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GREAT WORK OF SOUTH
CAROLINA PIG CLUB BOY

Last year 1850 boys in South
Carolina were enrolled in the pig
clubs of the state. Of this number,
$50 complied throughout the year
with the regulations of the organi-
cation as to filing reports of cost.
The hogs these boys raised were
valued at $31,118, from which a net
profit of $13,99S was derived.
The first prize was taken by Carl
Latham, of Sharon, York County.
His pig weighed FL pounds at the
opening of the contest, and $50
pounds when slaughtered 229 days
later. The average cost was7.1 cts.
a pound. He will receive as a prize
a solid gold watch.
John Latham, also of Sharon, got
second prize. His pig weighed 20
pounds at the outset, and BAL at the
close of the same 229-day period.
His average cost was IA cents. He
will receive $25.
The third prize was taken by Guy
Hall, of Anderson. The weight of
the Hall boys pig at the opening of
the contest was IL pounds. At the
end of $50 days thereafter, the
weight was 325 pounds. Average
cost of production was SO cents,
He will receive a pair of solid gold
cuff Acknowledgements Farmer.
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HINTS FOR POULTRY RAIsERs

AS the chicks grow they need
more room. It does not pay to let
them crowd.
Beware of musty, moldy, Jul or
decayed food. It is sure to cause
trouble.
Tough grass is of no value as a
green food. Better sow some quick
growing crop.
Feed hoppers greatly reduce the
work. If they are kept filled, the
chicks will never 60 hungry.
If your chicks are not doing well
something is'rwrong. hook out for
lice and for worms in the intestines.
T~wo-year-old hens had better be
sent to the market. They seldom
paw for their feed if kept over a
third season.
Grit and oyster shell should be
included in the ration for both young
and old. To- neglect this is poor
economy. 80 -
Young stock will do better if not
compelled to pick their living with
the old. There will also be less
trouble from lice. ....
Shade is one of the most import
ant essentials during the hot months
| Get the chicks into the orchard and
cornfeld. It is not too late to-gplant
sunfowers. :.
A growing chick will not thrive
on short rations. If the right kind
of food is fed, there is little danger
of overlooking, especially if they
are given plainly of range.
Supplement the regular feeds with
a wet mash-fed crumbly. Feed all
the chicks will clean up before 60
ing to roost, but none Should -beAleft
in the trough for it will SOURI,.
H. Kempster, Missouri College Of
Agriculture.
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CRAY COURT SOLDIER
GIVES COUNTRY LIFE
Thomas Eugene Peden Killed With
American Expediitonary Forces
in France.

in France.
Laurens, June 28.-J. Thomas Pc
den, of Gray Court, Laurens County
was officially notified today that his
son, Thomas Eugene Peden, had
been killed in France, May. 29. This
was the first intimation of the young
soldiers death, but details are ex-
pected to follow by letter. So far as
known Eugene Peden is the first
Laurens County boy to meet the
supreme sacrifice in battle and it is
also of interest to note he fact that
he was the first Laurens man to 60
overseas for service. He enlisted in
the service with the regular army
more than a year ago, going first to
Fort Screven, Ga, thence to Fort
Macarthur, Texas, and early last
summer he went to France. he
was 27 and was the youngest son in
the family.
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CALF sR4IsiNc.

