Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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: ?Ti R (Merchants & Pli "The Old The Oldest and Larges 11s Your Money Suppo At this critical period in ers are offering their mills at their services to the United ! Would you like to do you your money where it will sup Hanking System, which the ( stand back of our commerce You can do this by openin of every dollar so deposited f tern where it will always be LOOK FOR THE BANK \ : And deposit your money wl I F. M. FARR, J President. I I > I * ^ liniimiiMMinmiMMimiia \ MR. % ? t Why not reduce your Fertli % prove to you that it can b< $ soil at the same time. A r< f would be glad to demonstrai ; L. ML J C J UNION, 1 One Pair o] ...Lifel Are you abusing and r 4 1 * you will pay the price latt of .ill headaches arise froi aching, burning eyes that and many other ills are < strain. In such cases the: that is an unfailing one? SCHOOL CHILDREN carefully examined before , if necessary, fitted with gl An examination will cosl is no need for glasses I w for glasses are very reaso every pair with an absolu tion. F. C. DUKE, | 13 Main Street IFor Electric Lights, Wat Farmer has at last been s( I We have the Agency fc trie Lighting and Pumpin You can burn Electric J Irons, Sewing Machines, with the same outfit Pump 1 Hath Room. I When in the City drop i outfit in actual operation. Union Plumbing Main Street (DR^ R. R. POPE DENTIST il Office Over Tlnsley's New Jewelry Store , PHONE 13 | UNDER 1 xCOVERNMENT UPERVISIO* BESSA MEMBER. BANK UNDER J EEDERAL RESERVE ACT I at ! ii antorc Mat'l Ranlr uiiiuiu nut i uuiin Reliable" i t Bank in Union County i i rting the Government ? ? our history our manufactur- J id our younpr nien are offering States Government, ir share and help by putting J port the new Federal Reserve lovernment has established to i industry and agriculture? "> sf an account with us, as part iocs directly into the new sys- J ready for you when wanted. ? VITH THE CHIME CLOCK I I icrc it will be absolutely sate : J. I). ARTHUR, i Cashier. 3 ... kiUAMAHMUMIAMMMAMAM lRMER I zer bill $5.00 a ton? I can i t done and improve your ? emarkable discovery that 1 / le to you. Let me tell you of it A IRD AN / S. C. 3?tf s f Eyes to a time... teglecting yours? If, so, sr. More than two-thirds n eye-strain. Dim vision, soon tire, granulated lids lue to sorfie form of eye re is but one remedy and properly fitted glasses, should have their eyes being taxed by study and asses. t you nothing, and if there ill tell you so. My prices nable and I stand back of ite guarantee of satisfaci Optometrist Union, South Carolina 'oblem I er and Plumbing for the * )lved. i >r the Famous Delco Elec- a g Outfit. Lights, run Fans, Electric Churns, Wood Saws, and i Water for your stock and s n and let us show you the r & Elentrin fin Phone 205-J j What as LAX-FOS LAX-ruS IS AH IMPROVED CASCARA A Digestive Liquid Laxative, Cathartic and Liver Tonic. Contains Cascara Haik, Tllue Ping Root, Rhubarb Root, Illack Root, May Apple Root, SennaLeaves and Pepsin. Combines strength with palatable aromatic taste. Does not gripe. 50c Wire screens cost less than coffins. Buy a Home, the Tenant Farmer's Golden Opoprtunit; The present high prices afford tfc tenant farmer an opportunity thu may never come again?an opportui ity to buy and own a farm and home. Cotton, tobacco and peanut the South's principal money crops, ai bringing record prices, and tenai farmers all over the South have moi money ahead than they have ever ha before. The use to which this sui plus is put is going to determine man a man's future?whether he is to t< main a tenant farmer or become home-owner, working his own lan and living in the shadow of his ow vine and fig tree. Right now is the time of all time to make the supreme effort. Mone is more plentiful than we have eve seen it, and certainly we will neve see Southern farm lands any cheape than they now are. In fact, out < very plentitude must come high-price farm lands, because of the increase demands for them. Already in th North and West lands at $100, $20 and $300 an acre are practically ot of reach of the poor man. He has nc the cash to buy them, and if he buy on credit it is almost impossible fc him to keep up his interest payment let alone paying the principal. Just so surely as day follows nigh similar conditions are coming here i the South. Already Southern fari lands in some sections have gone u to $75 