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RAISERS ADVISED TO HATCH CHICKS EARtYj Pullets Begin to Lay When i Hens Begin to Molt. . 't . Did it ever occur to you that na Iturc leiiUuis her children to take an annual vacation? She docs, and nowhere do human beings puzr.lc iheir brains over this fact jnore than when thtf hens begin their yearly holiday. , This vacation is technically called the "molting season." It begins during the late summer. The hens stop laying, and change their suits of j B feathers for new ones. Usually they consume thiee or four months in the process. Most of us know this pcr-i fectly well, but arc apt to overlook j i the fact tliat .a very important fea- \ ) ture of the molting period is that j egg laying stops. We are unreason- i li? - tiDic and expect the hens to lay all; the time. When the hens take this vacation new-laid fresh eggs aic scarce amd remain scarce until the i pullets hatched during- the preceding 1 spring begin to lay. The Remedy. j The remedy is very simple, and "sj * under the. control of the poultry man.! / The first step is to have chickens I hatched early, so that the pullets he-1 gin to .lay when the hens begin to I molt. This is not difficult. Pullets j of the American breeds begin laying; at about 7 months of ago. Leghorn * j . pullets begin when about (> months j I oid. ff forth of the Ohio River this means hatching must be over by May j 3 at the latest. The best plan is ?oj have .the chickens coming at inter-j vals during March and April. The1 ^ -earliest hatched pullets will, of. ( ?eour<e, begin to lay first. If any ofj thorn begin to molt, their places will be Taken by the later ones and a l stoady supply of eggs will be more j certain. The Difficulty. j Tie difficulty in the way of the practical application of this matter j is that so many poultry keepers are; dependent on hens for hatching. Asj long as we have lute hatched chick-, ' -ens \vc will have late sillers. The, f poultry keeper who wants to change; from late hatching to early hatching I must therefore either get broody' . * hers from some one else or use an. ij>'cubator. After he has "clumgeel the; dates" on his flock he will have no \ trouble, especially with the American breeds. ^ Every progressive poultry raisr* who has cried it, every ugriciutux.al college and the Government, have, i data showing that early hatching \vi ! J produce fall and winter layers. In the Government flock during the past I winter the pullets of the entire floc.'c' averaged over 200 per cent in egg, production, and some pens nu.de 3."> per cent. That means, in plain lan-; guage, that the egg production Xo 1 the .pullets was one egg daily for1 every five hens, and for some pens one <egg daily for every three hens.i This, too, when fresh eggs sold up to 7o ?tcnts per dozen in Washington.) Thi-s could not have been done except by early hatching. o NOTICE or SALE. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE] EASTERN DISTRICT OK SOUTH j CAROLINA. j In the Matter of DAVID SCHERR, Rankru pt?I n Ra nkruptcy. Under and by virtue of the order of A. F. Woods, Esq., iCef erc.e in Bank- j ruptcy, 1, the undersigned Trustee of I the said David Schorr will offer for] sale at public auction for cash at 11 o'clock in the forenoon on the 14th day of April A. D., 1917, in the Town of Loris, in the County of Horry and] State of South Carolina* nil mwl nin. I ? J -.? * M4II / J | gular all of the stock of general mor- j. chandise, goods, and chattels together! with the fixture^ formerly used by \ the said David Scherr in the store at / Loris, S. C., ami one Ford automobile; the said stock of general merchandise to be sold in bulk and said fixtures and automobile separately. MALCOLM C. BUTLER, Trustee. ( Dated March 31st, 1917. ' ( SPRINT. COLDS ARE DANGEROUS ( Sudden changes of temperature and underwear brings spring colds with stuffed up head, sore throat and general cold symptoms. A "dose of ? Dr. King's New Discovery is sure ro- < lief, this happy combination of anti- j septic balsams clears the head, soothes the irritated membrane and what might have been a lingeriiiK cold is < broken up. Don't stop treatment < When relief is first felt as a half j cured cold is dangerous. Take Dr. King's New Discovery till your cold 1 is gone,?adv, ji STRAWBERRY MARKET IN HORRY COUNTY County Demonstrator and| Uiemson Agent to Establish Efficient Plan. Clemson Ajonege.?The county demonstrator of Horry County and the State market agent of Ciemson college have been busily engaged foi I*.v pas tenree weeks in