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v r . M'- . .**■ . /ir* WednexUj, October' it, 1917. AND STANDARD ■ .T ; - • ■. • *> • PAGE 1 v #» V V > IN THE V, Greatest Voting Contest Ever Conducted In » <x "3 -# TRADE A LITTLE TIME FORA CAR OR THE PRESS AND STANDARD in order to stimulate Subscription Business will give awaya FORD TOURING CAR and a STARCK PIANO'to the Ladies who turn in the greatest number of VOTES between Saturday, gj^plendnaf 22, *"d Saturday December 15,1917. Other Valualble Prizes will be offered during the Contest. This Contest will be run by the regular office force—no paid Contest Manager will come in to run it. It will be absolutely (eur. open and above lioapd. We guarantee everyone a Square Deal. You do not have to be Subscriber to participate. Get in at the start and stay to the finish, v Nominate yourself or get some friend ta ou. s> 'I /I / X J - n TOMS UR First IHl X' X x X /. ^ -- Thixlatejit model. Ford Touring Car is fur* \ led by Rizer & Ayer, and \mU be on display^ at their Garage. ■ %» most popular .in Colleton County It is a car which has proven ' . ♦/•v* -there are 1. This Contest Begins Saturday. SEPT 22, 1017, and will close SATCRIDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1917. at 6 o’clock p. m. X X This contest will be run by the regulai /orce of T*e , ^•M'and Standard, and the standing of the contestant* wii! be published from time to time. . ' / ;■ :'\3. Any lady, married or single, is eligible^ to/^nter this cont^t. X. ' ' . / 4. Th«* rTKht Is retained to alter theXules as occasion may require and to settle aU questions that may arise, not mention ed in these rules. * X^ j* ' 5. No one ih gny way connected #itb‘The Press and Stand- • ard. or related in the se«oad deg rev to any member of th»> • force, can enter the 6. On the closing^day of the contest a. committee of well known .business men not interested in the contest will be ap- ..^pointed to cotrfit the votes and award the prizes. After the contest .alt books and records of the contest will be thrown open X to the contestants that they may see how they won or lost. 7/ In case of a tie vote at'the end of the contest, the rash value of tbe^tifiae be equally divided, or more time given •to'VwftHt off the tie’. No'two candidates will be permitted to ^double up. ylt any contestant-drdps out her votes'-will be lost. • Votes ar»/^ot transferable. ' . . . X •• 8. ,Afi subscriptions aro payable in eaiih, and may be taken at apy tllrie. The Press and Standard will not be liable to any subscriber till a receipt is give n by the office fop-'any subscrii Subscriptions may be secured anywhere ii REIRWlGiRE 1 E PIli), SiTlE T, SECOIO PRIZE _ I ..... a/..- * a . ... II • » # - /• •» / / ;\- X x moi^e of them than of every other car fn the x in as fast as secured. K whit-h cam be voted at any X county. The price of this car now is $4 X X < •* •,> It has been improved and is now a nea X dur- X [ion turned in United States. S. Subscriptions should be turned special vote coupon will be given time during the contest, except that no contestant will be al lowed to vote in any one week over ten thousand of the leader the Week before, be held in reserve, this rule will able car.' Rizer & Ayer are actively engaged in • ' —~x .. x • X selling them artd cannot get enough to supplv ' - .X *' V • / ' • ‘ X ’ M X • -* s a * • /' • v the demand. X * » x ^ - x. • v - Y- ■■ This car will be given the lady/tiTlbis county • ■ x' ; / ® *•••*■, . X /* / 'A. ” • X ^ ‘ • x who turns in the greatest number of votes dur- votes ahead All ballots over and above must,' Starting with the last week •/ the contest be withdrawn and the reserve vote can be voted at will ip a box' prepared for this purpose and- sealed, which box will not be opened till the Contest closes. X >p^>« SCREDDLE OF VRIES HHlVdi ing the contest. X / / For each yearly -subscription (new or |1.5h^; 1.000 Votes For each two-year subscription (new or old) $3.fl0, IbfcOO Votes For each three-year subscription (new or old) |4.5o, 4,00XVotbs For each five-year subscription (new or obit $7.50, 7,600 Vines This schedule will remain unchange^.