Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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riculture show that a surprisi amount of wheat is wasted in I 'D thrashing operation. In North Dal ta, for instance, the average waste day on about 26 per cent of the r Vi noperation was 14.03 bushels : A each rig. After testing the mach and making adjustments this loss w cut down to 4.03 bushels a (lay, or saving of 16.60 bushels, with a to i- saving of 1,600,000 bushels in the c - tire State of the season. is More Than 21,900,000 Bushels Save< ;o In South Dakota the testing a readjustment of the machines effect a saving of 13.13 bushels a (lay on Q per cent of the ranchines tested, La 1,500,000bushels for the State. 'e Montana, through proper adjustmc L of the machines and avoidance - waste, the saving on 15 per cent of t r rigs was 706,925 bushels for the sea g on; -and 'in Minnesota, on 32 per cc of the rigs 1,000,000 bushels. T estimated total saving for 21 Stat in which the work was carried on w 21,903,600 bushels. an-easy 3 your back over a wash V skin your knuckles on a ? Why make washday ?I ve to. Wash the easy y and washday goes by nest, it's a regular eye iat Clean Easy Naptho- S p can dol >i your clothes in a tub of If cake of Clean Lasy, cut I. Stir 'em a bit for ten avery garment comes :that? Your washing is >ur neighbor has scrubbed And it's a whole lot N d sts longer, because it has loesn't soften up like other iow different it 'looks. It ful preparation for clean ing clothes. Get a cake of Clean Easy o forget "blue" washday! h and sparkle instead of S a miserable wash tub! V r for Clean Easy. One reeks. au1-i Louisville Food Produc Louisavi , MB I Bricke Limne, Bmding Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Sewer P'ipe, Stove Flue, Tierra Cotta Trhimble~s , Mortar Colors and Stains, Water P'roofing Mineral, Corrugated Metal Roofing, Asbetos and Composition Roof 0FENCING, IRON AND) WOOD) I ything for the i Tl & McLEOl Sumter. S. C. AVOID WASTE IN THRASHING MUCH WHEAT CAN BE SAY 4y Little Leaks Result in Tot Waste of Millions of Bushe Yearly-A Bushel Saved Is Bushel Growqi-A Few Cautions Probably the most important ind rect means for increasing produ tion is the avoidance of waste. Th should be borne in mind with regard I wheat at thrashing time. This opern ,tion should be conducted with t1 greatest care, and measures should I taken to see that as little grain i possible is lost or allowed to escal through faulty operation of the mi chines or unwise methods of thras1 ing. This year there is a particuh necessity of a more careful handlin of the grain in the fields and in thrasi ifig to increase the production. Observations made by specialists the United States Department of Af p gCe HY break } tub? Wh: scrubbing board p a day of horror, You don't hi p Clean Easy wa p like a song! H y opener what ti y leine Wash Soa You simply b } water with a he up and dissolve( minutes-and out clean! . Can you bea1 finished before y< half her clothe, cleaner, tool Clean Easy la a firm base and ( soaps. Notice I is a truly wonde: ing and sweeten Try it-now. and learn how t Keep your healt wasting it over b Ask your groce 5 cake lasts two m E '"P Lme Pineland Cy re Shnls Metala n ompsiti onhnge DFoorin, ShanBLindsr Pch Coumsangalates H d edar hd, i Valley Tin and Ridge lRoll, WVlR] _ Ever I IBOOTi oth' Ish.NVENTIVE GENIUS ;ter D ROBS CALOMEL OF ory NAUSEA AN DANGI itre- - - an Doctors' Favorite Medicine N Mly Purified and Refined from itl Objectionable Effects. "Ca tabs''-the New Name. Of What will huma ingenuity d1o no Ak- isokeless powd r, wireless telegrat ot- llorseless carranges, cololess iodine, ta less cruin ine,-now colines nauslss ' ca 1h-1ne. 