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PAGE TWO k , WHAT DEPARTMENT O Little Items About Big War Farmers t< , : Business Men Harvest Potatoes ii Texas. The potato crop of Houston ar Wharton counties, Texas, has be< saved through the aid of the bus ness men in local towns. When was realized that the potato crt f would be lost unless the farmers r ceived help, the state enxtension d rector, co-operating with Hie far help specialist of the department t agriculture, explained the situatic to the business men. who closed the offices and stores, went to the farm and worked with the potato growei In harvesting their crop. Such c< operation is moaning much not onl for the increasing of the food suppl of the nation but is breaking (low the barrier that in many cases ha existed between town and countr; according to U. -S. department of ag riculture. Business men and farn ers are working hand in hand to s( cure an adequate food supply and t further the nation's cause. Oth( communities are planning to folio the example set in these Texas coui ties. Animal 1Sit?erculosis "Work Extende Sixty-four federal employees an 54 ptate employees are engaged th year in fighting animal tuberculosi tht^ widely distributed diseas \ 'which causes an animal loss estima V^ed at $25,000,000. The bureau ( - animal industry has recently extern ed operations for the control of th disease to 31 states. Headquartei have been established in 12 irapor r~ - ant centers from which the woi will be supervised and directed. Three Livestock Experts .loin !>< parQiu'nt's Staff. The secretaW of agriculture ai Bounces the appointments of John j&iD??i''"fibw director of agriculturi extension at the Utah Agricultur; college; Dewltt c. wing, associat editor of the Breeder's Gazetb Chicago. 111.; and Dan T. Gray. pr< feasor of animal husbandry. Nort Carolina Agricultural and Mechan cal college? as specialists in aninii husbandry, for co-operative dutit between the buerau of animal ii dustry and the States Relation se vice. These men are expected to as J (time their duties immediately, an will devote their attention to quei Hons of policy concerning anima husbandry-extension work in the 1 S. department of agriculture. Mi C&ine and Mr. Wing will devot their attention to the northern an western territory, and ,\ir. Gray wi confine his attention to the souther territory. In thefr travels in th *5j field they will represent both the ani mal husbandry division of the bu reau and extension office of ill States delations service with whic they are connected. I To Show Grain-Grading Methods. In order that farmers and other interested in federal grain standard will be to know how the grading f done, the bureau of markets wil take exhibits to many of the larg state and other fairs in the nort! west this summer. A complete sf of apparatus for grain-grading wi o be displayed and demonstrations c the actual grading of grain will b ' made at these fp'rs by represent tires of the federal grain supervl: Ion section of the buerau. Hooking Outlet for Ism-tlrade Cotton. department has taken \ <flth the war industries board tl question of the utilization of tl low grades of cotton of which . large surplus Is accumulating. Th ^ t fow-grade cotton is piling up becaui the ordinary outlets for it are olo ed by the war. and because cotton i higher grades is being used by ma ufacturers, particularly on gove ' * ment contracts, when cotton of tl lower grades might be used satisfa torily instead. 9 1 - Iloys Help South to Feed Itself. Here is an incentive for bo> dabs'iri> the south?a 1 H17 record ' ? t v* sfirpass in 1918. Food and fe< . valued at $4,019,121 was the tot production of boy club members ' thrf south last year, according to Compilation recently made by lea \ era in the U. 9. department of agt v,w\ c*4tn re.' The report shows th v 115.745 werd enrolled fn .the reg Jar clubs in 14 states, Alabama n V' ' ^ VDAIUjJ? F AGRICULTURE IS DOING. I T Jobs That Are Helping American > Feed Nations. i reporting. In addition to the regular members probably 4 00.000 boys, id it Is estimated, were reached anil >n Were helped in food and feed proilucii flon through instructions given by i it agents in schools and clubs, farm de- I >p ministrations and so on. f. I- Investigations of tirades for liarley m and Flax. lUdKIHK lllWUrtl m standard grades for barley are heir ing undertaken by the grain-standis ardization project