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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16
$40 Corn Club Boys In One Texas
County.

Messrs. Editors: think you have
the best Southern farm paper / ever
saw, and | wish for you great things
In your undertakings.
| see each week something about
the Boys Corn Club and its work. |
have corn club organized In John
son County, Texas. with 576 boys.
Have them organized In county
club, and most OF the schools over
the county have school clubs. Every
thing is moving off nicely. More
than so per cent OF the boys are do
Ing their work fine. and II nothing
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16
Texas Bankers Offer Prizes to BOYS.

Texas bankers are Offering to the
corn club boys OF that State five gold
medals and four special prizes
which are certainly worth the mos,
earnest efforts of any boy. The FIRST
prize is the choice of trip to Wash
ington and New York, or a year nj
the Texas A. & NJ. College with all
expenses paid. The second prize
winner gets the one OF these prizes
not selected by the first prize win
ner. Prize number three is 500 in
gold; and number four is $50 in gold
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16

More PIows Weather than by WorkGood Roofs
Good Oil, LOngIived Machinery-Ihe In
true of a Kentucky Farmer


vt HAS BEEN we'll demonstrated
that a real business man is sue
Il cessful as a manufacturer in so
far as he is able to make mechanical
labor take the place of less produc-
tive hand labor, and that real bust
ness man as a farmer is similarly
successful in so far as he can do the
same thing.
But here, very often, is where the
resemblance ceases.
The manufacturer invests so much
money in labor-saving machinery, he
allows so much for depreciation, and
then proceeds to see that his machine
is well housed, we'll cared for and
kept going. He figures that it must
pay so much interest on the original
investment, plus a profit sufficiently
large to equal, ultimately, the origi-
nal investment. The longer the ma
chine can fulfill the duties for which
it was intended, the greater the
money returns on the first outlay.
When a farmer figures on the same
basis in caring for his equipment, the
economic term of business man" fits
him. But when he invests his cap
ital in expensive machines-and
many of them-such as modern
farm nowadays necessitates, and then
leaves his pillow in the fence corner
and his binder in the field and his
new wagon under the caves of his
COW shed, he falls short of exercising
the right kind Of business methods.
Machinery Neglected is Money
Thrown Away.
The money which farmer puts
into binder, mower, or manure
spreader, is just as much capital in
vested as the money another man
puts into a machine for making shoes
or spinning cotton. 1t deserves an
annual interest and an ultimate prof
it equally as much, and it is entitled
to as thorough care and protection.
Furthermore, the laws governing con-
tinuity Of service apply exactly the
same to a cream harvester and a
wagon as to a planer or grinder. OF
course, owing to the seasonal use of
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16

happens we will have great sbov
this fall. Our County School Suner-
intendent, Prof. II. ]. Rulings. and
Judge Cato Sells, both of Cleburne
have given me their assistance in
getting up this fine club, of which /
am very proud.
Push this work, as 1t is worthy Of
all you can do.
WALTER Il. DAVIS.
Special Agent.
Cleburne, Texas.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16


remain idle 1t is at this period when
they should be best protected. Sci
entists say that the muscles of an
arm wither quicker from inactivity
than from over-activity. The same
thing is true of the equipment. More
plows have been worn away by the
weather than were ever worn away
by service.
True as this is, very little attention
has been paid to the science of ma
will work for years to show how to
grow forty bushels of wheat where
only thirty grew before. No one
questions the usefulness of this work
but it takes the difference of a good
many acres to pile up enough dollars
to buy new binder. And yet, very
little time is spent in showing how
to increase the life OF a binder from
six to fifteen years. Perhaps they
leave it to the common sense of the
farmer. II they do. all right. for
common sense is really the thing
that is needed.
Shelter, Paint and Oil.
College instruction, ancestral ad-
vice, and original research in the
care of farm machines can all be
simmered down to these three ele-
mentary necessities-good roofs.
good paint and good lubricants. These
three determine whether the days of
or whether 1t shall soon return TO
the dust whence 1t came and another
order go to the firm who made II.
Let every farmer attend to this
trio. How and when are questions
which each must answer for himself
not very profound questions, but
very important.
Few people realize how simple and
yet how essential such care is. and
for those who have overlooked this
phase of agricultural life, | give
the experience of one successful Ken
lucky farmer, which may contain
helpful suggestions.
One Farmers Tool Shed.
This man ran a big farm In that
State, and in spite of inefficient help
and long-used soil. made money. He
was firm believer in the above
mentioned triumvirate, and he prac-
ticed what he believed. Back of his
barn he erected long, low shed, not
particularly snowy or expensive, but
dry, and under this shed he kept
everything in the equipment line
from grindstone to wagons. In one
end he built homemade. impro-
vised paint shop. Although his rep
utation as family man In that
country was good, it was said of him
that he would just as soon leave a
member of his family outside all win
ter as his mower or his drill.
When he finished his blowing. he
saw to it that his men brought the
pillow back to the shed. He then went
over it thoroughly with coat OF
white lead, and it was left that way
all winter. In the spring a little kerr
osene or turpentine was applied.
which loosened the paint so that
with the first contact of the ground
the snare came out smooth and shiny
like mirror.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16

