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* / ’ Page four THE PRESS AND STANDARD Wednesday, February 9, 1916* The Press and Standard Walterbora, 8. C. AXD HTAXDARD, tor. W. W. HMOAK. set Entered nt the post office at ^Tal sterboro. 8. C.. as secoM class mall matter. - * • Subscription Rates: Om> Yew Mx Months. S14M) .Y5 An iBafpcton of the hooka of rec ird in the ofteo of the Clerk of Cenrt SJadooea the fact that there are on Calendar I. 71 paaes: on Cal endar II, tf cases; on.'Calendar in. *S cases, anb on the Criminal .Dock et, 4S cases at-this time. So It is a that there is 'crave need for somethin# to fte done to aid in clear*- qs the docket. To create the new . olfxalt, thus cl vine the entire time if judge to trying case* in the coarts of the ffute, it would seetn reasonable to expect that more tim? could be given to each county and more cases tried. Another matter to be considered is the Increase of th; population of the State, and conse quently the increase of litigation ia the Bute, calling for mdte .court machinery. If this new circuit will result in more efficiency, .and it *fU> hen we are for the new circuit. ALTERBO I t i l J HITS. Items of Interest Garnered From the Wireless on the. Streets df Walterbora. * J I ■■ ■ WM-W AILING THE NEEDS Of THE SATING HEN Remittances. ' ' AH checks anji 'drafts should be drawn in favor of The Press and Standard. .Look at the printed label-on your paper. The date thereon shows when the subscription expires. Por. ward your money in ample time for renewal. Notice date oir label care fully, and If not correct pleaim notify us at once. . . Subscribers desiring the^addn of their paper changed, will please . state In their commnnleatloa both the old and the new addresses. Colleton's t aaaiag CMHm. . • The- Press sad Standard la always glad to add a word of encourage- mtot to those agencies whiqh sre at worfc for s better and more progress slve county, and this is especially •trua when those agencies are at work to Improve the .county la an Indus trial way. So we are glad to wel come Miss Cora Connor and her can ning club work, as one of those, agencies which come Into the home and help to get the wives and pioth- ere, pa well as tha daughters to] j same la height Is suitable. Remove the top. front, and bottom of the box. Cover the top with 4 burlap sack to provide ventilation and nail s wooden strip 4 inches wide across the front at the bettop. Have s wide board to lean against the open front and a brick to keep it in place.when it is Uecesspry to conflne < the hen.' Pill the bottom at the box level with the top of the 4*inch board with moist garden soil and hollow the soil like a saucer, so that the eggs will not roll away from the hen and becom* chilled. The surface of the earth should be smooth and hard to allow the eggs to roll. Cover the earth with a very little straw aud put in a few common eggs. • ; How,ttUse Hitching Pm and .Hist Boxes tad How to • * . * * Manege The Fowls. Ths care of sitting buns In mads sasler and successful hatches more cartalif when ths sitters sre confined 4a a pen sway from the layers. Ths floor Vf this hatching pen should bo earth, dug up atad moistened Nest boxes should bo placed about sides. Tbtre can be from 25 to 30 ait- ting hens in a pen. Por the nest n box 13 to 15 inches square and aboqt the thinking and planning for better •*nd more wholesome food for th ,v table. Home grown and home can ned foods will be so much better than bought canned goods, and will be to -much more economical. The low country is Just as health^ a place to live as any in the State, and there will be fewer cases of Un healthy .children and grown folks for' that matter, when the house wives learn to prepare and provide a well balanced raiion. and have it cooked well. This and good pure water, freedom from fliys and mos quitoes -.vP! mean Ju«t -xoj>d health in Colleton county as-ir anv part of the- State, of any State. The canning Hub N hlttlne* at ‘or. \ of i ’’ nef*s"n ’n t’>i‘ count'. ! n'»>- Cr'i!*,) ! assist an • - ■ • ! ' ■' Co 0 .. V . th«- 'St t-ee-.f - ’’ ! • .*• on One of ths largest crowds In at tendance nt n first Monday in tYal- terboro in sometime was here Moa- i*y. They came from every section of tho county ud spent the day in attending to bualness matters, and ■n swapping experiences. ' to say nothing of the horses they brought to be tfaded. More of this was done than nt n first Monday in n long while. The crowd was Jolly and good natured. and no sign of liquor drinking was in evidence. 