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Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08
A Self CLOSING kiinae.

A hinge such as is shown in the IL
lustration may be made by the sama-
teur blacksmith, and it is not only in
expensive, but is self closing and will
not get out of order or readily break.
1t is made by twisting two small rods
Of the required size twice around, as
shown in the cut. For small gates one
quarter inch or three-quarter inch or
three-eighths inch rods are about
right, but for large gates or doors lar
ger rods should be used. The rods are
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08
Bisulphide Of Carbon Effective.

The barn, the corncrib, the wheat
bin and even the farmhouse itself can
be divested of all noxious and destruc-
tive insects and vermin by the use of
bisulphide of carbon, says the United
States department Of agriculture. 1t is
a liquid which forms powerful and
volatile gas very penetrating. If liber-
ated in any tight place it will search
every crack and kill every bug and for
that matter everything else. The usual
proportion given is one pound to 800
to 1000 cubic feet. Some authorities
recommend pound of bisulphide of
carbon for each hundred bushels. No
injury is done the grain by its use, nor
is there any danger from feeding the
grain afterward. as the bisulphide of
carbon entirely disperses. Since the
stuff is verv explosive. it's use in con-
nection with lighted pipes or cigars
should be preavoided.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08

heated red hot. placed in an iron wise
and given two twists. as shown. The
four ends are hammered out fat and
the holes drilled and countersunk for
the screws, bolts or nails. AS will be
seen, the hinge acts like screw and
will always close the door or. gate by
the weight of same. It you have no
gorge, fine rods in the scrap pile and
most any smith will make pair Of
hinges for less than the price OF pair
Of strap hinges, and they will last
much longer and, as above stated. are
self closing.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08
FARMER A BUSINESS MAN.
Prosperity Of the Country Depend,
Upon System.


To be up to date the farmer must
plan ahead. If ne is wise he will open
accounts in his ledger for every crop
he raises, including horses, cows,
sheep, swine and poultry. He will
have a system of bookkeeping that
will show him at the end of the year
which crop paid profit and which
created a loss.
1t will be a great satisfaction to
know how the potato. the onion, the
general garden, the hay and the straw
crops paid Ills ledger will show how
many days his teams worked, credit
ing them with such amounts as he
would have had to pay had he hired
teams to do the work. Against this
will be the price of feed. There need
be no item rlabor in attending to
the horses. as lie manure and the use
of the animals for pleasure drives will
Offset that
The income from the cows and the
sheep. the swine and the poultry
would have their place, against which
would have to be the cost of feed.
The writer knows Of progressive
farmer who follows that system year
after year. His daughter keeps the
books. He reports each night the
sales, the purchases, the hours the
teams were at work, etc., and thus
is he able to keep record of his do
ings and knows exactly what each
crop means to him.
Beginning the new year, the farmer
should lay out his plans for the spring
operations, the size of the vegetable
garden, the varieties to grow, the in
crease of the small fruit plots and the
additional trees to the orchard, the
changes and the repairs that should
be made to the barn and other build,
ings, not forgetting Improvements on
the old homestead.
There are a hundred and one mat
ters that can be planned for 1909's
operations, and no better use could be
made of ones evenings than to map
out all these matters.
The latest catalogues of reliable
seeds, nursery and implement houses
can be secured, and profitable time
may be spent in carefully looking
them over. Lists of seeds, trees, tools,
ETC., should be got out and ordered be-
fore the general rush in spring. This
will avoid delays errors and vexations
generally.
The farmer is business man, and
each year the farm is becoming more
important to the welfare of the coun-
try. The farmer is no longer the sub
ject of ridiculous cartoons, but the
emblem of prosperity in all the high
class publications. The whole world
looks to the sturdy tiller of the soil
for the means of maintaining prosper
ity in the land
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08
Trolley Time able
G. G. & w. RWy.