'The new jimprovenlient called "Ci n- tabl'' is now on) sAle fit drugmtores. For bilioulsness, Coltipation an(1 if gtion tiet ne'.w ealloilel tablet i a i md tically perfect reiedy, as evidenced * the fact that fit 11iinmamifact'roers have thorized all druggists to refund ithe in of if C e i ustomer is no, "ierfectly delight )ut with Calotaits. One talblA at atdtime A at %wallow of water--Chat's ill. No ta' nC. no nausea,.no griping, lno salts Biy m ng ing y0our liver is tilorougihly cleansed I you are feeling fine, with fa hearty tite Eat w%'hIat you please-no (lnger 1s, about Your buiness. Calotabls are not sold in bulk. (t original picklige, seald. Price, tilir bye cents -(udv.) els in one case and in another acres gave 55 bushels. Oklahoma ported a saving of 5,003 bushels j the raking of scatterings on I farms. Kansas reported a saving 1 1-2 bushels an acre, and Illinois o half bushel an acre. Tigh-Ilottom Wagons Prevent Wai The use of tight-bottom bun wagons in North Dakota saved 1 tween 00 and 800 bushels in thram ing 2,000 acres. In Wisconsin it estimated that 280,000 bushels w< saved by tight-bottom wagons. T idea of using the canvas oil the grou under the feeder not only saves gru but saves time on the clean-up, a should certainly be considered by be thrashermen and farmers. A very definite notion of t amount of grain wasted about the i may be had from making a so-call blanket test. This consists of sprea ing a sheet of canvas or other su able cloth about 18 zy 24 feet in ar convenient to the stacker of t thrashing machine. A man is statio ed on. tile top of the machine near t weighing device. Immediately aft a trip of the weigher, (11op the hoc so that all the straw, etc., pass's < Ito the sheet. Allow the straw to d posit there until the weighing devi trips five complete tilles, indicatir that the machine has thrashed 2 1 bashels. Us a fork to winnow off L 0straw fro tile canvass, shaking much as possible for any wheat th many be in it. This leaves a mass small particles of straw and chaff a wheat on the sh1eet. Use the screen sift off the small particles of str and put through a fanning mill blow out the chaif, leaving tile qua ity of wheat that has been wastt Measure this in pint measure. O pint gleaned in this operation mig be Cnsidered unavoidale waste; pints, poor operation, to be correct ait tile earliest opportunity; and pints or more, wasteful practice ai tile miachile closed down untii iil pro m lenlt is obltainled. Watch Machine Closely. Inl tile M itle West, whlere mo14 mloisture prlevails, tile adtjutmnt lOt tile mlacineil shlouldt be wvatch~ed clotse thlroughout tile dany. Inl the mlornIii the grainl is apjt to be mol~ist and n1 easily shelled. If tile macinell is a1 justed to oivercomle thlis condition, sholta b~e readjtusted ill the afterno< to provide for' tile driyer condtiititon tihe grain. If nlot so adjuilstetd to me1 tile chlanginlg condition, giainl will1 wasted. TH'IE LUXURY TAX Thel followigstatemnent is issul by ColIilector of lInternal Revenue1 C. liteyward, Columbia, S. C.. .. ill tis, as5 ill every otherI section< th(ounitry, there wvill he cond(uet< duig the U nlext twvo mlonthe' ans intei ne drsive for tile 'ollection (of teli iJuen1I ti ales aind ther m11iscellIancoi -t x\t suc as1C1 thet so-calledt luxmi tax tilt soft drin4k tax, thle adnr;ssic tax tile manllufacturetr's tax, tile ta onl j(ewelry and1( works of art, antd i Ix\ on toilet articles and14 propr'ieta I mel hicinies. Reports (If laxity ton th lpart of dealers andi othe1r persons r< spons~ ile for tile return and1( col lectio of thlese taxes have rea~chled tile Ik -resau of Inlternal Re~venule from man To1 remledy Illis condtiition, Comi siitore Wm V l. M. Williams hlas assigne to the work (If investiga tionl 1 7 specttial retven~iue (licer's. Tlhe'se me1( w ~~Itillicompse flying sqiuadrons4i whliel wil visitI ever ylarge city iln the UnSit eli St 'ites, ('ootpera'ting wi th assistan 5 supisors 101 anId fieltd depuo(t's. Th'i ttot al force nlumblers 2,C)00. ECZEN i ', CZ'A if rI i i t) fa ls in te. ' i-y a, r - w ., oar rze ia, ng This movement should interest b ;he thrashermen and farmers. The thra Co- erman by means of the tests is bei a able to check up the work being d gs by his machine and can turn out n .or grain a day, which means more mo no both to himself and to the farn as After the faults of the machine a once located and corrected it is tal easy matter to check up occasion n- and keep the machine running w least waste. 