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TWO SUGGESTIONS FOR REARING CHICKENS Poutry Specialists Here Offer Suggestions for Brooding and Feeding BROODING WITH HENS ON MOST OF FARMS \ ' Shade Very Essential in Rearing' Chickens in* Warm Weather Seasons. Brooding with hens is the simplest - - ... i and easiest way to raise a few chick< ;:s and is the method which is used most exclusively on the average farm. Artificial brooders are necessary where winter or very early chick tns are raised, where only Leghorns ot other uonsitting- breeds of poultry are kept, or where large numbers of chickens are raised commercially. Sitting hens should be confined to slight- ( ly darkened nests at hatching time and not disturbed unless they step on or pick their chickens when hatching The eggshells and any eggs which have not hatched should be removed ( as soon as the hatching is over. Hens should be fed as soon as possible after ( the eggs are hatched, as feeding tends to keep them quiet; otherwise many , hens will leave the nest. In most cases it is best that the hen remain on j the nest and brood the chicks for at/ least 24 hours after the hatching is over. All the chickens should be toepunched or otherwise marked before they are transferred to the brooder fti* hifmd rftftn. sn that, their aire anil breeding can be readily determined after they are matured. Hens will brood successfully 10 to 15 chicks early in the breeding season, , and 18 to 25 in warm weather, depend 1 upon the size of the hen. Powder the ' hen with a good insect powder before ' moving her and the chicks to the j brood coop. The hen should be dusted every two weeks or as often as neces- j sary until the chickens are weaned. If 1 lice become thick on the chickens, or if they are troubled with "head lice," a very little grease, such as lard or vaseline, may be applied with the fingers on the head, neck, under the vrings, and around the vent. Brood coops should be made so that | they can be closed at night, to keep out cats, rats, and other animals, and enough ventilation should be allowed < so that the hen and chicks will have ^ plenty of fresh air. The hen should i be confined in the coop until the chickens are allowed free range after \ they are a few days old. The brood coop should be cleaned at ' least once a week and kept free front mites. If mites are found in the j coop, it should be thoroughly cleaned j and sprayed with kerosene oil or crude i petroleum. From 1 to 2 inches of sand or dry dirt or a thin layer of * straw or fine hay should be spread on 1 the floor of the coop. Brood coops should be moved weekly to fresh ground, preferably where there is new grass. Shade is very essential In ( rearing chickens, especially during \ warm weather; therefore, the coops 1 should be placed in the shade whenever possible. Chicks are usually left in the incu-l, hator from 24 to 3G hours after hatch-j j ing, without feeding, before they are), removed to the brooder, which should j have been in operation for a day or ( two at the proper temperature for re- j ceiving the chickens. A beginner j should try his brooding system care- . fully before he uses it. After placing the chickens in the brooder they can ] be given feed and water. Subsequent | loss in chickens is frequently due to < chilling received while taking them ( from the incubator to the brooder. They should be moved in a covered basket or receptacle in cool or cold , "weather. I The capactiy of brooders and hovers i is often overestimated, and one-half 1 to two-thirds of the number of chicken* commonly advised will do much better than a larger number. The /danger from fire, due frequently to carelessness and lack of attention, is considerable in cheap brooders and hovers, while there is some risk in the host grades, although proper care will reduce this to a minimum. Individual hovers in colony houses or several in one large house are giving quite genoral satisfaction on small poultry farms, while the pipe system of brood ing is commonly used in large commercial poultry plants and where extensive winter brooding is done. Gasi STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE A mixture of starch and molasses, in the proportion of 10 parts to 14, is a recently patented American substitute for coffee. Dr. R. D. Bennett of Atlanta university, Atlanta, (la., will be the commencement speaker at the University of South Carolina this year. The State department of education has completed the payment of State aid fro mthe contingent fund of $40,000 appropriated by the legislature. Prof. E. L. Hughes, who was for many years the superintendent of the Greenville graded schools, will deliver a lecture in Gaffney on the evening of May 5. Senator Tillman has introduced a bill granting to Mrs. David B. Gaillard, wife of Col. Gaillard, who died last year as a result of strenuous work done on the Panama canal, authority to place to his memory a tablet in the memorial amphitheatre at Arlington, Va. Within a half mile where the battle of Cowpens was fought there lies a curious looking rock which the old settlers say fell there in the year 1S07 Robert Scruggs, the father of Black Scruggs, said before his death some years ago that he