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The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
Lettuce in St. Johns County.

A solid carload Of lettuce left Hast
ings Tuesday for New York City, the
shipper being Mr.. N. D. Benedict.
Hastings has been shipping potatoes
in carload lots for years and in train
loads also, but with perishable veg
etables like lettuce, the shipments have
been few and light. Last summer,
corn was shipped in carload lots, the
first car coming to the Transfer Com
pany of this city, but following that
shipment, many solid cars of corn and
hay were hauled out Of Hastings.
Now Hastings comes to the front
again with further evidence of the
diversified farming in that section and
the fact that vegetables are, like the
staples, planted on a large scale. A
solid car load Of lettuce means many
thousand heads, and THIS shipment is
but a fraction Of what the future
promises. A market has been created
for lettuce and it will within another
year be rolling out Of Hastings by
the carload for weeks at a stretch.
Mr.. Benedict, the shipper, is one Of
the most enterprising Of the Hastings
farmers and is devoting his land and
time to culture Of many vegetables
and fruits. He does not believe in
carrying all his eggs in one basket,
and even if one variety failed, he
would have many others that were
successful. Mr.. Benedict will next
ship celery, in the culture of which he
has engaged extensively-St Angus
tine Record
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
WEDNESDAY, DEC. IS, 1907.
Citrus Fruits Lower.

Market reports show a decided de-
cline in prices of oranges and grape
fruit. California Navels are reported
as arriving immature and poorly color
ed, and as selling at very low prices.
Of 10 cars sold last week the best
brought only an average Of $2.68 per
box, while some sold as low as an
average of $I.I5 per box on carload.
Florida fruit did rather better,
brights of large sizes selling for from
$I.5o to $3.50, while smaller sizes
brought from $I.35 to $2.25. Rus
sets ranged from $I.5o to $2.25.
Fancy Indian River fruit sells al ound
$2.75 for desirable sizes, while smaller
ones ranged down to about $500.
Florida grapefruit has not been ar
irving in good condition and prices
have fallen off somewhat, ranging for
the different sizes from $2.25 to $2.75
The Mexican orange season is over
Arizona oranges, contrary to the ten
dency of other oranges, have sold
higher, the last lots ranging from So. so
to $7.75 for boxes, and from $2.45 to
$4.I5 for half boxes. These oranges
were sold at auction on Thursday,
December S.
Speaking of the market on that day,
the Fruit Trade Journal says:
"Floridas were almost a drug on the
market Thursday, that is, a large por-
ton Of them which were small sized
and not we'll colored The Arizona
stock was fully matured on the trees
and had a fine color and flavor.
Florida is making great campaign
now against the shipping of immature
fruit, and if shippers had been here to
see how much difference buyers make
between fruit that is allowed to fullv
mature on the trees and that which is
shipped too soon, they would have an
object lesson which would rebound to
their benefit"
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
cate, and this thought is what has
prompted the foregoing comments.
Partitions for the Pig Trough.

In feeding sWill or slop to a lot OF
pigs, the larger ones are sure to crowd
the smaller ones and to get more than
their fair portion. Many devices have
been planned for preventing this, one
Of the simplest which we have seen,
was illustrated in the Oklahoma Farm
er. 1t shows an ordinary V-Shaped
trough set close to fence. There are
partitions running from the fence back
across the trough at such distance as
is necessary to allow each pig sufficient
room without crowding, and yet high
enough and long enough to prevent
any possibility Of one pig interfering
with another. No dimensions are
given, but that is easily arranged to
suit the size of the pigs. To prevent
any possibility Of spilling the sIop,
square box-trough is arranged SO that
a person can stand outside Of the fence
and pour any quantity of feed into the
V trough without spilling drop.
This also would be very convenient
arrangement.
This will not interest those who keep
only razorbacks and allow them to
forage for themselves in the woods,
but some Of you no doubt are breeding
good stock and do feed them some
thing Of the kind, and may find this
trough a convenience.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
Sweetness of Oranges.

