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WHOLESOME GROCE RIES AT ''MODERATE PRICES SPLCES a7 \AI, OUR GROCERIES WILL SUIT YOU TO A "T." YOU WILL LIKE THI. FLAVOR OF OUR EXCEL LENT FOODS: YOU WILL LIKE THE PRICE. YOU SPEND MORE MONEY FOR THINGS TO EAT THAN FOR THINGS TO WEAR. BUY YOUR GROCERIES FROM US: TAKE THE MONEY YOU SAVE AND LET US SELL YOU ALSO YOUR THINGS TO WEAR. J. H. RICBNCa3Y, The Young Reliable. Manning. -- South Carolina. COME IN -- ABOUT CHRISTMAS NING CLUB with 5cents nd in5O weeks Just one little nickel will start you in our 5 cent Club; or you can start with 10 cents, 2 cnnts or I cent and Increase your deposit the same amount each week. In 50 Weeks: 10 cent Club pays $127.50 5 cent Club pays $63.75 2 cent Club pays $25.50 I cent Club pays $ 12.75 Or you can make the largest payment first and de crease youc d'eposits each week. if you wish to deposit the' same amount each week. join our 50 cent, $1,00 or $5.00 Club. We have a Club to ft your pocketbook. -* We adcg 4 per cent interest. TeHOME BANK AND TRUST CO, HELP FEED -THE PEQPLE, "Tf the South neglects this year to provide her own food .and feed,. she is likely to suffer serious privation, and she will put a burden upon hte nation which may prolong the war and 'even imperil our victory " says Clarence Ousley, Assistant Secretary of Agri culture. 'I am aware that these are strong words," contjiues Secretary Ousley, "but they are none too strong. I am not expressing an alarmist personal opinion. I am seeing through the eyes of 48 agriculaural colleges and of county agents in nearly every ag ricultural county. I have recently crossed the continent from the At lantic to the Pacific. f have studieed the reports gathered by the depart ment's 18,000 representatives and as many more employees of the agricul tural colleges. I have considered the conclusions of the Intprnational In stitute of Agriculture at Rome which has reports from all the world. "The plain, hard truth is that with 40 million people withdrawn from pro ductive industries and engaged in the, business of destruction, it is not hu manly possible for production on the whole to exceed normal demand. The question is whether production can equal necessitous demand. "England, France and Italy must be sustained or their population can not stand the strain. They have been on scanty rations for more ethan three years. The chief cause of Rus sia's collapse was hunger. Soldiers cannot fight when their wives and children are starving. "Secretary McAdoo has given warn ing that transportation may be lack ing in 1918, to haul food and feed to states and communities that do not provide for themselves. Many cattle have been sacrificed in the drouth re gions of the Northwest and the South west during the last few months, be cause railroad cars could not be ob tained as needed. Military move ments must have first consideration, and military movements will be greater in 1918 than in 1917. The prime question for the farmer is not what product will bring the highest price, but what products will insure food for his family and feed for his live stock, and the answer is: a vege table garden, a milk cow, a brood sow, a poultry flock, ample corn, oats, pea nuts, etc., and then as much cotton or tobacco as he can cultivate well. "It is the highest demand of patri otism-it is the first requiremen of living-that in 1918 every state, every county, every neighborhood, every farmer, be as nearly self-sustaining as possible. "For the South to plunge on cotton or tobacco or any other speculative crop and to depend upon the corn belt for bread and meat will be for the I South to engage in a gamble which may cause privation to its people and disaster to the Nation. For any man now o determine his business opera tions from the standpoint of profit alone, without regard to the nation's needs, si for him wilfully to profiteer in hte blood of his fellhws who are fighting in France for the preserva tion of the republic. No man can be excused for not taking his share of the responsibility. "My whole life has been spent in the South. I know the Southern farm er. He will do his duty as he sees it. I am apepaling to every man in the South to make known these facts -to considr it his business to make them known-and I shall have no doubt of the results. If they are not made known in a way to impress the crisis that confronts us, there may be hun