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BIG D~D ONE World War Wastes Europe's Meat Supply., American Stock Raisers Co-operate With Food Adrministration In Con servation Measures. It is probable that Europe for many years after the war will look to a great extent to A derica for its meat supply. Europe's herds are dwindling under war's demands faster than they can be replenished. When the German armies retired from occupied portions of France and Belgium approximately 1,800,000 head of cattl-. were appropriated. This ad dition virtually safeguarded Germany from cattle shortage other nations now :suffer. In England some 2,400,000 acres of grass lands have by compulsory meas ures been forced into grain production, thus reducing pasturage and hay lands. A declining scale of pngximum meat prices for live cattle was ordained in England, as follows: For September, $17.76 per hundred 'pounds; October, $17.28; November and December, $16.0$, and for January, $14.40. The evident intent of this measure was to drive the beef animals Into market as soon as possible. According to official French figures, the cattle of France have decreased to "a total of 12,84;,900 as compared with 14,807,000 in 1918. Today, due to lack of forage principally, France is pro. ducing only one gallon of milk where before the war two and one-half gal lons were produced. Meantime the United States food ad ministration has taken steps to con serve our flocks and herds and to in ,crease their numbers. The stock breed era of this country show a disposition to co-operate with the government in this. For many years it has been a prac tice among many of the dairy people of this country to kill male calves at birth and in many instances the fe males if not needed to replenish their herds rather than go to the expense of maturing them into veil. The high prices of meat caused the virtual dis continuance of this killing. Another encouraging fact is 75 per cent. of calves killed for veal this year were males. Somebody has very aptly said that the wars of the world have been won with grease, meaning that bacon and lard have been as essential to success in war as powder, which is true. * Cul Dei Your F Call Wall Cult and work anteE The hos of Eropy have eeI greAtl sacrinegd to dy4needs.' maeis wakes the American burden au the more heav'y nd' sakes doubly es sential n .ncreased, por' production in' this nation. In I(aly grain is now forbidden to be fed to. hogi. In Don. mark under a recent order one-fourth o9 the hogs were ordered to. de killed. It 1s estAmated that one-half have now been killed. SEIZURE OF HROUSEWIVES' FOOD STOCKS IMPOSSIBLE The government has sever gonsid ered any plan of seizing foodstuffs owned by householders. Nor is there any policy of this kind siggested for the future, In spite of this fact, the United States fobd administration has been obliged repeatedly to issue official de nials of . rumors that the government intends commandeering preserves and canned . goods put up in American homes. These rumors were originated partly by pro-German propagandists and part ly by conscienceless grafters, who sought to profit through buying from (aisinformed housewives. The year 1918 will see home canning and preserving practiced on greater scale than ever before in the nation's history, officials In Washington believe. And they are assuring all patriotic housewives that foods so saved are theirs, and theirs alone. NUTRITIOUS CORN BREAD. One New York hotel has arranged ,a thoroughly patriotic corn bread recipe. It combines cornmeal with rye flour, both of which are being con sumed in greater quantities this year in order to release wheat flour for the allied nations. This recipe fills a large pan-10 by 22 Inches-and con tains the following ingredients: One quart milk, four ounces butter substi tute, ten ounces light syrup or honey, three eggs, pinch salt, two pounds cornmeal, one pound rye flour and two ounces baking powder. - The buttn.' and .syr.ip are thoroub .tivatoi nonstr AT armil Air on us. We < ring and Ri ivators in S we put the: for you and to satisfy yo THO] tanning, S. U ly.,n e a 1 1y, pou in the tbenr 'add the rye flour 16ixed With the cornmeal had baking powder.. Bake In a hot oved EUROPE NEEDS FOOD Fool Administration Declares it Is an Absolute Sin to Waste Food-Food Has Become Sacred. 312arope is still sending an Insistent call for more food. We must send it if the war is to go on efficiently. If We eat it all we' cannot ship it, and the food administration has already tried to picture how much that wheat is needed by people who will starve if they do not get it, the food administra tion states. "For the least bit of heedlessness op your part in foots conservation some one somewhere in the world must suf fer privation," an official statement declares.