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sore shoulders, lame back, stiff neck, all pains and aches yield to Sloan's Liniment. Db not rub It. Simply apply to the sore spot, it quickly penetrates nd relieves. Cleaner than mussy glasters or ointments, it does not s ain-the skin. Keep a bottle handy for rheumatism, sprains, bruises, toothache, neuralgia, gout, lumbago and sore stiff muscles. At all druggists, 25c. 50c. and $1.00. 'I -'an CORN GROWING Early Planting Recommended for Semiarid Regions-Plants Injured Less by Frost and Drought. Corn will not grow during cold weather as wheat and oats. Corn planting time is, therefore, a little later than tne best time for sowing spring wheat or spring oats. How ever, according to Farmers' Bulletin 773, when seed of perfect vitality is used, it is remarkable how early in the spring corn can be planted a.i result in good stands and good yields. Seed of perfect vitality will often rep main in cold or dry s or several weeks and afterwar9 iinate and yield well. Irregul i. are some times attribute; r seed, when dry, poorly preW sts are the cause. Fields are som imes seen in which the seed germinated promptly in moist spots but did not germinate in dry spots until rains came. Where the seasons are long and moisture plentiful, it is customary to wait until the soil is warm before planting. In semiarid regions, how ever, corn should be planted early. With the soil in proper condition it is generally advisable in semiarid re gions, south as well as north, to plant corn before danger from frost is entirely past. Corn planted very early usually makes a slow, tough growth and a month after planting may be smaller and look less promis ing than that planted later. The early planted corn riI-"ns first, how ever, and usually produces the larger or the better crop. Because of its slow, tough growth corn planted very early is not so susceptible to frost and drought as corn planted later and growing more rapidly. In a series of years the gain in mature corn se cured from early plantcing will more tha.n make up for any injury from spring frosts. Excellent corn crops ha3ve been prodluced from plantings frozen off or frozen back when the plants were from a few inches to a foot or more tall. Corn is not often entirely killed by spring frosts, and if some should be injured the loss is much less serious than that from summer drought or f rom fall frost. Early plated corn dlerives more benefit from the sprinm; moisture sup. ply, becomes well rooted before sum mer droughts begin, au-I may even mature before these droughts become severe. Where the growing reason is very long and warm, plantings made at about 30-day intervals increase the -chnt~es of hitting the season right and raising some good corn. ----- -- "o Constipation Makes You Dull TIhat draggy, listless, oppressed feeling generally results from consti-i pation. The intestines are clogged i and the blood becomes poisoned. Re lieve this condition at once with Dr. King's New Life Pills; this gentle, non-griping laxative is quickly ef fective. A dose at bedtime will make *you feel brighter in the morning. Geti a bottle to-day at your Druggist,1 25c.-adv. FOR5A A Limited qiaunti proved Cotton Seed w per busheil.. First come, First L.M. B] Ma . FiiRTIERS. Clemson .College, S. C., Feb.- 5. Just at this 'time, 'the first part of February, and while little else can be done on the farm on account of bad weather, farmert might find profitable employment in giving se rious thought to the question of fertilizers for this year. It would be well for every farmer to determine at once just what fertilizers he will need, where he can obtain same, and the best prices at which they can be secured. It is certainly too frequent ly the case that--a farmer will wait until the active work of opring prep aration of the soil is upon him before the matter of purchasing and using fertilizers is given serious considera tion. As a consequence when he goes out to buy at such a time he cannot find what he wants but must take just such as the dealer happens to have on hand and pay any price he is asked for it. Very satisfactory results have been gotten in some sec tions of the state by farmers getting together in night meetings and dis cussing their fertilizer problems. In a g'reat many such meetings the County Demonstration Agents have rendered valuable service