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"THAT DAY IS I GERMANY'S DOOM' {WHEN ONE HUNDRED MILLIO OF AMERICAN CITIZENS ACT AS ONE. rPRQIMRV PRITIPAI MflWT pan7 of soldiers. The war saving! committee of your county is carrying oil a campaign this month for the for nation of war savings societies. Wni Savings Societies make it easy for yor to Join with others in saving a portioi of your earnings as they come in am; Invest them in War Savings Stamps Every loyal man, woman, and child ir South Carolina should Join a War Sav lngs Society, not next week, but NOW Lot us respond patriotically to th< government's call. Let us act as one *nd bring nearer Germany's day o coom. W. S. 8. PATRIOTIC GIFTS VOGUE A Present That Lasts Five Years anc Helps Win the War. "Washington, D. C.?Reports receiver at the treasury department show tha Iti all parts of Arnrica a new plan foi giving presents is being firmly estab Ilshed The "Patriotic Present" Is th< idea, and consists of War Savingi tamps to the value of whatever glf would ordinarily have been given. Parents, to encourage thrift as wel as patriotism, have adopted the plai f giving War Savings Stamps am Thrift Stamps to their children In atead of the usual presents Buch as to 'birthdays, surprises, rewards, etc Employers who have been acrustome< to presenting bonuses to employees ar Instead giving such bonuses in th shapn of War Savings Stamps. Th "Patriotic Present" now annears i, have become a nationwide custom. W. 8. S. SEVEN REASONS FOR SAVINGS. 1 ? There are seven food reanona ' why the government has Issued j War Savings Stamps: 1. Save for your country's ' sake, because k Is bow spending millions a day, and must find most of the money out of sav[ i 2. Save for your own saka, | because work and wagee are ij plentiful and, while prices are high now. a dollar will buy more after the war. 3. Save because, when you spend, you make ether people work for you, and the work of r everyone Is needed now to win the war. 4. Sere beoause. by saring, yen 1 >ukt things rheaper for ereryom, ipiiitlly for those whs srs poorer than you. 4. Sara because. by going without you rsllsTS the strain en ships, docks, and railways, 1 and make transport cheaper and J quicker. 4. Bars because, by Baring, you set an example that snakes K easier for the next man to sare. faring nation Is an earning nation. 7. Sare because erery time you sare yon help twloe, tret when you dont spend, and again when you lend to the nation. kuiiunm umiiunL ill u 111 An Opportunity For South Carotin M on, Women and Children to Demonstrate Their Patriotism. Charleston. S. C.?February is e: j>ected to prove one of the most critic! months of the war. and whether th war is to be prolonged or ehortene will be decided to a great extent b what the millions of Americans a home do toward backing the arm} This is the judgment of prominen government officials who visited Chai leston in the middle of the month. One of the most significant utte1 ances made during the entire war wa X-'MV WWJ a );iuuillivui UCI UiUU uillt'lii when America cast her lot with th Allies: "We do not fear the American so! dlers, because they cannot arrive i' time; what we fear is the Intelligence and devotion of one hundred millioi Americans trained to a faith in indivl dual initiative. The day that those hundred millions act as one, that da Is Germany's doom!" Hastening the Doom. To enable the hundreds of millioni of Americans to act as one is one o the main objects of the war saving: plan which the government is institut Ing as a mighty weapon against Ger many. That is the underlying objec of the drive for war savings societici which is being pushed during thi. month, and through which millions o Americans are expected to pledg< themselves to stand pack of the arm) and navy by avoiding needless expen dlturea and thereby release the good* and services which are needed t< quip the army and navy properly an<! efficiently. R. Ooodwyn Rhett, stat< director for war savings, has issued the following statement: "Joint the company of savers! Lei m company of savers back everv com ? , I I | GERMANS SHELLING N I %' W s German shell ?