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B? * 6 / HOW TO MAKI CR( Let us urge the planting of a larg part of our best lands to corn. That is, the lands best suited to corn, or those moist and the best supplied with humus. We need a large corn crop in 1315, because it will probably be high in price, and cotton the only crop that will be generally grown and sold to get money with which to buy corn, is likely to be relatively low in price. But we do not need corn produced at the rate of 15 to 20 bushels per acre, for at that rate it costs too much. Land that will not grow more than 20 bushels of corn per acre with good preparation and cultivation ohnnl,l I... n,,l in nnwnaac nofiniltu soy beans, sorghum or sowed to lesoedeza or other pasture plants and grazed. But there is litle cultivated land in the South that would not produce more than 20 bushel of corn per acre if well cultivated. It is now too late to prepare land for large corn production. Only years of proper cropping. with the addition of legumes or stable manure plowed under in large quantities, will make a soil that will produce large corn yields. But thorough preparation, which means a soil broken to a good depth and finely pulverized tree from clods -and good cultivation might alone increase our corn yields five to ten bushels per acre, and it is probable that just the area now planted to corn would supply all our needs if each acre produced even 30 bushels per acre. This is not a high yield and could be made the Southern average with little more than good seed, better preparation an dsuitable cultivation. Large yields as already stated, can only come after years of good farming by which our soils are filled with decaying vegetable matter to supply nitrogen and hold the moisiore needed in such large quantities by the corn crop. Tn short wo must this vear denend Rural And Urb It is one of the encouraging signof the times that all sorts and conditions of men are taking a new inter est in the possibilities of soil production ,in the growing of beef and pork, in dairying, horticulture and the like." This remark has a singularly Southern tone; it might have come from any of the colleges or journals that are working for the agricultural development of Georgia and neighbor States. The fact is, however, it comes from the Manchester (New Hampshire) Union and reflects a sentiment that is now astir throughout New England. The East, the South and the West are all concerned more keenly than ever before with those questions which lead back to the soil, there is a national awakening to the importance of the farm, a national cognizance of the truth that all practical interest lean upon agriculture. And that is a very hopeful augury of the country's future. The fact that "all sorts and con ditions of men," merchants, manufacturers, bankers and railway officials as well as farmers, are now in terested in the possibilities of tlie soil means a vast deal to economic progress and security. It means, as tlu Manchester Union says, "that there is a greater appreciation than formelj of the need of intelligent co-opera 'ion in everything that relates to th< food supply?the increase of the pro duction per acre, whenever possibile transportation, marketing and th< whole problem of distribution in it! many factors and phases." Tiie Intel dependence of town and country, th< vital connection between crops am commerce, the mutual interest o city consumer and rural produce are all receiving belated recognition The inevitable result will be more efl cient and more prosperous living. Times was when rural and urbai affairs were treated as though the; were in no sense related; the cit; and the country were indifferent, i not antagonistic, each to the other What a change has come to pass In Georgia, for Instance, progressiv farmers and progressive busines men are now working shoulder b shoulder through the state C'hambe of Commerce for the upbuilding o the commonwealth. Branches o this organization are being establish ed in every county among merchants farmers and bankers. The people ar awakening to their broad, commoi interests, are realizing that there ar< certain problems which they mus solve together or not at all, and cer tain opportunities which they mus develop cooperatively or fail to en Joy. This liberal, constructive spirit it # I BIG CORN IPS THIS YEAR ;e largely on better preparation and cultivation to All our corn cribs. Com niercial fertilizers are only profitable on corn when used in moderate quantities and with more knowledge than the average farmer possesses. Nitrogen is the chief need of the corn ~rop but on most soils phosphorus is r.eed ed and on some soils potash is also required. We suggest that the best means left at this late date to increase the corn crop are good breaking and