setaulishing an efficient marketing plan for the marketing or strawberries in thai county. This county as well as Columbus county of North Carolina, grow some of the finest straw berries i.i the country. This vicinity is pai ticularly well adapted to the growing of this crop, but the greatest problem was that of marketing. The first step toward better marketing was brought about by organ lzing the growers into unions or cooperative associations. When tin glowers are organized into such as sociations, they can improve thier grades and besides attract the produce trade on account of tlu ir increased volume. As the volume ol shipping increases, so in proportion will the associations attract big marketing agencies. e ..4 i m. nv; inui K.ut agent succceticc I in interesting one oJ the largest ma: kctii.g* agencies in the United State, in coming to Horry county a.n? a proposition to the strawberry grow e*s of that county. As a result th a; am bitions have signed up with thi marketing agency ami have employ e<l tins exchange to market the straw berry crop. This mark ting agency has salesmen in eveiy o.-l oi* the in: porta:it markets and can reach ma1 bets in a manner that would be prohibitive to the so social ion working alone. This exchange does :.o luj ir.g or consigning- but operates st iet Iy 10 sen. u 111Lvke.-> a specialty *o' selling (or cooperative associations. This marketing arrangement wil afford the growers a plan whereb., they can operate with their ovv salesmen and thcrby market with the c losest possible cooperation. Heretofore the strawberry grow- J or* were either bound hand and i'ool .to .the local buyers or brokers or the strawberries had to be consigned nad shipped to markets where they were disposed of just as the commission merchant found to his best inte.cst. XJndci^i the new arrangement, the growers will be kept in daily touc with all the markets and if tin bids from the loeal buyers or broken arc not in line with the markets, tin ca.rs will be ordered to roll to tin market where they will be sold di reel to the trade by the nssoeia'J ' representatives or salesmen. This is the most logical and most practical marketing scheme yet employed and the strawberry grow ers are to he congratulated for if sin such good judgment. | o Notice of Discharge. The undersigned administratrix of the personal estate of (. T. Del j lainy, decM, will apply to the Judge of Probate of Horry County, at h; j office at Conway, S. C. at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, on Tuesday May ist. 1917. for a final discharge as such administratrix. MRS. RUTI-I BELLAMY, Qualified Admx., of I. T. Bellamy, Dec'd. March 30th, 1917. . The resolution declaring that a j state of war exists between the \ United States and Germany passed i the house 373 to 50. I UPPER iioiisMnnPTs i RESOLmON FOR WAR! I Washington, April 4.?The warj resoluiton was passed by the senate', by a vote of 82 to 6. It goes to the house where debate will begin tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock and continue until action is taken. Senators who cast the negative votes were: Gronna of North' Dakota, (at Follette of Wisconsin, Norris of ^ < Nebraska, Lane of Oregon, Stone of Missouri, and Vardaman of Missis- ( sip pi. ' Senator McCumbev's substitute to J declare the existence of a state of war upon the sinking of another Am- , erienn ship by Germany was defeat- . ed without a roll call. I The resolution, drafted after consultation with the state department tnd already accepted by the house . committee, says the state of war thrust upon the United States by . < i.ci iiiuii.y is iormany declared and itrccts the president of employ the ; entire military and naval forces and ' the resources of the government to * ?arry on war and bring it to a sue- j ?cssful termination. THE HORSY K2RAU Better Farming HOW CROP YIELI The Weakest Element of Plant F< the Weakest Link Fixes the fi By Fertilisation Can the V Plants must feed i J. C. PRIDMORE fd The?e are N!Agronomist , Ken;, P?oBpUoric acid and potash. Every sail may be said to have a limiting: factor of production. This a ny be a shortage of some plant food h anient. If so, this should be supplied through fertilizati 11 if the largest possible yields are to be obtained. No matter how much of other plant food a sell may contain, if there is a rhortnge of nitrogen, for example, then tr tlogon will fix the limits of production. Likewise with phosphoric aeid or other elements. riant?. dilt'or front animals in taking f 'v?d, in that plants will take foods only when