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- A milli have tu L T > Une t Cigai ?a firm v superior 15 (or 10c Winter Eggs Bring Big Profit. (By Prof. Frederic H. Stonebum, poultry editor of the World.) In a manufacturing business of any kind the profits are determined by production costs and selling prices. The greater the margin between these two figures the larger the profit. The careful business man is continuously striving to reduce the former and increase the latter to the end that he may secure a greater reward for his efforts. In a certain sense poultry husbandry is a manufacturing business. Us ing hens as machines and feed as raw material, the poultryman produces a highly essential food product which is in steady demand the world over. Bis net profit depends upon .the efficiency of the machines he uses as well as the way in which he manages them. Also, and in no small degree, upon the selling policy which he adopts. Market eggs vary in price from year to year in response to the operation of certain influences which the individual poultry keeper cannot control. In the poultry business, as in all other lir es, there are good years and poor ones. But in lean years and ^ fat vears alike the producer of mer ket eggs can absolutely depend upon one thing?egg prices will be relatively high during the fall and ^R winter months and drop to much low^R er levels during the spring and early summer. Since the principal item in the cost of production, the feed is W little if any higher, during this period when the product sells to such great advantage, it logically follows that the percentage of possible profit is much higher then. This, provided a reasonably good yield is secured. Tn flip not distant Dast even the most skillful poultryman experienced j great difficulty in inducing his birds to lay regularly during the winter season. Under present conditions all this is changed. By taking advantage of our present knowledge of poultry husbandry, including breeding, selection, feeding, housing, artificial light, etc., it is not difficult to make a flock of layers shell out the eggs from November to March at a rate which compares very favorably with the usual high production of the spring montns. oucn uuc&s ma? uw lay more eggs per year, but they do lay more when prices are at the peak. This change in the time of production frequently marks the difference between a mighty nice profit and an actual loss. So commercial poultry farmers and owners of home flocks alike should m use all reasonable means to induce t.Vipir hirris to lav steadily during the high-price period. The former needs the eggs to bring in the money, the latter to 3upply the family table with honest-to-goodness fresh eggs at a cost which is but a fraction of the retail price of eggs, which means that the daily menu will be improved and living costs reduced. On many poultry plants the pullets reared this season are already safely established in winter quarters. The early-hatrhed, well-matured pullets are the dependable winter layers. j Such are likely to begin laying at any time and if they begin poduction | on men rned to ileven "ettes erdict for quality. Ill cigarettes while still on the range they will be set back when moved to new. quarters. A change in surroundings will almost invariably check egg production and this means the loss of much valuable time before the process is resumed. This explains why careful poultrymen strive to get their producers in winter quarters before they begin dropping eggs. If your birds are still out on the range or occupying the summer growing yards, bring them in without further loss of time. And be sure to take the necessary precautions to prevent the usual troubles of moving time. In many cases the change of environment brings on an epidemic of colds and this, in turn, may lead to more serious troubles, even croup. During the growing period most pullets roost in open coops or in the trees. The bunching together of a considerable number of such birds in tightly constructed winter houses will too frequently bring on the troubles to which I refer. Hence, special attention should be given the new tenants for a few weeks. Keep the houses wide open day and night. Let in the fresh air. See that roosts are ample to prevent the slightest danger of crowding or piling up during the night. Pay special attention to the water supply, keeping fountains and contents clean at all times. At intervals, especially during periods of bad weather, drop a few crystals of permanganate of potash in the drinking water. This has a tendency to prevent and check ordinary colds. Use just enough of the material to turn the water a rich wine color. Siich marawmpnt. of course, is in tended to keep the egg machines in a high state of efficiency, and this pays. But entirely satisfactory results need not be expected unless the machines themselves are suited to the work. That is, a layer which does not possess a natural tendency to produce eggs in large numbers or is lacking in constitutional vigor can never be a high producer, no matter how carefully she is handled. True, good management makes every bird do the best work of which she is capable, but it does not convert a natural slacker into an efficient worker. This brings to the fore that most important subject?careful selection and rigid culling, the retention of the physically fit and the elimination of