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I Caref i^reedlag and Mauage!* xnent Spell Success. Clemson Collage.?With hog prices at an unprecedented level, a shortage of hogs In the European countries, and prospects for a large export trade . with the Central powers upon the declaration of peace, the production of hogs should be one of the most important enterprises of the farm in N 1918, especially in the South with its natural advantages for growing forage. which is one of the most important factors for economic pork production. The first period in the feeding and management of a litter of pigs begins when the sow becomes pregnant and ends when she farrows. The second period begins with the birth of the pigs and continues until the nit reach .maturity or are marketed. By this time most of the spring pigs hare been farrowed, and the problem now is to push them rapidly and economIcally for the market. If the pregnant sow's ration has supplied sufficient protein for bone and muscle building In the pigs and she has been kept In good physical condition through exercise, the product should bo a strong, healthy litter that will make rapid and cheap gains. For the first few weeks, when the pigs will be nourished entirely by the sow, her ration should be sufficient to furnish an abundant flow of milk. However, if she is overfed, causing a heavy flow of milk, the pigs are likely to have scours. If this occurs, the feed of the sow should be reduced immediately, and she should be fed 15 to 20 grains of copperas in her slop morning, and night until scouring ceases. The ration for a sow suckling pigs is about 4 per cent of her live weight, when not on pasture. But for the best results the sow and pigs should be on pasture. When on a non-leguminous pasture such as rape, f rye, and Bermuda grass, the sow should have a grain ration equivalent to 2 per cent of her live weight. On Alfalfa, red clover, and other legumes, the grain ration need not he over 2 htt. mm ui nor nve weigni. tne bow's grain ration should be well balanced. Several balanced rations are given later in this article. The young pigs will begin to eat at I to 4 weeks of age. If the litter is small and the sow is on paBtyre and has a liberal 'grain ration, the pigs will need little additional feed. If the litter is large and the mother a light milker, the pigs should be given a slop of akim-milk and wheat shorts in a creep not accessible to the mother. If milk Is not available, the shorts may be made Into a thin slop witli water. At 7 or 8 weeks of age, corn may be snbstlttued for one-balf the aborts. The age of weaning depends upon whether or not two litters are to ho raised per year. In no case should pigs be weaned under 8 weeks of age; 10 or 12 weeks is better. At weaning time the feed of the bow is reduced to slack the milk flow, and the rations of the pigs sholud he increased so that there will be little Interruption In * the growth of the p'gs. The weaning should be abruptly, and under no circumstances should the sow be returned to the pigs. The most critical time in a pig's life is pnst when he ts weaned and is eating well. The feeding from then on is a matter of making the best ration from the available feed. For the cheapest gains pigs should be on pasture at all times. Home pastures for summer grating are alfalfa, ciuvri, tuwi^in, Buy ncmus, puunuiB, Bermuda grass, rape and velvet beana. However, pastures should not he relied upon to make pork alone. The most rapid and cheapest gains are produced by supplementing the pastures with a grain ration. The amount of grain to feed when hogs are on pasture is approximately 3 per cent of their live weight. The following grain mixtures are recommended: Corn 10 parts, tankage 1 part; corn and middling equal parts; com 0 parts, soybean meal 1 part; or com 2 parts, velvet bean meal 1 part. With leguminous pasture, such as alfalfa, clover, cowpeas, soy beans, peanuts, te., com alone