the elements composing 1 pin are in soluble form, that is, when they are dissolved in water. When one clem out is deficient, the pt&nt ceases growing. To illustrate in another way, observe the picture. Here is a ve.csel made of staves. Each stave may represent a faod element or other factor of crop production. Some of the staves are shorter than oihers. Does not the shortest tave then determine how muuh water the vessel can hold, and dees not the The only South Carolina member of the house voting against the war resolution is Representative Fred H. Dominiek of the Third district. The sum of nearly $8,000,000,000 asked of congress to carry out the j war program deals only with thej first year of preparation. Fire of an unknown origin totallydestroyed the Isle of Palms hotel hist j week. ? MAKES mmi TEST OF COINS Government Agents' Inspection to See If AH Are of Standard Weight. Philadelphia.?'The assay commission, which annually comes to the Philadelphia mini to examine the weight ami quality of gold and silver coins made during the course of the year at the mints In Denver, San Francisco and this city, has begun its , work here. The commission numbers fifteen. . L. A. Fischer of Washington, who Is | connected with the bureau of standards, department of commerce, at Washington, was chosen chairman of the commission, which is annually appointed by the president. i "The object of the commission is to check up on the various mints and see that the coins stamped off are of the proper standard," said Mr. Fisch-; or. "Specimens of coins were selected 1 at random at the various mints during i the course of the year and sent here for examination. They reach us here carefully sealed and we weigh unci test them." $66,500 FROM OLD STOCK j Wisconsin Woman Realizes on Stock Bought 25 Years Ago and Long Forgotten. Milwaukee, Wis.?Twenty-five years ago Miss M. L. Martin paid 10 cents a share for 5,000 shares of Hecla mining stock. She forgot the investment, changed her name to Mrs. Mary Humes, and recently, after a search * of Vafll'O t V?/v ? 1 ~ jvtiia, me vuujjjhuj iuuiu'u ner under her new name, paid her $66,500 in back dividends, and informed her that o her stock was worth $8 a share. In \ the early days of the company, when assessments were being levied, John A. Finch, one of the officers, paid the v MOO assessments. v _ A Fortune to Delivery Boy. Tiffin, O.?The late William Van c Nest, a retired carriage manufacturer, n who was found dead recently, by his will gives the bulk of his $25,000 estate to LeRoy Cadwallader, twenty 0 years old, a pour delivery boy. The hoy had been the favorite companion nf the oM man and it was he who a discovered Van Nest's body after life ? had been extinct several days. J a >, OOKWAY, 8. 0. , X in the South I )S ARE LIMITED >od FImi th? Cro). Yield, Just u ?tr?ngth of th? Chain?Only I Veaknesa Be Removed. shortest plant food element represented here by a stave, limit the possible production of a crop? If, for instance, there is only enough nitrogen in the soil to produce 20 bushels of corn or 176 pounds of cotton per acre, while there is enough plant food elements of other kinds to i produce enormously more, bow then y can greater yields be obtained than the . nitrogen will permit? The problem of plant feeding is, i therefore, no simple one. It has en- j gaged long and most careful invest i- } gallons of scientists, who have delved 'cep into the mysteries of how plants < . ed and what they feed upon. On the b?sis of the most exact knowledge thus ootained, modern fertilizers have been manufactured. Soil deficiencies, or 1 "lii ting factcrs," modern fertilizers i are designed to remove, and to call 1 in:c? ru'lest action the natural re- , soiiiri-F of the soil. Since there is a limiting factor in 5 all re!!.-, ii is worth while for each i farmer to undertake to remove that ( limitation. Intelligent use of fertillz era will accon plish it, if food elements be this limiting fact Jr. In no other i way can it hi one than by the help of man. He must bring to the plant l the food it needs hnd cannot find when this is the factor limiting producton. ' The plant, of course, must be gicen j the best of surroundings. It must not i only have plenty of plant food, but the soil must be properly drained ot excess water. It must be well supplied ?nii iniir, miu urgumc maiu'r; us | mom lure must be conserved, and weeds killed through proper cultural methods. These things man can provide. Therefore, if man is not the "limiting factor" and he looks after the plant food requirements, the greatest possible yields will occur. PASTURE VELVET BEANS. Inquiry?"What Is the most profitable use of the Velvet Bean?" Plant the velvet bean in the corn and get a double crop. They do well together. Plant an early variety and fertilize for a good growth. The most economical use of velvet beans is to let cattle feed on them in the field and then to turn under the vegetable matter remaining. I! there are not sufficient cattle on the place, get them and feed them. Wb> go to the expense of gathering beans grinding and shipping the meal off L some one else to feed and get the benefits??J. N. HARPER. 