The California Cultivator says:
While the following theory may
find general acceptance, it is gi, Il
by close observer of things scientific
and is we'll worth considering bv or
ange growers.
1t is written by Leon Labonde, with
the California Distilling Company.
81 have been looking over the Or
Chards in connection with the citrus
Gull question which the California Dis
tilling Company has under considera-
ton, and I find a reason for want of
sweetness in many of Our California
fruit. This, in my opinion, is due
largely, if not wholly, to the indis-
criminate planting side by side of or
anges, lemons and pomelos
During pollination the pollen of
these trees is carried from one to the
other indiscriminately by the bees, or
their winged insects, causing the or
anges to grow less sweet and the le-
mons less sour to the detriment of
both.
"I am inclined to think that many
Of the diseases of the citrus trees are
likewise the results of unwise mix
lures Of fruits in the same orchards.
and I am enquiring closely into this
matter from the view point of the
bacteriologist."
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18

terial in the cities Even if the lumber
trust should be broken up, the growing
scarcity Of timber must make the price
Of lumber higher.
Edison has announced that he has
planned mOulds by means Of which a
large house can be built in few hours
from cement and much cheaper than
if built Of lumber. Whether his plan
works out satisfactorily or not, there
is no doubt that cement will be the
building material Of the future. One OF
our exchanges, this last week, devoted
a whole page to the subject OF the use
OF cement tor farm buildings. While
The first cost will be greater, the build
ing will endure for ages, will need no
paint or repairs and Will be warmer in
cold and cooler III hot weather. 1t
Will need no fire insurance tor ii
properly built, 1t cannot burn. Of
course 1t would be possible tor the in
S1ue tn1Sh to burn out II maQe OF wood,
but there is no need OF that, as it can
be finished off with fire proof paper,
which will be much more durable and
absolutely safe so Tar as danger OF
nre is concerned.
Possibly all may not know that straw
board is now made ana pressed SO that
1t is harQer than Wood, takes as hlgn
tlnlSh and is absolutely hre-proot. A
Du1ld1ng MADE from cement, with a
slate or tile ROOT ana finished OFT inside
with hre-prOOt paper would stand un-
changed Tor several generations. A
writer speaking OF barn noOrS, SAID that
one mace OF cement would cost more
at the start, but would never decay and
would save all the teruI1zer, beng III
This way an economy.
On the whole it seems that we are
rapidly approaching the age OF cement.
In this state 1t will not be SO easy to
use 1t for lack OF broken stone. The
CC11C1lL Gall NC uSGQ WITHOUT the stone,
but it is much more economical to use
stone, as it does not take SO much
cement. Broken oyster shells can be
used in place OF stone, where it can be
had at reasonable price.
Cement fence posts are recommend
ed, and we are not sure that they will
not be cheaper than wood, being SO
much more durable.
If any Of Our readers have had ex-
perlence in the use of cement, either
1or posts or in building, we shall be
glad to hear from them and to have a
detailed account of how it was used
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
The Cement Age.

We have frequently quoted articles
showing that cement may be made to
take the place of lumber for most pur-
poses on the farm. All know how
largely it is being used for building ma
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
neglect your duty no one else can do
it, Write today, before you forget it.
Swamp" Misstatements.

statements in Northern agricultural
journals, regarding Florida, its cultiva-
table and its swamp areas. For instance,
not long ago, Home and Farm re-
printed from a Philadelphia paper, an
article on the drainage Of the marsh
lands Of America, accompanied by
map Of marshes to be drained. Look
ing at it, the Northern reader would
conclude that Florida was one vast
marsh from Jacksonville to Ponce de
Leon bay, with only a narrow strip
on the gulf and ocean coasts and the
west hall Of the northern border cOun-
ties being habltable. But this is only
m1SstatementS regarding the state. L,
is represented as the home Of malaria,
OF mosquitoes, of alligators, ETC., that
nobody lives here all the year round;
it is a nice place for three or tOur
months in the winter season for tour
lists and health seekers, and the peO-
pie at the hotels, boarding houses, etc.,
make enough off these people to sup
port them the rest OF the year.
All this is boSh, Of course, but there
are many thousands Of heads Of families
who are lOngingly looking Southwark
tor a home where the climate is more
favorable tor health and where homes
may be established and maintained, and
a family raised more easily than in the
crowded NOrthland OF frost and snow,
and worn out land and the foreign
element that is becoming such a
menace to the native born citizens.
Ihe statement is made that the
'Everglade" section comprises one
half OF the whole state; that careful
exploration by government engineers
has shown that there are 10000 square
miles Of swamp lands to be drained.
AS there are thIrty-tlVe million acres
Of land surface in the state, not count
ing the thousands Of acres Of fresh
water lakes almost Of equal value as
the land, it will be seen, by a little
figuring that not more than One-quarter
OF the state is set down as swamp
lands and not hall OF this area really
can be so called.
Admitting (though not accepting it
as true) that there are 10000 SO11are
miles OF swamp lands in Florida, after
all this is less than one-fifth of the
entire area given as being within the
nations borders between lakes and
gull and the two oceans. Louisiana
stands next to Florida, Mississippi and
Arkansas next, but about one-quarter
less than Louisiana, while the balance
of the Southern states have small areas,
North Carolina and Georgia having
about the same and South Carolina,
Alabama and Tennessee with less than
three thousand square miles. In the
Northern states the areas given are
very small.
The map and article on which these
comments are based, appeared origin
ally in the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can and was copied in the Home and
Farm OF Louisville, KY, without edito-
rial comment. Of course Kentucky. |
with Onlv three or fOur hundred co1ara
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-12-18
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-04
a Miniature Kinudon.

