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JACK'S JOTHER By HOSE HOLMES. J (.Copyright, 1?1S. by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Of course, Jack is the dearest fellow in the world, but he often refers to his mather's efficiency. Jack's mother is efficient. Til admit it. I would also call her stin-economical. Since tlie slogan "Gel. Behind Hoov er" has become popular lt seems to me that Jae: lias referred more fre quently to thi? efficiency of his mother; has several limes intimated that sav ing a little tm living expenses would be a laudable ambition for me. This idea was pu; in words that I under . stood, when he said: "My dear, I think $45 too much for you to spend on a hat this season." So I didn't spend it. I .got a per fectly-gocd-enough best hat for $35, and in order to make it last longer I got one that was all right for every day for $20. But that isn't what I started to tell you about. Yqn see, we go ever to Jack's mother's for dinner on her birthday, and tins year was to be no exception. I knew she would show us her pre serves and pickles and cans of things; and her last winter's suit that she had made as good as new with the addi tion of new collar and cuffs. And I happened to think that my sweater was dirty, and that I would want to wear it under my coat if we motored ove;*; and also happened to think that tl ie fact, that it was dirty would not escape efficiency's eye. Well, cleaning is expensive, and didn't Jack want me to economize? Hadn't I paid the most reliable clean ing establishment in Boston $1.75 plus expressage, for cleaning that same sweater not long ago?-a perfectly ex orbitant prie?; why, the sweater only cost $12.50 ia the first place. No, lt wasn't one of those expensive hand knit ones, but it was a very pretty sweater. Yes, that soft rose one you have seen rn ? wear. They say ' a penny saved is a penny earned," so ? decided that I couldn't earn $1.75 rny easier than to wash that sweater myself, with about five cents' ?worth of soap. Did you ever try to wash anything? We've alway:: sent the washing out, so haven't any tubs or wringers or thing.?, but there wa> a bathtub. ? believe one of tho helps to efficiency is being able to utilize tho things. It takes a lot of energy to got up a suds In a bcthtub, if you are not on the inside. Do you know' how much a sweater weighs when lt's wet? I soaped ind rubbed and squeezed that garment for the better part of an hour; then, K it never became clean, I ' wouldn't have given lt another souse. After I squeezed the water out of it the best I could and hung lt over the radiator to dry, I went down town to try on a perfectly lovely set of furs that were in Brown & Co.'s win dow. There I met Molly Whitman and Totti e Franc h and took them tn the Sally-Ally Tea Room for something to eat; then I rook them to the Strand to see Julion Eltinge in "Countess Charming." I wanted to see if I couldn't tell that he isn't a woman even If I didn't know it. I dropped around to the office for Jack and we came home together. We were h ?rd?y in the house before he give me the opening I wanted, by saying: "Well, what have you been doing today. Hon?" "Oh, Tve got the biggest kind of a surprise for you. Jack; I've boen get ting behind the conservation board ! I saved $1.75 this moraine!" "Prftty gocd for one morning. Can you keep up hat pace for a year?" Throwing ny things on a chair ns I passed, I seized the sweater from the radiator nnd "it-id it up. "See!" I exclaimed. "What is il?" he Inquired stupidly. "Can't you see? It's my sweater! I washed it myself and saved $1.75 !" "Um-m-m. Isn't It a little large?" "Large? No; it never was! It fits all right!" sa d I, proceeding to invest myself. My arms were not long enough for - the sleeves-ty about a fo i : but being busy wrinkling tip the sleeves, T hadn't observed that Jack was having a fit or something; then I looked down at myself. I: was right then that I was thankful that I hadn't used wool soap (the kind mamma used, you know), for whatever else happened to that sweater, 1 would not want to have deprived it of the amount it "shrunk." Jt was originnlly a fashionable length : it now escape! the floor by about cine ?inches. The pockets, which were nor mally placed, could now be observed as Tittle sack; hanging near the hor ton.. And the belt! That wa? also nonnahy placed, but now. if tied, would greatly interfere with locomo tion. I didn't can; anything about the old sweater anywny; but there was Jack in fits of laughter: and lt is so hu miliating to have failed when one ptriving to compete with an economical mother-in-law. Well, I just stripped the old thing off and threw it in his face and started for the bedroom. Yes, I was crying, but hadn't my head half covered up j with a pillow before Jack came, say ing: "There-the*o-Honey ! She did try to econom'ze-did try to saw her old man ?1.T5 ! There-there-she can get her a new sweater-" and he tucked three yellow-backs in my hand. RATIONS FOR LAYING STOCK Pullets on Farm Should Get Large Part of Feed by Foraging If No Snow on Ground. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) When there is no snow on the ground pullets on the farm ought to ' get a large part of their feed by for aging. Whether they can get it de '? pends not, only upon what, food may ? be available but on whether they have ' been so distributed as to get the feed on the range. To find whether they require more is to observe how far they range and whether they find feed enough to keep them busy most of the time, and then to test them further by seeing how much they eat heartily in the morning, and then go foraging, and also how much they eat just be fore goiug to roost at night Pallets ' that forage well and have the oppor tunity to get plenty of green food, worms and bugs cannot be overfed by giving them what grain they will eat up clean. Careful feeders learn just how much their flock will take, and so avoid waste while keeping the bi?ds full fed. Pullets In confinement should hove the same ration they will have in the winter, and be liberally supplied with the vegetable feeds available at th? season. Liberal use of these makes it Hens Scratching in Litter for Grain. possible to feed grains heavily, to pro mote egg production, and yet keep the birds ID the best of physical condition. A good war-time standard ration is: Mash. 2 parts cornmeal 1 part bran 1 part middlings 1 part ground oats 1 part meat scrap or fish meal' Scratch Feed. 1 part cracked c orn 1 part heavy oats Green Feed. Cabbage, sprouted oats or any avail able green vegetable. Another good ration with less beef scrap is as fol lows: Mash. 5 parts mixed feed (bran and mid dlings) 4 parts cornmeal 1 part beef scrap or fish meal Scratch Feed. 1 part cracked corn Green Feed. Cabbage, sprouted oats or any avail able green vegetable. For a moist mash use oteht parts of mixed feed Instead of five. Sprouted oats are recommended as green feed, not ns preferable ro cabbage and other green vegetables when these can be obtained, but In order to use oats as much as possible. SUCCESS IN RAISING PIGEONS Good Breeding Stock ls Essential and lt ls Best to Purchase From Reliable Breeder. Good breeding stock is necessary to succeed in pigeon raising. It is advis able to buy pigeons from reliable breeders-those who guarantee their stock. Many failures in squab raising have been due to poor stock-old pig eons past their period of usefulness, or perhaps too many male birds. There are a great many varieties of pigeons, but only a few are used in squab rais ing. The Homer ls generally consid ered the most popular variety. SIX VARIETIES OF TURKEYS Bronze, White Holland, Bourbon Red, Black, Narragansett and Slate j Are Recognized. The American StandriM of Perfec- j tion recognizes six different varieties of domesticated turkeys as most dei sirable, the many others being largely j mongrel, breeding from which Is al ways uncertain as to quality of the progeny. The standard varieties are the Bronze, the White Holland, Bour bon Red, the Black, the Narragansett and the Slate. j Why you should use Cardia, the woman's tonic, for your troubles, have been shown in thousands of letters r?pm actual users of this medi cine, who spe?k from personal experience. If the results obtained by other women for so manjr years have been so uni formly good, why not give Cardui a trial? Take The Woman's Tonic Mrs. Mary J. irvin, of Cullen, Va., writes: "About ll years ago, 1 suffered untold misery with female trouble, bear ing-down pains, head ache, numbness ... I would go for three weeks almost bent double ... My husband went to Dr. - for Cardui . . . After taking about- two bottles I began going .around and when I took three bottles I could do all my work." E-80 Abbeville-Greenw?od Mu tual insurance Asso ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $4,268,300. WRITE OR CALL on the under I signed for any information you maj 'desire about our plan of insurance. We insure your property against destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT N1NG and do so cheaper than any Com pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared tc ! prove to you>that ours is the safest ?and ^cheapest plan cf insurance known. Our' Association is now licensed ?to write Insurance in the counties ! of Abbeville, Greenwood,. McCor 'mick, Edgefield, Laurens, Saluda, j Richland, Lexington, Calhoun and Spartanburg. The officers are: Gen. J. Fraser Lyon, President, Columbia S. C., J. R. Blake, Gen. Agent, Secty. and Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C. : A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C. |R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. . J. Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C. W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S .C. 1 IW. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. : J. R. BLAKE, GEN. AGT. Greenwood, S. C. February 1st, 1919. ? ry Buy War Saving Stamps until you can't* see. Then see me. Geo. P. Minis, Optometrist. Edgefield, S. C. HARRIS' PRESSING CLUB I take thiVmeans of letting the people know that I have re-opened my pressing club, and Viii appre ciate their patronage. I am better prepared than ever to clean and press all kinds.?of garments, both for ladies and gentlemen. All work guaranteed. Let me know when you have work and I will send for it and make pron.pt delivery. Wallace Harris Sheppard Building Down Stairs We Invite Our Friends to call on Uo at our new store. , In order to have mora room to display our large stock we have moved from the corner next door to the Farmers Bank to the store next door to the Lynch Drug Store. Come in to see us. New spring goods are now arriving every day. A cordial welcome will be extended to all of our friends. Daitch Eros Next door to Lynch Drug Store Co y ? I will sell fertilizers for 1919 season and solicit the patronage of the farmers of Edgefield county. I am agent in this section for "Quality Brands" of fertilizers made by Coe-Mortimer Company of Charleston. ?he formulas which they place upon the market are- recog nized to be the best, having been tested for many years. H... -.w -. . . . I will sell Acid Phosphate and Nitrate of Soda and solicit your orders for these also. Write me or see me in person before making your 1919 contract for fertilizers. S LARGE STOCH OP The war practically stopped all building, but now people can resume their building' operations. We carry a large supply of building material of all lands. When in need of BRICK, LIME, CEMENT PAINTS, OILS NAILS and Builders' Hardware of kinds. Come in to see us. OUR STOCK OF GROCERIES and Plantation Supplies is always complete. Come in to see us. W. W. Adams & Co