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COLDS INTERFERE WITH BUSINESS Dr.' Kind's New Discovery relieves them and keep you going on the job Fifty continuous years of almost unfailing checking and relieving coughs, colds and kindred sufferings is the proud achievement of Dr. King’s Mew Discovery. Grandparents, fathers, mothers, the kiddies all have used and are using it as the safest, surest, most pleasant* to-take remedy they, know of. Sold by all druggists everywhere. Keep Bowels On Schedule 'Late, retarded functioning throw's the whole day’s duties out of gear. Keep the system cleansed, the appe* tite lively, the stomach staunch with Dr. King's New Life Pills Mild and tonic in action. Sold everywhere. Showing Value of Fertilization. The value of fertilization Is shown by some results obtained by the Ohio experiment station. There was se cured from the fertilized soil an aver age yield per acre of (51 bushels of rorn, 23*4 bushels of wheat and 3,026 pounds of clover hnv. Unfertilized land adjoining has yielded 4(5*4 bush els of corn, 11 bushels of wheat and 2.517 pounds of hay per acre. THRIFT— In purchasing means qual ity as well as low prices. This list includes both. SUGAR 9 Lbs for SI.I)U EGGS Per •*j- Dozen DC RED J. TOBACCO nfi Per Lb /UC PORK and BEANS < * x Large Size IZ2C STEAK and SAU- 'IfU SAGE Per Lb Jvt GOLD DUST and j * *|- Heiiotropeflourbbl. iZ.ZD CATSUP | 1 Per Bottle IZ2C MATCHES , Per Box ()C PEAS -t r\ Per Bushel CALIFORNIA *. AA Black Peas Bushel $4.00 ORANGE CANE AA SEED, Per Bushel S4.UU GOOD HOME- t a Made Syrup, Gal. SI.IU WESSON COOK- Vh < AA ING OIL. Per Gal. $1.7(1 KEROSENE OIL oc 5 Gallons for 0) C GOOD PEABERRY COFFEE, Per Lb. jUC TOMATOES. THE t ~ BEST, Per Can ljC CORN t r Per Can 1 DC WHITE KARO 0 n SYRUP. Per Gallon. 7UC PINK SALMON *n Per Can ... ZUC FULL CREAM ja CHEESE, Per Lb 4UC DRIED APPLES 1C Per Lb ljC DRIED PEACHES jr Per Lb. IDC 52 h k* SI.OO No. 1 IRISH PO- n[i TATOES, Peck iUC Since the war is over, I am delivering goods inside the city. Phone No. 102. E. S. Bennett Market and Groceries Oriiijifoncr ajVldlfS (Conducted by the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union.; THE MAN WHO CAME BACK. Every newspaper reader knows Walt Mason whose rippling rhymes art* sent ill over the country by a press syndi cate. In a recent magazine article Walt linn a story of u “llas-lieen Who Came Lack.” It is his own story. He began Ids Journalistic career at twen ty-two, soon became a victim of drink, and was a down-and-outer ut forty-five. Then he went to dry Kansas, began again at the bottom of the ladder and climbed to the top. This Is what Wil liam Allen White, editor of the Em poria Gazette and well-known author says of him: “When he (Walt Mason) wrote for :i job on the Gazette be said that he had all the degrees that could be con ferred upon him by a certain Institu tion which claimed to cure booze-flght rs, and that he had tried high re olves many times, only to wake up and find the brewer’s daughter feed ing his week’s salary to her favorite eat, lie said he wanted before he quit to try a dry town. Now Emporia is i dry town. It started dry. In 1857 — that isn’t a misprint for It was sixty two years ago, In an age when a preacher could stew his soul In toddy without losing caste —Emporia in the charter of the town company started with a prohibition clause. It did not always hold the Rum Fiend away. But It always bothered him to get In. So ho never waxed fat in Emporia. And for u generation Emporia, while cot bone-dry, has not been moist. “When Walt Mason came here the town was fairly dry. Alcohol formed no part of the town’s conscious thought. No one invited him to drink. He heard no talk of drink; he saw no one drinking, and to get liquor he would have had to associate with loaf ers and plug-uglies. So Walt Mason in a dry town, having plenty of work to do, did it well. And the town stood by him and cheered him. Ten thousand people became his friends. They are his friends todny." "It Is ten yenrs,” says Mr. Mason, “since I came to Emporia with my one extra shirt and my $1.35. Since prosperity overtook me I have received flattering offers from Chicago, New York, and even from London. But little old Emporia Is good enough for me.” Moral —A “has-been” can come back —ln a dry state. GLAD TO BE FORCED OUT. A Missouri saloonkeeper perhaps