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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-17
WINTHROP COLLEGE
Scholarship and Entrance
Examination.

The examination for the award OF
vacant scholarships in Winthrop
college and for the admission OF new
students Will be held at the county
court house on Friday. July 5, at A.
NJ. and also on Saturday, July G. at
y A. NJ, for those who wish to make
up the examinations additional units
required for full admission to the
Freshman Class of this institution.
The examination on Saturday. July
8, will be used only for making adj
mission units. The scholarships will
be awarded upon the examination
held on Friday, July 5. Applicants
must not be less than sixteen years of
age. When scholarships are vacant
after July 5 they will be awarded to
those making the highest average at
this examination. provided they meet
the conditions governing the award.
Applicants for scholarships should
write to President Johnson for schol-
arship examination blanks. These
blanks. properly filed out by the ap-
plicant. should be fled with Presi-
dent Johnson by July 1st. q
Scholarships are worth 500 and
free tuition. The next session will
open September Is. 1918. For fur
ther information and catalogue. ad-
dress Presldent{ 90. y, ,Iphnson,. Rock
tIill. s. C.
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Lancaster, S. c., r. F.. ID. No. z.
May l6.-Our people have finished
planting cotton and now are busy
preparing corn land. The bottom
land is very green and will take a
lot of work to put it in the proper
shape to plant.
We have had good rain and cot
ton and corn should come up imme-
diately. 1t will be great advantage
to the small grain too Will help IL
bli out and make good heavy heads.
Wheat has rust some but whether It
will injure much we can't tell vet. II
promises a good yield IL this don't
hurt 1t.
1t is rather too cool now for any
thing to grow well.
Our people enjoyed the meeting
OF Presbytery very much. The most
of them had delegates and went back
and forth. Automobiles makes a
farmer nearly live in town. It only
takes few minutes to 60 to Ian
caster.
Miss jamie Craig: who t&ehes at
Bienheim, s. c.. Will be hoy yr.u.u;sunz
the 20th to spend the suinI i
g.. g.. ssssstss sssssi III 81 g2s y
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Mrs. 5. w. Craig has been spend
ing few days with Mrs. Hattie
Roper, of Richburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Snipes were
visitors for the weekend below
town.
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sent to the Lancaster News for pub
lication and that copy be sent to
the Southern Christian Advocates
Mrs. Goodman Taylor,
Mrs. Thomas Carnes,
Mrs. Geneva Rowelh
Committed
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from the French and British SER
vices. Men who are most insistent
on this point of view believe trench
warfare has produced nothing as. yet
which justifies the abandonment .of
all other theories of military opera
tdons for high specializatiaptn trench
action.
II America is to contribata targe-
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BUY THAT BOY or that hand a
Bicycle. You will find 1t cheaper
than letting them ride your stock
just when you need your horse or
mule. and let him pay while he
rides. J. b. Mackorell. 4S-tf.
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FINE LARGE early Wakefield and
Flat Dutch Cabbage Plants 25c per
100. s1.75 per 1000 delivered by
mail. J.. b. Mackoren. 51-tf.
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ANYTHING in Engraving, Litho-
a gral& &ng,, Printing or Ruling. The
ia eafter News. o.
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Commencement Invitations and Pro-
grams-The Lancaster News can
furnish attractive engraved invi-
tat!ons. folders, cards, ETC., at
reasonable prices. See our line of
samples for 1s1s The Lancaster
News.
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OTTAWA REPORT is
DENIED IN ENGLAND

Continued From Page H.
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BUSINESS NOTICES

WANTED Meal Ad Hull isa
Mr.. Farmer bring ussSyQ < ifaXi
and saull sacks. We wilisgive yoti
10 cents piece DIR them. We
can also use yosG Dat and feed
sacks. All ofthem must be free
from holes. Lancaster Cotton Oil
Co. NA 5s-1Mo.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-12
SALT ESSENTIAL FOR SHEEP
Particulars of Interesting Experiment
Conducted in France-Mineral
of Big Value.