may compose the grain ration. Tliere are other, factors affecting the physical condition of the animal that cxart considerable influence upon the rate and economy of gains. There should be clean drinking water and , a pool where they may wallow. The hog has a very high body temperature and requires considerable water and shade to keep cool. Hogs cannot make nnM ralna nnloac fr?n frnm lira T.lrn may be controlled by the use of crude petroleum rubbed on the hope or by dipping with any of the coal-tnr dips Hogs should have access at all tlmen to mineral roughage, which la a general tonic and appet'zcr. The following mineral* roughage la recommended: Charcoal or slack coal t bu. Wood ashes 1 bu. Air slacked lime: 8 lbs. 43alt 8 lbs. Copperas 2 lbs. The copperas fs dissolved in warm water and poured over the entire mixed mass. H Somethimg else Is the matter H gj with thena. Probably It's R "worms". S 1 DR. THACHER'S H I" WORM SYRUP 1 M has been taking the "cross** H out of "kiddles" for half K I century. They LIKE It? I because tt tastes food. Cant H H hurt tbeinl Get-It at your I I drug store. PS B Twcher Medicine Co. ^ J ChaUeaeega, Taa. 0. f. A. ^ THE CHESTERFIELD DRUG CO. Renew If your subscription to \ expire the following pro Thi Prot Both One Ye< You cannot afford n common with other 1 cent war conditions, bu will soon take on new 1 regulated home in the c< The value of The and almost impossible t price. In this combinat If your time is abo CIGARETTE SMOKING AND TUBERCULOSIS Webb has shown that of the young men examined for military service only 27 per cent of non-smokers have ronchi in the lungs (evidence of congestion or bronchial irritation) while ronchi are nearly always present in smokers, which is what would natur- ( ally be expected from the irritating enects of tobacco smoke. Krause, in a bulletin of the John Hopkins Hospital, calls attention to the fact that such a condition of the lungs would be likely to excite to activity latent tubercles which might be present in the lungs. Since practically every adult person has either latent or active tubercular infection of the lungs,, the importance of this , question becomes at once apparent. '1 hese observations agree with the statistical fact that while tuberculosis is more frequent in girls than in boys, a preponderance in males appears aftcr adolescence, and becomes rapidly pi cater until in men of middle age the death rate from tuberculosis is aouuie mui.oi women 01 ine same age period. Tuberculosis is increasing in men throughout the United States, hut is diminishing in women. The increased death-rate among men runs parallel with the increasing consumption of tobacco.?Dr. J. II. Kellogg, in Good Health Magazine. TWO BIG TRUCKS FOR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY Special to The Advertiser: Columbia, May 24.?The State Highway Commission has been notified by the Federal Bureau of Koads that 79 of the 296 motor trucks which were to be turned over to the Commission are ready for shipment. The State Highway Commission has instructed the Bureau of Public Koads to have two 3-ton Gramm-Bernstein trucks shipped from Atlanta to Chesterfield. The trucks will be turned over to the road authorities of Chesterfield county for use in maintaing or constructing roads built in whole :_ * :il L' ..1 i A :a or in pun wan r imhthi aiu. Counties which have made no provision to use Federal Aid in constructing roads or bridges cannot under the Federal law share in the distribution of trucks from the Federul Bureau of I'ublic Roads. These .rucks are part of the surplus war equipment built by Uncle Sam for use in whipping the Huns. An act of the last Congress instructed the secretary of War to turn over to the Secretary of Agriculture for distritution to the State Highway Commission*, through the Federal Bureau of Fublic Roads, all surplus war equipment, inluding trucks. It is expected that South Carolina will get a good deal more road building equipment and supplies besides the 200 '.rucks which have been given to it. SOME sicic~ "Were you very sick with the flu, Rastus?"