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rwo ABOUT MEAT SUPPLY AND ANIMAL SHORTAGE j Secretary of Agriculture Addresses Live Stock Men on Subjects FOOD AMIMAL SHORTAGE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM Proper Thought Here Will Open Up the Opportunities For Us. In opening the conference of tin? United States Live Stock Industry Committee he'd in Washington September f>, (j, and 7, to consider ways and means for bettering conditions in the live-stock industries and inoreas iiiproduction, Secretary Houston said, in part: "You know the situation with which \\ e are con fi on ted. We should have needed to give increasing attention to tbe meat supply if no war had broken out. Seventeen years ago there were about 192,000,000 cattle, milch cows, sheep, and hogs in the Nation; to-day there are about 179,500.000, or about 12,500,000 fewer than 17 years ago. And yet in that period this country lias gained a nation. It has added to itr population 20,000,000?three-quarters of that of France. Obviously the problem of increasing the supply of meat is one of the utmost concern. It is one of the three or four big tasks in the field of agriculture to which I have persistently directed attention during the last four years. Hut in this particular emergency it is immensely intensified. You know something of the conditions abroad. You know what war means in respect to the wastage of materials of every sort, and especially in respect to the wastage of animals of food animals, of draft animals. I do not know that it is possible I suppose it is impossible to get accurate estimates; but from all the indications we can get it is clear that the decrease of food animals can be measured only by tens of millions. You know also how difficult it will be to restore former conditions, to rebuild the foundations oi' the live-stock industries abroad. Some o* you remember the conditions in tlie South after the Civil War and recall how long it took the South to ge: approximately where it was before th? war. ' "The live-sotck men of this nation have an enormous problem to solve enormous if it were limited to the sup ply of meat for the increasing population of this Nation. But your task imuch bigger. You are going to b called irpon increasingly to fin nisi meat products to Europe, and als breednig animals. In this emergens; 1 have no doubt, you have been confronted -with unusual situations. Oiu o" our thoughts in calling you hen v.*as to have you reveal to us what : in y <ur minds, to picture to us you1 d;f'"i( ult es, and to see it' \se could i cc, operation ariive at some sound c> , elusion and develop a con itructive pr< gram which would not only assist thNation and your industries in thivery troubled period, increase th. meat supply of tire Nation, bring re lief to our own consumers and tho.v of the nations with which we are cr operating, but also lay foundations which will make for orderlv and co.is "uctive development after the war. "The Department of Agriculture : especially concerned with problems of } '-oduction, of conservation of far: ar.d animal products and materials . .i : ~ i' i \ .i ? i< i 'i ifi ui ivi'ii 1. i i.c r jcii i i iration is peculiarly concern' <i w t-.e food supp'y o" the nation. It impossible to draw any hard and O !'no between their activities, an.! t' two agencies obviously must wo k : very close contact and eoopcrat on. "One of the problems in which bodi the Food Administration and the P pnrtment are concerned is that d' <' tributing?-surplus stock from s? tions of the country in which the e may be a shortage of feedstu 'l's t. setions of the country in which thcr? is a greater abundance of feedslu'P and a shortage of live stock. Man; sections of the United States are u derstocked. The average farm i Iowa has about 108 or 110 head V poultry; the average farm in No.4! Carolina, South Carolina, and Ala bama, on the other hand, has betwer17 and 20. The average farm Iowa has about 35 hogs; the aver; g form in North Carolina and Alabam about 5; in South Carolina, about < The average farm in Iowa has 6 mi' cows; the aVe'rage farm in North C olinzf, stttd At:fframu less than 2; Sck STATE ITEMS I OF INTEREST TO ALL SOI Til CAROLINA PEOPLE Efforts of the railroad commission hr.ve bwa enlisted by the State Kail" Association to procure special rates ' on the different railroads for the Suite fair, October 22-27. The "messenger girl" has made her appearance on the government's payroll a ? a result of the shortage of boys and men in the capital for that work. Continuation of generally good business conditions throughout the country was announced last week by the federal reserve board in its monthly review. 