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FOR THE SOUTHERN FARMER The following suggestions are from the Office of Extension Work in the South, United States Department of Agriculture: The month of Auril is the critical month of crop production in the South. A very considerable campaign has been conducted throughout the whole South, looking to an increased food production. There are certain very important matters affecting the Na tion and the Nation's interest in this time of war to which southern farm ers should give careful consideration. In normal years before the war the South annually imported hundreds of millions of dollars worth of food and feed which she could have produced herself. Much imnrovement has been made along this line :n the past few years, and the South is a larger pro ducer of her own food and fetd than ever before in her history. In the year 1918 we must produce a generous share of food and feeit crops: First. For local use, to insure an adequate home suipply, to relieve all burdens upon other sections, to re lease supnlies elsewhe.-. and to re duce to the lowest all burdens upon transportation. Second. For marketing, to sustain the civil population of this country, to keep our Army and Navy in full fight- ! ;ng vigor, and to supprement the de pleted resources of the nations as-. sociated with us in the wai. This nation must feed its own civil population, o .st maintain an army and navy, and must help feed England, France and Italy. A hungry people can not fight. The surest way to lose I the war is for us to so plan our work in this country as to leave those who are fighting our battles in England, France and Italy, go hungry this year. The excess food of the United States will be calked upon heavily fcr these uses. Will the South deliberately de cide to reduce its food production and therefore to call more heavily upon supplies from the North, to take from the supplies that ought to go abroad, and also to place an extra burden up on transportation to move food to the South? No patiiotic man will deliber ately decide to bring about such a re sult. The South must feed itself as the greatest contribution toward the winning of the war. The Transportation Problem The transportation problem is a most se:ious one. To transport an army cf 1,600,000 requir-:s 124,180 railroad cars. To iced that army one year requires 1,704,320 tens of food, which, at the rate of 20 torns per car, requires 85,216 cars. To feed the horses and mules owned by the army in this country :end Francs now, with. out any increase, will require 1,545,296 tons of hay and grain at an average of 32,000 pounds per car; this will require 96,624 cars, with the grand total cf a little over 300,000 carloads. In addi tion to this the following items should be considered. 1. Our army is to be increased im-. mediately. 2. Our great shipbuilding program involves the expenditure of $2,000, 000,000, and transportation according ly. 3. Fuel for the Navy and for mer chant ships, and for the Army. Sanitary Water Sy Electric L For Country ion We would be gjlad to g< with you anidagi FREE OF A. J. 24 East Liberty St. Sanitary Dry Quality is the First coi You've had your clot] of gasoline, and you didn We didn't do that w< We don't do that kin< Your clothes leave ou ed, with no odor about tU every respect. Then, too, our prices Don't discard that o have looked it over. A fworth a few dollars. / Hoffman Frenob 0 E.(W.-ROWL 4. Ammunition and ordnance for the Army and Navy. 5. Raw materials for munitions fac tories. 5. Raw materials for munitions fac- 1 tories. 6. Wharves, railroads, camps, ware houses in this country and in France, involving thousands of carloads of ma terial. 7. The expenditure of practically $900,000,000 for aeroplanes and addi tional sums for armored cars, tanks, etc., with increased transportation in volved in this program. During two months recently 80 per cent of the freight haulage of two of the great railroads leading to ai east ern seaport was war freight alone. In view of this situation particular ly, and the call of the Director General of the Railroads, the food problem is of supreme importance in the South. Last month we outlined the program and the present situation has in no wise changed it. Food and Cotton The price of cotton should be no in ducement to farmers to neglect or de crease the production of food. On the contrary, the price of food should es. pecially influence farmers to safe guard food and feed trrst, as pointed out last month. The banks in the South are full of money, it is true, but that money is going out pretty fast during the spring for products which could be produced in the South, and by that very fact is drawing very heavi ly upon the food stores of the Nation. A bale of cotton at $150 will not buy any more at the present time in terms of corn, hay, meat, meal, flour, and other general food products than it'. would have bought, when it was worth b but $60 a bale. The rarmer who de cides to grow nothing but cotton and buy his food will find himself not rich er but poorer. --- -.. Safeguarding the Food Supply The department is not discouraging the ,production of cotton. When the iving has been amply provided for and we have enough to assure food for Durselves and feed for our live stock, the Southern farmer should grow as Much cotton as can be well tended with ! his supply of labor, teams and tools, but he should safeguard the food sup- 1 ply through a good home garden, enough acreage in corn to supply the family and the live stock, and some to spare, hay and other roughage ample for his needs, peanuts, soy beans, yel vet beans, cowpeas, and other food and feed crops, which, together with sweet and Irish potatoes for the fam ily use and cane or sorghum for sirup, should be made to go as far as possible in supplying local food needs and pre vent the necessity of heavy transpor tation burdens in bringing food in. Auto Service We have entered the Trans fer Business. RING Brown's Drug Store when you want a Car. ED WALKER & BUTLER, Props A RD, Plumber! stems and ight Plants ies A Specialty. > over any proposition ve you estimate. CHARGE. A RD, SUMTER, S. C. Cleaning. isideration With Us. les come home smelling t like it. >rk. I. r house perfectly clean em, and sanitary in are very reasonable. Id soiled suit until we ew cents may make it ry Cleaoing Co.,. AND, Prop. Where Labor is Scarce When labor Is scarce, another hought should influence farmers in )alancing the cotton acreage with a iberal supply of food acreage. A care lul examination of a large number of ecords in Alabama shows that the armers in the south end of the State, with the highest degree of diversifica ion, and the least proportion of cot. on acreage, produce the largest crop value per plow, practically doubling imount produced per plow in the north mnd of the State, where the proportion >f cotton acreage was the highest. In West Texas and Oklahoma In all this program where we have ased corn and hay, this means adapt 3d crops in west Texas and Oklahoma, the grain sorghums for grain, and for 'ay sorghums, sudan grass, etc. Last year the peanut crop produced well mnder drought conditions In the South west. It should receive careful atten tion again this year. County agents have been furnished with a plan for farmers to volunteer :o produce ample supplies of food and Feed and to receive recognition cards where they undertake this important public service. -W-S-S GERMAN EMPRESS UNIQUE )nly Teutonic Mother Whose Sons Are Not Maimed "The German Empress is the only voman in Germany, who had six sons )f military age at the beginning of ;he war who still has six alive." This is a statement by Sir John Fos ;er Fraser, distinguished British mnight, journalist and orator, who will speak in Charleston on the fourth light of the Redpath seven-day Cha ;auqua, which will begin Monday. His subject is "The Checkerboard of Eu 'ope." In the course of this great war lec ure Sir John will tell of what the 3ritish have done, and are doing on he western front, and will discuss the mubject of Russian possibilities. Sir John is England's most famous rewspaper special correspondent. He ias been with the British' grand fleet, ias seen Russia .under war conditions mtd has traversed the whole of the nountainous region of the Balkans. He is said to have done more varied raveling than any man alive, having )een in half a hundred different coun ries. He has described his wander ngs in a dozen books. He was knighted in June, 1917, at 3uckingham Palace by King George in ecognition of his war services to the British Government. -W-S-s ADVERTISE IN TIE TIMES Notice of Discharge I will apply to the Judge of Probate For Clarendon County, on the day oi ith of May, 1918, at 11 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. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION r'he State of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. By J. M. Windham, Probate Judge. Whereas, R. Perry Barrow made suit to me to grant him Letters of Ad ninistration of the Estate and effects )f Henry I. V. Pender, sometimes ailed H. P. Pender, These are, Therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred lnd Creditors of the said Henry I. V. 