\ploding <'ii ndvnnt .1 Despite the distinct Ked Cross tliiK whl a bonibarders, the station \vn? shelled tin men were killed while others were rescu 1 Had a Hard Bunk. 9 t Some of the returning New York vnn n tr ra..ti u l.n >'" ? MM oflSflflgB 8 nt IMattsburg tell amuslhg tales of y life In barracks, ns lived by citizens unused' to army conditions. One of them concerns an Inspection of qunrs ters made by Capt. I'hlllp Mathews, f U. S. A., during which a sleepy can8 diflate made an amusing error at the - wrong time. At the end of the bar rack bunks, upper and lower, were t small cards upon which appeared the s name of the occupant, the number of i | his rifle and the number of his bayf onet. They were known as bunk J cards. Incidentally the hunks eon' j talned tough mattresses and no J springs. Coming along on an early I i i morning inspection. Captain Mathews > ! rapped on the side of a bunk from 1 which the registration card had dls! appeared. "Bunk card!" he roared. I j A sleepy voice within answered: "You I bet It Is?darned hard." : SMALL GRAIN SMUTS ;j DECREASE YIELDS I i SIMPLE SEED TREATMENT WILL ELIMINATE LOSS. I USE THE VEFBEST OF SEED Production of Small-Grain Crops Can 7 Be Increased by Proper Method. Small grain smuts may be destroyed very easily by seed treatment, says I the botany and plant pathology divit sion of Clemson College. There was r a loss of 5 to 10 per cent of our smallh grain crops in South Carolina last t year due to smuts. In view of the B fact that grains are of very great imt portance at this time, and In moat , cases seed from last year's crop is to I be used, it is urged that the seed be , treated before planting. Enough j seed to sow an acre can be treated for j. five cents, yet it may save the farmer r as high as $20 for every acre of grain , planted. J Rye is not subject so to smuts, but e to prevent smuts of oats, barley and p wheat use only the very best seed e obtainable, and before treating be o sure to have, if possible, the seed passed through a fanning mill to remove I light imperfect kernels and any smut balls that may not have been removed Iat the time of thrashing. Fnr phbmloo 1 rflotmon* A# following methods have been foun 1 to be most effective: (1) Take an old molasses or oil barrel, clean well and fill about twothirds full with formalin solution? j one pint of formadehyde to forty gallons of water. Place about a bushel of need in a bag and tie near the top so that the seed will have free move-' mant within the bath. Allow each bag to soak in the solution for about ten or fifteen minutes. After treating from fifteen to twenty bushels a new bath should he prepared. An fast as the sacks of seed are treated ; and allowed to drip they should be I emptied into a pile and allowed to re- j main over night. The seed should then he planted at once or dried to! prevent damage. (2) Place the seed in a pile on the floor or in one end of a wagon body, and as you gradually shovel from one pile to a new one the seed should he I s|iriiiHirn wnn me iormaun solution The shoveling: and sprinkling of the seed should be repeated until the seed are thoroughly damp. Then place damp hags over the piles and allow to remain over ntght. The former treatment is preferable and gives better results as the seed are more likely to be thoroughly wet. The above methods may be varied by the use of bluestone (one pound of bluestone to four or Ave gallons of water) instead of formaldehyde. The bluestone Is likely, however, to prove more injurious to germination, especially oat seed. Materials for makt~~ RED CROSS STATION Hv II r.., ^ N vi^;. in tfr'; . e Hrltlsh Ited Cross dressing station, eh must have been seen by the German ttl totally destroyed. Several wounded ed with great difficulty. Hartford Man Makes Record. When a man can take 100 commercial checks, list the figures on them and add the totals on a machine in one minute, twenty-two and two-thirds seconds, he is doing something. Introducing Raymond L. Gllnack, clerk of the Vldellty Trust company. He's the man. He made this record, a new high mark, in the adding machine contest of the Hartford (Conn.) chapter, American Institute of Hanking. There were sixteen entered. Gilnack's system was perfection in itself, as he economized on finger motion and even eyesight. Manipulating the checks with his rigid hand, he planted the thumb of his left hand on the corner of the adding machine, using the thumb ns a center, wirS his fingers as many radii, covering the whole keyboard and striking the keys without the slgu of an error. This on the electric machine.?Hartford Times. me solutions may oe purcnaseu ai a drug store. THE COUNTRY CHURCH Should Serve Itself and Farmers by Promotina Proareasive Farminn. Just as no Btream can possibly rise higher than its source so no church can make progress faster than its people, says Dr. W. H. Mills, a wellknown Presbyterian minister and professor of rural sociology at Clemson College. The piety and spirituality of the church are in direct proportion to the piety and spirituality in the homes and in the lives of its members. So also, the intelligence and vigor which the church shows in supporting the work of its denomination, indicate the average intelligence and financial ability of the people of its congregation. A live prayer meeting shows that some members pray at home; a grow ing Sunday school