The value of salt for sheep is not
as fully realized as it should be, and
the particulars of an experiment con-
Quoted in France some years ago pro-
vides interesting information:
Three lots of sheep were fed on hay,
straw. potatoes and beans for 134 days.
One lot had no salt; one lot one-half
ounce each day, and the other lot
three-fourths ounce each daily. Those
that had one-half ounce gained AZ
pounds more than those that had no
salt, and IL pounds more than those
that had three-fourths ounce. The
sheep that had salt cut IL pounds
more wool, and q better fleece than
those that had no salt, and showed
much better results in both quality and
texture in the wool.
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ID V E
S STOCK
PROPER SELECTION OF SIRE
One of First Considerations in Breed
ing of INVESTIGATIONS Bred
Gives Best Results.

One of the first considerations in the
breeding of livestock is the selection
Of the proper sire. The influence of
the sire is pre-eminent because he di-
rectly affects a greater number of Off
spring than does the single female.
There can be no improvement or grad
ing-up process by the use of scrub
sires. Horse breeders should recog-
nize the fact that it is not a paying
proposition simply to breed mares to
any stallion that may be available. A
sound, pure-bred stallion should be
used if the best results are to be OBJ
tanned.
The stallion selected should con-
form as closely as possible to the
breed and type Of the mares that are
to be bred. Stations of pure breeding
are, by virtue of their unmixed an
cestry, possessed of greater prepO-
tency than are grades or scrubs, and
will therefore invariably impress their
offspring with their breed character
istics and individual merit.
A low service fee is too often the
deciding factor with many farmers
and mare owners in the selection OF
a sire. A low service fee ought never
to be a temptation, but rather should
be taken as a warning. a low fee is
usually a sign of an inferior stallion.
Colts from inferior or scrub sires will
sell for much less than those sired
by the sound, pure-bred stallion.
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CTo BE CONTINUED
PULLED THEIR COLLARS OFF
If Paris Women Wore Too Large q
Neck Piece Other Women ForcibIy
Removed Them.

In Paris, at one time, the people
dropped their extravaganza. and ''if
q woman ventured to wear too large
collar, the other women would pull
it off, Henry Villas he did with
everything he set his mind to-inter-
fered with the dress of his subjects to
some purpose and brought forward an
act against wearing costly apparel.
A few years later the law became
more stringent still. Philip and Mary
compelled attention not only by fines,
but went so far as to send offenders to
prison. Elizabeth saw that the peo-
pie were reckless with their money,
and caused an act to be passed which
declared that anyone who sold foreign
apparel to persons having less than
$4,000 year in land or fees, except
for ready money, should forfeit every
penny of the price.
Ladies wore hoods, hats and caps OF
every conceivable shape. They were
careful as to their hair, and they had
fine assortment of wigs at hand. Eliz-
abeth herself sometimes wore red hair,
and then reverted to black for q
change. It so happened that trade In
the cap line fell on considerably BE-
cause caps went out of fashion.
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by the waves. nevertheless held fight.
The locked rudder prevented her from
submerging.
Within the messroom the queen Of
the swarm was housed securely.
She was almost invisible, and not
at all visible by daylight A silent,
phantom figure, she created fear and
awe in each of them. They did not
know what her connection with the
swarm might be. They knew she had
not human intelligence.
From his position upon the highest
point of Fair island, MacBeard saw
the swarm vanish at sea. He saw
the F55 start in their wake, and threw
up his hands and raved. Coward as he
was, he could not let his last hope slip
from him like that.
He was the loneIiest man in the
world, as he had always been. But he
had not known it or cared. He had
rebelled against the human race. He
was the modern Cain; he had plotted
the ruin of the world, over which he
was to rule, godlike. But that was be-
fore he had set eyes upon Ida Ken
nedy.
The thought of her renewed his cour-
age. He found his motOrboat upon
the shore, uninjured by the inundation,
since the point of rock had acted as
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-12
VENTILATION NEEDED
FOR WGOR OF STOCK
Improvement in Northwest Has
Resulted in Construction of
Good Barns for Animals.

The improvement of live stock in the
Northwest has resulted in the construc-
ton OF good barns and the careful
housing Of stock during cold weather,
says A D. Wilson, director OF the ex-
tension division of the Minnesota Col
lege Of Agriculture. 1t has been def
nitely shown that growing cattle and
mich cows will not make profitable
returns unless kept fairly comfortable
during the winter. In this climate this
can be done only in good warm barns
A modern barn must also be provided
with light and good ventilation The
close housing Of live stock has result
ed in many cases in an increase Of tU-
berculosis. Many excellent herds have
been destroyed by this disease. One
of the best safeguards against tuber-
cuIosis is good ventilation OF barns,
The ventilating OF barns is not ex-
pensive or difficult. a very little study
of the principles involved viii show
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CHAPTER xIII-continued.

