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two TAKE GOOD CARE I OF FARMING TOOLS Send in Orders for Needed Repair Parts Soon as Possible LOOK TO THE OILING PREVENT EXPOSURE I Docs Not Pay to Try to Use A Worn Out Machine. During the coming winter farmer* si ouId give careful attention to tile rk of repairing al' maeb'r s win'.* \ '1 be used next sea-on. A Do, orders i ! ? pair parts and n.i \v ir.a.hbuo s it Id be placed as soon as po sib!'-. 'v will acquaint liiunufactMrcrs ra: 1 t'eir agents wi.h the derr.and in d'f oat >octions anal enable thorn V> : ; ke th.t best possible distribut'on. Jw the >;uy.e time it \ !' c-limin.s o ex. t naive delays in t ars; or tin 'c . ' < busy sea -a n Kconomicn] j;. pj-.uw n\ nt<. Th.o use of the large s: and mo?- v i. ;.>m vod farm machinery. a'.va. s d? <. 'vonbin i? ni' <i'.v ::>1 imriO tir e... Where largo acreages a. fu'v.v.-d th. aigest machincrx the most ore : mical. Manx of the latest machine (. i.ibociy improvements which will of . a justify their puririsc, \vho:c obtainable, from the standpoint of ccort< my, even though the old c.utfit is still rviccable. When new machines are bough.t o?. barge farms to replace others stii*. capable of service, it is suggseteu t-tat the owners afford an opportunity to other fanners who operate on a smaller scale to purchase this replaced machinery at a reasonable price. This plan should benefit both jv.rties. Dispose of Worn-Out Implements All worn-out machinery should be . id for junk at the first opportunity, ?he specialists advise, fivst removing : bolts or other parts which might be useful in repairing other equipment. It is usually false economy to tempt to use a worn-out machine, us the time wasted with breakages and ether delays and the extra power required for its operation usually more f? an offset the saving effected by continuing it in use, Importance of Oiling. | * More damage can he dene to a machine in half an hour through lack of il or grease on pome bearings than > v a whole sea an's exposure to the aeather the specialists dee'tuv. V> Vis sort of neglect there can be no xcuso, i is raid. Operating a may vine without lubrication, especially j hen the bearings nr? slightly laity. ill quickly irsuit in weari: o- away ' e metal, often io a considerable re ptl', iii a very few minute*. (v<pe:, ? vo breakage, as weli as serious de' ys. al >o may be eartscd by opoiutirg tU; bines on w'nieh nam hav- worked. ? \-;e or l ave c.vmc off, entirely, al\ >vir.g bolts to lo ?sen or drop out. Ail practicable steps should be tak m u> preserve n.ucjnoi. ry rww ?.u and. Needless exposure to the weather should bo avoided, and in uses where it is r.ot practicable to ousc machinery when idle, all bear.gs sh.ould receive a thorough application of heavy o:| or grease to keep ..I moisture and prevent rust. It \? lieve<l that on many farms rnachiny could be more adequately shelter in the buildings avrilabl,. by exer< ring care in placing them so as 10 i: onomize space. ?o NO i H ri. All persons having claims again.-' Planters Rank of Aynor, S. ('.. aliquidution) are hereby reqaire 1 forthwith ii'.o proof of their claims v.illi the undersigned at Conway, S. so that funds in hand may ?>e ? aid out on claim.- according to their > iority. WILL A. CRM KM AN, Receiver. Dec. 5, 1917. ?2ti The State highway department conth.ues to register automobiles at the rate of 50 a day; it has registered V oate approximately .'15,000 pleasure and commercial motor vehicles in the tttate and expects to register at leasi 2.'.