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^ PKICE OF K(?OS. Some Interesting Figures on the F Trice and A umber of Eiggs Marketed in State the Past. Year. ^ Fort Worth, Texas.-?'TOe recent high price of eggs has caused the Farmer's union to conduct an investigation into the poultry Conditions of the notion, and Peter Romford lectured of the National Farmers uniongave out the following statement concerning conditions in this State: "We market 65 p)er cent of our egg crop in April, May Wd June, although the consumption f>f eggs runs very nearly even throughout the dntire f year. The American farmer today is ] paying the middleman the princely! sum of $238^00,000 per annum for storing and/ selling eggs. This sum of money -would build and equip sufficient storage to care for the agricultural ' production of the nation. The value of the nation's eggs production during a decade is equivalent in valne to all the farm property in Texas, would build a city the size of St. Louis and would pay the national debts of Spain, Japan and the United States combined. '"The poultry yard census of continental United States taken by tfiie federal government shows that the Termers of this country gather approximately 1,591,311,000 dozen eggs per ennum, which sell at a farm price of $306,688, 960, and a retail price of $545, 2S9, 000. These eggs, according to the market reports, are marketed about as follows: fJanuary, 47,739,000 dozen; February, 63,652,000 dozen; March, 65,000,000 dozen; April, 302,349,000 dozen; May, 318,262,000 dozen; June, 270,432,000 dozen; July, 79,565,000 dozen; August, 143,218,000 dozen; September, 111, 311, 000 dozen; October, 7?,56~>.<>oo dozen; November, 47,739,000 dozen; December, 64,152,000 dozen. The average farm price of eggs per annum is known to be 20 cents per dozen, and the average retail price was 35 cents per dozen. The highest retail quotation at any time and place during the year was 75 cents and the lowest price was 20 cents per dozen. The latest census reports show that there are 2,946,414 fowls in this State and about three-foarths of them are egg producers. The annual production is 11,049,468 dozen eggs, with i ~ u _ j* (%r> rAT mv? ^ a larm vaiue 01 iize jcaily poultry production: is 8,811,348 fowls, valued at $2,548,179. <A.t Abbeville. Abbeville Press and Banner. Mrs. T. G. White was hostess at a rook party given in honor of Miss Helen White. This was one of the largest and most enjoyable parties ^ given the bride elect.. There were R eig!ht or nine tables of rook, and Miss Whitp was ^resented an exauisite ?&and-worked centre piece. The home of Mrs. "Wihite was a scene of beauty with its Christmas decorations of red and green. In the dining room the table was lovely with centre piece of a lovely little Christmas tree with its decorations in gold and silver. On each corner cut glass candle sticks illumined the table. This table "was beautiful and much admired. Delicious salad and sweet course were served. "WVii+o ia o ."hanrnin? and ler parties are always charming. FIRST TDffETN' AVIATION. Ayiator Loops the Loop With Woman Passenger. t * Hendon, England, January 2.?Gustav Hemel, for the first time in the history of aviation, today looped the loop in an aeroplane with a woman passenger, Miss Mary Tre&awkee Davies. She had accompanied Hemel on many previous flights. In a Londonto-Paris flight Miss Davies gained the h distinction of being the first woman to cross the English Channel in a heavier-than-air-inacmne. Rabindranath Tagore. t The bard of Bengal Lcary, Rabindranath Tagore, By famous song and story Wins Nobel prize with glory! Rabindranath Tagore Has made a splendid score? Above the loftiest tor His pegasus will soar. \ He's worthy of all fame So I fell rnuch biame In owning to mv shame I can't pronounce <bis name. ?George B. Morewood in New York NEWS OF ST. PAULS. ; Christmas Exercises at St Paul's and Jolly Street?Other Items of Interest. Special to The Herald and News. St Pauls, Jan. 1.?Christmas has been a little chill. The hunters have not been successful in their quest for game. Some of our young folks a&d a few \ R l|J^? la Core < Professor Pudlonsr's cnso of eezcma tras known to almost tncry hospiu.l and physician of reputation throughout the state of Connecticut. His letter is another interesting demonstration of what is being accomplished by the famous specific D. P. IX, Prescription. "It may be of interest to you to know that your life-giving preparation, D. D. D. Prescription has been of incalculable value to me. I was covered with eczema from head to foot when I began using your remedies. I could get no relief, although I tried a thousand means. I applied