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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-06-13

Continued
CHAPTER III.
orF ron THE HoP-FIELDs.

OyE FOR THE hOF-1A6D'
~You see It's like this" Joe Be
graft was saying as the three
trudged slowly in the blazing sun
across the meadow towards the city.
sThe mill where I've been workin
these six years, an where Jim's just
startin' in, has shut down a month
for repairs, so we're gettin' holiday.
Ma always goes pickin' hops, an.
Name-she's my sister-but Jim an
me. we amt so lucky every year
"You like 1t, them" inquired Kos
sitter.
"You'd better believe do. Sod
Won II you were shut up in mill all
the rest of the time"
Haven't you good positionr
sOh. yes, I'm not hckin'. I'm
under-overseer in the cardin'-room'
I'll get to be overseer, perhaps, one
Of these days, an then" He broke
of. There was happy look in his
eyes and he gave little laugh, while
Jim chuckled audibly.
sWhat are you snickerin' at, you
young jay?" cried his brother, max
ing a pretense of being provoked,
and vainly trying TO cuff the offender.
The more Rossiter talked with the
ladder Becraft the more did he grow to
respect, If not to admire, him, he
was so wholly natural, SO independ-
lent, SO self-poised, and yet SO en-
JtireIy without conceit. He was UNI
educated, save in a rudimentary way,
having been the mainstay of the fam
iIy for eight years, yet he kept him
self informed on the topics OF the
day, and had his opinions on public
affairs, which were more free from
Mas than the views held by most Of
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-06-13
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Letters testamentary having been
granted to the undersigned as admin
istratix of the estate of Musco Pickett,
deceased, by the chancery court of
Washington county, Mississippi, on
the 2Sth day Of April, 1908, all per-
sons holding claims against said es-
tate are hereby notified to have same
probated and registered in the offics
of the clerk of said court within one
year from this date, or the same will
be barred.
Signed this SOth day May, 1909,
L. NJ. Pickett,
Administrative.
J. M. Cashin, Attorney. m2s At.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-06-13
Y. & NJ. V. R. R.
Schedule of Passenger Trains
April II, 1908.
NORTH BOUND

NORTH BOUND
No. Northern Express
W. leaves lao am.
No 114-Local Mail for Mem
mis- leaves .....-....----11:OS a. m.
M. 1$e2Vicksburg Accommodation
A'o via LELAND leaves $50 a. m.
No. 13s-Cleveland Accomoda-
ton via Rosedale, ". S:4 ~ H.
No. i42-for Leland ". lO:ooa M
No. l44-Rolling Fork Accomoda :,
tion via Leland leaves,-----4'lo ?. I"
SOUTH BOUND
No. Is - Southern Express
w. leaves ...-..........12:15 am.
No 118~Local Mail for New Or
leans leaves.---...-....----o '4o r. III
No 1s5|Vicksburg Accomoda-
ton via Leland ar. 7:l5 +, M
No. 197-Cleveland via R 20
errives....-......... 1000 a m.
No. 14l-Rolling Fork Accomoda
tion via Leland, ar 900 q. M.
No. 143-from Leland arrives
A'o 1905 noon
Tarins 70 and Is, carry Pullman
Sleeper between Memphis and
New Orleans.
Trains ll3 and ia carry Chalr
Car between Memphis and Vicks-
burg. o,ond
with train No. IA carrying pas,
sengers for all points north OF
Leland. ~,
Close connections made at Mem
phis and New Orleans, with dyer
ging roads.
lG. B. Rucks, ticket agent:
Greenville, Miss.
Jno. A. Scott, A. u. ?, A,
Memphis, Tenn.
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dissolution NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that J. s. Dor.
odOfsky succeeded M. Lamensdorf in
the firm of Borodofsky Lamensdorf
and the style of the firm is now Boro
dofsky Bros. All Indebtedness of the
indebtedness of the old firm till date is
assumed by the new firm
Borodofsky Bros.
Hampton, Miss,
June l, 1908, is, At
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WANTED.

By fl st class bookkeeper and one
thoroughly familiar with the grocery
business, a position at once with
good home. Address, M, care of this
office. m2S, If
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03
A Lesson Taught and Learned.