1. The farmer can save a great (eal nd grain by the following methods: R ed ing the shock iows; using tight-t 18 tom bundle wagons for shock thra or ing; by a carefu land thorough cle In up around the machine and the nt of a large canvas spread on the grot of under the feeder to .tch the gr lie which shatters out in the process s- feeding and that which leaks nt around the front cnd of the machi lie As to raking the scatterings alt es the shock rows in Wisconsin one fi as of 22 acres gave a yield of 135 busi In Oklahonia 90 acres gave 110 bu nt the osil Va o iy soa )r a while in cold water. hav "2 bnar of clean Eas istole and dryt in the othus. 4 4 I 4 4 i2;Pi, Oil oatche ltaovrihti insidhie inecoldratons, Calsmine andCol haeWbro la a tery! al'inSitos, .thu 1C.4 diate supervision of Collectors of In. ternal Revenue, and is expected to re. , sult in the collection of millions o1 dollars in delinquent takes and pen. altes. :R Information from the Sales Ta, " Unit of the Bureau of Internal Re. owivenue is that may dealers in sofi drinks and ice creai either are keep 10- ing no record of the amount of tax collections from such sales, or that thc record is insufliclent or incorrect. st? Special attention will be directed tc hy, the collection of this tax as well as to the tax (n toilet articles atid .prprie 110- tary medicines. Through the failure of retailers to collect in full the t.-x of 1 cent for each 25 cents or frae. by tion thereof of the am11ount for which toilet articles and proprietary medi (I" cines are sold, it is estimated the gov-. ithi ernment is losing several millions dol. ;tll" lars annually. The tax is collected by mill] means of st -.ps ranging from 1 to W' 40 cents, which the law provides'shall be affixed by the dealer and cancelled. It is the intention to conduct as thorough and eflective a campaign as 70 re ror C of Servic An Old Wort hC i Modern, up re, means more tl he' ,of funds; it is In' and assures s fd transaction. th! Service, in i I.', fixed part of ot d Let us serve it l First Natioi 11 he erj W. C. Davis, Pres. d', J. T. Stul be~ Do You Wa a~d toj Begin the year right to or repairing the one you a small bill of lvber us( ___ save you many dollars. lit either. Write us for pr 2 .d AVERY LU ve! Suth Harvin St. Gasoline & Ke: it Just rived eV( arload of G;as 2 to 12 1lIorse' Power--Poirtable Saw5, s conhtr olled hv' clutc h whwho et Any dfe v par ( 1't ow.ile gY~od at 'e COLUJMBIA SUI Columib I We are Agents for LG UR BANJI nTHEY AREy SINSEPARABIR A good future without doesn't often happen, yo v Our institution is a pl Sandl inlvesting bank. We solicit the patronap al attribultes are likewise ~jly desire to become such. You never' regret mnor ~1use to regret whenl it is y SThe Bankoc JOSEPH~I SP) T. M. MOU2 i-ossible in such a way as to bring to justice willful violators, and cause no embarrassment to merchants and busi -'ness men who honestly are endeavor ing to comply with the revenue laws. Discovery of evi(lence to show willful tax evasion will be followed by prose cutions. In flagrant cases, the Bureau will urge the imposition of extreme penalties. For willful refusa Ito col lect and pay the tax the penalty is a fine or not more than $10,000. or one year's imprisonment, or both, together with an added assessment equal to the amount of tax evaded. For failure to make return the penalty is a fine of not'* more than $1,000. Persois desiring to file amended re turns of tax collections for whith they are resplonsible should do So before government investigation, in which case the policy of the Bureau will be on1e of leniency. There is great dif ference hetween, the self-discovered tax deliiqueit, and the tax evador dis Covered by the Bure:.u. AnVEl'lTIE IN THE TIMES I with a New Meaning. '-to-date Bank - service 1an simply the handling the acme of confidence atisfaction with every ts fullest meaning, is a ir bank covenant. your banking needs. ial Bank J. A. Weinberg, V-Pres. -es, Cashier. it a Home? by beginning your home have. A few shingles or ,d at the proper time may We can help you with ces, gra(les, etc. IMBER CO., Sumter, S. C. rosene Engines oilie and1( K erosenec Enigines from Saw liigs-GCasoline Engine D~rag eliinante's daneiier un.l sauv's r.mne. F'actory during life of Inginie. 'PLY COMPANY ia, S. C. South Bend Lathes. and our Future~ savinlg is~ something that u knowv. "ogressive money saving ?e of these whoise person *andI those who earnest-. iey saved. Ther'e is no f Manrning| ROTIT, PresidentI ON. Cashier t