and $100 an acre, and it is on firm belief that the present generatio will see most of our lands at t' figures and even higher. This bein the case, now is the tenant's golde opportunity to become a home-ownei And the privilege of feeling one's ow soil under foot is worth the effortworth all the saving and privatio that may be necessary; for, as ol Dr. Knapp used to say, "the hom< owning American farmer is a king i his own right." I-tet us not let the golden opportur ity pass.?The Progressive Farmer. Care of the Bees Till VI n nr thn Win'tn j^UAllt^ UftV Tf 1I1W Clemson College, S. C., Dec. 22.In the south the wintering of bee is not as serious as in the north. Ne\ theless the southern beekeepers shoul bear several important matters i mind relative to the proper care c this little faithful money maker durin the winter. Double walled hives at used in (he north but it is generall conceded that single walls can be use in the south. The bed hives should be kept i an enclosure, preferably a hedge c trees or shrubs, especially Ammo Riv3r of California Privet hedge One of the greatest dangers to th bees during the winter is starvatioi This danger should give the beekeep er most particular concern. A co] ony should have twenty-five pound of sealed honey when it goes into th winter and it is desirable that thi should be provided a month or so b( fore the winter comes on. In warme temperature the bees are more ac live in the hives and therefore cor sume more than the bees in cold cli mates. For this reason it is parti< ularly important with the souther bee keepers to see that the bees ar sufficiently supplied. Sufficient store may be supplied by placing seale combs in the hive frames or feedin the bees with granulated sugar syruj Robbing by other insects and rod ents is another danger. The beekeep er should discover any of these dang ers and eliminate them as quickly a possible. Where the bees have bee robbed they should be supplied wit sufficient amounts of honey and grar ulated sugar syrup. The size of the entrance should al so be lessened so as to reduce the er trance of cold air and lessen the danp | er of robbing. Unexpected Efficiency in Conservatio nof Food Fools Contractor? In some army and national guar camps some contractors who under took to dispose of garbage at a pric based upon the amount they expect ed to get are threatening to throw u their contracts because the amount i so small. The Surgeon General's office an the Quartermaster's Department ar cooperating to secure the best nutri tion of soldiers with the least wast< Officers of the food divisions giv instructions in food values, balancin of menus, and methods of cooking an serving. At one camp a conferenc of this sort was attended by 750 cook mess sergeants, and mess officers. The allowance provided by the arm reflations is liberal and permits o considerable savings. These accumu late to the credit of the organization if there is careful management. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up Systen The Old Standard general strengthening tonk GKOVH'B TASTKI.KS9 chill TONIC.drivesow Malat ia.enrichea t lie blood.and builds up the ay tem. A true tonic. For adults and children. 60 Work of the U. S. Bureau Of Fisheries in 1917 y ie The annual report of the commis^ sioner of fisheries to the secretary of commerce dwells particularly on the efforts of the bureau to meet the g conditions imposed by the world war. ,' The enlarged importance of the bu^ reau's operations and the success of its efforts were due to the improved j equipment of the service in both ma' terial facilities and personnel, to liberal financial support from Congress, , and to the generous criticism and sympatehtic attitude of the public. ^ The usual laboratory and field in vestigation have been directed toward the increased production of aquatic supplies, chiefly foods, and toward measures conducing to a reduction in r wasteful and destructive practices j among fishermen. The fish hatcheries r have been run at their fullest capac ity, and have yielded an enormous crop j of food and game fishes. The work j in connection with the commercial fisheries has reached a stage where q very large benefits have accrued and ^ the outlook for increased usefulness ^ is most promising. Exploitation of Neglected Aquatic Resources If The bureau has continued its active ' campaign in behalf of neglected products, especially those available for ^ food, and has scored further