Not unlike some other great men,
Chief Justice Marshall gave little
attention to dress or to personal
~pulchritude, although his face was
unusually handsome, says a writer
in Lippincott's. A story is told of
a young man who recently removed
to Richmond. This saw
III the market a rusty looking old
man making his way slowly through
the entrance, and, walking up to him
abruptly, asked him if he would not
like to make a ninepence by carrying
a turkey home for him. The old
man quietly took the turkey and
walked behind the newly arrived citi-
zen without a word, until the latter
had reached his own gate.
"Catchl" said the young man, toss
ing a ninepence to his hireling.
The old man caught the ninepence,
and as he turned to walk away a
gentleman passing by bowed defer
entially to him.
"Who is the shabby old fellow 2"
asked the turkey buyer.
"The Chief Justice of the United
States" was the reply.
Impossible r stammered the blum
derer. "Why did he bring the tur-
key-why-"
"To teach you a lesson in good
breeding" interrupted the gentle
man. "He will give the money away
before, he gets home, but l have no
doubt he is enjoying the joke you
have so condescendingly given him"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03
An Overnnan Story.

By the way, / have an Overman
story. Since he is to be Senator there
should be hundreds. I'll tell the
first. You remember he was Private
Secretary to Governor Vance, and
that he married the daughter of
Vance's rival, Senator Merrimon. He
fell in love with the girl and won
her just before the battle between
these two men. And as things warm
ed up, the young man became en-
barrassed. But he made short work
of his perplexity. One day he walk
ed in to the Governor with his resig-
nation, saying, 81 love Judge Mer-
rimon's daughter; you and he are
running against one another; and l
have but one way out-that is, to
relieve you, kind as you have BEEN"
How worthy it was of Vance to say,
young man, keep the girl and the
place. If Merrimon can stand it, I
can"
It is a great thing to be Senator,
but to be honorable or magnanimous
is more.-Biblical Recorder.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03

BILLY" Saunders is a natural-born
wit. He is in his eightieth year,
living here in New York, and is still
working at his trade, painting. On
a recent occasion BILLY" and one
or two of his mates were ~beautifying
a lawyers office. The younger part
ner, thinking to take a "rise" out of
"Billy," said:
"I say, Billy did you ever know
of a painter going to Heaven"
eyes," replied "Billy." II knew
of n once"
"But do you think he stayed
there?"
"WelI, 1 did hear that they tried
to put him out"
"And did they not -succeed?"
"No. According to last accounts
they had not succeeded"
"Why, how was that?"
"Well, sonny, it was this way:
They couldn't find a lawyer in the
place to draw up the papers !'-New
York Tribune.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03
Advice Respectfully Returned.

A story the Companion printed
not long ago, about the school in
pector who copied the theme OUT
himself, reminds a reader of an Incl
dent that is said to have occurred at
a New England university.
A student called ON his instructor
in English, taking with him a theme
which was covered with the instruc-
tors red ink.
II beg your pardon, sir" he said,
"but I couldn't make out this correc-
ton here. It's-it's a little hard to
read"
The instructor took the theme,
scowled at it critically, and then
said, with a mixture of humor and
irritation:
"Why, it says-it says, Write more
legibly!"-Youth's Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03
Enjoy as You Go.

Some people mean to have a good
time when their work is done-say,
at fifty. Others plan to enjoy them
selves when their children are grown
up. Others mean to take their
pleasures when they get to be rich,
or when their business is paid for,
or the grind of some particular sor-
row is overpast.
Such persons might as well give
up yer having a good time. The
season of delight, which is so long
waited and hoped for, too rarely
comes. Disease, poverty, death,
claim each it's victims. The lives of
those whom we love, or our own, go
out, and what is left?
Then take your pleasure to-day;
there is yet time. Things may not
be in the best shape for that visit you
have been so long planning to your
only sister. It might be better if
you could walt Till you had a more
stylish suit of clothes or till the boy
was at home from college to look af-
ter the place; but she is ready now.
You are both growing oId-you had
better go. .
John drives around with the horse.
"Jump in, mother" he says. It is
a lovely day. You need the fresh
air. Don't say, II can't go-I was
intending to make some Cakes" or,
."My dress isn't changed" Put on
your warm coat, tie a veil around
your hat and take your ride. IF you
don't take such things when you can
get them, they are apt to be missing
when you want them.-Selected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03
How He Achieved Success.

