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?I?^Mggggggs hur.lUtSlilltM'tSI FOOD YOU CAM BUY : * , food adxtciotiiavion appeals j to plc*l? to consume suiv# pluf and avoid waste. Columbia, S. C.?In ft letter enttt I out by Waliam Elliott,'Food Admin* { istralor lor South Carolina, to the re1 tail gtocer* throuiuout the Stqte, at* j tent ion ix culled 10 the big surplus ta 'f v Irish potatoes, and the retailers are ; urged 10 purh their rales. The I t peal Is made by the. Food Adonis* i trutiou to the people of the State that < ?*Aey eat more potatoes uud consume tnb big surplus during the next tevt 1 , weelw In order thut a tremendous A waste may be' avoided. ; There are in South Carolina at the i present time 40,000 bags of potatoes U A - - . iu iimiuH or the wholesalers and 10,000 ! bags in the hands of the retailers. It is estimated l>y the Federal Food Administration that the surplus this year \ over normal times is 110.000.000 bushi. clo. The new crop will he coming In # in a few weeks to add to this surplus. JL J "It v.'oul dhe a c.'ying shame in this f "Wine of food shortage for this surplus in potatoes tcl go to waste," says Mr. | Klliott in his letter to the retalVra. Farmers were tj?Mi ... ...... 1.U1 ill ft Cil ID plant big po'rvo crop . in order to relieve the food suicUHtiC". and did so pat.ioth ally, end ai present prices. ? bays Mr. iUJIott. Trl* h potatoes are not only the most plentiful food, hut I hey are the el.eaps.t food that ronsuiacra can huy. Wholesalers at different points in the State are selling po* aloes at front one dollar to two dollars a hag less than they cost then.. WHOLE TEX AO COUNTY C'JITS EATING WHEAT ^ Will Use No More Wheat P1our Until After Next Harvest in Grime* County, Texas. Columbia.*-?The. Tood Administration has received advices and assurance from the citizens of Grimes county, Texas, that no wheat flour will be used by them until the next harvest. In Grimes county every day will be A a wheatless day until the next crop p^conies in. ^ In tho same flne spirit of patriotism with which the citizens of (his Texas county refrain frorr eating wheat ?ir?aci in oraer that the American sol- 1 dicrs of the Allies and the people of war-stricken Europe may be fed, fhoy have turned over to the government at cost one caj- of whoat flour and will ^deliver others now in transit. These cars are being diverted to an Atlantic port for immediate shipment to the Allies. f The food situation is still far from being satisfactory. Tl.e most urgent need now In Europe is for wheat. News dispatches received from Italy, Indicating that a powerful offensive is about to be begun by the Austrlnns t who have received great quantities of i i supplies from Russia, says that the 1 Italians are in desperate need oY food. I and that only about one-third of the { naiian army or 3.000,000 men Is being j | maintained on the battle line, the of- j icial explanation being that there is | i insufficient food to provide for the ! remainder. HOW A RURAL SCHOOL IS FIGHTING THE KAISFP Whole Community Awakened to a War Consciousness by the Bethea Rural School. t Columbia.?How effectively a rural school can fight the Kaiser and make its influence felt throughout a commu nity, awakening the people to a war consciousness and to a sense of their responsibility in the present crisis, . has been strikingly demonstrated b.v i. flfce Bethea schoolh in Aiken county Mr reports of which have been received | by the Food Administration. T*? ~ J ? -1 * * - ' ' r uwu in uuufi ujii aim conservation have been so impressed upon the people of the Bethea community, through the medium of the school?the children carrying the gospel home to their parents?and the night school, which is* attended by many adults, that in ^response Xjp the crying need of the (v allied world for food., sixty-one acres . mve been sown In wheat this spring iiB against only ten acres last year. ffWThis is only one of the several fjfthievoment of Bethea school In war worfc. Bethea is a two-teacher school, five -miles west of Wagener. The young women who preside over the school are Misses Mary Eva HIte and Myrtle Burke; and they have, in addition to their regular duties, devoted time, effort and careful thought to L helping the people of the community to do their utmost in helninr win the war A plot of land adjoining the school ground has been secured for a War Service Garden, which is given as much attention as any other part of the school work. A Junior Red Cross fganlzatlon has been perfected with membership of thirty-three?all school children. All community work was directed to Red Cross work last falj at the beginning of the school term, and practically every home in the community has turned in some of the two hundred and sixty-eight articles that have been finished. If there Is in the State another rural school that can give a more practical examplo of the fighting spirit, the [Food Administration would be glad to (hear of Its achievement * > i HARVESTING AND CAKING FOR OUR WHEAT CROP Many farmers are wondering how they are to harvest their wheat crop this spring, and to a number of them it will be their first experience. After the splendid response to the. Government's plea for more wheat we hope none of our farmers Will lose their wheat on account of Uck of labor to handle It or through ignorance of how to care for it and harvest it. Wheat is *a comparatively easy crop to handle. It should be cut as soon as it is mature, but before it is dry enough to chatter. Cutting at the proper time is very Jpiportant and farmers* should watch their wheat closely so as to cut I it at the proper season. The best I method of harvesting is with the reap c: and binder, bu? as there are so few ot these machines in this county the largest part of the crop will have to tc harvested by hand with the scythe and cradle and tied into bundles. It is necessary that the wheat be tied in bundles in order to shock it and thresh it. For this reason it cannot be cut with a mowing machine and handled loose like oats. As soon the wheat ;s cut ;t should be shocked. If it is left exposed to the rain on I dew after it is ripe the bright color of the kernels will bo lost and the v heat will not mill as well. By .shock injr we mean to put the bundles up in small piles so as to protect the heads from the weather and let them diy cut thoroughly. One of the best chocks is made by setting up one pair of bundles on the butts, then setting f - ? o \ up a sc )n<i pair so they .will lot r. against c pp' site sides of the first two bundles. This will make a four bur.d'e shock, one bundh at each corner. Four more bundles are set against the first four in the open spaces between the bundles. The pile is then capp:d with two bundle* spread over the top to protect th-: heads of the other bundles from the \ eather as mucli as possible. Tin* wheat is left in these shocks until :< is thoroughly dry, then, it is stored hi the barn, put up in stacks or it may threshed if dry enough. Tf the wheat, is threshed from shocks soon after cutting if should not be stored away in large quantities as it will heat and spoil. It is best to spread it out on sheets in a room until dry, then it can be stored away in bins until ready to be milled. Great care must be taken that it is stored.in a dry place. The average yield of wheat is twelve to twenty bushels per acre, in fomc cases yields as high as foity bushels per acre have been made in this state. A yield of twelve <01 twenty bushels will make two and one | A Natural F ? If you catch colds easily if subject to headaches, n< by all means start today t< trnnc fi AVIIJLI which is a concentrated me f tonic to put power the life forces an< No alcoh< The imported Norwegian cod 5ai in our own American laboratories 1 Scott & Bow i~mm' * ??? ? /v~ \' ]Av '?? ? vsV j\ \ ( \-N >e<\ \ JN , " "V '.v.: ; / A v \ I ./- # v IN / fcv ':4M ' ( \ '*&?$ t *v> s : .jJL. v j y" v.