>00 additional cars between now an< December 1, when the registration fo< j 01S will commence. COLDS & LaGRIPPE 5 or 3 do3es 060 will brer! s?ny case of Cbilh 8c Fever, Colt! & LaGrippe; it act5 on the live 5>etter than Calomel and doeo ti. gripe or sicken. Price 25c. [state items OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE Belief at tho Sta'o Hospital for tileInsane is that tho sustained cold wave has practically destroyed the winter gardens, on which much effort and energy has been concentrated to meet the exigencies of the high food prices. Extraordinary progress ha? been made in improving facilities for the public schools in the mill villages, according to the annual report of George 1). Brown, mill school supervisor. At C urnj) JiU'ksori u !urpc nuuibof of "comfort kits," containing sowing materials, testaments and various articles of practical value to the soldiers have been received by the V. M. C. A. from various W. C. T. U. chapteis in the State. Cioverno" Manning's appeal to th people of South Carolina : > lay down for 'nteiv.sclv'-s certain definite and specified days on whi'h to save flour, meal, sugar and fats, has been appicved in personal letters from President Wilson and Mr. Hoover. This in. been called a railroad war. America's pieparation for such a war i- a greater railroad mileage than that of the eni Ir? eor.vaa.iu f Pr ~"po, and i na^rm 1 i viw of l.7~0 0(." niployees. Alrra ly fh" railroadmcliiized ur Pi their war heard Washington, have won some important victories. Til.* Slate highway commission wi!' .ecemr.und t> the United States dvrrtmont of agriciih. are that two stoo' bridges be constructed over the Sai'.ee River on proposed State highway? :o he constructe<l from Ch.arleston in10 the interior portions of the State. Tin* people of Belgium are much m need of the civilian clothes.of Am or ca's soldiers discarded upon their en trance into training camps and can tonments. The men had volutcered their "cits" some time ago but an an nouncement made public by the State Council of Defense was the first mes sage received from the Belgian peo pie as to the proposition. Red Cross activities are receiving the lion's share of attention In Georgetown at this time. Health conditions at Camp Jackson has materially improved during the last few days and military officials at the cantonment are very much incouraged over the outlook. i : GRANGER ; ! LIVER ! | REGULATOR j Relieves consifc&iion. ! Siiwk licadsicho and bili&v.si-css. Purely vegie. Coaintns r.c< a!cofciol. Causer, eo ?rip?73^ Ov.'cs .is-ilsfac'ory rjsrjuts. i.ar?e box, 25c. A do-.e or two v/i22 do. ciUKor.R in r v x v. 3 ?j f, co. C :i A i" 1 A !J OOG A? T ? H H. Citation Notice. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Horry. By .7. S. V AUGHT, ESQUIRE. PROBATE JUDOE. WHEREAS Everett Watts mad suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and < ffoots of L. J. Watts. THESE AUK THEREFORE to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said L. .J. Watts, deceased, that they be and ap' pear, before me, in the Court of Pro| bate, to be held at Conway, S. C., on I the tth day of January 1918 new after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if an\ they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my Hand, this 14t\ day of December Anno Domini, 1917. Published on the 20th and 27ti days of December 1917 in the Horn - Herald. ' J. S. VAUGHT, ! Probate Judge. o TOWN TAX NOTICE, i Town tax is due and payable be ' Iween Oct. 15 and Dec. 31st, 1917. > lux of 10 mills is levied for curren expenses of the town, 3 1-2 mills t 1 pay interest on $50,000.00 Wate ' Works and Sewerage bonds and creat it sinking fural for payment theivo I nd I 1-2 mills to retire contract in !'. '.,t vlness, total 15 mil's. C. H. SNIDER, if.? Town Treas. THE ttORB* HERJ TAX KKTl'KNS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1918. The County Auditor oi Horry County will attend the following places at times specified below for the purpose of taking returns for the fiscal yea- I 1918 of all poll tax payers, also of all property both REAL AND PERSONAL owned January 1st, 1918 . All able bodied males between the a;?cs of 21 and 69 years capable of earning a support, shall be deeme* taxable polls. Executors and Administrators are required to make their returns. Fail. n ?' > tii m:tL-n vrOiirn..; 4i?n.