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PACHB TWO HEAT INCREASED BY TWO MILLION TONS When Farmers Tried to Increase the Production in t 1913 Crisis DEPARTMENT TELLS OF THIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT Three Fourths of Increase Was in Pork, One Fourth in Beef. American dressed-meat production, including lard, amounted m 1018 to 20.129.800,000 pounds?a quantity never before approached in magnitude by the livestock industry of this or any other country. The corresponding figure for 1917 was 1 (>,317,300,000 pounds. Three-fourths of the enormous increase was in pork and one-fourth was in beef. The meat surplus in 1018 was so great that extra export demands made little impression on it, although 1018 export shipments of meat and lard nearly doubled the 1017 figures, rising from slightly less than one and three-fourths billion pounds to slightly more than three billion pounds?and these figures do not include shipments to American military forces abroad. The aggregate 1017 consumption of dressed meat and lard in the United States was approximately 14,500,000,000 pounds, but in 1918 it rose to 17,250,000,000 pounds. This means, after allowing for increase in population, an addition of 23 pounds for every man, woman, and child in the country, despite* the food conservation campaign which in 1017 caused consumption to decline considerably. How Shortage Became Surplus. "While the people as a whole, through their abstinence avoided the immediate crisis, it was the fanner who was the really big factor in the ultimate situation," says the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States ( Department of Agriculture, which is authority for the foregoing statement. "The producer, of course, was expected to do his part, but he did it with such powerful effect that in a single year the meat shortage was turned into a pronounced surplus. Thus in 1918 there was not only meat enough to supply all foreign demands compatible with the restricted shipping facilities but a gieatly enlarged quantity was available for the home consumption. "To be sure, it cost the farmer more, much more, to feed his animals and get them to market. Likewise all other steps from producer to consumer became more costly; hence the high prices. But the unprecedented prosperity of the people as a whole enabled them to afford the increased cost. In fact, la boring people probably consumed more meat during tbe past year than in prewar times." . Quantity Increases "Remarkable" "The total number of cattle slaughtered in 1918 is estimated at 15,750,400," says the bureau, "as against 13,723,900 in 1917. Their average weights were practically the same for both years, and the beef produced from them was 6,080,000,000 pounds in 1917 and 7,641,000,000 pounds in 1918. This was a remarkable achievement, as it hardly would have been credited that beef A Mother's Happiness j & , >. Made Perfect I -? I > Of Utmoot Importance That She Hare Every Care* The expectant mother's physical .-omfart (mould bo our first thought, and all about her should boo to It that her preparation tor baby's coming bo complete. There Is a most splendid remedy to prowj-e women for the greatest time In their lire*, known as Mother's Friend. It Is applied W tho muscles of tho abdomen, gently rubbed I*, and at once penetrates to rcl'?vo strain on |iCTVftff, cords and ligaments. It makes tjio muscled c<* pliant that they expand canlljr when )>aby arrives; tho hour3 at tho timo nro fev/cr, and pain and danger at tho crisis is naturally avoided. Mother's Friend enables tho not her to preserve her health and ntrcngth, and pho remains a pretty mother by hnvi ?g avoided discomfort and suffering which more often than otherwise accompanies such an occasion when nature is unaided. Every nerve, muscle and tendon is tl>oroughly lubricated. Discomfort during tlie period is counteracted. and the skin, after tho crisis, is 'eft smooth and natural. Write to tho Bradfleld Regulator Company, Dept. B, Lamar Building, \tlnnta, Oeorgin. for their Motherliood Book, and obtain a nettle of Mother's Friend from tin <lru? Jtore today without fall. growers could increase their production a billion pounds in one year. "The hog matures quickly, therefore a much more rapid increase would be looked for than was the case with cattle. Even so, the results for 1918 can be described only as stupendous. The hogs marketed in 1918 numbered (>9,854,700, as against 57,483,800 in 1917. Furthermore, the