* ^ ^ THE HOMtT HBEALJ NURSES HEEDED IN MILITARY HOSPITALS .41 mm^ % Surgeon General Asks Red Cross To Supply 5,000 Nurses 8urgeon General Gorges of the United States army has called upon this Americas Red Cross to supply to the Army Norse Corps Ave thousand nurses between now and the first of June. These nurses are needed for service in the military hospitals both in this country and abroad. Although the Red Cross has .already suppled nearly 7,000 nurses as a reserve for the Army and Nayy Nurse Corps since the beginning of the war, the imperative need for a greater array of nurses grows dally as the war progresses. According to a statement made by Surgeon General Gorgfts,;it Is estimat ed that there are between eighty tun ninety thousand registered nurses it the United States, and that approx1 mately thirty thousand will be need ed for service in army hospitals during the present year. The immediate need for five thousand of these is empha sized. Miss Jane A. Delano, Director of th? Department* of Nursing of the Anieri can Red Cross said: "Not only are we appealing to th< nurses to volunteer for this service hut we also appeal to the public and t< the physicians employing these nurse: to aid in making it possible for them, without too great financial sacrifice on their part, to hold themselves in readiness to respond to the call c their country. We wish also to brill 1o the attention of nurses the imusua opportunity offered by the insurance law enacted for the protection of ou army and navy, wlijeh applies equal'.; to nurses assigned to duty ns member of the Army and Navy Nurse Corps. "A great responsibility rests upoi ihe nurses of the country. They ar< the only group of women recognize as. a part of the military establishment and should be looked upon as the re;, resentatives of the womanhood ( America at the front. "Not only should the other woi.:e> rtf 41,0 /'Miintrv wi UK nurses t j volunteer for service, but they shouh make every effort possible to pmlec the naives holding ihemoelvea read; for sei v:e?? and share with them the r? HDOusibil ty ami sacrifices necessarj*' half to four barrels of flour dep.: r.c inp; upon the quality of the whoa.. For any other information con -c; ing- your wheat or any ether 1; : problem see your County Farm D . onstration Agent. If he can't to! \ . he can find out for you. . o ? George Washington's Title. Did General Washington ever rreive a title from the French govern meat? Not a title of nobility, hut nea the elose of the Revolutionary war In was commissioned lieutenant genera, of the French army and vice adufiru of France in order tliat if might in commander-in-chief of the unite, forces of France and the Unive< States, which .were then co-opera tin r "artifices Hon ir,if troubled with catarrh, srvousness or listlessness, > build your strength with ueik riifom sdicinal food and buildingin the blood, strengthen i tone up the appetite. >1 in SCOTT'S. /er oil used 1tt Scott'* Emttlaion is now refined ivluch guarantees it free train impurities, aic, ^BloomJ&eld, N. J. ~ 17-13 # * wW **** + moo i -W -iiT V * * , * " ^ . . .. J m . ss^i v P* % f,. i > 1 <^,\' - - ,Ns>v \/>r? ; p^/' i "';^''5^fM:v -J ^?_ *'_ r-~ ^ .. v^iA-t-Wb ? jiA \ 1 I IWWiaMKisi:* - - J SS8fe^igi|ig )T? 1 < ? D. OOHWAY, 8. 0. ' . ' ii i-j i ^illll* \^ir^. v ^ w_M /'fefc^ " ""*"? "" _.t*1 The Bestt^?1*^0 A pure, non-intoxicating drink. Banishes thirst. Helps digestion. Has the refreshing taste of hops. Bear in mind CERYA and ask for it at grocers', at druggists', etc. ?in fact, at all places where good drinks are ~ """ TOTSfgW Forty United Profit I^nrruimMrl Sharing Coupons (2 |rWJrlT jnARIn5| coupons each de- aPTftTJ <11 J nomination 20) are JHU||||I|||'M1 packed in every ftfljlliJ|| case^. Exchangeable fotvuluable premiums. LEMP Manufacturers ST. LOUTS Crescent Candy Co., Dist., Water & Chestnut Sts. Wilmington, N. C. GERMANS PICTURE ~~~ FRIGHTENED PARIS Paris.?French newspapers are reproducing at length extraordinary accounts which have appeared in Germany of the situation said to have been produced in Paris by the long range bombardment. The Cologne Gazette, The Tageblatt of Berlin, the semi-official news agency and the German government's nev^s sheets and wireless dispatches picture living in Paris as almost unbearable. The city is said to b(4 almost withrmf V .? >v?ix/uu 1WV1 and it is stated that business has been suspended. The people of Paris are greatly amused at the accounts, because the city's life is going .on as usual. The German tales are regarded as propaganda designed to keep up the spirt:of the people during1 the battle nnv in progress. 