4 ' o Dr. KIda's Offer For Advertisement. Quite n bit of interest is being own in the offer of Klein's Drug qtore to pay for some advertisements. This offer is for the best advertise ment written for this store, and the winner will- be paid $5.00 for the drag store sdvertisement which will, be swarded first place by the . com mittee. !a addition to this every advertisement written and later used will be worth '$2 to the writer. It ia expected that a large number of fidvertlgements will be furnished be fore the contest is closed. —o .. Will Have Soil Harvey Male. , .. E. T.-H. Shaffer, president of the Walterboro Chamber of Commerce recently w rote- COfiRaCsmas Whalev In referenegito having a ?oil survey made of Owlet on county.' He is in receipt of a letter from Mr, Whaley stating that he will use his best ef forts to have, this survey made at ap early late. There has been Con siderable interest in this matter arl 'he desire for a soil survey of the '■ounty is widespread. -o „ . Will Plant PeonntH For the Market. After an exhaustive stuly of the value of the peanut as a money crop. R. H. Wiohman. and his sons. A. II. an<J ’■P. P. WichiPin, ha-e decided to give this crop a *ry out on their .farm ne,if town.* Accordingly they are planning, to plant atyout 50 acres in Spanish pod nuts this year, and se^ with what success the growing of .thl* cron will meet; Mr. Wiohman tor’s, left Tuesday afternoon for New York, Richmond and Baltimore, where he goes to purchase - bis spring stock of goods.' Mr. Taylor Mated. that he^ intended to buy a most complete and full line of goods for his large business, and that he expected the best business he has had in years this spring. In addi tion to bis complex* ‘'line of dry goods, notions, etc., he will lay in a. large stock of millinery. Mias Cnnyus' will again be in charge of this department. 1 * °— Mi-s Attawray • Makes Address. . Miss Cleo Attaway. of * Saluda, State organizer and lecturer for the W. C. T. U.. was in Walterboro Fri day -evening and delivered a moM interesting lecture nt the First Bap tist church, under the auspices of the local chapter. Rev. C. B. Smith opened t^e exercises with prayer, and several songs were sung. Miss Attaway had a good audience and ’“r address was full of pith and UCt . a ' M’nnu Epps BUI Passed. . Mrs. Joseph Sprott. president of the State W. C. T. U.. has written Mrs. Hugo S. Strickland to urge her to secure letters from voters to the delegation urging them to support he Epps bill for sq appropriation under control of the Governor for the enforcement of the prohibition law. Mrs. Strickland would be glaJ t6 have such letters and telegrams sent from prohibitionists at once ks ♦he bill will come up for final dis position at any time. ——o——. ' • W. Z. Ayet Buys Furniture Stork. The sheriff’s sale of the bankrupt! stock of the Enterprise Furniture Company resulted^ In the purchase by W. Z. Ayer tor the sum of $62o. This sale was had at the legal hours of sale Monday. Mr. Ayer imme diately opened up the store and ik now engaged In selling the stock. I We will pccupy the H. Zalin store as soon as the . *, remnants and so-called bargains are-disposed of. Wait for our opening announcement. / ,• G a . y STYLE U QUALITY B. LEVY, anager' VALUE ■w -s == It Mr. Riddle Buys - Martin Home. states that h** has Investigated th** hv S uMVif , h^ e r 1 * ,a8 ^ r0n ^ U v. e< * > a . matter atii finds that others are sue-] ' Martin 'ceeding in this work and he sees no „oi rf i •ni n i.° Wn I^ h » 3 " be , re ' paired and improve) r.t onr^ and as «qon as completed will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Rid Me. Dr. Rid el- is trave-’i.na c^pre^-ntativo of th« *• e xesr <*o- HESi I i! reason why folleton farmers cannot ;Uso make tlp-^growing of the c- tp a comimrciai success. o W. I Tevior V'lili. . W.- I ' Taylor, proprie'.-ir of T ••••' CARD FROM MR. TAYLOR • . * • . \ V " ■ ■ Z I Desire to Announce that I shall go to New v York, Richmond and Baltimore while on my trip North add shall Purchase the Largest Styck o£. - Up-to-Date Dry Goods and Other Goods I have Carried- Our Business has Grown by Leaps and Bounds and I am Expecting a Large Business . this Year, and Desire to get Ready for it by Pur- " chasing as Cheaply as Possible Seasonable Goods. To this end d shall buy most carefully. Upon my Return I wif make Announcement of my New Goods. Watch for it. - \ * a - Respectfully, W. J. TAYLOR, OF TAYLOR’S Fraser Neyie, of St^tesburg 1 . is visiting his mother. Mrs. A. S. Neyie. -7*- — ... Mr. X eyle is pleasantly’remembired * ji-u-r Drug < o., of <‘h *rleston„ u ! here by manv friends of hi/, boy-! S. L. Breland and son. A. C.., of Omega, were in Walterboro .Motda •. . - j, . —.. . K. D. Carter pf ‘'H'O ’‘'*' n * rred to this * hood and they are always glaU to ; ne-7 o.