- "The food administration has mastered the problem of Ameri ca's food in such a way that every ounce of food conserved and' kept in the currents of trade goes to an empty stomach in Europe. "It is an absolute sin to waste food. Food has become sacred. "Food means life; it means some body's life, and you cannot escape re sponsibility. "There is no waste of food among the allied nations." WAR BREAD COSTLY TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT Every year the British government pays $200,000,000 townrd the cost of that nation's war bread. That is the principal reason why English bread prices are lower today to the consumer than in America. Incidentally the British bread is much poorer than the American. Great Britain has taken over all home grown grain, bought at an arbi trary price, and all imported wheat bought in markets of the world at pre vailing prices. This is turned over to the mills by the government at a price that allows the adulterated war bread loaf of four pounds to sell at 18 cents. The two pound loaf costs 9 cents, and the one pound loaf sells for 5 cents. In milling, however, 14 per cent. more flour is extracted from the wheat than in America. And there is a coin pulsory adulteration of 20 per cent. and an allowable adulteration of 50 per cent. Compared with American bread, the British product is only about 05 per cent, pure at its best. In France, under conditions some what similar, but with a larger extrae tion, the four pound loaf sells for 10 cents. El; ation i Day! :arry ding ftock. m to guar U. WdAS WOMEN OF MIDDLE AGE Need (Uelp to Pass the Crisis Safe. ly-Proof that Lydia E. Pink. ham's Vegetable Compound Can be Relied Upon. U tbana,Ill.-"During Change of Life in addition to its annoying symptoms, f had an attack of grippe which lasted all winter and left me in a weakened condition. I felt at times that I would neverbe well again. I read of Lydia E. Pinkham's e ge table Compound and what it did for women passing through the Change of Life, so I told my doctor I would try - - it. I soon began to gain in strength and the annoying symptoms dis appeared and your Vegetable Ccmpound has made me a well, strong woman so I do all my own housework. I cannot recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound too highly :o women passing through th' Change cf Life." --Mrs.FnANK HENSON, 1316 8. Orchade St., Urbana, Ill. Women who suffer from nervousness, "heat flashes," backache, headaches and "the blues" should try this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable 4eompound. HASTENED RUSSIAN COLLAPSE "We must not overlook the fact that Russia collapsed, not because of the Germans on her borders, llut because she failed to organize and feed her own citizenship," the food administra tion announced "We must he warned that if we are to emerge victorious from this war we cnn not risk the collapse of another of our associates in this war from this cause. "Anybody that is looking for the col lapse of the German people on the food I question had better turn around and look at the moon, because the resulfW will be the same. Germany is in no more danger of collapsing on that score than we are, if as much." -0 WHY WE MUST SAVE FOOD. The 1917 wheat crop in France was less than half normal, using the crop of 1913 as a basis of comparison. There was a shortage of 176,000,000 bushels, or 53.3 per cent. The potato crop was only within one-third of nor mal. The sugar beet crop showed a deficit of 67.9 per cent. Her meat herds in the early fall showed a short age of 1,800.00 animals. Those are n few of the reasons America must feed her associates in the war. They are no longer able to feed themselves, and unless we come to the rescue are face to face with starvation. And starvation means de feat in the war. 0 BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP. Why use ordinary cough remedies, when Boschee's German Syrup has been used so successfully for fiftyone years in all parts of the United States for coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the throat, especially lung troubles. It gives the patient a goodl night's rest, free from coughing, with easy expectoration in the morning, gives nature a chance to soothe the inflam ed parts, throw off the disease, help ing the patient to regain his health. 25 and 75 cent bottles. Sold by Ilug gins' Pharmacy.-adv. ADIVERIt''SE IN THiE"IUES. F'RED LESESNE, Attorney at Law, L oans Negotiated on Real Estate Securi'y. Oflice Over Home Banmk & Tlrust Co. AMANNING, S. C. LOANS NEGOTIIATED, On First-Class Real Estate Mortgages PURDY & O'IIRYAN, Attorneys at Law, MANNING, S. C. J. W. WIDEMAN Attorney at Law Offices Adjoining "The Herald" Bldg. DR. J. A. COLE, IDentist, MANNING, S. C. Upstairs Over Weinberg's Corner Store, MANNING, S. C. DuRANT & ELLERBE, Attorneys at Law, MANNING, S. (. J. H. LESESNE,4 Attorney at Law, MANNING, S. C. RI. 0. Purdy. S. Oliver O'Bryan. PURDY & O'BIRYAN, MANNfNG, S. C. Attorneys and Counselors at Law. He who wastes a crust of bread prolongs the war ai Why Suffer with the 'Grippe ? Try a dozen of our LaGRIPPE CAPSU L ES At 50c. a Dozen If they don't cure you just tell us and we will qladly refund your money. Could anything be fairer ? PHONE 61. MANNING. S. C. BEST DRUGS AT Reasonable Prices. Nothing but the very best materials go into our prescriptions and they are com pounded just the way your physician says. RUBBER GOODS and TOILET ARTICLES and a full and complete line of STATIONERY. We have A MODERN SODA FOUNTAIN We keep a Full Line of CIGARS, ' TOBACCOS and CANDIES BROWN'S DRUG STORE, Below Bank of Manning. Manning, S. C. Trying to insrtill into the public mind the fact that we are selling Hardware and Tools of every itLta can be elsewhere pro cured and at a much lower price. We have longj been known~ as Hardware adTools. whether forhenc r baginuse for We have Tools for all trades at low prices.