Every two years | made it a point t
go over all the binders, mowers, an
all the other machines | had on tn
place, with good metal-base paint
| even painted the knives of the cut
ting machines the same as I did m
pillow, and | found that with a littl
application of turpentine or kerosen,
they became bright and shiny befor,
pleted.
Il didn't use up all this paint be
cause | felt more friendly toward tn,
Sherwin-Williams people than | die
Company. 1t was merely a matter o
economy with me, because paint wa,
cheaper than new machines.
Perhaps also the question of prid,
helped little, because | always Xix
ed to have everything about the farm
clean and bright. | generally used
red because | like that color and be
cause red lead is better than white
lead for outside work. I kept even
the tongues and whifletrees of my
wagons as good as new. They were
mostly made of locust In that coun.
try and. when properly painted, will
last century.
This painting was not just a hob.
by; l found that 1t paid. as at one
time | sold binder which | had used
steadily for six years for over two
thirds of what II cost me, and didn',
cheat the fellow. either. II was prac-
tically as good as new.
Il was paint advocate all right.
and II seemed to me that hired men
might come and hired men might go.
but my wagons, mowers and drills
went on forever.
Tho Indispensable OIL Can.
Il was equally as cranky on lubri-
cants. When first started farming
as young man. II did not take me
long 10 find out that hot box gen
orally meant ten-mile trip TO town
three experiences of this kind. and
after that the most important bit of
barn furniture. next TO the paint can.
was the oil can. Many time since
then. when have seen my neigh bors
tied up in the middle OF work day
with an over-heaied part. have
praised John. from whom oil bless
ings flow as the University OF Chi
cago boys say. used TO make IL a
rule, after each long trip. TO grease
my wagons. with the result that they
were always ready and always ship
shape. invented patent dust pro-
tectors of my own when none came
with machine. and where this was
not possible. kept the exposed parts
well cleaned.
Now. all OF this might seem rath-
er unimportant to some farmers. or
they might think II great deal of
trouble for nothing. but, In the long
run, never noticed the trouble and
| found that 1t was a good form OF
economy. farmed for masy years
at a time when prices were much
lower than they are now. and made
my farm pay. | do not claim that
II was all due TO my caring for my
but the fact that | made
every cent OF capital invested In the
return the one hundred
cents on the dollar and then anne
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16
Land Wanted

W Anted-Good farm land in Miss for $4,000 equity
IN beautiful Chicago suburban home worth ST.
90. subject To n mortgage of 81. 600 on long time
at 81. WIN rent for s35 90 per month AIao want
land Tor ". 800. equity in q high class Chicago
lot worth q. 800.
Il. G. L.. p. o. Box Goa. Chicago
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16
$35 For "a Plow or 35 Cents For
Paint?

That plow." said the Kentuckian.
cost me $35, the paint cost about
80 cents, and 1t made the plow last
ten years longer. That is just an H.
lustration," continued he, "of my
procedure with every machine own
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16

Oil Is cheaper than machinery.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16

Mosby's Winter Tur-
nip Seed at so cents
per Id. Order from
Kerrville, Tenn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18
children Cry FOR fLETcHER'S
 |C A s o RI A
BALL
 T0SSER TRAINS HERE
Fred Spencer, Former Detroit Player "WOrking Out" at the Local
 \ Y. M. (. X. "Gym.'