* "Sick! sick! Man, ah was so sick mos' eber night ah look tn dat ere casualty list for mah name." f.* ; ,*n r Now! The ADVERTISER he position ought to interes ; JdveitiSi Uesive Frn ir For $2.00, to be without your coun ocal papers, has been h t it is now emerging fr< ife, when it will be indh ounty. Don't let it stop Progressive Farmer w< o exaggerate. It is v\ ion you get it at half pr ut up, send in your rem Al A SUCCESS TALK FOR PARENTS From time to time we publish "Success Talks for Farmlloys." Just now we should like to olFer a little "Success Talk for Farm Parents." Every farm mother or father should seriously ask himself or herself: "What is really to determine the value of my life on this earth? What is the proper test or Kuage to determine whether or not I am really niUKini; a success of life?" It .l....o ?..t ... U.,... av uuvo uui. uiavwvi au mutli liuw much land you die possessed of; nor flow many cattle or horses or buldmgs. Your best contribution to the world will consist of properly trained, properly encouraged, properly inspired, properly taught, boys and girls. You may make all the money in the wond and yet be worse than a failure if the children to whom you leave money are of a sort to use it unworthily. On the other hand, you may leave no property at all, and yet die hav ing made your life a great success if you give the world one or more L?oys and girls of high character, good sense, and a deterinnalion to make the most of all their powers of body, mind and soul. "The farm's best crop is the crop of boys and girls" is a true saying; let no thought of land or livestock cause you to neglect this greatest of ail crops, tiive your boys and girls not only the best schooling you can provide, but look constantly after their development in other ways. Provide as far as your means will permit plenty of good books und papers and good musical instruments. Enlist both boys and girls in agricultural club work. Teach them habits of industry both physicul and mental, and yet give them time for recreation and amusement and for wholesome comradeship with other boys and girls. Take pains to train out any unworthy trait or habit just as soon as it appears. Govern as far as possible by love rather than force, and by example more largely than by precept. Town fathers, usually compelled to be away from their children all day long, have no such opportunity for training the children as farm fathers have; but mere opportunities amount to nothing unless they arc utilized, and far too many farm par ents make no use of these superior opportunities for child-training which country life offers. And thus endeth our first "Success Talk for Parents."?The Progresssivc Farmer. TWO CLEMSON COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS VACANT Two four-year scholarships t< Clemson College will be vncant this summer for Chesterfield county boys besides the scholarship in the One Year Agricultural course. Examinations will be held on Jul] 11th, beginning at 0 A.M. A scholarship student may also re I i I I 1 i is expired or is about to it you. ei fmer Worth $2.50 ity paper. This paper, it pretty hard by the re)m these conditions and spensable in every wellnow. Duld be hard to estimate 'orth many times its full ice. swal t Once! iceive aid from the United States government. Such a student would be enabled to secure an education at very little expense. Boys eligible for these examinations should ^ct in touch immediately with Supt. of Education J. Arthur Knight and jjet ready for these examinations. OUR RETURNING BOYS Following are the names of some of our boys recently discharged from the army: James M. White, Chesterfield; Ar thur Nicholson, Mt. Croghan; IJerfja min I'itf, Jr., Pajrcland; Frank Moore. Chesterfield; Janus Thrower, Che raw; William