360 ARTtCLtS 360 !:.L'..'STIV,TIONS BETTER THAN EVER iEca copy i At Your NawscUaUr Vccr!;Suh&cripf,ioii $1.50 Send for c'*r now free cof6,'oj of m.t/icmW bocks P/iacfcaafco r^ag.izine I G Kort.i P.'fioWj" " Avenu?, ChrcKtro yak. ? ireyajJ k FiMEMii nar "They Will Take The Leader* ship," Says Secretary Houston. > la an appeal to the farmers to put their savings into Government War Savings Certificates, Secretary of Agriculture Houston stated: "Tt is t*?o patriotic duty of every I citizen who is in a position to do so to invest in War Savings and Thrift I fitomna an<1 V~l_ ? uv?.u|,o miu iiiciou; ucip inv rNunon to win this war. The purchase of even a twenty-five cent Thrift Stamp is a definite contribution to this end. "War Savings and Thrift Stamps foster the habit of thrift in small expenditures. make it possible for nearly every one to purchase what are in reality small Government bonds, and 'offer a unique opportunity to the people at once to help their Government and to economize conveniently for the purchase of the best investment securities in the world. "To win this war we must have both men and money. I know that every farmer wants to do everything in his power for the Nation in thir day of trial. He will not only labo: to produce the necessary f(/odst\ilfj but will also generously contribute o' hi? moans to make it possible for th men at the front to achieve vtetcrj I am confident that the fanners of titland will not permit any other elas to take the leadership in support in;; the Government in this crisis, linau chilly or otherwise." W. 5. G. i' ~' , PEOPLE VS. GOVERNMENT J As the people reduce their ex peuuitures for personal comforts and luxuries, ami put their surplus earnings into Government loans, j they transfer their buying power I to the Government., Two millions ! a day saved and loaned to the Nation means two millions to he spur; by the Government to win the wai instead of by private citizens for personal satisfaei ion. W. S. S. What Your Quarters Will Do. If you have an idea that your quat tets won't help win the war ami d? lots of service when invested in Wai Savings and Thrift Stamps, just looi over this table. The "little bonds" atv translated into terms of soldierr equipment. Here's how they stack up: .. 1 Thrift Stamp?Five bullets. 1 War Savings Stamp?One pair of shoes. 1 War Savings Stamp?Two woolen " shirts. 1 War Savings Stamp?Four winter undershirts; k 1 War Savings Stamp?One steel ^ helmet and $1.14 over. 1 War Savings Stamp?One shelter . tent and part payment on overcoat. Those quarters will do the govern. ment lots of good. And remember. , you are not giving them away, hilt . lending them at 4.27 per cent interest. i w. s. s. "TO CREATE AN ARMY" P. M. Rea Explains the Purpose of the i War Savings Committee. Charleston, S. C.?"The members of county war savings committees arc devoting considerable time and trouble to this inspiring cause," stated P M. Rea. vice-director of war savings who has just returned from a trip l< several counties, "and the people o' the counties in our state should eo operate with the committees. "The purpose of the War Saving. Committee is to create an army t savers who will, by saving, role.is. labor and materials for the use of th government in the war. and who wi.' lend their savings to J he Govcrnnien to prosecute the war. To no ca should the people rally with great? ! 