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COUNTRY IS FACING FOOD FAMINE, SAVS B. HARRIS Columbia, May 25.?The country ji facing a food famine, according to B. Harris, state commissioner of agriculture, who base? his assertion reports which has been received from many rts of the country. Mr. Harris states that he is tiarmed over the prospect for a :*tcious food shortage within the atext few months. "Reports and Jtutistics show that the food supply is Loo short to fill th_- demands of Sb.e world," says Mr. Harris in a secernent to the press today. The situation that confronts the nation is well as the South is very seri'U3lS." * i- x- -P.*,. "Again i warn to lul- kubi>.ts to so diversify their crops as ito raise ail their necessary supplies home. If there ever was a time ariien we should do this, it is now, fov the thinking men of the world "Msiiize thac we are not far from a Utile famine. ?nm*? <r>cri:Hls of South Cai'O ii'mi now hay ami corn can hardly >e had in quantities sufficient for the demand. It is not too late to TSiwdy thi? situation, however, if ffie farmers will plant plenty of | com, peas, cane for syrup. They ;3&ould at least raise hogs for home oonsumption."' j Xr. Harris states that he has ?ade a complete study of crop con iitiotts all >ver the country, from government reports as well a? the carefully prepared statements of tvvnmercial agencies and such inrestigators as the American Steel ?tk! Wire Co.' 'In the corn belt and wheat producing states," he says, "fifee acreage of wheat is greatly reduced the preparation of the land b poorly done on account of too much wet weather, and corn planting is at least two or three weeks }*?.-> which means that if the trost .*mes at is usual time the crop may lbs cat short. 'These facts apply to Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee. Ohio' Ifyoming, Idaho, Kentucky, Mary-, Virginia, Illinois, Montana ; Utah, NewMexico and Delaware.; The subnormal weather we have I having in this section is but a ! counter-part of what the rest of the country has been suffering j generally. "As to the cotton situation, I ! fcave heard from the following states: Texas, Alabama, Mississippi I Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia, SuuJi Carolina, Tennessee, Xorth ^.vaUna, Florida a/id Louisiana, j Trie situation is generally and uni-1 *?rsally the same. Planting is four i ?U" five weeks behind, preparation | f the soil is poor; the stand is bad,' much of the cotton having to be | planted over and the condition j throughout the belt is the poorest ihat has ever been known. As to i iiie price, this depends on what the ! fanners will do. It is up to spots j holders to name their price." '4. SANTUC LOCALS V > >! xvvvVV^VVVVVVVVV Rev. Fred Harris will preach at i iiiteal next Sundav afternoon. Mav 30th, at 4 o'clock. The public is ordially invited to attend. Mrs. Ellen Langford, of Georgia, from Saturday until Monday *?tfi Mrs. E. J. Botts. Mr. and Mrs. R. Haddon spent frrvn Saturday until Monday with 'fir. John Pettigrew. Mr. :*nd Mrs. John Morrison, and r.iece, Miss Rosa Lee Bass, of Columbia, spent Sunday and Sunday night with Mr. W. E. Morrison and "family. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kay and duttirjn, Mr. and Mrs. Mack I Aftaniinvi ! niiisiiirjLZ < We Are Now In Pc Make of Battery. We are Agents For j i DATTUDV P un 1 i ui\ 1 vv mi ? For 18 Months. Drive By For a F | Water. | City C % I Wright, spent Sunday with Mr. M. I B. Kay and family. j Several from this Community at- ( ; tended the Beauford?C.romer i j wedding Wednesday evening. i Mrs. Pat Austrey has returned to her home in Greenwood after spending a week h?rie with her sis-, ter, Mrs. J. R. Richardson. Mr. Allen Palme* recently visited j friends in Florida. Mrs. Eugene Higgins and two J j daughters, of Hodges, spent Sunday} with Mrs. Mason Wright. ; Mr. E. J. Botts :<pent Sunday in j Greenwood with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. j Harris. I Mr. Jim Sharpe and sons, of Due; West, spent Sunday at Mr. W. F. | ' Kay's. j Mr. S. E. Price, and family, Mr. j [ ar,u iuia. oi;?. Blum Blum and chilj drcn spent Sunday with Mr. ami Mrs. J. B. Culbreth. Mrs. Mack Wright and Misses Annie and Louise Kay spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. W. F. Kay. Miss Willie Abies was shopping 1 in the city Saturday. 