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I ^ PRUNING AND TRAINING MUSCADINE GRAPE Clemson College, S. C.?The scupf pernong and other muscadine | grapes are so well adapted to our t state that most people think they do 1 not need any care or atteniton. f For best results the vines should I be planted 30 i'eet apart in rows 10 j feet wide, and trained to a three | wire trellis. One or two year ola j vines are the best size to plant anc: should be cut back to 5 or 0 budr * immediately after planting. As soor. ' as the vines begin to run they should | be tied to trellis.* The trellis should be constructed with the first wire C '< feet from the ground, the second < feet and the third C> feet. The cane: ; should be trained in a fan shape ovci , the trellis. The usual method is for one cane to be trained straight up the center and two canes on each i siue. Cultivate shallow and frequent ii order to keep down weeds and grass. Every year the vines should be pruned lightly by thinning out in November. This keeps the vine ii a vigorous healthy condition. If the vines do not make satisfactory, growth a little stable manure sprea< around the roots and dug into V.w soil will cause the vine to grow vig orously. < The old over-head arbor system does fairly well, but the trellis sys tcm is very much more satisfactory i The vine is easier to cultivate, and it will fruit much better. For further information write t' Horticultural Division of Clemsor College. o vouaiiy me urbi muication ot a lowering of health is found in the bowels and liver. Something goes wrong?we eat too much, or work too hard?and the bowel action weakens or the liver is sluggish. That heavy feeling on arising in the morning, dryness of the throat, with bad taste, a slight headache, dull eyes?all show that food has fermented in the intestines, and that the body is manufacturing poisons instead of good blood. Clear it all out. Give the stomach and bowels a fresh start. Encourage the liver to go to work. Manalin does all of this, without griping or weakening. It's the ideal laxative and liver tonic, because it follows Nature's plan, without ciscomfort, inflammation or forming a habit. Constipation may be overcome with CQTTON SEED EXCHANGE FOR MEAL? See our Mr. W. Percy Hardwicke, of Conway, S. C., before selling, we want your business. ELBA MANUFACTURING CO. Rating $500,000.00 CHARLOTTE, N. C. Office over Horry Drug Co. The political crisis in Great Britain has resulted in the downfall of the coalition cabinet, headed by Herbert H. Asquith as prime minister. o SUSPECT YOUR KIDNEYS Too Many Conway People Neglect Early Symptoms of Kidney Trouble. If your back is lame?if you feel dull, tired and all-worn-out? If you have hard headaches, backaches and dizzy spells? If the kidney secretions are disov dered? Suspect your kidneys and "take a stitch in time." Use Doan's Kidney Pills, the time tried, home-endorsed kidney remedy. It may save you from some serious kidney trouble. Make use of Mrs. Lane's experi-' ence. Mrs. R.VW. Lane, Main St., Conway, j says: "My kidneys were out of order. T Uorl noitio I n mif Konlf nrvd urn n x uavi jscftAAio aii iny uaciv aim w ao sui t aud lame at times. I had nervous headaches and dizzy spells. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me of all signs of kidney trouble." Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mrs. Lane had. Foster-Milbum Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.?adv. o Vm QoWm Tfcft Bom Mot Affect Hi M Because of Its tMk *?d toatatWe effect, LUHI' TIV8 BROMO QUIklldtli better thtfn onHhari Quinine end does not cemse nmouinnwim rinsing in hesd. Remember the full name end look for the signature of 8. W. OROVR 2lc. The latest of the PATHE $5,000,000 Serial Program in Fifteen Episodes of Love, Mystery, Adventure and Intrigue, Featuring Grace Darmond, T AATI Licuit uai j auu Ralph Kellard See the daring young American, modern Monte Cristo of the South Sea Islands; follow him in his unafraid wanderings through untracked waters; shudder and rejoice with him r <i . ui ma cacapc irom inc terror of the sea-blown coffin; mourn over his hopeless struggle in the tentacles of the Octopus of Ravengar Ledge; wonder with tens of millions of others over the identity of Ravengar, the mysterious; ponder over the mystery of The Shielding Shadow, two gleaming yellow eyes and two deathly white hands. Sec the Greatest?by Far ? i of the World's Film Serials' The Shielding! ShaHnw I Read the Story in this Paper, See the pictures at the Pastime I BEGINNING NEXT WEEK O Don't Have Catarrh One efficient way to remove* nasal catarrh is to treat its cause which in most cases is physical weakness. The system needs more oil and easily digested liauid-food, and you should take a spoonful of scoirs EMULSION after each meal to enrich your blood and help heal the sensitive membranes with its pure oil-food properties. The results of this Scott9* Emulsion treatment will surprise those who have used irritating snuffs