average weight was 9 1-2 pounds more per hog in 1918. Thus when the animals are turned into pork and lard we have a total production of 11,225,(>(>4,000 pounds in 1918, as against 8,478,289,000 pounds in 1917, an increase of 2,747,355,000 pounds, or 32.4 per cent, nearly one-third." Striking increases in exports are also shown by the bureau. Beef shipments abroad in 1918 were 91 per cent more than in 1917, the chief items being 514,000,000 pounds of fresh beef and 141,000,000 pounds of canned beef. Exports of pork and lard in 1918 amounted to 2,279,287.,080, which was 71.7 per cent more than the quantity sent abroad in 1917. The bureau shows that in the aggregate more meat by far is eaten in the United States than in any other country in the world, although some sparsely settled countries raising much meat have a larger per capita consumption. It also says *1 a, . I LiiciC uinr ir> ivum i x 1 tut: i^iutivi States for a great expansion in the use of mutton and lamb. n GROW YOUR OWN FEED. Clemson College.?Hay at $38.00 a ton, corn at $2.00 per bushel, and feed oats at .95 cents per bushel do not look good to the farmer who must buy these feeds for his livestock, however good they may look to the farmer who has them to sell. Yet these are prices which some must pay to get feeds. Men who have cattle cannot afford not to raise plenty of feed. It is not too late to put in corn, vnrjrVtnm nnoo nml en/Inn i>vi ^tiuiii) vu it js\~ctoy an** ounaii ^ I uoo to make hay or silage or grain for your livestock. Velvet beans can aYso be used to fine advantage, especially for grazing without harvest ing. The successful livestock man must indeed be also a successful grower of feeds. GROW YOUR OWN FEEDS. SS59 ; i <kWc KNOW United ; i S. r. IIAWKS. . 1 i GEO. J. TIOLLI THE HORRY HERALD, OON ???? I SOLDIERS GIVEN PI IN RECON! Dr. W. B. Beauchamp, Director | General of Missionary Centenary, Says Methgdist Church Will Use Soldiers In Rebuilding Program. "Our first duty is to give the returning soldier a 'job,' " declared Dr. W. B. lleauchamp, Director-General of the Centenary Campaign of the M. E. Church, South, to a group of newspaper representatives. "The boys coming back will not be nearly so thrilled over flag-waving and shouts from the sidewalk as they will be to feel the grasp of a frieudly hand and the words, 'We've got a job waiting for you, old fellow!' All over the country men are using their best wits and en ergies to find places for the boys who were willing to face death when the noed came. "The Methodist Church can do its part in giving work to the boys who are coming back, and we are going to do that part to the best of our ability. < From May 18 to 25 we will conduct a| drive for $115,000,000, of which our I own church, the M. E. Church, South, will he responsible for $35,000,000. The ruccess of this campaign will mean tl.e immediate erection of churches and schools and the opening of 'jobs' of all kinds. "Many of the returning boys may not be adjusted to the after-tho-war WILL HELP FARMERS. "Inquiries reaching Now York cotton people indicate that the trade abroad is taking a good deal of interest in the proposed export organization and corporation of from or.c hundred thousand dollars to two hundred thousand dollars." From an editorial in commerce and finance of New York. "This item has appealed with force to Commissioner B. Harris. "I do not know," said he, "anything that will bring greater or more lasting benefit to the cotton growing Sates than the organization of the cotton export corporation. Hereafter, Great Britain, through financing spindles and ships, has been able to dominate and control the cotton trade of the world, v Just for a minute, look at 1 standpoint. We are in the tire business in business only so long as we Consequently, it pays us 1 States Tires. They're the tires we sell. They're the tires you shou We have them to meet eve United St are I Stales Tires are GOOD. Tires, day, WAY, S. C? MAY 28, 1919 REFERENCE | 5TRUCTI0N WORK DR. W. B. BEAUCHAMP. conditions and therefore, will not, for a time, be able to get started in their trades. Wo will keep in constant touch with these conditions through our pastors and conference workers and will consider it a privilege to see to it that these inon are given work. We will need bricklayers, carpenters, architects, business and professional assistance, and, where a boy has caught the vision of larger sorvice? missionaries?we will need all of this help, and we will see to it that t<js soldier is given the chance at the Job first." "The formation of the cotton export corporation will change the sit nation. 