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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Fonr new cases of smallpox have
been reported since our last issue,
viz: John Hawes, Mrs. Julia Fannin,
Mrs. Aaron Tingler and Mis-. Jas.
Cox.
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Misses Ada and Katie Stewart,
who live near Kenova on Big Sandy
river, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. u. Stewart last Saturday and
Sunday.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Do not go away from home when
you want anything in the line of
stoves, guns, builders hardware,
queensware, glass and tinware.
Peters IL Newman, Kenova, want
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Ben Payne came up from Ludlow,
Ky, last Thursday and remained
here until Sunday, when he returned
to Kentucky. He will probably
move his family to Ludlow before
long.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

The N. d w. excursion train
which was to leave Kenova at $3.50
a. m. last Sunday, for Columbus,
was derailed in the yards and was
81 hours late in getting off. Cause
of accident broken rail. No one
was hurt.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Judge S. s. Savage, of Ashland,
Ky, well known to many of our
readers, died of stomach trouble, Il
the Presbyterian hosp;tsl in Cincin-
natl last Sunday, after brief illness.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Mr.. anil Mrs. G. A. Kemp and
little daughter Leona are visiting
relatives in Virginia.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Mrs. Frank Tyree, of Catlettsburg,
has returned from visit with the
family of her brother -in-law, Amos
Tyree, at Washington, ID. G.
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Judge J. Fl. Mcconnell and At
torney J. J. Montague, of Catletts-
burg, attended Masonic lodge at this
place last Friday night.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Roscoe Lambert, of Kenova, has
been sdjudged bankrupt. The
schedule shows a., l7s.66 assets
available and not exempt.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

George w. Mixer has been award
ed the contract to carry the mail
from the Post-office to and from the
trains.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Peters 81 Newman are prepared
to do water and gas plumb
ing. Give them a call il you need
in this line. Estimates on
free. IT,.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

- James II. French, who is employ
ed - civil engineer on the Guyan-
dotte Valley Railroad, was in town
last Sunday.
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For Over Sixty Years

MRS. wINsLOwB SOOTHING SYRUP
lions of mothers for their children while
teething with perfect success. II soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures
rhosa. II will relieve the poor little sufferer
mmediately. Sold by Druggis.s In every
tie. b sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" and take NO other kinds.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

David FARRELL, who has been con-
fined to his room at Willard
Griffith's for the past four weeks,
with typhoid fever, is better.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Mrs. ID. X. Alvis has typhoid
fever. She contracted the disease
while visiting IN Virginia.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

III. +. Stewart is clerking in the
new hardware store of Peters IL
Newman, this place.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Peters & Newman, have just
received a large line of gas
stoves, gas fixtures, mantles, burners.
etc. Prices the lowest. If.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Sam Wright left last week for
Baltimore, where be Will attend the
Physician & Surgeon College.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Notice the new advertisements in
this paper of d. & n. Levine and
Valentine, Newcomb IL Carder.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

DR.. Fred Marcum is now a citizen
of Louisa, KY, and is practicing his
profession in that progressive town.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Attorney S. V. Crum, of Cassville,
was the guest of relatives here the
latter part of last week.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Mrs. William Wilson, of Guyan-
dotte, was the guest of her sister
Mrs. George Wright-last Sunday.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

James Burks, who has been at
Parkersburg for some time, is the
gust of relatives here.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Henry jones is visiting relatives
in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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A number of Wayne county peo-
pie attended the races at Hunting.
ton last week.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Ex-senator j. III. Marcum, of
Cabell county, was in town last
Saturday.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Mrs. Susie johnson, of William
son, is visiting relatives in this com
munity.
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GA new X. of p. lodge was recent
iy instituted at Williamson.
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VIM. Hutchinson died at his home
at Savage Branch, KY, one day last
week, of smallpox.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

III. s. Hansher, who has been
afflicted with typhoid pneumonia, i,
improving.
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Circuit Court adjourned last FIJI.
day evening until Monday.
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Squire j. Ii. Lambert was j
Ceredo on business, Wednesday.
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Ralph Rowe, of Hinton, visited
home folks here last week.
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Old papers for sale at this off ce.
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MARRIED..

Rev. A. ID. Craig, pastor of the
Central City M. f. church, and Miss
Jessie Sommerville, were recently
united in marriage. Rev. Ii. Il.
Evans otficiated.
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Anthony Haynie, of near Dunleith,
was in town last Saturday.
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Mrs. S. V. Crum, of Cassville, is
visiting relatives in our town.
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FIRE! LIFE!
T. T. McDOUGAL.
Fire and Life Insu.
rance Agent,
CEREDO, w. VA.

Represents Strong and Reliable
Fire companies and an old-line
Life company that gives large
dividends and issues splendid pol
icles.
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DIR. L. w. Moore.