-? specified, subjects the delinquent to pt nutty of 50' per cent. Bayboro Monday, January 7th. from 10' to 12; Rehobeth Monday, Januray 71 h. from 2 to t. Mt. Ris^-ah Tuesday, January St:-., from 9 to 1I.. Ilinson's Store Tuesday, January th, from 1 to 4'. Stevens \ Roads Wednesday, Jan wry 9th, from 10 to 12. SUouis Store Wednesday, Jynu : y 9th. from 2 to 4. Fluyds S.'hool House Thursday. January 10th, from 10 to Sprint;* BVunch Friday, Januar 1 llit, from 9 to 12. Gras.sy Bay Friday, January tlth. from to 4. Geren Sea Saturday, January 12th from 9 to 12. ii.twwo.ui Monday, .January I4th. Voir. ti ?o 12. Daisy- .Monday, January 14th, Don i to 4. iNatnan '.JOiiamy s ^tore iuesuay ;nullify loth. from 10 to 12 l.i.n.'S Tu v day, January loth Yom 2 t,? 1. 1 > vo; k s v i 11 c Wednesday, J a n u a r ' Oih, from 9 to 11. Little River Wednesday, Jan.r.'.n Gih. from 1 to 2. Warn per Thursday, January 17i*. from 9 to 12. Hand Thursday, January 17th from 2 to 2:20. < Tilly Swamp Thursday, January < 1 7th, from 2:20 to 4. Cool Spring Monday, January ' 21st. from 11 to 12. i Ay nor Monday, January 21st, i from 2 to 4. Galivants Ferry Tties/lay, January 22nd, from 9 to 2_ Dog Bluff Wednesday, January, 23rd, from 10 to It. Jordanvillo Wednesday, January 23 rd, from 1 to 3. Coopers Store Thursday, January, 24th, from 11 to 12. Stalvcy Thursday, January 24th. from 2 to 4. Burgess Friday, January 25th, tYom 9 to 12. Fowlers School House Tuesday, January 29th, from 9 to 11. Boris Tuesday, January 29th, from | Catarrhal C Mr. W. S. Brown, R. F. D. No. 4, Box S-, Rogersvillc, Tennessee, writer: "I feel it my duty to recommend Pcruna to all sufferers of catarrh or cough. In tho year 1901). I took a severe case of the la grippe. I then took a bad cough. I had taken ail kinds of cough remedies but got no relief. I then decided to try Pcruna. I used five bottles. After taking five bottles my cough stopped and my j catarrh was cured. .My average weight was 115 and now 1 weigh 1 13! , Any one suffering with catarrh in any form 1 will advise them to take Peru no." 1 One reason why we alvu ' to buy lo suit the needs of the Carolina. Another reason we lead l buying in the way of the low:? ' kets for the goods the people Another reason is that \ always done, that the public i We mean to lead. VISIT US AT OUR ! | DUSENBU Toddville, / i i HP, CONWAY, S. it I to 4. I Sinnlord Wednesday, January Stt,' from f> to 11. A (Man Wednesady, January 30. h, from Jj to 3. Myrtle Beach Thursday- January, 31st, fromi f to 4. The balance of the time utttfTl February 20tfa at the Auditor's office m Conway. N. C. ADAMS*, County Auditor. PROGRAM OF THE PEE DEE t NimN The Per Doe Union will meet with the Mt. Pisgah Church, Dec, 28, 2I>, and :J0, 1917 Friday 11 a. m. Introductory Sermon by E. L. Owens. At the close of which the Moderator to Call the Union to order. Letters called for, read and delegates enrolled. Being regularly organized the Subject viz: to be discussed in general. Seeing the territory covered by The Pee Deo Union is so large for Convenience Would it Not be Advisable to Divide ? Saturday Morning. 9:."0 a. m. Devotional Exercises by W. A. Spivey. M isoo'laneous Business. Topic: Of what Ufce is the B. V. P. U. to our Baptist Churches by Hudson Shelley. 2nd What is our Duty to the Young Christians of our Chmvhes and How Can P wt Perform that Dnt\ by Rev. A. T. Rodgers. Written Report on Orphanage by W. C. Hooks. Sunday Morning. H) a. :n. Sunt lay School, at tkr lose Sermon by M A. McCrcakon. W. A. Spivcv, I.. ]>. Holt, H. lb 11 o lines, Committee. o I'UOtill.\M Bl'CIv CREEK [MON To be held with the I,oris Baptist Church Friday, Saturday, and i>unday, December 28, 29, 30. Friday Morning. Introductory sermon and discussion of the subject, The Obligation of ih' Church to the young People ami how to fulfill it. Introduced by W. A Pi i nee. Friday Evening Sermon. Saturday Morning. The obligation of the church to th work of the denomination aiut'h'ow fulfill it. Opened by C?. F. Stanley. The church's obligation to the nation in time of war. Opened by M. M. Stanley. Saturday evening Sermon. Sunday Morning. Missionary Sermon. Preacher to be selected. D. I). HnrreLson, for Program Committee. Hough oa Suffering v/ith f J? -yBw Catarrh in A Advise them To take v. JH v. *?"