Directly between Paris and Berlin
only hairs breadth, indeed, from be-
ing on a straight line drawn between
these two >cities-there lies a little
and independent country. 1t contains
a multitude Of ruined castles, perched
craggily. 1t is Of the diverting area
Of 999 square miles. The almost un-
noticed Grossherzogthum Of Luxem-
burg would not even now be indepen-
dent had not Queen Wilhelmina Of
Holland been a girl. 1t would have
remained a province Of the Neither
lands, although hedged in by Germany
and Belgium and France. But its con-
stitution makes the succession hered-
itary in the male lines Of Nassau, and
so, at Wilhelmina's accession, 1t eluded
her grasp and placidly entered the
family circle of independent European
countries; not large for its age, this
new member, for its size is less than
a twelfth part that of tiny Holland.
Luxembourg, the capital Of Luxembourg,
is set proudly upon a plateau girdled
by precipices 200 feet in length. Riy-
ers wind circumfiuent at the foot of
the rocks, and from the boulevarded
brink there are alluring views. Until
less than 40 years ago the city was
of a strength only second to that Of
Gibraltar, but by the treaty Of Lon
don Of 1857 the powers decreed that
the duchy should henceforth be neu..
trail, although it was province OF
Holland. and that the Notifications or
the capital should be destroyed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-04

HE DID HIS PART-The late Thom-
as Bailey Aldrich wrote exquislteiy
graceful prose and verse, but his
work was never popular.
At a dinner party in Boston a, young
lady said to him:
81 have been reading 1.-TWO Bites at
a Cherry" and 1 think it is lovely
Why isn't 1t a big seller, like the works
of Marie Corelli and Hall Came"
my dear young lady" said the poet
'in writing the book as well as coulo
1 did my part. If the public disap-
proyes-well, then the public Is like
the commonwealth avenue housemaid'
"a resident Of Commonwealth aven-
ue, a lady in reduced circumstances, Is
obliged to take in a few dodgers. Her
housemaid is rather frail, a rather
pretty girl, and the other day she said
to her mistress:
I'm afraid that there noo LOGGER
wot we thought so we'll of amt no
gent after all, num-
"'No gentleman, Susan% said the
lady. I'm very sorry. Why do you
say SOP
why, mum, this mornin' when ne
seen me carryin' q scuttle o coal he
says: That there scuttle's too heavy
for a little thing like you," he says;
and he up and took it from me, and
carried it imself, just like a common
footman"
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Dancer In Smoking.