1 Several in this Community have been on the sick list for the last few days. Hope fci them a speedy recovery. Misses Lizzie and Willie Abies and Mrs. Tom Abies visited Mrs. E. J. Botts Sunday afternoon. Mr. M. D. Wright was a visitor to the city Saturday. HOME-MADE SORGHUM SIRUP RELIEF FOR SUGAR SHORTAGE As a simple practical means of helping relieve the acute sugar and sirup, shortage, the United States Department of Agriculture recom mends the increased production of sorghum sirup, which, it is pointed out, requires neither unusual skill nor expensive equipment to make. Furthermore, the methods of growing sorghum are similiar to those of corn, and in that respect involve little that is new to farmers. Sirup manufacture is so bfmple that it can be carried on with profit by individuals utilizing small-sized out - fits of a daily capacity of 100 gal- j Ions or less. Where operations on a I larger scale are feasible, community plants having a daily capacity of 1 several hundred gallons are sugges- j ted by the department. Sorghum sirup is palatable and j pleasant flavored, and is an excel-! lent table sirup. It can also be used 1 1 as a substitute for other sirups or i sugar in making certain breads, | cakes, etc., and as a substitute for a | part of the sugar used in making j preserves an l the like. The cost of | producing it at home is relatively \ low, and usually an individual I manufacturing it can readily sell I any excess over his home needs to good advantage. Sorghum sirup produced during the 1910 season brought the producers from 90 cents to $1.50 a gallon, depending on the quality, marketing conditions. pte. Thus fai f.hp siinnlv fallen far short of the market dei mand. WHY DO WE SMOKE Why do people smoke asks Dr. W. A. Bloedorn, Lieutenant Commander in the Medical Corps of the U. S. Navy, in an article entitled "The Barbarous Custom of Smoking," published in the Medical Record. Dr. < Bloedorn analyzes the craving for a smoke that was uni versal among soldiers and sailors during the war, and then answers !h" question. From his answer the following paragraphs are taken: Tobacco is a means of diversion which, far from interfering with a man's performance of duty, attaches him to it and renders it less burdensome. ff we smoke entirely for the Car Owners >sition to Repair Any the EVER-READY Written Guarantee ree Inspection and Parage physiolosrical effects of the active _ prinicples of tobacco, which are absorbed during the act of smoking, we could obtain these active principles in pill or tablet form and administer them much more cheaply, accurately, and efficiently than by the act of smoking. Yet who would be satisfied with a tablet containing his usual dose 1 of nicotine instead of his satisfy- j ing after-dinner cigar? What sol-' ; dier awaiting the order to advance! j would be soothed and calmed by a \ nicotine pill instead of his friendly! cigarette? The pleasure effect begins even before the cigar 01 cigarette is ; lighted. The smoker carefully se-( .ects and inspects nis cigar, and the' p.^paration of the tobacco for, . .-.mking receives much attention. Ail ihe:-e things reflect the state of iiind of the inidviuual. Then the. . jund of the lighting match , the' Mght of the curling smoke and the. s'li.uiiur jin. the avuina of the burn-' .ng leaf, the familiar taste, the! louch and feel of the cigar or cigarLtv; all of these factors combine j .o produce the pleasurable effect. ! ? The appeal is not to one sense 1 but io all the senses and the psychic; effect resulting from this stimula- i cion of the senses is far more im- j portant t*> the smoker than the physiological effect of the nicotine I absorbed. The increased Dulse rate and! heightened blood pressure noted in! some cases following the use of to-1 bacco and ascribed by investiga-; tors along this' line to nicotine ab-' sorbed, are not conductive to pleas-: urable sensations on the part of the individual concerned, and we are | safe in assuming that it is not for' this effect that he indulges in to- ] bacco. The effects which appeal more to ' the smoker are soothing, sedative! tending toward relaxation content-' ment, and mental rest. He appears less acutely aware of