* ~r% J*. Thoso who object to liquid modi, cinescan procure PerunaiT--i.bJettR. ; . _ :A iys lead is that we know what people of this section of South is that we do some careful it prices to be had on the mar want ana ncecl. ,ve believe now, as we have is entitled to a square deal. STORE. I RY & CO. s c . t " FOREIGN ITEMS GATHERED AND CONDENSED j FOR EASY READING I , ? The "old fashioned" Christmas din- | ner is endorsed by the food adnnnis- f t ration; Vjcrious reports continue to come f?om Russia with regard to the operations of the revolutionary forces in their struggle, fair supremacy. Nineteen lives were lost when the American submarine 1'-1 was rammed and sunk, by submarine F.:i in home waters d&ring a fog* Monday of la t > week. The congressional iimuiev ir?fr? sir I my War preparations lias broadened j with the S'Viiate mifftury committee's decision to hoar private manulaetur( rs of ordnance and ammunition ami to de'.Vp into the clothing, caatonmem building, food and transportation situation. Coal shortages in various fN'irts o!" the'country, *Oan not fairly Ik* ;if?' tribirted altogether to> the lack of! ti ansportation,,' said a statement issued by Cairfux Harison. chairman cf the railroad war board. Tim problem is primarily one of distnbution ' 'Tcr which tlx* public must share the responsibility,"' tlie statement declur-! ed. ' I The German ohlivrf arm;>" v.-ft; nat withstand tlie hard-hittinjr Amer-j lean bullet, it has been shown. A j heavy breast pluto removed from - j German prisoner for a test was liter. ? *l!y chi'Av :d to pierce, by rv.nchine gun ' fire after a rifle IwilUa fired at a good J nft'p had ton: a h )le in the armor as big* as a dollar. Arthur-Pollen, Klitish naval export, who has sailed for Europe after spend j ing six* months in. five Crated States ' :av?> to the Associated Press a state - j mcnt in which he' hi id thjst the cam- ; paien of .he allied! mivies the i submarine ha - resulted in keeping- the world's ship tonnage from shoving s monthly decrease or will soon do so. o YOU If aaDNEYS j Conway: Residents* Learn The Ihvpimtancc of Keepmg Them Pftrfettfc health> means that every organ-of the body performing its 1 unctions, properly Pdrfeofc. health ornnot t*? enjoyed if the kidneys are weak artcf disordered. Thou.M*ml?. tosuKy that Doan'.; Kidney Prils iiave a> reviving action on weak kidneys. What this remedy has dom in so wanyy cases of' rfiw krjwi is the best proof of its merrtL Read' the folhrwibjr. Ik\s testimony gratefully givcrtti by u resident of this locality: M. h\. Outlaw . Murretls Inlet, S. C.# says\ "I: had: aar. xwfuf lot of troubibwith my hack and kidneys, brought oil by exposure. I co\if?l hardly keep going. I was sore and lame that I could sen reel';/ bend and it was Jirst as lUTieidt Co* straighten. I used 1 Joan's Kidney I'ilis as d'rected and thoy cured iviu uf :JI signs of k'jiihey ti ouble." I'lMcc (>(;> , at al! dealers*. Pun*' simply ask dor a kidney rem. 'i;' get I>oan's Khiney Fids the saiac* thai cured Mr. Outlaw. FosUu-."VLiibAirn Prop-*.. Buffalo, K. \ . * :Iv. G<HH> LANI) FOK SAJLK !'; | I hav^ *"?>. sale a tract of forty (40) | acres, more or loss, lying on. tin. south side of Luke Swamp, beginning at road at Lake Swamp church ut W. F. and Loren/.o I). Holt's lin*? and corner, running W. F. Holt's line to Human Branch, thence said branch to G. J. . Holiday's line, the line-of Lorenzo T>? ' Holt, and line of VV. E Holt to the h^* gmnir.g point. lhis is land which belongs to Mr. B, | J. Holt, anr: was conveyed to him by I Mrs. Jane Holt. 1 can roll this urtu-t of land for 1.000.0U. Call or write me if interested, First come, First served. ?{ H. Woodward, Attorney-aUUw Conway, S. C. T Y P E W I have the following Seconi 1 L. C. Smith (used very little , 1 No. 5 Oliver 1 NO. 10 Remington Visible 1 No. 5 Royal 1 Blind Fox 1 Blind Smith Premier All of these machines hav and are guaranteed to be in f Will sell on monthly payments ' for cash. Write me your need R. G. SCAR SUMTER. SC De ' L C. Smith & Bros. \) 1 REGARDING SHORTAGE IN SUGAR SUPPLY" Herbert Hoover, United StatesPood Atfministratm*, lias issued a* statement from- Washington replying trvthe changes of Cluas Spreeklcs, in<fc pendent Sugar Refiner, to the ef f> t that the Fcorf Administration ih * rs-eponsible Cor the shortage of st^gaiin this oountr. % TViw charges by Mr. Spveeklos were made- at a hearing- before the Senate Committee in Wash- . ington last week. Mr. Hoover makes the following* clear cat statement as to t.He aims and purposes of the Food Administration?: ".Anything I' have. to< say to Mr. Sprifkles' statement will be said in due time to the' committee.. It today ^ requires no proof from me to estab-. 