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Establial?P? 1S35. /. L. M/.MS.-.?tf//of Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the pos'"office at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer' . name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. Wednesday, April 27. WS.S. TEAR SAYINGS S?AMPS 18SUZD BY THE UNITED STATES .GOVERNMENT Buy Them And Help Win The Warj ?70S SALE EVERYWHERE "To hell with German sympathizers, and thank God for Woodrow Wil son. "-Senator Tillman. Buy a Bond. Those who do not serve in the army should serve at home. Of the nfany ways of serving at home that which appeals with greatest force at this time is the Liberty Bond issue. The people of America should not be satisfied with barely subscribing the three billions of dollars. Let us raise the spirits of our army, and correspondingly depress the tpirits of the enemy, by going far be yond the amount asked as a third Lib erty Loan. For this to be accomplished every citizen must do his' full duty ?ot his bit but his best. Russians to be Pitied. Poor old Russia deserves contempt and pity at the same time. While the Russians forsook their friends, yet the latter owe much to Russia. Had not the Russians engaged the Germans on .the eastern front for many months, probably two years altogether, the Germans would have made their tre mendous drives upon the western front earlier. While the Germans were butchering the Russians the Allies were preparing as Germany had done a generation ago. Let us look with charity upon what appears to be a very contemptible course on the part of Russia, making a separate peace with t?e enemy. Price Not to be Fixed. During the past 10 days there have been sharp fluctuations in the cotton j market, marked by a steady decline, as a result of rumors that the war in-1 dustries board would fix the price now j of cotton. , ' Senator E. D. Smith, who has de-11 voted so much time and attention toi agriculture and to cotton in particular J < as to have been dubbed by some J?' "Cotton" Smith, states unequivocally j '. that the price of cotton will not be 11 fixed by congress. The bills ?hat have been introduced looking to that end M will, in his opinion, never he discussed, 1 much less reach a final passage. Sena tor Smith says, "No bill fixing the j price of cotton will pass this congress, unless prices of every other article o? commerce in America are also fixed." We believe Senator Smith can "make good" in the effectiveness of this state ment should a persistent effort be ? made to fix the price of cotton. j i Shoot Spies and imprison Disloyal Men. ; Germans and pro-German3 over the I country are getting at the hands of < their neighbors what they deserve. We do not believe that unlawful acts ( or violence of any kind should be in- ? dulged in, yet all Americans and Ger- ( mans who sympathize with Germany ( should be made to f?*?l the disapproval ot 1 public sentimer . If the government ' does not deal with them severely, the 1 proof to convict being lacking, citizens ' .hould let these men understand that ( their presence here in America is not 11 wanted. 6 Having sent our young men to the trenches in France to give their lives 1 in defense of human rights and our ( national honor, we should not allow ' blatant men to stand upon the street corners and give utterance to senti- M ments that make the iot of our boys * on foreign soil the harder. What is needed now 13 an expression of loyalty from all men and not carping criticism which is but an expression of pro- ? German sentiment. Shoot the spies and imprison the < Americans and Germins who openly I express sympathy for Germany. Men ? of that stripe are not wanted on Amer- 1 ican soil. JOHNSTON LETTER. (Continued from First Page.) One of the John-ton boxs, Gary Horne, is first ?orin t There are 25 in the band and ilie hornes of the people here will entertain these young soldiers during their stay. No doubt there will be a very large crowd on this important occasion. In the matter of the Liberty Loan, the town is putting forth its I best endeavor, and men and women are equally alike trying to do their very best. They are realizing that "dollars are soldiers too." Each one may think his own small, but by each doing his or her share, the j war ?will haye sufficient backing. As a patriot, one can no more keep out of these drives than if a soldier, one would refuse to go "over the top'' into No Mans L-md. As there are four federated clubs here, there is a large representation thin week at the State Fed eration in Aiken. With the con venience of cars, there are also oth-| ers interested attending the busi ness sessions. Mr. Grady Satcher, who will go to Camp Gordon soon, is spending a few days at his home here. Mr. Willie Lee Wright will soon be stationed in camp at Florida. Dr. J. W, Mobley, of Milledge ville, Ga., is visiting bis father, Dr. S. G. Mobley. Mr. W. W. Satcher has sold his home in west Johnston, to Mr. Fulmer, and he contemplates ata later date to make his home inj North Augusta. Mr. Fulmer is not to have possession until Jan. 1st, 1919. It will be a matter of deep, regret to all to have this estimable] family make their home elsewhere. The Emily Geiger chapter, D. A. R., met with Mrs. Bessie P. Bean on Monday afternoon, Mrs. W. S. Mobley, presiding. A communica tion was read from Mrs. Mary K. bovd, asking the chapter for an other contribution of jelly for the Base Hospital, Columbia. The state chapters are divided into groups of 20, to facilitate the mat ter of collecting jelly, and it is hoped that every four months a con tribution will be sent. This chap ter voted to do this and the commit tee to make the canvasses, is Mesdames. Bean, F. M. Boyd and M. T. Turner. Mrs. O. D. Black, Historian, requested the members to respond to roll call with some thing concerning the topic of the afternoon. The matter of having pictures taken of the chapter en gaged in Red Cross work, was dis cussed, and when conditions are favorable, this will be done. The] request had come from Headquar ters and some of the pictures will appear in D. A. R. magazine. The subject for the literary pro gram was "The men who defended their country by tongue and pen,' and Miss Zena Payne gave the pa per on this subject. The two chief men of the Revolutionry . period told of in the paper, were Patrick Henry, the "orator of tho Revolu tion," and Samuel Adams, the "fire brara of the Revolution." Each