thorough pulverizing of the soil. Let us insist that no corn be planted this year until the ground is finely pulverized. Clods can be broken mnrn oimilv nniflflv nnil pcniinniicnl. ly before the crop is planted, and a day or two spent in fining the soil will not only make a better crop but it can also be more cheaply cultivated and will not be later than the crop planted on land left cloddy to save time and get it in early. After the crop is planted, on well prepared land, the smoothing or section harrow is the best and most economical implement for early cultivation j of the crop. Labor-saving implements cannot be used in cultivating it the land has not been well prepared.?The Progressive Farmer. More young colts probably die I from getting too much milk the first few weeks than front any other cause | Avoid over feeding the mare the first two weeks, and if she is a heavy j milker increase the feed slowly and gradually. When the colt is two j months or more old it will take lots of milk and the mother should be i fed liberally cn milk-making feeds: I green grass, legume hays, oats, cottonseed meal (two pounds per day.) t Corn is good, but alone is not a suitable feed. Also start the colt eating oats and good grass hay as early as possible.? The Progressive Farmer. an Co-operation nanifest in every part of the country . ! or at least in every region where men are looking thoughtfully for ward. In New Kngland there is the : ''deration for Rural Progress, coinposed of one hundred and thirty societies and agencies, representing six States. Among these constituent l.rwlioa oro n?i>i/i?l(nra1 nnl. leges, state departments of agriculture, farmers' organizations, teachers' associations, public health oflicials, railroad agencies and boards of trade. The thought and energy of the entire section, urban and rural alike, have turned unitedly to those problems that center in the soil. To solve or simplify such problems is to advance ihe welfare of all the people, for, every phase of our economic life is related in one way or another to agricultural conditions. The high cost of living is largely a , question of food production and disribution. Beef is high mainly because of a decline in cattle raisins. Other table supplies are high chiefly because of inadequate facilities for marketing. These are matters in which "all sorts and conditions of 1 men" may well bo interested, for they vitally affect every household. They affect the purchasing power of 5 most incomes and to a considerable ' degree determine the advantages which most homes may enjoy. 5 Increase the production of food, and the problem of food cost will yield. Increase and perfect facilities s for the distribution of food and both 9 town and country will profit. It is r proverbial that in many instances the l: cost of marketing a farm product is 1 far greater than that of producing It, 1 Of the consumer's dollar, the farmer r frequently receives only twenty or thirty cents, while the remainder is " frittered away through cumbersome processes of exchange. There must he closer relationships y between the city and the country, if y either is to thrive as it should. It is, ' 'ndeed, one of the encouraging signs ' of the day that these relationships ' are now developing. They betoken a 6 new era of prosperity and contents ment, an age of richer production, t> easier living and wider opportunity. r ?Atlanta Journal. f Ilea l Off the fly. The house fiy'sfavorlte breeding place is in manure piles. Fighting '* the fly after it is grown is work that 3 involves immense labor in propoi rtion to the comparatively simple 3 and easy task of killing the maggots .and prevent the eggs from hatching. The ?<fiost effective way of fighting flies is by fighting them in t their breeding places. Write to the entomologist of Clemson College for instructions in the use of powdered borax for treating manure for fly J prevention.?Kershaw lira. THE LANCASTER NEWS.) LEST WE FORGET. , ! There has been organized In Richmond Ya., the Thos. J. Jackson Mor.u ! nient corporation, whose object i3 to ( rear in the city of Richmond, Va., j an appropriate equestrian statue to ; the memory "of that incomparable j hero" whose military genius was and I is the admiration of the whole world. James Power Smith is the head of the corporation and E. D. Hotchkisa I is treasurer. At the general reunion in that city in May, the corner stone will be laid with appropriate ceremones. While we would like to see reared J in South Carolina suitable mentor ial to Miach Jenkins and Dunovant and Abner Perrin and Stephen El liott and Gist, Barnard E. B^e and other heroes, all of whom were wounded to death, yet the call for a monument to Jackson has a claim upon the hearts of us all. He typified ; the south, the covenanter south, Leo j Beauregard, the