of the buerau of g markets. Similar work on standards ). for tlax seed is already under way. W v Eradicating Slieep and Cattle n Scabies. | -pii m By 1920 there will be no territory f under quarantine for sheep and catr_ tie scabies, it is believed by otlicials D.. i_ of the bureau of animal industry. ^ s_ Effective April 15. the secretary of 0 agriculture issued an order releasing >r from quarantine the last four counvv ties in Texas, constituting the re- '1)11 j_ mainder of the area under quaran- 1,111 tine for cattle scabies in the entir-* 1 United States. There still remain ,m' ,,j under quarantine for sheep scabies nl ten counties in California, eleven !l'? js counties in Texas and three parishes l' s in Louisiana. ' <e Grades for Sweet Potatoes. After a study of the possibilities 1 I ' of grading sweet potatoes the bureau of markets has submitted tentative rs grades to a list of dealers, growers ' : * . and operators of sweet potato stor- 1111 1 \ age houses for their suggestions and criticism. Over 90 per cent of the :or replies are decidedly in favor of the 1'*s grades. One of the letters of ap- tori proval was from the eastern shore ' on of Virginia produce exchange, which ' r is composed of producers and is one !inr jjjof the largest sweet potato market- <iWil , ing organizations in the country. poS! I te: e j Aiding in Aeronautical Work. 1111,1 j. Suitable sites for additional aerolog- pp' ^ ical stations for the observation, an<* j_ I measurement and investigation of m<>< atmospheric phenomena in the aid of ',ou I aeronautics have been selected by '1S'! 1_ the weather bureau at Broken Ar- ,-'us ! row, Okla.; Kllendale, N*. It.; Droes- ^ ' I . i heck, Tex.; l^eesburg, Ga.; and 111,1 j I Royal Center. Ind. This was done I;,nl under the arniv appropriation art for I the year ending June :iu, 1 !t 18, au, \thorizing $100,000 for this purpose. r Installation of equipment has been '' i completed at the Kllendale station ' or: . and dailv free air observations are *'f,,'H d ... ij holnfc oMain* !. !t is oxpvrtf*:! thni * free air observations will he begun! ^('v n it the other four stations about .lulv e Kit 1. The work to he eomlurted at all i of these stations is similar to that I" t \ at Drexel, Nob where daily kite . (lights are made, and about twice !l bar each mouth the atmospheric chances during the day at different altitudes I N are studies by means of successive) ' (lights continuing from :5<> to 40 ,u'in s . anm i hours. ; son j Reports on Manufactured Dairy '"k., Products. ^ Monthly reports on dairy products 11 lt manufactured in tiie United States ,u> ..jure being issued by the dairv mark-I s1,1,1 fron ! oting project of the bureau of markets, which include condensed. ( oni evaporated and powdered milk, hut? ciu ^ ter, cheese, other manufactured i dairy prod ties and oleomargarine. H These reports, taken together with the reports of cold-storage holdings land exports, are of much service in making an analysis of the dairy y products situation in the United ; States, such as is essential to an un? j derstanding of existing conditions d .^iand to the direction of efforts in pro, duction and conservation. [ ter City Workers to Prepare for Heavy'wa*' Work of Harvest. | '"'w "~i Many thousands of boys and men n"iwho have enrolled for emergency ,air I work on farms during the rush of """ (~ harvest will be trained for the ser- *'''' vice in courses offered by Y. M. C. A. ' organizations and athletic clubs fn Wftr response to a request of the U. S. de-, higl 8 partment of agriculture. i _____ | the Het.ter Hnlanced Farming in South, incc a* Here is good news from the agrl- taxi *n cultural front in Southern Alabama. I 'I a Four years ago not a carload of hogs ? was shipped from 17 counties in that i section of thf star-- in the year Hj at ending April 1, 1918, 2,352 carloads of hogs were shipped from these 17 ot counties. This change, illust.raUiit.?^B _ the better balanced agriculture made Hj * necessary by/ boll .weevil ravages, is Bfl I accredited lJ|y officials of the States I Relajg^ rvlce to the a/forts of H tents of the department igrlcultural colleges ?n hog pror uction^ to H wing i *h how to Hi ' * tv3 , ' ? _ / THE LANCASTER NEWS, LAy ?JUX-IRpN IP5 w ith Paw-Paw Addec -t IREE POWERFUL I FORCES IN ONE T UP IN LIQUID FORM i i lore than 2" years-ago Paw-Paw lie was uiven to thj public. Since 11 it has bqen improved upon by addition dt' Nu\ and Iron, and ay stands out p?f-eminently as best. the fafest and most reliaretr.edv for stomach troubles, mh red nerves and impure blood. IK >\ I/Kb t\\\V-IM\V IS NOT \ (in?K<\l,l, ' is prepared jupt for what we and no more. ion't trifle with your health, i' n?ed some' renfedy take a tried . which for reaf-iy a quarter of a turv has stfod/the test of time. >"o man or j wfunan i.