It is, of course, needlesssto say
hat calf raising is essential @to~a
system Of dairy farming.
|or it is well known that the dairy
brmert must replace with new AMI
lais. about -oneoffth of his herd
heh year. EAnd, 9 when one consid-
ks,the, losses Of dairy cat
lei in. other countries, 4losses (which
)lr farmers maybe called On, in "a
rye measure, to make good, IT
Rems pssusiblerto say: that it, will be
ko8table fer .a1fsrmer to raise even
ore than the usual number Of we'll
led calves. And it may not be out
place to restate the we'll founded
Einciples of feeding CALVES and pre-
int new ideas, so that those inter.
ted may raise their calves better
d as cheaply as is consistent with
cd results.
1t ,is.: generally considered best to
move newborn calves. from their
ms within, a day or two, thought
necessary to feed the milk of the
m to. five or six days Of age. AT.
this age, any whole milk may be
d to- about two weeks of age al
hich. time. skim milk can gradually
place the whole milk, ten to: twelve
vs. Icing taken TO change. The
kount of liquid to feed will be
sed on the size and Yigor Of a
zen calf; six to ten pounds a day
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is enough at the beginning, AMI
this can be raised to fourteen
pounds as required; sixteen or eigh-
teen pounds may be fed if available.
Along with this milk, some grain
and hay should be fed after the
calves are a few weeks old. The
grain mixture should be composed
Of easily digested grains as corn or
hominy, ground oats, bran, linseed
oil meal, etc. The following mixture
will give good results:
100. pounds corn or hominy.
100 pounds ground oats.
so, pounds bran.
Up to Is pounds of linseed oil
meal may also be added if desired.
Good mixed hay is satisfactory for
calves and clover also is excellent
alfalfa may prove too laxative. Tht
amount of hay need not be limited
in most cases, but the grain should
be measured or weighed out after
the calves eat it we'll. Care should
be. taken that the grain and hay
supply a goodly amount of mineral
it. is generally advisable to add one
to two pounds of salt per loo
pounds of grain, and often bone
meal, ground limestone or rock
phosphate in the same proportion
These above foods, along with a
plentiful supply of fresh water, gen,
orally form the ration of calves up
to six months Of age.
1t would be very desirable in
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800 Reward. 500

The readers of this paper win be
pleased to learn that there ia at least
one dreaded disease that, science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
the foundation of the disease. giving the
patient strengthrby building UP b con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing its
work. The proprietors have SO much
faith in the curative powers OF Hairs
Hundred Dollars for any casethat It fail
to cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY &. CO.. Toledo
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist. TIC.
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some sections where market milk is
sold to feed a substitute for the
above milk. This subject of substi-
tutes for milk will not be taken up
in this very brief discussion except
to say that it has not been found
very satisfactory to remove all the
milk from the ration until calves
are at least four or five months of
age.
The surroundings of the calves,
as we'll as their feeding, should be
given proper attention. A roomy,
well-bedded, well-lighted and we'll
ventilated pen should be provided in
the barn, and an outdoor u for
exercise in favorable weather. With
proper feeding and care, n may
expect healthy, vigorous calves
which make good gains. One and a
quarter pounds gain per day for the
first six months is none too large,
especially for H~olsteins and Ayr
shires. But the aim should be to
have the calves gain the maximum
amount in this first and best grow.
ing period.
In conclusion, a few general
pieces of advice can be given, which
in a few words, contain the funda'
mentals of success in calf raising:
l.. Don't overfeed.
2. Be regular.
8. Be clean.
-Connect:-'t Agricultural College.
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Helps
Sick
Women

Cardui, the woman's
tonic, helped Mrs. VIII
liam 'Eversole, of Hazel
Patch, Ky. Read what
she writes: 81 had a
general breaking
Of my health. was in
bed for weeks, unable to
. get up. l had such a
weakness and dizziness,
and the pains were
very severe. A friend
told me | had tried every
thing else, why not
Cardui2... did, and
soon saw II was helping
me After II bottles,
I am strong and we'll"
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07
HAS A MESSAGE
FOR The WOMEN
Government Considers Dairy
Industry OF the Greatest
importance.
ENGAGES EXPERTS SERVICE
Prominent Women Educators VIII d.
tide Their Time Between Wash
lnston and Columbus Until
After the Great National
uairy Show 10 Over.

The government plainly considers
the dairy interests of the country Of
extraordinary importance and believes
that II has q message Of great value to
the women of the United States as is
shown by the cooperation which is
being extended to the National Dairy
Show which will be held at Columbus.
Ohio, october 1913.
The government has reached out
and comfnandeered the services OF two
expert women from two Of the leading
universities of the country and has
given them instructions to divide their
time between Washington and Column
bus until after the Dairy Show is over.
These women are Miss Emma Con-
ley. In charge Of the home economics
department Of the University OF Wis.,
consin, now on years leave OF alb
sence to the States Relations Service
Committee Of the Department OF Agri'
culture, and Miss Jessie NJ. Hoover,
who was dean OF the home economics
department of the University Of Idaho
before becoming attached to the dairy
division of the Bureau Of Animal In
dustry at Washington. After making
a survey Of the possibilities Of the
Dairy Show for delivering the message
the government wants the American
housewives to get, they have nam ed
the following committee to cooperate:
Miss Edna N. White, director home
economics, Ohio State University,
and president American Home Eco.
Monies Association; Miss Gertrude
Van Hoesen. formerly of the Uniyer.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07