by entering freely into the discussion and espec ially by helping the farmers to form Community Clubs' thro.gh which fer tilizers were bought cooperatively at a considerable saving. In one county the demonstration agent reports a saving of $3,000.00 to farmers from cooperative purchasing alone and this in only eleven small communities. It has been found that the ferti lizer dealers are usually ready, and even anxious, to quote better prices to a body of men on large lots than to individuals on smaller lots and this, upon its face, would seem to be good business because the cost of dis tribution is relatively less. A special reason that might be cited for buying fertilizers early this season is the shortage of cars which :ondition exists at this time and nay become more acute when ferti lizer shipments begin. . 0 POTATOES AS FOOD Perform Important Function in Keep ing Body Tissues Alkaline-Meth ods of Preparation. The general use of potatoes in the iverage family and the better cus ;oms prevailing in many homes in preparing the tubers for food are bas 3d on sound economic and dietetic reasons, according to specialists of ;he Office of Home Economics of the United States Department of Agri yulture. Studies o7 the preparation and use of potatoes as food are re orted in Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 468, recently issued. Potatoes are easy to cook in a va "iety of ways. From the point of iew of dietetics, they furnish starch n one readily digestible form, con :ain mineral substances of import mnce to the bady, and-a fact less ;enerally known--tend to make the ;issues and fluids of the body alkaline, 3o counteracting the tendency of neants, eggs, fish, and like foods to ~rente acid conditions, Since the body loes its work best wvhen its condition s either neutral dr slightly alkaline, otatoes, like most vegetables, p~er form an important function in the liet besides furnishing energy-pro lucing material. This scientific fact justifies the custom that is prevalent n many faiiiies of serving a good!ly up1~ply of potatoes or other vegetables wit er~ch helping~ of ment. Potatoes, howvever, while a valluable mdditiond.o ai mixed diet, alone are not stuidied to meet the nee-!s of the bo ly eeause~ of their poverty i' um ite ins mn.1 fat. .Of these latter me,ortant 3lemients protein is furnished in neats, eggs, fish, milk, beans, and iimilar foods, and fat in butter, ba ~on, table oils, and the fats and oils Isedi in cookery. Greater care than commonly is ex 3rcised should be taken in peeling po ~atoes. Very often 20 per cent of the *otato is pared away. This results iot only in the waste of considerable iotato but also in the loss of one of he most valuable portions of the uber, since the soluble mineral salts ire present in the material near the kin, which Would be removed and bhrown away. These salts can be pre.. ervedi by a more careful removal of he skin, as by shallow paring or rub >ing, andl also by boiling or baking he potatoes in their jackets. ~ALEi! ty of Mitchell's Im ill be sold at. $1.50 Served. RVYANT, nning. S. C.. Route I. ,-Paring lbef4re boiling, however, may be the :moat desirable method of cooking potatoes which through an undue expooure to light may have ac- I quired a bitter taste, or those which have been kept until late in the spring since ,in ,this way more of the dis agreeable flavor is eliminated. Such potatoes may also be soaked before cooking. - While these methods may be de sirable with potatoes which have been l exposetd to light, they result in the loss of considerable food value with out compensating advantages .. when applied to new or well-matured pota toes. If such potatoes are boiled af ter paring, they should be dropped into boiling water instead of being placed on the stove in cold water. By the latter method there is twice the loss of protein, or tissue-building ele ments, resulting from the former. The loss of mineral matter is about the same by each method. There is no loss of starchy material in boiling unless portions of the tuber break off. Practically the only loss when po tatoes are baked i their skins is of the water which escapes as steam. The more or less common custom of pricking holes in the skin of baked potatoes or breaking them is explain ed by the fact that unless the steam which is formed inside the skin is allowed to escape it will change