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*oc FARMERS TO INCREASE POULTRY PRODUCTION More Fowls and More Eggs j Mean More Meat for Fighters INCREASING THE FOOD ALSO ADDING PROFITS| | Peace Will Not Bring* Anyl Let-Down to This Campaign. j First, a few figures: According to the best census, of (>, 371,502 farms in the United States, | 1,527,743 reported no egg production. This is one of the big facts on which is based the endeavor to doub'e this year he chicken and egg production of the United States. It is an alvnort unbelievable fact to those j numerous persons who have regarded a chicken dinner as the acme of luxury and who have paid high prices every winter for eggs. But 't is a fact, and it has much to do with the more-chickens -ancl-more-oggs campaign that is expected to displace ! millions of pounds of beef and pork in American menus and send the re leased product across the ocean t?> cur soldiers, the allies, and the hun-r gry people of the lands devastated i by the Prussian war torch. The 1 ailed States Department .Agriculture urges as many as possible of the farmers who have not rai od chickens to stock their farm this year with flocks large enough at j least to supply the needs of their < wn households. It does not advise that the general farmer embark extensive raising of poultry, but warns against such ventures. Hut it sees no reason why every farm should not produce enough chickens and eggs for its own use, and why there should not bc enough surplu > 1 to make chickens and eggs availab1" to the general public at reasonable i prices and in such quantities th t there will be markedly less domestic demand for the meats that are neeo ' ed abroad and that can be transport- 1 ed there. Hundred Hens on Every Farm. One big aim in this endeavor is to j increase to 100 hens the average size j of the American farm flock. Tli* J present average is 40 hens. The de-1 aired increase it is believed, will ! bring the desired production. Tlio farmer with several hundred hens, of course, wid be merely making up fcr his less fortunate neighbor unable . j'-'acii t)">e average. This will be Xul merely a war time increase. It and its benefits will remain aftei America's men and women?at tlm front ttiul iis home Kavo made dem i ociwy safe, j c\ I' lli'thci'mbr^ \sltn all this produ ' j1 t"<?:>. the farmer need fear that the i *arkot will be glutted by poultry) and eggs. A good profit assured always by the low cost of farm poultry production. further assuran ?e is given by the fact that with the jnaNimum. ;;.veduct'on urged by tlmj Depart ment of Agriculture there will j st'li be a great gap between produ tion and possibly consumption. I'in-1 ally, many people who eat little or. no chicken meat, and who are only distantly acquainted with the egg, will come to be fast friends and w.'.i ask for more. Chickens as a by-product of g?* t eal farming find n.u-'h of their feed ip the waste materials that nth< rvise would serve no useful purpose. The attention and labor they require can be given largely even by children, and should not requin the en. pleymcnt of additional hired workers. On some farms tin* chickens practically pay for themselves by their destruction of orchard and vegI., jc.'t . On i.l I cr ; lliev belli \ UU/J? lli.n ? v.'. VII w V. . . . ... . to pay for themselves by their pr?,Ruction of manure, which when properly used largely increases the vai e of the land. Fifty fowls will annually produce at least a ton of munutv that can be made as valuable as commercial fertilizer. Early Hatching Essential. An essential part of the endeavo1 to insure more chickens and eggs !: contained in the maxim?hatch ear' ly, The farmer who hatches early u the spring, either by incubation o natural methods, seems to have a! the best of the argument. Whei ^chickens arc hatched early in tin spring they mature in the fall am lay eggs in the winter. Then, in tlv spring, they are ready to hatch ear ly. Late hatched fowls are late >1 maturing, do not lay in the wintei ami do not sit until late in the fol ARGENTINA TAKES WARLIKE ACTION Military Attaches Recalled From Berlin and Vienna by Minister of War Buncos Aires.?