successes n in this important field. The history of the establishment of the tilefish fishery is well known. Up to the end of the fiscal year 1916, n when the fishery was only eight months old, there had been caught and sold over 4,388,000 pounds of tilefish for which the fishermen received more r than $210,000. By the end of the first twelve months, the catch was upward of 10,250,000 pounds, selling for more , than $400,000. During the fiscal year 1017 the landings aggregated 11,541,/ 500 pounds, and the receipts of the fishcrme nexceeded $477,000. The . headquarters of the fishery are New York and Boston. The campaign to make an asset out of a confirmed nuisance in the form of the grayfish has progressed rapidly ** and on the whole satisfactorily. Difficulties in the way of making fish ? available and acceptable as human ss food have been overcome, and there r- is now an established industry on d both Atlantic and Pacific coasts in n canning, saltig, and smoking gray>f fish. g |Other more or less neglected fishes !e whose utilization has been advocated y- iJhd othewtse aided by the bureau are d the sablefish of the northwest coast, burbot of the Great Lakes, and bow fin n of the interior waters generally, if The scarcity of mammal hides for r use in making leather has brought into prominence the value for this pure pose of the skins of sharks and other i. aquatic creatures. Through the aci tivities of the bureau in behalf of I- fishermen and tanners, a market for s such skins has been developed, and e leather of a very good grade for cers tain industrial uses is now being made 5- from this hitherto neglected source r of supply. The general untilization of sharks for their meat and skins i- will have the effect of increasing th" i- abundance of other fishes by reducing the numbers of their most destructive n enemies. e __ Propagation of Food Fishes s The year's work in fish culture was d attended wit*h conspicuous success. ft TVtO Alltnnf + V> ^ UofnKorloo \\r o C. loi?? J. er than in any previous year, and for I- the first time passed the 3 billion >- mark. There were operated fin regularly established hatcheries, 10 sub,s hatcheries, and 74 egg-collecting stan tions. Increased efficiency and the h larger volume of work reduced the i- unit cost of operations to the lowest point so far attained, namely, $114 I- per million fish produced and planted, i- this amount covering all overhead charges, including salaries of administrative and clerical force in Washington. Large quantities of fish eggs wee donated to the various state fish com. missions for hatching and planting under local auspices. (j The distribution of the hatchery output by special fish cars and detached e messengers required 138,717 miles of railroad travel by cars and 645,721 0 miles of railroad travel by messengers \ carrying fish in baggage cars. The fish were distributed to waters n (j every state and Alaska. 0 Fresh-Water Mussel Propagation. I_ With headquarters at Fairport, Iowa, on the Mississippi River, exe tensive work has been conducted in the ? Mississippi and tributaries addressed to the nearly mussels which support .. a vorv extenivn button industrv. In g this fascinating branch of the bureau's work, larval mussels are inoculated on y the common fishes of the region and the fishes are the nliberated in />pen i_ waters. After a time the younj? mus8 sels drop off the fishes and beprin their independent existence on the bottom. Buttons have been made from mussels prrown from the miscroscopic larvae . to full-sized adults in the ponds of it the fishery laboratory at Fairport. ? In 1917, upward of ' 2o0 million ?is the new "< nHpK bottle" to enjoy witl irrmemorial "hot b |0HQhD ? a soft drink in strictest sense, but i^M Will liveliest, nippiest a SBllHt'l tizer imaginable ? gjw ''|{9a1 in the flavor of nutri B j 1H|\ cereals and impoi Saazcr hops. BE m/wr jffVft maKca goou cmngi 'I I Wn' liifflll eat tastc evcn betfc I JjSrlj and it's healthful. ANHKUSERBUSC: FLO $12.001 i | Is the Che I Product on | Today 1 Fa! A Plpntv It 1 Come Xc JeJ.lVf.eJE' young mussels were inoculated on 110 | thousand fishes. The cost of this work is less than three cents per thousand mussels. Secretary of Agricul- i f ture to Issue Permits 1 for Importation of ] Ticky Cattle. . To increase the meat supply of the ] country bars have been lowered for , the importation of cattle from the tick i infested Central and South American i countries. 