Owens, Cheraw; Evan Vaughn, Chesterfield; Cooper Bracy, Jefferson; Ben Douglass, McBee; Henry Lowery* Patfeland; John Hancock, Ruby; l.eroy Kin^r, Chester field; James A. Mills, Chesterfield; Whilford Padlock, Chesterleld; Thomas Jordan, Patrick. John McMillan, Jefferson; Frank Brock, Pa^eland; Daniel OvddinKs, Chesterfield; Maxey Johnson, Midden dorf; Andrew Huntley, Mt. Croatian; | Lee Home, Ruby; Allie Caulder, Cheraw; Parrott Bell, Cheraw; James Braisinuton, Cheraw; Jesse Boone, An^elus; Lawson Mun^o, Jefferson; Frank Vaughn, (Chesterfield; Law rence Hopkins, Chesterfield; James < lark, Patrick; Fslie (Campbell, McBee; Henry Davidson, Ruby; James Monroe, Chesterfield. TOWN LICENSE MUST BE I PAID BY JUNE FIRSI Notice is hereby ^iven that if towt license is not paid by June 1st, thos< subject to license tax and so failing 1 to pay, will be required to show cause why they are doinf; business without a license. L. II. TROTTI, Mavor GIRLS!. LEMON JUICE IS SKIN WHITENER How to Make Creamy Beauty Lotion For a Few Cents. The juice of two freah lemona strained into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quarter pint of the most remarkable lemon skin beautifier at about the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care should be taken to strain the lemon juice through a fine aloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Kvcry woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove such ble" mishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, white? ner and beautifier. 5 Just try it. Get three ounces of , orchard white at any drug store and - two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly fray Krant lemon lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and v hands. Adv. 1. ULJriMfortllafclitibia ' I1 i 'i -* - "* ii i,?? i n GROWING SWEET FCTA TOEo. An lirsily Grown, Profitible Cr:p Poi Soi'th Caro ina. Clemson ('o!l'?r;a.?Them aro fee crops so will ; < I to South C r t linn condition.-; th-.t c in be grow a witli equal nuccess and profit is can the sweet potato. Th's crop ? Ters tt the grower every advantage that Is ofTi jyal Ijy other fields or true': crops says (ieo. P. Hoffman. Kxtensl.in Ser vice horticulturist. Roil selection, preparation, fertiliz Ing, careful fitting an?l planting. and cultivating are the essentials of sue cess in the growing of a crop u? sweet potatoes. Soil: The sweet potato adapts It 3elf to a great diversity of soils, bu*. it delights in ahd thrives best on t well drained sandy or clay loahi underlaid with a clay subsoil. But re gardless of the apparent Ideal physi cal condition of the soil, this croj must he rotated each year. Sweet potatoes may follow corn, cotton small grain, and leguminous covet crops, and may he easily and effect ively worked into any well balanced three-year rotation system. Preparation of Soil: The soil maj he thoroughly and deeply prepared bj turning twice to a depth of 6 to ! inches, followed by cross discing Crooked and irregularly formed root? result from shallow preparation of th? soil. Therefore, iloep and thorough preparation is very essential in thf growing of marketable potatoes. Fertilizers: Roth barnyard manure end commercial fertilizers are recom mended, but the former must be judi ciously used. Hecause of present shortage of potash the element of plan' food most needed in excess in potutr production, liberal applications o< barnyard manure will be found to be very effective in helping to reduce thi< shortage and to correct the phvsica condition of the soil. The fertility and physical condition of the soi should determine the amount of th< applications. Ordinarily, both coin mercinl fertilizers and barnyard mn nitres are applied in the drill wlier the soil is being fitted for setting flu plants, and. later, as a side dresser. Fitting the Soil and Setting th< Plants: Preparatory to setting tlx plants lay off rows 3'/6 to 4 fed aparl and apply the barnyard manure (8 t/ 10 tons