Men are so habituated to the outcry
against smoking that there are few
who do not ignore 1t, says Harpers
Weekly.
Smokers who have some regard for
the anxieties of their friends say that
they smoke tobacco from which nico-
tine has been eliminated. Tobacco so
prepared can be found near at hand,
but few smoke it, because the process
which eliminates nicotine, If 1t does
not destroy, materially modifies the
SAVIOR of the smoke. The outcry is al
ways the same-nicotine! But many
other of the principles of tobacco are
as pernicious as nicotine, and when
it comes to that it would be equally
pernicious to smoke rye straw or any
other simple, because Gor one OF sew
eral reasons) there is a continuous pro-
ductiOn of oxide of carbon wherever
there is imperfect combustion. The
smoker carries in his mouth a little
furnace, whose fires are fed with oxide
of carbon: the fire shoulders under
ashes, and the smoker fans it by
means of the steam of his pipe or the
vent of his cigar or cigarette. Year
after year, and all the year, the fur
mace is in place, burning oxide of car
bon, and the smoker is working the
bellows with a part of the force of his
respiratory organs. The composition
Of tobacco smoke is complex. Analysis
gives: Nicotine, pyridic bases, formic
aldehyde, ammonia, methylamin, pyr-
rol, sulphuretted hydrogen, prussic
acid, butyric acid, carbonic acid, oxide
of carbon, the steam Of water, an
etherized empyreumatic oil, and tarry
or resinous products, among which We
detect small quantities of phenol. or
all the products of tobacco. the most
venomous are nicotine, pyridic and
methylamin bases. prussic acid, sui
phuretted hydrogen, oxide of carbon
and empyreumatic oil: and all that we
draw into our lungs with more or less
satisfaction.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-04

THE JOLLY JEsTERs.-"Mr. Middle
man, ah desires to PROFOUND ques-
tion."
Very we'll, Mr.. Tambo."
why do dey designate dat beautiful
southern vegetable as ah watermelon"
That's easy. Because 1t makes
your mouth water"
"Nowar near de answer. It's called
all watermelon becase. yo' cut 1t in de
spring"
"Speakin' OBJ de spring reminds me,
broke in the other end man. Ma ole
daddy went out to git some water one
day an he done fell in ah spring"
Was he drowned?"
He wasn't zactly drowned, but 1t
done killed him."
That's strange. He fell in the spring
and was killed"
"Yessah."
But he wasn't drowned?"
No, sah."
We'll, did he die in the spring."
mo sab; he died in de fall"
Our golden-voiced tenor, Mr.. Vic
Lett will contribute that heart touch
ing ballad, entitled Warden. Brush
Those Locks Away; Yearn for Lib
erty."-Harpers Weekly.
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4utuuralls department.

UPS AND DowNs.-"My husband and
/ went into a Broadway umbrella store
a few days ago." says Mrs. Davenport
"a sign reading, Umbrellas, 81 up,
was displayed in the window.
How much DOWN. asked Mr.
Davenport
"All cash down. answered the
salesman, innocently. This is not a
credit house.
but I mean how much do L nave
to put up for an umbrella put down?
asked Mr.. Davenport.
THE salesman looked a bit perplex-
ed. We have them for 81 up he said
~ know replied Mr. Davenport
but 1 don't want to buy one up;
want to buy one down. I can put II
up myself
"'Oh,' said the salesman, smiling
gently, you are speaking of the UNI
brella, while I am speaking OF the
price
".And now I understand, too re-
turned Mr.. Davenport; 1t is the price
that is 81 up. Then it isn't exactly u
down as you said?
Exactly. But perhaps you wouio
like to talk with the proprietor
1.-THE salesman hurried to the rear
of the store, and 1 overheard remarks
about an insane asylum. The proprie-
tor came toward us and said we
storekeepers have our ups and down,
but At this we bought an umorel-
la and fed
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READING OFF HIS DRUNK.-An old
actor who was not much given to the
cheering glass. says the Billboard. one
evening went to dine at the club with
a friend-met several more, with the
result that about G. NJ. he was pretty
mellow" He left his friends and start
ed home and said to himself: My
boy, you're drunk! What are you 60
ing to do about 1t? l know! I'll GO
home and read-whoever heard about
q drunken man reading?" Well, home
he went in a cab-went to the library
and commenced to read. Mrs. Actor
later appeared on the scene. What on
earth are you doing?" she questioned.
"Why-er-can't-you see what I'm
doing, my dear? I'm reading"
Reading" said his wife, scornfully;
what are you reading?"
He looked at the book, but couldn't
see the words, so said: That books
been in the house for the last twenty
years, so if you don't know I'm not
going to tell you
To this his wife replied wrathfully:
You old fool, shut up that valise and
come to bed"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-04