-The ministry of war has recalled Argentina's military attaches from Berlin and Vienna. In political circles this action is regarded as significent and connected with the sinking of the Argentine steamer Ministro Irriendo January 2(5. The Argentine minister to France has confirmed the report that the steamship was flying the Argentine flag when sunk. The government has not announced by what authority the change of flags was made after leaving this country?-the vessel having sailed under the French flag? but accepts the sinking as an unfriendly act, even though the use of the home flag was unauthorized. The assumption in political circles here is that Germany does not intend to keep her promises in regard t > Argentino shipping. Situation Tense. The situation here is tense and the authorities are maintaining mor< than their silence on the subject. After an unusually long lapse of time the foreign office today replied to ii.a ^r .... i 11 . ...i.:,.'. K. f IV IIUUO ^ I I LI U tlliu u I Uil \ , \\ 11 IV I I notified Argentine of their rupture of relations with Germany and that of Brazil informing Argentine of her sister country's state of war with Central Powers. Argentine in the three notes see5 in reply expressed her approbation and warmest sympathy with the three South American countries. The :otc to Brazil, which was the most significant, says that the Argentine Govcrment has followed all the phases of the causes which led to this "just resolution." These notes and the simultaneous recall of military attaches from Be? lin and Vienna are regarded as indicating that the countty is working on a crisis in its international relation-;. o TRY IT! SUBSTITUTE FOR NASTY CALOMEL Starts your liver without makI ing* you sick and can not salivate. ^ Every druggist in town?your drug gi.d and everybody's druggist lias noticed a great falling off in hte sale of calomel. They all give the same f aspj), Podson's Liver Tone is tak !ng its place, "Calomel is dangerous and people kr.ow it, while Dodson's Liver Tone is perfectly safe and gives better re. ults," said a prominent local druggist. Podson's Liver Tone is per- | senally guaranteed by every druggist ' .viu> sells it. A large bottle costs but a few cents, and if it fails to give easy relief in every case of livor .-dug gishnrss and constipation, \?>u have only to ask for your money back. Dodson's Liver Tone irf a pleasanttasting. purely vegetable remedy, hai mless to both children and adults. Tak<> a spoonful at "night and wake UT> fe< !int>* I'inc; no biliousn* .-s, sick head ache, acid stomach <>r constipate i bowels, it doe sn't Ki'Pc or cause i jconvenience all the next nay like vioj lent calomel. Take a (l<> c oi* calomel : today and tomorrow you will feoi v < ak. sick and nauseated. Don't los. a day's work! Take Dodson's Live; ! Toac instead and feel fine, full <> j vie.o' and ambition,?adv. IFGRD IS BUILDING ! ANTI-U-BOAT CRAF1 Washington. Secretary Daniel . announced alter his appearance he fore <he House naval committee th.i the Navy Department has let a cor tract to Henry f ord for scores of . | .\e\v type of anti-submarine craft <k ; velopod by the navy. The vessels \vi he fabricated at Ford's Detroit plat ^ and the parts shipped to sea hoar and there assembled. i; lownig spring. e To the country at large early halt i ing by every chicken raiser mcai " much. Karly hatching will inereai - the number and size of fowls and tl n number of eggs produced next yea \; It will mean bigger birds, and bin - that will lav in the winter months. THE HOKRY HEX! LUCKY CIGAI YOU'I Burle full of fla\ as a pipe. IT'S The Bur toasted; 1 delicious, toasting irr of bread. SL A same with ? /J Guaranteed by <W/ JbwjUrilekz, I N UPHEAVAL OF LABOR GROWING IN GERMANY Thousands of Men and Women Said to Have I Struck WORKERS QUIT JOBS AT MANY PLACES Nearly Half Million Persons Reported on Strike in Berlin Alone. " T New s of last \?.? ek sayrt transcending ' ) interest ' v?'0 \' f groat victory ft' the 'taiians V>vi r the Austrian*. ; ppart ntl\ a largo part ol Germany i." in the throes of a great labor upIk aval, duo to dissatisfaction by the working, issos ovr the progress < I the peace negotiations and over int< riui! political conditions, generally, 'i hrougho'ut llio count'y thousand upon thousands of the working classI , I>a1 It innii -in.! uviiiwii h'm1.. . ! I'll ' i aiv! many of the great manufactovio: . ::iul industries are aflcctcd. 