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CROW A BIG CROP L WITH LESS LABOR Federal Specialists Make Suggestions n on Economizing in Man Power- c Tractors and Larger Iniple menta Will H lp-Machine Hand Cutters ha Advisable s Another big corn crop is needed. p Last year's planting of 120,000,000 a acres yielded thi largest crop ever p harvested - 3,159,494,000 bushels. g There seems to be every reason to be- si lieve, in the op inion pf officials of the United States Department of Agricul ture, that our own welfare qnd that ofr the allies, as well as neutral nations, t FIG FISH!= AT I WEST END' In connection with ou GROCERIES of all a Fish House. Fro nice Fresh Fish eve Bass, Whiting, and King I We will sell by the sti Call Phone 79 an want and we will s Prompt. WEST END Phone 79. i BUY Saving AN Help Win Buy Thrift St Buy a Baby B< It will be worth $5.0( This is 4 per cent. cot Go to your Banl< ] or any progress's and ask for infor W. S. S. SOL.D This space patri< to War Savings Manning Oil Mill Trying to instill T mind the fact th~ Hardware and' description of m ity than can be caretf and at a mn ] We have long I i the great bars Hardware and for bench or agr We have Tools I low prices. rake desirable an even greater pro uction of corn in 1918 on an acreage pproximately equal to that planteed n 1911. .increased uroduction may be ac inplished nt a number of ways, and ai a recent publication of the United' tates Department of Agriculture, The Agricultural Situation for 1918: 'art VIII, Corn," specialists of the )epartment make suggestions regard rig better methods, The more tdxten ive use of labor-saving implements rill make it easier this year to ap- S roximate the record-breaking acre e o last year, especially when em-, Toedisetions where corn is now rown profitably but on a more limited : ale than is desirable, because present aehods require a large amount of nan labor. The more general use of ecently developed and improved trac ors that are adapted to the uses ofI 5H ! FISH ! HE GROCERY. r Full Line of FANCY kinds, we have added m here you can get aryday, consisting of Mullets, Trout Viackerel. -ing and pound also. d ask for what you erve you. Deliveries 6RO CERY, Manning, S. C. WAR Stamps the War! mps at 25c. >nd for $4.15. on January 1. 1923. 11pounded quarterly. er, Post Office, ve business man m atio n. EVERYWHERE ! ~tically donated Committee by into the public it we are selling Fools of every uch better qual elsewhere pro uichi lower price. een known as lain house for Tools, whether icultural work. or all trades at va oeay WOMAN'S NERVES MADESTRONG By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Winona, Minn. -" I suffered for more than a year from nervousness, and was so bad I could not rest at ni ght would lie awake and get so nervous I would have to get up and walk around and in the morning would be all tired out. I read about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and thought I would try it. My nervousness soon left me. I sleep well and feel fine in the morning and able to do my work. I gladly recom mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to make weak nerves strong."- Mrs. ALBERT SULTZE, 603 Olmstead St. Winona, Minn. flow often do we hear the expression amonglwomen, "I am so nervous, I can not sleep," or "it seems as though.I should fly." Such women should profit by Mrs. Sultze's experience and give this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, a trial. F. or forty years it has been overcom ing such serious conditions as displace ments, inflammation, ulceration. Irreg ularities, periodic pains, backache, diz .iness, and nervous prostration of women, and is now considered the stan dard remedy for such ailments. the small farm as well as the large farm would tend t increase the acre age and to effect a saving in labor. The use of larger plows, harrows and other instruments used in fitting the land would make it possible to ac complish more work per man. Simi larly the substitution of two-row planters and two-row double cultivat ors in place of smaller and less effi cient implements would make it pos sible to do the same amount of work with less expenditure of labor. In some corn-growing sections it is the practice to replant missing hills as soon as the corn is up to a stand. Frequently this is done by dropping kernels by hand and covering with a hoe. A labor-saving and quicker method would be the use of small hand planters. These could be used to ad vantage for the first planting also in sections where compiratively small es are planted and where it is at present the custom to drop the corn by hand and cover with the hoe. It is the practice in some localities to plant a much larger number of kernels than the number of stalks desired and to thin to the desired stand when the corn plants are about 6 to 8 inches tall. This method may be satisfactory where plenty of labor available, but where it is desirab to economize labor it would be ad visable to plant tested seed at about the same rate as the stand desired and do no thinning. A more general use of efficient har vesting machinery would permit a more economical use of labor. A corn binder with an attachment for elevat ing the bundles of corn into a wagon should be used much more extensively than it is for harvesting ensilage corn. There is also on the market a machine that converts the corn into ensilage in the field, elevating it into a wagon, from which it is sacked or lifted into the silo. The use of either of these machines, especially the latter, would do away with the necessity of much laborious work. A larke piercentage of the cutting and shocking of corn is (lore by hand labor. In some sections, because of unfavorable top)ography, or other r'easons, it is not piracticable to use machine cutters. However, the greater part of the corn that is nowv cut by hand labor wvould be harvested by machinery, economizing labor and dloing the work in a less laborious manner. Much of the corn that is nowv husked from the shocks could be handled more economically and wvith a saving in feed value of stover by substituting ma chine huskers and shredders for hand labor. The use of corn pickers would accomp~lish simiilar results in the case of corn husked fr-om the standing stalks. Unloading andl elevating ma chinery at the erib should( be intro dluced and more generally used in many sections wher-e it is now un knowvn or not commonly used. Where such facilities are not available cribs should be constructedl