For, like fury, the queen rushed
at him, and CIouts, at first solicitOus
about striking a woman, soon found
himself hard put to it to maintain the
upper hand, with all his strength and
with the use of all the wrestling tricks
he knew. He painted as he grappled
with her.
"It's all right, marm! he pleaded.
''Tll ask him If he'll see you, if you'll
only not lose your head. didn't mean
to put you outside, but orders was
orders. I'm only Obeying orders,
marin. There amt no need for them
Mysteries. NOw-now, marm!"
He was still fighting madly when
suddenly her strength seemed to leave
her. Clouts became aware of u spec
tator of the combat. He glanced side
wise hastily, to see Ida standing be-
side him.
what is she. Clouts?" whispered
Ida.
ClOutS scratched his thick head. 81
don't rightly know" he answered. But
it's all right, marin. I was just stroll
ing along, casual like, when 1 met her
She amt no friend of mine, marin.
Nor of the captains" he added, with
sly emphasis.
He turned to the queen.
IF you'll take my arm, marin, I'll
take you a ways and ask the captain if
he'll see you. I can't do no more" he
muttered in an audible aside 1--WE
done the best I knew how for the cap
tain, and now he'll have to make his
own excuses. And 1 can't leave a lady
in this here place alone. with all them
goings on and jugglings with the water
like-like Pharaoh"
Five minutes later the little MILDLY,
seated on deck, saw Clouts and Ida,
apparently rearisen from the dead, ap-
proach the F55. Between them he
fancied he saw a gossamer form that
scintillated in the sunlight
There was space of only hun6Sed
PAGES between them and the boat when
suddenly the ocean appeared con-
vulsed. A wall of water bore down
upon the TANKS of Fair island. 1t
rolled toward the submarine, fifty feet
high, its mighty crest upreared.
RUM" shouted Davies.
1t was a frantic race between the
oncOmers and the sea. They gained
the submarine with hardly ten seconds
to spare. Davies drew them aboard
and clasped the matches down. Next
instant the boat was lifted bodily from
the beach and spun round like q ton
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-12
MULE AND HORSE SHORTAGE,
War Demand and Few Number of
Animals Bred Are Bound to Bring
About Higher Prices.
Clemson College Bulletin.)

More than a million horses and
mules of the United States have been
used for military purposes in connec-
ton with the European war during the
the last Is months-that is about one
horse to every 20 in the country For
some time before the European war
prices had sagged until breeders had
barely more than 30 per cent of their
mares mated. The war demand and
the few number of animals bred are
bound to bring about high prices for
horses and mules, not only during the
war but for several years after.
There are probably 10000 mares on
South Carolina farms, and only 1000
to 5000 of these are regularly prOduc-
ing fOals. At least 1900 of these
mares should be regularly foaling.
To fOrestan the shortage and high
prices as much as possible, the logical
thing to do is to put every mare TO
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Battle of the Doqqer.