1 While at the White House last week Representative ever, chairman of the committee on agriculture of the house, took up with the president the ma t r which he had some weeks ago taken up with General Crowder of permitting farm boys drawn in the selective draft to remain on the farms until their crops were gathered and until the fall sowing was had. The campaign for the sale of Liberty bonds is to bo carried on in militar; camps. Orders have boon sent to Camp Jackson by the war departmen iv# [#i uiiiutc c11L ocii^ ui i/v#!lvio cii::u\#^: the men encamped there. A contribution which the Red Cross workers of Floience appreciate ver\ much was made by Walter Myers, a cloored tanner. The contribution \va.a $0.00 note, and it came unsolicited. The creation of an official marketing bureau through which to obtain correct estimates of a fair and equit able price for cotton is advocated by 6. J. Brown, commissioner of agricul ture of Georgia, instead of the fixinc of the price of cotton by the Federal Government. While the value of farm produces has steadily risen to what is probably the highest level in the history of the country, it costs practically no more i. 1 A 1 .1 / 1 A. A 1 I toaay lo transport iarm products man i* did 10 years ago, as shown by interesting statistics. LIFT YOUR CORNS OFF WITH FINGERS Tells how to loosen a tender corn or callus so it lifts out without pain. You reckless men and women whc arc pestered with corns and who have at least once a week invited an awful death from lockjaw or blood poison are now told by a Cincinnati authority to use a drug called freezone; which the moment a few drops arc applied to any corn or callus the sore ness is relieved and soon the entire corn or callus, root and all, lifts of. ith tho fingers. Freezone dries the moment it b pplicd, and simply shrivels the core >r callus without inflaming or eve) rritating the surrounding tissue o> hi.). A small bottle of freezone wi! ost very little at any of the druj ores, hut will positively rid cnc's I < "t i f every hard or soft corn o rler.ed e; bus. If your druggis' asr.'t any freezone he can get it a' ay wholesale drug house for you.;dv. Carolina, 1. Pcfi'its in proportion ppeur i;i othci States of the Union. There is no sound reason for a e< ntinuance of this state of things. Many f I O nn/l^vcf O/il'TU I Qf n f evo % * . ?* ? * i nvvv rvv/' i Uiauv) *7 1 cut" 1 nivn have peculiarly favorable con'i'.'^ns for livestock developen':; a. dial glad to say that some cf \c <?. (sp,vai.-.ly in the South, have oengr.ized the fact and are making narked head way. Since 1913 or 1914 here has been a tendency toward the acre ire of live stock in the Nation, xcop >dvcp; and this increase has appeal el "rvy conspi uously in th.e -> inn ;oI: >w i-tiT 1, 0 < ranication oi tho til*' t! Ihe /ovHopir.cnt of an .. <'"vo o nmon:; the farmers an.I vjs!n(\c.: men." | Recommended by Doctor Cothram 4* Dr. T. E. Cothram is a well-known pharmacist of Alexis, Ala. * And when he gets bilious or needs a purgative medicine, what do you suppose he does? Out of his whole big stock oi liver medicine he selects and uses Granger Liver Regulator. He says 'There is none better/' That's a pretty strong endorsement, don't you think, from a man who knows all about the merits of the different medicines on the market? Granger Liver Regulator is purely vegetable, does not gripe nor irritate the delicate Uning of the stomach and bowels and always gives quick and pleasant results. ft is the best system puriflei known. Your druggist can supplj you 25c for large box. Accept nc substitute. TUB HORRY HERA FORMER DEPUTY COURT I GREENWOOD CO I Hon. Jno. W. Bullock, Prominent South Carolinian, Says He Wouldn't Take Five Thousand Dollars For Good New Preparation Did Him. Suffered Twenty Years and No Other Medicine Reached His Trouble?Gained 18 Pounds and Feels Like a Brand New Man. "Vitona overcame a serious attack of kidney troubloHhat had been pulling me down for 20 years, and I have gained 18 pounds since I began tailing this remarkable preparation," said Hon. Jno. W. Bullock, formerly 1 A. _ _ x i i_ t* n. i deputy court cierK or ureenwooer County, S. C., a few days ago. Mi. Bullock was born an<l reared in South Carolina and is one of this Stat ' * most prominent men. Tie also served, as clerk of the ways and means committee of the South Carolina legislature and was later inspector of dispensaries for the State. "No one knows how I suffered \1 those years,' continued Mr. Bullock. "I had awful pains in my back and sides, and my sleep was broken ah through the night. I had severe head aches and was dreadfully nervous. My appetite was poor, and I lost weight and strength until I was m weak until I could hardly stand on my feet. My whole system was iuiidown, and I finally had to take to the bed. I tried all kinds of medicines, but nothing reached my case. "A friend, knowing the condition I was in, advised me to take Vitona. and after a few days 1 noticed an improvement. It just looked like the more Vitona I took the better I felt. I seemed to gain strength every day, and now I feel like a brand new man and consider myself in as good physical condition as any man in the State. I have a big appetite, what I eat agrees with me perfectly, and I sleep FINAL WARNING TO