N Fred Spencer, a professlopal 2"li itosser. former member of the Detroit
 American League team, later with the la, club and only recent |ly sold to the Indianapolis American Association team, is in Pine Bluff |getting into trim fer the coming sea- |eoH, and is working out daily at the local T. M. C. A. "Gym. He is spend- fng the winter here ill hopes of train ling for the summers work and is |being greatly benefited
 During his stay in Pine Bluff he lis working at the local freight office |of the Iron Mountain railroad. He Leaves March 1 to join the Indianapo- His team at West Baden, Indiana, where they will go into training quar- Eers. Spencer is fifteen pounds too |heavy, he says, and declares that he
 lis being greatly benefited in particl-
 batting in cross-town runs with the
 Y. M. C. A. running team daily. He
 believes Pine Bluff an admirable
 place for ball players to work out
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18
REGENT DEATH OF
 MRS. A. w. LOWE

Since our last issue death has claimed among it's victims Mrs. A. w. Lowe. of Luella, whose death occur red on last Friday.
 Mrs. Lowe was one Of Drew conn- tvs old and honored women. She has been living in the neighborhood where she died for the past 50 years and was dearly beloved by all of her neigbbors for her generous dlsposl- tion and goodness of heart.
 Mrs. Lowe has been in feeble health for the last six or seven years ana suffered a great deal, but she bore her afflictions with patience and for- titude She was about 60 years ot age. She leaves a husband, two daughters and six or seven sons to mourn her death.
 Among her oldest children are Prof. W Lowe and Dr. w. T. Lowe or Pine Bluff, Mr. Tillman Lowe and Mrs William Gill and Mrs. Walter Lamb, of Luella, and Prof. Ed Lowe of Jefferson county. To our life Ion 2 friend, MT. A. w. Lowe and to the bereaved sons and daughters the edi- tor of the Monticellonian extends h's heartfelt sympathies in this, theie hour of greatest affliction--Noh4eei- To Monticellonian.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18
"COVERING' THE
 FIRST STORY

Because of the wide difference of opinion relative to the numerical re- cord ef the apple consumption of ou. first parents, the Statistical Editor sent the Cub Reporter out to trail the truth to it's liar in the Garden of Eden. back it up in d corner anl choke the exact facts out of it-With this highly edifNing result:
 It could be said Eve s anc Adam ?, a total of 10; also that Eve anji Adam S too, total 16: but if Eve 5 and Adam S2, the total would be 4o. NOW if Eve S1 and Adam S12, the to- tai would be S93; then if Eve S1 lst and Adam S12, the total would be 1929; or again, if Eve S14 Adam and Adam S1242 oblige Eve. the total would be S2.056; though it is admit ted Eve S14 Adam, Adam if he S1S12ie keep Eve company, total S,1S2,0o5. But this is all wrong. Even, when she SlS12 many, and probably felt sorry for it, and Adam, in order to relieve her grief, SIP. therefore Adam, if he S1S14242fy Eyes depressed spirits. Hence both ate S1,S96,S66 a2- ples-The Statistical Editor is in a padded cell.-Cover Chat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18
GAS, HEARTBURN AND
 DYSPEPSIA VANISH

Gou can eat anything your stomach eraves without fear of Indigestion or Dyspepsia, or that your food will fer ment or som. on your stomach if You will take little piapepsin oecasion- ally.
 Aea- n+aAs will taste good. and anything you eat will be dieostoi: nothing can ferment or turn into acid of poison CT stomach gas, wHice causes ReIehine, Dizziness, q ferling of fullness after eatins. Nausea. In digestion tlike q hump of Ieqd in stomach), Billiousness, Heartburn, Water Brash, Pain ill stomach and intoatines or other symptoms
 Headaches from the stomach are absolutely unknown where this ef- fective remedy is used Diapepsiu really does all the work of a healthy stomach. 1t digests your meals when your stomach cant. X single dose will digest all the food you eat and
 
 upset the stomach.
 Get large 50-cent case of Pape $ piapepsin from Nour druggist and start taking now. and i'll d little while you will actually brag about Hour healthy. strong stomach, for you then can eat anything and ev- erythng you want without the slight est discomfort or misery and every particle of impuritN and Gas that is in your stomach and intestines is going to be carried away without the use of laXatiVes or any other assist ance
 Should you at this moment be sui ferine from Indigestion or any stom- ach disorder. you can get relief with in five minutes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18
EAGLES TO BUILD
 CONVENTION HALL
of Fort Smith .Aerie Ire ..Rnsy Making Preparations for It
 After State Conventions.