remembered the occurrence well;Nthat one night a bright light was seen in the heavens, followed by a loud explosion for which no one in the neighborhood could account; that the next morning those who went out into the tobacco field saw this rock where it had fallen. EVERYDAY THANKSGIVING! flow good everything tasted when you were a child! I low you looked forward to Thanksgiving Day, and the other days when the family had extra good things to eat! Wouldn't you like to have an appetite like that now? If you had such an appetite, and if your food digested as well as it did in those days, wouldn't you be stronger, healthier, happier? Every day is "thanksgiving day*' to those whose digestive organs are kept in perfect order by DR. THACHER'S Liver and Blood Syrup This famous old, retiable remedy acts directly on the Liver, which is the real Ruler of the stomach and bowels. When the Liver is made active, and the P.ow of bile is properly regulated, the stomach and bowels just can't help doing their work as they should. If you want a keen appetite, if you want your food to taste good, if you want your food to digest properly, and so strengthen you, if you want to be free from all the pain9 and discomforts of indigestion, by all means let this wonderful medicine take hold and help you NOW. Your dealer sells 50-cent and $1.00 bottles. Start on the road to good health to-day. THACHER MEDICINE COMPANY^ r Chattanooga, Tennessee. dine brooders, brooder stoves burning engine-distillate oil, and a seperate ndividual hover heated by a coal fire ire coming into more general use, each with a capacity varying from 200 o 1,500 chickens. These large individual brooders are used in colony muses, and when the chickens are iVfilHPfl I V?n l<niio/> ? ? I imuoc ir, U?CU ilfS H rowing coop, which requires a small;r investment than the long, piped jrooder house and allows one to rear ho chicks on range to good advantage. The best temperature at which to coop a brooder or hover depends upon ,hc position of the thermometer, the dylo of the hover, the age of the ihickens and the weather conditions. Aim to keep the chickens comfortable. As the operator learns by the action ^f the chickens the amount of heat n i _ ? ? ? * > * mcy require, ne can discard mo tnormometor if he desires. When loo cold thoy will crowd together and try to get nearer the heat. It is impossible to state for each case at what temperature the brooders should be kept to raise young chickens; however, it will run from 90 degrees up to 100 degrees in some cases, as some broods of chick ens seem to rqeuire more heat than others, an average being 93 degrees to 95 degrees for the first week or 10 days, when the temperature is gradually reduced to 85 degrees for the following 10 days, and then lowered to 70 degrees or 75 degrees for as long as the chickens need heat. Young chickens should be fed from three to five times daily, depending I -1 '! THE HOgtBT HI WHAT OTHER PAI One Editor's Hope We hope there will be no delinquent subscribers in heaven and we have a hunch that the man who reads a news paper for several years and then refuses to pdy for it will never get above ground, unlses he uses a flying machine.?County Record. In and Out. When the "ins" were the "outs" they had as much to say about the former "ins" as the "outs" are now saying about the present "ins." It seems to be a politicians' game that might be called "In and Out, Out and In Again."?The Star. From Missouri. Most anybody can tell you about it but what you want is the man that can show you how he did it.?Times & Democrat. The Remedy. Like all other suffering localities, a few first class funerals would be to the interest of Mexico.?MorningStar. I Our Favorite. A lad we love Is Hiram Hoke; 11.^ 1IU IICYCl tcild Us a Ford joke. ?Columbia State A man we love Is Freddy Farr; He never boasts About his car. ?New York Tribune. A lad we love Is Larry Lee: He always shares His quart with me. ?York News. A man we love . Is Thomas Dow; He is the owner Of a very fine cow. ?Spartanburg Journal. You Never Will. "Among the things you will never find," says the Spartanburg Herald, "is a community in which the people i believe they have good newspapers and are thoroughly satisfied with the; way in which they are conducted."? Lancaster News. UGH! CALOMEL^! DON'T STAY Bill "Godson's Liver Tone" Will Clean Your Sluggish Liver Better Than Calomel and Can Not Salivate. Calomel makes you sick; you lose a day's work. Calomel is quicksilver and it salivates: calomel injures your liver. Jl' you are bilious; feel lazy, sluttish and all knocked out, if your bowels are constipated and your bead aches or stomach is sour, just take a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone instead of using sickening, salivating calomel. Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicine. You'll know it next morningtbecause you will wake up feeling fine, your liver will be working, your 1:4adneli" ami dizziness yone, your ^tonijnch will 1 ?< sweet and ho .vols r?"ul:ir. you will fee! like working. Vo:i'l! he el corfill: full of on."*<r\ , ? i " ' ' '"I v,. ? 