and vapors. Get the Genuine SCOTT'S MAKE PLEAS FOR INLAND WATERWAYS Washington.?Inland waterways as military necessities in wa" time were advocated by Rear Admiral WiHiam S. Benson, chief of naval operations, in an address today before toe National Rivers and Harbors Congress which opened its three-day annual convention. Rivers of the Middle West should be improved, he declared, to assist in supplying the armv and navy in emergency with wheat from the Plains States and coal from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. o TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby forbidden to enter or trespass in any manner upon my lands in Bucks Township, | containing 470 acres, more or less,*; bounded by lands of M. F. Sarvis,' and others. All violators will be proseeuftml tw the full extent of the penalty fixed by law. H. J. THOMPSON. THE HORBY HKBJ STAPLE COTTON IN HEAVY DEMAND United States Plant Bureau Urges Saving of Seed For Planting , ; NEW VARIETIES FOR EARLY PRODUCTION One Especially Adapted to Growing in This State. Washington.?The bureau of plant industry, United States Department of Agriculture, has issued the following statement advising cotton growers to make certain of their supply of seed for planting: All kinds of cotton seed are likely to be scarce at planting time nexi spring. The unprecedented prices now hnin'r rtnirl at tlio ?v?illo muv tempt many farmers to cut clown their reserves of planting seed or to sell all of it, perhaps with the idea of being able to buy seed of a better variety for only a little more than the mills are now paying for ordinary gin-run seed. While it is always desirable to replace an inferior stock with a better one, it would be well to make sure of the good planting seed as soon as possible. Supplies of pure seed are always inadequate, and the department frequently has to tell many correspondents who ask where pure seed of superior varieties can be purchased that no more is in sight. Although special efforts are made to keep in touch with farmers who are main taining pure stocks of any of the varieties that have been distributed by this department, all such stocks are usually exhausted before the planting season arrives. Demand for Long Staple Seed. Another danger to the seed supply lies in the possibility that growers who have good seed of superior vaVlot 1 AO ?v* no* A. ? ? - ' A 11 '1 XImay uuiiA lk CiUiier lO Sell It at once to the oil mill instead of hold ing it to sell for planting. This is a special danger in connection with the new early-maturing long staple varieties. As only limited supplies of good seed of these varieties are in existence, it may be urged that all of this should be saved for planting pur poses. There is an active and rapidly increasing demand for the longer staples, with no immediate prospect of over-production. The present demand is likely to increase as fast as the supply, if the production of such cotton can be established on an adequate scale, so that manufacturers can have the same confidence in being able to secure stocks of long staple cotton that they have with short staples. At the present time the supply of ong staple cotton, especially that fiom 1 3-16 to 1 1-2 inch in length, is much below the demand. This fact is reflected in the large premiums now being paid for these extra staples. Prices are now higher than at any time in the history of cotton production. New Areas of Production. The new, early-maturing long staple varieties which are proving successful in meeting the boll weevil conditions in Delta region of Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, are pomimr intn x _ i 11 ?.ivu luinvamni UULSllie II11S former center of long staple production. Three other areas now offer especially promising prospects of an increased planting of these cottons? southeastern Virginia and adjacent regions of North Carolina, northern Mississippi and western Tennessee, and the Red River valley of northeastern Texas. While equally favorable conditions are probably to be found in other States the experiments that have been carried on for several years in the districts mention ed have shown the practical possibilities of producing satisfactory crops of long staple cotton in ordinary seasons. In each of these areas yields of more than a bale per acre have been obtained for several of the early long staple varieties now being grown?Columbia, Foster, Express and Durango. j L.ong Staple Varieties. The development by the Department of Agriculture of these earlymaturing varieties has entirely chang eel the prospects of production of long staple fiber in the American cotton belt, both inside and ' outside the areas infested by the boll weevil. iI*D, OONWAY, 8. O. The old long staple varieties, such as Allen, Sunflower, Florodoa and numerous others, were often so late in maturing that they could not be con sidcred a safe crop except in the more Southern districts, and even there the yields frequently were very small. The chances of good