Practice Limited to the
Eye Ear Nose and Throat.
Phone l55, Huntington, W. Va.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Finch is quite popular game.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-10-07

Keep your premises clean.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11

Farmers are beginning to wake up
to the Importance of keeping their
soil fertile. They have found out that
they can not go on indefinitely taking
crops from their land and returning
nothing to it. As a result Of this
more and more are rotating their
crops, seeding down more land to
clover, r. keeping more stock to
produce more fertilizers, and are
learning that instead of their land
wearing out and the soil becoming ex-
hausted, that they can improve the
fertility of their land and raise heav-
Ter crops with less labor, and make
nor than they could under the old
system of robbing the land.-Midland
Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11

ton. This is one time when you can
take no risk in raising supplies; vegs
tables, fruits, melons, hay, corn, oats,
wheat, peas, pinders, sugar-cane
broom corn, sorghum, potatoes, eassa-
va, rice, and 40 other crops that grow
in the south.
You risk nothing in leaving cotton
entirely out this time. Cotton costs
about what ysu get for it. The profit
is very small.
But when we advise men to do this
they reply: 'We are compelled to
raise cotton because we are in debt
Well, that is the very reason you
ought to quit raising cotton. What
got you in debt? Was it not raising
cotton? Yea, verify. And raising cot
ton will keep you in debt.
Again, we are met with the argu-
ment that we must plant cotton be-
cause it is the only crop that we can
get credit IN. And we must have help
to make a crop.
Here it is again. This is the crop
that keeps you in debt because you
can mortgage it and eat it up before
you gather and deliver it. When you
quit cotton you will not need to go
in debt or give mortgages. Leave off
or greatly reduce the cotton crop
this year.-Southern CuItivator.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11
FARMER AND PLANTER
CROP FERTILIZATION.
a study In The Systematic Use OF.
Crop Fertilizers by the
Progressive Farmer.

We all understand that plant food,
that is, the vital substance of ma
nures and fertilizers, is composed of
three materials or elements-potash
nitrogen and phosphoric acid; also,
We know that these three elements
must be used in quantities that bear
a certain reference to each other. We
know that a crop may require GER
tain amounts of nitrogen, potash and
p~hosphoric acid, and also if one-haIf
of the potash be taken away, though
even the nitrogen and phosphoric
acid be doubled, the resulting crop
will be only a half crop or less. That
is, every pound of nitrogen used by
plants in their growth must be ac-
companied at the same time by Ger
tain amounts of potash and phos-
phOric acid. This being true, a very
important matter is proper compost
ton of manures and fertilizers; that
is, the correct proportioning of the
plant food elements for any partie-
ular crop.
The actual plant food needs Of
crops is very clearly shown by the
chemical analysis of the crop. In this
we must take the whole crop, as
plant food is just as necessary for the
stalks and straw as for the salable
portions Cf the crop, and the one can
not be grown without the other.
Reckoned in this sense, we give here
with the actual plant f-od contained
in good crops per acre, of the more
widely cultivated plants:
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11
The Neea 81 Hieh CaIture.

We can not obtain good fruit that
viii have shipping and keeping quail
tiles from trees that are trying to
produce in an impoverished soil. Not
only should the rough cultivation be
given to soil in orchards, but the soil
may need the application Of some fer
tilizer. If there is a deficiency of
mineral elements, fruit will have poor
shipping and keeping quality. Light
soils are usually deficient in potash
and phosphoric acid, while heavy or
clay soils may have an abundance of
these. For this 4 apples grown
on light soils should be sent to our
home markets, while those grown
upon a clay soil can be shipped with
greater safety to foreign and distant
markets.
Another very important factor in
long keeping of fruit is a perfect and
healthy foliage upon trees. 1t is the
function of the foliage to elaborate
the food that goes to the building up
of vigorous growth of tree and
branch, to the development of the
fruit bud. If the leaves are eaten
and mutilated by insects or diseased
by fungous attack, there can be only
an imperfect development of fruit
that will be deficient in color and
flavor, that will slack in the box OF
barrel and will not hold or keep long
in the, market.-Cor. American Agri-
Culturist.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11
Phos-

1t will be noticed that there is a
wide variation in the total amounts of
plant food, due to the fact that some
of these crops produce an acre yield
many times that of others. Also, all
crops of the clover family are omit
ted, as they store up atmospheric nj
trOgen, and therefore contain plant
food Over and above that actually
necessary for their growth. On this
very account, fertilizers contain less
nitrogen than the crops they are in
tended to grow, as compared with the
potash and phosPhoric acid, simply
because the clover is meant to sup
ply rather cheaply too, more or less
plant food nitrogen. There is one
mOr point to take into considera-
ton. Phosphoric acid when applied
to the soil very quickly takes insolu-
BILE forms, which means in effect, that
it has become largely unavailable as
plant food. On this account, the
amount actually contained in the
crop is doubled in judging a fertilizer
for same, this as a rough sort of com
~pensation for this tendency towards
taking insoluble forms. It is not very
accurate, but it is all we have, and its
in all probability is on the safe
side.
Omitting the nitrogen in the above
table, and doubling the phosphoric
acid, we have the potash and phos-
phOriC acid needs about as follows:
Potash, PhosDhoric
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11
HERE AND THERE.