but two bottles of the Prescription; a cure was effected in a very, short time, in less Gilder and Weeks Dru of our older ones have ventured out in search of good dinners with turkey, but the buggies, the horses, legs and sometimes shoes, that have been nicely blacked tell the tale of a fewmiles of mud, mud, mud. [ Mrs. S. C. Smith and daughter, Miss Memi, after a pleasant visit with the family of Mr. W. B. Boinest have returned to their home in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. George Stone, of Augusta, Ga., are visiting relatives at their old home here. Mr. S. E. Helmley, a former parishioner of Rev. Riser from Sout'.i Gccr gia, visited at the parsonage uns week. Dr. W. L. Kibler, of Lexington, X. C., spent the holidays with relatives here. Dt. A. J. Beuenbaugh, of Columbia, mado his many friends and relatives glad by hi3 'visit in our community Christmas. Prof. C. W. Riser, of Anderson, Miss Lucy Riser, of Manning and Mr. Howard Frost, of Xew York city, visited at the parsonage this wek. Misses Ola and Mary Lcminick, of the St. Philips section, visited friends 'in This community. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Brown and little son, Boinest, of Spencer, N. C., are visiting Mrs. Brown's mother, Mrs. A. E. Boinest. Miss Annie Koon, of Pomaria, is the guest of Miss Wileeze Boinest. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Long, of the Bachman chapel section, spent yesterday with Mr. Levi Gruber. Miss Wileeze Boinest spent the lat! ter part of last week with Misses Mary and Ola Lominick. It always affords the writer great pleasure to talk, write or read of good i schools, good churches, and better 1 roads, the substance of country life. : Let'us add to the honor roll the namec ; of Mr. Geo. Wicker, Mr. L. D. Stone and Rev. Riser. They worked a bad liill on the road between the church and the- j.areonase. j The Christmas exercises given by i'the St. Paul's school were very good. The recitations and songs were mostly of a spiritual nature with just enough of Santa Claus and his presence to make it interesting to the littie ones. The old historic building has been moved to J. iF. Pvichardson and son's place, where as private pro; perty, it will be used as a tenant hous?. The new graded school at Jolly Street is about completed and will bfl dedicatedFriday with a very interestjing and appropriate program. The old building has also been sold to J. F. Richardson and son, and will be moved in a few days. The Christmas tVilo cr>-Vl r>r\l WArp KOTTIP CAUX V-IOU VI gvjavv* ? v* v ~ ? ? what similar to St. Paul, being largely attended. This school is in a very I flourishing condition and is fast be1 coming one of tfne best country schools in the county, with a bright future under the management of two enthusiastic young ladies, Miss Lottie j Kalfacre and Miss Mae Amic. It was with great pleasure that the ' people of St Pauls received a hearty invitation to Dr and Mrs. J. A. Sligh's silver wedding anniversary at theii i home, 1016 Bryant street, Columbia, j We are rlad with him and rejoice witsh | him who so faithfully ministered tc | St. Paul's for 47 years, whom the people of St. Pauls will never cease tc i i eve. A r umber 'from this congregaI tion will be present and present him wtih a p'lise containing 25 silver dollars, each dollar representing on^ year of his married life. Mr. J. W. Wicker, one our oldesl citizens, underwent an operation some time ago and seems to be aboul well from the operation but has otlher troubles that keep him in bed. II is to be hoped that he will be out ii a few days. A happy and prosperous New Yeai to The Herald and News. The Xankee in a Cartoon. Louisville Courier-Journal. A cartoon in Ulk, a Berlin journal pictures the United States as a goat 'looking hungrily over a fence into th( Mexican garden, tempted to play tin proverbial role of the goat. The cartoon is headed "The Yankee Neighbor. The errow in Ulk's cartoon is tha the goat is tempted In our relations with Mexico we are hampered by s traditional idea it is our very disagreeable duty to butt ia. We ar< "under the -misfortune of to&rjmrz -tin Mew Ira SIM Disease than onr> month."?Prof. C. J. Eudl^n?'