ger in this bounteous land or hunger over younder in Europe, where it will spell ruin for all that is worth while in America." D)OMES'I'JC PEANUT OIL Specialists Say That American Mil *lers Should Secure Entiree Mar. ket--Imports Now Cut Off WVi th improved A merican machinery for cleaning, shelling and pressing peanuts, American millers should be able to produce as high-grade oil as that made in foreign countries at a price wvhich will secure the entire do0 Imcestic market for United States mills. This was the assertion of HI. S. Bailey, of the Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agricul ture, in an add~ress before southern oil-nmill superintendlents. P'roblemi Must Be Studied "While you can get oil from pea nuts if you dIrive them into your cot tonseed conveyors, clean them in the same reels and over the same screens, grind thin in regulation hullers, cook them, andl press thenm just as though they were cotton seed," said Mr. Bai ley,- "you will not get as good results as if you studliedI your new problem at every step) andl fitted each machine andl operation to the newv material." Impjortedl Oils of Hfkh Grade Before the wvar cut off practically all imports of French and D~utch pea nut oils, the United State~s was im porting nearly 900,000 gallons a year, a year, or about one-eighth as much as of olive oil, and at an average price for all grades, including soap stock, of more than half thai. of edible olive oil. In Hamburg in 1914 there wvas a difference of more than 2 cents a pound in favor of peanut oil as against cotton- seedI, andl in Liverpool the edible gradles will bring 1 to 1 1-2 cents more a p~ound in barrels than the best American butter oil. These peanut oils, however, wvere not madle frmcoed nuts, but were pressed cold without any shells. If they are to compete in this country with the foreign oils, the specialist said, the millers must make a grade of peanut oil which can be sold for salad and cooking purposes without any treat ment other than that it receives at he crudle mills. Peanu oil mills, the specialist deC elared, should be located' where the farmers can profitably grow the Span ish type of penuts, which are higher in oil content-and have loss shell than the larger Virginia varieties. The mills should be equipped with peanut cleaners, and all the nuts, after going over screens to remove the sticks, stones and other trash, should be thor oughly scoured. Market for By-products In making use of by-products there (which contain less than one-half of cake for human food, and no reason is 1 per cent of oil) and it is just begin- nw h entforsol o nmng to be realized how peanut cake known why peanut flour should not can be used for feed. There is al. become -a popular article in human ready a demand for hull-less peanut sustenance, the millers were told. THE BEST IN Mules Mules and and flo1seS Horses Are Always on Hand! We keep the best Stock we can secure on the markets. We ask you to look over this line FULL LINE OF Buggies. Wagons, Harness. Lap Robes and Whips. COFFEY & RIG BY Manning. S. C. WHY NOT HAVE A TALKING MACHINE? GEIT THE FAMOUS . VICTOR Any Victrola From $16.50 Up. $10,000 WORTH OF VICTRO LAS AND RECORDS IN STOCK WE ALSO CARRY 'T'IiE Columbia Grafonola AND RECORDS. Deal with a house that carries a good reliable line. If you need any repairs you can always find this place. Beware of men that come to your home and offer to sell you a machine for $25 to $35, when you can come to this house and buy a better and far superior machine for $16.50... Buy a machine with a good motor. Day after day we have patrons coming to our place with machines in which the motors are broken and they cannot even get any repairs. Machines they paid $25 or $35 for. have motors not strong enough for $5 machines. MACHINES SOLD ON EASY PAYMIENTS. The Sumter Talking~ Machioa Co, 26 SOUTH MTAIN ST. SUAITER, S. C. riht'r heomtin"es ge VVong, then's the time to drive over here and let us locate the trouble. Our expert repairmen can of tentimes save you lots of time and inconvenience. Repairs at Lowest Figures I And when repairs are necessary, you will find that we not only can save you time but that we generally can save you considerable money. If you have any troubles now, better have them fixed up before they get any worse. Prompt attention .to little troubles will save big bills later. HARVIN MOTOR CO., flanning, S. C.