Begin now and feed the colts
some wheat bran at least once a day.
DO not think that because sheep
have a good coat Of wool they need
no other protection from snow and
rains.
"A heifer calf intended for a dairy
cow should be trained from birth
with this end in view and be made
gentle and tractabIe.
The young pulIets which have
come on to lay and drop their eggs
about the run, should have some nice
nests prepared for them, and two or
three dummy eggs placed in.
Every indication points to a con-
stantIy increasing demand for good
cows in the future. A great. many
dairy farmers are giving but a super
fetal study to this feature of their
business.
AS the planting season is ap-
preaching it is very important to use
our best efforts to get u seed in
well prepared, finely ]pulverized sol.
February and March should be given
mainly to this work.
The worlds markets can only con-
sumo a given quantity of cotton, and
all above that only serves to embar-
rass>an parties and always results in
lowering the price. Hence it is not
to the interest Of the southern farm
er to plant so much cotton.
1t is true that the quantity which
the world can consumed increases from
year to year as new uses are found
for cotton. But this increase is not
equnl to the increased area that the.
growing south brings into cultivation
each year.
Manure everything with home
raised manure as far as possible and
in order to do this get some of the
finest breeds of beef cattle and hogs
and grow enough of them to eat your
grass and forage. You win find money
in the live stock and 500 have a rich
farm.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11
A NOTE OF WARNING.
At Prevailing Prices Almost Any
Crop Will Bring the Farmer
More Money than Cotton.

We feel called upon to raise a note
of warning to our readers. The pres
ent indications all point to an extra
effort to grow cotton. Very many are
arranging to raise from one bale to
two per acre. The efforts in this. di-
rection are not single or isolated.
They are well distributed and quite
Nero Andthey r praiseworthy.
They are on the line of progress and
success. They look to the increased
productiveness of the soil and to bet
ter seed and better cultivation to,pEo-
duce these better crops. All of these
will help to cheaper the raising of
the cotton. This is highly commenda-
BILE, but still it tends to increase, the
crop. Then, again, the fair prices Of
the past two seasons are stimulating
the cotton growers to plant more.
Again, the gradual, yet steady, growth
of farming in the south viii of it
self increase the acreage in cotton.
There will be much more land in Gull
tivation in the south this year than
any former year. Now, we feel that
it is necessary, in view Of these and
many other reasons, to warn our
readers that there IS danger in plant
ing cotton this year. Now, while so
many will rush on to loss and ruin, is
your time to steer for a safe and sure
thing. Every other farm product is
bringing good prices. You can make
money by planting any and all crops
besides cotton.
At the prices now prevailing any
thing pays better than cotton. Heed
our advice and give attention to all
kinds Of crops that feed men and ami
mails. Grow hogs, cows, sheep, chick
ems; anything that can be sold in the
market viii pay you better than cot
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11
~ Prevent GaIIed shoulders.

Called shoulders are very common
in the spring when. the horses are
first put to work, and are easier pre-
vented than cured, especially if the
animal is kept at work. 1t is very
important to see that the collars and
harness fit properly; then the collars
should be kept clean; keeping the col
lars we'll oiled win be a help. Wash
the shoulders at noon and night with
soft water after removing the har-
ness. When the teams are stopped
for a rest in the field, pull the collars
away from the horses shoulders; in
this way gals may generally be pre-
vented.-MidIand Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11

~ temporarily rSAieve Catarrh
have been devised from time to
time, such as sprays, snuffs, creams and
other local applications, but, as a rule,
the medical profession has little or no
enthuSiasmin the treatment of catarrh.
1t is generally pronounced by them
to be incurable.
It therefore created a great sensa-
ton in medical circles when DR.. Hart
man announced that he had devised a
compound which would cure catarrh
permanently.
The remedy was named Peruna and
in q short time became known to thou
sands of catarrh sufferers north, south,
east and west.
Letters testifying to the fact that Pc
Tuna is a radicalcut for catarrh began
to pour in fpom'all directions.
Thousands Of such letters are on file
in the Office of The Peruna Medicine Co.
Rev. T. S~tubenyoll, Pella, Wis,
writes: 81 feel obliged to extend you
my personal thanks for my complete
restoration. All through the winter /
suffered from throat and lung trouble,
but recovered my entire health by the
use OF your excellent remedy, peruna.'
Tho following letter from a prom
inent gentleman of Los Angeles, is a
case in point:
Mr.. j. w. Fuller, President of the
jewelers. Association of Los Angeles,
Cal, has been in business in rhut city
for seventeen wears out of forty-fve
that he has been engaged in business.
Concerning his experience with I'eruna
be says
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11
nerona EndDrnnce.