1:f!i that Sprecklos, a fwutmg sugar' refiner, is sore at the Wood AdmimYatration and would like see ibVfe- * .;iroy-*v?.! I realize that VTr. Spreekles' balance sheet will not' look so good next year as last; for lefmers' prof- y.' its hawe boon regulated. t-TirthorM.'.oro, his bo|??neo sheet uoufd 'novo looked better this year if the price of last A rgMst hud not beotv reduced and held last in the tare of a partial short i.ge that promised a fair opportunity for thirty cent sitgiu anil mach increased profits, Mr. Spreekles thereicre has reason U> feel bnd!\. There iue other citizens who will feel jflv.r saiv.< viiy and no ?!oul>i c m on t the public by i;~.snulLin? the Foci Admii J *1 ration. While many feci c badly, the v.ost majo'ity of m<n ; and women of oar business cummuni . its and of our farmers .ire suerific* ng t'ceir profits' ?Laily toithr Nation's necessities without ro.iiipiu.iftt, for ivany are sacrificing mure than their nionoyv theii seuss "Wo have hint two months of pa? tial s.r$-jr shortage, Oc.fcobei acid November. and wiftiaJso have December bel'orr relief i'tom the new crop. The American people have hud fivy hundred 'Jiwisand, tons of su^ar iii these A two ..Ttonths. This in ?ove?i?y per cent of their :iormal supplies-. in each nionfti) and if. ctvrs are-availiittLe they will have seventy per*event, in December. Owing" to car-shortages the shortage today block**!. froi*i tlvat reKWra* TlVij seventy ymr. eent. is twice thiv?* French rntion- Ini tfiw- cneantin**, we haw divert Ftanee- a f?oo<1 navt >f the* fhi ftV i?r cent. ami we ' arr proud ov it. Th)*usuppiy- given to ' Kffanco was ?iven deliberately and the American* people were- toll! of it a? the timet, We. lutve al':3#> a'-j'.*"od to J ' dfcitw ten thousand Urns for our | friends in 'Canada. ? have yet to me<'t the American citiz?n whin woutd ha vn \j* otherwise. **As l> t!,e Komi Administration .-topping ^he sources of'supplj, thr, { fact that ntl available supplies have , been brrcr^ht Item-that ships and cans, tould b-th^-and that it has. already, been eaten is sufficient answer. Mr. | Spreck:fr.s knowt- the iHit.orw-ss of the : ti 11 year fijfht between producers j:\iul rd'im*r> an-! between different > rc-fivers, and if he looks back over j the lust tliro<? months he will observe I a de-are of nuny of these elements lr? lure the Food Admioi strati on as a club to s"ttl?? their fori a i.tandi'ia biti . 1 \ Hr. Spre.kles will tell us j v/h?re thor is any sugar today that j shiptf can be >btained t?> curry or rurs cui. be obiabie.l t<> deliver, it will bo delivered at o!u> with the same I-Ution that we liavc requisit iOp?cf or distributed over sixty million pounds i of embargoed su^ar since Octoberfirst. In the meantime, the nine hundred thousand tons of stijyar i:\ .Java is as remote as cheese out of i the moon unless we wish to take? ' l"*e:id ships from our soldiers and the 'Allies to provide ourselves with , candy.'" j o Percy Britt, of Dilltm, S. C., arrived in Conway the first of the week to sftend the holidays with his pnr" ents, .V(r. and Mrs. VV. R. Britt. I Drives Out Malaria^BtiRds Up System | ;.nc <-mu 01 anemia jroncral fitn n?tlienin<j tonic, M OROVH'3 TAS'i'KUCSS. chill T< >NIC,drivenou* jfl Malarla.ctirlches the blood.and builds upthftsys* w tern. A true totiic. Fof adult* aud children. <>0c (B K I T E R S. "" 1 d hand Typewriters for sale: " 9 >) $55.00 I 20.00 ^ 35.00 1 35.00 I 10.00 1 4 a ma ^ J.3.0U e been thoroughly overhauled irst class working condition. | >, or, give five per cent discount BOROUGH, j IUTH CAROLINA. j fUer in *1 and Royal Typewriters "; I I