. South Lyme, Conn. Ask any druj,rsist today for D P. D. Prescription, lle'll tell you it allays the itch instantly?ana soon mere u.10 signs of cure. We have handled the remedy for years and regard it as the specific for skin troubles of all kinds. Come in or ask us about D. D. IX Prescription, also ab'out D. D. D. soap especially for tender skins. We offer the first full size bottle on the guarantee that unless it stops the itch at once, it costs you not a cent. ggists, Newberry, S. S. Monroe doctrine still on hand, when it should have been pitched in the garbage can years ago. j Who wants to butt iii? Not the people. Not the president. Only a i few concessionaries, or would-be concessionaries, who would like for business reasons, to see the Stars and Stripes flying over a country rich in a o-A'itc n?P n KTViall 1 t ^ ^ Li i L JL XX o Ks a Mia v ww ? ninority, but because the United States has never formally repudiated ' the Monroe doctrine. Their argument is easily made. Even the president feels that as a last resort the United States might have to take part in Mexican affairs. Ulk's cartoon will be considered byMexicans, of all political parties?or of all gangs of brigands?as hitting the target squarely. And as long as we proceed under the idea that the Monroe doctrine should be allowed to j influence our attitude toward Latinj America, tne Latin-Americans, not i merely the Mexicans, will, not uni reasonably, take ('Ik's view of the i Yaniiee neighbor .Ahd this situation is permitted to exist when the Panama Canai is a tout to lu; opened and we I should be cuftavating a closer acquaintanceship with our Latin-Amerii can neighbors. A Tearful Affair. Judge. j The bride read the recipe ever and said: "I'm really afraid that these onions are strong; An/i cove 'TTn^pr water's the best XXUU. AC VJ V MV? V- - ? ? ^ - ? _ way to peel them,' But I never can stay under water that Ion." Silence is Golden. Philadelphia Ledger. Two sadly afflicted husbands were discussing the marriage of a former widow. The first one sighed, turned to his fellow sufferer and exclaimed "How is it that widows generally I marry again ?" The answer came quickley, "Because dead men tell no tales," Stnng. A dreadful story is in circulation about Richard Harding Davis, the novelist. |Mr. Davis, as everybody knows, is a wit. He was therefore terribly annoyed tihe other day to hear that a brother author had spoken unfavori ably of *his witticisms. Coming upon this brother author, he said: i "My boy, I hear that in a house where other people were kind enough i to consider me witty, ycru declared that I was not so. Js this true?" "No, not a word of truth it it," the other answered cheerily. "I was never in a house in my life where anybody considered you witty." i WAIMM wrrvTrNGL i 1 Treasury Secretary Spending Time ?ar Georgetown.?Helps to Bag 1 Big Game. Georgetown, January 2.?Secretary of the Treasury William G. Mc Adoo lias "been, since Tuesday, a guest at Arcadia, the magnificent 1 country estate of Capt. E. Emerson, about six miles from here, up the ? rT\U - ? A ATtm waccamaw river, luib ucuiuic auunu " in Georgetown today, when C'apt. Em1 erson sent invitations to several prominent citizens of this city to call upon 5 his distinguished visitor. Secretary McAdoo has been enjoying - some much needel rest at Arcadia, the 1 beautiful and delightfully quiet re: treat, undisturbed by the outside " world. He has taken part with real - zest in the sport of mallard shooting L and the hunting of deer, wild bear and wild turkey, and has made considerable improvement physically by the relaxation which these exciting forms of recreation afford, for Arcadia is also noted far and wide as a splendid hunting preserve. Fine Day's Sport. , The whole of Wednesday was given j over to hunting, and the results of the ' " ' A- '<*> 11 -J V j day s sports were uicwittru, ua^^u . before breakfast, and eight large - stags, tihree wild boars and one big bronze gobbler brought down by the t party during the deer drive which fol3 lowed. An elaborate lunch, provided i for the sportsmen by Capt. Emerson, - was served in the forest at noon. 3 In response to the invitation ex> tended hy Oapt tbe toltefc ' R Capital S "TUie Ban! I ^ I ! ^youi I Yoi I lk en fsafv. uua v?* ? ri? comb ! the stron county, it's safe. Life is balai bank. 4 ?o twHaHananBHBBBBHHHaHH IJWUAL MEETING. | The regular annual meeting of the stock holders of the National bank of ! Newberry, S. C., will be held at the [president's offioe on Tuesday the 13th ;day of January, 1914 at twelve ! o'clock m. for the election of directors and such other business as may may some before said meeting. 12-23-5t. R. D. Smith, Cashier. i Popular Mechanics Magazine WRITTEN SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT** "BPiT r> ?.? 1 Ci _? il T17 t j?_ AUKUil uonuuucu Jioiy ui uic norm D Progress which you may begin reading at any time, and which will hold your interest forever. You are living in the best year, of the most wonderful age, of what is doubtless the greatest world in the universe. A resident erf Mars would gladly pay? 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