-durfng the entire contest, but bonus vote periods may be announced from, time v - 'V X to time. The lady who turns in the second largest number of votes during the contest will be given a Kenmore Piarto. Style "lO’' which 5s recommended and sold by Brown Furniture Company, well known and reliable furniture.jdealers in Watterboror This" piano is on display in their store and may be seen by any con- tesiant and tried* - ^ 7 ' X v. This piano is dependable, simple, in design, and sweet in tone, of late Colonial design, and will with it a guarantee against all defects in ihaterial and wo, manship for a period of ten years, signed by thXprrsi< the well known P. A. Starck Plano Company,'of This piano is cheap at $300.00, the retail price. of v Author of By F. F. 'Aroptid ‘the Year, in , Garden in v KOTKWELL the Garden,” ‘‘Hdoce . etc., etc. X by YV. AUee Burpee tc X o . detphra. Pa., ■ tx .right 1917 Garden cleaning. Hke house-clenn* ing. (S usually pane in the spring. But/the gardener who follows the lead of hia better half fn this ^re- «iect. and thinks that he Is saving ,4imaelf trouble by Jetting bj* old weeds, cabbage stumps and melon vines .and other garden .refuse slay where they are until it is time to dig the soil up again next March or April does not stop to reckon with the facta. . Seed. * ..XX . x . ' ■ • Growers, Phila- ,snips, radish, salsify, ruta bagas.'N. Much of the success of grbwing Swiss chard and turpips are the late tijW, imdeXglass depends on using stayer*; while, brusaels hprbuts. the>ight Varieties. Not all of.thos- kale, late spinaett. parsnips and sal- which bre leaders outidde will serve sify need nu protection even for the fojv iiroWing inside. Of ' lettuce, coldest weather. ; Rpinaeh. oniony. Grand Raphls is the most sattofac- and In the wqrmer - 'Mate*. ' other | 0 , v . loose-hejWing kind, white Burr vegetables-to beXpried-throuirh 4f>e pe Xs W'ayaheadSand Big Boston are winter jor earlj spring oiops./should -ravorite heading VVIetips. In addi- be milciH-d with lighl.^trafy ma tinn there is the lh<Je Mignonette. Instead of saving himself trouble such a course, he is only sowing It btagdeast for all the follosdtog teral millions of seeds thatXould be destroyed by cleaning up n^ware-alfowed to ma ture and sow themsHvea. and be distributed t>v hirdsXnd wind, and rains. That is bad enobgjj. but not the worst. The weedsXcan ^ handled, if one works hard eibnigh. But the . germs or .pores of many Oases and the eggs. l»rrae. and hi- prote*tk»u for the Winter, but are stt^Jtibned right on the ground, ready to go to work at the slightest op portunity next year. , - ’ Bun* it ail up X*»w. ’ Clc*anliness acd goml fboks. there- forP.-ar*--not the only reasons for goiniTro* r .the Mjtire garden Yn the fall. s<>U» as h hr yetting Is flnish- ed. ard cle- tXir up and barging aTbj.nr.d left-nyei - . of ail description. Fre- quehtlv all ttieye odd* and ends htf carefullv cleaned upXbut are then left to dertty. or added to the cona- poot he*»r. instead of Treihg burned, weed This is'of course better than levy ing'them in tbV garden, bpt burn- htg in much safer, a* the other cyMlfse do*** not insure their destruc tion. , v • ' *■ / The l.a»e*t, Tliituri in \ e*tet«l»le«i. While the first frosts will put an end to the tender things oiitsi>le fhe.re are a dumber of vegetables hirh will keep right on growing freezes—andebme Utite or marsh hay. > 'X_ " ' Coming ihe Garden in tin* Winter. The beginner who has hWd a sX* eessful garden to supply his table with fresh vt^rtable's all SUnutteV will hardly In* Xt.is fled to have ln< not grown for markeiNhui excellent for the home table, itv radishes Burpee’s Rapid Red m.jktSL one <he best fdrriqg. kinds. beimXXidy to eat in thief to four wep*s\pnd with '>ury small follhgeX^Crim gardeqlng operatibn« vyrtmtenXhy; c*i an t Globe requtresXmon ter without artificial heat to lowed in spring by the lati in a frame or a small Bfeen/woti.- this fall,- and v ‘*u jXvr* '• no trouble in keepingytf inX»a.vHi* use ten jnontk* out/of tjX twelve,, or more. " XXI M in. Sir lUXuiiHiends f IiuimIn r- (n’«» TmIiIc-Is. hav-«X> !, d thJ*'- or Hess 1 t»oX>b for eight re rp» -yejier.f wrlteXSlr*. tl. H. Smith, Brevf'eii-pn. 