The following is from n of
Charlote's most successful business
men, Mr.. S. Wittkowsky, who came
to that city less than half a century
ago, and by pursuing this policy has
succeeded in amassing a fortune of
more than a quarter of a million dol
lars.
"Start out to lay in honesty and
truth the foundation of your life's
work, cement it with frugality and
economy, and let the superstructure
consist of push, pluck and perse-
verance; paint the whole literally
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03

with printers ink, and your success
is assured. By honesty, I do not
mean that you shall not steal; but
be honest in the discharge of all
your duties; be honest in giving your
employer the full measure of your
ability; have honestly at heart your
employers interest, for perchance in
the course of events you may your
self become an employer and exact
the same measure from your en-
ployees."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03
Greatest of ALA Fathers Love for
His Daughter.

The love of a father for his
daughter is, I think, the very purest
love that earth can know, the love
that comes the nearest to what we
all imagine the divine love to be.
The love of a husband for his wife
when it endures the storm and stress
which mark the period of mutual
adaptation, is wonderfully beauti-
full; yet it had it's birth in passion,
and the memories of it's early years
remain to keep it very human. The
love that is given to a father or a
mother is strong and deep and last
ing; yet it lacks the exaltation
and supreme emotion which are
necessary to the love that has no
flaw. The love of a father for his
son is intense and over-mastering;
yet there is a touch of personal
pride, of almost conscious egoism, in
it, which renders it not wholly self
less and serene. But the love of a
father for the girl child who has been
born to him is more than any other
love on earth, in it's purity, its un-
alterable constancy, it's power of self
sacrifice, its profound delight, and
it's infinite tenderness.-H. T. Peck,
in the February Cosmopolitan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03

An Irishman whose face, says the
London Outlook, was so plain that
his friends used to tell him it was
an ofense to the landscape, happened
also to be as poor as he was homely.
One day a neighbor met him, and
asked:
"How are you, Pat?"
mighty bad! Sure, tits shtarva-
ton that's starin' me in the face"
"Begorra," exclaimed his neighbor,
sympathetically, cit can't be very
pleasant for either of yez!"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03

The South Carolina House of Rep
resentatives has passed by unani-
nous vote, Nj. Moses bill to appro-
pirate $4,000 toward the erection of
an equestrian statue to the memory
of Wade Hampton. The a]ppropria-
ton becomes available when $4,000
additional shall have been raised by
subscription. A large part of this
voluntary fund is now in hand.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03

Teacher-Tommy, in the sentence,
"a microbe is a minute living organ
ISM" parse "microbe."
Tommy Tucker-"Microbe is a
common noun, possessive CASE
Teacher-Possessive case?
Tommy-Yes'm. First person, mi
crobe; second person, your crobe;
third person, his"-
Teacher-Thomas, go and take
your seat.-Chicago Tribune.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03

loug Athlete: "I have muscles to
Oeat the band" Young Wife: "Then
you must have muscles to beat the
rugs, also"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-03

IuG DlG VI WV OO
the soul. Cold soup and bad service
NAV not corrupt love; but the mind
which is occupied with adjusting it
self to these unfortunate conditions
is for just so long a space detained
from loftier and more profitable con n
~siderations.
The most desirable accomplish
ment a mother can bestow upon her
daughter is a knowledge of every
duty that pertains to the mainten-
ance of a home. Music, languages,
fine arts-the pursuance of these tai
ents must depend upon the family
nurse. and their worth will depend
somewhat upon the girls future sta
ton. But into whatever walk of life
her choice may lead her she will need
oil should need-tO be familiar
with the requirements for home
making. A mother can best impart
this knowledge by affording practical
experience-by allowing her daugh-
ter to supply the larder, to direct the
servants, to arrange the menus, and
to take temporary charge of the
household regime. Add to this a
knowledge of the exactions of hus-
bands, the demands of sons, the re-
q~uirements of daughters, and all the
new and varied responsibilities of the
married state; and girls will acquire
a profound respect, not mixed with
awe, for the marital institution. The
number of them who marry in haste
to repent at leisure will be reduced
to a minimum-and the number of
ideal homes will increase in proper
ton.
Yet this consideration for the
practical, which is a means, should
not obscure the ideal, which is an
end. Healthy ideals do not clash
with practical conditions. Neither
NO JlGS CESdI0 ONOA
the failure to attain to our highest
hopes. 1t is better to have ideals
that are never realized than to have
no ideals at all. There is a gulf be-
tween ourselves and our souls best
aims. 1t is the gulf of imperfect
human nature. But the higher we
aim the better we live. Look up,
and the stars are our guide. Look
down, and the sewers beckon.
n n n
What a mother can do for her
daughter, then, sums up to this: she
can give her the benefit of a fair and
equal start; she can give her the best
moral, mental and physical training
given materials will permit; she can
build up between themselves a bond
which shall be a solace in sunshine,
a mainstay in storm; she can be not
only a preceptor, but a pattern for
culture and character; she can give
her the benefit of her experience as
a m with a woman s world to
conquer-the priceless nuggets of
"isu2m, cleaned from girlhood, wife
mod -
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-17
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MODEL NEST BOXES.
Their Designer, n Kansas Poultry
man, Says They Have Given
Hest of Satisfaction.