Johnstons, these and j others were the cavaliers, a gracious. ; kindly race of men, but Jackson was ; the oriflanime in battle, the lighting ; bolt, unexpected, resistless. To his j memory the whole suoth owes some i thing, for to his death the north owes ; victory. Fifty years ago the fair nation of the south was in lamentation, '"or Jackson had fallen, the usclessnoss of the struggle had become np| rent. Lee had surrendered, and President Davis was trying to get to the west to maintain a form of g >vernment there. Fifty-four years ago a; Murta^sa.Jackson was as always, oihlliant ami fearless in defense and under the biting test of ? fire no man then or thereafter found aught nut the clear sheen of pure metal. It was on this field that Barnard E. Bee, his knightly comrade, about to die, called him i "Stonewall." This new name represented to Jackson's comrades, those studry gentlemen who made up the rank arid file of the Confederate army, the synonym of strength and steadiness, and was peculiarly suitable to his character, and until his death on the field of battle, his life stands as a clear proof, that these gallant I Southern soldiers, themselves and their motives unsullied, knew by instinct the real man from the counterfeit. Neither cenataph nor words of genius and impetuous valor of the intuitive and lightning-like strokes of his attack and even the very name Stonewall," but faintly conveys an idea of Jackson's impenetrable and unlovable defense against odds un| heard of in other wars. His marvelous campaigns are now used by students of strategy everywhere, but his fame as a soldier was exceeded by the love and almost idolatrous confidence in the man, which was displayed by his warworn comrades and it can be said truly of himself and his cause "that none died with more honor or more glory, though many died and there was both honor and glory." In all these years, there in the former capital of the Confederacy, no equestrian statue of Stonewall Jackson has been raised but we will ' without fail build one now. We people of all the south and the happiest feature of the coming reunion 1 will be the ceremonies incident to : he laying of the corner stone. . "-h-.T+r....n HELP ME I ffrt K i To be more true and good from day today. i And Just a bit more fair in some small way. To think some kindly thing of all the folks I know, And in the presence of distress a helpful spirit show. ' Ta ti,w linr'n hnavv wad In 1 U IVCCp ill J U* UVIIV* o 11VU T / ? W ill mind, And hour by hour and day by day be truly kind. To share some weary travler's crushing load, And lead some wanderer back into the road. To be forgiving and from censure free, And be to others what I'd have them be to me. To know that He is with me every day. And be quite sure He hears me when I pray. -?Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D. Cleaning l!p Then ami Now. Wonder if people and towns really "clean up" more or better than they used to do when so much was not said about it and not so much flourish and blowing of trumpets. We can't help doubting It a little as j to their back yards and other places jout of sight of the public?Newberry j Observer. \ . * lPRIL 30, 3915. The Pubfic Healt And Its I Address before the Civic League Monday afternoon by Dr. Jas. Kibler. Pubil8hed by request of the league. I have been asked to speak te you on the health of our community and its most imperative needs. A community is a collection of people in a given territory or in a specified locality, bound together for the common interest of nil and the mutual welfare and protection of each one. Self-preservation or self-protection Is the first law of Nature, and what is true of an individual is equally true of a community or a collection of individuals. in ortter to enjoy tne otesstngs of self-preservation one cannot wait until his safety is in peril; out rather in the time of apparent security is it wise to prepare against the evils that may unexpectedly befall him. In the affirs of state the wise leader will advise against war by preparing for it in time of peace. This is equally true in all social and economic questions; and is preeminently true in the question of public health. No one deliberately chooses to lie sick any more than he would choose to receive a personal injury. If there were danger of bodily harm to an individual or community threatened by some enemy, self-protection would be the first instinct of Nature to assert itself, and resistance, or at least an effort at self-preservation and selfprotection, against a known and visible foe would be immediately manifest. Men would be willing to offer their lives in the defense of their terial wealth In checking an invasion homes and spend largely of their material wealth in checking a ninvasion. When it can be successfully