-- 1 fltO-y. I him - a pxominent bu«i- fV* was in to’-' n : Mjoa.lay on bu.-lm s> , *». - • ^ f*V- Dr ^ great | iil M n III TT It Vi v v. • s - 1 to . efr t «,b. t t( i-n ‘ t hose states -v h< if, • 'r i ( of i on* * > he he . 0 t* •ie: t at ! ! insect jH^v <!■•. i r < a oil the .Xni lelo.. 1. i-ie - i ' H , !>- r • . ; t.-out !efv I* fill ill ; pr .‘VvUiS . I, n tlv on ! •v !: •; to t& . ' . . " ■ rnalli^p-jc - »;• i t w ith men urial ■ Ini- is .n pea T'.iis L*:!! I the lot. -hut her r. ‘ r.e . h* ( n alnt>>t r-'itied. Tb- V y r \ that the produ-ts of the cotton Ids ^ ' ,t * 1 hav been i luced.,rlmost to noth ing, and that only- these farmers who had learned how to diversif* and make a living 6n b'hyr crops, e*i- caped serious Injury. Colleton Is a cotton county and her farm-rs ar« too dependent upon the cotton crop. The boll weevil Is coming. He. has ruined cotton farmers In other states. What are Colleton's cotton farmers going to do about It? There Is a remedy. Will Colleton's cotton farmers get ready to use that rem edy or will they, sit still and let the weevil catch them and then cry hard times and ruin? They have been warned. The Pres* and Standard calls upon them to think and to act, not next year, bnt NOW!, DIVER SIFY! RAISE LIVE STOCK! GET READY NOW! r, arid VI . V That Kew ('Irctrit. The creation of a new circuit com posed of the four counties of Colle ton. Jasper, Hampton and Beaufort, la one of the things which is likely to become law at this session of the legislature. That it should become law and be put into operation.at once f( a self evident necessity. For year* the courts of the State hare been crowded, and especially Is that /Jrue in regard to the courts in the ^▼counties affected by this new circuit In Colleton county for Instance there are now over 200 cases to he tried and in the short time allotted for the trial of these cases at the regular terms, it Is impossible to keep paee Mlh he needs of the court. In ad- dltion to the number of cases row docketed for trial there are many action* which should be breugV. ( and which would now be on tho cr’ endara but for the congested scvm of Ih^'cowrU.’^nd attorneys feel that j there {• little use to pile hr ras->s j which m iv\s ? «nd . ..ffWR. ^... y i The next evealng. when it is gro it • I dai k <i >'>-- v whol-y r ;<in and water ■ >Ih»u’,5 t placed in fr\nt of th * ties* and -the ht o removed to feed Leave her alone and <k> n<»t rMuf^i umil ighc If tho hen is. then on her nest d, contented, she may be given the sitting of-eggs you have selected for her. Feed sitting hens it the same hour every day. Give' them whole grain (whole corn is best) in a dish, letting thorn eat all they desire. Even un der the most favorable feeding condi tions. a hen will lose about threo- fourths of a pound in weight during the three weeks of incubation. If there are many sitter* in the pen. it It best to food seven or eight together, re moving any that do not leave their neeta. Replace the bene after 20 mlnetee. The doors of the nests are closed except at feeding time, amino the nests while the hens feeding and it any eggs are wash the’ other egfs In and dean the host. Moisten - the earth about tho nest frequently. On tho eighteenth day of Incuhutlon. lm- the eggs for two minutes la (104 degrees F.) This brunet inside tho •hod aad results la the hatching of a greater percentage of chicks. FRANK C- HARE. Extension Poultry Husbandman, Clemaon Agricultural College. water mono the jKgi warm wfiter (10 safteag^the men To build up tho dairy herd, use a purebred ball aad save tho boat hotfur r-M Dollar Spend In Our COrGHH AND JXlLDH .ARE DANGEROUS ' Few of us realise the danger of Couchs and Colds. We consider them common and- harnUesq ‘ail ments. However statistics tell us every third person, dies of a lung ailment. Dangerous Bronchial and . Luhg disease* follow a negh-ct-M * cold As your body struggles ag»»r * I cold terms, no better'aid can h* b , | th .* Dr. King'* New DUrov*- *- ha- been tested by In use over 45 ye. r 1 ' today. Avoid the .is* ot << U ung all meats. At druggists. —A key with each dollar you ich may not be retched for yesrs. • trade at WiehmanV , Etc, for Men, Women All TRANSACTIONS .i ' X. / Store A. 3- KARESH, Manager. ' ‘ / *:~r