his own shortcomings and more tolerant of the shortcomings of his associates. The practice of smoking was observed by the companions of Co lumbus on their frist voyage., It was ^ first introduced into Spain by some of the followers of Columbus on ; ? his .second voyage, who returned is ; about IT) 12. Introduced into the i-./o British Lsles about 1500, it was notiuni * until l.">86 that the plant and its ] set! use were widely known and that a 1 lialeigh distinguished himself byiacc growing tobacco on his estate and mil himself smoking publicly. From Spain and England the use ! car of tobacco spread by degrees over j wh all the known world. In America! wh the culture of tobacco began in i in Virginia with the earliest settle- ; oth ment of the colony. | ate James 1. was particularly bitter j yes in his denunciation of the use of j plv tobacco. i mu It is an historical fact that both j \vh James I., Charles I., and Charles II, am as well as Cromwell had the strong- tol esc dislike of the Indian weed and lost no opportunity to suppress its in cultivation and use. fee Pope Urban VIII, excommunica- sor ted all who took snuff in church. j of Christian IV, of Denmark had all | Un smokers and snuffers publicly vir whipped. mi| The Chinese and Japanese puni- ] shed ftinokers by whippings and dis maimings. gra The Russian rulers cut off noses, sip a:ul the Turks stuck pipes through ind the noses of smokers and exhibited < lie the victims in public. Amurath IV, ,..a of Turkey beheaded every on" I found guilty of smoking. In spite of such powerful foes, | the custom increased to such a*> ex-1 tent that when William ascend the j we throne, it was said to be almost uni-| mo versal. j c,( Thus this habit, learned from the! I savage, came gradually to be ac- ^ar ccpted as the natural order of af fair?, and the barbarous custom of wo smoking has become almost a uni-ijia, versal habit of civilized nations. j ,x ^ The tension under which we live. L. U) the eontiual striving for gain, for advancement, in many cases for pa] even the necessaries of life; the ?ol r-tty annoyances, grievances and i worries which enter our daily life; < >r the restlessness, the lack of con- n tentment which is everywhere \\ 1 i manifest, all these factors create a an( demand which must be satisfied. j For some alcohol supplies the de- aiu mand, for some drugs; for others, ;inc the threatre, athletic sports, mov- cla: ins pictures,| motorinpr and hunt- citj ntf- ! poi But the demand exists and there jam; '1' 1 V/r^. r:' >"" ' / ' - of the DjURING the past ten years the automo'"! , f the manure and ifrr.c spreader occupied t r time of many wn^on makers. But Thornhill stuck to the wagon r.r.l to the farmer trade. Over rough mountain roads, through swamps, at logging camps, these wagons did duty daily. Thus the fame of the Thornhill spread, and the demand grew steadily greater. Tough Highland il-ckory Their plant is Iocatcd in the very shadow of mighty forests of mountain hickory. The ground is hard?the climate severe. The wood has to fight for life. So it grows sturdy and rtrong? close-grained and tough?well nigh unbreakable. It has nearly twice the strength of hickory that grows in softer ground, which is usually brittle- j brash. The white oak, growing under similar i conditions, develops a similar toughness. The oak and hickory arc dried outdoors under shelter and kept there from three to five years? 1 so piled that the air can circulate freely. The s?p dries in it, , THE STARK VEHI ibundant evidence to prove that ( seem vulgar, ill-bred aco answers this demand move i ful to flash diamond: versally than any of the other! coats, spend $20 a d atives mentioned, that it reaches ; once at a hotel, own arger mass of people, and that it tomobile like a movii omplishes its purposes with the otherwise flaunt our limum of after effects. in the face of simple There are some individuals who | folks, then the high inot use tobacco; there are some: will come down, by o should use it, there are some ! ble process of redi o use it to excess, and who suffer I general bankruptcy, consequence. There is, on the1 It is the public, m ler hand, a large army of moder-! eers, that make the 1 : tobacco users who indulge for their childish, illbred irs without appreciably bad play and extravagan ysical effect. Each individual that desire to play u ist be his own judge, as to eer in luxuries woul ether he can use tobacco safely, high prices. j also as to the amount he can The present craze erate. in money spending if The tobacco habit may be likened action from the spell -* *1 ?