the unfit. As I visit my friends in various parts of the country and observe their methods, I am more and more impressed by the fact that highest production averages are obtained and greatest profits made on plants where careful breeding methods and /?nlKr\rr Q rO WI1UUUVU47) WlU'l/IWUVMi VUlMllg W*V practiced. Too often the puoltryman approaches the work of selecting the laying flock about as follows: The available buildings will comfortably accommodate a given number of birds. If the flock contains that number, all are kept. If there is an excess thepogji^ specimens are thrown oi^^mithe flock is cut to the ^g^med number and the pens filled. Ia my opinion, such a method is faulty in the extreme. The culling should be continued until all inferior birds are rej moved. Far better to have sixty real i layers in a hundred hen houses than sixty layers and forty loafers. Profits are not determined by the mere number of birds kept, but by their average quality, and any very large proportion of slackers will consume the profits produced by the workers. All other things being equal, one should prefer the offspring of heavylaying bleeding stock because laying ability is surely and definitely inherited. Too few poultrymen really know the ancestry of their young stock, so the majority must depend upon physical examination off the individual birds. Personally, I prefer to use pullets \i.W>i*/vVi .n<a nn\l? ,,-nll m!ltlirwl fllllv 1 feathered and showing indications that they are about ready to lay. Birds with abdomens well filled out, indicating that digestive and producing j organs are nicely developed, with eyes bright and full, combs red and "shooting." Big appetites, activity and a tendency to "sing" also indicate that work will soon start. Next I would select those individuals which have big capacity, deep and broad in body and with plenty of space between the point of the keel and the pelvic bones. Finally, those 1 that have thin, pliable pelvic bones with considerable distance between j their points. I like, too, those specimens which I are relatively large in size, breed considered. Not the overgrown specimens, but the big huskies. There is much discussion regarding the reItive value of large and small specimens, but I put my confidence in the big, strong birds which can stand up under the strain of high-pressure management. Avoid all which are in any way lacking in vality, as indicated by imperfect feathering, crow heads, long bills, shrunken eyes and abdomens, knock knees, etc. They are worse1 than useless. Plant Cover Crops Now. Now that we have had rain throughout the state and that there is good season in the ground, it is a splendid time to plant cover crops. The sooner cover crops are planted now the better results will be secured. The agronomists believe that the j value of cover crops can not be over-; octimatofl -fnr thpv willhave A mark ed influence not only on crops next year but on those for several years to come. We now know that the most> important factor in fighting the boll weevil is fertile soil and we also know that the most important thing in getting a fertile soil is the incorporation of organic matter. Cover crops not only add organic matter but they also add a great deal of nitrogen, if leguminous cover crops are grown. We strongly recommend the planting of cover crops on all land except where cotton is to be planted next year, says Prof. C. P. Blackwell, agronomist; but we do not recommend the planting of cover crops where cotton is to be planted next year, except where soil is sandy and where the farmer is sure that he has sufficient force to plow under his cover crop at the proper time in the spring so that it will not delay the planting of cotton. Cover crops may be planted preceding corn, peanuts, soy beans, and several others of our regular field crops. ? * ??- -a _ J 1 i'ney may De pianiea eiuier uy i seeding broadcast after cotton stalks j have been plowed under, or with a three-tube drill between cotton rows. We strongly recommend tha' the cotton stalks be plowed under btiore planting the cover crop if possible. Where this will delay the planting of the cover crop until late in the year, it is probably best to plant cover crops in the middles and cut the stalks with a stalk cutter after frost has killed the cotion. One of our best coVer crops is rye and hairy vetch. It is our safest crop and is almost certain to give a good result if seeded soon and at the rate of sixty pounds of rye and twenty pounds of vetch per acre. Oats and vetch used at the same rate of seeding will also give good results. Another good cover crop is crimson clover. The only objection to it is that it is not so easy to grow anu that a failure frequently results with farmers inexperienced in its use. NOTICE. The County Board of Commissioners of Williamsburg County will receive bids at their office in Kings tree, S. C., on Tuesday, September 6tn, ana on the first Tuesday in each month thereafter, for groceries in bulb lots for the chaingang for one month at a time. S. J. SINGLET ART, County Supervisor Williamsburg Co. 8-18-21-tf. 1 / TRESPASS NOTICE. Pursuant to provisions of Section 2^rCriminal Code of South Carolina, ffll persons are hereby warned against trespassing on lands of the undersigned in Turkey township in any manner, either by cutting or hauling wood, hunting or fishing, or allowing stock to run at large on same. Violators will be dealt with according to law. JESSE S. FULMORE. l0-12-4tp. REGISTRATION NOTICE The office of the Supervisor of ! Registration will be open on the 1st j Monday in each month for the purpose of registering any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of the State foi two years, and of the county one year, and of the | poll' ; precinct in which the elector ; offers to vote four months before the day of elction, and shall have j paid, six months before, any poll i tax then due and payable, and who can both read and write any section [ to him by the Supervisors of Regis ' tration, or who can show that he owns, and has raid all taxes collectible on during the present year, properly in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or '"-e. R. E. CI ' RKSON, Clerk of Board. 