Schedule in effect Thursday, September
10, 1908.
Leave Blackwood forCamden-553 am.
and every hour until 1888 pm.
Leave Camden for Blackw0od-4.54 a. m.
and every hour until 1854 pm.
Leave Woodbury. for Blackwood-5.32 a.
m. and every hour until 11.32 p. m.
Leave Mantua for Camden-6.00 q. m.
62S a. m. and every hour until 1928 (mid
mighty
Leave Camden for Mantua-5.24 a. m.
and every hour until 11.24 p. m.
Leave Woodbury. for Mantua-5.35, 6.02
nipht, M anu eseA' Ao1 11s'- ~ s'''N
All the above are through cars to Cam
den.
eral street, Camden, 2.12, 4.07 a. m.
Leave Federal street, Camden, for Wood
bury LOS, sos a. M. Double fare on
First car from woodbury. for Camden
6.29 and 5.55a. M, and every 10 minutes
until 1243 p. m.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08
Preparing For Long Drives.

70 prepare horse for long drives he
should have the teet Of hay and all
the sound grain b N eat up clean at
each meal Then ch day he should
be driven five to eght miles or more
at moderate pace and be taken thor.
ough care of by careful rubbing and
blanketing. Use whole old oats Ia
preference to other grain,
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08
To Make Thin Names Crow.

Where horse has rubbed out part
of its name mixture OF flowers Of
sulphur and raw linseed oil applied
every three or four days will some
times cause it to grow again. Keep
the places clean by washing with wa
ter. The horse may be getting too
much grain and too little exercise. A
bran mash occasionally win be good.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08
D. S. PANCOAST
LIGHT AND ATTRACTIVE

The products of our bakery are
light and attractive. We furnish the
best and most wholesome bread. the
lightest and most inviting rolls and
biscuit.
We are best known by our standard,
quality and perfectly made small
things. "The best for you is the best
for us''-that's our motto.
KOCH's BAKERY, MANTUA, N. j.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08
DIR. AMOS P. UNDERWOOD
DENTIST

Cor. Broad st. and Red Bank Ave.
Phone % L. Woodbury. N. j.
Ably. Evenings to 8.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08
DIR. r. K. MORGAN
DENTIST

Room No. l. Merritt Block, Woodbury..
Residence, 103 So. Broad st.
Office Hours:
3 a. m. to 5 p m. Open evenings by APP
pointment only.
Bell Phone: Residence INV; Office 1asx
11-22-1y.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08
DIR. C. T. BENNETT
DENTIST

Bell Phone 1Isx. WOODBURY., N. j.
OFFICE on Broad street, opposite the
Court House, second floor. Office Houre
from to ~ Il. m. and 1 to p. m. every
week day. Residence, 55 Newton Ave.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08

The largest assortment of carriages ever
placed on sale in this county, including
buggies carriages, spindles, milk, free ru-
raj mail delivery. light market magons,
and almost any pattern of vehicle wanted.
NY prices are within 10 per cent. of the
wholesale city prices. am enabled to
do this because l have no rent nor sales
mems salaries to pay, and buy direct from
the manufacturers in carload lots. Drop
into my sales room and see what l can
do for you.
AUG. PREHL.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-04-08

Past Master DerthiclSs New Work.
Hon. F. A. Derthick, past master Of
the state grange Of Ohio, has been ap-
pointed by the International Tax asso-
citation as tax lecturer. He began his
work in Kentucky In January and will
-isit eli the states and Canada to in
vestigate tax conditions. He will lec-
ture upon Taxation, = with view to
eventually harmonic and make more
equitable the inefficient and inequitable
tax laws.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

BIG CATTLE RECEIPTS.

Sioux City Journal, q: The cattle
run yesterday broke all previous rec
ords at the stock yards. The mum
Der of cars exceeded the previous
number, but the number of head was
700 short of the big day, due to tn Q
fact that all the cattle that are com
ing at the present time are heav lie r
and do not arrive SO many to the car
The former record was made on Oct
%, 1899, when there were 236 cars and
$3.50 head Of cattle, while yesterday e
run totaled 800 cars and mum bered
s, 100 head.
South Dakota led with $50 cars;
Nebraska had AZ cars; Iowa 40; Mon
tana, SO; Texas, 6, and Minnesota, S
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

NEARLY ALWAYS A DISPUTE.