1 no corporation will enable the cotton producers to do their own financing, distribution and shipping. It will also enable the cotton grower to get more for his product and at the same time reduce the cost to the manufacturer by cutting all unnecesssary expense. "The corporation, it is said, will i have a capital of $100,000,000 with a borrowing capacity of $(>00,000,000. This will enable it to finance and distribute the cotton crop. We can also own our ship line and send the cotton where it is most needed. Instead of being forced to depend upon the ships of other nations and accept the price that they are willing to pay for our raw product." i I x I -> re's the way e look at it the tire proposition from our here, to stay. We can remain please our customers. to handle prood tires?United f ild use. *ry need of price or uac. * ates Tires d Tires thats why we sell them." . . .CONWAY, S. C. .. .. A YNOU, S. C. WANTS TO PROTECT WOMEN EMPLOYEES \ Attorney General Moves lo Enforce Statutes and to Ask Juries to Act. ?7~ Sam M. Wolf, attorney general, bus written to county officials in each county to procure the namos of foremen of grand juries, with the \ m pose of calling to their attention 'torn time to time certain laws on the statute books which arc not being enforced. The first acts to be called to their attention will be those relating to the employment of women in mercantile establishments or other places where goods, wares or merchandise are sold. The statute provides that seats shall bo provided for the women, that they may occasionally sit down and thus not place in jeopardy their health. Mr. Wolfe is of the opinion that this statute is flagrantly violated and believes that there are few merchants of the State who realize that there is such a law on the statute books. He is thoroughly in sympathy with these women employees and will start a movement looking to the enforcement of this law. look ing to proper precaution as to their health. The other law to which the attorney general will direct the attention of the grand jury foreman will he that which limits the number of hours women may be employed daily. Although the enforcement of these laws is made obligatory upon the State department of agriculture, commerce and industries, Mr. Wolfe >s of the opinion that it is no less obligatory upon him as the head of the legal department of the State to see that the statutes are enforced. He further believes that prosecution based on the report of any person to the grand jury would be as valid as if the charges were preferred by him self or any other State official. The two sections of the code of 1912 read as follows: "Sec. 429. It shall be the duty of all employers of females in any mercantile establishment, or any place where goods or wares or merchandise are offered for sale, to provide nd maintain chaiys or stools, or :>ther suitable scats, for the use of ruca lemaie employees, to tne inimber of one seat for every three females employed, and to permit the use of such seats by such employees, at reasonable times, to such an exlent as may be requisite for the pre. crvation of their health. And such employees shall be permitteed to use same, as above set forth, in front of the counter, table, desk, or any fixture when the female employee for tlni use of whom said seat shall be kept and maintained is principally engaged behind such counter, table, desk or fixture. Any person violates or omits to comply with anv of * the foregoing provisions of this section, or who suffer or permits any woman to stand in violation of its provisions, shall be guilty of a misdeameanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $100 for each offense. The commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries and the State factory inspectors are hereby charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this law, and said commissioner is hereby emoowered from time to time when I ? I ever he may deem it necessary, to employ female inspectors for the purpose of collecting evidence. The sum of $300, if so much is necessary shall annually be appropriated for the purpose of compensating such female inspectors. "Sec. 430. The hours of labor of women in mercantile establishments in this State shall be limited to 60 hours per week not to exceed 12 hours in any one day, and such females shall