Within the next three days q series
of phenomena occurred which left no
doubt as to the dangers which were
menacing the human race.
Before noon messages began to pour
in from all parts of the country and
from the fleet. The admiral in COM
mand of the home squadron wired that
tOrpedO-bOat destroyer had ap-
preached him under a flag of truce,
with the singular statement that the
ocean had receded all along the Baltic
littoral, leaving a vast swamp of mud
dy sand, in which ships were embed
ded. The zuyder Zee no longer exist
ed. A spur of land extended from the
dOgger bank nearly to Ostend. He pro-
posed a temporary armistice.
By evening reports were teIegraphed
that an army of the monsters had
landed upon the shores of Lincolnshire
and Norfolk, had crossed the Wash,
which became first a swamp, then an
inundatiOn, and was moving along the
river beds toward Cambridge, strip
ping the land of vegetation.
BY nightfall all communication be
tween London and the eastern counties
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He Saw the F55 Start In Their Wake.
breakwater and protected 1t. Within
a few minutes he had filed his great
gasoline reservoir with a supply suff1-
cient for several days, and set out In
pursuit of the herd. He knew that he
could easily outdistance the subma-
rine.
Presently he came upon the mon
sters. Their first wild dash had taken
them in all directions, so that little
vapor had formed, but now they were
beginning to congregate, and a wall Of
black cloud, rising in the distance, in
dictated their direction.
The monsters made no effort to mo-
lest him, but they would not, at first,
heed his tuning fork. Later, however,
he managed to assemble a small
bOdyguard about him.
MacBeard pursued them down the
east coast of England. His boat, hid
den in the cloud, remained undetected
by the patrol vessels.
1t was not until the second morning
that he guessed where the herd would
make its main rendezvous.
1t was a simple deductive process,
though nobody else had thought of it.
1t was the Dogger bank, swarming
with fish, which would provide the
monsters with food.
He believed that, once the first dash
of the monsters was over, they would
obey his call again. And his first sum-
mons proved successful beyond his ex-
pectatiOnS. Exhausted by their dash
southwark, numbers OF the herd con-
gregated about the mOtorboat to the
G sound, which was perceptible to
them for a much greater distance than
the tone carried to the human ear
From within radius of twenty miles
a cloud rolled in upon the motorboat,
until MacBeard, invisible in the heart
of its blackness, like some arch-devil,
controlled his devil crew.
This cloud was quickly seen by the
rear-admiral's patrol vessels, while it
had this disadvantage prevented
MacBeard from discovering the F55 as
she slipped past on her way south
ward.
ITO RE CONJT,TNJTTEnN
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''YOu Must Stop This War at Once

had ceased. The telegraph poles were
washed out of the sodden ground. The
approach of the herd was measured
by the haze.
Already poultry and domestic ami
mails were being devoured. There were
reports that children had been seized
from riverside houses. The docks, the
shores of Essex and the Thames estu-
airy were abandoned. The flats were
a level stretch OF water, above which
the steeples of the churches stood out
as isolated landmarks.
Everywhere the war had been halted
by a short armistice. The governments
of the civilized world devoted their
whole attention to the consideration
and solution OF this new and stunning
problem.
In the meantime there had been a
good deal of activity on Fair Island.
The tidal surge created by the depar-
ture of the herd soon subsidized, break
ing into a choppy, turbulent sea. The
F55, tossed and battered as she was
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DRIED BEET PULP is
GOOD, AS STOCK FEED
Almost Equal to Corn in Feeding
Value and Much Cheaper,
Says Colorado Expert.