Human selfishness seems to be as
natural as weeds in corn field. Peo-
pie not only quarrel over their money,
their lands and their personal proper
ty, but also over their honors. They
keep the courts busy, make the law
yers rich and pour out their money
freely in costs and penalties. But
over disputed honors they must 90
before the largest and fairest court Of
all-the court of public opinion.
Therefore Cook and Peary and their
friends may draw some small conso-
lation from the fact that other ex-
plorers and pioneers have had their
controversies and troubles with Fame,
1t is within the memory of many how
Henry M. Stanley, on his return from
his famous trip to relieve Emin
Pasha, had the time of his life trying
to explain the death of his companion,
Maj. Edmund Battlelot, who was
killed by natives. 1t was charged
that Stanley was jealous of Battlelot,
and when he said harsh things about
the dead man, this fact was seized
upon as evidence of jealousy, and
Stanley never wholly recovered from
the odium heaped on him.
When the explorers, Spoke and
Grant, assembled the Nile they quar-
relied bitterly, finally parting, and af-
terward called each other hard names
over the question Of which was en-
titled to the most credit tor discover
les made and hardships endured.
After the death of Leonidas Hub
bard in 1904, in Labrador, there were
sharp criticisms leyeled at Dillon
Wallace, his companion explorer.
Gen. Greely's Arctic expedition of
1882 was marked by almost endless
chickering's among it's members and
friends of those who lost their lives
before the Schley rescuing party
found the survivors.
The list might be extended consid-
erably. But it is long enough to show
that the path of the discoyerer and
explorer is beset by critics who are
sure to have crown of thorns handy
for use as soon as they see head.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23
THE WESTERN BOOSTER !.

Golfers Weekly: Scratch a west
erner and you will find booster.
Tramp, millionaire, preacher and
cowboy are ever ready to tax the Ian
guage in challenging the world to
show our equal in climate, soil and
opportunities. Every state is the
land Of opportunity, z every county
the richest in potential possibili-
ties, every town 'the queen city. Z
Development is the passionaImo t
the fetish. Better business, better
buildings, better streets, better
schools, better farms, better trans-
portation. better governmentba back
Of it all is booster. But the greatest
marvel he has wrought il his
organization the booster clubs. .
development leagues, promotion com
mittees, and commercial cham bers.s
,ass
4
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23
ANOTHER HONOR CLAIMANT.

We would like a settlement Of that
north pole controversy at the earliest
possible moment. tits becoming too
complicated for human endurance.
for now comes Henson, the colored
man who went to the pole, or there-
abouts, with Peary, with claims Of.
his own. He saw the pole as quick
as Peary did, ate just as much dog
going and coming, has just as many
frozen toes as Peary, and with the
help of four Eskimos, did all the
cheering when the flag was raised.
Fact is, that while Peary was the
head of the expedition, this :olored
man, Henson, is just as much hero,
SO far as courage and endurance are
concerned, as is white man Peary,
if our colored friends don't get up
something warm and comforting for
Henson on his return, they miss
great chahce to appropriate some
glory.
With black man holding the
heavyweight belt in pugilism, and
another one discovering the north
pole, exclusive white society should
take notice.
Honor to Hensonl He hung on
longer than all save four Of the Es-
klmos and 36 dogs, and he has right
to participate in the honorable at
tention bestowed upon Peary. OF
course, if the pole wasn't really dis
covered, we reserve the right to craw-
fish on this recommendation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23
WILSON'S NEWS CHEERING.

Washington, Sept. 20.-That the
grazing ranges on the public lands Of
the west are being regulated to the
best interests of the settlers is the
report which Secretary of Agricul-
ture James Wilson brings from the
west. 81 also declares there will be
bumper crops and that there has been
great development and large appre-
citation on the part of the people OF
what has been done for them by tine
government,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23
MITCHELL CORN PALACE.