- - 1 - --? : 1 1 many respects to me tea anu uoi- saving we u<tu uuiuij. s habit. Each may do harm in as the riot of selfisl ne c:.ses; each may be a source ness, jealously and 1 comfort and solace in others, the Senate was a rei der ideal surroundings and en- high idealism and m onment the demand for each help humanity into Erht disappear. swept us. It is not in [f you class tobacco as a form of good. After a spell o sipation, at least you must bound to slump, mt that it is a mild form of dis- The only thing we ation. If you would deprive the resist the existing w lividual of his tobacco he would ne?s as strenuously i justified in making the same de- help along in the da; nd regarding your tea or coffee, saved and followed i Especially let the OLD CLOTHES well-to-do r:\nhz: ri risibility, that the With all the earnestness of which are capable let us encourage the venient to "Wear Your Old It is even better than the Overall == |||p?pB npaign. For there is n seamy fy B e uiai; it tne fashionable || ? rl<l takes to blue jeans and gins?- ?11 891 n the price will go up and prove ||||^ A iardship to the workers who have wear these goods. rhere has already appeared in ris, the Mecca of profligates, a mg ass styled "The Overall TMafSJSMSiSISlSJSJSJSMSJe lg," who .sold out his overall fac- g Yl?rY%lPir^ y at an immense profit and is b r A r v taking a post graduate course |g fj/\l JLjll h Professors Nini. Chichi, Lolo g I Fifi hack to Sorhornne. il But if we wear our old clothes, |jj| Four y6 ll 1 induce the tyle-setters to do so, |llj If 1 I make it "the thinp," so that all || scs, rich and poor, hijrh and low, a i HilNlNALi r and country, will make it a g nt of pride to save, not to spend fjij ________ I if we especially can make it y :v/co?* Kegion .Some say their location in t!:e heart of the !,::r '.wood rc_:.:n i/, the reason why they can build . :J; :i wear-proof wmron. And this is partly true. r-,r tough or.k and hickory are things no man can iiv.t much is due to their modern labor-saving \ plant. Materials start at one end of the plant and come out a finished wagon at the other. Each man J;;cs but a single task, and he does that task; to perfection. AC'.an of Master Bu3ders But to the men arc due many of the Thornhill lnnrT_tirflof'rt/>- x.. ^r? .im U1IU1II? ILcUUlCS. I cari ago they attracted to their plant the masters of wagon building. They asked these men for improvements, and the men who made them received their just reward. Together they worked out more improvements than had ever been made in the twenty years that went before. Let us show you a Thornhill and demonstrate i the value of Thorqhill construction. (?9-N) CLE COMPANY and disgrace-. lions can redeem or corrupt the s, wear $1,000 , world. Le them eschew display and ay for exist- j extravagance, cease spreading the a $25,000 au-! gospel of bad taste and corrupting a king, and J the mcral perceptions of the peo excess profits [ p]e> r and bettei j ; c!otho?, by all means! Anyprice of things j , . , . . J. . . i thing to bring simplicity into vo^no. the only feasiuction, except For without simplicity, and love of it, there can be no nobility. >t the profit-' . , , ivVVVVVVVVVVVWV ngh prices, by , * V ?SEE? V love of dis. S. MAY ALLISON V ce. vv ithout V IN V ipon, no profit- _ , , V "FAIR AND WARMER" V a cnansre nis V OPERA HOUSE, FRIDAY. V . , .. VV V V \ VS.W of vulgarity > simply a re* Keep up with your neighbors by of thrift and reading the Press and Banner. It is ; the war; just now being published three times a mess, narrow- week at the same old price as beSourbonism in f0re. Fou get the news when it ia iction from the news let us have your subscription. )ble to ave of swinish- 3 is we tried to uS&Miw/iy'' -LmLcD TINS ONLY | ,s when we all ^VOUBOTOCEaS '"X a?a rMAXWELL HOUSE v bv'tir:: 1 COFFEE LJtctwn ? U3MSJSMS/SJSJSMSISM3MSMSMSISMSMSMSJ3MSJSJ3JSM3IS13 T TIRE REPAIRING s experience in tire building. >k over yours. VULCANIZING WORKS, At City Garage.