shows that the people are Interested in the welfare of the children and the study of the Itible. Small gifts to missions must mean little Interest In missions or little ability to give. The Country Church and Agriculture. The country church must be Inter ested In good roads, for upon the roads the church attendance largely depends; In crops, for upon their yield the church income depends. Thus the church roots itself in the lives of the people and unfailingly declares the prosperity of the community, whether the soil Is rich and well pre pared, or poor, stony and neglected There is an Intimate relation between a prosperous agriculture and a pros' perous church. Suppose the crops are in need ol rain, petitions are sent up for refresh lng showers. Rut ngaln, crops wilt from bad farm practice?the soil i? not in proper condition to retain mols ture. Then might not the church tc he interested and take part in teach ing those who ran correct this ban farm management and show the way to more profitable yields? Sln^e op portune rains, the direct gift of God nnu rwwu i a i in 111K, liir rr*iiii 1)1 HCIPZ1 tlflc teaching, alike produce morf abundant harvests. out of which the church Income la paid, the church ahould have a vital Interaat In both and should not neglect either. It maj obtain the rain In answer to prayer; It can secare the larger Income front correct %rm management onlv. as |1 urges Its people to hsed auch teach 1nys. I Keep After Things. Do you remember when you learned to awlm, or ride a bicycle? You went to It for all you were worth, but yon couldn't get the hang of It. Then, a few days afterward, you tried again and it "came to you" firat thing. But It wouldn't have "come to you" If you hadn't "gone to It" that othei time. The effort which seemed to b? wasted at the time you made It wasn't wasted after all. Yon will find it th< arae with learning how to think. II you can't keep your mind on the subject tomorrow norning, keep on trying till the half hour is up. The next morning you"l do a little better, an<! you'll surprise yourself within a few weeks.?Exc'iange. f FIELD SELECTION OF SEED CORI EXPERIMENTS AND PRACTIC PROVE METHOD TO BE BETTER. , GREATER YIELD IS THE RESUL i Production of Grain Increased 8eve to Ten Bushels an Acre. To make the best showing possibl at next year's corn harvest South Ca olina farmers should take the firi Btep this fall, advises the farm crop men of Clemson College. It must h taken in the field by selecting goo seed. Don't wait to select tha see from the crib. It's an uncertain metl od?very uncertain. A good Heaso and a good soil properly treated g a long way to make a big corn cro] but the quality of the seed planted I 1 one of the most Important factors, on that is entirely within the control c the farmer. Weather conditions ma or may not be good, so with the na ural conditions of the soil, in som degree dependent upon the characte of the season; proper soil preparatio and subsequent cultivations will b I somewhat dependent upon the labc 1,supply; but good seed in abundanc J can always be had only for a ltttl . extra effort. II The other farmer's seed corn ma he scarce, and high priced. This wl force many growers to plant seed r | Inferior quality which results in i poor stand and unthrifty plants. Farmer Knows What He's Getting. Experiments have shown time an l attain that home-grown seed usually I the best seed to be had. Practical ej perlencc has proved that field selec ed seed, if properly stored, always 1 better than crib-selected seed. Flel selection makes it possible for th farmer to compare the indivldut plants and make his selection froi those producing the most grain. 1 Is true that he can select good-lookln ears from the crib, but he does no know whether they are produced b high-yielding plants or low-yleldin plants, by early plants or late planti ,No definite idea whatsoever can h I had of the previous productivity o the seed. If properly performed th I yield of corn is usually increased fror | seven to ten bushels an acre by fiel i! selection, sometimes It's more. What the South Carolina farme wants next year Is the greates amount of grain possible to the acr? ! in .i- ... ?u inn directions ror selecting see corn in the field may be summed u together in one good rule: Select ear front plants that yield more grail than surrounding plants grown unde the same conditions. How to Go About It. Sling a sack over the shoulders am walk down the rows, plucking 'hos ears which are considered deslrahleears borne on vigorous plant? growini under average conditions and whic! have reached maturity. Also. It 1 best to select those ears havlni drooping tips and borne at a height o about three and a half feet. The ear hould then be stored in a dry plan where