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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

Ladies' and 'children's tights at
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

y Maddox a Montague shipped two
cars of mules to East st. Louis Friday
NIGHT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

8. 8. Craig is still confined to the
house, but is some better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

Keep your hands warm with Halls
25c mittens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

Your choice of SOC fascinators for 25c
at Halls.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
WORRELL,The JeVeler.

]. A. Potts is able to be out again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

Jos. Maxwell had two ars of mules
on the East st. Louis market Satur-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
A GOOD SHOWING.

Abstract of Assessors Book for 1897.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

G. F. Clark is IN jefferson City on
business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

Miss Donovan has returned from a
holiday visit to her home in Warrens-
hnrn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

The Christian Church has called
Elder j. W. Robbins, of Abingdon, Ill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

Geo. P. Haley was up from Louis
lana Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

For this cold weather use Halls
leggins.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

j. w. Montague is in st. Louis on
business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07
& BEEDE,

FOE SPECIAL REPORTS. uRraE PARTICULARS
RANKING Asp OTHER REFERENCES. ADDRESS
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

Capt. Frost is confined to his house.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-07

1
Capt. Frost is confined to his house.
J. G. Trimble is down from Kansas
City.
Ladies' and 'children's tights at
Halls.
Keep your hands warm with Halls
25c mittens.
G. F. Clark is IN jefferson City on
business.
j. w. Montague is in st. Louis on
business.
Geo. P. Haley was up from Louis
lana Monday.
All kinds winter underwear and
Hosiery at Halls.
j. A. Ralley was in town from Aux
vase Monday.
p. II. Cullen is attending court in
Montgomery City.
A. Manius was a visitor from Hollis
Summit Monday.
Bud Guy, who has been very i'll, is
able to be out again.
Fred Panhorst has returned to bis
home in Stanton, Ill.
r. ID. Worrell's little daughter, Dor
othy, is very much better.
Your choice of SOC f%ascinators for 25c
at Halls.
Five members of Geo. W. Adams
family are i'll with the grip.
MIR. and Mrs. j. G. Trimble left on
the 3 O'Clock train for st. Louis.
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

the month for three consoc-
utive months, it. is estimated
that on an average 51,Co0 o-r
day Will be paid out j..
BentoHville for apples.
This means nearly $50, GEO
for BeAtonville and vicinity,
alone.
One party who ow MS a nice
90 acre farm near the city
bought the land a year ago
for about 5000. Monday he
was offered 5000 for the
apples on ten acres of this
farm. That was a profit
able Investment.
There are other just such
surprising deals.
J. D. Covey, of the Benton
County Bank, sold a 1O-acre
orchard Tuesday to McHenry
& Bryan, apple shippers,
for $3.50. Covey keeps the
land and trees. That's
good proft for money invest
DR.. Tno. Smartt who has
a fine orchard, will realize
about $500 from it this
year, That's good interest
on money invested.
C. J. Eld's ine orchard as
estimated, will bring him
about So, 900.
H. W. Gipple, who recent
ly came from Iowa, and
who "showed his faith by
his works" by purchasing a
90 acre farm near Bentonvllle
willttiifsi,, year-fealize over
$2 900 from. his orchard.
This is more than he paid
for the farm.
Col. S. w. Peel has a fine
orchard and will have over
1000 bushels which will
bring him IN over $1,000,
while f. P. Galbraith will
realize as much from h is
orchard near the city,
Our immense apple crop
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15
apO 'FMc GOod Dic YoNng'

The Cleaveland Leader
puts this story into the
mouth Of an innocent babe;
There is a little girl living
out on Tilden avenue wAo is
rapidly causing her fathers
hair to assume the color oI
the driven snow,
The other day she looked
upd dt him from between hts
knees and askedi
'papa was it a wise
person who said thc good
die yoong1'
oycs" said The moaino
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

Trained from indorsing the
Chicago platform. And in
neither of these had the
leaders courage to repudiate
it, They simply sought
the succor Of a prudent 81.
lenCe.
The enthusiasm and vigor
with which the campaign
of Henry George is start
ing in this city show how
far from dead are the issues
of last year. Free silver
has no place and should have
no part in a Municipal ell
ection. But only the blind
est of the blind-those who
will not see--cau fail to
observe that it is still a
very potent force and factor
in party politics.
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15
A Very L!ye Rssue.
New Y:.s TTs..5.