crops were still further reduced when the weevils came, anu mosl of the long staple planters turned to short stap les, or abandoned cotton altogether. The new long staple varieties naw no relation to the old ones. The. wore developed from different stock, and have distinct botanical cha ratters and habits of growth. In theii general appearance, size of bo.l^ and ability to mature in short sea sons they are much more like the short staple varieties. None of th agricultural draw backs of the oh long staple varieties applies to these new sorts, which are now being planted to advantage in many part, of the cotton belt. The best prospects of utilization lie with organized cmomunities devoted to the production of a single variety, because it is only in such communities that stocks of pure seed are likely to be maintained. This precaution is especially necessary with long staple cotton, in order to preserve uniformity and thus secure the highest prices for both the lint and the seed. South Carolina Type. Four early-maturing long staple varieties bred by the Department oi j Agriculture are now grown on a I commercial scale. Three of these, j Columbia, Foster and Durango, have been sent out through the congressional seed distribution, while a fourth variety, called Express, is being planted under special conditions in the bottom lands of Mississippi. The Columbia variety, also known as Webber, has proved to be well adapted to South Carolina and adjacent States. It was developed by selection from an Eastern short staple variety, and is as early and prolific as most of the Eastern short staple sorts. The staple has a length of 1 3-16 to 1 5-16 inches, uniform and of good quality. The center of production is in the region of Hartsville, in Darlington county, South Carolina, where the variety was bred. , OPENING BIDS FOR " BATTLE CRUISERS Four Vessels to Be Largest and Swiftest Fighting Craft Ever Built. Washington.?Bids for four battle cruisers, the first vessels of this type to be designed for the American navy, were being opened today at the Navy Department. The ships will b ethe largest and swiftest fighting craft ever built. They will have a maximum horsepower of 180,000, which is expected to drive them faster than 35 knots an hour, as against less than 30 knots for the fastest European battle cruisers now afloat. When fully loaded they will displace more than 32,000 tons, will be 850 feet long and each will carry ten 14inch long-range guns. Congress authorized six of the ships to be built within three years. Only a tentative estimate of cost was possible, the i completed price being at approxi-1 mately $21,000,000 per ship. The limit of cost for hull and machinery is set at $10,500,000 per ship, but the department is authorized to have! them constructed on a cost and per-) centage of profit basis if straight bids are not satisfactory. There are not more than five shipbuilding slips: large enough to accomodate vessels of this size. o NOTICE. T I I ? * nave in my possession one cow and calf. Cow has split in right ear and swallow fork or under square in left. Any one proving tthem can pay charges and get them. CARSON GRAINGER. Tabor, N. C., R. F. D. No. 2. 4t o The tongue of scandal will wag or. i while you sleep. Better not get it started. o HOW TO CHECK THAT COLD. When it is painful to breathe and fever sends chills up and down your back, you are in for a cold. A timely dose of Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey will stop the sneezes and sniffles. The pine balsam loosens the phlegm and clears the bronchial tubes, the honey soothes and relieves the sore throat. The antiseptic qualities kill g#rm awd the congested conditio* is relieved. Croup, whooping cough quickly relieved. All Druggists. 2.r>c and chronic bronchial affections ?adv. JELLY DELICACY JAPANESE NAME How to Use Fruit of Ornamental Shrub Alone and With Others. Under favorable conditions the | Japanese quince, which is much planted as an ornamental shrub, bears a crop of fruit something like an ordinary quince in appearance, though smaller on an average. Some housekeepers use these quinces fov jelly making, but by the majority they have been regarded as of no value. In the opinion of the home economics experts of the department, they are well worth using, alone and combined with other fruits. Japanese quince jelly is of a lightyellowish color, with a delicate, quincelike aroma, and is more acid than ordinary quince, and for this reason is particularly good to serve with roast meats. In making the jelly, wash the Japanese quinces, cut them into small, ? ? i o e /iaxtai* tttifU - -^1 ffivvvoi w v CI VY 41,11 tvatcii I'UV'K ll/I one-half hour, and strain off the juice through a jelly bag. To each pint of juice add three-fourths pound of sugar, and cook until a trial shows that it will jelly. In making this as well as other jellies, it is worth while to cover the pulp with water and make a second extraction (to be combined with the first), as bv