These nest boxes are in use on my
farm and give the best of satisfaction.
The smaller, left-hand figure in the cut
is an end view, the larger front view,
of part of the tier which makes room
for "a hens to lay at once. The top is
slanted, as shown in left-hand figure,
showing door to upper tier of boxes
open. In the other figure, it is closed.
This is used entirely for laying hens.
The two lower tiers of nests have
separate doors for each box. To set
hen, the door can be closed as at b.
but shows doors open in both figures.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-17
SOUND MANAGEMENT.
Without 1t Poultry Raising Cannot
he Made Profitable in This
Age of Competition.

Upon many farms there is lack Of
system in the selection of the hens
and pullets for breeding purposes, and
for other purposes. 1t is the practice
of some to sell just what can be caught
when the time comes for selling, and
again all the old hens are sold off, and
now and then one will be found who
will insist on keeping the old hens.
Now there should be some reason for
the pursuance of all these practices.
We know of instances where pullets do
more than hens in the way of laying,
and it is also well to say that there il
a reason for it. If the pullets are not
Matched early in the spring it will be
better to retain the hens than to place
too much stress on the pullets. Late
Matched pullets will often prove disap.
pointing Some old hens will perform
satisfactory service until they are four
years old, although it is not advisabl
to keep hens this long on all farms
and under all kinds of Arrangements
Very much will depend on the mode OF
feeding whether the hens or the pullet
will give the best satisfaction. One
reason why hens seem to fail sooner
than they should, is due to the fact
that the hens being mature fatten
more easily, and the pullets being in
a growing condition are not in a po.
sition to admit of comparison. 1t is
detrimental to laying hens to have
them too fat.
On the average farm where the rec.
ords of hens are not kept ii is a good
plan to save few of the earliest
hatched each year, and let the re-
mainder go to market. Some of the
best hens should be retained, and these
can be selected by their activity and
the color of their combs. 1t is less ex.
pensive to keep good hen two or three
years than it is to produce pullets to
take their places.-Caleb, in Midland
Farmer,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-17

"You cannot possibly escape me-" he
said hstlessly, and with folded arms, as
she looked at him with disdainful defiance
in her glance. II know you are beautiful
and / am poor; that you are wealthy
and l am homcly; that you are good and
am as bad as any one could imagine. Yet
as there is a really decent, deserving fell
low after you, and as we are characters in
a decadent novel, he shall be thrown over
you at the last. There is no help for it
there is no help for it. | am the real
hero, though it is all huge farce to me-"
Seeing the force of his logic, and wishing
to save the author a lot of agony and
the readers a lot of suspense and hard
appeared to her-Baltimore American.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-17
NEW USE FOR AUTOMOBILE.
Horse1esB Carriage of Hempstead
q. H. Man Made to Pump Water
for Family Needs.