1 Such animals must be slaughtered immediately at ports of entry. For | the protection of domestic cattle and ^ to make sure thatonlywholesomemeat to make sure that only wholesome i meat shall be produced from this 1 source, regulations governing the"im- portations are very strict. ' A permit from the Secretary of Agriculture is required for each consignment of cattle offered for importa- 1 tion. 1 , 9 - . Dr. Frederic Jacobson Says, 75% of < Women Need Phosphates to Give Them Strong, Healthy, Rounded Figure and to Avoid Nervous Iireak Down. Thousands of Women Grow Strong in Nature's Way. I 'Consider the Lilies of the Field, How They Grow." The life of the lily is but a few weeks or months. The life of man is "three score years and ten." But to live one's life in its fullness, women like the lily, must be nourished by j those same rival elements which na- < ture provides for nourishing every liv- j ing thing; and these include the valuable phosphate so often lacking in . the usual food we eat today. ArgoPhosphate i? rich in these wonderful * elements. It contains them in concen- < trated tablet forrn^ which is easy to take and quickly assimulated and absorbed into the system, and from youth to old ag?, builds and rebuids body and brain in beautiful harmony with Nature's perfect plan. "That's why" ' Argo-Phosphate makes good solid flesh ' and muscles. SPECIAL NOTICE: Argo-Phosphate contains the Natural phosphates ? which thousands of physicians are \ prescribing daily to build up thin, pale. . colorless women to give them rosy cheeks, red lips, and a beautiful complexion. Many cases have been re- * ported where women have increased < their weicrht from 15 to 25 nound s with a few weeks' treatment, and any t woman who desires a well rounded and developed form, should secure from her druggist, this new drug ^ which is inexpensive and is dispensed by any reliable druggist with or without a doctor's prescription. If your druggist will not supply you, send $1.00 to the Argo Laboratories, 10 } Forsyth St., Atlanta, Ga., and they ' will send you a two weeks' treatment ^ by return mail. 1 m lUR I ~T .. I >er Barrel apest Food the Market j lit Don't Waste. | > See IVIe I rER, Jp. \f sxsxssss$xs$%sxxss$xxsxsx% " 'S Colored People Delighted With New Discovery To Bleach The Skin. Atlanta, Ga.?Says that recent tests lave proven without doubt that swarthy or sallow complexions can be made light by a new treatment recently discovered by a man in Atlanta. Just ask your druggist for Cocotone Skin Whitener. People who have used it are amazed at its wonderful effect. Rid your face of that awful dark color ar greasy appearance in a few minutes. It costs so little that you can't ifford to be without it. Just think how much prettier you would look with that old dark skin gone and new soft, light skin in its place. Men and women today must care for their complexions to enter society. If your druggist will not supply you with Cocotone Skin Whitener, send 25c for a large package to Cocotone Co., Atlanta, Ga. For sale by Palmetto D?-ug Co., Union, S. C. Work of the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense has already been started in Porto Rico, md plans now made include its introiuction into every territory of the United States. Receiver's Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Fairfield. Court of Common Pleas. T. B. Richards, Plaintiff, vs. m;U jp. T rv i?i a iniiuut'i vuiii jiany 9 and others, Defendants. Pursuant to an order made in the above stated action I will offer for sale at public outcry at Dawkins, Fairfield County, South Carolina, at the plant of the Dawkins Mill and Lumber Company, at 2:30 o'clock, P. M , an December 29th, 1917, the following described property, to wit: One gasoline motor boat, One bay mare, Two mare mules, One 20,000 ft. capacity lumber plant, complete, with steam engine, stc., About 20,000 ft. framing lumber, About 15 cords slab wood, and all ather personal property and effects of the Dawkins Mill and Dumber Company, located at Dawkins, S. C. This plant has been in operation for anly a few months and is in first class :ondition, well located as to railroad udings, and large tracts of very tine timber. Terms of Sale?Cash. G. B. Barron, Receiver for Dawkins Mill and Lumber Co. 51-3 In five years the portion of the world's gold monetary stock (coin and lullion used as money) held by the [Jnited States has increased from one'ifth t? more than one-third.