. "~I have been try ing .to solace myself tonight by readi ing somte of your love letters. Here is one," hioldinig It up, "that you w'rote one month before we were marriced; in this you say that you feel as if you could eat me. Oh, the affection, the passlotnate love expressed In those words i It Is one month after mar riage," she continued, beginning to weep pearly tears, aind 50ob like the throb of a steamboat engine, "only one month aftter marriage, tad now-" "I wIsh to goodness I had !" mum bled the unfeeling brute, wvith his mouth full of ham. Novel, Bed for Paralytles. One of the great prolietts in certain cases of spinal woiuinds with paralysis is hiow to move the patient sutilectntly to make his bed and tend hits wounds without Increasing hits sufferings by nmovitng him. The newv hed~ solves the prolhetm. Sutrroundling the bed just at the edhge of the mat tress ls a rectan gular framnew~ork of hollow mnetaul pIp lng. Contnecting the' two parallel sides are brotad bands oft webbitig stretched across the mattress, anid on thmese the patientt lies. The two short stales of the tframnewor'k, the one tit the hetad of the beda atnd the othier at the foot, are connected by a geared wheel with a vertical steel post so that by simply turning a handhle at the head or foot of the bed the friameawork, wvith the patient lying on the wah"ng, can be' liftedl off the mattress without hits po sition being changed In the least. Cornmeal in Honduras. Blecause of the marked success of recenit governnmental iad private ef forts to promote the produuciti of more cereals ,durIng the period of the wvar, wvrltes consul Walter F. Boyle, Puerto Cortes, an Atmerkean company lias limp)ortedl ad erected the tirst miil for thle tmilling of cornmieal. IThis was purchased ha the United States and has beena erectedl at San Pedro, Sula, Hondltuas It is a small eqipmient, but marks the begininug of a new ia. dustry Clothes Satisfaction.... When a man is dressed right he feels right, and the men we dress always have that satisfaction. If you want to save time and money come here and see the newest and est n. Spring CIoth e Is for men and boys. ,i See our new line of Knox Hats and curnishin Underwear All representative makes, union and two-piece suits. Hosiery Standard lines, all sizes, colors and textures. Shirts 8 No end of them--madras, mercerized effects, silk and linen rMixtures, satin stripes, pure silks etc. MINTER CO.'S />r a -M'' AN~J S SHO P 54 V JUST ARRIVED. A CARLOAD of Fine JERSEY MILCH COWS With Young Calves From One to Four Weeks Old.... ALSO Some Nice Tennes ee Shoats- - Weighing From 1 t'00 Lbs. Come to our Barn and Buy what You Like J. F. HICKS & SON