sity Of Chicago and now OF United
States Department Of Agriculture, and
Miss Anna Van Meter. home econom-
les department, Ohio State University.
One Of the largest Of all the build.
ings OF the Exposition Grounds will be
turned over to this work. There will
be practical demonstrations Of dairy
lunches of nutritious meals prepared
largely from dairy products and there
will be a special restaurant managed
by the home economics department OF
the State University Child Welfare
work will be exemplified in many ways.
There will be lectures and demonstra
tions Of the necessity for milk in the
diet Of all children.
DR.. e. v. McCollum, OF Johns Hop,
kins University will exhibit the fam.
Gus rat colony which was used in his
experiments to determine the actual
food value Of milk and the dire conse
quence Of lack Of milk in the regu.
lar diet Of youngsters.
Another special feature will be the
possibilities of dairy products In All
ing the dinner pail, problem which
the women all over the United States
are finding peculiarly difficult unde,
the present high schedule Of food
prices.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07
FACE the FACTS

EFT us face the facts. The situation is critical
- Unless the Allies fight as they never yet hsYe
fought, defeat threatens Hungry men cannot hg1t
at their best; nor hungry nations. France, Englana
and Italy are going hungry unless we iced them.
Wheat Savings-They must have wheat 1t is the
best food to fight on. 1t is the easiest to ship We
alone can spare it to them, BY saving just little
less than quarter of what we ate last year-we can
support those who fighting our battles. And we
can do it without stintng ourselves. We have only
to substitute another food just as good.
The Corn of PIenty-Corn is that food. There's
surplus of it. Providence has been generous in the
hour of need 1t has given us corn in such bounty
as was known before. Tons of corn. Train.
loads of corn Five hundred million bushels over and
above our regular needs. All we have to do is to
learn to appreciate it. Was patriotic duty made
easy? And so clear?
Americas Own Food-Corn! 1t is the true American
food. The Indians, hardest of races lived on it.
Our forefathers adopted the diet and conquered a
continent. For great section of our country It
has blong cen the staff of life How well the South
fought it. history tells. Now 1t can help America
win world war.
Learn Something-Cornl 1t isn't one food It's
dozen. It's cereal. It's vegetable. It's bread.
It's dessert. It's nutritious more food value in it,
dollar for dollar, than meat or eggs or most other
vegetables. It's good to eat; how good you don't
know until you've had cornbread properly cooked.
Best of all, it's plentiful and it's patriotic
Corn. Infinite variety-HOw much do you know about
corn2 About how good it is? About the many
delicious ways of cooking it? And what you miss
by not knowing more about it2 Here are few
of Its uses:
There are at least fifty ways to use corn meal to
make good dishes for dinner, supper, lunch or break
fast Here suggestions:
HOT BREADS DESSERTS
Boston brown bread Corn-meal molasses cake.
Hoecake. Apple corn bread.
Mullins. Dumplngs.
Biscuits. Gingerbread.
Gridde cakes. Fruit gems.
Wafes.
HEARTY DISHES
Corn-mea croquettes. Cornmeal nah balls'
Meat and corn-meal dumplings
Italian polenta. TamaleR
The recipes are in Farmers Bulletin b6b, Corn
Meal as Food and Ways Of Using II" free from the
Department of Agriculture.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07
.SIRES AND THEIR GETS
AMONG The EXHIBITS