It has remained for II. ]. Dietz, a
lamp manufacturer of Hampstead,
L. l., to turn a four horsepower
automobile into farm implement.
One of Mr.. Dietz' workmen on his
Hampstead place pumps water with
the car from we'll % feet deep into
a reservoir 55 feet high, making a
total lift of n feet. For Is days it
has pumped each day 500 gallons Of
water in addition to carrying Mr..
Dietz many miles over the roads.
During the early part of this month
Mr.. Dietz' gasoline engine, which
used to pump the water, broke down.
1t looked as if there would be wa
ter famine on the place, and Mr..
Dietz was just contemplating mov-
ing his family and horses to the city
until the pump could be fixed when
he hit upon the idea of using his
automobile,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-17
THE MEN AND WOMEN
Who Enjoy the Choicest Products
of the Worlds Commerce.
Knowledge of What In Best More Im-
portnnt Than Wealth With
out 1t.

1t must be apparent to every one that
qualities of the highest order are neces-
sary to enable the best of the products of
modern commerce to attain permanently
to universal acceptance. However loudly
hernlded. they may not hope for worldwide
preeminence unless they meet with the
general approval not of individuals only,
but of the many who have the happy
faculty of selecting, enjoying and learn
ing the real worth of the choicest prod
ucts. Their commentator, consequently,
becomes important to others, since to
meet the requirements of the well in
formed of all countries the method Of
manufacture must be of the most per-
feet order and the combination the most
excellent of its kind. The above is true
not of food products only. but is espe-
cially applicable to medicinal agents and
after nearly quarter of century of
growth and general use the excellent
remedy. Syrup of Figs, is everywhere
accepted, throughout the world as the
best of family laxatives. Its quality Is
due not only to the excellence OF the
combination of the laxative and carmin-
ative principles of plants known to act
most benefcially on the system and pre-
sented in the form of a pleasant and re-
freshing liquid, but also to the method
of manufacture of the California Fig
Syrup Co.. which ensures that uniformi-
ty and purity essential in remedy in
tended for family use. Ask any physi-
clan who is we'll informed and he will
answer at once that it is an excellent
laxative. If at ali eminent In his pro-
fession and has made a special study OF
laxatives and their effects upon the sys-
TEN he will tell you that it is the best
of family laxatives, because it is sim
pie and wholesome and cleanses and
sweetens the system effectually, when
laxative is needed. without any un-
pleasant after-effccts. Every well-in-
formed druggist of reputable standing
knows that Syrup of Figs is an excel
lent laxative and Is glad to sell it, at
the regular price of nifty cents per bot
| tie, because 1t gives general satisfac-
tion. but one should remember that in
order to get the beneficial effects of
| Syrup OF Figs 1t is necessary to buy the
| genuine, which is sold in original pack
ages only; the name OF the remedy
Syrup of Figs and also the full name of
the Company-California Fig Syrup Co.
printed on the front OF every package
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-17

This is a good way of protecting the
setting hens from being disturbed by
others, and is better than boards laid
over a box with rocks on it. The doors
are braced with two cleats made from
piece one by four by six
inches, by ripping it from one cor
ner to the other. These are nailed
onto the doors and form a sup
port for door when open, also pre-
rent door from splitting. Each door
has a hole three inches in diameter
bored in center to give air to hens. In
the evening when gathering eggs, all
doors can be closed and fastened with
buttons, which prevents fowls from
roosting on edges of nest boxes or
doors, thereby always keeping nests
clean.
The whole nest box is open at back,
and is set against the wall of chicken
house and fastened to it by two hooks,
it resting on cleats, e, which are nailed
onto wall. BY unlocking, the whole
thing can be laid back downward and
all cleaned at once. Each door is fas-
tened to box by hinge. The nests are
four inches deep from door. If too
deep, heavy hens often break eggs in
Jumping onto nest, but in this box they
just step in. The entire tier is eight
by three and 12 inches wide. Each
nest is IL inches square.-C. Z. Knud-
son, in Farm and Home.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-17
Another New Iron Field.

Fresh discoveries are continually
adding to the worlds known stores of
iron. Last summer extensive fields of
iron ore were found in northern Nor
way, on the coast of Sydvaranger Bay,
near the Russian border. Analyses at
Christiania show that the ore contains
a low percentage of titanium, which is
regarded as good indication, because
the presence of titanium in large guam
tity retards the melting of ore. 1t
is said there are good harbors near
these new iron fields, and surveys have
shown that the ore covers very large
erritory.-Scientific American.