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THE MAN . APPELT F. M. SHOPE PUfLIsHED EVI MANNING, S. C One of the eternal myster er Time do with that idle changed? -W One of the new boats has Whether or not it proves a < whether it gives or takes. -- Does that bill giving the I the timber of the country a reference to the fences of ti If the German drive on ti sive-and the kaiser insists we should not like to witnes --W A life for every foot of gr ing for territory gained. ] lives can be produced, while tory. -W A New York man has api his wife to keep silence. Bi judge with nerve enough t< sentence? --W Disappointed in pulling c Willard' and Fulton might tr There might not be so man to say it would be mighty in --W A press agent refers to t] Galli-Curci, as "bottled mooi Galhi's prices are, but in the that commodity retails at a] -W When you hear a patriot past the service age, remind I are giving 365 days a year scratching round right livE tunities to employ at least a even here at home. Many ott to hedone.. --W ff words would win the a community, and in all others Me of doing yeoman service. : said to be "cheap," but in constrained to believe it com cow is not words, but deed brass tacks. DO SOMETHI to eat, or to clothe somebod other necessity. Work, wo] let the words stay in the dict .-W. Don't get the wrong angle It doesn't mean that YOU r that your government propo ty of investing your spare m, as the Rock of Ages. It m .vour life is offered you to ga if national honor and glory, the first time in your rath' .thance to become a really nei of progress. It's the turnir sure you make the right turr FARM Through the action of th promised to be a famine in been averted. The work ol mernt. Service of the Departr lief to conditions that until grave concern. Scarcity of farm labor m; tions. Where this is the c should be given to the fact t stads ready at all times to in remedying the trouble. In any community sufferi: labor, an ap~phcation to youm postmaster will bring a blar filled out and forwarded to rections, will put that commt Employment Service. The h *"ountry to know that to date sup~ply labor to meet all calls, all future calls. Frmers needing hellp anc not hesitate to call upon this a'ted~ primarily for their relie abhat ru land in the Un year if it is possible to bring .end.,foarmers, with the propel crease their acreage of crop the Employment Service anc inost to produce bumper crop~ PoTATO sPRAYING PAYs his is Shown by Cooperative Experi mients Condiucted at Aroostook Farm in r917 some potato growers have express ed the opinion that It d'oes not pay to potatoes for late blight. They th~at when the weather condi SING TIMES --------------------------,.Eitor --------------...--Business Manager RY WEDNESDAY. ., APRIL 10, 1918 Les will be, what did old Fath hour when the schedule was .-S been named the Licking. lesirable name will depend on .S-S 'resident power to requisition vherever necessary, have any ie politicians? S-S Le western front was a defen his war is a defensive one s a German offensive. -S-S ound is what Germany is pay out she probably thinks that there is only so much terri -S-S )ealed to the courts to compel it where is he going to find a undertake to impose such a -S-S ff their fight in Baltimore, y the western front in France. y rounds fought, but it's safe teresting while it lasted. iet voice of the noted singer, ishine." We don't know what "dry" sections of this country pound eight dollars a quart. .S-S lamenting the fact that he is 1im that those within that age to their country, and that by ly he might discover oppor part of his time the same way Ler things besides fighting are var, there are people in this no doubt, who would be capa But words will not win. Talk .he present emergency we are es very high. What is needed 3. Get down to business and NG. Hustle. Raise something y, or do something to supply 'k and keep on working, and ionary. They're not needed. S-S on this "LibArty Loan," son. gust do the loaning. It means ses to loan you the opportuni ?ans in a proposition as sound eans that the opportunity of then to yourself your portion It means that probably for er careless life you have the ~essary cog in the great wheel ig point in your life, son. Be LABOR e Federal Government what farm labor has apparently the United States Employ rient of Labor is bringing re recently were the cause of iy still be felt in some sec ase the greatest publicity hat the Employment Service cooperate with the farmers ag from a scarcity of farm rural route carrier or your k form that, when properly Washington according to di nity in direct touch with the cads of this service wish the the Service has been able to and hopes to be able to meet I unable to secure it, should department, which was cre f. The Government is. urgent ited States lies idle this it under cultivation. To this help, would be enabled to in 3, should avail themselves of i exert themselves to the ut 5, tions are such that the disease is se vere, spraying does not control it suf ficiently to give an appreciable in crease in yield, and also that in sea sons when the attack is light the in crease in yield from spraying is not sufficient