- equipped' noble (tp'ils who is a1 peptic or whb is sufYerinu any tn of nervousness and anaemic ditions of tW* blood, ndigestion. afoniaeh troubles and l >ure Diood weakens our minds, irf our capabilities and limit our sibilities. > roiii/Hl I'aw-l'aw l(otnii|\ will do e to brigliten the world, to dis gloom. tt> make happy homes strong iron bodies, than all the licines that have ever Ikhmi ciiiiitided. The 'evidence we are pubing every day should be conive proof, f . system that is overworked or down M-i|iiires a hiiriniess stim- j ?~ Iroiii/ed I'aw-l'aw Tonic lift* _<iii? hold yon. Your druggists prohkeeps it: irb^.if he doesn't it is |tl,ons* ?? a in all leading* (fruit-. """ :in<' constitut onized I'aw l';r\v, price treasury's id* aiula on every V?tUe. -'Mail or- nieet the promptly tfttended' to. Inter- , penses in th* ? Ding Co.. Fnc \cw Yiu'k ing the way f __ billions of li R RNTRKS HACK KOIt |ng the rate SKAT IN l I'I'KK llOt SI-! conies, from oltimhin. June 17. Henry F. exempt, said . an attorney of the \nderson make the: filed his pledge with the score- m0nts and t? of state for the Fnited States p??te with in te to succeed Senator It R Till- securities ben Mr. Rice, some weeks ago, terest. miiiiimi 111 inn papers ol Aiulnr- \j,.\(j(, that tin was contemplating mak- Sp,M.jfy the , l,u> raro- tits suggest ioi imnas (J. McLeod. of HishopvtUn. Ljon an(, (,j(, ler lieutenant governor, has tiled might t pledge with the secretary of I for heavier as a candidate for confess however, tha 1 the Seventh district to succeed pr,.sent excee gressman A. F. Lever. ".(JESTS THAT TAXES K ONE-THIRI) Ol TOTAL ^ Mc\iIih> Also ICcrnimiiniiils That iVar Profits lie More Heavily J JUNE ,'ashington. June 1Secretary [ JULY .(loo tias recommended in a letto Chairman Kitchin of the house NOT1 s and means committee that the Alphom revenue hill he drawn to raise former ference itio.ooo.ftoo by taxation, one- Kirksvi d of the estimated l.ooo.ooo,- of Chic; expenditures in the fiscal year llenry , ,, ' Ida Tau Teachia le also recommended that a new colli profits tax be established at a intends ti rate to he superimposed upon wishing iting excess profits taxes; that FAyl normal income tax on unearned 01 8I'T1 ?mes be raised and that heavy SPE( con itlon be Imposed on luxuries. jn 'he suggestions were given In re- mothol -k . teachol ~ Lertl sonally water, . Boan The 11 For fur Reaei rk v' I CASTER, S. C. If you \ There was t(\n\a terrific* hail storm ri\ what would \V>u\lo? What could you d You can't cover your crops?neither the "cobblestoWs ??t'\lie sky." Kven if you knVw there vvas to be a li iiitr storm?one il\it was botuid t<? dest income?you couldn't do a thiW t?? pre] could save your property?and\ou knw ('oiis(M|ueutly?wlurt's to be dope/ your business on a "nw-crop-may-TW-ri you.' Vou don't want V? feel that IhVrv work may be swept awav in a few/inir\ not. \ I Vou may areue that the\tornvM.M1' may not?for a day?or a \\eely?oy tw then what I \ f / There's only one safe answ/re /'INS If you cannot prevent liaw st/>\ns?v auainst loss caused l>y tlintn./ Aim tin possibly serin e is an insumn^c politW in aiiee Company. / / \ LOWEST RAT^S?ABSOLUT / SEE IRA B. JON FIRST NATIONAL / / / / ? ? ? letter from Mr. Kitclnn reach real war profits, for ed an outline of the where a corporation with as not only of taxation made directly out of nation's huKe war ex- has a,s<> Jl b'B over cu"i( and therefore an apparei future, hut of propar- . , ... ' rate of profits. or 110.111111; ??i auonionai .... , ... After explaining that bin Iterty bonds. Increus- ()f $24,000,000,000 expend of normal taxes on in the fiscal year starting nex which liberty bonds ate based on expensed in the the secretary, will tend a calculation of the rate of <e bonds better invest- Mr. McAdoo said it would < ? permit tie in to com-; unsound llnaneial policy diistrial and municipal $2o.ooo,ooo.oeo of that ring higher rates of in- flotation of liberty loans, to j the deficit that would follov o made no attempt to' no increase in the $4, means of carrying out 000 revenue obtainable un? is in revenue legisla- 'n^ htw. not intimate what at- About one-third of the ?e classed as "luxuries" Otto,000 or $13,000,000,00 taxation. He stated, d it ores this fiscal year, end t in many cases the 30, will come from taxation, is profits taxes do not ratio, he suggested, should 1 - -J- '-ir UMMERS 2^WINTHR0P CO ID EDUCATORS: ^Tamous educators of the Unite (o Smith, prXfessor orSKnglish in United States Nav Secretary ofyNational TUayground Association of A ; William WirtL originaton^if the /am ?us Clary Plan; 11^ Missouri; 'Ella Flagg Tooting, firmer President ujco; Dr. IdbertV H. Ralley, clprnell University; A. 1 jT. Snyder, President Wofford x^ollej e; I)r. A. K. V pell, lecturer and\tuthor; Dr. \vNo. Flagley of the^ fg; Mrs. Kmma A\Fox, noted parYij mentarlan. nitd tSK OF STUDY: \"iill courses of Study will lfe pi nts and Principals; (X) High School TeS^hersy' (3) College credits, and \f 5) Thosy wl diinjfsgr>d,o.lal hr 'l,TY: President Johnson/has secur d un ljmt^ually aiis!8 and i?*a<i?'ib or enuouuon in ini? and etnoi^ia ' IA L FEATIJRKS; Specli\cotirse fol flutl Wora\ In Surgical Dressing, Pairllineentary Law; / Demonafr school, model achonl. rur^l school problem!, kindergr h, etc. County boards c?f education ate authorized 1 a who do satisfactory wo^k In this "t^rraneii School" ar Ires, Entertainments. Oift-of-Door Play^^fljslcal c4ip Conducted Excursions, Large New GjtmtMluifl, T^ei Aoi^lln^ Alleys, Large/Athletic Flel^ \hoi^Jjchly erj i Vnd rfihtrlcutatlon fee for entire session fllK.00.>^ hesf^ccommodatlons. / A place for health, reneutloi ther information wrltd for Summer School BulVRn^ rve doih^ltory accommodations as early as vosslohk7 D. B. JOHNSON, 1 , Rock Hill, Si f y 1 " 111 r T7^ Y 1 Htm ft S :l)t in tonr verv r?XLii-- Br ?? / / : - Am i-i'ii sliiel<yfhcin from | V 7 . *J a/l Vtni iiiX-a niinous, rag- TJ /?>\.voly entire source of ^ j J /entyt^NO power on earth ^ ^ ^ Yoy yan't afford to run 1^, ^ liiyd-Any-day'' basis,' $an % j-^Vo 'c/t <d months of hard ; ^p1*ines?(fo you? Of couts<l \ \ Ik-- l nof\comp\ Quite true?it 1 41 o. IS^ut \\yen it DOES? -fl"j, f \ uke youA citopsi" f a on can pnAect yourself IBB best protecrmn you can * . < B i the Hartford Yire Insur- MB k^PROTECTIO^X ^ ^ ES> \ r' W BANK. V ' p -n\j3 ? : 1 ir^ance duced. Treasury tax experts are at^m big earn- work now drafting plans for roniov- l|Hfll the war j|,K some of the acknowledged inalization, jIlstp, 0f the pn sent cm ess profits ally low taeasure, applying particularly u? ?j , %' . . w a. business V??vn aui<ui <-apitaiiKat ton i~ * estimate and conseQUently htfelier rales of J ' j itures ifi earnings. Jjta^gocfions 11j< -? > j ,1 t July Is amendments Will be presented,torn 1 p;?sf, and''congress if they are called for. 1 I increase, S. rr. lttif' McAdon li.i i \ i?t ?>s80cl\ u (institute films, hnWtfftrev, us ui, to avoid "* to raise jjfp appeaHPtco* At dictating Icj^piasum by tIon on reven ie matters. In till** . ] make,up connection, it was learned that a 4 ^ v if there ift)inb<$ of representatives of bust- * I .000,000,- negB Interests have written the treis- ' ler exist- ufy suggesting that for the sake oft'j * obtaining a 'scientifically drawn^e**^ $12,500,- measure, the treasury's experts who ; J 0 expen- have ha<K charge/ (it unravelling ling June many fnoonWruitiefi. of the present and this law should participate closely in ' H drafting thu>.new bill. 'LLEGE^^^ILSia ^ (1 States wlll^fve ser/ks of lectures. Dr. ' al AcademSr author; fl>r. Henry 8. Curtis, inerlca ajfn National Child Welfare Con- IS John BrKlrk, President, State Normal of . N.Er A. and Supewntendent, City School* Jl l. JShok, AmerlcaiyConsul to Greece; Dr. M /Jfiship, <-(11101 df/jonrnal of Education; JM arnegle Pound at/on for Advancement of i . many others. / . M ovided to meetithe neells of; (1) Super I Primary and Ugade Teachers; (4) Those<-? | anrhes. / \M large and ?>mpetent faculty composed \ jlB of this Stays, JuJy 8th to July 20th; I Imf l(Uon Wor* wlflf Children In all grades } 1 Wj f irtNi i>iucttptrl lectures on the Montessorii | VI to rfhtew,yertlflcates now In force for itllf ' ft id t^JtfeCffle final examination#? > ^ V panic*. JWn< ationa! Moving 1 fl^iree," Pe/- 1^ (ulatioi/sNp Swimming Pool with fllteiJd L ' .? lulijpe/ \ / | ts A ^ matlon^nd inspiration onexonled: * I/' P^^ident ^ pL M.4P?""- ML ^5> r *?- ?;w-? ^ H'j 1