1m Ihriin aloiv nearly half a mil lion persons are reported on strik and hourly those who have qui work are receiving rein forcemen'. Likewise in Kiel the great shipyard tenter, and at the Hamburg iro works and in the Rhenish Westphai ian mine region work' rs have lei their jobs. Leaders of the SOvdulist- -both c the independent and tho majority fa - tions, evidently are in control of tii it movement and for their pains ' - number of the independents hav a hecn ordered imprisoned. Hug Hauso of the independents and Phi !l lip Scheideniann, the majority Socia it ist leader in the Reichstag ar0 hea I ing their respective followers. Advices received by way of Swi ? zerlartd are to the effect that ihe S< cialists have delivered an ultimata 1: to the government demanding the c< is stitution of a general peace wither se indemnities or annexations, parti* le pation by the women in peace di r. < ussions, amelioration of the fo Is I situation, the right of public asset bly, the release of all political pri r.D. 001TWAT, 8. o. STRIKE i RETTE ,L enjoy this real :y cigarette. It's ror?just as good TOASTED ley tobacco is makes the taste ; You know how ^proves the flavor , And it's the ( i tobacco exactly. 1 ? OMPORATta | _______.?___J 1 < j I jfne.rs aiul the introduction, of equal , I electoral suffrage by direct secret , J ballot. ( News concerning internal condi- ( tions in Austria still is scant, owing } to Hic strict censorship. The latest in- ( formation received from Vienna is ^ that there has been a g reat con flag- . ration in the grain warehouses. , In Finland the trouble between th ( /iVi.vnnlfttU frvi/.rtc; in/I 11 < i r,n i I continues to grow. The revolutionists jure declared to have formed a gov- j nmient ef their own. AH Southern , Finland is said to bc in the hands of '.lie Red Guard, while the government forces in the north as asserted j tc have defeated and disarmed th I-evolutionists at va ' p';\ex. The j .^einljsls have taken a hand in the I'.ublo, having issued a manifest icclaring that th0 Finnish government desires to rule the proletariat. o j Wood's Seeds -??For 15>iS The patriotic duty of farmers and garc'enersevcry where is to increase ] crop and food production. Intensive farming and gardening, and the liberal use of fertilizers, together with proper rotation of crops, so as to increase and improve the fcr ! tiltty and productiveness of the lar.d, are all vital and necessary considerations at the preseut time. | | Wood's Descriptive C For 1018 gives the 1idlest and most up-to-date information in regard to ail Farm and Garden Seeds And tells about the best crops to ,j grow, both for profit and home use. , Writ? for Catalog ami prices of I A UJd UIIU V'VT VA t Potatoes, Seed Oats, or any Farm Seeds Required. Catalog- Mailed Fve? On 'Keciucat. ; t. w. wcT6d~& sons, SEEDSMEN, Richmond, Va. .1 r,, The lie nse of the Clio Oil and Fcr). tili'/er Company of Clio, S. C., has i. keen revoked. Ninety-four thousand pounds o sheet in j? were shipped last week b.