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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-25
APPLES ON THE
PACIFIC COAST
j. L. JONES OF THIS CITY, VIEWS
THE WONDERS OF THE
WEST.

SPOKANE, Wash, Dec. 2O.-J. L.
Jones, of Columbia, Tenn, President
! of the Jack Breeders Association of
the United States, who is in Spokane
in the interest of the Tennessee Horti-
/ culture Society, was visitor at the
National Apple Show and was highly
! pleased with what he saw. He said
in the course of chat:
Il came 5000 miles just to see this
apple show, as a delegate from our
State Horticulture Society, and when
get back will be expected to make
report Of what l have seen here.
When l speak l will back up my re.
marks with demonstrations of the
kind and size of fruit the Washington
growers raise l have had some ex-
perience in that line. Last year was
up here and took back with me speci-
men of the fruit, which when l first
showed it, was declared to be of wax.
My neighbor, although he had grown
apples for years, did not believe that it
was possible for one to produce fruit
Of such color and size.
Our country is, of course, peach
country, but most of our farmers plant
apples In their orchards as well as
peaches, but they do not care for
them as you do here. AS a rule the
Tennessee farmer, after he has set
out his trees, will turn in a calf and
a colt to cultivate his fruit trees and
put his men to the cultivation of the
farm. If the trees die out for lack of
care that is all right-he will merely |
set out more the next year.
But in Washington you make the |
orchard the chief feature. You spray, !
and work the ground, and prune, and |
you study methods of packing to pre-
serve the fruit. It Is to study these
methods, and your methods of pack
ing, that our State Horticultural So
ciety sent me here The apple show
S one of the greatest educators to our
people that could be devised. The IN
of the way fruit is raised
n Washington and the Northwest that
las so far reached our country has
lone our people much good
The apple show was a big success
n every way, but greatly to the dis
ppointment of the management and :
he thousands of visitors practically .
II the fruit sent from States East and
outh of the Rocky Mountain was :
poiled in transit The apples had !,
cen taken out of cold storage and 9
ant West III heated cars, thus making =
lem unpresentable. To exhibit them
/ competition or otherwise would
ave been manifestly unjust to the :,
stricts represented, so Harry J y
eely, Secretary and Manager, did +.
1T show them. but prize money, med n
S and diplomas will be forwarded to -
e entries. +,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-25
NEARLY LYNCHED,
COURT FREES THEM

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 49,
Though they were once almost mobbed
in Russell County, It develops that
Will and JEFF Latimore, charged with
the killing of Walter Williams, a
farmer not far from Eufaula, had no
part in It. The courts have held them
guiltless, and the Sheriff of Montgom-
cry County, to whom they were sent
to prevent mobs getting them, has
sent both home free.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-25

Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that
may develop into pneumonia over
night are quickly cured by Foiey's
Honey and Tar, as It soothes inhameo
membranes, heals the lungs, and ex-
pels the cold from the system.-0no.
8. ALCORN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-25
M'KENZIE CONSTABLE1
KILLED BY TRAIN

lIKENZIE, Tenn, Dec. 18.-Wil r.
Bobo, Constable, was killed Wednes-
day by the midnight passenger train
on the Louisville & Nashville Rail-
road He attempted to cross the track
just as the train was pulling in.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-25
WOULD MORTGAGE THE FARM.

A farmer on Rural Route 2, EN-
pire, Ga, W. A Floyd by name, says:
"Bucklens Arnica Salve cured the
two worst sores / ever saw; one on
my hand and one on my leg. 1t is
worth more than its weight in gold
| would not be without it If l had to
mortgage the farm to get it." Only
25c at GEO S. ALCORN'S drug store.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-25

More people are taking Foley's Kid
ney Remedy every year. 1t is con-
sidered to be Ine most effective rem
edy for kidney ana bladder troubles
that medical science can devise. Fo-
ley's Kidney Remedy corrects irregu-
larities, builds up worn out tissues
and restores lost vitality. 1t will
make you feel well and look WE'LL
GEO. s. ALCORN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-25

Foleys Orino Laxative cures chronic
constipation and stimulates the liver.
Orino regulates the bowels so they
will act naturally and you do not have
to take purgatives continuously
GEO S. ALCORN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-25
CREAMERY PLACE
CHANGES HANDS

The old creamery property on the
Pulaski pike near South Side Park,
which was for several years owned by
Caldwell Bros. and used as a bottiing
works has been sold by them to Cliff
ford Hendley for $1,000. The sale
was made through A. L. Blocker.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-12-25
Choice Fruits

Send your name for description price
list of fruit trees, vines and plants.-
R. A. WILKES, CuIleoka. Tenn. 1-S-tf
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GUILTY OF CONTEMPLATING.