'ender, sometimes called H. P. Pen ler, deceased, that they be and appear >efore me, in the Court of Probate, o be held at Manning on the 15th lay of April, next, after Publication zereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, o show cause, if any they have, why he said Administration should not be trantedl. Given under my hand this First (lay f April Anno Domini, 1918. .J. M. WINDHAM, Judge of Probate. Statc of South Carolina, County or Clarcnd0n. Court of Common Pleas 1. M. Davis, Plaintiff, vs. Adlelaidl3 K. Ingram In her own right and as Executrix of the' last will andl testamnt of W. it. Ingramn, de ceasced, Mary Pitts Gaillard, Amit Bennett, .John W. Bennett, Law. rence Bennett, Bertha Bennett, Chil. li(- Bennett, Rose Bennett, Inest Hennett, A ie Benett, Administratri> of Willie Bennett, dleceased, Law. rence TPindal, The Sumter Trusi Company and The Palmetto Fire Insurance Comnpany, r)efendants. Under and by virtue of a Judg. ment order of the Court of Commor Pleas in the above stated action, t< me directed, bearing elate of Marci 19th, 1918. *I will sell at public au< Lion, to the highest bidder, for cash, aii Clarendlon Court House, at Manning in said County, within the legal hours for judlicial sales, on Monday the 6t1 lay of May, 1918, being sales (lay, the rollowing real estate: lit. "All that tract of land in th( County of Clairendon in said State -ontaining eigTht hundred andl twvmty. nix acres, more or less, bounded Norti by land formerlyv of the estate of Mc D)onald, now said to be of Mrs. Ger brude Richardson and Mrs. May B Smith, on the East by land of Benneti andl possibly others, on the South b~a land of the Santee River Cy pres unmber Company, anle on the. Wes by landl formerly of Colclough, nov daid to be of Mrs. Gertrude Richard don, and Mrs. May B. Smith. Thiu being the land conveyed to me by J A. Richbourg, J. W. Broadway, an< W. ID. McClary, by (eed (dated 16ltI lay of June, 1911; less so much ther< ff as was heretofore conveyedl bI I'he Surnter Trust Company as Trust ie to Lawrence TindalI and so muel bhereof conveyed to Williss Bennett. 2nd, "All that tract of' land in th< ofnea 1ann.i mt a - It Helps! + There can bp no doubt as to the merit of Cardul, the woman's tonic, in -the treatment of many troubles peculiar to women. The thousands of women who have been helped by Cardul In the past 40 years, Is conclu sive proof that it is a good medicine for women who suffer. It should . help you, too., t Take . CARDUI + The Woman's Tonic + Mrs. N. E. Varner, of < Hixson, Tenn., writes: a "I was passing through I the... My- back and sides were terrible, and t my suffering indescriba- 1 ble. I can't tell just how T r all over I think ... I < began dardul, and my pains grew less and less, I until I was cured. I am t remarkably strong for a < 4- woman 64 years of age. -- I I do all my housework." Try Cardui, today. E-76 U land of the estate of McDonald, on the East by land of the estate of Stephen Bennett, on the South by the Santee River Public Road, which separates this land from the tract last herein described, and West by land held by the mortgagee as Trustee. The said tract of land being represented as tract N. 1 on a plat made by Jos. Palmer, Surveyor, January 20th, 1912. * Also, all that other tract of land in said County and State containing sev en acres, more or less, pounded North by the tract next herein dlescribed, East by land of the estate of Stephen Bennett, South by the line of the River Swamp of Santee River, and West by land held by the Mortgagee as Trus tee. This tract being represented as tract "IA" on the plat above referred to. The tracts just above described having been conveyed to me this day by The Sumter Trust Company. Also all that other tract of land in said County and State containing fif ty acres, more or less, bounded on the North by the Santee River Public Road, on the East by land of the es tate of Stephen Bennett, on the South by the tract just above described and the estete of Stephen Bennett, and West by land of the Mortgagee, held by it as Trustee. 3rd. All that tract of land in the County of Clarendon, said State, con taining sixty-three and one-half acres, i epresented as tract No. 7 on a plat made by McLellan & Palmer, Survey ors, on November 1, 1912; said lot of land bounded North by the Santee River Road; East by the tract No. 8 on said plat; South by the Santee Riv er Swamp, the edge of the Swamp be ing the lines, and West by tract No. 6 on said plat. Also all that piece, parcel, or tract of land lying, being ana situate in the County of Clarendon, said State, con taining twenty-five acres, more or less and bounded as follows: North and East by lands of Joseph Sprott; South by lands of Santee River Cypress Lumber Company, and West by land of Cornelia E. Bennett. The said tract being a portion of the estate of Stephen Bennett." Uih. The notes and mortgages of Howard White held by The Sumter Trust Company as Trustee. IPurchasers to pay for papers. E. B. GAMBLE, Sheriff, Clarendon County. Stato of South Carolina, ownty of larendon. Selina Levi, as Executrix of