Boss Croker dodged the
free silver issue, but he
neither killed nor concealed
| it.
The main issue ir the
Chicago platform. is not
dead. 1t is very much alive.
Mr.. Bryan's hold upon the
party is not relaxed. 1t IS
stronger than ever.
In t h e Massachusetts
! Democratic convention last
week the perverts Of last
year were in full control,
and were more fanatiCal
and determined than ever.
The convention nominated
George Fred Williams for
governor, reaf1irmed the Chi
lago platform in it's entir-
ETY. and emphasized in a
separate resolution the de-
mand for "the remonetlza-
tion of silver at 10 to l."
1t likewise eulogized Mr..
Bryan as "the intrepid
champion who stands in
merit and esteem with the
historic leaders Of the Dem
ocracp."
This was not Nebraska
or Georgia, but in Mas
sachusetts, the great and
rich Eastern state where
the leadership of the Demo
cratic party in past years
has been in the hands OF
men distinguished through
ont the Unlo1 for intellect,
character and courage.
These leaders are now cast
out, prescribed, compelled
flock by themselves" in
small faction whose voice
is drowned in the shout Of
the Bryanites.
The case was similar in
Pennsylvania, another rich
and populous Eastern state
The Democratic convention
reafirmed the Chicago plat
form, free silver and all,
and greeted with lrenzled
cheers the prediction of its
chairman that Mr.. Bryan
would be renominated IN
1900.
In Maryland and New
York alone, of all the states
holding elections this year
i A.. na.,a,.,ts, ga
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

"Well' she went on, after
thinking it over for some
time, "I'm not so much sur
prised about you; butt don't
see how mama ever managed
to get growed up"
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

has attracted many mon1ed
men from abroad who are
here checking out their
money in such large quantl-
ties that an editor becomes
dazzled at the figures. One
Of these men.Wrote a check
Tuesday for $500. This
$500: IS but the initial "slice"
from $4,000 this gentleman
has "placed" in this city Tor
$4,000 barrels of apples for
his cold storage plants in
St, Louis ard Kansas City.
TO get these $4,000 barrels
Of apples he Will necessarily
put up" about SIS, coo more
or a total of about SIS, 600.
Whew! That takes our
breath.
Theu, J. r. Schuttle-
worth, a wealthy exporter OF
apples from London, Canada,
is here aud will ireFHain dur
inc the "fruit harvest" lie
will buy over $4,000 barrels
also. That means another
$75,OO0 "dollar bill" for
Benton countII.
Yet this large order will
not be a drop in-the-bucket
to the number they will use
this season, 1t will require
a train of 300 cars to move
these 10000 packed apple
barrels. This firm has en-
p.oyed 40 expert coopers,
and to handle their fruit
shipments this fall it re-
quires an army of 500 men
for them. Friday this firm
exported their first car OF
apples to Liverpool England.
How is that for shipment!
The same day this firm sent
two cars of apples to the
cold storage room in ST.
Louis, This is only fol
Bentonville and vicinity
For Benton county It would
be simply da2zllng'
Capt. John Miser, who
owns a fine farm oyer on
Pea Ridge, sold his rs acre
orchard Saturday for So, 675'
This is the way to get rlcl
without going to Kfon dixie
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15
EscmtONyiIac's wealth.
gMionv!llo Sun.

"At the present writing"
as the girls say when they
go to write to their lover --
Bentonville is strictly in the
swim financially and will le'
main 50 for about three
months longer, during which
time our large crop Of apples
will be harvested, and about
500, 900 will be paid out right
in Bentonville for apples.
This means better times
and better prices for every
thing,
1t has been a long estao-
lished fact that the man who
planted a few acres of fruit
trees pruned and nurturcd
them correctly would soon
have a steady income which
would defy the proycrblaI
"wolf.at,the. door" theory,
This is being demon9rat.
ed every day, And hun.
dreds of farmers and fruit
raisers around BcntonviIIe
and in Benton county wit
lie down on their hunrIG cots
this fail with a nice cash as
count or Lue pro.D. "0o oI
rhc uu ..r
my,
Today and every day ir
I' ur
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

The girls college at the
state industrial school of
South Dakota burned one
night last week, Six young
ladies lost their lives in the
flames.
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15


The large apple orchard
of Mrs, G. Z. Kennan was
burned last week nea r
Rogers. The fire started
by a spark from a locomotive
and burned over a distance
of half a mile wide across
an eighty acre orchard.
-Four thousand trees and 900
bushels Of apples were de-
stroyed.
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

The most popular Judge in
Georgia is one who has just
decided that a woman of
forty is young, The decis-
ion insures his reelection. =
Tx.
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

Reports from the county
conventions being held in
New York indicate that
they generally .lndorse the
Chicago platform.
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