NOIE UT OOON z nj Ct TINVs
Passing counterfeit money is no
worse than substituting some unknown
worthless remedy for Foley's Honey
and Tar, the great cough and cold rem
edy that cures the most obstinate
coughs and heals the lungs.-GEO. 8.
ALCORN
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The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
ADVICE sARcAsrIc.
How vsu Can Avoid Being . Desh
Farmer.

Every now and then We find . farm
er who has . horror OF book farmers
and would not for any consideration
be considered by his neighbors -
such. We wish to help this fellow and.
therefore, make = few suggestions.
First, We advise him not to keep
any books for his farm operations.
Simply 10 along from year to year.
taking what you get without know
ing what 1t costs you. avoiding all 40
curate knowledge Of what 1t has cost
you to produce 4 ton Of hay. . bush
81 Of wheat or oats. . pound Of pork
or beef or butter. Such information
as this II dangerous to the man who
il fearful of being = book farmer.
Don't take any agricultural papers.
They. too, are dangerous. for they
might set you to thinking. They might
contaminate your mind with the re-
suits of experiment stations or the e1-
perience Of farmers. II you read any
agricultural paper At all. read one
that somebody has sent you for moth
ing in order to get your trade or your
patronage or for some other reason.
honorable or dishonorable. This will
not do you much harm, but better not
take any at all.
by all means keep away from all az
ricultural institutes. Avoid particu-
iarly any lectures that have the least
unge Of science. 1t il true that sci
ence u only the application Of COM
mon sense to farm operations, and
that it only teaches how to obey the
laws of nature: but science smaeks
of book farming and, therefore. every
thing that has the remotest connec-
ton with science should be avoided.
Keep away from farmers institutes.
To further avoid any possible dan
ger Of becoming book farmer try
to find fault with the operations of
your neighbors. II your neighbor
across the fence has so bushels Of
corn this year while you have only
40, try to explain 1t in some way that
will not be a reflection on your own
practice. You might say that his
land was better to begin with, that he
was lucky. or that he happened to
plant Just In the right Sign" You can
easily explain his success without CIV
ing any credit whatever to what is
known as book farming. You eau also
explain why he raises large littefs Of
pigs, or has large yields of milk. or
gets better weight and better prices
for his steers. Cultivate the disposi-
ton to hnd fault and criticise in
every way possible.
II these directions. says Wallace's
Farmer, are followed. we will guar
antee that the man who follows them
will not be regarded as book farmer.
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16

straight poles about III inches in d.
ameter and from 8 to IL feet long. l
next procured a number of nice
smooth boards for the flooring Of my
veranda, making 1t about feet wide
and 10 feet long and Strengthening 1t
with the necessary timbers. secure
ly nailed the poles about 8 inches
apart around the flooring to form an
Enclosure. leaving an opening in front
about feet wide, as shown in the
cut.
The poles in front were Z feet from
the floor to the roof and IL feet at
the house. About midway of their
height the poles were strengthened
by q row of poles nailed horizontally
and another row was placed at the top.
To make all secure against rain, the
slanting roof poles were next care
fully covered with overlapping rows
Of bark. All this required but small
outlay of cash and even less of work,
yet when my work was so far COM
pleted, l considered it ready for the
vines and contemplated the result
with much satisfaction.
Being in haste for immediate re-
suits, planted some roots of the
hardy native woodbine, which will
soon cover any space with its rapid
growth. 1t is an easy matter to sow
seed Of the morning glory, hardy an
nual gourd, or any one of several
hardy climbers and the result will
soon be a mass of shade and lovely
blossoms besides, all Of which makes
the summer evenings pass far more
pleasantly.
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
INV TO APPLY PAINT.