TARDY DRAFTEES Washington.?A last warning wes issued today to drafted men who have ailed to answer the call to the colors. The government gave notice th those who have failed to report w ! be given an opportunity to escape pun ishment if they join the colors n- w and explain their previous failure In so. If they show a wilful disposi :ion to evade service, they will b barged with desertion and every r'fcrt will Le made to apprehend and punish them. Drafted men failing to . i-port now will he promptly adverti < cd as deserters ami a reward of $50 j ffered for their aprehcm.ion. Di/i-| s UJ i One reason why we alv\? to buy to suit the needs of the | Carolina. ! Another reason we lead buying in the way of the lowei kets for the goods the people 1 I An/v4ttAP I a i miiumici icaaun 15 mui ; always done, that the public : We mean to lead, i VISIT US AT OUR i DUSENBU ; Toddville, r > LP. CONWAY. S O 5LERX OF UNTY PRAISES VITONA' HON. J. W. BULLOCK like a log. I get up every morning feeling rested and refreshed and ready for a big day's work. The headaches have disapperaed and I am not nervous and dizzy like I was. I don't have those pains in my side and back now in fact, all my troubles have been overcome and I am full of new life and energy. I realy wouldn't take $6,000 for the good Vitona did mo and 1 urge anyone who has kidney trouble 01 is in a general run-down condition to got a bottle at once. It certain!v i builds a man up." i Mr. L. S. Beam, the Vitona expert,' i_ii c n . mane me louowmg statement: "Vitona, tlie wonderful new discovery, is daily overcoming catarrh, stomach and kidney disorders, rheu mutism and blood disorders, an i: building up hundreds of listless, run down men and women. Vitona is not to be classed with the average propri etary medicines, which, in many cases are nothing more nor less than med:cated alcohol, which stimulates am' does not give lasting relief. Vitom is more than a medicine. It is a iio.uid extraction of a rare mineral combination, prepared in nature's laboratory, in the bowels of the earth age ago, but heretofore unknown ot man. It contains iron, calcium, sodium, lithium, strenthian, magnesium and other minerals, each of which possess great therapeutic value." Vitona is sold by the Norton Di*ue .. A .1. A v/v.f VVIIV x ii? i inacy , A > nor. adv. sional commanders, however, have been directed to question personally .siwh men before trial is ordered and establish whether the soldier wilfully sought to evade military service. Many men whQ failed to appear, War Department officials believe, have legitimate excuses while others are merely careless. For that reason, leniency will be shown except where wilful intent to evade service is clear. Men tried and found giility as deserters will not be permitted to escape their duty as soldiers by dishonorable di sch rage. "The policy of the department wiM be," it was announced, "to punish them and retain them in the service." Where no intent to desert is shown, absentees or their apprehension will b: sent to the proper divisional cam); and permitted to earn honorable status with their fellows by close applition to their duties. fe lys lead is that we know what people of this section of South is that we do some careful st prices to be had on the marwant and need. we believe now, as we have is entitled to a square deal. STORE. RY & CO. C. EOltJilUJi ITEMS |' GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY HEADING The British cruiser Drake has been torpedoed and sunk. Militants of the Woman's Party,j] serving itme in the Disrtict of Colum- ^ bin workhouse for demonstrations be- j fere the White House, were charged with mutiny as a result of their rough and tumble fight with guards and i.e gro women prisoners. The development furnishes a new phase for the investigation of conditions at the workhouse undertaken by the board of < charities on complaints of the mili- j tants. | The American schooner Annie F. 1 Con Ion was attacked by gunfire by a German submarine off the Scilly Islands. The crew of 8 men were landed safely. The investigation of Attorney Genreal Merton K. Lewis into the activities here of Bolo Pasha, under arrest in France as a spy and peace propagandist, disclosed that William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper publisner, attended a dinner given in March 191(>, according to the attorney general. American army officers are watching with intense interest the situation on the Western front, which apparent ly is reaching climax in the grea* drive launched by the British. Revival of the grade of full bencral is planned by the war department to provide suitable rank for Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the American expeditionary forces in France. The Swedish ministry has resigned, but King Gustave has requested the ministers to retain their portfolios for the present. New enterprises "not fundamental t?