to cover the added coot. Con sequently they maintain that spray 'img is unprofitable at any time. hat thorough spraying will con trllate blight in sansn of hbad in C (i. Hab Spring ti and we t wish to The D. PHONE 166 fection has been proven many time: in the past, and most recently it Aroostook County, Me., in 1917 Among other places in the county this was shown conclusively at Aroos, took Farm, where extensive experi ments were conducted by the Unitec States Department of Agriculture, it cooperation with the Maine Agricul tural Experiment Station. Late Spraying Increases .Productior From 26 to 36 per cent In one block where test plots spray ed with standardi Bordeaux mixture were - interspersed with untreates check plots, the average yield on 11 of the former plots was at the ratt of 181.2 bushels per acre, while thai on an equal number of untreatec plots was at the rate of 143.5 busheh per acre. This was an mncrease of 37.' bushels per acre, or more than 26 pei cent in favor of Boredaux mixture. In another similar block the average yieldl of five plots sprayed with Bor dleaux mixture was at the rate of nearly 237 bushels per acre, while that of the four untreated check plots in the same block was 174.3 bushels, The gain here was 62.5 bushels per acre, or about 36 per cent, dlue tc sprayinig. Six applications were made on all the above-mentioned sprayed plots. On these experimental lots, spray ing ought to have been started 10 dlays or two weeks sooner ,or by the end of the first wveek in .July. In spite of this fact, the yields given above in dicate quite plainly that spraying paid. Moreover, many persons who saw the plots during the latter part of the season have testified to the striking differences on sprayed andl unsprayed portions. On all the treatedl plots the spraying was dlone with a traction sprayer- which maintained a good working pressure of at least 150 pounds per squar-e inch. Early and Continued Applications Gave Increases of 53 to 86 per cent Adjoining one of the experimental blocks was a field where spraying was begun earlier and eight or nine applications weore made. It was plant ed with the same lot of the same va riety of seed, fertilized the same, and except for spraying, receivedl similar treatment in every respect. The yield on the portion o? this field im mec'iately adjoining ofte of the un s prayed check plots was 267.3 bush ela per acre. Comparmng this with the averages of the unsprayed check plots mentioned above, shows a gain of 123.8 and 93 bushels per acre, re or over 86 andl 53 per cent. In none of the abiove figuies is any account made of the extra loss resulting from Tuber rot in storage in the crop pro duced on the unsprayed plots. Nineteen hundred and seventeen was one of the worst blight years in the history of the Aroostook potato growing. The results cited above show conclusively that, even under the conditions that existed, late blight can be controlled by a grower who sets out to do the job thoroughly. More over, they indicate that it can be done at a fair profit when the cost Is con sidered in connection with the value of the increased yield resulting from the treatment. These recmmendatmons apply par prms er dasi me is dress tave the good be correctly A New Hats now on D: tu: J. Chani Home of Hart Sch ticularly to the potato sections lyini north of a line drawn from New Yorl to Chicago. Breeds Best Suited to Conditions Where to Buy and How to Select Hens of the medium-sized breeds Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhod, Island Reds and Orpngtons--are bes suited to back-yard conditons. Larg; hens kept in close confinement are likely to get too fat to lay well. Small nervous hens are apt to develop iucl vices as egg eating and feather eat ing. The bad tendIencies mentione< Ido not prohibit the keeping of larg< and small breeds in small back yards but makes it necessary for the keep ecr to use extraordinary care to keel them in good condition and productive White and light-colored varieties are not desirable for small back yards be cause their plumage soils too easify. Where to Purchase Stock As a rule it is most satisfactory t< buy hens of a local poultry keeper o: dealer in live poultry. Desirabli small flocks are frequently offered by people who are obliged by change o1 wo~vrk or of residence to sell their poul try. Dealers in live poultry every. .where sort out~ from their general -re. Meipts the bens that show good-breed. ing and quality to sell to back-yart p Ioultry keepers. When satisfactory stock can niot be obtained locally, th< advertising eclunmns of poultry papers agricultural papers, or newspaperi thwat carry poultry advertising shouh be consaulted, and the lhens bought from the nearest breedler who car jsupply what is wanted at a reasonabh pri.!e. Select Utility liens For the back-yard flock kept 6 produce eggs only, it is not necessar3 to have hens of extra good standar< quality. W hat breeders of stan:ian. poultry call choice utility hens are u: good as any for~ egg production I.nIl cost but little mere than ordinary m'n grels. lie.ns of this grade in the med'. umi aited Lreeds' are usually a jii.