no! means all of the flavor and jelly-! making qualities are removed by the first extraction. If equal parts of apple and quince are used, a good jelly can be obtained, and also from equal parts of cranberry and quince. When grapes (Concords, for instance) are used, 1 part of grape juice to 3 parts of extracted quince juice is a good proportion. In such a combination the special, aromatic flavor of the quince is easily masked by the more fullflavored grape, but in all combinations the quince adds to the acid flavor, which is commonly an advantage. If one is fond of old-fashionC1 marmalades or "fruit cheeses," the pulp extracted in making Japanese quince jelly can be rubbed through a seive, mixed with sugar in the proportion of three-fourths pound to 1 ~ A 1- 1 11 J7VUI1U Ui puip, UI1U COOKC(l until It IS very thick, taking great care not to burn it. This can bo put in jelly glasses and is useful as a filler for layer cakes, for making sandwitches, and for other such purposes The Chinese quince which thrives as an ornamental in the southern United States and is known as "quincedonia," bears a much larger fruit than the Japanese quince. This is also characterized by an acid flavor and a pleasant, pungent aroma, It has some local use for jelly making, and the tests made with it at j the department have given good results. Equal parts of Chinese quince and apple have proved satisfactory both for jelly and for marmalade or "fruit cheese." The# keeping qualities of these products were excellent. It was an old-time custom to put quince fruits (usually dried in the sun) in a drawer to scent linen, and Japanese quince fruits can be used in the same way. If the quinces are not dried, they should be put in a wide-mouth open bottle or fruit jar, s- that they will not come in contactI j with the linen and should be watched and removed at once if they begin j to mold or not. o ? o President Wilson's address at thr opening ef the gos^n of centre0 last week was wholly devoted to d mestic subjects, principally the problems of railway legislation. 8SVB* AMERICAN VESSEL SUBMARINE VICTIM John Lambert She'!?'! and Sunk Without Warning, S.vys American Crew GUILT FOR FRENCH UN GKfcAi LAKES Last of the 1U Steamers Oa Way for D'elievcry in France. New York.?The steamship John Lambert listed in the maritime register as an American vessel was shelled and sunk without warning by a German submarine off the Isle of Wight on November 22, according to members of the crew, Americans, who arrived here today on the Licnch Line steamship Espagne from Bordeaux. The John Lambert was one of the i i 1 *' iweive vessels built on the Great Lakes which the French Line agreed to purchase. According to the arrivals today the vessel was on its v.ay to Havre for delivery there. The attack took place at 4:80 p. nu, when the ship was 2"? miles south of the Isle of Wight, members of the crew said. The engineer, Edward Harrison said that the U-boat first made its presence known by sending a shell crashing through the John Lambert's bridge and that the firing continued during the time while the crew were taking to the i beats twelve shots being fired. The crew, numbcrnig sixteen, all of whom : arrived here today without their 'captain, said they rowed for forty miles to the French coa^t, being on I the water twelve hours, and that 'shortly after the'John Lambert went down they saw the submarine attack and sink two unidentified vessels?a steamship and a bark. i The John Lambert, the last of the 1 Great Lake steamers to be taken to France for delivery, was one 01 twelve which have been built and delivered. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Transportation Company owned the John Lambert of 1,500 tons gross, which was built in 1908, at Chicago. The vessel sailed from Montreal or* October 29. BREATH BP^ Bk BP^h 9 A mre si^n P B^P B I of an inactive m liver,bilious- 9fl ness, constination, and B^ similar disorders. Kemove the cause in its early stages, do ^B not allow the organs to get in chronic state. A few doses of ^B DR. THACHER'S C LIVER AND BLOOD | SYRUP t will restore the affected organs Bfl to a healthy condition. It is a gentle laxative, pure- ^B ly vegetable, tonic in effect. WB Searcn far and near and you BB will not find a preparation to ^B equal this tried and true old BB home tonic. ft Get a bottle today?put up ^B II In convenient sizes, 50c and $1. BB o Gov. Manning attended a meeting of the board of trustees of Winthrop ollego in Rock Hill last week. Three special examiners from the interstate commerce commission left Columbia for Washington after conducting an inquiry into the practices of railroads operating in South Carolina as to certain commission rulings. The pass was the principal mark of questioning, but the election of officers of the various roads and other matters were also included. [MUSTANG For Sprains, Lameness, Sores, Cuts, Rheumatism Penetrate* and Heala Stops Pain At Once For Man and Beast , 25c. 50c. $1. At All Dealer*. | LINIMENT