expressed the sentiments of liis fel lows fairly well when on being called to account for his violation of the law regarding the sale* of liquor, he locked li e door of his booze emporium and remarked: “I’ve quit business for good. The booze business is (lead anyway, and I’m glad to be out of it.” We believe this voices the fen ling of the majority of the wets. The war which has forced them out of busi ness is at the same time offering them the chance of the ages to enter ancl get a start in legitimate industries. One of the avowed reasons for the President’s brewery closing edict was the need of men for the* really essen tial, wln-the-war enterprises, and any liquor denier possessed of a scintilla of self-respect and desire to stand well with his fellow men will welcome this opportunity to begin anew. — Union I Signal. ENGLAND WATCHING. On the <>ve of his departure for the States after taking part In the prohi hitlon campaign in Canada, Dapiel A. Poling received the following signifi cant letter from lion. David Lloyd George, prime minister of Great Brit ain. There had been no previous cor respondence—the letter came unso licited : “I am following with great interest tlie war restrictions on alcohol actu ally enforced and those under con sideration in the United States. “We have ourselves not been neglectful of the necessities imposed by war. We have stopped entirely the manufacture of spirits; we have cut down the brewing of beer by more lhan two-thirds and the hours during winch it can be sold to less than on- Ihlrd. “Should the exigencies of war ne cessitate further restrictions, we shall fellow with interest your enmpnfcrn for the enforcement of war prohibi tion in the United States of America." HARRY LAUDER AND WHISKY. George Adnms In the Association Men’s News states thut when Harry Lauder visited one of the camps re cently some specinl Scotch whisky had been obtained In his honor. When he was informed of this and asked to take some, lie said: “Pass me the canid water —that Is the best drink for n man who has work to do.” A LIFE SENTENCE Jack Lait, in Ilenrst's Magazine, has Omaha Slim, discussing the law against whisky manufacturing, say: “ ‘For the period of the war’ Is what (he law said. I call that rich. ‘Period’ Is right. A period Is what comes at the end of the sentence, ain’t it? Well, this period Is the end, an’ the sentence is for life. Can you see us gettln’ back our rights after the war? If the proud an’ primeval ins’tltootlon couldn’t stny here when It was here It’s got a fine chancet to get back here when it ain't i here.” NOTICE, FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN Farmers and Business Men; I have just received the fol lowing letter from Mr. Brail ford Knapp, Chief Extension work in tlie south, and I hope that each farmer and business man in our county will read same and take his advice. February 7, 1919. SAFETY FIKST. To Farmers and Business Men in Cotton Territory: The department is just issu ing a bulletin which 1 have prepared for the purpose of put ting the present situation up to Ihe farmers and business men. It is entitled, “Safe Farming in the Southern States in 1919.” Ask your county agent for a copy. The present situation is the most dangerous which tin* cot ton states have faced in recent years. You have had four years of comparative prosper ity, partly because of four short crops of cotton with re sultant good prices, and partly because you produced so much of your own food and feed. During the last four years there have been short crops in Texas mainly due to drought. In 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1911 the Texas crop averaged 4,418,250 bales while during 1915, 1910, 1917 and 1918 it averaged only •’>,104,500 bales, or 1,253,750 Indus less per annum. Texas has had good rains this winter. From 1911 to 1914, inclusive, Oklahoma averaged 1,03(1,250 bides per annum, mainly due to drought. Oklahoma has had splendid rains this winter. A big crop in Texas and Okla homa has always meant a big crop in the whole country. Til ink that over before you de cide to increase your acreage in cotton. Will (lie mills of Northern France and Belgium be restored to full capacity at once? Cer tainly not! Will the poor peo ple of Europe seek food or .cut ton first? Food, of course! People can and will wear palett ed clothing and sleep without pillow cases and sheets if need be, but the hungry stomach must he fed. Think about that. The last four years have been a period of gradually increas ing prices. Farmers and busi ness men have profited out of t bis constant increase. Cotton just about kept pace with other things. A pound or an acre of it would buy about the same as if did in 1!M 1 at 12 cents a pound. But during this time the fanners bail the advantage of purchasing supplies in the spring and summer at one level of prices and then selling cot ton in the fall at the top price of the year.