they will be free from insect and rodents. _____? ? A MANDY GATE i ''/m/taE-V Aftvraovx*. ?.j II I jj| ^ I ________ c. offgr shop T gate. gate I ? ????1 ! WOODI^yl . BLOCKS.. # I. ?? " oaae* * "** The combination of a double and a single gate erected side by Ride Is very useful to farmers. The construction shown herewith calls for 1 no carter post but merely a block 1 sunk Into the ground, to which the two gates may be hooked. The larger gate is ten feet wide ( and serves for the ordinary wheeled vehicles. The smaller gate, four feet wide, does for bridle or foot I trafTlc. At times, however, it is necessary to have a wider opening i than the larger gate will give, so mat particular farm Implement* may be carried through. In such. 1 cases both gates are thrown open, 1 thus providing a space of fourteen 1 feet. A good and convenient catch la , a.so shown In the drawing. It will be seen that the catch comes well 1 down on the gates, beeping them : firmly In position when shut. A | small piece of iron should be placed ' ; on the top bar of each gate to " i receive the catch, thus keeping the ^ ! catch from cutting Into the wood i when thrown over.?W. E. Bowers Agricultural Editor, Clemson Col' lege, 8. C fjiigS PERL 1 Arouii n FINDING A DESIRABLE WIFE 6 Lonely Young Pioneer Who Did Not 1 Know How, Found It Was Really Rather Simple. In a now settlement In the thick forest, "JO miles or more from u city ' uiul ten tulles from a railway, were v located a sawmill and a few scattered n homesteaders who worked at the mill ? when It was running and attended j*' their little clearings at other times, 8 relates a writer In the Chicago Trib* une. ' One day in the cook's camp, connect' J ed with the mill, the man and his wife in charge began Joking the hoinestcudft er about being the only settler in the ,r whole community without a wife und n family. 6 "How can 1 help it?" said he. "There * nre no marriageable women that I 1 know." ? "Oh, there are lots of them that would be glad of a good home such us you * could furnish," said they, "Well, you Just 11ml me one." said ,r the homesteader, "and I will make you a a present of the best cow on the place." Not to be bluffed, they accepted his J proposition. Then they got busy, runs nlng over their list of acquaintances t- in the city, finally selecting, for their t- matchmaking expedient, an estimable a lady of their acquaintance, living with d her married sister in the city. ? The victim selected for the sacrifice d had reached that age when unmarried n women cease to celebrate birthdays 't and begin to regard the tapering end g of statistical possibility with more or ?t less concern. The homesteader was y about the same age, nnd, evidently, g Just as much concerned about his fui. , ture on earth. A friendly Invitation J e was forthwith extended to the lady to if spend a week with the cook's family | e at the camp. It was Innocently ac-1 n cepted. A Th,. 1 ? I ? m. m- iiuuicsii-iiurr ?ns runveilieniiy , Invited to u Sunday dinner with the r conk's family, and the tragedy was it staged. ?. j A case of love and desperation at d first sight. In the afternoon, chnpp eroned by the cook and his wife, the b party casually strolled over to the n homesteader's bungalow, where they r found everything "spick and span," I with Just enough Incongruity In the i arrangement to make the lingers of an 1 orderly housekeeper tingle with ambition to put things in their proper coro _ | ners. i A few months later the records in j* the county clerk's otllce gave a hint ! of further developments, which were ' | staged at the sister's home in the city. * The happy couple at once settled in their new home "and lived happily j ever afterward." In the excitement the poor cow was B crowded off the stage and forgotten i by the matchmakers, but a short time I later, looking out one morning, they I saw Mr. Homesteader driving a cow Into camp?as good as his word. South African Shoe Trade. Cape Province has numerous firms which manufacture boots and shoes. Many of these are engaged In the pro> ductlon of high-class footwear though, as a rule, the better class of footwear that is popular in this country, is obtained from overseas, writes Consul General George II. Murphy. Cape Town. The foreign producer, with his highly specialized factories. Is able, with the aid of the importing merchant, to flood the market here with enormous quantities of boots and shoes, either made for the South African trade, or forming a part of his surplus output. The resuu is mm in*? soutn Arrtcan producer Is unable to command a sufflclent market to warrant extensions of his plant to meet largo calls which may be made by the wholesaler. He must content himself with producing high-grade footwear In small quantities for