$1,000 has been appro-
priated by the levying court
to bridge the Ouchita river
near Hot Springs.
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

The "Picayune" would
urge all farmers in Nevada
county, who expect to need
any cotton in business next
year, to come to town now
ard buy it, and store it
and store it way in d ware.
house, for with all charges
added, for interest loss in
weight and storage it is
still cheaper than they can
raise ii next year. even
though they have to use
the cotton as collateral to
borrow The money Besides
they could chen put their
cotton land in q variety of
crops taa, would pay them
'ae,.cr Jbu wonId thocottoa
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

A countryman while wait
ing at the depot at Texar-
kama last week concluded he
had time to take a snooze,
He did so and awaking found
he lad been robbed of $40.
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15
OFFICIAL.

~ OFFICIAL.
easman, First Dstrict-P. d. McCulloch
e MsrIanna, Lee County.
N. Second Dist-A' witt Pocahontas
18th Judicial Dist-JOhn b. McCaleb,
Shade.
Atty' 10th Dlst-R. B. Maxey, Mann
CouxTy- y-RcpreSentatlve--T. /. Herrn.
w. 9. Murphy.
-Ja6per Justus,
III. +, wilkins Hardy.
I0r-Thos II. McCaleb.
urer--C. W Shaver.
xamlner-D d, Spurlock.
THE CCyRTS.
Court, N.'Dist-First Monday in Jan.
dJuly. In S. DIst-SecOnd Monday in
y and August.
Y court list Monday in January. Aprn,
d October.
te Court, S. Dist-lst Monday in Tebru
y, August and November.
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

Forest fires are raging in
Michigan, Wisconsin and
Indiana. Farm houses and
entire fields have been dess
troyed.
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15
DiseC:Ory.
RELIGIOUS.

- Il Methodist church first and third
"s q each month. Rev. W. :, South.
.tor. Everybody is invited to attend,
!, Il the Christian church Saturday
s,< fho Second sunday in each month,
TX MIlholland of Batesvtlle.
.-school every Sunday morning Il
4 III Methodist church. Everybody is
cnme g. j. WILSON,
ls'frajr. Secretary. superintendent
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

9foe eSionaI Cards.
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15
SOCIETIES.

rvxNrNG SHADE LODGE No. l43, F. u
M.. holds regular communications on
i Saturdy before l6t Sunday in each
mnfh. Il. S. BACON, W. NJ,
tcalf. Sec'y,
rvrrrNG SHADE CHAPTER, No. II, 0
A.. meets at Masonic Hall lst Thurs
~ in each month, at , o'clock p. N.
MRS. X ATEH DDLESTL N, W. NJ
grILIE AULT, Sec'ty.
'RupAL CHAPTER No. SO, R. A. NJ.
oIdo regular convocations at Masonic
iaIl In Evening Shade, the 81 Saturday
1 each month. .a
JNO B. MoCALEB, Ii. Z.
Davidson, See.
BrRyAp LODGE, No. 62, I. o. o
r. nolds regular meetings every al
a fernate Friday night.
4 LIT. MEDLEY, N q.
!. Collins. Scc'y. -
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

VIII UVVH TV7 WI y y
1897.
Tuition in Normal Department
per week, Scots; Tuition in Busi-
ness, Shorthand and Typcwriting
department per week, Sl'50;
lilo scholarship in Business
Dept. $1,000; in Shorthand and
Ty5ewnung Dept $1,000; COM
b'ned course $4,000; board per
wont 5l0hi OmgDod 'oom'
p,rWu.N alm 1o..i Lessor.
-. ... o0. An. "'5"o
Sharp County record., 1897-10-15

X0yINzkl//< EVENING SHADE LODGE
~ No. 290, X. Of II
INK meets first Tues
|fkNVyes-d day nights in every
f<2SSS W. Carroll SHAVER, D
v1lpW C.J. Wilson Il.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-07-23
Had an Eve to Business.

One day last week a sagacious
darkey of this place went to prom
inent attorney on North Main street,
and asked him to draw up some
mortgage papers for him. The
darkey stated that he had loaned
a friend IS for 80 days, and the
friend had secured the debt with
a COW and calf worth probably three
or four times the amount of the
loan, and he wanted it put down in
writin', wild interest atsiX per cent.
why" said the attorney, adj
dressing the negro by his name,
don't you know that the interest on
So for 80 days would barely pay the
cost of the paper on which the mort
gage would be written?"
YES, boss" replied the willy ne.
gro, grinning from ear to ear, "but
you don see de pint. | don keer
enything about de intrust--I'se a-lay-
ing fer dat niggah's COW an calf"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-07-23
why Boys should Stay on the Farm.