in such a manner that they can b~e filled andl emptied with the least possible labor. For level gr-ound dlouble cribs with an elevated dIriveway and~ appiroaches that will enable the loads to be dIriven through the ('ribs and1( dumped or scooped1 out of the wagons without any high pitehing arc very satisfac tory. WHAT WILL, CIIINA 1)0 FOR l)IGIOCR A('Y What is to be China's contributien andl attitudle towatrd governmene~t for andl by the peopile transcends all ether great questions of the Pacific today, according to Mr. Frederick McCrmick, authority on Var East -rn a ffa irs and newspaper w'e.iter, who has just r'e turned from a trip) in Russia, China andl Japan. "The biggest problem across the Pacific," he said, "has become tt of how these countries will bulwark de mocr'acy. "We are concerned as to whether Rus.ia is gong to establish firmly popular institutionis. We shou! be equally concerned whether Chi:ta is making republic'an progress under' her chosen form of government-wvh'ther or not the yellow giant w'llI contibiute CASTO RIA For Infants ahzd Childrea in Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the HIgnatuwe af any strength to the freetor.i of peo plcs during and after the war, es pecially in the Pacific area. "In this respect my observations in China were highly encouraging. It is a marvel thc.t China progresses under the hostility of her enemies and the blunders of her friends, because they constitute the entire world. All civ ilization seems to have been arrayed against her. Within the past half doz en years the Asiatic republic has put down two reactionary movements headed by the ablest leaders since Li Hung-chang. Both were to restore monarchy. This is evidence that China knows wither she is going, and that she is in a rapid state of progress and nation alization. "The Chinese have to unlearn so much before they can get on, a fact which makes their advance all the more inspiring. They have never had a centralized government, and their experiences in trying to form one have been unbelievably bitter. But they are finding the groundsills of democ racy. "China's military infirmities have contributed to her retarded growth. She has had, and still has too many military leaders. But the abuse of power by these chiefs has shown a lot of younger officers and patriots the necessity of national army rather than provincial divisions. The reform of the military situation has begun. "China's economic plane is rising. During my recent visit I saw great in dustrial and public improvement and the rise of per capita wealth. Not the least important progress has been in the Chinese press, which is passing from the plane of bitter personal to impersonal journalism. Big issues are now being generally discussed in place of trivialities. "America cannot exteni too cordial a hand of friendship to the Yellow Co lossus, for upon the relation between the United States and the Chinese Re public will very largely depend the in fluence of the world's most thickly populated nation upon the world's to morrow." -W-S-S A SAl) DEATH On April the 9th the death angel visited the home of Mr. George I. Le sesne and took from earth to heaven his beloved wife, Mary. She has. been in failing health for some time but God saw best to take her to a world where is no pain, sor row, naught but never-dying love. They have to mourn the loss of her they did their best to save. Beloved on earth, regretted, gone, are remembered in the grave. Days have passed, but our hearts still are sore, and as time goes on we will miss her loving smiles and gen tle face more. Naught can fill her va cant place. The weary hours and (lays of pain, The sleepless nights are past. The ever patient, worn-out frame Has found eternal rest at last. We only wish we could tell her how we miss her (lay by (lay. But again we hope to see her when the mists have rolled away. She was a faithful wife and a true and worthy friend and was loved by all who knew her. Sleep on, dearest friend, in they lone ly couch of rest, while we shoukT not murmur, for God doeth all things for the best. Although we cannot understand why she should at this time be called from a world where she is so much needed, and from loved ones and friends to whom she was so closely bound, yet we know that He who doeth all things well lays His afflicting hands only for good. We deeply sympathize with the etery near her loved ones who pre grief, and would direct them to Him who careth for us as a great comfort er. She wvas laid to rest at Chapel Cem etery near her loved noes who pre cedled her to a better land some years ago. M. S. WV. PITT'lSBURGH CHIINESE BUY THIRIFTr STAMP'S Pittsburgh, Pa.-Pittsb~urgh's Cli-. nese, undler the leadership of the On Leong Tong, have organizedl a thrift club and have already purchased sev eral hundred dbollars' worth of war savings stamp)s. They are hard at work drilling for the great thrift pa radbe to take place on Sunday, April 7, in which more than 25,000 mn, women and children of Pittsburgh's foreign born will participate. TREES TrlilVE ON THE GREATI WAF~LL Pek ing,-Trees andl shrubbery planted in the soil that has been ac cumulating for hundreds of years on the Great Wall are in thriving condli tion, some of them having grown al readly to a height of twvelve to eight een feet. This method of beautifying the Great Wall of China wvas an out growth of the movement for the re afforestation of the country started some time' ago with government sanc tion under(~i the (direction of foreign ex ports. The (driveway extendling around the city on the G;reait Wal is consid ('red v(ery much implroved wvith the ad dition of the trees. WILL START RUIBBERt GRIOWING IN CHINA Peking-Waste land in the aieigh borhoodl of 100,000 acres in Rlunge chow Island, of wvhich Hlolhowv is the largest port, has been offered by the Chinese government for a term of five years to Mr. Lini Yi-shun, a Chinese merchant wvho has hitherto conducted business in Singapore, for the purpose of experimenting in rubber growing. Local officials have also been ordered to rendber him any assistance in their power, and both President F'eng Kuio (chang and Ex-President Li have pecr sonal ly signified their hopes of his success. Some time ago a rubber !;yndicate in The Glulnlne That Does Not Affect the Head Because of its tonic and Iaxative effect, LA XA. TvIVR BROMO QUINI NBis better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look for the sirnature of E. W. 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