Greatest care should be taken when
painting buildings or implements
which are exposed to the weather. to
have the paint applied properly. No
excellence OF material can make up
for carelessness of application, any
more than care in applying it can
make poor paint wear well.
The surface to be painted should be
dry and scraped and sandpapered
hard and smooth. Pure white lead
should be mixed with pure linseed oil,
fresh for the job, and should be we'll
brushed out, not flowed on thick.
When painting Is done in this manner
with National Lead Company's pure
white lead. (trade marked with THE
Dutch Boy Painter') there is every
chance that the job will be satisfac-
tory. White lead Is capable of alb
solute test for purity. National Lead
Company. Woodbridge Building. New
York. will send testing outfit free to
any one interested.
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16

s'4rs OF , os,s; G cns,s 81 r'l'''. y.
YsAxx j. CasxsY nskss cath tias - 10 sseies
partner Of tie Arm Of =. J. Cna1sY = Co, aotAs
aforosaid. and thai aid Sra VIII pay Tie sun u
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each AnA every
HALL'e CATA11a CUA8.
Sworn 70 bstors me aad subscribed In ~ prsssscs
this 9Th day Of Dscs0bsr. A. .: i.eA
,:...t ser4.r rs..,o
Aail'a Cssarrh Cure 10 taksa Internally aad sctl
directly % the blOoA and mucous euTfAco4 Of ~
syatsm. seaA for testiUontals. free.
F.J.CHENEY CO.. Toledo, o,
Sold By all Dru9gists. s3c.
Taks AslrsFAGlly Pills for eeassipataoa.
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
WELL PLANNED FARM.
One Farmers Idea Of Dividing One
Hundred and sixty Acres.

Seeing in the Farmer recently plans
for well arranged farms and deeming
this a matter of suficient importance
for the consideration of our fellow
farmers, and our mutual assistance
along this line. submit the follow
ing diagram of farm of 100 acres
in II divisions, two or ten. one of 20
and three of 40 acres each. writes .
correspondent Of the Indiana Farmer.
The farm has road on two sides
and fronts the east. The ten acres
on which the buildings are located
consist OF six divisions.
No. l dwelling and door yard, 2
orchard, 8 family garden. 4 front barn
lot. truck garden, 6 barn lot, with
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16

ample room for feed troughs and
straw stacks, allowing no stock loose
in front lot, Z open wood. pasture.
used for night pasture during the
summer for the work horses, also
handy for the milch COW. 8 perman-
ent pastures with some timber at
fording shade in summer and wind
break in winter. Nos. 9. 10 and II are
40 acre fields for cultivation. and
will admit Of the three years rota-
ton plan. Some Of the good features
of this plan are these. The larger
fields avoid the great expense of much
fence building. and this Is quite an
item 1T this time. Again from No. 8
stock can be turned to any fleld on the
farm, doing away with the need Of q
lane, or driving stock over cultivated
fields, getting from one to another.
which are very Objectionable features.
Some one may object to this plan
on account of lack of permanent pas
ture. This can be easily managed, by
removing the fence between s and
10, back west to the middle of 10.
then you have 40 acres and II still
more is wanted take this fence away
and use 1t in making three equal d.
visions out Of . and IL; this gives 60
acres Of permanent pasture. of handy
access to the barn and field also. This
is true diagram Of \ farm made out
of heavily timbered forest. 1t re-
Quired 80 years to bring 1t to its pres
ent state Of completion.
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
INEXPENSIVE vERAMoA.
viii Provide Shade and Beauty for the
Summer.

A uncovered veranda would be
such = comfort II only 1t were pos
1eibls to build It now 20 ~ to have It
}Well covered with vines before the
long summer evenings come. In many
cesss the expense seems greater than
owner Of the plain little farm
-onss fseh able to stand. This was
~ own case = few years ago. n my
dbme was an old-fashioned farmhouse
built In the style Of 100 years ago.
and strongly resembling an immense
dry goods box about so feet long. two
stories high and perfectly plain. desti-
tute even Of paint.
! After thinking 1t over. says writer
In Farm and Home. L decided the case
was BY NO means hopeless, 20 set
to work In this fashion. First, sent
Q man to the woods to get = load Of
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
sEEpLiNos.