The slender woman faced the burly bur.
glars deadly revolver, without a tremor
Of terror, for, as is well known, the weakest
are often the bravcst.
'"Tell me where the money is hid, . he
Kissed, most truculently, COR I'll fire!'
"NeveF!" she answered, determinedly,
and with a marked accent on the "r." xiii
me, if you will, but l will never reveal the
hiding place Of my husbands hard-earned
hoard! Villain, do your worsti"
Il Will" snaTled the scoundrel, bafied
for the moment, but not beaten. Tell me,
instantly, or I'll drop this big, woolY
caterpillar down your neok!"
In three minutes more he had bagged
the Doodle, and was splitting the midnis at
darkness in a northeasterly direction
Smart Set.
The man who never begins never has to
break oH-Ram's Horn
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11
WnI1 of the PerrImIrt.

When you dig my little g~ravelet l pray
you dis it deep and tuck me in quite Snugly
1 would 9' be io free 1f forever Tpq'f from t tRe guys .V Who
want to know if / think twill rain to-mor-
row or if thereu be more snow. I'm not
afraid Of bunko men, Of turf or mining
sharks, but plant me. deep beyond the reacn
Of human question marks.-Chicago Daily
Naws
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11

This final table gives a key for a
systematic study of crop fertilizers,
From same we can figure out about
what the analysis Of a fertilizer ought
to be for any given crop in general
cultivation, but it is a question how
many farmers will take the trouble
to do so, important though it is
Farmers Home Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11

Miss Minnie Millions Showing her dia-
mondsi-Gu never want for bread while 1
nave these.
Miss Caustique latter looking a. them)
Or for pastry, either, imagine-CleVe-
land leader.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11

VIC MlHM you 90 GEW our.
wreat fawm WeodB, hence.
onert 60 send 10 farm saad.
samples, Macarouf Wheat,
Teodnte, Rape. Giant
"A Glover, 8pclA etc., worth.
ql9 TO get g e@Et1 with our
groascafnlogif oF 100 pes@Eo
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11
PRACTICAL KnoWIedre.

what, " asked the party with the conun-
drum habit, lis the difference between an
avenue and a street,"
"On, about $50 on a months rent" re-
piled the man who knew whereof he spoke.
Chicago Daily News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11

1t is a pity that we do not give more heed,
to the still small voice, but it must be adj
mitted that Conscience is far from being a
delightful Observation-Disclosures q,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11

"TWaS troubled with cafarrh of the
head for maHyyeaEs. Il affected my
sense Of smell, hearing and sight 4
spent lots of money with doctors and
the use OfIOCaI applications to relieve
me but to no purpose, until my atten.
tiOn was CaEEedto the wonderful effects
Of Perunas
"I must say that I met with most
surprising and satisfactory results.
Peruna took hold Of the complaint and
drove h entirely out OF my system.
'AIthOugh wen along toward the
allotted span Of mans life ! am
pleased as a child over the results, and
feelLike q young msn again. ~ w.
Fuller.
Such letters as the above are not used
for publication except by the written
permission of the writer.
A pamphlet filed with such letters
will be sent to any address free. This
book should be read by all who doubt
the durability of catalrh.
If you do not receive prompband sat-
isfactory results from the use of Pc
ruua write atouce to DR.. Hartman. Civ
ing a full statement of your case. and
he will be pleased to give you his val
liable ndvice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman SanitHrium. Columbus, O.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11
LOOKING FOR AR1vER.
senator Depe7v'u Conception Of the
Rio Grnnde and What the
Reality Was.

Into R.speeeh Senator Bepew tnterjected
an anecdote, says the Washington Post.
Very early in my boyhood," said he, "T
read about the great rivers of the globe
Having been born on the Hudson, I was In.
terested in the Amazon, with 5000 miles
Mississippi, the Father of Waters. studied.
the stories of the Nile and of the Old Tiber.
l delighted in the descriptions of the Rio
Grande.
But it was not my pleasure to be near
the Rio Grande till five years ago. AS SOM
as our train reached FL Paso l went out
to view the beautiful Rio Grande, to see
the commerce floating upon its bosom, and
the crafts and palaces, such as 20 up and
down on the Hudson. I walked more than
an hour, and, returning, saw an aged man,
who. I believed, would likely be truthful.
] asked him where was the Rio Grande.
" Sir" said he, you have already crossed
it twice."
Senator Depew said, after that he was
forced to the conclusion that "the rivers
Of New Mexico have their bottoms on top.''
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
BILE medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-04-11

Give advice to others if you will, but take
an occasional dose Of it yourself Chicago
Daily News.