back into water and produce soggine.ss. Potatoes which have turned green and sprouting tubers have present a 2 considerable quantity of solanin, an acrid poisonous substance which, though not dangerous in the quanti- I ties ordinarily met with, gives a dis- I agreeable flavor. It is best, therefore, to avoid such potatoes or to cut out I green or sproating portions. -- -o Lingering Coughs Are Dangerous. Get rid of that tickling cough that keeps you awake at night and drains your vitality and energy. Dr, King's New Discovery is a pieasant balsam remedy, antiseptic, laxative and promptly ifective. It soothes the -ir ritated membrane and kills the cold germs; your cough is soon relieved. I Delay is dangerous-get Dr. King's New Discovery at once. For nearly fifty years it has been the favorite remedy for grippe, croup, coughs and colds. Get a bottle to-day at your Druggist, 50c.-adv. WINTER JOBS FOR 'T'HE FARMER Clemson College, S. C., Feb. 5. Plant, prune andi spray home or1 chards. Form cooperative clubs for pur chasing and selling ali farm supplies and products. Clear your pasture of all rubbish, etc., repair the fences and make prep arations for sodding th:an to bermuda or other grasses next spring. Purchase commercia; fertilizers co operatively, and pay for them in cash if possible. Remove all stumps, terrace your land and clean out all ditches. Winter plow your land when in con dition. Make compost and top dress grain with stable manure. Take special care of all livestock during the cold winter months. Repair and paint implements andl I machinery. Clean and spray poultry and hrog hou!ses,. lIate poultry an, e eggs for pro0 Jiuction of pullets for fall laying. Use the split-log drag on your I roa;s. Get your neighbors to do the FNOOD, VEED AND FERTILITY Washington, D). C., Feb. 5.---Food, feed, and fertility nare the founi intion of safe farming, according ta the United States Department of Agri culture. A circular' sent toi farms'r", bankers, and business men in cotto:i territory by the Chief of the Ofiee of Extension Work in the South says: I "Let us feedi the people, feed the live stock, and feed the soil. When a we have (done these three things, then raise such acreage in money crops5 as we have the labor to tend." I The circular points out that the true value of cotton to the farmer $100 REWARD, $100 The readers of this paper will beI pleased to learn that there is at least c one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages andt that is catarrh. Catarrhi being great ly influ~enced by constitutional condi-t tions requires constitutional treat- t meat. Hall's Catarrh Medicine ist taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucuos Sbrfaces of the System thereby destroying the foun dation of the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature In dloing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith in the curative powers e of Hall's Catarrh Medicine that they' offer One Hundred Dollars for any' case that It falls to cure. Send for I list of testimonials. ' Address F. J. CHEINEY & CO., < Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggist, t 75c.-ady'.c ALWAYS RABLE TIanning Experiences Going Back For Four Years. Kidney weakness can be cured. But what caused it once will cause t again. Here's a Manning woman who has tad several attacks. Several times in over four years qrs. Logan has used Doan's Kidney Pills. She says that Doan's have never alled her. Four years ago Mrs. Logan pub icly endorsed Doan's. She now confirms her statement. What better proof of merit? Proved by years of experience. Told by Manning people. This is convincing testimony: Mrs. R. L. Logan, Manning, says: 'For a long time I had been troubled vith my kidneys. I suffered from a ane and aching back and didn't rest vell nights. I got' a box of Doan's Kidney Pills and they relieved me .vonderfully. I am feeling much bet ;er now." (Statement given January 10th, 1911.) Keeps Doan's On Hand. Over three years later, Mrs. Logan ;aid: "I still use Doan's Kidney Pills mad they do me a world of good. I Coep them on hand and couldn't get Hong without them." Price 50r, at all dealers. Don't imply ask for a kidney remedy ret Doan's Kidney Pills-the same hat Mrs. Logan has twice publicly ecommended. Foster-Milburn Co., rops., Buffalo, N. Y.