FROM MoRGAN's OFFIoE.-William
R. Garrison, we'll known among New
Yorks financially and socially elect
had q caller not long since, says the
New York Globe, who was announced
by his man as from ]. P. Morgans
office"
'I told my man to usher him in, and
soon a tall stranger entered. 1 prof.
fered a chair and drew forth my best
box Of perfectos," said Mr.. Garrison
in telling Of the incident. "The stran-
ger lighted a cigar, settled himself
easily in his chair and pulled two long
puffs, while 1 said, with all the defer
ence at my command: Now, wnat Is
1t that l can do for Mr.. Morgan?
He puffed again, and then, reach
ing into a long pocket Of his coat
replied: I have just come from Mr'
Morgan's office, where 1 endeavored to
interest him in the purchase OF this
UNPARALLELED little work. l interrupt
ed him, but it was no use. He show
ed his prospectus, and l voted MIN
then and there the sharpest book
agent that had ever seen, and many
there are, too"
Did you buy?" was asked Of Garrl-
son.
"Of course" he replied. Gould
throw a wet blanket upon genius OF
that magnitude"
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Charleston. 8. Q.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of York.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
lone s. holland, plaintiff against John
s. Sadler, Jr., Mamie Hanna, Annie
Miller, Hattie r. Rutiedge. ]. Chess
Miller John L. Miller, Sadler 8.
Miller, May Shriner, Cecil Miller.
Mary Sadler Miller Julia Sadler.
Belle Sadler, Alice ". Sadler. Mary
Annie Burtz and w. B. Sadler. De-
fendants.-Summons for Relief
Complaint Filed.)
To the Defendants Above Named:
VOU are hereby summoned and re-
j. quired to answer the complaint In
this action, which has this day been
filed in the Office of the Clerk OF the
Court of Common Pleas for the said
County, and to serve a copy OF your
answer to the said complaint on the
subscriber at his office in Yorkville,
South Carolina, within twenty days
after the service hereof, exclusive OF
the day Of such service; and IL you
fail to answer the complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this
action will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
]. 8. BRICE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated Yorkville. s. c., May 4, A. ID.
1907.
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The Season Is Coming

The season is near at hand, when
people, especially the babies and chill
dren suffer most from heat and hot
weather. Every mother wants the ba-
bies as comfortable as possible for
two reasons, 1st, because she loves
them. End, to keep their father from
quarreling about the crying kids. For
the little fellows. l have nice Soaps
and Talcum Powder, price from 15c to
35c. For the young ladies and older
ones too, who want to look pretty
and have their handkerchiefs smell
sweet, can find the highest grade
Soaps, Toilet Waters, Face Powders,
Powder Puffs, Massage Creams with
complexion bulbs, Sea Salts and Hand
kerchief Extracts, that can be made
at the lowest prices. Now for the boys
and men I have exactly what they
need, such as Octagon Soap, Concen-
trated Lye, Sand and Scrubbing
Brushes In fact have almost every
thing you can mention in high grade
toilet goods.
The children say go to Star Drug
Store, the ladies say Star Drug Store
for your wants, and you men who need
the Soap and Sand may as well say
so. See us, or call Phone 36.
STAR DRUG STORE.
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NOTICE.

To Belle Sadler, Cecil Miller and
Mary Sadler Miller, minor defendants
above the age Of fourteen years.
Please take notice that unless. you
shall in the meantime procure the ap-
pointment of a guardian ad litem, the
plaintiff or her attorney, will, on the
twentieth day after the service OF this
notice upon you, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon or as soon thereafter as
counsel can be heard, apply to ]. A
Tate, Clerk Of Court Of Common Pleas
for York County, South Carolina. at
his office In Yorkville, 8. c., for an
order appointing some suitable person
guardian ad litem for you and direct
ing said person when appointed to
appear and defend the action In your
behalf.
]. 8. BRICE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Yorkville, S. c., May 4, A. D., 1907.
37-47 I bt
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Faultless Brand of
Canned Goods

Did you ever try them? They stand
at the head of their class in quality.
There is nothing put up in the way
of fruits and vegetables that is supe-
rior, yet in most cases not any higher
than inferior goods.
Just as good as freshly taken out
of the garden. I have the Faultless
String Beans, Peas, Corn, and Sue
cotash at 15c can. For table use I
have Strawberries, Raspberries, and
Pears-all put up in sugar at soc.
Plenty Of inferior goods at lower
prices.