per acre) or commercial for tillzcr made of two-thirds 16"l ad< phosphate and one-third cotton-seci meal applied in the drill at the rati of 400 to 600 pounds per acre, am thoroughly mix with the soil. Thi planting beds of medium height, de pending upon drainage, should In thrown up ami dragged down. Tin plants or vine-cuttings .should he so 14 to 18 inches apart. The period fo setting tha plants is from May 1 t< July 15th. To correct the packed con <1 it ion of the soil bronchi ;?hoii through the transplant ing process the water furrows should he harrowei or otherwise shallow cultivated im mediately following the setting of t.h< plants. For late plant ngs. the one leaf vim cuttings R to 10 'nches long are mon desirable than are the slips o "draws." this being especially true ii the growing of seed stock. Var'eties: Nan coy Hall. I'nrti Rico, and Triumph are thi leading am most popular varieties growvi in thi? State. Triumph is one of the earliesi varieties, anil should he planted wher potatoes are grown for early market. Cultivation: Frequent and shal low cultivation should he practice! until the vines have covered tin ground, dnrlng which period tin greatest of care must he exet ised ii the turning the vines. At tun firs cultivation, which consists of a care fill hoeing and sidi?g with a hroai furrow, a side dressing of a m'xtun ef one third cottonseed meal and two thirds 1 #? per cent arid phosphat< should he applied at the rate of tun t< r.OO pounds per acre, and thoroughh mixed with the soil The Orangehun sweep or heel how and shovi'l will In found to he very effective in cullivat ing this crop. A Record of Profits: The followin* record of expenditures and returns o an u< re of sweet potatoes in 1017 1" was furnished us by a grower In Rich land County, South Carolina, the eric having been produced in 10)7 am marketed during the late winter am early spring. Expenditures. Rental value of land $ Shi Turning and harrowing twice 4 oi nodding ground 15' Compost? 1ft loads at $1 on . 10 ni Spreading compost 15' Plants ln.onn at $2.50 2"." Potting plants 2 2 Tfooing throo times Jt.ta Plowing and turning vinos.. 4 2^ Cottonseed meal. M? ton at $4*4 s'4 0 \pplying cottonseed meal.... 15 Harvesting and storing 12.0 T fal expenditures $ 97 0 Returns. 270 bushels No. 1 potatoes at $' 00 * 412 0 20 bushels culls at $0.50.... 15.0 Total $ 427 0 Prorlt $ 220 0 All deep cultivation should he don before tV seed are put In. The hoiu Its of shallow cultivation are: 1 It t r' vents formation of shalloi rust on the surf are 7 It rnriMs ;t dt;?d mnirli. wnic prevents loss ?>l soil moisture. 1. It l??S ? :?ir ;nl > lint soil . ? . .1 -.v.ilnbl*. - 1 ! '! cniss h? t!j?* iof State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Ducas County, ae. Frank J. Chanty makes oath that h la aanlor partner of the firm of K. J Cheney A Co., doing bualnean In the Clt Of Toledo, County and State aforeaah and that aald firm will pay the sum o ONE HUNDRED hoi.l.AUH for eac and every caae of Catarrh that cannot h cured by the uae of HAI,L'8 CATAHItl MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY Sworn to before nie ami subscribed I my presence, thla 8ih day of Derembci A D. 18X6. A. W OhKASON, (Seal) Notary Public. Mall's Catarrh Medicine Is taken In terniilly and acta thmuith the lihiod o the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Sen for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all druKKlata. 16c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. * r a j. - Cjtajrr^^^Twent^fcjM Mrs. M. S. Davis, 16071 10th Ave^ N. Nashville, Teniu, writes: "After having been a constant nufTervr from Mtirrk for more < thin twenty year* and after trying almost every remedy advertised, 'and having lost all hope. I very reluctuntly began the use of Peruna about two years ?ko. Everybody says I look younger now than I did twenty yearn ng<>. and 1 actually feel younger and better, and weigh more. I am recommending It to uiy neighbors and all with whom 1 come in contact." Sold Everywhere . \SERV/e \ If you ck'man your Banking you to conne THE FARM RUBY, SOUT1 I". H. BURCH, R. M. N'l President. V. Our Savings Pi;t lr^ = Sjank of % i The Oldest, Lar^k Bank in Chest 1 ! 