> the efficient operation of the country's necessary activities" in winning the war, should not be undertaken now, in the opinion of the council of national defense. Arr-aignment of Alexander BcrkHEARD IN CONWAY % How Bad Backs Have Been Made Strong Kidney Ills Corrected. All over Conway you hear it. Doan's Kidney Pills are keeping up the good work. Conway people are telling about it telling of bad backs made sound again. You can believe the testimony of your own townspeople. They tell it for the benefit of you who are suffering. If your back aches, if you feel lame, sore and miserable, if the kidneys act too frequently, or passages are painful, scanty and off color, use Doan's Kidney Pills, the remedy that has helper so many of your friends and neighbors. Follow this Conway citizen'.advice and give Doan's a chance to d< the same for you. VV. Boyd Jones, wholesale grocer Conway, says: "My kidneys bothere< me and the kidney secretions passeirregularly. Doan's Kidney Pills rc lieved all signs of the trouble. I hav. recommended them to a number oJ people who have used them will good results." * Price 50c, at all dcalcs. Don'' simply ask for a kidncv remedy ge" Doan's Kidney Pills the same thn Mr. Jones had. Foster-Miiburn Co Props.. Buffalo, N. V. adv. i ...... THK REBEL YELL. Quantico, Va.*, Sept. 29. To pu "the fear of God" into Boche hearts, United States Marines in training here are practicing the old-time rebel yell. Confederate veterans, whn take keen interest in the activities of th sea-soldiers, are teaching the boys their battlecry, reminiscent of civil war days. J it is thought that the blending of a cowman's "ee-yah" with the blood curdling whoop of the Seminole will put a "pep" in the Marine Corps charge sufficient to dislodge the Uoches from their trenches. TYP EW I have the following Second 1 L. C. Smith (used very little) 1 No. 5 Oliver 1 NO 1 H HftTrlflfirtAii ViaihU 1 No. 5 Royal 1 Blind Fox 1 Blind Smith Premier All of these machines have and are guaranteed to be in fii Will sell on monthly payments, , for cash. Write me your needs R. G. SCAR, SUMTER, sgi DM L C. Smith & Bros. *; Most Old People I Are Constipated n The wear of years impairs the fl action of the bowels. As people [ grow older they restrict their w| activity, neglect to tahe sufficient jSj exercise, and indulge a natural disposition to take things easy. W The digestive organs become ffl more sensitive to the demands |9 made upon them and rebel ***&* quickly. 19 It is of special importance to II] the hcaUh of elderly people that H the bowels be kept normally [1 active. A mild, yet effective. II remedy for constipation, and one that is especially suited to jR the needs of . old folks, women Id and children, is the combination V of simple laxative herbs with 9 pepsin sold in drug stores under I the name of Dr. Caldwell's jV Syrup Pepsin. It costs only I fifty cents a bottle, and should be -J in every family medicine chest. A A trial bottle, free of charge, |l can be obtained by writing ^.o j-J Dr. V/. B. Caldwell, 456 Wajlh- I ington St., Monticello, Illinois. ffiv ARMYINDNAVT "j OFFICERS IN PLOT 1 Alleged to Have Been Engineer- 1 ed by Lieut. SchneidfiSr | of German Navy li FiVE AVIATORS ARE " | ALSO INVOLVED | Schneider and Kasinger Re- ;fl moved to Internment | Camp. I San Francisco. Five members of the United States, avaition corps, an army recruiting officer and two navy ensigns are said by Federal officials ' to be involved in a plot against the ! government, alleged to have been headed by Lieut. Erwin Frederich t Schneider, of the German navy, and Theodore Kasinger, department store ; emolovee. both of whom wi>rp t?lrAn into custody here recently. I This disclosure came last night as I the result of an order from the De- M partment of Justice providing for the*J9 immediate removal of Schneider and Kasinger from the county jail to in I internment camp on Angel Island^J which contains Francis Bopp, former I German consul geneial here, and his aide, Baron E. H. Von Schack, former vice consul. 1 The authorities refused to divulge 11 the nature of the alleged participation I of the army and navy officers in the L plot. They said all information on the case had been sent to San Diego 9 and Los Angeles where it was und r stood the conspiracy centered. I At the time Schneider and Kasingr r jr were taken into custody, Fedcrr.l Jj agents asserted t'nat the two had as- I sociated with four Austrian army of- I ficers subsequently detained at Lar - I do, Texas, and who, it was heliov- <1 \ were planning to embark from Alfxln0 JK for Gremany or Austria. It s:r'd m they were suspected of having o.M?.ia- I cd mliitanv information. MUSTANGS For Sprains, Lameness, I Sores, Cuts, Rheumatism 1 Penetrates and Heals. I D :_ A ?. 1 A Cllll Ml VUCC || For Man and Beast I II 25c. 50c. $1. At All Dealers. || I LINIMENT RITE R S. hand Typewriters for sale: i $55.00 30.00 35.00 35.00 10.00 12.00 m mm - - " " oeen thoroughly overhauled rst class working condition, or, give five per cent disctant BOROUGH, jTHCAROLINA. and Royal Typewriters