-adv. s to a great extent the amount of ood and feed that it will purchase. he price of cotton has risen, it is rue, but so has the retail price of 11 other farm produce. "By grow ng all cotton," says. the author, "and xchanging it for a living you are imply swapping a high-priced pro- . uct produced by your labor for a. igh-priced product produced by the sbor of the other fellow. When you ollow safe farming, -however, you roduce your own food and feed at ost and sell your cotton for the ther fellow's dollars." Safe farming is defined in the cir ular as including these items: (1) A home garden for every fam ly on the farm, from one-tenth to ne-fourth acre, well located, well illed, and tended as carefully as any ther crop on the farm, planted in otation to time the vegetable crops o as to have a continual supply for he family table as many (lays in the 'car as possible. To this should be dol one-fourth of an acre of pota oes, either Irish or sweet, or both, o be used as food for the family. (2) Enough corn on each farm to aut the family and the live stock for ne year, with a little excess for afety. (3) Sufficient oats and other small :rain to supplement the corn as food or one year with certainty. These mall grains conserve the soil in win r and provil summer grazing for ive stock. (4) H-ay and forage crops to suip dy the live stock on the farm (fne ear, with a little excess for safety. 'he legumes, which add fertility- to he soil and produce the best hay, hould not be forgotten. (5) The necessary meat, eggs, and . niilk for the family. The meat should e procur-ed by increased1 attention to oultry and hogs because of the apidlity with which these can be pro uced. Every family should have at east two cows, so thant one can be n milk all the time. A suffeient S:ber of brcod sows should. be kept o l'ro-!uce the Pork for the family, vith some excess for sale. The av 'rage n-mher of poultry per1 farm l.0 l i be g radually increased to at east 50. There should be eggs andl oultry for the home table, with a uffcient excess for sale. Tfhe lIve tock on the farm shouild be gradu liy increased so as to consume the therwise pasted products and make Irodluctive the unproductive and un illable landis. (6) Cotton for the main crop after he living has been .amply provided or. (7) The sale of the surplus pro uets of the garden, the orchard, the oultr-y, the live stock, and the feed to rops to cover the necessary running xpenses of the farm, leaving the cot on as the real cash crop.ti The present prices of cotton, saysB he circular, should not he permitted o tempt any farmer to depart from his program. It is the only safe >lan to follow, no matter what the rice of cotton may be. Responsibility. A teacher aslsed a little boy to pell "responsibIlity," which he did. Now, Tommy," said the teacher, can you tell me the meaning of that Ig word ?" "Yes, mum," answered 'omnmy. "If I had only four buttons a my trousers, and two came off, all he responsibility would hang on the' ther two.".L..i. PUT IN OUR CHRISTMAS BANKING .M CLUB/ AND INCREASED 1O4 WEEKLY WILL MAKE ask about This happens in 50 WEEKS. We also have a 5 cent club which pays in 50 weeks $63.75. Our 2 cent club pays $25.50. Our I cent. club pays $!2.75. We also have clubs where you pay in $1.00 or $2.00 or $5.00 each week and in 50 weeks get $50 or $100 or $250. Come in and get a "Christmas Bar.king Club" book FREE. It costs nothing to join. This is not a plan just for EOYS and GIRLS; it is also for MEN, and WOMEN. You can start TODAY--START. THE IOME BANK AND TRUST CO. EVERYTHIM' 0. K.I i in the Hardware line here, 0 atnd to the housewife we would say that our Kitchen and Cooking Utensils are of the best make and most dur able quality. We have a very large variety of household needs in Hardware and it will well pay the thrifty to make their purchases here. Come in and have a look round-it will be a surpris Value,s ing experience. Plowden hiardware Co~ "Time tells w a you did yesterday. .a.Make to-morrow better .by starting a Bank* account to-day."' If. f..i ) Ul oI. I I . noo 'ih n li he ljunforeseeni demands is~ iden huon ih- il',,,iU'' y u n ' ou el a JBan c accunt. Ii's a dut *. beea Ise' you havein 't the power to predict the' tu e but you have power to start ta Bank account and fortify for e future. Besides we want to holp worthyyvoung mn m to succeed. 1gin today with $. The Bank of Manning. BRING YOUR ~Job W orl<i~ TO THE TiMES OFFICE.