4 Per Cent. Paid on Savings D | ; See I i ! i C. C. Doug IR. E. Rivers, President. M. J. Hough, Vice-President. . ? ~ r m ? ' ? ? ( NOTICE Notice is herewith jrtvs*n that th? i > ' will In; a meeting of I In- stnckhold rs of the Richland l.umix r < onip it tin* olliee of llatuia & lluiilcy, at orneys, ( hcslcrl'n Id, S. <'. Tu<*. ?la.\ iune 10, lit lit, for the purpose o i onsidi-iin^ a resolution that sai Cchlnml I.umber Company lipui'lan Is affairs and dissolve. Chesterfield, S. May 12, I HID I. (J; '1 HI IM.KTT, Pres., It Iiichland Lumber Co NOTICE Nut ice is herewith jriven that then vill he a meeting; of the stockholder >f the Triplet! llealty Company a he ohice of llanna A: llunley, at orneys, at Chesterfield, S. on IV, ay, May lOLh, 1ItIIt, for the pa. use of passing: upon a resolution f< aid Keally Co. to liquidate its at airs and that the c<>rporalion he di. olved. I. C. TRII'LKIT, President May :hl, 19111. ALMOST THE SPF.F.D LIMIT "At Chattanooga," said a veterat f the Civ'il War, "one of the men :: ty command left eariy in the actio', .nd no one saw him lid after the hat le, when he appeared in camp un voiinded and unabashed. Some ol he I oys accused him of runninc tway, hut he wouldn't admit iC "'I only ret real ? <! in pood order,'! he declared. "1 hoard >>f the matter, and a f< u | iays later I asked him if tie had an;. r nlea how fast tie had 'r< ! real "'Well, I'll tell you, (ap'n', hi ' ;aid. 'If 1 had heea at home, and j oinp after the doctor, folk.- that I c me passin' would have thouphl ty wife was ripht siok.'" Harper' . r Monthly, f l.et us all join the ni*?v? m? n! I'm ; f the prowinp of more lepiun -u, , , ry farm. l.et us all proa a loyue.i ; ' Top on every aere of i-iilti\ ited land , very y?-ar. t'owpeas, peaiiu or * elvet heans in the e >rn; eoapeas peanuts, soy heans or lespede/.a : t'.? i _ the small prams; eriinson clov? r i ie cotton next fall. This prt rain I mi ans the prowinp of a soil enriehin;. rop on every possible acre el i ni , ated laid e crj year. 'I lie I'm ressix Varnier. ; 1 Ti WRONG HOU.?lilt |!i. '!:ii 11 <>a <l.? J i U' , o'tlc \ ho live lien* arc i Hi.' ?r?i i.u *'ar 'ihry nvn t\v?. ? utonioli.lc.i. y I 1.11 In We're tif I);- .11* he wronR house. Whore ?he 10 I, ve v, h<> r pairs the two nut nil l ti Alway* i- BUY IT AT HOME n l If You Can T PERUN I.NjiiM <>r I? lr t KorM ^ r====^===a?B?>e==== . v MS . * d prompt service in all I ft' ,1 I? > uuMr eNs, 11 win pay tit with ERS BANK \ CAROLINA :WSOM M. L. HALEY, -President Cashier. n Is Interest int> hedterfield ,< \ V \sl and Strongest ^ erheld, S. C. ( losits. $1.0(1 Starts An Account I lass, Cashier. t) . I.. Smith, Assist. Cashier II D. I!. Douglass Assist. Cashier DR. L. H. TRO'I 11, Dental Surgeon ClUtallT .S ('. Uta< o on sc ?.>< I 'it n. ikUhl .111 niilttf. All v. .in ilc ire in;, / rvires will ,il< : Sc mi' at ( h>' ! > i iK'hl, .'IS 1 nuve (Ji.seniiii/iaril my >'i. ,ts to nthel j\. its. D R. R. L. McM A M U S Dentist o\ cr 1 ant. n! < li -sterlield. Vtli ;l P;.;'' 'at ! ttvi-ry Tuesday; It. Crojjliaii < i \\ iMtncsiliiy. Other days in < . ;? l?! 11 ..S'.TK'lii. All w?u !; Kuar aU i><l J. Al'.'l IIUR KNIGHT Ali i ucy-nt-I.aw ( 11'r in < adU't lions* Cliviitrrlirld, S. C. ; I A N N A & HUNLEY -At tor n?* y ?? .. K. liaiina, C. I.. llunloy, i la-raw. Chesterfield (; likes: '?? i?!?.-* Ik.nk I!I?Ik Chesterfield '.| i her.iw I'.ldn., Churuw fcTB&K if ' A'.' ' ASKCRAFT'S Condition Fovvuers A high-class rcncdy )< r In-r and Tin: V , in j >i c>it?!ili<ii a.. 1 in nrcd < ! a t builds soli, muscle and i..t , < !< the sy tci.i, thereby pi odiu im,' . siuootn glossy cent "f 1:. :r. iN'.hcJ o D H LANEY 1I\i Sale l\j W. A. RIVERS .1