, How many Jars of fruit are left?
OF course your hotbed Is under way.
Plow deep before planting. shallow
after.
Make 4 new gate or two before
spring work opens.
In the pig pen see that there are no
places in which pigs can get fast.
Many who have tried 1t say that
"dryfarming" IL indeed dry" farm
ing!
Know WHIST you want the hired men
to do and when necessary jump in and
show them how to do 1t.
Alsike clover IL q lighter growing.
inner plant than the medium red. It
10 short.llved. but valuable on heavy
1otl
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16

colored and had . sediment. When
wished to eat my wife had to raise
me up in bed. Physicians were un.
able to help me and ! was going down
fast when began using Doans Kid
ney Pills After short time I felt
great improvement and am now as
strong and healthy as a man could be.
give Doan's Kidney Pills all the
credit for it."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a boz.
FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
First Had Itching Rash-Threatsned
Later With elood.Poison in Leg
RelIad on Cuticura Remedies.

About twelve or fifteen years ago
had = breaking-out, and 1t itched.
and stung 80 badly that 1 could not
have any peace because of 1t. Three
doctors did not help me. Then l used
some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura ONT
ment. and Cuticura Resolvent and
began to get better right away. They
cured me and have not been bothered
with the itching since. to amount to
anything. About two years ago l
had IL grippe and pneumonia which
left me with pain in my side. Treat
ment ran 1t into my leg. which then
swelled and began to break out. The
doctor was afraid 1t would turn to
blood-poison. used his medicine
but 1t did no good. then I used the
Cuticura Remedies three times and
cured the breaking-ou on my leg. ]. F.
Hennen, Milan, NO., May 10. 1907"
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
The Blessing Of Horses on Ct. An
thongs Day in Rome.

piazza in front OF the church, where
monk in surplice and stole waited
to bless the horses by sprinkling holy
water on them. The monks of the
Order of st. Francis always performed
this service from dawn to the Avc
Maria, receiving in return a small do
nation for each horse blessed.
This custom was so well known and
followed that 1t is said an Austrian
ambassador in 1902, wishing to have
all his horses blessed without pay
ing a fee for each one, had the chap
lain of the embassy perform the cere-
mony in private, an action which was
greatly resented by the Holy See. The
rite of the ceremony to-day is the
same. but all its pomp is gone. The
horses are brought to be blessed as Of
old, but instead of being richly ca.
parisoned and harnessed to carriages
they are led by hand and bare. and
very often are poor weak animals that
can hardly amble up to the waiting
priest.
II, however. the show part Of tho
feast has been done away with In
Rome the ceremony still retains some
Of its picturesqueness in the country,
as no Italian farmer who has the vel.
fare of his beasts at heart would
think of failing to bring all his animals
to be blessed on st. Anthony's day.
This is especially the case in southern
Italy. near Naples. where st. Anthony
is still considered the patron not
only of beasts of burden but also of
pigs.
Besides the blessing OF animals
there is still another custom on St
Anthony's day which has survived
from early Christian times At Naples
In some of the piazzas a bonfire If
lighted, preceded by a special cere
nony.
A woman Of the district, surrounded
by young girls, goes about with \
bottomless barrel and begs from her
neighbors the necessary frewood to
start the fire. A carpenter will give
her some sawdust, another will do.
nate an old table, some one else will
throw in broken chair.E while from
the windows various bits pf wood will
be added to the collection. A suita bio
spot in the piazza is found, the fire 10
started inside the barrel and the
women and children find fuel to feed
the flame.
The ceremonies and rites on the
feast Of st. Anthony and his protector.
ship Of animals. especially horses and
other beasts OF burden, are supposed
20 have originated, like many othsr
Christian functions, from an ancient
Roman pagan feast known as the
Consualia, when horses were adorned
with flowers in honor of the god Con-
sus and paraded around the streets
Of Rome. 1t is dinlcult to ascertain
whether really st. Anthony succeeded
Census and whether the religious cers-
u,ony Of blessing horses has really re-
placed the pagan Illustrations Of the
Coasualia, but in any case the Gus
tom of feast day for animals still
survives in Latin countries.
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
star. one.