\ express 1'i-om Greenwood to Chicago. oW. H. lownscnd of Columbia wa elected judge of the Fifth Circuit u U.t fiuccced Mendel L. Smith. io " Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your drugeUt will refund money If PA7,< 11- i OINTMHNT fails to cure rutcsm of Itching ! Blind.IilccdineorrrotnidinK l'iles in6tol4<Uyi ls The hut application givea Kmc and Ue?t. 50c FOOD SITUATION IS j NOW MORE ACUTE Than it Ever Has Been in This l Country For Various Reasons GOVERNMENT DEMANDS AND OTHER CAUSES The State Council of Defense, <n conjunction with the food administration and the farm demonstration and home demonstration departments, wil, shortly hep:in the spring campaign for food production and conservation. Notwithstanding the .splendid results from the last spring's campaign waged all over the United Stater, the food situation of the country is now more acute than ever before. This is due to the largely increased lemands from the government, to the lamaging of a large portion fo tlu cm crop of the northwest by earlx frost, to the injury of the winter wheat aiul oats crop by the unpre ?'dtatodly severe winter and to tlv tremendous lo.vses from freeing i u ransit ami in homes of canned iotno;, fn.iit.-5, potatoes ami other per shahie feed products. '''lie congested condition of the ailroad.; in this section are greatly clax ing the movenient of food, and . seems likley that acute shortag is f etvtain food products may beconu rc-valent before long in our town n<l cities. Should such a conditio" rise, the non-agricultural population i the Stale will have to depend large ' tin the reserve food supplies on th< 'anus, and the farmers : houltl real ''if that it may be up to them at an r.rly date to release part of thfii applies of corn, potatoes, pork. etc \ y the relief of the towns. We know 1; instances where merchants havt ?een forced to import meal ami cor rom out ide the Stat" after offerin oe farm irs $2.00 per bushel for cornd being- unable to induce them I< -'lug it in. The corn production I south Carolina for 1017 was appro\ mately forty-three million bushels, md this figure is an adequate supp'y 'or the entire human and animal population of the States. The crop coming* in from outside will leave a surplus in our barns for rats and weevils to consume, and besides, the unnecessary imports are putting an ?xtra burden upon trasportation 1'a* L'ilities which we have no right to demand. It seems to us that patriotism demands that the farmers all over the State supply the towns with corn, md it also seems to us that present circumstances do not warrant a higncr price than $2.00 per bushel to tk>. tarmor. When wo remember that th. prices to the western for his wheat has been fixed at only slightly hight \ than this figure, it would seem evident that we have no right to deman more, even if circumstances made i possiblo to do so. Those who have recently familial i/'cd themselves with the genera food siauation in the United State are convinced that the only safe po'' y Cor our farmers 'u pursue in lf)l' * to bend every effort to the pro duct ion of ample food supplies for the feeding of the entire population cf the Sfate. Our people must fed, no matter whether cotton is ton cents or fifty cents per pound. \V< all want to raise all the cotton \vc can under the present circumstance.-;, raid we should do so; but, first, 1 ; j us all plan for an adequate food a err age. There is no other saf(, or rea sonable course under present conditions. ? I). K. COKKR, Chairman State Council of Defons MKHANIO E MAGAZINE ,.i I,,,,, ** :* uj iO\t :*** i)hCi??JfA' 0 ? 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M.JOHNSON, CIVIL ENGINEER MARION, S. C. My Engineering and Surveying office will be open during my absence, and prepared to take care or any work as usual. Address all communications as heretofore. WILLIAM EUGENE KING, M D ' Physician and Surgeon ' Office in Piatt Drug Oo. AYNOR,. - - - S. C. DR. J. D. THOMAS Physician and Surgeon LORIS, S. 0. J. O. Norton E. S. C. Bakor NORTON & BAKER ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW CONWAY, ? ? ? S. 3. LUM JUNG LAUNDRY, CONWAY, S. C, Beginning July 1st. 1913 All persons mast take tieketslfor work left here. Possitively no work delivered until ticket is prasented. Laundry not called for In 10 days will he sold for charges LUM JLNG i W C 8INGIJ5TON ATTORNEY AT LAW Conway, S. C. Office up Stuir?i Buck Building DR. G. I. LEWIS DENIAL SURGEON Office Ov^r Norton Drug Compauy CONWAY. S. C. iN(a<i&*attauc&aMi9y?)U4iUiM|U 1 HORRY COUNTY g | TRUST COMPANY g [Q L. D. M&grath H 19 Manager. . Q ra Real Estate O ra Real Estate Loans D n Bonds sw Insurance B PuQhbhbiibDID