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LEGHORN IS GREAT FORAGER If There Is Any Scratching in Sight, ' Whether Garbage Heap or Garden, Bird Will Find lt The Leghorn, while it is a breed of great merit, should not be con fused as the right breed for every man and every place. Put the Leg horn in its proper environment and there is no fowl that will surpass1 lt. On the contrary, if subjected to con ditions that are not suitable for it, it will be an endless source of trouble and disappointment. Leghorns are am bitious fowls, tireless foragers. If there is any scratching in sight, whether it be a garbage heap, truck garden, cold frame, manure pile or rose bed. the Leghorn will make strenuous efforts to 1 White Leghorn Cockerel. get into it. Therefore the person who would keep a garden for Howers or vegetables had better see to it that his henyard is securely inclosed with wire netting if he expects to raise Leg horns. If the runs are large enough, Leg horns can be confined within a seveu fout fence. Yet?once they develop the habit of "yard-breaking" they will clear this with ease, for they make a practice of half Hying and half climb ing up the netting. - MAKE HENS WORK FOR LIVING To Prevent Fowls From Becoming Too Fat lt ls Good Plan to Make Them Scratch for Food. To prevent the hens from becoming fat while consuming enough food for their support anti for production they must be made to work for the larger share of the food received by scratch ing in Utter; if this fails to accom plish the desired result, then the food is not balanced. Tito much grain may be allowed, and the remedy is to reduce the proportion of grain and give more egg-producing food. The hens should j not be overfed at any one meal. Give \ a moderate allowance in the morning of mixed grain; then let them out on grass or rye pasture. The allowance of green food, such as cabbage, turnip tops and roots, is not because of the nutritious material contained in such foods, as they really are of little value, but they perform excellent service from a dietary standpoint. SELECTION OF BEST LAYERS Pennsylvania Department of Agricul ture Urges Poultry Keepers to Save Laying Pullets. Early hatched pullets, in fact, pul lets of any age, are scarcer than ever this fall, and in view of this fact the Pennsylvania department of agricul ture is trying to aid poultry keepers meet the deficiency by urging the sav ing of all the good, old hens for this next year's laying. : The fcest hens are? those still In old plumage, still with red combs and still laying. All such hens are extra good .?hens and should be marked and used fis breeding stock next spring. SUPPLY EGG-SHELL MATERIAL Where Not Furnished In Sufficient Quantities There Will Surely Be Less Eggs Laid. When hens are fed and handled for heavy egg production, and egg-shell material is not furnished In sufficient quantity, there will be fewer eggs laid, and those laid will be too thin-shelled to market safely. The price of one egg will now supply a good layer for a year. COMB IS A GOOD INDICATOR If Fowl ls In Good Health lt Will Be Bright Red and Firm In Texture. i The comb ls a good Indicator of the health of a fowl. If the fowl is In good condition the comb will be bright red, and firm in texture. When the comb becomes pale and soft, or turns dark or purple, something is seriously wrong, and the sooner the matter ls looked into the better. KING GEORGE AS AN ANGLES Britain's Ruler Fights With a Salmon ard Then Dines on a Haggis and Whisky Grog. An artillo in a French paper de scribing King George salmon fish ing is loo good to be lost, lt runs (in translation) : "He is an angler of the first force, this king of Britain. Behold him there, as he sits motionless under his umbrella patiently regarding his many-colored floats! How obstinate ly he contends with the clements! It is a summer day of Britain ; that is to ?av, a day of sleet, and fog, and tempest. But what would you? It is as they love it, those who would follow the sport. Presently the king's float begins to descend. How he strikes! The hook is implanted in the very bowels of the salmon. The king rises. He spurns aside his foot stool. He strides strongly and swift ly toward tlie rear. In good time the salmon comes to approach himself to the bank. Aha! The king has cast aside his rod! He hurls him self flat on the ground on his victim. They splash and struggle in the icy water. Xame of a dog! But it is a braw laddie ! The gillie, a kind of outdoor domestic, administers the coup de grace with his pistol. The king cries* with a very shrill voice, 'Hip- Hip! Hurrah!' On these