Cow testing associations cost little
and save much. All there is to 1t il
for several farmers OF the neighbor-
hood to get together and agree to take
samples and test their cows three or
four times . year, and to have the
work done by an experiment station
or local creamery tester. The cost
IL not over six dollars per farmer. and
often means the difference between a
paying business and one that is los
ing money every day.
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16

complaints for many
years. and cannot
tell what agony I
endured from back
ache. My linn b .
were swollen twice
natural size and my
sight was weaken
ing. The kidney &C.
cretfons were dis
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16

When Heinrich was counting Mary
he had rival, one Johann Biermann.
The two met one evening at her home
and got into dispute as to their ca
pacity for frankfurters.
In the demonstration which followed
both ate ~ links, when Johann be-
came i'll and had to retire hors de COM
bat. Johann will act as best man at
the wedding.-Exchange.
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
BLEss|NGOF HORSES
st. ANrHokv's FEAST shoRN or
ITS PoMP IN ROME.
Beasts Of Burden No Longer oayiy
caparisonsd When Brought Before
the Monk to BE eprinklsd
with Holy Water.

Rome.-Among the feasts in Rome
whose quaintness appeals especially
to visitors is that of st. Anthony.
when at the little church At st. Fuse
bus horses. donkeys and mules are
blessed. The ceremony was formerly
performed in front Of the Church OF
st. Anthony, near the Basilica Of st.
Mary Major, but after 1870 this build
ing was confiscated by the government
and converted into barrack.
The custom of blessing animals on
the feast of st. Anthony Is practiced
all over Italy, and in every village.
the great feast days of the year. Dur
ing Papal times the ceremony was
more interesting and picturesque than
1t is now, as the horses were adorned
with gay trappings, wreaths OF how-
ers and punches of bright feathers,
and their drivers. decked out in their
best livery or In their Sunday clothes.
drove up to the church on the Esqutl-
inc Hill to have their animals blessed.
Every stable held a feast on that
day, and the humble mule from the
country might be seen as gayly decked
with bright trappings as the prancing
horses of noble family The cere-
mony had all the characteristic fea.
lures of horse show, as not one OF
the leading Roman families neglected
to send its horses to be blessed.
Generally they were harnessed In
couples and hitched to q drag. and it
was a picturesque sight to see IL.
IA or even 20 horses driven up to the
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
Not Running.

A West Philadelphia woman had
not heard the clock strike once during
last Sunday afternoon, and thinking
perchance 1t had stopped she sent bar
hopeful. little boy about five yee's
old, downstairs to see IL 1t were rum
ming.
The little tot went down ON the err
rand, and, after hasty survey OF the
long pendulum swinging back and
forth, he ran back to his mother with
this Information:
why, no, mamma; the clock amt
runnin', it's standin' still and Vaughn
its tall"
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16

Ono Holstein breeder in New York
has in connection with his herd of
pure-bred black and white cattle a
smaller herd Of pure-bred Jerseys. He
maintain = high butter fat test in the
certified product that is bringing
wealth and reputation to his sstab-
lishmsat
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
hustllns for success.

with all the inventions. good and
haA. which have been thrust upon us,
no one has yet invented way of
AcaAieytng success without hustling
Sos N The york Of the farmer has
been made easier, but the fact re-
mains that II he is going to make a
success he must, to use . street
phrase, get up and dust"
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
NOTHING MORE TO SAY.

"Pardon my question. but how do
you know your wife doesn't wish you
to take out insurance."
''Well, I'll tell you. She's got no.
ton I'm going to survive her and that
it will be collected by No. g."
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16

would add two or three pounds OF
white clover seed per acre for perma-
nent mowings, as 1t makes thick,
rich bottom, writes w. A. Ford Of the
Massachusetts, Agricultural college.
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16

Did you ever hear man with an
obese bank balance say that the love
Of money was the root Of all evil?
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
"hoNE sUr THE sRAvE." ETC.
What We Have Done.

What We Have Done.
When the hour of death comes-that
comes to high and low alike-then It
" not what we have done for ourselves
but what we have done for others.
that we think on most pleasantly
Sir Walter Scott.
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16
RAISED FROM A SICK SEQ.
After Being IN Invalid with Kidney
Disorders for Many Ysars.

John Armstrong. Cloverport. Ky.
eAya: II was an invalid with kidney
The Meeker herald., 1908-05-16

The ancestor Of every action Ia q
thought.-Emerson.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-04-10

1t is reported that the palace Of the
Count szechenyl lacks all modern con-
veniences. including electricity, gas,
running water in the house and heat.
ing facilities. and that the only bath
tub is large wooden affair six feet
high, to which water must be carried
from the pump in the back yard. and
that the estate is considerably dilapi.
dated. And yet It was claimed that the
counts marriage with Gladys Wander.
bilt was entirely a love match.