On September 27th the Mitchell
Corn palace will again throw open it's
doors, and the marvelously beautiful
structure Twill be dedicated to King
Corn and all his satellites the
grains and grasses-that add to the
great agricultural wealth of Sout Da-
kota.
No annual event is of such vast inn
portance to the state; for here is as
sembled, in rich profusion, the various
product soil, evidencing to the world
at large it's great fertility and the
glorious possibilities for additional
husbandmen to "come in and sup with
u.s."
The corn palace itself is a marve lof
beauty, and it is decorated within and
without, with native products of the
soil, corn being the chief article used
10 the assembled thousands it
is truly revelation, and its ornat e
beauty appeals to the masses. Add
to this the stellar attractions supplied
by the United States Marine Band of
Washington, d. c., and the numerous
high-class vaudeville acts by a corps
OF famous artists, and the Corn Pal
ace at once becomes "a thing of beau
ty and JOY forever
The railroads recognize the great
portance and deep significance Of this
annual exhibition, and run numerous
excursion trains at half fare, lower
rate than ever given any similar en-
tainment.
The Corn Palace opens Sept. % and
closes Saturday night, Oct. 2.
Every citizen of South Dakota
should attend for at least day.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

The returns from collections Of in
heritance tax in the state for the six
months period ending August 81 last
shows that the half yearly receipts to
the state from that source will be
close to $4,000, which is larger
amount than has ever been received
by the state from that source in. any
half yearly period since the law went
into effect.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Far out beyond the orbit Of Mars a
visitor is speeding toward us at the
rate Of 100000 miles day. This is
HalleY's comet. In the next seven
or eight months the world will read
and hear much about this caller.
During part of this time the world
will see him. Long ago the world
also read of him and saw him, for
this will not be his first appearance ;.
He has been here many times, but at
intervals so widely separated that
very few persons are fortunate
enough to be able to greet him twice.
The persons now living who recall his
latest visit must be more than 80
years of age, for nearly seventy-fve
years have elapsed since he passed
this way before.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23
Somebody has found new comet.
This doesn't count unless the stars
and stripes has been nailed to it.

The interest receipts on state funds
for August, which have been received
and turned into the state general fund
are $500. Treasurer johnson will in
his first year in Office turn in several
thousand dollars from this source,
which never before got into the
treasury.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Out on the neighboring farms there
seems to be no trouble about the peo-
pie "having all that their labor pro-
'duces.' The produce trust appears
to have decreed that the farmers
here-abouts shall not only have all
that their labor produces, but that
they shall keep it.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Pierre merchants are all busy these
days unpacking and marking the new
goods that have been coming in every
day for the past week or more. They
have all bought more than usual and
are we'll supplied with woods for the
fail trade.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

The west shows no inclination to
become wildly excited or unduly en-
thusiastic over the revival of the
postal savings bank plan nor the CEN
trail bank idea. Undoubtedly the
proposed plan would help some in the
east, but the west is showing an
ability to stand upon it's own fnan-
cial legs.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

The board of education of Sioux
Falls has retained Aikens 6 Judge,
and G. 0. Bailey as attorneys to fight
the city commission in their APP
preaching suit over the tax levy. 1t
requires a whole lot of money to run
city on the commission plan. Prop
erty owners in Sioux Falls are forced
to pay additional taxes to keep things
moving.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Judge Witten is now making the
rounds. He will visit all the registry
points before October 1, and meet
notarys public. He will be in Pierre
September %, at s o'clock.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Judging from the curves and twists
in the route, Taft's swing around the
circle will be grapevine swing.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23
AsUcGEsTIoN.

New York Herald: That south pole
exploration party had better pack q
few reams Of blank atsadsyi .. add
IAn0tarF puhlic I'd tha ou
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

This thing of selling the bed in
which Webster, Lincoln, Gen. Scott
and U. S. Grant slept is open to con-
troversy. Travellers will assert that
the Chicago hotels relic can be dup
Heated in every $2-a-day house west
of Buffalo when it comes to ancient
features.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

The state capitol commission on
Monday in meeting transacted lot
of detail business, and let the con-
tract of the sinking of artesian well
on the capitol grounds, for the pur-
pose of supplying power. The con-
tract calls for we'll two thousand
feet in depth.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23