member gave a current event. Af ter adjournment, the hostess served delicious strawberry cream and cake. Dr. C. P. Corn is very sick and i trained nurse has been called to ittend him. A special visit from i physician of Augusta was made the 3rst of the wetk. Mrs. Ona Denny Reese, of Sa vannah, has been for a visit to "riends here. NOTICE OF DEMOCRATIC CLUBS OF EDGEFIELD COUNTY. The Democratic Clubs of Edge ield County are required under .ule 5 of the Democratic party and JhapterXIII, Vol. 1, Code S. C., 1912, as amended, to meet for the Durpose of reorganization on Satur lay, Ap.ril 27th, 1918. They shall elect a president and rae or more vice-presidents, a secre ;ary and treasurer, an executive ?oramitteeman, one delegate to the jounty convention for every 251 nembers, and one delegate for a| najority fraction thereof based ipon the number of votes polled in ;he first primary of 1910, and mad ded such working committees as) provided for in the rules and itatutes. The members of all clubs arel ?rged to meet, reorganize and eleot >fficer8 and delegates as required by ,he rules. Clubs will please forward a cora Dlete list of their officers and dele gates to the undersigned. B. E. NICHOLSON, County Chairman. April 16, 1918. LOST: One bay mare 10 years] )ld with mane sheared, and tail bobbed, was bitched to an open bug ?y with end springs and red run uing gear. J. T. Rhoden, R. F D. 2, Johnston, S. C, SHOULD RETAIN BEST FOWLS Patriotic Farmers Who Desire to Do Their Bit Will Find lt Wise to Keep Best Layers. Among farmers generally lt ls the common practice to sell hens over a year old for poultry when they stop laying in the fall. Under the usual con ditions this is good policy, for as a rule only about half the flock lay well enough the second year to be profit able, and the farmer who has pullets enough to replace all his. old hens sees no advantage in keeping any of them over. This year, however, patriotic farm ers who desire to do their part to in crease the poultry and egg supplies will find lt desiruble to retain a consid Champion Columbian Plymouth .Rock. ernble proportion of the yearling hens, making such addition to their poultry house equipment as may be necessary to properly accommodate both pullets and hens. Overcrowding must be avoided, as neither pullets nor hens will do their best. BOILED OATS FOR CHICKENS Favorable Results Obtained by Penn* sylvania Department of Agri culture-Feed Warm. Poultry experts irTthe Pennsylvania" department of agriculture report favor able results from feeding bolled oats, and state they are the cheapest poultry food now obtainable. Boiled oats have largely, too, superseded the sprouted oats so much exploited a few years ago, as they are better, safer and less i fussy. . jj To prepare, soak good, heavy oats ii 12 hours or more (in hot weather or a warm room a fresh lot should be I soaked dally), dissolve one tablespoon ful of salt In each bucket of water used for this, boll two or three hours and so gauge thc amount of water used for soaking that at the finish the water Is boiled away. Feed warm but not hot. White Leghorn pullets can have these bolled oats twice dally, say at 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., and all they will eat np clean. For old hens or heavyweight pullets, o*e feed a day is enough and not ?W much at that, lest they become t*V fat on this m.uch llked feed. CAREFUL ESTIMATE OF FEED If Bran and Shorts Are Used Freely In Dry Mash They Will Take Place of Grains. One ls compelled these days to make pretty careful estimates In regard to kinds of feed for chickens. It seems that bran and shorts are cheap as any thing on the market. If these are used freely In a dry mash with cornmeal, making the shorts the predominant part, the mixture will largely take the place of cracked grains. It can be fed In self-feeders. It ls a good mixture for growing chicks whether or not cracked grains are used, and can prof itably be kept before them all the time. KEEP ONLY THE BEST FOWLS Owing to High Price of Feed Poultry man Should Cull Out and Dis pose of All Runts. Now that poultry feeds, like all other feeds, are high In price, the poultry keeper should be more cnrefvl than ever to cull out and dispose of all rents, weak specimens and those which are In any way deformed. While these are allowed in the flock, they are con suming food and using coop and house roora which could be more profitably devoted to strong, more perfect stock. KEEPING MALES IN SAME PEN Not Wis? Plan to Permit Two Roo?, tem With Hens-Use Them on Alternate Days. It ls not best to allow two males In the same pen together. If It becomes necessary to keep more than one In the same pen, only one should be al lowed with the hens the ssme day. It ls a good plan to let one run with the hens and the other one the next day. Tbs male should be kept In a pen by himself when he ls not with I the hens. .ti Did You Ever Pause to Consider What Your Liberty Mean to You? And that if you were deprived of it you would give all you had to get it back. Then what about our boys in the prison camps of Germany. Invest in a Liberty Loan Bond to-doy-don't delay. If you haven't a son or some other kin people engaged in this war to-day he soon will be, unless we all at home do our bit to help bring the war to a speedily end by investing in a Liberty Loan Bond. isa Now is the time to get .your Muslin dress planned. We have some very pretty designs in both striped and figures. A Pictorial Re view pattern will help in making a beautiful summer dress. A visit to the Millinery department will keep you in touch with the latest styles in head wear for Milady. Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps, white and black, all sizes and prices. Why not look at what we have before you buy. lt is a pleasure to show you. THE CORNER STORE lp. ?The store that always says, Thank You McCormick Binders We have in warehouse ready for imme diate delivery a supply of the celebrated McCormick Binders. The cheapest and most satisfactory way of harvesting your wheat and oats is with one of these ma chines, which works as if possessed with human intelligence. Labor is scarce and high, so do not depend upon it to harvest your grain. CASH or on EASY TERMS. Come in to see us. We also carry a stock of repairs and binder twine. We have only been able to secure three of these machines up to this time, so you had better see us at once. STEWART & KERNRGHAN