•'and paying the debts contracted at the lower prices, lie mi your guard now. for when the prices begin to sor tie down the situation becomes more difficult. We may be in the position of making a crop of cotton with high-priced supplies ami set tling our debts out of cotton at a lower price. Especially will this be true if we produce a very large crop and thereby do all in our power to lower the market price of cotton. Has not a large crop always meant low er prices? Think that over. What about acreage? Ltd us look at tlit‘ acrege figures in the bulletin. The total for lllls was 35.8110,000. Oklaho ma had more acres planted in 11I1S than in either 11)11, 11)13, or 1011. Texas had more acres in 1018 than in 1011 and only about 700,000 acres less than in 1014. The years 1011, 1013 ami 101 1 were good years with big crops and generally low prices. With only 150,000 acres more in the whole* country in 4011 we had in the whole country in 1018, we produced 15,003,000 hales, and the farm price De cember 1, 1014. averaged 8.8 cents per pound. In 1913 we had 37.080,000 acres ami pro duced 1 4,150.000 bales, and the farm price averaged 12.2 cents per pound December 1, 1913. In 1914 we had 30,832,000 acres, or only 942,000 acres more than in 1918, and yet the reduction was 10,135,000 bales and the farm price December 1, 1014, was 0.8 cents per pound on the aver age due in part, no doubt, to tlie war in Europe. Think this over. With less acres than hist year and si good season we can easily mkc a very large crop, especial ly with good production in Texas and Oklahoma. In 1912 with only 34,283,000 acres we made 13,703,000 bales of cotton. With ii good season ahed of us, would you increase the acreage? Which would you rather do, produce more cotton and tiike less price for it after working a large number of acres at great er expense or limit your produc tion to a smaller number of iieres, better tended, permitting the full production of your food and feed and a better chance for si good price? It is absolute folly to upset the present prosperity of the cotton states by planting a large acreage which can only mean ;i large crop and si lower price, I li(‘sir rumors of farmers sidling their live stock to put their land sill in cotton. Such action is inviting disaster. If farmers, land lords, merchants and bank ers combine to pull the house down upon their own heads by producing si huge crop of cot ton, they should have the cour age to make no appeal to the rest of the world for help if their own action leads them in to distress. But remember that there is ii good way. Look in the bulle tin. Food Bins Cotton Equals Prosperity. Full production of the food for our people and the feed for our growing livestock industry in the south should he the first iinil most important consideration. Safe farming demands caution this time. Supply your own needs first sis ;i sound measure of protection, then hold your cotton acreage Abundance of POTASH For the 1919 Crop We are prepared to supply users of— ROYSTER’S FERTILIZER With any grade of Potash goods desired Prof. B. W. Kilgore, director N. C. Agricultural Experiment Station, says:— “The lack of Potash with us has been shown especially in cotton, tobac co and potatoes in coastal plain sections. This has been especially true of cotton and potatoes, more potash having been used on tobacco, relatively, than on these two crops.” Dr. H. W. Barre, director of S. C. Agricultural Experiment Station, says:— “1 will say that a survey recently made of the cotton situation in South Carolina, leads us to believe that at least 25 per cent, reduction in the cotton crop has resulted this year from lack of potash. In some cases not more than half a crop has been produced on light land that is very deficient in potash. The appearance of the