'mam Jaclr Frost withont put/ting up "i I serious protest. The ojftly way’ pT proT< v stlng successfully -7 however Ts to have a little under-glass garden 61 yotlr own. With this jon'ranroX only have fresh vegetable* this fall winter, .hut seVefal weeks ear lier in tfce spring: ‘And you cannot only glow your own vegetable plant [innately people |er typC. Hfrbid Is a PhP jariety./fn cucumbers, Ford MHL Davis perfect, the bernatlng adults of many destruc- qftHMhe ground tire bugs and beetles and worms. ? 1h 'J ^ be Jeff out And congenial winter quarters in . doom >b4h^ entire wm|er. Beet*, such refuse. In It they got not only ^ cablm^v enrmtpXeelenr. par- but makes X|{rop« root. Cornet ii loth do ycjvX*'!! for growing^ indoors jh^h {defer tAo Koglish j<i of-wtmh Burp**«jX Whole jari ook FaMj two tm^PXiplilar /or ouulnor rrow -k" - Instead Of having , to buy themXuut-lnir. desirable Inside, have them better and { stronjrVr and KhTWeSt Short iRun carrot. Karlv e*rlier than yoiy can bnv^fiem. VIpfDd nod Croshv Egyptian beet< If you plan to have a hof-bed-jXnd Triumph of the Frcmes beets, or a small greenhouse there 1* stjjl^nre other standard under gfh*? var time to get it goiur and planted row Idles. ‘V befom.freer.li)ir weather if vpfi art While a temperature of 40 to pyotnptry-^ii- 'fact by buying a at night Ik plenty for IdtucX ready pK frame or liodae, a ffw : radiHhes. Wts. carrots and spfn- % a couple ofXlays time is , a ch. tomatoes and ‘Vtikos**. and hat is requirCxjXo get-W ready t-*ans of course require about ten or. use. To takXftill advantage of degree* mere. They. *fe often It. the planpXfor the first crop growtf to lollop up tbv other* in should l*e nlihted now, *o aa to be * the *pring. a« tKe daTs get longer Urge enprfgh to transplant to the ,*04 warmer. By mrfng double gla*s bed oi^bench under glasa as soon as j sash the former may be grown al- reai^r I most continuously through the win- TERRIBLYSW01LEH Safferiaf Described A* Tortarc. Relieved by Black-Drangbt. j - Rossvdle, Gi.—pkrn. Kate Lee Able, ol , tins place, Wriles: "My 1iusbaf«d-i»4r' enginecr. and opcc vh»le hTUng, he in jured h mscll Vvitli a piece cl heavy ma-- XV. "When sufferia* from «t-!chiiierr, across (he abdomen, lie was k* Of lndigestlp*«x»Bi1 h- avineX^w ^ CoM pH bear to press on lifter eating, or two <if < lUwrnxX., . <, > -.X u_ U>i lain'x 'Tnhlets have always rr . Jlliue!f £l a l, oa cherlCf ..rdi aien. ^ He liei^l Xe. I have also found thepi weighed IXIbs., and iclLdff ant'.l he rh ikV^lcwel r.5k-dfw«sant laxative-” Tli**8e taints weighed HCilb*., id twd weeks. -!deXrla*« hut! 10 "'* ^b.ach a:rd'emUde it || e became const tj^ted and klookcd 1 *? v frJ tl> ; f ^ H ?K. ,U r ,i ,T ^ Wra ! ,> - Bk? wonlddic.-Wc had threediKercnt If yurt art* troubled with XHg**tion t “ ^ . ... 4,1. them a trial, get vycil and stav doctors, w...i aiffhcif tnedtcine, X .bowels faded Ic ad. De would turn up X U tw-cwt bottle-ot CJSlpr oil, and drikk it Ivio or three days in succession, did this yet w it’wut resolt. We became desperate, he su|lcred so. He was swol len terribly. He told me his suffering could only be dc-sct iiard as torture. ! sent and bo:i"ht Thedford’s Black- Draugl t. 1 made h m ^ke .a big dose.! and when it bepmto act he tainted, be was in such ^isdry, but he got relief and be^aa to mend at ome. He got well, and we /both feel he owe* hia life to Thedfcrd's Black-Draught.’*' ,» ' 1 hcdlord’s Black-Draught will help yo« 110 keep fit, ready for the day’s work. .. X - Don't he bo Xrnid of changing your mind. Everything H*#. chang es: why\ thvnu .should your opinion-* reiftaiq tty? .■uime?'’ Thinking nigan* devclAj*m«*nt. Development mean* ihanjK*. Without thinking you drift backward.—hloyxl. , Office Hour* at ATUAVTIl COAST I.I.V$*: STATION From 8:-60 a. m. to 12:00 n», and fropi 2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m'. -Patrons of office will take* notice that office will be cloned 1 hour be tween 12:09 m. and 2:0(1 p. m.. and will be cloned strictly at 5:00 p. m. No freight deliveredlir received IgX fore or after the*# hours. 2*1 * 'a tv