1-+1 i ?????? hmm?? MO HIGH v i Will mean a saving of mone^ if you trade at Toddville It i River six miles from Conway, c Steamers making this point i Clyde Line at Georgetown. WATER R/ Water freight rates are low, own property stands for no i us and we will give you the be1 A hint to the wise is suffici< DUSENBUI Toddville, SEA LP, CONWAY. S. O IS ARE SAYING More Envied. | Some writer has said: "The man or woman who has to work is envied." Even s?r the man or woman who has work is more envied.?Wilmington Star. All on Neutrals. It looks as if a U-boat can sink nothing but nuetral ship if you believe the press reports.?Times & Democrat. No Ifs. Teddy will be a candidate, if?. But he does not qualify under Kipling's "If."'?Daily Record. Eye Treatment. Well, the peekaboo waist has arrived to join Old Sister Short Skirt and glory be, there are no flies on our eyesight.?The State. The Situation. The common expressions of the fires' being* "a blessing" to Lexington sounds very well to those not unfortunate in the loss but a powerful blow j to those receiving the blessings. Improvements take work and money.? Lexington Dispatch. April Changes. This month of April reminds us of a woman?seems to change its mind so frequently?York News. Save the Lip. The old saying, "Don't give'up the ship," did very well for battle, but the modern politician says, "Don't give up the lip."?Times & Democrat. A Sprrrwm Itsolf Good sermons without good lives fall flat, but the good life is a sermon in itself.?Georgetown Times. FOR YOUR CHILD'S COUGH. If your child has a cold, nose runs or coughs much get a small bottle of Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. Its a pleasant Pine-Tar-Honey syrup, just what children like and just the medicine to soothe the cough and check the cold. After taking, children stop fretting, sleep good and are soon entirely well. Insist on Dr. Bell's PineTar-Honey. 25c. at your Druggist.? adv. o Old papers for sale at this office. IKES YOU SICK. lUS, CONSTIPATED Your druggist or dealer sells you a 50 cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone under my personal guarantee that it will clean your sluggish liver better than nasty calomel; it won't make \.?u sick and you can eat an\tiling you want without being salivated. ^ our druggist' guarantees that each spoonful will start your liver, clean your bowels and straighten you up by morning or you get your money back. Children gladly take Hudson's Liver Tone because it i > pleasant tasting and doesn't gripe cramp or make them sick. T am selling millions of bottles Hudson's Liver Tone to people who liav found that thi- pleasant, vegetable, liver medicine takes the place of dangerou* en'omel. f'uy one bottle on my sound reliable guarantee. Ask your druggist I RENTS i to you in the prices you pay s located on the Waccamaw in the line of the Waccamaw n close touch with the big XTFS LOW t and our store situated on our iigh rent charges. Trade with nefit of the differeroe. 3nt. RY & CO. s. c. 1 ? 1. L .Jl. . . J JIU ..l?lll ]FOKEIGIM ITEMS GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING Martial law has been declared throughout all Ireland. One hundred bombs were dropped by the Zeppelin dirigible balloons in the raid over England Tuesday night. The United States Steel corporation has declared its usual quarterly divi: dend on the common stock of 1 1-4 per cent. Sir Roger Casement, it is reported, has expressed belief that the uprising in Ireland would be a failure on account of his capture. The revolt in Ireland far exceeds in extent the admissions of the British government/ according to information reported to have been received in Irish circles. The Turkish garrison revolted and slew all of its German officers before the Russians captured Trebizond, says The Mail's Odessa correspondent. The latest British note in answer to American protest against allied interference with neutrals, ^contends that the ^'practices complained of are juridically sound and valid." Angered by the stories of the murder of 10-year-old Edna Dinsmore in Topeka Tuesday, 200 prisoners attempted to attack Fred Bissel of Topeka, suspected of the crime, in hte state penitentiary ward. A revolutionary outbreak in Ireland, in which British troops and volunteers sustained relatively hoavy casualties, and a raid by a German battlecruiser squadron on the east coast of England, in which the raiders escaped after having bombarded Lowestoft, were the outstanding features of the war last week. FRENCH PROGRESS ON VERDUN FRONT Paris VI' .?The French continued to make progress in the region of Dead Man's Hill on the Verdun i i- t-U- 1 i. Hum, 111 nit; iteming iu?t I1IJ<I1L. 1 111* | war office announcement of this after' noon reports the capture of German trenches and of four officers and 150 men. East of the Meuse fierce German at tacks were repulsed. In the sector south of Haudremont wood the French made grains. The statement follows: "West of the Mouse the attack undertaken yesterday by our troops in the region of Dead Man's Hill progressed during the night. *In addition wc seined a trench on the northern outskirts of the Caurettes wood and made prisoner four officers and 130 soldiers. "East of the Meuse a violent bombardment of our positions was followed at the close of the day by a powerful offensive