Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Great * BIG * SUMTER. ( SUMMERT Comi This will be the G * Carolina. Almost a ( * best-bought, staple an FOUR BIG STORES, * ing more than half ai The greatest PR blazing and staring ii * still while others are * Don't be alarmed * and see what we can *TH LABOR SHORTAGE IS SEVER[LY FLT EVERYWMERE Keep Rainy-Day and Wet-Land Jobs Out of the Way of Rush Work in the Fields, Specialists Urge, Using Time to Best Advantage. Do nothing today which Can be put off until tOmorrow. That, is an apparent perversion of the ancient and excellent proverb, nnd most people miay be1 inclindeC to look upon it as per'micious-but, pel)C'y inlterpreted, it is a sound~ principle inl farm management and one thata great many farmewrs will particularly Bland Cars of Character SUMTER, S. C, We an with the very best in J have as a usual rule a i for our many customer (1o not have exactly wi J. L.R SIXT H Anniversar LIFE MOTTOH NWEARAB E AT POPULAR nencin REATEST SALE ever attei tUARTER OF A MILLION d highgrade merchandise wi located in three of the best a acre of floor space. ICE-CUTTING in the histc i your face. Can you afford reaping the benefits of this at the present high cost o do to make livinga pleasure. L B need to apply in the face of the shor age of labor with which this year crops must be made. It applies i tasks that interfere with work in tli fields at times when field work can 1 done. It does not mean procrastin tion. It means getting the indirectl productive work done in advance, possible, but if it can't be done in a< vance put it off till the rush work i the efilds is out of the way. It is or of the important factors, say farn management specialists of the Unit( States Department of Agriculture, i full utilization of farm labor. Great N eed Thliis Year. And full utilization is likely to 1 more iminportant this year than it hi ever' been b~efore. Reports comningi the Department of Agriculture fro all sections of the country are to tl effect thatI farm laborers andl tenan aire caught lby the lure of high wage and are leaving the farms for tl cities. A great nmany farmers, al parent ly, will be forced to carry< their operations this year with lIc hellp than they have ever had befor Unless such labor as is left on ti farm is utilized to the best possib advantage, there is danger of a ser (ils cu rta iimen t of prodluction. l'arm-ma nagement specialists sa however, that a great dleal can be a comllished toward helping prodlucti< by getting the most out of the lab, available. They lay dowvn a few sir ple rules that they believe will help wardl atta ining this result. The best farmer, they say, is t1 (ine who get. sthe other wvork out the wvay and keeps the teams movil whenever the land is in condition f field work. The amount of produc that a farmer enn grow dlependls Supply You ~RNESS, LAP ROBES, SA] iice lot of Horses and Mul s (luring the 0(dd months of I lat you want we can get it COME AND) SEE US. IDGEW AY &. 0 SA DTECTION BT SUM'1 ap g Frida npted in this part of South DOLLARS worth of the 11 be sold over the counters in counties in the State, cover ry of merchandising will be to miss it? Will you keep GREAT SALE? f living-attend This Sale AT' getting the field work done when th< s weather will permit it. Nothing ex. 0 cept necessary work like feeding anc e milking should be permitted to takt men from the fields, and it should bt planned where possible to get thes y things done and still keep the horsei f working ten hours a day. I- Plan no wet-land work, they say n when there is work in the fields tha e can be done. By wet-land work i . meant such things as cutting wee d d and brush in the fence rows, repair n ing the fences. repairing building, and a great many other necessar: things-hut things that can be don ejust as well when the ground is to< swet to plowv. o I eave no rainy-day wvork, anothe: yn rule says, to be (lone when it is no sraining, for profits are limited by th< ts amount of outdoor work that get as dlone. Rainy-dlay work is necessar: le work and if it is not done on rain: -days it will have to be done alter o1 mn fair (lays and wvill interfere wvith fi ~s work. It includes things that can b, e. (lone undler shelter, such as shellin: e seed corn, mendling the harness, ani le repairing tools. ijJot dlown in a notL book, the specil ists advise, the things that wvill neec y, attention the next rainy dlay. T[hi e- wvill enable you to plan your wvorl mn quickly when you get up some morn >r ing and find the rain pouring dowr n- Do first the jobs that arc in dlanger o- getting in the way of the next dIr weather wvork. 1e Put in long (lays in rush season of with the assurance that you can cas ig dIown on rainy dlays or when the rus or is over. And then comes that fire ts rule, "Do nothing today which can a m well be put off' till tomorrowv." Ther *u::::um:tttitittit::ti ttt n*tttti tttittilttttiittt r Wants [)DLES, WHIPS, Etc. We he live stock season. If we for you on short order. MPANJVV RT TEE y, Marc READ our large CII will surprise you-it will We have mailed a 0U Lee Counties and if you di but it must have been lost Manning, Summerton or E CUTTING circulars you, not call, please write us ai This SALE will last c ER shoppers, and you arE where polite attention an( [ER are a great many things that cait not be put off till tomorrow. If sowing oats is delayed until the warm, dry (lays of late spring, there will be a light harvest. If the corn is not cul tiVated even for one week after it is o(l enough to cultivate, the fields will be weedy and the crops poor. If the dairy cow sare neglected, there will soon be no milk. This class of tasks, therefore, demands immediate atten I tion. Put off the other things to more or less remote tomorrows when the 1 rush Vork is out of the way. Paint I :1 :J s. Ki rhe "reat IG ENGT H PM A Is THE am SI (TNE h 19 CULARS, a nd see the price fully repay you. CULAR to every one in Su ,d not get yours ,it was not ou: or misplaced. Call at any of It. Charles and obtain one of will ever see again in a good : id we will mail you one. Inly 14 days, in order to accon cordially invited to visit any I courteous treatment awaits S S. L. Gen. Then, when the rush work is over re vert to the proverb in istoriginal form "Put off nothing until toniorrow which can be done today." This applies to work that may be done any timewi. in a wide latitude, but the time comes when it can not be put off any longer and it may stop the rush work. Seed corn, for example, may be tested and shelled any time after it is thoroughly cured, but if the work is neglected un til the fields are ready to plant, then that most profitable work in the corn efild may be delayed. That is a fair nsu1ran Destruction of your proj destruction by decay an You are carrying fire ina you against possible lose fire Paint affords positive proi against decay and deteriora1 sides it increases the value to its appearance. For every surface that need or stained, you'll find a Pee will give you lasting satisf act century of- reputation f r hi1 Pee Gee Tradfemark. Ask us for FREE Paint Book "Hoa for Color Card., or write direct to Peaslee-Gaulbert Co A LDE RM AI nversary ANNING 'CHARLES a )ntinuing, For ( 2 Days Only s we are quoting. It mter, Clarendon and R intention to miss you, our stores at Sumter, I the greatest PRICE- , many days. If you can iodate the early EAST and all of our stores, all. KRASNOFF, Manager. illustration of "get-it-out-of-the-way" work. It takes more planning, more think ing, and more force of character to do this wo'k in seasons when there is no rush work than it does to concentrate on rush work. Only by using his head can the farmer handle the "get-It-out of-the-way" work in advance, but he must apply the rule methodically and unfailingly if he is to get ahead iery fast in spite of shortage of labor. ADVERTISE~ IN THlE TIMES Ce yerty by fire is remote, 1 neglect is certain. urance, which protects ,but does not prevent ection and insures you ion by the elements, be >f your property and adds ito be painted varnished Gee Paint or fEinish that on at lowest cost. Half a ~hest quality is behind the omC Palne Them," also Louisville, Ky. BTORES