1. ? - ?ni uusuism. w. s. s. POUBLE-BARREL DOLLAR: , Every dollar you eon lend to tin Government gives you two shot a .? * the enemy! First. you aro helping to flnanc 1 your country in the greatest crifd of its history?you ar> helping t. equip and send soldiers into J'., fleld against autocracy. Second, yon arc saving?you denying yourseif the .lnnaeesw.ry purchases that are taxing tra tat ion facilities aitrost to the breaking point and the.? Wco**! ??? rj- | yirn prid n.a e e^saRCrt" In nr.* I IUMVarv purpose;. ] Every drllr.r lcv.t shortens lh*? 1 wr.r. Hverv doVnr Icv.t !? >*? ? you- ?nv'!if" r:-(c\.nt. Ivvrr - >? .* <r. \V::r * ' ' '".n\y\K- :u V:\ \i> . . i . * v . .. # i ran FfliSHTFULSTORY OF HUN ATROCITIES A> ? New York.?Frightful stories of Hun atrocities against American prisoners are tol'd by Sergeant James D. Enright, of the medical enlistment reserve corps, who has just arrived here from France. . > "The boys found two lads with their throats cut from ear to ear one day early in November," he said. * It j was too much for them, so "they set out for the enemy's trench ami brought back spvoml r??.io ???? ?* * _ __ . ^ ??a |/s IOVIlVii9? /X week later we again found three < f our men with their eyes gouged out. "The following day we found another boy whom the Germans had taken prisoner with his head battered into mush. They had placed a ba ? over his head and had beaten him with the butts of their guns until he was dead. The doughboys grew so mad at these things that a sori \s of raids followed whicji netted many prisoners. "The.>e prisoners were surprised when they saw the rizo of our forces. "The Fatherland is gone now. We are lo-1," they declared in br< k-. ti English.. Serge nt Enright was honorably dir<cha:g<d from service because of ; acrvou breakdown di > to overwork 11 a base hen pital dirtcFy behind th American line in the Tcul sector. Ho was a member of the John Hop:; 1 s I Hospital unit which proceeded General Pershing's expeditionary forces 10 the battle front, and one of the fir. t Americans to be greeted by the French pepole in towns within carshot of the cannon's roar. He has words of high praise for the hospitality of the French people to the American soldiers. ''It was impossible to mess in these French towns," ho said. "The people would not let us do it. They would come out of their houses and just drag us in over our objections. Nothing was too good for us and there was more than we could cat. * "To the French girls the Americans were all millionaires. The French soldier gets only six cents a day an I the Yanks were so plentifully supplied with money the girls marveled at them." . < . . .. 11 ' SAVE YOUP^YES by having1 them properly refracted and glasses accurately fitted CONWAY?OFFICE DAYS?Every SaDtuDrday at Horry Drug Store. M U LL1N S?O F FIC E DAY S?E ve ry Monday, Main Street, No. 10. Yours for service, Lycurgus A. Woodruff, G. Opt. Optometrist. ARTIllfRYCiiS" TO CAM? JACKSON Washington. ? Special training amps for artillery officers are to /O established at Camp Jackson, S t., nd Camp Eudis XT -- , IK >11 . po. c Mews, Ya. ( amo Jackson will be ;iven over to the instruction of field utillery cligibles from the third offices' training; camps. Camp Curtis wiM be used for heavy artillery, comprising' former coa-t artillery units. It will be a two biigado camp. Col. Frank K. Fergnso 1 will command. Recently he retain'd from a trip abroad where he received distractions from ordinance experts oa the allies' statf. Students at Camp Kustis will w< rk with the aviation observers fro.a Langley field nearby and also with the adjacent balloon school of t'.c signal corps. Col. Robert M. Danfroth has been designated to command at Camp Jackson. It has been planned to main tain there between .'(0.000 and 40.003 men when the schools for both enli.-t?d and commissioned personnel are .lnder way. Mcst of the instructors for the enlisted men will come from :he ranks of graduates of a third reserve camp who have taken the supplementary course. o Ifit & ft tTft ? Hi c f ? Sprains, Lameness, | Sores, Cuts, Rheumatism Penetrates and Heats. Stops Pain At Once For Man and Beast 25c, 50c. $1. At AH Dealer*, LINIMENT I * I#.