The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 11, 1917, Page TWO, Image 2
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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,
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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