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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19,1919 ♦ '♦ WWfflNSHRGES SALES BUREAU ADVOCATES PLAN FOR ORGANIZ- “ ING COOPERATIVES COTTON EXPORT CORPORATION John McSween On His Way Home Timmonsville, March 19.—A cable Washington, March 19.—Organiza tion of a cooperative cotton export corporation with capitalizatloh of per haps $60,000,000 was advocated by Governor W. P, G. Harding, of the Federal Reserve Board, in a letter to a Southern newspaper editor. This corporation, organized Tinder the Webb act, solely for foreign trade trapsactipns, could he ’ financed to 1 1\ some extent !by the war finance cor 1 K poration under the rfeoent act author A* izing $1,Q00,OOO.OOQ to exporters, Governor Harding suggested. In payment for the stock, Southern cotton producers add business men participating in the corporation might use liberty bonds, which they hold, thus eliminating the necessity of tying up large quantities of casn. Girls As Messengers Harrisburg, March 19.—Girls under eighteen years of age may not be em ployed in public messenger service af t , ter May 1, 1919, according to a ruling .fr 8 ? 1 ^ as * ) ® en received by Mrs. John made today by the industrial board of |*"* c ®Y een ' from her husband, the the Department of Labor and Indus- i fighting chaplain of the One Hun try. The ruling is made following a Fifth Ammunition Tram, hearing held recently by the indus 1 Thirtieth Division, that he sailed trial board in Philadelphia a|t the re | from . France on Frda y with his regl quest of the Consumers League and • v attended by representatives of . the telegraph companies. TO DARKEN HAIR v 0 G E < fc t Silver Weai* ^ — GIVEN — , with cash purchases — COME IN — find let .- us explain our APPLY SASE TEA of w. p. n Sttverwear Premihum Georgia Endorses The Proposal Atlanta, March 19.—A statement indorsing the proposal of W. P. Harding of the federal reserve board for organization of cooperative cot' ton export corporation was issued late today on behalf of the Georgia) department of agrlcu::ure by L B. S. VaUghan FumilUre Jackson, director of the department’s bureau of markets. Mr. Jackson said that in the absence of J. J Brown State commissioner of agriculture, he had announced the department’s stand on the subject. He offered to call a meeting if the latter yould con sent to speak on the proposed export corporation. Company, . E. L. OULLA, Manager. 3 4 Lobk Young! Bring Back Its Natural * Color Gloss and Attractiveness Common garden sage brewed into a heavy tea with sulphur added will turn gray, streaked and. fade! hair beahiifully dark and luxuriant. Just a few applications will prove a rev- afation if your hair is fading, streaked or grey. Mixing the Sage Tea and Suplvur recipe at home > though is troublesome. An easier way is to get a 50-cenc bottle of Wyo|:h’8 Sage and Sulphur Compound at any drug store a,11 ready for use. This is the old time recipe improved by the ad dition of other ingredients. While wispy, gray faded hair is noit sinful, we all desire to retain < our yo^thjful appe'arance and attractive ness: • By darkening you rtiair with Wyeth’ Sage and Sulphur Compound, no one can lell because it does it so aturally end evenly, dampen a sponge or softbrush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning all gray hairs' have disap peared, and after another application or two, your hair becomes beautiful ly dark, glossy, soft tnri luxuriant. 1 w I r<*i- r *vv' •*** - j t. „af did tq thorn at Chateau Thiet 4 ! 4 ^ can T ’’But- -Gee! I’m glad to get back home.” T^HE boys are convinced that there’s no place like home; that there’s no folks like the home-folks., and that "There's None So Good’ as M Chera*Cal a "In a Bottle—Through a Straw" <«> IN A BOTTLE THRU A STRAW DRINK ;-4‘. THERE'S NONE SO GOOD USE CREOSOTED FENCE POSTS. Treat Year Own^ Posts on The farm.—Last From 15 20 Years.. » Clemson College.—With the devel opment of 01^ livestock industry and the resulting'fTncreased need fqp pas tures, fencing becomes an important problem. A troublesome phase ofj this problem^is lasting fence posts. Long-lived fejice posts qpn easily be made from nfifct of the common infer ior woods by a simple preservative treatment on the farm. Properly crcosoted, these non-lasting woods make posts good for 15 to 20 years, says W. R. Mattoon, Extension Spe cialists in JVjrestry. Kinds of Wood to Use. Mont of our common woods readily take in creosote, a product of dis tillation of eqal which makes wood fiber very resistant to fungi, or rot, and to practically all forms of animal life which injure wood. Sap pise, soft or red maple, black gum, sweet gum, beech, red and black oaks, cotton wood, willow, the poplars, are good examples of non-lasting woods which are easily treated, the wood becoming the container for the preservative fluid. Because of cross bands of tis sue of the various white oaks, they are unsuitable for treating. The more lasting woods (black locust, red cedar, mulberry, chestnut, black walnut, osage orange) do not justify the ex pense of treating for the slightly in creased lasting qualities. Woods differ in checking or split ting when in ordinary