'MODEL MAID' WINS BACK PAY Euphrosina Weigert of Brooklyn Worked and \A/?U?H Tu/?lu* Year# for $2,066.71. ; Now York.?Trial of an action bofore Justice Cropsey in the supreme court in Brooklyn, through which Miss Euphrosina Weigert won a verdict of $2,066.71, revealed her as the "model servant" so much talked of and so conspicuous hy continued absence. The testimony showed that Miss Weigert was content to wait 12 years for her wages and was delighted with the interest displayed by her employer, who took her "occasionally ' on excursions to the cemetery and on these trips bought lunch for her. Tn 1002 she entered the employ of Mrs. Josephine Prentice of 115 Hancock street, who died October 22. 1015. A year after she hud entered this employ her wages were increased from SIS a month to $22. She said that in 12 years she received but $171.00. SAFETY PIN IN ENSILAGE Not Discovered Until Autopsy Was Held on Dead Cow in California. Marysvllle, Cal.?Owing to the fact that a valuable cow. owned bv Emery One of Allen township died under peculiar circumstances, which baffled veterinary surgeons, an autopsy was held .1! 1 1 -? " ... .. ? in ii wiM-iii.M'ii int.1 met mat Tlie (loath was caused by a safety pin, which was open, being imbedded in bef heart. An e^bl-iueb piece of No. 11 wire was also removed from her stomach. It is believed that the animal swallowed the safely pin while eating ensilage. o PROGRAM OF THE BUCK CREEK UNION iVhiih Will Cor.vene at Springfield Church Friday, Before the 5th Sunday in April, 1917. Introductory Sermon by the Ap>ointce. Churches called and enrolled. Query No. 1?13th Chap.-52 verse iP Matthew Whrt !c dm : _ ... . w . ? y ?T <IV A*? VIIV/ 1 1 ciu ; Vhat are the Things New and Old ? Query No. 2?Romans, 9 Chap-18 erre, Who is He Whom He hardenth and Who is He on Whom He will 7 :\vc Mercy ? Query No. 3?What is the Differnce in the Scriptural Interpretation T Jesus and Christ? Query No. 4?Who are the Church . f Christ? ' Query No. 5?Revelations 11 Chap nd 2nd verse, Why was the outer J 'ourt Reserved for the Gentiles ^ nd are they Worshiping there Yet? u GERMANY HAS MORE LABOR TROUBLES Employes in Vulcan Ship-build-1 ing Works Demand Higher Wages. Copenhagen?The Berlin Tageblatl \ iays that labor difficulties have been broken out in the big Vulcan ship >v.il<ling works at Hamburg. Tin* workmen demand one thiid increase n their wages The Vulcan works ire where most of Germany's great >cean liners have been built. Labor difficulties and strikes havi reported from various sections of Ge* many in the last few months. Trou ble of a serious nature in Hamburg ivas reported from various source' ifter the Russian revolution. Thes< reports were substantiated by statements of Socialist deputh s in the Reichstag referring to the deplornble events in Hamburg and Bremen. A strike broke out in February in the Krupp Works at Essen, the hear', of Germany's munition and artillery industry. More recently strikes have been reported among the munitio" workers at Dusseldorf and among th coal miners at Penzburg. Those stril:es were said to bo caused by the food cercity which was also credited with being responsible for serious riots in Berlin and other bit'; German cities. o COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF (Complaint Not Served.) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. Court of Common Pleas. J. R. Allsbrook and N. B. Allsbrook. Copartners in Trade doing business under the firm name and styP of Allsbrook Bros., Plaintiffs. Against S. M. Boyd, R. J. Boyd, L. T. Boyd | Mary J. Porter, J. J. Boyd, Sail it | Gause, Isabclle Wright, otherwise! called Isa B. Boyd, B. F. Boyd, ?L B. Prince, Brook Prince and Lizzie I.udlam, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action; which has been filed in the office of the Clefk of tinCourt of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of youi answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Conway,, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the rnrvmlninf i: ? ,/M.lllV >1 lllilll 111' t I 11 I i" aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated January I ltlu A. D. 1017. H. H. WOODWAIM). Plaintiff's Attorney. To It. J. Boyd, L. T. Boyd, Mary J. Porter, J. J. Boyd, J. B. Prince Brook Prince, Lizzie Ludlam, absent defendants: TAKE NOTICE that the com plaint in the foregoing stated action and the Summons, of which the foregoing is a copy were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Com men Pleas of Horry County on thx 18th day of January A. D. 1017. H. H. WOOD W A It P. | Plaintiff's Attorney. W. L. BRYAN, C. C. C. P. I A photoplay without an equal I / jiMf JjriaJ c/ujmrm* 'wlwfcrnonCastle JtnfMhmn h'man to Ini/nkv h INTERNATIONAL lit 1*4x4 ijf f A T li t COLDS ft LaGRIPPE S or 6 dotes 660 will break , iny case of Chills & Fever, Coldt , fe LaGrippe? it acts on the liver >etter than Calomel and doet not 1 ripe or sicken. Price 25c. u VESSELS DETAINED TO CLEAR UP MINES . v Drduna's Offiocrs Tell Interesting Story Why Vessel Arrived Three Days Late STOPPED BY DESTROYERS HURRIED INTO PORT Found Other Vessels There Being Held Till Channel Could % be Cleared. i The fact that the Cunard liner Orduna was stopped off the Irish coast by a British torpedo boat destroyer and hurriedly ordered into the nearest port while the north channel was swept clear of a great flock of mines suddenly discovered thc.o, whs revealed by the ship's officers as the reason the vessel was time days ovoixlue when she reached her American destination. Upon arrival in the Irish port of refuge her officers said t.iry found that twenty-seven other ships already had escaped ihe mine pi 11 by putting in more, i-eluding *i..c American ship. Two other vc.ee s had fallen vic ira of the ml .cs, th y loarr.od, and had gone down. The mine-sweepers worked two days clearing the sea of the menace, destioving move than 100 rrims. Then ail tire ships wore ordered * v.t at once, making iheii way through a lane of protecting torpedo boat do stroyev.* and pat.vol boats, until th y i caolied safe wutc. s. On boaid the Avduna were fi n American aeroplane expert;, who nave been er.gag. d m cm t uc n a and instruction work lor the French on the \vtstern front. Tt v.^.s leaved 'hey have beer rah1.) back here to. assist the development of this c uotrv's aerial r,ev ice. s wellIMnced ~ %. BET NECESSARY < vt^; ** Washington.?The health and appearan.ee of the family are a good u-si O* tlU' WliOiCS /lUuiUvS ? f their diet, according t?> the U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin 808, on how to so a ct too is. 11' they are strong, will developed for their ages, free fro.vi nihvicuts, at: i .nil oi energy a ad ambition, one may | safely say their loot! agrees with ;t!um. lint i' they are listless anil piling, or not as weli ic-. elope.I chiller physically or men tail y a* they hould t>e, a.ul a conpvtent p:\vsii . . . eian finds that there is no- specialdisease to account for these bad 'symptoms, n mother may well ask hers dt* if the food is right, and., if not, how can she make it so. If a little too much 01 too little of one nutrient is provided at a single meal or on a single day, a healthy body ;does not suffer, because it has ways {of storing such a surplus and of {using its stored material in an cmjorgency. The danger would come if 'viie diet taken week in and week out lalways provided too much or too little of some one nutrient. Habit and cm torn help ^ ea.tly, because they usually arc baited cn what the experience of generations has proved in wise and healthful, though, of course, thorp are bad habits and outgrown customs in food as in everything* else. Good focd habits, it must be remembered, include more than cleanliness and order in everything that has to do with food and meals, and lrisurley ways of eating. Kqually important are a liking for all kinds of wholesome foods, even if they have r.ot always been used in one's home or neighborhood, and eating reasonable amounts, without being either greedy or ovcrdainty. Kvery effort should be made to train children in such good food habits. If older people have not learned them, they, too. should try to do so, for meh things are very important not only to health but also to economy. To refuse to eat some wholesome dish simply because one is not accustomed to it may prevent the use ' of some very desirable and economical food. To feel that there is any rutuc in providing more food than is ireded shows poor taste as well as floor economy.