shown to the mind of the' average citizen i that we have such a foe constantly ! jeopardizing our health and general welfare, we shall be more alert in preventing his attacks and counteract in gand repairing the injuries inflict' ed. Vital statistics tell us that one-half of all human suffering is caused by preventable diseases. These diseases are caused by their respective germs. I and scientific medicine has studied their cause, nature and prevention and nothing remains to be done but the public execution of this knowledge. Pasteur has said: "It is in the power of man to cause all germ diseasp to disappear from the world." Disease is a common foe to man, and the individuals of every community are equally susceptible to its influence; and only the physically strong can In any way resist; and the weak readily succumb to it. Public health and how to protect and preserve it, should be the watchword of every one. Those thlvgs that cause or tend to produce impaired health in a community are derived from one or more of the following sources: Impure drinking water or ic??- impure milk, fresh meats or vegetables and fruits: impure fish; improper and unsanitary sewerage and plumbing; impioper surface closets of privies; lack of pre caution in contagious and infective diseases; the improper disposition of the garbage of prem'ssu and of the puolic streets; the igiorance or in ri'fterence of the public in preventing H You Nee< PW There are times In e\ Lsi needs a tonic to help ] When that time comes t( to take?Cardin, the worn posed of purely vegetal r-1 gently, yet surely, on the and helps build them ba< KM It has benefited thousanc I rij ailing women in its past j&sjfl success, and it will do tl You can't make a mi 1 cat |S| The Won Qg Miss Amelia Wilson says: "I think Cardui is th for women. Before 1 b I??? so weak and nervous, lTI spells and a poor appetiti as strong as I ever did, f j Begin taking Cardui tod; HI Has Helpei L)wwwww^ B lir ill ^ / fa of Newberry mperative needs the development and multiplication of (lies, mosquitoes and other insects that act as common carriers of disease; the neglect of screen inn homes markets and green groceries against such insects; and last, but by no means least, is the sad .need of a public playfround for the children and a park or parks for the out door recreation and exercise and amusement of all, and the medical inspection of school children and buildings. The sanitary ordinances of our town should be revised. The commissioner of health should be u physician who gives his whole time to the duties of his ofllce. We should have a central sanitary abattoir, to which place all animals intended to be sold at the markets should be carried for inspection and slaughter I and sanitary handling of the meat. The daries should be regularly inspected, and the milk sold to the citizens examined when deemed advisable. All markets and green groceries should be screened against flies and dust. Xono but a licensed plumber should be allowed to do plumbing in j our town. | Sewerage should be in all thickly settled sections of the town. All surface closets should be sanitary and fly-proof, and cleaned out once a week by the city authorities. All horse or cow stables or pens should be cleaned once a week, or the manure kept in piles and lime or borax or a solution of arsenate of lead applied once a week to kill all flies that may be present. The hogpen law should be strictly enforced. The law against spitting on the streets should be oboyed by all and enforced most rigidly. Garbage cans should be used by all, and the city council carry out its ordinance as to the removal of all garbage on the days specified. The law as to the dumping ground of garbage should be observed by the cit.v authorities. No arguments are needed to show the necessity of such health regulations, when we know that more thai half of our suffering is due to con tagion and that "contagion is an off spring of dirt, a relative of disease and a chum of death." It is due tc gross neglect and a multitude of ex cuses. Contagion is not a necessarj evil- hilt is nrpvontnlilo nn/1 lc or>roo. by carelessness. In this connection I would mentioi the crime of some parents in expos ing their children to certain eonta gious diseases, as measles, whoopini cough, etc, arguing that they mus have such ailments some time in lift and it is better to have them whib young. Hecause contagion may not leav* visible marks is no proof that il health in some future day may not hi traced directly to its influence. Tin child's health may be imparied foi life by the misconduct or ignoranci of those in charge. Besides, in tliii way contagion is increased an< spreads in a community. Many phy sical and even mental cripples ar< victims of its destruction. In this connection the argument