The following are reasons why
bright and capable farmers sons and
daughters should remain on the
farm:
|. They can make good managers.
,. And If the farm is managed
right there will be comfort.
3. They can prosper and get along
well on the farm.
/. 1t requires a bright and capa-
bic person to run the machines on a
farm.
3. Farming is the most important
and Independent industry in the
world; therefore bright and capable
people ought to be left to run the
farm.
s. If all the bright and capable
boys and girls went to the city there
would not be much prosperity on the
farms.
I. They can make good improve
ments OH the farm.
s. Farming is the best work for
them.
8. There is a deal of theory in agri-
culture nowadays, therefore it re-
quires bright person.
10. 1t calls for bright and capable
person to look after the general bust
ness of farm.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-07-23
The Coming of Baby,

When baby comes to the house real
happiness comes. The care and ankle
ty count for nothing against the cling
ing touch of the little hands and the
sound of the little voice. The highest
function given to human beings is
bringing healthy, happy children into
the world. over thirty years ago the
needs of women appealed to DR.. Pierce
now chief consulting physician to the
Invalid's Hotel and Surgical Institute,
of Buffalo, N. Y. The result of his study
improved by thirty years Of practice
is embodied in DR., Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t strengthens, purities
and makes healthy the organs distinct
ly femenine. 1t gives weak women the
strength and health necessary for the
production of healthy children and il
makes the bearing of those children
easy. 1t is sure to cure any weakness
or arrangement peculiar to women
st ops pain, soothes Inflammation
streng thens, purifes, invigorates.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-07-23

This idea that the trader is the
only man who needs to advertise, is
all wrong. No man would reap
more from a well-placed advert ise-
ment than the farmer, if he be en-
gagged in line of work where he has
goods ready to go to the market daily
or tri-weekly. The difficulty has
been and is that men suit their own
convenience in marketing, and then
complain because the door to trade
is not wide open. "Wanted-CustOm-
ers for absolutely fresh eggs, deliv-
cred every Monday and Thursday"
The man who is really able to meet
these conditions will find an ad. like
the above answered at once. House
keepers have their trials as well as
hen men, and one of the greatest is
the difficulty of getting fresh eggs
for cooking at stated periods. Let
the producers establish rules on the
same principal as milkmen, and
they have only to meet their Gus
toners regularly in order to build
up an enduring trade. The thrifty
housewife will never take store eggs
in preference to those direct from
the farmer.-EXchange.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-07-23
Are Farmers Prosperous?

| would be pleased to have your
interesting discussion of this ques-
ton made broader.
Farming is worldwide business
and its products find the worlds
markets and prices in spite of un-
wise tariff legislation. Indian
wheat completes with American,
and Australian meat with that of
our west.
First, then: How does farming in
the south compare with that in the
north, and, second, how does the
business of farming compare with,
say merchandising or railroading?
Il refer to the owners or stockhOld-
ers of railroads,)
Twenty years ago ] bought good
farm fifty miles from New York
City, paying $4,000, or 800 per acre.
Last year | sold it in better con-
dition than when bought, for $1,000.
This is the rule rather than the eX-
ception in the north and older west.
Farms have deprecated about one
half. Twelve years ago I bought a
large farm in Southwest Georgia,
which / would not now sell for what
| gave for it.
think it is generally true in the
south that agricultural lands have
not sensibly deprecated for a num-
Der of years.
Does any Georgia farmer want to
exchange his farm for railroad
stocks? l think he can do it, acre
for acre, in many cases.
Does he wish to trade for a store?
He can do it if he will shoulder the
merchants debts and take his book
accounts at their face value or even
considerably less.
At least, the farmer can live well
on his farm if he is willing to work
But the railroad stockholders cam
/ live on his worthless stocks, nor the
merchant on his bad debts. They
are very ihdigestible for stomach
and brain. Hog,and hOminy, bacon
and greens, even '"kushN is better.
How does American farming com
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-07-23
horticultural Notes.