666 quickly relieves a cold.. i TRESPASS NOTICE. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 241, Criminal Code of South Carolino, notice is hereby given that the lands of the undersigned in Williamsburg, S. CM are posted, and all persons are hereby warned against hunting, or trespassing in any manner | upon tut; same. vjuiuLurs ui liiis iivtice will be prosecuted. D. J. Epps, lands in Midway and Mouzon township, Robert G. McFadden, Rufus Burgess, Willie Rose, Grant James, R. L. Burgess* lands in Clarendon township. H. E. Montgomery, L. C. Montgomery, Forest Parnell, William Bradley, J. L. Brockington, W. P. Baker, lands in Mouzon Township. 10-12-4tp. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR FINAL DISCHARGE. | Notice is hereby given, that the u?1 dersigned will apply to W. E. Snowden, Judge of Probate for the County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, at his office in Kingstree, S. C., at 11 o'clock a. m.. on the 7th day of November, A. D. 1922, for final discharge and letters dismissory as administrator of the estate of Charlie Readon, deceased. D. J. EPPS, Administrator of the Estate of Charlie Readon, deceased. 10-5-5tc NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by virtue of a decretal av/1av yvi n/ln ktr kl'e UnnAt< Q W CI UiUCI Uiauc Ujr ll'O AAV11V1 IT VJ Shipp in the matter of Palmetto Bond and Mortgage Company against Emma Louise Coker, dated October 17th, 1922, I will sell before the court house door in Kingstree, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, on salesday in November, the same bing the 6th day thereof,. 1922, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described lands and tenements: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in Monzon township, in the County of Williamsburg and State of South Carolina, containing forty-four (44) acres, and bounded as follows, to-wit: On the North by lands of Miss A. E. Wilson; on the Northeast and East by lands of C. A. Buddin; on the South by estate of H. J. Williamson; and on the West by lands of J. I. Coker and lands of Mrs. Jessie Poston." Dated this October 17th, 1922. JOHN D. BRITTON, Clerk of Court, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. G. F. STALVEY. P "intifTs Attorney. 10-19-3t J. D. B. NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by virtue of a decretal order made by his Honor S. W. G. Shipp, dated October 17, 1922. in the mater of Farmers & Merchants National Bank, a corporation, against J. N. Sauls, Jr., and B. G. McClam, I will offer for sale before the court house door in Kingstree, S. C., within the legal hours of sale on November 6th, 1922, for cash, to the highest bidder, the following described lands and tenements: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of Williamsburg and State of South Carolina, containing one hundred and thirty (130) acres, and bounded as follows, to-wit: On the North by lands of B. G. Timmons; on the East by lands of Sam Graham and lands of W. R. Graham; on the South bv lands of Mrs. I. P. Gray; and on the West by the run of Smith Swamp." Dated this October 17th. 1922. Tr?TTXT n DDITTflM o Villi !/ U1VAX A VAlf Clerk of Court, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. G. F. STALVEY. Plaintiffs Attorney. 10-19-31 J. P. B. NOTICE OF SALE UNDER FORECLOSURE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLNA, County of Williamsburg. In The Court of Common Pleas. P. G. Gourdin, Plaintiff, ' against Simon Armstrong, W. J. Bodiford, J. F. Haselden and John E. Huggins, Defendants. Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of a decree issued out of the Court of Common Pleas for Williamsburg County, signed by his Honor, Judge J. W. DeVore, dated October 2nd, 1922, to me directed, I will offer for sale at public auction before the court house in Kingstree, County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, on Monday, the 6th 1099 tVip samp he ing sales day, between the lepal hours of sale, the following described real estate, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, lying, being and situate in the County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, containing twentyfour (24) acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands now or formerly of Gourdin & Rodgers; on the East by lands of Bradham, and by the Coleman public road; on the South b.v lands of the Estate of S. P. Brockington, deceased, and on the West by lands of the Estate of S. 1 P. Brockjngton, deceased. All of! which will more fully appear by reference to a plat of the lands of P. B. Thome, made by Peter G. Gourdin, surveyor, for the Star Realty & Auction Company, in September 1917, upon which said plat the tract of land hereinabove described is known as lot No. 5, and being the tract ol land this day conveyed to me by H. E. Montgomery, this mortgage being given in part payment of the purchase price of said tract of land. Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay for papers. In the event said purchaser fails to comply with his bid the said premises will be resold on the same or some subsequent salesdav at said purchaser's risk. t n RPTTTOV Clerk of Court for Williamsburg County, South Carolina. October 4th. 1922. 10-19-3t. J. D. B. DECREE FOR SALE IN FORECLOSURE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg. Court of Common Pleas. W. B. McCollough, Plaintiff, against F. B. Horton, Defendant. Notice is hereby given, that under and by virtue of a decree signed by his Honor Judge J. W. DeVore in the above entitled action, bearing date the 27th day of September, 1922, to me directed, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, before the court house door in the Town of Kingstree, County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, on the first Monday in November, 1922, the same being the 6th day of said month, during the legal hours of sale, the following described tract of land: "All that certain piece or lot of land lying, being and situate in the Town of Trio. S. C-. and in Williamsburg county and State of South Carolina and on the South side of Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, measuring 60 feet and 6 inches, sixty feet and six incses on Jefferson street and running back to an alley 115 feet nn fVio oil f Viio Kninrv lnf VII bltv autjf J.V.VV) V1UO 1U? No. 5 and bounded on the North by lands of F. B. Horton; on the East by Jefferson street, and on the South and West by lands of F. B. Horton. Reference to a plat made by G. T. Ford, this being a lot formerly of the M. E. McDonald property. This lot deded to F. B. Horton by Mrs. E. M. Rowell under date March 18th, 1920." Purchaser to pay for papers, and in the event that he fails to comply with his bid on the day of sale, the land will be re-sold on the same or some subsequent salesday at his risk. J. D. BRITTON, As Clerk of Court for Williamsburg County, S. C. October 16, 1922. 10-19-3t. L. & S. DECREE FOR SALE IN FORECLOSURE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg. Court of Common Pleas. W. V. Strong, Plaintiff, against Edward D. Rhodus, Defendant. Notice is hereby given, that under and by virtue of a decree signed by his Honor Judge J. W. DeVore in the above entitled action, bearing date the 27th day of September, 1922, to me directed, I will sell to the highe-1 bidder for cash, before tiie court house HrtAi* in flio Tntim nf VinrrofraA UVV1 Ml bliv A V wW 1A VA MlUgOVIW) VVWUt ty of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, on the first Monday in November, 1922, the same being the 6th day of said month, during the legal hours of sale, the following described tract of land: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate in the County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, containing two hundred and forty-one (241) acres, more or less, and bounded and described as follows, towit: Bounded on the North by lands of G. H. Lesesne; on the East by lands of Greelyville Land Improvement Company or of Mallard Lumber Company, formerly of Porter; on the South by lands of Scarborough and Mishoe, E. B. Rhodus, Henry June and Peter Durant, all of which will more fully appear by reference to a plat of same made by P. G. Gourdin, surveyor, 1919, and recorded in Plat Book "2" page 7, in the office of the clerk of court for Williamsburg county. The tract of land above described and hereby conveyed being the same tract conveyed to me, Edward D. Rhodus, by E. B. Rhodus by his deed dated the 7th day of September, 1911, and recorded in the office of the clerk of court for Williamsburg county in Deed Book "A-7" page 470." Purchaser to pay for papers, and in the event that he fails to comply with his bid on the day of sale, the land will be re-sold on the same or como ciiKcnnnonf aoUfl/lflV VllQ rislf. J* D. BRITTONr As Clerk of Court for Williamsburg County, S. C. October 16, 1922. 10-19-3t. L. & S. NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by virtue of a decretal order made by his Honor S. W. G. Shipp in the matter of Palmetto Bond ana Mortgage Company against Thomas M. Wilson, dated October 17th, 1922, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, before the court house door in Kingstree, S. C., within the legal hours of sale on salesday in November, 1922, the same being the 6th day thereof, the following described lands and tenements: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and beincr in the County of Williamsburg and State of South Carolina, containing ninety-four (94) acres, and bounded as follows, to-wit: On the North by lands of Coker; on the East by lands of Mrs. M. E. Burgess and the run of Clapp Swamp; on the South by lands of H. L. Williamson; and on the West by lands of A. E. Williamson." Dated this October 17th, 1922. JOHN D. BRITTON, Clerk of Court, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. G. F. STALVEY. Plaintiff's Attorney. 