( Fort Smiths chances for securing convention hall this season are ex- }ceedingly bright At the meeting ot the Eagles Thursday night, directors of the building association were in- structed to make all possible haste with the preliminaries in order that the contract might be let soon.
 The directors chosen were Ira D. lOglesby, Jr., president; P. A. Ball acretarv-treasurer; Louie Berdell, Tonv Bly and w J. Doyle.
 The plan favored is for the erec- tion of the convention hall and aerie SltoS cover the whole of two lots own- |edsby the order on the corner of North |Sixtb and B streets. The aerie will |a,ef above the convention hall, and Iwkile there will be only the two Lfoors. the building will have the lhti ieht of three stories. As there has IInfg Q been a crying demand for con- Iv&htion hall, and the lack of it was 1u&5e of the handicaps the local aerie AlS.a. to carry in the effort to secure
 state convention for this city, lN Ere is believed to be little doubt of ,lS8 the stock being placed easily. It Mfthe hope of the aerie that the work k2ll be so far under way by the time E the Hot Springs convention that hEe delegates will be able to promise Itfie Eagles the finest meeting place In I45Se state for the 1911 convention.
 &J. R. Krone resigned as president In& the aerie. George Graham being Elected to fill the vacancy and Ernest IGDss chosen vice president.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18
LOCAL HUNTERS GO
 ON CAMP HUNT

A party of local sportsmen will leave the city this morning on the launcASssGypsy Queen," for a camp hupt of one or two weeks. They will go Iown the Arkansas river fifty or miles, where game of all kinds is plentiful. They carry tents, bedding, cooking utensils, and everything necessary to make the trip most enjoyable one. The par ty is composed of Malachi Donovan, John E. Wells, Ralph Harris, NJ. C, Howell and Capt Watts, the lattef being an old river pilot.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18

Nothing so good when you need pill as Rings Little Liver Pills-snall snre. easy Sold by McCammon & Son. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup Is so high ly recommended, because 1t not only moves he bowels gently and thereby stops The cold. but it also allays in- fammation of the lungs and throat. II ts pleasant to take. Sold by Mc- t'ait#nnn & Son.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18
X JAMES
 BEAUTY PARL0R

See lls for artistic hair dressing. marcelle waving. shamp0oing, sciea. tific scalp treatment, wig making. complexion beautifying, electric and plain massage. manicuring. pedicur. ing, clliropody and the manufacturing of all kinds of hair braids, pomps and curls. Office at no Pine st. o. F. 1:5,33. For white people only.
 Him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18

Oh Joy, The real picture show starts next Thursday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18

Just received another shipment |of those cobblers outfits worth $1.O0 for Csc. Half sole your own shoes, land save yourself the money during 1910 at Cleveland Matthews Hdw. Go,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18

-I have purchased all lots ow ned by J. w. Monk in his south, western and Southwestern addition No. ?, and will be glad to sell any person de- siring lots in these additions.
 Pinchback Taylor, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. t1.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18
DR. c. D. SMITH, yeterinar, Surgeon and Dentist.

Cans night or day answered prompt, ly. Office at Alexander Bros. store, corner Of Fourth and Pine street. Old ph Jne 529. Residence, 1207W. 9th ave. old phone 109.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18

New Moon on January 2Oth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18

Accidents will happen, but the best regulated families keep Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil for such emergencies. II subdues the pain and heals the hurts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18
COME TO SEE US.

COME TU SEE US.
 We will sell your property for you srrp your money and pay you inter ,.~,. We will loan you money and can serve you in many Ways.-PcOpie's ~s,'mGs RanK and Trust Company. 9-29-d1mo
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18
Children Cry
 FOR FlETCHER'S c A s TO RI A

For an "After Xmas' bargain see onr beautiful selection of Administer Art Squares. Special reduction in prices. Reap X Crawford Furn. Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18

Trips to the Moon start on the -o'h roxt Thursday. steamer Enjoyment. Wharf. Second and State.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-18
DREDGES WOULD BE
 AID 10 SHIPPING
Robinson Bill i> in Accord With Rec. ommcndation of Federal Engineer
 for River Improvement.