action by the enemy on a two-kilometer front between the Thiaumont farm and the pond of Vaux. The Germans who had gained a foothold in our lines south of Fort Douaumont and north of the pond, were completely thrown back by our counter-attack during the night. Two machine guns and a number of prisoners fell into our hands. "West of Douaumont in the sector south of Haudremont wood we like wise made progress. We rescued some wounded French prisoners and captured a score of Germans. "The night was calm on the rest of the front except in the region of Lc Pretre wood, where our artillery was quite active. A ACN IDEAL SI'KINU LAXATIVE. | A good and time tried remedy is: Dr. King's New Life Pills. The first dose will move the sluggish bowels, stimulate the liver and clear the system of waste and blood impurities. You owe it to yourself to clear the system of body poisons, accumulated during the winter. Dr. King's New Life Pills will do it. 25c. at your Druggist.?adv. MufiTNG For Sprains, Lameness, Sores, Cuts, Rheumatism Penetrates and Heals. i Stops Pain At Once For Man and Beast 25e.50c.il. At All rwUr*. LINIMENT i * * 11 ?1' I'H Stomach Catarrh Is Very Prevalent I In this climate catarrh to a prevalent disease. Catarrh affects the stomach as often as any other organ. Perhaps every third person Is more, or less troubled with stomach catarrh. Peruna Is extensively used In these case*. PERUNA S AEROPLANES AND MEXICAN CAMPAIGN Imagine if you can, two pugilists about to test each others skill; one blindfolded and the other trying to climb out of the ropes. Some fight! C Yet you would not hesitate to pick the winner were his eyes open. Of ( course not. This is extctly the condition of this country of ours, relative to the Mexican Campaign. We are wearing the blindfold, Mexico, or rather Villa is our opponent. And why? We have no eyes, no AERIAI^ EYES: Wlinn 4-V\n IVI nv 1 /??? ?* " iik.ii uiv iiicah.?ii lUIIlJJUt^M openerl it was 10 days before any Aeroplanes at all were brought to the front, and then nedrly the entire Aviation Corps, pr at least SIX Machines ^ were rushed into service. These were all low powered, early types, and not suitable for heavy campaigning duty. By April 1st, only TWO were in running condition. Is it a wonder the country is so indignant? If at the outbreak of hostilities, we had been able to have ordered fifty Aviators into Mexico, they could have accomplished in a very short time, what will require thousands of soldiers a long time yet to fulfill. But we did not have the Aviators and our present situation we have already stated. Congress, through utter disregard of the Military needs of this country, has allowed the army to sink into a state of depletion and utter helplessness that make it absolutely unable to meet this emergency. Furthermore notwithstanding the glaring indications of a long campaign, and the necessity of safe-guarding our troops as well as the people living near the Mexican border, Washington has taken no action to meet the- errfergency or replace worn out equipment. Reverting to the Vernacular: We Should Worry. It is absolutely imperative that we have at least four Aero Squadrons, equipped with the necessary high powered Aeroplanes at the front. An aeroplane is worth a thousand men in a camppaign such as this, and we shoolH nrpnnvo tn ni'Aonmrn fV,/-. 1 iuac a' v/fyvvi V/ v v UWV I V V. V4iVy I i VO V'L our soldiers. Consider the easy conditions our Airmen would have compared to those of Europe at present. Villa has no air fleet, neither has he any type of weapon that might be used as an anti-air craft gun. He would be helplessly on the defensive, while our Aeroplanes might fly at random over his camps and drop bombs with impunity. In Europe, all contending factions are well equipped for both offensive and defensive Aerio warfare and it is only by the superior types of the machines or guns that any advantage is noticeable. Gen. Funston staW> that an Aviator is the only type of Scout that does not face death in attempting to locate Villa. Why then must we risk the good lives of men on such occasions when it is avoidable? At this writing there are under construction eight high-powered war aeroplanes, but we need EIGHTY. The various states themselves are in reality, taking more active interest in the development of a competent A.ero Squadron than is the Federal viuvernmeni itseir. i here is hardly a state hut that has already organized an Aero Club and though this medium has begun negotiations for some type of Aircraft. Mr. G. H. Curtiss, through the Aero Club of America, has offered to train one man from each state, gratis, and it is comforting to note how many are responding and taking advantage of so liberal a* offer. The New York State Militia already has a Curtiss Flying Boat, plying the waters of New York Harbor under the cuidtinpA - C " ? vwi.ipv ,tent Curtiss Trained Aviator, . and there are several more so equipped. The nation-wide cry is "Preparedness." Therefore, let us prepare. Whether it be through the various State Militia's or through a procrastinating Federal Government, let us all endeavor to greatly enlarge and develope the most vital point o{ this Preparation,?The Eyes of the Nation.