red letter days his majesty George dines on a haggis and a whisky grog. Like a true Scotsman, he wean only a kilt." We need not add, says London Tit-Bits, that the description is meant to be most complimentary to | the king, in spite of the lively imagi nation of the writer. A LONG-FELT WANT Josh-Do you think there will ever be any radical chango in the style of men's hats ? Bosh-Xot unless somebody in vents a hat that will cover the bald spot on thc back of the head. KAISER'S EQUERRY AIRMAN. liaron von Richthofen, Germany's ' star airman, who is at home on long leave, has just been married to Frau lein von Minkwitz, the millionaire heiress, daughter of the duke of Saxe-Coburg's master of horse. On thc occasion of the marriage, the em peror appointed Richthofen his "equerry airman," and it is said that in consequence of this appointment he will hencforth devote his time en tirely to the training of new lighting squad rons. DIFFERENT DAYS. "When I was a kid the poorest boy could have fun making a snow man. You remember we used lumps of coal for his eyes?" "I remember. I suppose making a snow man is now a pastime for chil dren of the very rich."-Louisville Courier-Journal. THE CURE. Cannibal King-What have we here? Slave-He appears to be a raw recruit. King-Raw? Very well; cook him. CAUSE AND EFFECT. Nip-Do you think it pays to re cover an umbrella ? Tuck-I don't think it pays to lose one in the first place.-The Lamb. WELL FIXED. Reginald!" "Yes, dear?" "Sugar is getting scarce." "Quite so. I'm glad I have you, sweetness." DOWN AT PALM BEACH. Bess-What do you think of that for a tightwad? Jim has paid his hotel bill in advance for fear he'll spend all he has on us girls. JUE DEAD PAST i J By CECILLE LANGDON. (Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union.) "I :iin glad you have found a friend at your new place (if work, Roland," said Mrs. Viucent "Ho's a good friend, too," replied Roland Vincent "It was awful strange and awkward the first day or two, for. you soo, I know nobody among my fol low workers, and it isn't much like school. I thought they would say I wouldn't do when I blundered and made mistakes half a dozen times. Then my new friend, who has charge of the stock room, spoke to me and told me to soe him at the lunch hour." "What is his name, Roland?" in quired Mrs. Vincent. "Robert Leigh. Ho is a queer act ing man, hardly ever speaks to any body, but has been so kind and helpful to me." It got to bo so finally that Roland visited Mr. Leigh regularly once a week. When ho did so, he remained till after ten oarlock at night. "It's just jolly!" Roland told his mother repeatedly. "Mr. Leigh has a gas stove and a regular housekeep ing outfit. Ile gets up a meal about ns fine as yours, mother, and that's saying a lot. Then he clears the table and gets out the books, and goes over what I have read for tho week. I am learning so much, mother." "Does he never smoko, or drink, or play cards, or that like?" questioned Mrs. Vincent anxiously. "Oh, never that!" replied Roland, quickly. "He has a cabinet of curi osities. Once, a long time apo, he says he knew all sorts of men, for he was doing some detective work. In his cab inet he has tho rope that hanged a no torious murderer and a knife with which a foreign prince was assassin ated. Ile showed me Inst night a trick gambling outfit, and proved to mo the frauds employed to defraud gambling victims. It was so Interesting." Mrs. Vincent's eyes dilated. She seized Ronald's nrm with a trembling hand. "Oh, my son ! my son !" She spoke in so intense a tono that Ronald view ed her in wonder, "promise me never, never to touch a card!" "Don't worry about that," returned Roland at once. "Anybody hearing Mr. Leigh tell what gambling leads to would never do so." "I wish you would ask Mr. Leigh to tea some evening. Roland," said Mrs. Vincent. "We must return his cour tesies in some way." "I did once." explained Roland, "but he said he never went anywhere. I do wish you could meet him, though. He seems interested in anything that con cerns mo. You know, I could not tell him much," and Roland glanced close ly ut his mother, and then at a framed photograph on the wall. Always ho had believed that coun terfeit presentment of an austere, dig nified looking man to be that* of the father he could not remember. She became strangely agitated. "Roland." she said, "I have taught you from childhood to regard your fa ther as dead to us." "Rut not really dead, mother," per sisted Roland. "At all events lost to the world and to us," continued Mrs. Vincent. "I for bid you ever to mention his name again." Mrs. Vincent