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WINTER ROT TIME VBIlli.ll lfi.il I IIITIi: FOR MAKING REPAIRS 4 No Better Time for Fence Buildir/: and Mending 7 Low Places V FALL AND WINTER i MOST SEVERE SEASONS \ ; December or January Beot Time to Get Farm in Ship-Shape. K Clemson College, Dec. 22.?Winter is the best season for fence building and repairing on the farm, for more , than one reason, and experts at Clemson College advise farmers to set , aside some time during this month or next for doing such wbrk of this kind %as is needed. Fall and winter are more severe on fences than spring and summer and right now, especially, they suffer [much damage from fires which are started in nearby brushwood. One f step in fence work 'therefore, is to make certain that no piles of brush>?!?, ,\v?od and dead leaves are left at the fl 'fences, People scarcely realize how Y many fences are lost by fire because such trosh piles are heaped about the , fence posts. One thing that makes this a good season for fence work is the frequency of hard rains, which leave thei ground soft and in a condition that permits one to set fence posts rapidly. Ik* irwtll** ?? im * ir*l\ f f /i?? I /I A*1* A ) i k liii 1 jr p ci 11 llicit v uii uv/ii* Son the farm in winter should be done then, because on most South Carolina farms it ise the quietest season and there is more time for carpentry and such work than in any other season. o OVER SIX BILLION Washington.?This year's principal +fnrm crops were worth $6,270,405,000 j at Dec 1 farm prices, the department of agriculture announced in its final estimate and review of crop production and values. That compares with $4,973,527,000 last year, $4,960,497,000 in 1913 and $4,757,458,000 in 1912 With the wheat crop passing the billion bushel mark for the first time in Xhe nation's history, corn production , reaching a three billion bushel total ] for the second time, and record crops , of oats, barley, rye, sweet potatoes,!] hay and rice, the year has been an extraordinary one for farming. Prices paid farmers for some crops have been higher than in other years bei cause of the European war and as a Result the value of some of the crops ' is the largest ever recorded. < down tha feed bill and Mr Red S ' llr Horse and Mule 1 1/ |j||$pl It's something the horses and Tj appetite?starts the saliva ri I i ^ill^ *ar BUP?r^or to an grain f I \$Ify mules a treat, and at the same t V MM Our RED SIIIRT (first prade) H Wsi cal|tains Corn, Oats, Ground Alfa and pure cane molasses, and analy Protein 10%; Pat 3%; Fibre ? PIEDMONT HORSE & MULE MOLASSES $ 12% ; Carbohydrates 55%. ffSWAMP FOX HORSE & MULE MOLASSES FEED * | PERFECTION HORSE & MOLE FEED ? Protein 12%; Fat 3%; Fibre 12%; Carbohyc v -1 I .1 Air_ir_ it ^ grout ttitu gruunu auuiio aiuui. j RED SHIRT E ^ First Grndc:. A balanced ration rontainii ^ keeps them in good condition. Increases the xj st a reduced cost of feeding. Contains gr< Iff, Ground Alfalfa. Pure Cane Molasses and S \ ^ Fibre 12%; Carbohydrates 60%. j | PIEDMONT DAIRY FEED i RED SHIRT HOG FEED We manufacture also RED SI1IRT Scratch I| "SEVEN EGGS A WEEK" HEN MASH <* i Rice, Cottonseed Meal, Cow Peas, Meat Vv&A Protein 18%; Fat 4%; Fibre 12%; Ca As shown on the bags in our ad. nearly i \ products, even to the bags and twine, i ^||||C^ tor 0at*? Corn? Wheat, Alfalfa H We also carry a full st< AND ST " /? Our feeds as shown Wfy A / y Vi on scientific princip Wf \f/~ V/ I VV greatest nourishme || W/a, U cost. Let us shoII II cut your feed bill 1L JT J Molony & I CHARLES! f * v ... t 'v ? >. 9 m* SWAT THE STUMPS They Take up Valuable Space and Get In Way of Machiney. Clemson College, Dec. 20.?There is no better time to get rid of the stumps in your field than during the winter months, say the agricultural authorities at Clemson College, who urge that farmers give this matter their attention. So long as stumps romain in the field, one will not be able to use there the improved machinery that he should use. He will continually have to be lifting the plow and driving the binder and other machinery around so that he can get by, whereas if the stumps were removed, one could go straight ahead without trouble. Stumps also occupy land that lould be used tor crops it the stumps were removed. There are several ways of getting rid of stumps. If you or your neighbors have not a stump puller and you don't feel able to buy one, you may use dynamite. Or, if you do not care to use either of these methods, you can dig them out. By all means, clear the land of stumps now so that you can crop it early next spring. o CITATION STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. By J. S. Vaught ,Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Elizabeth Pitman mav.j suit to me. to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of G. P. Pitman. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and cerditors of the said G. r. ritman, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Conway, S. C., on 22nd day of December 1915 next, nfter publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not bo granted. GIVEN under my Hand, this 1st day of December Anno Domini, 1915. Published on the 9th and IGth days of December 1915 in the Horry Herald. J. S. VAUGHT, Probate Judge, H. C. ii Impeachment of Attorney. Washington.?Articles of impeachment of Snowden Marshall, United States attorney for the southern district of New York, were read in the house by Representative Buchanan of Illinois, who charges Marshall with corruptly neglecting his dutise, with refusal to prosecute certain important cases, with violation of the oiwht-hnnr law and other things. o Etoaria or Ghills & Fever Prescription No. 066 is prepared especially for MALARIA dr CHILLS &. FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c ^Ljrn. i Tf^I hirt "'f MolassesFeeT^m mules like?gives them an tinning and aids digestion. eed. Give your horses and ime save money. 'uSgSg [orse and Mule Molasses Feed lfa, made appetizing with salt |||| zes as follows: === 12%# Carbohydrates 57% ~~v Crcn Second Grade ? Analyzes: Pro1 r,LU tein 9Vfe%; Fat 2 ?/js% ; Fibro , % (3rd Grade) This analyzes: Protein 9%; 5$ , Fat 2%; Fibre 12%; Carbohydrates 55%. ^ ixed) We manufacture also n dry mixed (no ^ ;s) Horse and Mule Feed, which analyzes: | irates 57%. This is composed of straight \ i| JiYlKY FEED ijr Molasses. Cattle a*-e very fond of it> flow1 .a1\d enriches the qunlity of the milk f ound Corn.'C. S. Meal, Wheat Middling ; alt. Analyzes: Protein 159b; Fat 3%; j* nalyzes: Protein 12%; Fat 2Vi%. Fibra \ iten 55%. ^ Di/restive Tankaj?e, Ground Com, Rice ^ itteninK- Keeps the ho?s in uood condition. Jfy Feed ar.d RED SHIRT Daby Chick Feed. jM nposed of Ground. Corn. Ground ijfj U ts, Ground Wheat, Harley, Maize, ^ji] ; Meal and Linseed Meal. Analysis: rbohydrates 40%. ill of our feed is made from Carolina We are, therefore, in the market ay and any other kind of Hay- 5^^ RAW GRAIN* HAY above are mixed // les to furnish the // nt at the lowest If AiMtoB-TtI Vw wn you how to II \V Is down. Writ* II. \| res, etc. It rJSIII if Carter Co A @mmM CON, S. C. .\ t v jf x , ? ' V ? . i . ... I i . g # THE HOBBY HERAT. ^ WHY CROSS BREEDIN Farmers sometimes get the mistaken idea that cross breeding will improve their stock On the contrary, cross breeding has many disadvantages and farmers are strongly advised not to attempt it. It has at times been used with success in the hands of breeders of long experience, but for the inexperienced breeder it is a most dangerous practice. Cross breeding is the mating of two purebred animals of different breeds; for example, a purebred Hereford bull with a purebred Angus cow, or a purebred Berkshire boar with a purebred Duroc-Jersey sow. It should be clearly distinguished from grading, which j means the mating of a purebred with a scrub or an animal of very little pure blood, and which can be done r.with perfect safety and is urged upon farmers. One of the principles upon which livestock breeding is based is that i like tends to beget like. When two purebreds of the same breed are mated, we expect the offspring to be like its parents, because there is, be- , hind each parent, a long line of pure blood. When two purebreds of different breeds are mated (crossbreeding), there at once takes place a ' battle of breeds and the offspring will be like that parent whose blood is j strongest. When, therefore, two old breeds, as Tamworth and Berkshire, or Jersey and Holstein, are mated, ! ! there is a bitter conflict between t j bloods and influences that have requlr1 cd centuries to reach their present state. In cross breeding the first cross is sometimes good, but after that such breeding is very uncertain, because the nature of the offspring will de1 pend upon whichever of its bloods gets the mastery. Moreover, there is a (lfttl ?pr Ul.lt ormmdnmo W.-. - uv,.n,niin o me blood in each parent will balance that in the other, which will cause an out- i cropping of some bad characters that had been held in check ever since the breeds began. Because of this uncertainty of re-! suits, a crossbred sirp should never be used nor any crossbred females kept for breeding, except where a purebred is at the head of the herd. Be- j cause breeders understand this, a crossbred can never bring more on j the market than it is worth for meat ' or work, and the farmer who breeds such animals loses his chance of selling his best product at purebred LAME EVERY MORNING A Bad Back is Generally Worse in the Morning. Conway People are Finding Relief, A back that aches nil day and cans-! es discomfort at night is usually ; worse in the morning. Makes you I feel as if you hadn't slept at all. You can't got rid of "kidney backache, until you reach *he cause?the ; kidneys. Doan's Kindney Pills arej I especially prepared for weakened orj j disordered kidneys?have been grate- j fully recommended by thousands. Testimony of Conway people proves the merit of Doan's. F. L. Oliver, carpenter, Main St.,! Conway, Says: "I had -pains in mv! back and in the morning was sore and lame. My kidneys were out of order. I also had headaches, spells of dizziness and other symptoms of kidn^v trouble. I used Doan's Kidney Pills as directed and thov relieved nil signs of backache and kidney co mlpaint." j i Price ?r>0c, at all dealers.