plants indicates that what is known as potash hun ger is responsible for the decreased yield. We are, therefore, recommending that liberal amounts of potash be used in fertilizers for cotton next year. At the usual rates of application, I feel that it will pay to use as much as 3 per cent, of potash at the present prices.” Enquire of Royster Dealers— Place Orders Early F. S. Royster Guano Cos. Norfolk, Va. down to si moderate figure, less than in 1918, in order that we may safeguard the production and not destroy our prosperity by deliberate over-production. It is up to the South to play a safe game. Safety first demands that every cotton farmer, big and little, shsill co-operate in holding down the cotton acre age. Yours very truly, (Signed) Bradford Knapp, Chief. Let all farmers and business men of Harrow county have for our slogan this year: “Food and Feed Plus Cotton Equals Prosperity.” If we will put this slogan to practice it will come or lx* true for each famor and business man, also for our coun ty. Yours for service, W. Hill Hosch, County Agrl. Agt., Winder, Ga. Best Persian Camels. The best Persian camels are the powerful one-humped kind, which arc bred In the province of Khorassan. This animal can carry a burden of 600 pounds at the rate of 20 miles a day. The ordinary Persian camel, however, will carry 400 pounds at the rate of 15 miles a day. Drones in the 8 ve, ‘Tt Is civilization which has given us the woman who toils not, who .Ives for pleasure, who takes from life gifts for which she makes no return.” —Ex- change. KNOCKS OUT PAIN THE FIRST ROUND Comforting relief from pain makes Sloan’s the World’s Liniment This famous reliever of rheumatic aches, 6oreness, stiffness, painful sprains, neuralgic pains, and most other external twinges that humanity suffers from, enjoys its great sales because it practically never fails to bring speedy, comforting relief. Always ready for use, it takes little to penetrate without rubbing and produce results. Clean, refreshing. At all drug stores. A large bottle means economy. Sloan’s Liniment , Kills Pam “GET RICH QUICK” HOT AFTER YOUR BONDS Secretary Glass Warns Bond Holders To Keep Bonds Or Sell Only To Some Reputable Bank Or Trust Company The farmer —or any other American citizen —who desires to get rich quick is offered plenty of opportunity these days to accumulate stock in every thing from Oklahoma oil to African rubber. There never were quite sc many agents going round helping others to make their fortunes over night. Their prey is the Liberty bonds held by almost every loyal citizen in the country. They do not ask foi money—they will swap anything for bonds. Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass has just issued a statement warning the public against the un scrupulous persons who offer to trade worthless stocks for Liberty bonds, and against those “sharks” who at tempt to persuade bondholders to part with their bonds at a price far be low par. Every business man knows that with an adjustment of business conditions, Liberty bonds will be worth full face value on the open mar ket, and nobody should sell a bond for less than its full value except in case of absolute necessity. Even then, he should take it to a reputable bank, consult a hanker in whom he has con fidence, and take his advice. Usually it is possible to borrow money on Liberty bonds at a low rate of interest The interest coupons will pay a large part of this, making the loan cost the bond-owner very little, and he will still retain ownership in his bonds. The Treasury Department is taking every possible step to protect the in terests of Liberty bond owners ancl expects to bring to justice those per sons who seek to defraud patriotic Americans of their investments. No Detriment. Yeast—l see that blond typewriter of yours chews gum. Crimsonbeak—Yes, I’ve noticed that. “And don’t you think it interferes with her work?” “By no means. I had one before her who didn’t chew gum, and her spelling was quite as bad.” Eskimos Play Football. Football is a favorite amusement with Eskimos of all ages. The foot ball is a small round ball made of seal skin and stuffed with reindeer hair. In Labrador, as in Greenland, it is whipped over the ice with a thong loop attached to a wooden handle. It can be caught In the air and returned with terrific fore* by means of this instru ment.