In setting out an orchard trees of
medium size and an abundance of
root fibre are much more valuable
than large and spreading tops with
but few roots, which are incapable
of feeding the trees.
Keep the orchard fenced from all
stock, plant to hoed crops for three
years and then SOW to clover. When
bearing give it load of manure for
every load of apples taken away.
Do not expect it to bear without
food.
Strawberri es grown in sandy soil
by the frost as are those grown on
heavy clay soils. On sand, some of
the finest are grown without any
winter mulch as protector.
The word mulch expresses very
much to the experienced planter. A
mulch about a newly transplanted
tree or a bed of roses, consisting of
partly decayed manure, will do more
to keep the ground moist and loose
and in condition to encourage growth
than if a man should stand over
them continually with water pot.
1t is the best method known.
Two much growth in one year is
liable to prove injurious to the Ion
gevity of the peach tree. The new
ly formed fibre of the year should
be matured by autumn. Early ma
turity means early decay. If the soil
has not been previously exhausted
no fertilizer is needed until the tree
begins to bear. Thorough cultiva-
tiOn only is needed.
The growing of fruit is not an easy
thing, although most whoplaut trees
expect them to take care of them
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-07-23

1t has been many times asked of
sheep owners, "What are the
profits?" Many sheep men do not
care to give away the secrets of their
trade, and avoid answering inquiries
of this kind. 1t is safe to say that
with ordinary care sheep are as pro-
fitable as any other kind of stock,
and quite often they lead in profit.
A neighbor of the writer sold some
lambs in the Chicago market lately,
weighing ninety pounds, for $3.50
per cwt. They had the run of the
pasture with their dams until Sep
TENDER, when they were weaned and
turned into the corn. He told me
that they did not waste one grain of
feed, and he had to turn in other
stock to finish the field. He did not
know, but he did not think they cost
him 81 each. Last year he sold his
lambs for 1925 and they weighed 80
pounds. This man keeps all kinds
of stock, and is not what might be
called an exclusive sheep farmer.
What he can do others can do if they
give the same attention to the work.
He is a careful man, a good feeder,
and never sells any grain of any
kind.-New York Farmer,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-07-23
DObbi1tS + EsCissg'.
Agricultural and Live Stock Department

pare with other countries? The
English farmer is far worse off.
His land has deprecated far more
than ours, even at the north. His
farms now rent often for almost
nothing. Why? Because Ameri-
can and Indian and South Ameri-
can wheat can be sold in England
cheaper than the English farmer
can raise it. Because American,
Australian and South American
meats have almost driven English
beef and mutton out Of the English
markets, and so on through almost
the entire list of foods.
Steam and iron in the hands of in
vention are causing a worldwide
industrial revolution, and on the
whole there is no class better off to-
day than the American farmer.-T.
B. B., IN Atlanta Constitution.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-07-23
Poultry Notes.
Save all the feathers.

Save all the feathers.
Wheat is one of the best egg pro-
ducing foods.
Sunfower seed promote laying
and good health.
Chaff is a good material for the
nests of the early setting hens.
The secret Of raising goslings is to
keep them dry and warm.
Young fowls need bone meal to
supply strength and vigor to the
growing frame.
1t will require an average of one
pound of grain per week for ten
weeks to feed a chick.
If chicks are allowed a free run on
light, warm days it will add consider
able to their vigor.
New blood in poultry is the basis
of beauty, vigor, prolificness. In
troduce it at least every two years.
The use of crOss-bred cocks often
prevents uniformity in the color and
characteristics Of the chicks.
If the large white breed of ducks
are kept the feathers will be nearly
as valuable as those from the geese.
If cracked oyster shells are kept
where the fowls can help themselves
there will be no soft-shelled eggs.
Winter layers depend upon early
pullets. Early pullets depend upon
early settlers and early settlers upon
winter layers.
Tar and sulphur burned in the
pOultry-hOuse with the doors closed
tight is a good disinfectant. 1t
keeps vermin down.
Keep the yard and poultry-hOuso
floors sprinkled with air-slacked
lime and there will be fewer cases
of roup.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-07-23
MiIlet for Cut Worms.

Aside from its feeding value, mil
let is a useful crop for clearing the
ground of cut worms. A few years
ago the agricultural experiment sta
ton of South Dakota sent out ques-
tions concerning the cut worms, one
of which follows: Will a crop, such
as millet, which the worms do not
like, and which will etfectually
choke out all other growth, leave
the ground free from the worms in
the fall? Out of sixty answers re-
ceived only one reported that worms
had followed a thrifty crop of millet.
All the others reported that corn
after millet stood the best chance of
being unmolested by wire worms.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-07-23
Save Your Life

BY using "The New Great South
American Kidney Cure" This new
remedy is great surprise on account
of its exceeding promptness. in reliev,
Back in male or female. 1t relieves re-
tention of water, and pain in passing il
almost Immediately. Save yourself by
using this marvellous cure. Its use will
fatal consequences in almost all
cases by its great alternative and healing
powers. Sold by A. b. Rains, Druggist
Columbia, Tenn. febl2 ly.