not be allowed to work later than the hour of 10 o'clock p. m. The enforcement of this law is placed in the hands of the commissioner. Any employer or employers of female labor in mercantile establishments who shall violate the provisions of this act shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $40, or imprisonment of not less than ten days nor exceeding 30 days." o D. H. Chestnut, of Nixonville, was among those visiting Conway fron the country last Wednesday. Rub-My-Tism is a great pain killer It relieves pain and soreness causer by Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains etc.?adv. 4-24-19 20t. UGH! CALOMEL MAKES I YOU DEATHLY SICK I Stop using dangerous dr^f be- I fore it salivates you} ^ I It's horrible! T Jis I You're bilious, sluggish, constipated and believe you need vile, dangerous B calomel to start your liver and clean fl your bowels. B Here's my guarantee. Ask your I druggist for a bottle of Dodson's Liv- I cr Tone and take a spoonful tonight, fl If it doesn't start your liver aiM. I straighten you right up better^han B calomel and without griping ^AThak- fl ing you oick I want you to goMack tojjfl the store and get your money. ^^B Take calomel today and tomorrow^? you will feel weak and sick and nau- fl seated. Don't lose a day's work. Take * I a spoonful of harmless, vegetable fl Dodson's Liver Tone tonight and fl wake up feeling great. It's perfectffc fl harmless, so give it to your children^ I any time. It can't salivate, so le*t I them cat anyhting afterwards,?adv fl IS GOODTifS I TO KNOW f ANX I - - mMwmmrn H ? W H Beans?plenty of them at prices I much lower than last year?are I ready to replace higher-priced foods I in America's meals. Only last year I the cartoonists were having fun with I the humble bean, for it, too, was sky- I rocketing in price, but today it's I down?way down below last year's I prices, and there's joy in other I places than Boston. I Reports on bean prices from the I Bureau of Markets, Department of I Agriculture, show that beans have I dropped 3 to 7 cents a pound at I wholesale since March last year, and I in California growers are saying I that they will not sell if beans go I any lower at shipping points. Plen- I tiful supplies are reported in pro- I ducing sections, and retailers are al- I ready selling beans at reduced prices I wt met u J Likings Are Various. * If folks arc really jjoing to swat Old Man H. C. L. with low-priced beans, officials say, it will resu't in the use of mor<i catsup and chili sauce, which means more tomatoes ami peppers, although some prefer 'em with molasses and others with vinegar. Of course, "Boston baked" will come into its own. It is always possible to arouse a discussion over baked beans, for | some like them cooked fairly dry, | while others like them moist; some 1 ike? molasses in them and some do not. Each family should try different kinds and then stick to the one it likes best. To most New Englandera "Boston Baked Beans" means beans cooked in covered bean pot for a long time, which arc very moist when done and which have been seasoned with a little molasses. Hero is a recipe which is such an old favorite that it needs no recommendation. Boston Baked Beans? Soak 1 quart beans and cAo.k Until tender, but not so soft that will fa11 apart. If desired, 1-4 pound of salt poi k may be cooked with them. When tender, add 1-2 teaspoon mustard, 1 tablespoon sugar or 2 tablespoons molasses, and 1 tablespoon salt. Bake in a covered dish for 1 1-2 hours, leaving them uncovered for the last 15 minutes. If you have any beans left over why not make a loaf that you can serve for dinner in place of meat? Instead-of-Meat Loaf. 2 cups cooked beans. 1 cup cooked rice. ; 1 cup bread crumbs. , / 1 egg. 1 tablespoon fat. 1-2 teaspoon salt or 1 tea.y%pn if I the rice is unsalted. ' | 1-2 teaspoon paprika. f fut the beans through a sieve or grind in a meat grinder. Mix all the ingredients well. Form into a loaf and bake until brown. Or croquettes , may be formed, rolled in bread cruras and browned in the oven. Baste fre, quontly with small amounts of liqi^id I containing a tablespoon of fat tofH^ ? cup of hot water. , If you don't "know beans" try . these recipes and find out how good they are. o THE GREAT HEN. ? V 1 The hen's greatest profit-producing period is the first and second * years, and unless a hen is an es. peciall.v good breeder she should be 1 disposed .of at the end of her second , laying season and before starting to molt.