the Es *tate of A. Levi, dleceasedl, Plaintiff, against Walter Murray, Arthur Murray, Wil mington Murray, Nimrod Murray, Lottie Murray, Bertha Murray, Rey Inolds Murray, Hardy Pollard, Clif ton Pollard, Harson Pollard, Char lie Pollard, Beulsh Murray, Milton Murray, Ravenel Murray, Rosanna Murray, Cromwell Murray, Walton Murray, James Pollard and Henry Pollard, Jr., Defendants. Under and by virtue of a judgment Order of the Court of Common Pleas, in the above stated action, to me di reeted, bearing date of February 23rd, 1918, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at Clar endlon Court House, at Manning, in said County, within the hours for ju dicial sales, on Monday, the 6th day of May, 1918, boing salesday, the foillow ing described real estat3: All that p Iece, parcel or tract of lad lying, being and situate in the County of Clarendon , In the State aforesaid, containing forty (40) acres, more or less, and bounded and butting as follows, to wit: North by lands now or formerly of Judie P. Dupes and Susan Mack; East by Murray's Fer ry Road; South by Tract below de scribedl purchased by Lewis B. Murray from Henry J. Hlarby. The saidl tract of landl being the same that was con veyed to Lewis S. Murray by Deed of DuRant Pendergrass, dated the 8th, (lay of October, 1909, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Clarendon County, in Book F-4, page 119. All that Also Al htpiece, parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in Clar endon County. in the Stat. aforesaid, containing thirty'.eight (8) acre., moeo atadhuds Mhm of lot No. 5, on a plat of Town lets of P. J. De Lame made by;E. J. Brown, surveyor on November 9th, 1009, bouned North by a strip of Lot No. 5, six feet wide;. bounded East by East ern portion of Lot No. 5 and having a depth on its Eastern line of 50 feet bounded South by Lot No. 6 on said plat and measuring on this line 70 feet; and bounded West by lot of Dr. George L. Dickson and measuring on this line 50 feet. Purchaser to pay for papers. E. B. GAMBLE, Sheriff, Clarendon County. Statc of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. Court of Common Pleas Julian Weinberg, Plaintiff, against Alex Dickson, John Henry Dickson, Mitch Dickson and Joe Dickson, De fendants. Under and by Virtue of a Judgment Order of the Court of Common Pleas, in the above slated aaion, to me di rected, bearing dato .of March, 26th, 1918, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at Claren don Court House, at Manning, in said county, within the legal hours for ju dicial sales, on Monday, the 6th day of May, 1918, being sales day, the fol lowing described real estate: All our right, title, interest and es tate in and to all that lot of land sit uate in the town of Manning, S. C County of Clarendon, and bounded and butting as follows to wit: on the North by street of said town known as New Street running East and West from Church Street to. Depot Street; East by lot of H. C. DeLaine; South by land of D. M. Bradham known as part of the Dinkins place and West by lot formerly owned by Nathan Nelson. Purchaser to pay for papers. E. B. GAMBLE, Sheriff, Clarendon County. State of South Carolina, County of Clarendon., Court of Common Pleas Powell O. Johnson, Patrick Johnson and Ellen James, Plaintiffs. against George O. Gaylord, Elisha Dyson, Johnny Lee Dyson, Clara Belle Dy son, Elijah Dyson, James H. John son, Laura Green, Elizabeth Cantey, Posey Clark, Richard I. Manning, Eliza C. Moses and I. C. Strauss, defendants. Under and by virtue of a judgment order of the Court of Common Pleas, in the above stated action, to me di rected, bearing date of March 19th, 1918, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at Clar endon Court House, at Manning, In said County, within the legal hours for .udicial sales, on Monday, the 6th day of May, 1918, being sales day, the following described real estate. Those two parcels of land in Clar '.k endon County, in the State of South Carolina, described as follows: A tract of One Hundred and eleven and one-half acres, bounded by and adjoin ing lands now or formerly of Weeks, Sally, Graham and others, and being the tract of land conveyed to August Johnson by M. Barwick, by deed re-. corded in the Office oi' C. C. C. P. for Clarendon County, in Book K, at page 385. A tract of land containing forty-one and eight-tenths acres, more or less, bounded by and adjoming lands now or formerly of Brailsford, Gibb James, Richardson and of others, and being j ,the tract of land conveyed to August lJohnson by A. M. Brailsford by deed recorded in said Office in Book J-3 at 'page 604. Purchaser to pay for pa E. B. GA MBLE, Sheriff, , Clarendon County. Nitrate of Soda, High-grade Top Dressers and Mixed Fertilizers. Prices right. Immediate shipment. R. C. BAGGETT, Manning, S. C. For Indigestion, Constipation or* Biliousness Just try one 50-cent bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive Laxative pleasant to take. Made and recommended to the public by Paris Medi cine Co., manufacturers of Laxativo Bromo Quinine and Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic. Professionial Cards._~ DuRANT & ELLERBE, Attorneys at Law, MANNING, S*.