% undler staneiar-d weights, and have aj perficial fze.'ts, >.". unsoundness of en:. or, or irregularity of ev -.rkings. or o1 the shape of the comb, which in na way affect their laying capacity, but make them unfit for exhibition an: undesirable for breeding purposes. Note Condition of Birds When buying hens in person par icular attention should be given t< the general condition-whether th< bird seems vigorous and lively, and t< the appearange of the comb and th< condition of the feet. Healthy henm have bright red combs and bright eyes A slight paleness of the comb i: simply an indication that the hen i. not laying at the time; but a blr< whose comb has either a yellowish ol a bluish cast should be rejected, foi these are symp~toms of internal dis ordlers. The skin and scales of leg, and toes should be smooth, and the Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S C A ST OR IiA - 'I ier " up time, .s if you attired. GODYWII Beautiful Lin , Shirts and isplay. Give t nity to show a hler Cloti affner & Marx (Clothes. scales of the feet soft and free from c corns. --W-S-S Cultivate Enemies of Moths Everything possible to introduce and encourage parasites and natural - enemies of the gipsy moth and brown tail moth is now being done by the t Bureau of Entomology of the United. States Department of Agriculture, in I'cooperation with the State of Massa I chusetts. Several natural enemies, oc curred from Europe and Japan since 1905, have become nirmly established in this country and are assisting in bringing about the control of these ,species. The most effective enemies .of the gipsy moth and brown-tail > moth are the Calosoma beetle, a tach .mia-fly, and a minute four-winged was like parasite. Two tiny parasites of the eggs of the gipsy moth also have been colonized and are valuable addi tions to the natural enemies of thias insect. The records at the gipsy-moth laboratory at Melrose Highlands, Mass., indicate that all of the species of msect parasites mentioned have been gradually increasing in the field and that the results of their work are very noticeable in certain restrict - ed areas. War Savings Sta Bonds do N\ The Savings j WARW ~ The t2.TED OT'ATSO operati .flM3M*UflT They v - Congre each other. They are both of parai the war. The Liberty Loan campal billions of dollars necessary toward ing to our Allies. The peculiar significance of the not designed merely to get money,-bl money. Obviot~sly the government c something with the money. If the chase as much goods and services n armies must go short of munition. them. That was Lord Kitchoner's enough material and labor in this co government and at the same time tli tion. If the people persist in needle, .as well not have any money as not 5 for that money. Wars are not t'ougi the goods and sertices that money c Successive Liberty Loans will be tervals. The War Savings campaig doubt until the war is over. It aini shall make the sales of stamps cumu ed nmeans who buys a few dollars his share as well as the wealthier Loan bonds. Millions who could ni will be able to help by investing in paigns are, in rality only on-ta ht IhrtSohaffrera Mas, e of Underwear Ls an oppor Toue 1ing Co. SUMTER. S. C. Grading potatoes for market in creases the possibilities for sales and rnises the price received. Keep the culls on the farm and save the cost of hauling. -W-S-S Notice of Discharge I will apply to the Judge of Probate for Clarendon County, on the day of 6th of May, 1918, at II o'clock, a. m. for letters of discharge as guardian for Samuel David Coker, formerly a minor. JOHN H. DUBOSE. New Zion, S. C. , April 5th, 1918.* .Civil service examination to be held in Sumter, S. C., on April 26th, 1918 for the position of Rural letter carrier at St. Paul's, S. C. For application blanks and any oth. er information decsireaT apply to the Civil Servicce Board or Sumter, S. C. and oblige Sumer S.C.J. D. WILDER, Secy. A hood suspendedl over the kitchen range and .connected to the flue in the chimney will gather all the steam and odors and carry them away. mps and Liberty ot Conflict. Liberty Loan campaign and War Stamp campaign are not rivals-no ian the super-dreadnaughts and do of our navy are rivals. Liberty Loan and, War Savings are two forms of the same financial )f of the United States government. ere authorized by the same vote of is and are intended to supplement bount importance to the financing of ga is primarily to obtain the many . paying the expenses of war and lend war navings campaign is that it Is it to enable the goyernment to spend an not spend money unless it can buy civilian population continues to pur ow as it did in peace time, then the and other things indispensable to warning to England. There are not untry to supply the war needs ot' the e peace needs of the civilian popuila is pur'chasing, the government migh. to be able to buy goods and services ht with money-they are fought with in buy. mold in successivo campaigns at in n will last throughout the year-no s at developing habits ef thrift that lative. And the person of very limit. worth of War Savings Stamps dos nan Who buy. a quantity of LUberty it afford to~ invest in Liberty Bonds Var Savings Stamps.' 'The two ems of finan.etne for vtiny