- Don'fi simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?th" game that Mr. Oliver had. Fostcr-Miiourn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.?adv. Subscribe for the Herald and read the New Story in the next issue. o pjoTweTi gl "Thedford's Black-Draught H IS is the best all-round medicine SB HB lever used," writes J. A- Pg Steelman, of Pallonville, Texas. S| On "I suffered terribly with liver gsjj fitiS troubles, and could get no relief. Kg The doctors said 1 had con- H <5? sumption. 1 could not work at BR gm wtjsi Sag all. Finally 1 tried H I THEDFORD'S I ?1 ni ah B BLAUk- I 1 DRAUGHT I ^9 and to my surprise, 1 got better, 9 9 and am to-day as well as any 9 man." Thedford's Black- 9 9 Draught is a general, cathartic, 9 9 vegetable liver medicine, that 9 9 has been regulating irregular!- 9 j 9 ties of the liver, stomach and 9 9 bowels, for over 70 years. Qet 9 9 a package today. Insist on the 9 9 genuine?Thedford's. ?-70 H 9I999B9H99 - i # P^OONWAY, S. O. G IS NOT ADVISABLE | prices. If for no other reason than this, a farmer should nestiate to cross breed. Keep in mind clearly the difference between the purebred and the crossbred. The purebred is the offspring of two purebred parents of the same breed. The crossbred is the offspring of two purebred parents of different breeds. A crossbred can never be registered, even tf each of its parents was a breed champion. If cross breeding is inadvisable, however, grading ia advisable and is recognized as the quickest economical way of building up a herd. Grading is the mating of a purebred with a scrub or with a grade. Generally the purebred used is the sire and the scrub or grade is the dam. Grading is perfectly safe because all the power is on one side and the results can be predicted. A purebred Angus bull mated with ' scrub cows will produce calves of which more than eighty per cent are pure black and hornless, such is the power of pure blood over mixed blood. There is no better way for the j mt; ureeuer 10 Deni'i tnan with a grade herd and a purebred sire. In a few years lie can make his herd as profitable as purebreds and will have learned how to take care of a purebred. But let him avoid cross breed-' ing. J. M. BURGESS, Associate Professor of Dairying, Clemson Agricultural College. ^ Last year the extension division of Clemson College put forth its greatest efforts in a campaign for increasing the acreage of wheat and oats. This year it is again urging the sowing of wheat and oats, but has added lives lock to its propaganda. "Take the second step?livestock." Manure is subject to heavy losses from several sources. For instance, many fanners lose practically all their liquid manure, yet this contains more valuable plant food than the solid. There are a number of ways to save stable manure and every fanner should exert himself to net the most ! possible out of his manure. The most serious limiting factor in Southern agriculture is lack of humus in the soil. The easiest and most economical way to get humus in the soil is by growing and turning winter legume*. This also enables a farincT to get nitrogen from the air and cut his fertilizer bills. 1c Prevent Blood Poisoning ipply ot one? the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL. a sur irical dressing ihat relieves paia and heals at the same time. Not a liniment. 25c. 50c. Si-OO. o READ A Picturized Romantic Novel $10,000 For a Suggestion! $10,000 was paid for this photo play. Another $10,000 is of; ifered for a sequel to it. This offer is open to every man, woman and child? to you I The story of THE DIAMOND | FROM THE SKY" I will appear in this newspaper soon. You can read this thrilling story and see the motion picture version of it simultaneously. Don't miss it! It*s a beautiful story, beautifully told, beautifullv filmed SEE THIS Remarkable Photo Play READ THE STORY IN THIS NEWSPAPER The First Christmas IT ofteu has been statin) that the birth of Christ must have occurred four years before the date tixed ou for the current chronology and that it is probable the event befell at some other time in the year than a few days after the winter solstice. The reason for the coutident assertion is the ascertaining of the fact that Herod died about four years B. C. Tiie basis of this supposition is the re|K>rt that at the time of the hirth of Christ "there were shepherds abiding in the tield. watching their flocks by night." a circumstance not natural in tiie latitude of Bethlehem near the shortest day. That is the height of the rainy season in .ludea. and the date does not appear to have been observed generally before the fifth con tury. m?nj students or Mimical history haw argued that the story about the star of Bethlehem points to a date for the Nativity