broke down in tears and hurried from the room. One evening Roland came home in a great state of excitement. He was earlier than usual, and his ani mated face told that he was stirred up. "Oh. mother, I guess our good luck lias come!" lie cried buoyantly. "What ?lo you think? Tho house is going to open a branch in Rio do Janeiro, and Mr. Leigh is to take charge of it at a big salary. He says he has boon work ing for tho promotion for years, and he has tho privilege of appointing his own assistants, and he says If we will remove to Brazil he will stnrt mo In as his chief clerk at four times the salary I am now getting." Mrs. Vincent had boen dusting the furniture and wall hangings when Rol and came in, and now she listened to him. duster suspended. "Won't you come and call upon him with me?" urged Roland. "Maybe you would consent to move to Brazil after hearing Mr. Leigh tell of the great business prospect It would be forme." "Yes," assented Mrs. Vincent, after a moment of thought. "I think we had better have a talk with him together. There is the door boll," and she left the room. As she passed into the hall she struck the cord suspending the time-honored photograph. Frnme and all came to the floor with a crash. Two photographs fell out upon the carpet. As the under one caught the eye of Ro land, he uttered a quick ejaculation. It was Mr. Leigh ! "Father!" he said simply, extending his hand and looked appealingly Into the eyes of the other. "You know, then-" began Mr. Leigh. "Only that you must be the father I have longed to know. Ob, tell me all !" And then the veli of mystery that had so long hung over the past of the devoted fnmlly was drawn aside. Born with the Instincts of a gambler, Alan Vincent had risked his own for tune and that of his wife In a ven turesome speculation, and had lost. Beggared, the wife had resentfully shut him out of her life, and he had become a wanderer under an assumed name. But now he had repented of his misdeeds and had conquered the temptation. A reconcldation begot confidence, and under blue Brazilian skies they all began life over again. DIPPING VAT ERADICA" (From the United States Department of Agriculture.) Tho record-breaking releases this year of Southern territory from feder al quarantine for cattle fever ticks is tangible proof that difficulties which nt first seem insurmountable can be banished by determination and hard work. Mississippi, which ls to be entirely freed this year, oilers a striking In stance of a difficulty met aud sur mounted. In the gulf portion of Mis sissippi lt appeared from the begin ning that the swamps, which usually are .severn! miles wide on both sides of the many rivers' and streams, had raised an impassable barrier to the tick work. In these swamps are num bers of small ponds or lakes. The ridgy land between them is covered with dense cane and pines, with patches of heavy timber. Hurricanes have blown down many trees, which are now covered with vines so thick that solid walls are formed. Such jungles make it Impossible to traverse the swampy country by any other means than upon foot, and also often make it impossible to see more than a few feet away the cattle that have strayed into the wilderness. Notwithstanding the hardships ac companying the dipping of cattle in the Mississippi swamp section, the owners, with the assistance of county Inspectors, extricated the callie from the swamps, dipped them, and as far as possible prevented them from re turning until the latter part of the dip ping season. Another obstacle in this section arose from the fact that the land is only slightly higher than the Gulf of Mexico, and thus became su persaturated with water. It was nec essary, therefore, to build many of the dipping vats several feet above the eiirih. Increasing the difficulty and ex pense of the work. Can Eradicate Ticks Anywhere. There cnn be no greater nnturnl bar riers to tick-eradication work than were surmounted in Mississippi. It is claimed by the tick eradicators there, Wno Oelle? >: Hint +?cH ?M<UM?U> be accomplished in any county where the people desire It and work systemat ically. The swamp obstacle was met and likewise surmounted in Alabama. In Baldwin county of that state more than 30,000 cattle were dlpp'ed every two weeks, lt being necessary In many ChevroL We desire to noti we are agents for th rolets Automobiles, let us show you. We are also se Fords. E. P. WINI i MCCORMICK AND EDGE] Large. Jewelry to S We invite our Edgefielc when in Augusta. We h DIAMONDS WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELS CI of all kinds that we have ever sb