Calamity Jane will not be at the
National Dairy Show at Columbus
Ohio, October 1913 this year.
Calamity Jane attracted more at.
tention a year ago in ten days than in
all the three years of her earlier ex.
perience.
But Calamity Jane is dead.
She has gone the way of many An
other Improbable COW.
She was one of the 5000, 900 cows in
the United States which eat more
than they produce, They may give a
little milk, night or morning, but In
reality they milk their owner. 1t is
part Of the purpose of the Dairy Show
to inspire farmers and dairymen
everywhere to know exactly what each
COW In their herd is doing and whether
or not II is a profitable investment.
Among the exhibits which impress
this lesson will be series OF slres
and their gets, showing how intelli.
gent breeding increases the output and
consequently the profit Of each gensr.
alton OF cows.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07

The kind of books that is read
in mature years is determined in
youth. | do not contend that
what the girl or boy reads out
weighs home environment, but it
is usually indicative of what the
home environment is. And it is
in the home that the desire for
clean literature must be created.
There are. fortunately, a great
many really wholesome books
fiction that elevates while it en-
tertains. If parents are careful
to see the books their girls and
: boys read in youth, while the
mind is plastic and receptive, in
mature years there is little dam
ger that they will acquire the
taste for vicious books.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07

cows, who will compete with these
recognized leaders for first position.
They. are ChaFlesL,s = M faosedsie,
Wis, judge of Guernseys; WIS. Mos
Grip, Lake Elms. Mimi, Judge Of liol'
stein cattle; H. H. Kildee, Ar,es, Ia,
judge Of Ayrshires, and Hugh G. Van
Pelt, Waterloo, Ia, Judge of Jerseys.
These men are nationally recog-
nized experts in the lines they have
been designated to Judge.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07

HAWTHORNE must have
- had a prophetic vision OF
the millions of books that are be
ing ground out today when he
wrote the sketch, "Earth's
Holocaust" in his "Mosses From
an Old Manse." 1t is doubtful
if one in the thousand Of the
books that the last half-century
has produced has a legitimate ex-
cuse for its publication. No
book that was not written for the
purpose of beneftting humanity
has a legitimate birth. This old
world has for several decades
concerned itself with the prob
lem of Books and Their Au-
thors' and overlooked the vital
problem OF Books and Their
Readers" 1t is not wholly the
fault of the writers that the
world is full of books that are
harmful and vicious. Writers
produce books to sell. Hence,
they must write what the people
want to buy. Would Bernard
Shaw have written his salacious
plays if the public had not been
anxious for vulgarity on the
stage? Would there be a Balzac
if there were not a demand for
his style?
4 L
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07
uenounce the bad yook

uenounce the bad NoOks
and their authors, and straight
way the people go and buy and
read the bad books. The first
thing that the writer of a bad
book seeks to do is to get a wide
condemnation of it from pulpit
and press, and its success is as
sured. The dear, curious public
buys it and reads it. Books do
have a great deal to do with the
trend of thought of the public.
What the subtle reads it thinks,
and what it thinks it is. 1t is of
no use to try to dodge the truth.
The individual is just what he
THINKS. And he thinks what
he reads. If parents could fully
realize this and would act upon
the matter nationally the demand
for the impure in literature would
cease. Every book that an adult
reads leaves an indilible impress
upon the mind. The impress
may be infinitesimal but it is
there and becomes part of the
character. Accumulated they
dominate and control the mind
and character.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07
For Sale.

Fine 3-year-old red roam COW,
giving milk.
Extra good brood sow-will
weigh about 300 pounds.
H. G. CoTTLE,
4S2tf West Liberty, Ky.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07
Reward!

l will pay $1,000 reward for
the return or information leading
to return of one set of wagon har-
ness stolen from my barn in Neal
valley about the middle of Sep
tember, 1918.
JAS. FRANKLIN.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07

We cry out that the bad books
perverting the literary tastes
he public. and the press. and
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07

DR.. L. ID. Carter states that he
is here a few weeks on business
and that he will gladly serve the
people when called upon to do so.
He has all the necessary medi-
cines for most cases. 428ft
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07
After the Horse is Stolen.