-C. RI. 0. Purdy. S. Oliver O'Bryanf PURDY & O'BRYAN, MANNING, S. C. Attorneys and Counselors at Law. FRED) L.ESESNE, Attorney at Law, Loans Negotiated on Real Estate Security. . Office Over Home Bank & Trust Co MANNING, S. C. LOANS NEGOTIATED, On First-Class Real Estate Mortgag PURDY & O'BlRYAN, Attorneys, at La ', MANNING, S. C. J. W. WIDEMA N Attorney at Law offces Adjoining "The Herald" B DR. I. A. COLE, Denitiat, MANNING, S. C, Upstairs Over MeInb's GOOD) TO67., S DO M6WXELL 1OUS5E COT-FFEE 0 S YO RS y tract above and below described; outh by lands now or formerly of . F. Richbourg and Thomas Kelly, nd West by lands. formerly of Hack iey Pendergrass. The said tract of and being the same conveyed to Lew s B. Murray by deed of Henry J. Har iy, dated December 9th, 1909, and re orded in the Office of the Clerk of ,ourt of Clarendon County in Book -4, page 223. Also All that piece, parcel or tract of and lying, being and situate in the ounty of Clarendon, in the State foresaid, containing four (4) acres, pore or less, and bounded and butting a follows, to wit: North by one of he tracts above described; East by ublic road leading to Foreston; South y lands of Alexander Pendergrass nd Mrs. Mary Conyers, and West by ne of the tracts above described and ands of C. T. Ridgeway. The said ract of land being the same conveyed o the said Lewis B. Murray by deed f E. B. Rhodus, dated November 11th 910, and recorded in the office of the 31erk of Court for Clarendon County, n Book K-4, page 129. .Purchasers o pay for papers. E. B. GAMBLE, Sheriff, Clarendon County. 8tate of South Carolina, County of Clarendon. Under and by virtue of Sundry ex cutions issued by L. L. Wells, treas irer of Clarendon County, and to me lirected, I will offer for sale on Mon lay, the 6th clay of May, 1918 within he legal hours for sales, in front of he Court House at Manning, the fol Dwing real estate for taxes, for 1916 nd 1917: Fulton Jaygould Johnson, 1 lot, 1 building. Calvary Emma James, 6 4-10 acres. Vardel Watson, 1 lot. Rufus Watson, 1 lot. Santee Julia Nelson, 44 1-2 acres, 1 build ng. 1st Dan Felder, 5 acres, 1 building. Concord St. James M. B. Stukes, 87 1-2 acres, I build ng. Plowden's Mill J. E. McFaddin, 15 acres. Harmony H. M. Caldwell, 60 acres. Elizabeth Marant, 45 acres, 3 build ngs. New ion Perry Wilson, 21 acres, 1 building. Mrs. Carry Burgess, 3 acres. E. M. McElveen, 2 acres. Douglas Sandy Grove Mrs. Sue Floyd, 15 acres. Marion J. Floyd, 30 Acres. .Ellington Guy Timber Co., 220 teres. - E. B. GAMBLE, Sheriff, Clarendon County Statc of South Carolina, ounty of Clarondon. Court of Common Pleas larendom Building Loan Company Plaintige, againsit ,enora Creecy, Defendant. Jnder and by Virtue of a Judgment )rder of the Court of Common Pleas a the above stated r.ction, to me di. -ected, bearing date of March 18th 918, I will sell at public auction, tc *he highest bidder, for cash, at Clar mdon Court House, at Manning, ir: aid. County, within the legal hour' or judicial sales, on Monday, the 6tla lay of, May, 1918,- being salesday, th( ollowmng deserbed real estate: All that certan piece, parcel or traci f land situate in Manming Township slarendlon County, South Carolina ontaining twenty (20) acres, more oi ess, and bounded as follows, to-wit: V4orth by lands of Joseph Sprott; Sast, West and North-East and south-West by lands of F. C. Thomn. is, and on the South by lands of S. J llark. The land herein conveyedl be. ny the Sammy Swamp Road, and same owned by the late Mrs ,cy. Purchaser~ to pay fo: r,. B. GA MBLE, Sheriff, Clarendon County Stato of South Carolina, County of Cl3arcdon. Court of Common Pleas Tharlton DuRant, Praintiff, against ;eorge W. Dyson, Clarendon Building & Loan Company and Clarendor Building & Loan Company, Second Defendants. Under and by Virtue or a judlgmeni )rdor of the Court of Common Pleas a the above stated actior), to me di. ected, bearing date of March, 18th [918, I will sell at public auction t< .he highest bidder, for cash, at Clar mdon Court House, as Manning, ir ;aid County, within the legal houri 'or judicial sales, on Monday the 6tI lay of May, 1918, beIng sales dlay, th4 ollowing described real estate: All that parcel or lot of land lying ,eing andl situate In the Town of Man. Sing, County of Clarendon,. In th< itate aforesaid, and *elng a ifortior PlIesCurdin 6to 14 Days mog ritftilrfadimoe'H