the retuller. | Large quantities of boots and shoes are being received from the United I States, partly as n result of the Im- 1 possibility of obtaining adequate supplies elsewhere J New Treatment fc Asthmat Catarrh Vkk?. "Vap-O-Rub" Safe* Rallavna by Inhalation and Absorption. No Dotinc. No need to take internal medicine* or < habit forming drags for these troubles. i When VickVYap-O-Rub"* Reive ts applied ; to the heat of the body, soothing, medi| cated vapors are released that are inhaled i all night long through the air passages to i vrcK'S'Wfc TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 1918. " 1 I fNA Best Alii I id Medicine 1 Ever Made I mr. w. ti. uagar, 49 Cooper St, Atlanta, Georgia, writes: "I suffered for fifteen years with rheumatic symptoms. Peruna cured me and I think it is the best all (round medicine ever made. I hope pou will publish this letter for the ? benefit of others who suffer." Those who object to liquid medl;lnes can procure Peruna Tablets. When tWfe Doctors Despaired. There have been recorded during the war many being cured by accidental means, such as a sudden noise or an unexpected visitor, or as a startling question, and In one case at least a midnight fall out of bed. But one of the strangest cases belongs to a former war, observes a correspondent. 1HHM- II Mllllll'l III.V 1U mOIlWIS UlllltT the influence of catalepsy. Finally, In despair, the doctors ordered the bngplpes to he played near the patient's bed. That did the trick. There Is a story told of a skipper who had a medicine-chest containing cures numbered one to seven. For dyspepsia he administered a stiff dose of No. 7. For sprains, No. 2 was the bottle. and for rheumatism, No. 5 seemed to work the oracle. But on a lengthy * voyuge the skipper rnn out of No. 7, so when ne*?. n member of the crew had a pain In his middle he dosed him with a mixture of 2 plus 5. Nobody bad another pain during that voyage, ^ or, at any rate, confessed to having ? ne. Will Purchase Foreign Hides. II Sole, published at Milan, contains an article on the formation of an association for the purchase of foreign raw hides. The directing committee, It states, met at Home and nominated as president Commendatore Gennaro Maffetone of Naples. The sent of the association In Rome was fixed at the Hotel Splendid, where the wool association Is installed. It has been possible to enuble the office to begin without delay the admission of associates, and the organization of purehusea, finances, insurance, freights, etc. Pay Shoeworkera More. The female machine operators employed in the Birmingham und Walsall leather trades liuve been awarded advances In wages as from last October. Female machine operators flfteeu years of age and over are to receive 10 per cent bonus on their actual earnings. The minimum rate for those of eighteen years nnd over, who have been engaged as machine operators for more than one year, is to be 111 cents an hour for hot-wax machines, and 11 cents for dry-thread machines. The time rate for female operators between iu?- ?" uiieen uiiu eignteen is to remain as at present, provided that after being engaged on raaehines for one year the time rate shall not he less than eight cents per hour. Time and a half has been settled as the overtime rate,. A TWICE-TOLD TALE One of Interest to Our Headers. Good news bears repeating, and * when it is confirmed after a long lapse of time, even if we hesitate to believe it at first hearing, we feel secure in accepting its truth now. The following experience of a Cantden woman is confirmed after six years. Mrs. VV. F. Russell, Sr., 305 DeKalb St., Camden, S. C. says: "I suffered from kidney trouble for several years. My kidneys acted Irregularly and caused me annoyance. I had rheumatic pains In my knees and ankles and my limbs got so stiff that it was hard for me to get around at times. Doan's Kidney Pills soon regulated my kidneys. The rheumatic pains in my knees and ankles were also removed." Over six years later, Mrs. Russell said: "I still take Doan's Kidney Pills when 1 think my kidneys need attention and they always give me the best of results." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy? get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Russell had. Foster-MIIhurn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.? Adv. r Bronchitis, . t and Head Colds the longs. In addition, Tick's ts abeorh~ 1 through th? skin, relieving the tight n?^ snd soreness. Tick's can be applied over the throat w?<t K chest snd covered with a warm tUuu t cloth?or s little pot up the nnstnls -or melt s little in s spoon snd inhale the *% pore arising. Also for Asthma an ) UeyFever, rub Tick's well over the *p na? amn to relax the nervous tension to &0c, or $1.00. smTSALVE