THE human animal is a bird
l in a class by itself. The
only one of Gods creation that
is given the power to reason he
is the only one that harkens not
to the voice of experience. The
chosen of Deity he is the only
one that deliberately breaks His
laws. Ages of mistakes do not
make him wise. He goes on and
dares the Almighty by takingthe
long chance both physically and
spiritually. Man CANDLES re-
garding his physical welfare and
his souPssa salvation.
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A death from influenza occurr-
ed Sunday that, according to the
doctors, was due to the lack of
proper nursing. Just how many
of the deaths that have occurred
in the county | have no means of
knowing, but it is not reasonable
to conclude that this is an ex-
ceptional case. After the horse
is stolen we proceed to lock the
stable door: After the Influenza
edidemic is raging in our county
and is taking its terrible toll we
bestir ourselves somewhat and
try to combat the disease after
it has secured a foothold. Still,
our efforts are uncertain and in
effectual. Two trained nurses
have been secured for the town,
but what can they do Unless hos
pital facilities are secured? The
start is right, but why stop? If
the disease is stopped at its pres
ent stage two nurses can not do
justice to the patients scattered
as they are. We must convert
some building into a hospital.
For a number Of years the Cou-
rier has pleaded fer a resident
community nurse, but its plead
ing have fallen upon deaf ears.
A capable community nurse, her
sole duty being to look after the
community health, would. have
noticed some things that the To-
cal board of health has apparent
ly been blind to, and the needed
precautions doubtless would have
been taken. Influenza is spread
from crowds, and until the dis
ease had obtained a foothold no
ban was put on the crowds, and
the rule of the board of health
prohibiting the crowds is honor
ed more by the breach than by
the observance.
y y j
1t is a matter of seriousness to
the community now. When
death stalks abroad in the COM
munity we know not whom he
beckons next. By all means we
should have a hospital-tempora
rily at least. There is one build
ing that can be secured that will
answer, and no time should be
lost. The authorities should see
that the business houses observe
the anti-crowd rules and take all
precautions against the spread Of
the disease.
Let's lock the stable door be.
fore all the horses are stolen.
Moreover, Germany must bt
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07

IT HE aristocracy Of the COW wcrld
will be on display at the Nation
al Dairy Show which will be
held at Columbus, Ohio, October
1913, this year. The four grand
champion cows of the recog-
nized dairy breeds are shown.
All Of them and all the medals and
ribbons they have won will be AVN
at the Dairy Show. Opposite each
breed is the man who will judge the
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07
Look Here For 1t.
Things we all ought to know
but which none of us can
remember, and often
don't knoW where to
look to find it.

look to ind 1t.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Town of West Liberty-Oficers:
Police Judge, w. G, Short.
Town Attorney, H. c. Rose.
Marshal, L. H. Roberts.
Trustees: Evert Mathis, A. P. Gullett, w
M. Kendall, John McMann, r.
B. Costly.
Clerk, Edgar Cochrihan.
Treasurer, w, D. Archibald.
Police Court, First Wednesday in each
month for civil causes.
MORGAN COUNTY
County Judge, ]. H, Sebastian.
County Attorney, II. c. Rose.
County Court Clerk, Rem F. Nickel,
Sheriff, Chas. P. Henry.
Treasurer. w. NJ. Gardner,
Supt. Schools, Bernard L. Whit.
Taller, G, w. Stacy,
Assessor, D. H. Dawson
Coroner, vacant
Surveyor, vacant.
Rural School Supervisors: Miss Anna
Nickel, NJ Holbrook.
County Court, Second Monday in each
month.
Quarterly Court, Tuesday after Second
Monday in each month.
Fiscal Court, On Wednesday after Fourt
Monday in April and October.
JUSTICES COURTS.
First District Ed Day, West Liberty,
KY, First Monday in each month.
Second District, Robt. Motley, Ezel, KY.
Tuesday after First Monday in each month
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-07
Startling News Is
Crowding the Telegraph
Wires Every Day
Undoubtedly We Have Entered
Upon the Most Momentous
Months in the History Of
The Universe
The World Revo1ves Around Newspapers You Want the
News and All the News While 1t Is Really News, You
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The supreme duty that a par
ent owes to the child is that it be
sent into the world at maturity
aiclean-thinking young woman or
Young man. Thus equipped they
can safely meet the temptations
oAlife. So, after all, it is not so
mach a question of Books and
Their Author but the larger
question of Books and Their
Readers"
Moreover, Germany must be
destroyed.