not later than May 8. B. C. 0. On that date the planets Venus and Jupiter were so closely In conjunction as seen from the earth that the apparent distance between them was eipial only to the breadth of the full moon. These planets were THE ST A It OF HETIILEUEM. then visible in the east a couple ot bears before se.urise and must have produced a strikingly beautiful appearance and li^f been spoken of as one object. That was about lift.v days less than two years before the death of llerod. a fact which harmoui'/.cs well with other conditions of the narrative, for it is probable that the mandate for the slaughter of all the children two years old and under was issued some mouths before bis decease, and the limit of two years would leave an ample margin for any uncertainty as to the time of the appearance of the star, as related by the magi: also there were no paschal full moons on a Friday between the years it. C. <1 and A. I). ;t.'l and no other following that till A. D. tin. From this it would seem to follow that Christ was thirty-eight years old at the time of the crucifixion, and this would vindicate the sagacity of the Jewish doctors who atlirmed that lawns not yet fifty (forty V? years old. It is remarked, too. that in the spring of the same year there was a triple conjunction of planets- Saturn. Jupiter and Mars?and that the first two named were in conjunction as seen I from the earth no less than three times in the year preceding?that is. It. C. 7. Another theory About the star of Bethlehem which has been advanced ' is that the star seen by the magi is' Spicn, the leading brilliant in the constellation of Virgo, tiie Virgin. For many years before and after the Christian era the star was changing Its place until it was then literally a "star in the oust," ami its movement j in that direction may have been the! very fact noticed by the wise men of some centuries preceding who expected that the prophecy about the Virgin would be fulfilled when its principal star reached the position noted. if this were so the visit of the magi from Ractria, in the far east, is easily ex-, plained, and the chief dillb ulty attend- 1 THE OLD i R01 BAKING I Absolute MADE FROM CRM ' : ' < > : r- s "^.v.a.Vs Yv <v .V/,.' " ." V ... . , THREE HOW ARE YOU USING YOUR COUNTY AGENT | Farmers Who Keep in Touch Can Get Much Service From Him I SENT BY GOVERNMENT IN FARMERS BEHALF He is Also Employed by The State Agricultural College. I Clemson College, I)cc. 22.?Do you keep in touch with your county dejmonstration agent? If you are a farmer and do not, you are neglecting a big opportunity. The agent is employed by the United State's government and the state's agricultural college to help yc u with your farm problems and there are numerous ways in which an agent can lie of great assistance to any farmer. The co-operative extension work at C'emson oUllcge has an agent in every county in South Carolina except two and the vacancies in these two ccuntics are only temporary. In each of three counties, there are two agents. Of these forty-five men, twenl'y four are gravluates in agriculture from Clemson College and some of I i v iaiu :T a 77 gs-uuaus or otner agricultural colleges. If y u do not. know who your agent is, find cut at once and find out also whciv ha has his hoadquart f?rs and how ho is to he reached. There are cemergencies in which it is worth a. yrcat deal to knew how to got in touch with the county agent. For example, cho'era brakes out in a hog lot next to yours .You have a large number of goods hogs. If you communicate with the agent, ho will tell you > how much scrum to order from Clern! son oCllcge or will order it for you, | and will inocculate all the well hogs as sonn as the serum arrives, saving a heavy loss, probablly. ^ The county agent is a very busy man. He has his lines of work mapped out and spends most of his time carrying cut his program. But lie is always ready to drop whatever he is doing and answer any farmer's emergency call. He knows what to do to check outbreaks of contagious stock ' diseases and the ravages of insect pests; and whenever he finds a probiL-i I ii-iu i:uu no cannot solve, he knows whore to get the solution in the shortest possible time. To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS ch-.ll TONIC. You know what yon are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 50 cents in? the explanation lies In the fact that such an important search as they undertook is noticed by only one out of the four evangelists. The uncertainty of the centuries In regard to the date of the Nativity in year and month may never be cleared up Its existence lias been unfairly cited as reason for disbelieving the whole narration. The people of 2.000 years ago attached little importance to dates, except current ones, and it may be remembered that the destruction of Jerusalem occurred between the time of the Nativity and the writing of the gospels, at least In the shape in which it has come down to us. RELIABLE fAL >OWDER iiy Pure MM OF TARTAR