By CHARLES I BRAY, Colorado AgTi-
cultural College, Fort COllins)
Cattle feeders should make consider
able use of dried beet pulp for dairy
cows and fat stock. Eastern dairymen
ship large quantities of dried beet pulp
for the use OF their dairy COWS, paying
much higher prices than need to be
paid in the West. The dry pulp when
soaked with water swells up to three
or four times its dry bulk, and is then
as good a succulent feed as siIage or
roots. Many of the high-record COWS
in eastern herds have this dry beet
pulp as part of their daily ration.
For feeding steers, the dried pulp
is almost, if not quite, equal in feed
ing value to corn, though if is not
quite as palstable and cattle may not
eat quite as much OF it. The sugar
factory at Brighton, Colo, is being
equipped with drier this year. Since
beet pulp is being priced at S25 a ton,
it should prove a very economical feed,
as barley and corn Will probably be
around S4S and $50.
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Donald was trying to locate q hotel.
! He CROPPED his way from corner to
corner, cIinging to the ratings of areas
and pillars of houses.
He had reached some open space,
which he imagined to be Trafalgar
square, but it was impossible to cross.
Carts, carriages, omnibuses, stalled by
the fog. doomed up on every side.
Horses stood Snorting invisibly, a few
inches away. Drivers struck out with
their whips promiseuously. Men were
shouting women screaming. Panic
had begun. All knew that this was not
one Of those rare black fOgs that de-
scend upon London.
Then it was that the news of the
man-monsters began to filter through
the crowd.
A man announcing himself, through
megaphOne. to be the police commits
sioner, ordered all to remain still until
star bombs could be set off. Nobody
needed him, and his efforts to stay the
panic were unavailing. The mob had
begun to flow In one direction, sweep
ing all before it.
Donald had been swept along with
1T, and then left, stranded and damned
by the human torrent, into small re-
cess. In front of him he felt parapet.
He tore himself away and was lost
in the crowd. Donald hOisted himself
to the parapet, scrambled to the outer
coping, and chung there. The Shrieking
mob rushed past and never touched
him. Then there came the sound of a
mighty explosion, long volume of re-
sounding thunder. It went rolling
down the river like the discharge OF
thousand cannon.
And then, as q flood from a hose
pipe, a burst of water from the skies
deluged the city. It boiled through the
air with kissing lasheS, as If the pOr-
tails of the armament were broken
open. The grinning face of the moon
broke through the smoky pail. Sud
denly the stars appeared. And it was
calm, clear weather.
A roar of relief seemed to go up
from the threats of the multitude. And
very slowly the traffic began to resume
its course again.
What had happened, as scientists
afterward surmised, was this: The ny
drogen, increasing until it attained
certain chemical relationship to the
oxygen of the atmosphere, had explOd-
ed where it was densest, on contact
with fire, as in laboratory. But the
explosion instantly generated water
as the two gases met. Hence followed
the deluge.
But as yet the government was only
dimly beginning to understand that
this was some unknown natural force
and not q continuance of the enemy.
They did not know until Donald pre-
scented himself in the office of the sec
ond sea lord at nine o'clock.
The second sea lord grasped him by
the hands.
''There isn't time TO say more than
that 1 apologize" he said. 1.-The gov
eminent has been searching for you
since daylight. We've cabled Washing
ton, and they have placed you at our
disposal. You are the only man who
can advise US, and-the prime minis
ter wants you Immediately. And that's
no joke this timer
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START WITH LITTLE CAPITAL
Small Shack in Back Yard, Few Good
Fowls and Business Is Begun
Attend to Details

What most always attracts people to
the poultry business is the fact that
one can start with little capital A lit
tie shack in the back yard. few good
fowls, and the business is begun Such
a start has been the beginning Of many
a mans success in the poultry line. and
some of the greatest poultry successes
in the country have had their start In
this way OF course, they supplements
ed their start with intelligent effort. at
tentiOn to all the details, and sound
business judgment. You can do the
same.
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FEEDING BONE TO CHICKENS
Much Depends Upon Purpose, Age Of
Fowl and Condition of Material
VALUABLE in Ration.

The method OF feeding bone TO pouI-
try largely depends upon the purpose
Of the feeding, the age Of the fowl and
the condition Of the bone. Bone meal
or ground bone should not be consfd-
cred as an exclusive source Of animal
food. It is valuable in the ration for
protein, but not to the extent OF meat
or fish scraps, which should also be
used but in smaller quantities It Is
chiefly valuable as a source of lime
and phosphates. being especially vaIu-
able as a muscle and bone builder for
young chicks and broflers. Green bone
usually has some meat attached and
the portion Of meat or fish scraps can
be reduced If it is fed
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WINTER QUARTERS FOR HENS
Fowls Should Not Be Given Same,
Ground They Have Been Running
Over All Summer.

No flock OF chickens should 20 into
winter quarters on the same old ground
they have been running over all sum-
mer- Sprinkle the runs with lime wa
ter and then turn it under either with
a spade, fork or pillow. Rake it smooth
after the surface has been turned and
the fowls will soon make il firm By
their tramping. Where fowls are con-
fined in limited runs, this rule is imper-
alive for complete sanitation. On larg-
er runs it should be done if possible.
The chicken house should be gone
over with hose or with q good pump
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spray to remove the Accommodations OF
summer germIaden dust. All the trash
should be cleaned out and spread on
some distant field or orchard, and the
floors should be cleaned and sprayed.
Clean, dry litter must be had for the
exercising rooms. If the cloth cur
tains are dusty and dingy. take them
down, spread them on the clothes line.
and spray them with clean water until
white and clean The germs OF con-
tagious diseases are very apt to nnger
in the cloth hangings- The drOppings
boards should be spread out on the
ground and scrubbed clean with water
and allowed to dry thoroughly in the
sun Lime water run over them at the
last helps to make them ready for
long winters use