The bill introduced in Conares, by Representative Joe r. Robinson. fo, an appropriation of $4Qo,000 for tw5 dredse boats in the Arkansas river below Pine Bluff. is step in accord with the recommendation made by Major VI. l.. Walker of the corps oi engineers in charge of the Pine Bluff district
 In the appendix to the majors re- port for the year ending June 90. 1909 he says:
 ''In continuation of the experiments al dredging, the dredec Gamma-a dredSe borrowed from the Mississip- !pi River Commission worked at Rob Roy, at Maddngs and Richland Crossing until July 31, 1908. when the return trip to West Memphis Was begun
 Tells of Work at Rob Roy.
 At Rob Roy the main channel ot the river had left the shore about a mile and a half above the railway bridge and passed under the fixed spans of the bridge. There was a secondary channel following the left shore and passing through the draw openings of the bridge The dredge was operated along this secondary channel in an effort to maintain a navigable channel to the draw from the upstream side of the bridge.
 Although this dredge did not af- ford a naYigable channel from Octo- ber 10 to October 24. 1908. the lowest water period of this fiscal year, the result obtained was satisfactory to this extent, that during the period of ordinary low water in September and as good channel depth in the dred@e cut as there was in the channels over the controlling shoals above and be- low the bridge and without this cut there could have been no steamboat navigation through this bridge during the medium and low water stages of this fiscal year, except for such small
 oats as were able to pass through the fixed spans of the bridge.
 Done at High Stages.
 In both seasons of the year the work has been necessarily done at comparatively high stages of the river. for the dredging plant had to be returned to the Mississippi Ri yer Commission in August of each year. On this account there have been no dredging operations during the low water periods, at which time such operations can be most success fully carried on, and it is still prob lematical as to the length of chan nel that a single dredge can open and maintain to 3 1-2 or f foot depth during such periods.
 The experimental dredging has shown that much material aid can be given navigation by this means and it is believed that the results so far ob- tained justify the procuring of two dredges suitable for thls river for use below Little Rock.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-07-19

straining order issued by Louisiana
courts acting on petition of repre-
sentatives of the so.called whiskey
trust.
The ruling reached the treasury de-
partment today, and Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Cabeil Immediately
entered into the consultation with
Assistant Attorney General Fowler,
representing the department of JUS
tice, which the charge of the legal
proceedings in internal revenue mat
ters. The whiskey interests contend
that the government has no right to
dictate that whiskey shall be made
only from the grain, that the treasury
department determines in it's ruling,
and that there is no reason why whis-
key made from sawdust, potato par
ings or any other such material should
no be in the same taxable status as
whiskey made from grain. A
The petitioners want the entire gov
ernment proceedings in the matter
suspended pending final determine
tion Of the test case instituted through
the bill of equity in the Louisiana
courts. The whole problem of what
is whiskey?" is therefore again the
matter of sharp dispute. q
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-07-19

Say goodbye to your corns the very
first time you use TIZ. You will
never know you have a corn, bunion
or callous, or sweaty, tired, swollen,
aching feet any more. It's Just won-
derfuI the way the pain vanishes. Rub
the corn-hammer it with your fist II
you wish-no more pain after TIZ
than if there had never been "a blem-
ish on your feet. Doesn't that sound
good to you? Doesn't it? Then read
this.
"The corns on either Of my toes
were as large as the tablets you make
to cure them. Today there is no sign
of corns on either foot and no sore
ness. IT'S an up-to-date Godsend.-
Sam. A. Hoover, Progress, N. C.
Just use TIZ. It's not like any
thing else for the purpose you ever
heard of. It's the only foot remedy
ever made which acts on the principal
of drawing out all of the poisonous
exudations which cause sore feet.
Powders and other remedies merely
clog up the pores. TIZ cleans them
out and keeps them clean. It works
right off. You will feel better the
very first time it's used. Use II a
week and you can forget you ever had
sore feet. There is nothing on earth