Reports from Huron are to the eff
feet that the state fair which closed
Friday was an unqualified success,
and it is all due to the interest the
people of the state took in it. The
fair was conducted on broad lines
with the idea of giving the patrons
something for their money, and that
will always win in a public affair like
this. The exhibitors of livestock,
poultry. and the ladies department
and in fact every department of the
fairthere was an absence Of the scar
city Of articles. 1t is such unanimity
of purpose that the state fair can be
made success.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Secretary Wilson advises farmers
to raise a potato recently obtained
from Russia which yields profusely
and is rich in alcohol, yielding a gal
lon to the bushel. He thinks the po-
tato will go far toward solving the
fuel problem in the west.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Yes, school has started. That is
the cause of the small boys gloomy
looks, not the death of Santa Claus.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Spain now has rough riders regi-
nent. Too late.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

An undertaken in Iowa recently
committed suicide beca use business
was dull. Evidently he believed that
a dull time was the proper time tt
make some business in his line.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Hartman is buried in a rockgrave,
covered with box car load of con-
crete, reinforced with three tons of
steel. His foes now need not worry
that he is safely put away.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Both stalwarts and insurgents are
finding comfort now and then in the
utterances of President Taft. Per-
haps the president desires to occupy
the role of peace maker.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Nobody in South Dakota is worry
ing about an early frost. South Da-
kota crops are out of harms way, the
farmer has money in the bank to buy
his winters fuel, and few thousand
bushels Of grain safely housed. Let
Jack Frost do his worst.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

els 'the middle west nothing more
than few fiopping-around politi-
cians?' inquiries the Sioux City Jour-
nal.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

The Hot Springs Star reports the
demise of a RATHER, measuring four
feet, inches. They grow much
larger than that in south Dakota ex-
changes.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

The night trains east on the North
western are loaded to the guards
every night, and the incoming trains
are the same way.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

During the last legislative session
the reservation county of Dewey was
attached to Walworth county for
judicial purposes. Now the authori-
ties of Walworth county are sending
out personal property tax notices to
the Indians who are holding allot-
ments, asking them to come in and
settle. The red men want to be shown.
They are standing pat against paying
anything, on the grounds of taxation
without representation" They say
when they are allowed to vote then it
will be time for them to pay taxes,
but until they secure the one right
they do not claim the other. It will
probably be up to the courts to settle
the contention and decide just how
far the Indians rights &c in the ques-
tion at issue.
If some of the magazine writer's who
write about the "poor" farmers
should drop out into this part of
South Dakota they might be compell-
ed to revise some of their articles.
One sample of conditions out here is
shown by H. A. Brooking, of Sully
county, recently going to Gettysburg
to market grain. Instead of putting
team attached to heavy load of
wheat, he had putting traction en-
CINE drawing nine wagons, seven of
wheaS and two of flax, which brought
him $1,000 for the trip to town. Other
engine owners are doing the same
thing, and then when it comes to tax
ing the family to town, anywhere
within fifty miles, 1t means to many
of the farmers few hours spin with
their auto, and back home in time to
do the evening chores, instead of a
slow trip of two or more days with
horses. Several Sully county farmers
even took that method of visiting the
ste tte fsirs ct 9ason instead et paying
lrailxond fare.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

Sheriff Anderson, of Klttson coun-
ty, MIMI, on Friday secured requisi-
tionipapers to take back to that county
two men giving the names of Dad
Williams and Joe Barnes, who are
charged with being the men who
robbed the Bank Of Karlstad some
time ago. They were both locked up
at Webster, being held for the Min
nesota officer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

The Buffalo Times says that card
bearing the words, "Life is just One
Dam Thing After Another is hay-
ing an immense sale in that city and
the Times adds that this "demon.
strates that people must believe it a
fact" There is no need of discussion
on that point-but it may be safely
assumed that fellow who adopts
the words on that card as his motto
is not likely to arrive at desirable
destination.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-09-23

The excitement in Mexico at this
time, in the opinion of officials of the
state department, who are in a posi-.
ton to know is no greater than that
attending a presidential campaign in
the United States. Reports of i'm
pending civil war in the neighboring
republic fail utterly to agitate them.