for medical inspection of schools ar< apparent; and the regular and peri odic fumigation of all public build ings, such as courtrooms and publh offices, moving picture galleries an< theatres, county jails and municipa prisons. It seems to me that a cit MUUULJLffl d a Tonic E try woman's life when the PS her over the hard places. > you, you know what tonic BM an's tonic. Cardui is comale ingredients, which act gQi weakened womanly organs, ck to strength and health. is and thousands of weak. K55 half century of wonderful CT, he same for you. w| istake in taking MHJIg tan's Tonic p , R. F. D. No. 4, Alma, Ark., Bfi| e greatest medicine on earth, egan to take Cardui, 1 was and had such awful dizzy BS 5. Now I feel as well and k and can eat most anything " Bfi ly. Sold by all dealers. p* 1 Thousands. , m 101 w izen would have u just ground of suit against any authority that might im prison him^in an unsanitary place. Cleanliness is a civic, social and health requirement, and its enforcement is imperative. Or if we should plead for public health from a business or monetary standpoint solely, it could be shown that it pays. Suppose a community I has a death rate of ten per thousand and as statictics show that one half of these die of preventable diseases, it is apparent that twenty-five or thirty people die in Newberry every year whose lives should not be lost. What would these lives be worth to the com munity if annually saved? Another has said: "Registration is beekkeep| ing. The entries are lives and health or death and disease, just as in ordinary business the entries are credits and debits of dollars notes bonds and merchandise. No banker would loan money to a concern that does not keep books. No man or woman should be willing to invest a family in a community that does not keep books." How would the health books of our community appear if properly audited or inspected? We need stricter health dules; wo need more rigid enforcement of all I sanitary laws. ? Newberry Observer. 4 1 To Prevent Blood Poisoning s i ?*.ptv at once the wonderful old reliable I"-R * | I "OUTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL. n v.irI iicnl drcsstuK thai relieves pain auu heal* a-. I 'he seme time. Not a liniment. 25c. 50c. "l-'-':>, Whole Family Dependent. / Mr. H. Williams. Hamilton, Ohio, ! v rites: "Our whole family depend on Pine-Tar-Honey." Maybe someone in your family has a severe cold I ?perhaps it is the baby. The original Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey is an ever ready household remedy-?it gives immediate relief. Plne-lar' cnev pBtiorates tlv? linings of tbe | throat and lungs, destroys the g?;ms. and allows nature to act. At your druggist, 2 Drops of GETS-IT," Out Gomes the Corn! It's the World'o Wonder; Never Fails. j YouH make roo-roo eyes nt your feet, after you use "GKT8-IT," and you'll I1IM the places where those blankoty corns used to be, Just us smooth as your cheek. \yj/ ' "How Wid? U a GETS-IT SmiU ? Wall. Good Daal Over 2 Faatl" e There's no corn or callus anions the millions of feot In tho world that "GET81T" will not remove?there's no escape. 1 "GETS-IT" Is the new way. the simple. 1 I common-sense, sure way. It does away with greasy ointments, salves, pads, cot* & , ton rings, harnesses, knives, scissors. e razors, flies, and the limping and tho painful pigeon-toe walk of so many corn* r pestered people. All you do Is put 3 drops B of "GKTS-IT" on?the corn shrivels upend good bye. Nothing else In the world * like "GETS-IT." Millions are using It. ] There's no pain, no trouble, no ohanglng shoes because of corns. " | "GBTS-IT" Is sold by druggists every* B I where, 26o a bottle, or sent direct by K. Lawrence A Co., Chicago. Sokl in Lancaster and recommends ed as the world's best Corn Cure by the Lancaster Pharmacy and J. F. Mackey Company. c IThouse ; BURNS as easily when times are hard I as when times are godd. How would it be with you should your house burn now, if you bave 110 insurance. The Farmers Mutual policies cover ! F'lre, Wind and Lightning. Addr-.sn D. E. BONEY, Yorkville, S. C. i Notice of Discharge. j Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will, as executor of the I estate of J. Thomas Faile, deceased, ion the 21st day of May, 19^6, make his final return as such executor and ^ apply to the probate court of Lancaser county for letters ttismissory. JOHN R. FAILE. . xecutor Estate of J. Thomas Faile, Deceased. April 20, 1915. Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will, as committee of the estate of Mary Ida Robertson, deceased, on the 20th day of May, 1915, make his final return as such committee and apply to the probate court of Lancaster county for letters missory. JAMES MILTON ROBERTSON. Committo Estate of Mary Ida Robertson, Deceased. April 20th, 1916. /I