10-19-3t. J. D. B. ' " , ... ' - ( DECREE FOB SALE IN FORECLOSURE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg. Court of Common Pleas. . Bertha S. Wolfe, Plaintiff, against Lucinda Williams, P. M. Williams, Rachel Mcintosh, London Williams, Joseph Williams, Merriman Williams, Rosa Williams, Amos Wil! lilams and Mary Williams. Defend ants. Notice is hereby given, that under and by virtue of a decree signed by his Honor Judge J. W. DeVore in the above entitled action, bearing date the 27th day of September, 1922, to me directed, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, before the court house door in the Town of Kingstree, County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, on the first Monday in November, 1922, the same being the 6th day of said month, during the legal hours of sale, the following described tract of land: "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being, and situate in the County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, measuring and containing thirty-six and one-half (36%) acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of J. W. Easier and Lizzie Bradshaw; on the East by lands of Lizzie Bradshaw and Amos Williams; on the South by lands of Amos Williams and Lunnon Williams; on the West by lands of Lunnon Williams, Mary Williams, Edward White, and Moses White; all of which will more fully and in detail appear by * j reference to a plat thereof made by P. G. Gourdin, surveyor, June 22nd, 1915, the -said tract 01 land being the unsold portion of a tract of land conveyed to me (Oscar Williams) by J. P. Gamble by his deed dated February 16th, 1880, and upon which tract of land I (the said Oscar Williams) now reside." . Purchaser to pay for papers, and in the event that he fails to comply with his bid on the day of sale, the land will be re-sold on the same or some subsequent salesday at his risk. . J. D. BRITTON, As Clerk of Court for Williamsburg County, S. C. October 16, 1922. 10-19-3t. L. & S. NOTICE OF SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Williamsburg. Court of Common Pleas. L. A. Hyman and W. W. Purvis, co- M partners in trade as Hyman & Purvis, Plaintiffs. against H. B. Ginn and J. W. Cox, Defendants. Pursuant to a decree in the above stated case, signed by his Honor Judge J. T. Maul din, on the 5 th day of December, 1921, I will sell at public auction, before the court house . door in the town of Kingstree, County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, on the first Monday in November, 1922, the same being the 6th day of the said month, between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, the following descib- * 4d tract of land: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, lying, being and situate in Williamsburg county, and State ofSouth Carolina, containing fifty (50) acres, more or less, and bounded as follows, to-wit: On the North by lands of S. J. Gaster, formerly F. . iPoston land; on the East by lands of E. B. Newell and Mrs. T. A. Davis; South by lands of J. W. Cox: and on the West by Mrs. Lila P. Cox, the ran of Muddy creek being the line. Purchaser to pay for papers, and in the event he fails to comply with his bid, the land will be re-sold on the same or some subsequent salesday at his risk. J. D. BRITTON, Clerk of Court, Williamsburg county, S. C. 10-19-3t. J. D. B. NOTICE OF TAX SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg. Town of Kingstree. TAKE NOTICE: That under and V>1T varfurn nf smnHrv ereeutions here tofore issued by J. F. Scott, Clerk and Treasurer of the Town of Kingstree, against defaulting taxpayers of the said Town, to me directed, and requiring and commanding me to levy tne same by distress and sale of so much of defaulting taxpayer's estate, real and personal, or ooth, as may be sufficient to satisfy the taxes of such defaulters, and under and by virtue of the Statutes and laws of the State of South Carolina and Ordinances of the Town of Kingstree, authorizing and directing me, I, H. U. Kinder, Chief of Police of the \ Town of Kingstree, have levied upon and will sell to the highest bidder for cash, before the Town Ha'l in Kingstree, S. C., between the It gal hours of sale on the first Monday in November, 1922, the same being the 6th day of the said month, the follow ing described lots of land located in the Town of Kingstree, County of Williamsburg and State aforesaid, towit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate in the Town of Kingstree, bounded on the North by Amos Burgess, on the East by Melvin Brown, on the South by Willie Kennedy and on the West by Isaac Singletary, returned in the name of Jake Shaw. All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land in the Town of Kingstree, Known as Lot No. 1, in Lake View, fronting 75 feet on Brooks street and running oacK in aeptn on i^oug sum 108.6 feet, returned in the name of Ed. Nelson. All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate in the Town of Kingstree, bounded on the North by lot of Mrs. C. C. Burgess, on the East by Lot No. 12, owned by D. C. Scott, on the South by Mills street and on the West by Lot No. 10, returned in the name of Deery & Britton. / All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land in the Town of Kingst:. known as Lot No. 5, in Block H, on a plat of lots made for Mrs. E. B. Kelley, by P. G. Gourdin and G. T. Floyd, surveyors; being returned in the name of Mary Hamlet. H. U. KINDER, Chief of Police, Kingstree, S. C. 10-12-4tc.?T. of K.