show you through our stock. Eve plenished with the newest designs. We call especial attention to O' has every improvement. Your w new. Work ready for delivery in A. J. l 980 Broad St. CATTLE-TICK FIGHT TES BLOOD SUCKERS. Instances to transport them from tho swampy land. Practically all of the cattle in tins county were tlcky when the dipping hogan, but the county ls found now to be in Ut condition for release from quarantine. Another kind or obstacle was met In west Texas counties, where the work was retarded by a severe dry spell. Ranchmen In Concho county, loyal supporters-of tick eradication, hauled water for priming vats eight miles, making the round trip of 1G :es. One ranchman was known to .?ave hauled water 12 miles, a round trip of 24 miles. - . Lack of knowledge, which has con stituted tho greatest obstacle to prog ress in tick eradication, is being met to such an extent by educational prop aganda that the conditions are re garded ns incomparably better than they were a few years ago. Residents of released areas have testified with good results, and travelers, passing from area to area, have boen instru mental in spreading the good news. South Shown to Be Cattle Country. A great niel has been found in mov ing pictures in tho cities and in lan tern slides in the country. State fairs, at which southern-grown animals, the equals of northern-grown, were exhib ited, have been a great factor in the educational campaign. Introduction of northern pure breeds without loss by death, and their continuance to thrive has gone far In destroying the old illu sion that tho South was not a cattle country. The successful orr dication of ticks and tho rearing of pure breeds as far south as lower Mississippi has effectually banished the notion that ticks cannot be eradicated in thc southern countries and that the cli mate was unfit for cattle. Luxuriant growths of alfalfa, les pedeza, cowpeas. soy beans, mellilo tus. Johnson grass, Bermuda grass and corn or peas all best nsed as forage, have convinced the skeptic that food ls abundant The silo and improved methods of curing hay have demon sfmtwi that forage can be carried over from season to seuauu uuu .... cattle need suffer no effect In their growth on account of seasonal changes. Gradually, ono hy one, the false ideas of cattle raising detrimen tal to Southern farm husbandry are being corrected within and adjacent to the new tick-free territory. et Cars ify the people that Le celebrated Chev If you want a car liing second-hand S?J& BROTHERS ?LUM BRANCH, S. C. FIELD COUNTIES. Stock of ?elect From l friends to visit our store ave the largest stock of v JT CLASS AND SILVERWARE own. It will be a pleasure to ;ry department is constantly re tar repairing|department, which ratch or clock made as good as a short time. Renkl Augusta, Ga, Treasurer's Notice The County Treasurer's office will b open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October, 1917, to the 15th clay of March, 1918. All taxes shall be due and payable between the 15th day of October, 1917, and December 31st, 1917.. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31st, 1917, the County Aujjitor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent for January, and if taxes are not paid on or before February 1st, 1918, the County Auditor will pro ceed to add two per cent, and five per cent, from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, after which time all unpaid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff. The tax levies for the year 1917 are as follows: Mills For State purposes 8fc " Ordinary County 7 " Constitutional School Tax 3 " Antioch 4 " Bacon School District 7? " Blocker 2 " Blocker-Limestone 4 " Collier's 4 " Flat Rock 4 " Oak Grove 3 " Red Hill 4 " Edgefield 8 " Elmwood No. 8 2 " Elmwood No. 9 2 " Elmwood No. 30 2 " Elmwood L. C. 3 " Hibler 3 " Johnston ll " Meriwether (Gregg) 2 " Moss 3 " Shaw 4 " Talbert 2 " Trenton 8 " Wards 2 " Blocker R. R. (portion) 15 " Elmwood R. R. (portion) .15 " Johnston R. R. 3 " Pickens R. R. 3 " Wise R. R. U " Corporation. 10 " Sinking Fund. 3-4 All the male citizens between the ages of 12 years and 60 years, except those exempt by law, are liable to a poll tax of One Dollar each. A capitation tax of 50 cents each is to be paid on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citi zens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $2.00 commutation tax. No commutation tax is included in the property tax. So ask for road tax re ceipt when you desire to pay road tax. JAMES T. MI MS, Co. Treas. E. C. 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