use as fence posts. This is important, since such openings allow the entrance of wood- rotting fungi to the inner portions of the untreated wood. For example, black gum, due to its interlocked, twisted fiber, has proved an exceed ingly satisfactory wood for treatment. The bay of the southern swamps “checks” badly, giving poor results even in the first 5 to 8 years follow ing treatment. Method of Treating. Posts 3 to 4 inches in diameter are sufficiently strong for line posts. Small posts require less creosote, and last practically as long as large ones. Round posts are better for treating than split postal It is very important to have the wood thoroughly seasoned. The posts should be cut, completely peeled, and open piled in a dry situation well ex posed to sun anfl wind. Peeling is most easily done in the spring sea- sen, always immediately after the tree is felled, before cutting it up intq post lengths. ' Patches of the thin inner bark, if left, retard or prevent locally the desiratj impregnation of the woed with the preservative lio.uid. A spade forms one of the best tools for peel ing. In late fall and early winter, especially in dry situations, it may be necessary to use fcn ordinary draw knife. Tops of the posts should be beveled to shed rain water. Posts should be cut to allow only about 3 inches above the top wire. Posts with long tops are unsightly and more costly in wood used and treatment. A light crosscut saw avoids waste in chop ping, and mhkes smoother ends. A satisfactory treating equipment for farm use consists of one cylindri cal galvanize^ steel tank 3 feet in diameter by 4 feet high, and one hori zontal rectangular steel tank 3 by 8 feet. The treatment consists of soak ing the butts in hot creosote (about 200 to 215 degrees F.) for oue to two hours, depending upon the density of the wood and time required to get a deep penetration of the creosote, and then immersing the whole post in a “cold” bath, at a temperature of 90 to 110 degrees F. The butts should be treated for a height of one foot above the ground line. The tops thus get only a shal low treatment but sufficient to make them last as long as the butts. Cost of Treatment. A gallon of creosote will .treat 3 posts, 3 to 4 inches across the top, or 2 posts 4 to 5 inches. In ordinary times a high grade of creosote can be purchased for 15 to 20 cents per gallon in barrel lots delivered. War time made it cost from 30 to 35 cents. Depending upon the size of the post and price of creosote, this is a cost for creosote of from 5 to 15 cents per post, or average of 10 cents. Other items of cost for the peeled post should not be over 5 cents apieca, and for overhead charge on equip*; ment about 2 cents, or if labor for treating the post is included about 3 cents, bringing the total cost to an average of about 20 cents. This would fall to about 15 cents under or dinary pre-war prices for material and labor. True Cost. But the true cost of fence post* on the farm should be reckoned in terms of cost of the post plus cost of labor in replacement. If treated posts are good for 15 years, at least two seta of ordinary untreated posts and two renewal operations are eliminated. Three complete settings of untreated posts would certainly be very consid erably more expensive than one oper ation with treated posts. The treating of fence posts jointly by several farmers in a community af fords one of the best forms of co operative work possible. A Dependable Binder is the only kind you can afford to own, for delays cost money when your grain is ready for cutting. The binder we offer has “made good” in all kinds of grain and under all kinds of conditions. 0 B. F. Avery & Sons’ Improved “Champion” Binder has many features you will like, among them: Force Feed Elevator elevates all kinds of grain easily. insures a steady flow of grain to the packers and prevents clogging and waste of grain at the top of the elevator. Balancing Sectors balance the machine j)er- feetly no matter for what height of grain the binder is adjusted. The machine moves forward or back as the platform is raised or lowered, pre venting neck weight. Relief Rake keeps the inner end of the plat form clear of accumulation of grain, grass or weeds and prevents choking at this point. Roller Bearings make easier work for your team. Shall we save a “CHAMPION” for you? Call and Inspect at CROWELL & CO., Florence, S. C. I Why Prices Go Up and Down r ?RICf& I 1 !l Much Livestock, Few Meat Buyers; Meat Prices Fail .fficsr little Livestock, Many Meat Buyers; Meat Prices Rise This shov/s why prices fluctuate. The number of animals shipped to market varies from week to week. The demand for meat also changes frequently, and often unexpectedly. This means that live-stock prices and wholesale meat prices change from day to day. Competition de termines prices so that the supply on hand at any one time is just taken up by the demand. Swift & Company doesn’t like these price changes. We have to use the utmost skill in buying and selling in order to get our average profit of a fraction of a cent per pound of meat. Swift & Company, U. S. A. Florence Local Branch, 56 Barrington St. W. B. Tyson, Manager \ > ; -.3. . .