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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
HARD To DROP
But Many Drop 1t.
A young Calf. wife talks about cot

A young Calf. wife talks about cof-
fee:
1T was hard to drop Mocha and
Java and CIV Postum a trial. but my
nerves p.e,> shattered that was a
nervous et and OF course that
means all kinds Of ais.
AT first | thought bicycle riding
caused 1t and ] gave 1t up, bat my
condition remained unchanged. ] did
not want to acknowledge coffee caused
the trouble. for ] was very fond of 1t.
AT that time q friend came TO live
with us, and | noticed that after he
had been with us a week he would M
drink his coffee any more. asked
him the reason. He replied. ! have
not had a headache since | left on
drinking coffee. come months ago. till
last week. when 4 began again, here
at your table, rdon.t see how any
one can like coffee. anyway. after
drinking Postum.
II said nothing, but at once Or
deredse "a package, Of Postum. That
was five months ago, and we bave
drank no coffee since, except on two
occasions when we had company, and
the result each time was that.myhns-
band conld not sleep, but lay awake
and tossed and talked half the night
We were convinced that coffee caused
his suffering. so he returned to Pos
tum, convinced that coffee was an
enemy. instead of a friend, and he is
troubled no more by insomnia.
~, myself. have gained s pounds
N weight, and my nerves have ceased
to CULVER. 1t seems so easy n;w 10
quit coffee that caused our aches and
ails and take mp Postum"
Read the little book, The Road to
| MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a Rea-
CON-"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
gre genuine. true, and full Of human
aterest.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
BIG IRRIGATION PROJECT.

John Hays Hammond has just or
ganized $15,000,0O0 to install an i'm
mense irrigation project in the Yaqui
valley Of Sonors, Mexico, which is
now covered with cactus and mes
quite and has long been considered
habitable only by the warning Yapui
Indians. Besides Mr.. Hammond, 9TH
er capitalists who are interested in
the proposition are Harry Payne
Whitney, Leigh Hunt, who has been
interested in some big Chinese and
propositions; CORTLAND F..
Palmer, L.. G. Shinnard.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
GOOD YIELD OF POTATOES.

A Maine potato grower reports a
profit of $775 from seven acres Of
potatoes harvested last year. The
crop was sold at harvest time at SIS
cents a busl1el and the yield was q
500 bushels from the seven acres. He
figures expenses at close to 5000 in
GLIDING $S3 for blowing, narrowing,
ETC., 1852 for fertilizer, using n ton
of high grade potato fertilizer to the
acre. Cultivating and hoeing cost
$40, spraying about $50, harvesting
SIS and marketing $50. One meas
ured acre yielding 432 bushels.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

Fishermen, farmers, cattle-raisers,
egg growers and truck gardeners
don't get living prices, hardly. They
are up against it, just the same as the
public. We have on storage here
5000 barrels Of apples. The owner
told me to-day he was going to pay
the daily wages of one Of his men for
every barrel of apples sold. He
bought the apples for about SO a bar
rel and will sell them for about Sc.
Storage charges are fifty cents q bar
rel, SO his profit is $3.50. It's the
same way with those beets, turnips
and other vegetables there"
In one of the coolest Of the storage
rooms, attention was called to barrels
filled with turkeys.
They're two years DID," the guide
said.
will they be sold?"
Sure; good as the day they came
here"
In another room the reporter saw
a barrel packed with geese. While
testing the firmness with which the
flesh vas frozen the neck of a goose
was snapped off as If It were a pipe.
stem.
"Those geese have seen their Sec
ond birthday here" the employee re-
marked, meaning they had been In
storage for at least two years.
One Of the party asked II tainted
meat were ever received for storage.
the reply was thai sIch meat was
received and frozen, the process con-
scealing the faint and making it posi-
BILE for the owner to, dispose of the.
meat as a staple grade.
While housewives are being driven
by the high prices to boycott meat
here is what the Ice and Refrigeration
Blue Book says is being held in colo
storage:
100000 cattle.
5000 900 calves.
25,000,000 sheep and lambs, 80.
000,0 900 hogs.
According to these figures from the
official guide book circulated only
among cold storage men, there Is in
storage one entire animal for each
adult In the United States, with
enough whole animals left over to
give two to each family.
This meat Is being held in SIS cold
storage plants. In addition it may in
terest the worried housekeeper to
know that in seventy-eight fish freez-
ing plants in the country there are
fish waiting TO be doled ont that are
led at S25,000,000
II other cold storage plants during
any year now, according to the stor-
age mems own statistics, the strug-
Cling wage Garner will find
1900, 100000 eggs.
1~30,OO0,000 pounds of poultry.
Fruits valued at s%50,000,000.
Then, besides, there are millions OF
pounds Of potatoes, onions, thousands
Of turtles, eels, cases Of canned goods
and milk. butter and cheese valued
at 500, 10000
The total value OF meat and food
stuffs placed in cold storage during a
year ut present is, according to the
figures Of the storage concerns, close
to s3,O00,000,0O0.
These cold storage figures do not
include the tremendous value of
liquors in storage at breweries, dis
tilleries and private places, the value
OF furs in storage, nor the value Of
food supplies in cold storage at pri-
vate plants.
All these food stuffs are hustled
Into cold storage at the time when,
owing to the laws Of nature, the food
would ordinarily be cheap to the con-
sumner. They are held to any length
OF time the food kings think necessary
to maintain high prices.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Abcut Noted peop,e.

Governor Hughes urged direct prl.
maries in his annual message.
The Duke Of Connaught is going to
Africa to secure 4 complete rest.
The Duke Of the Abruzzi was
greeted by a large crowd upon his ar
rival at Marsellles.
Mayor Gaynor was little the worse
for his thrilling fight for life N the
storm on Long Island.
Tho mention of Clifford Pinchot's
name was greeted with much APP
piause at the Republican Club in New
York City.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
The Field of Labor.

Boston Carpenters Union, No. sc,
has a wives funeral benefit system.
The Coopers' International is vot-
ing. on me question Of establishing q
death benefit.
The Musicians International has a
membership Of $4,000. Twelve years
ago 1t was 5000.
twenty-five editors, owners and
representatives Of different labor pub
LEGATIONS were present at the Toronto
convention of the A. F. OF L.. and
twenty Of these signed a call for a
meeting and agreed to join an organ
fzaHou.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
A Rare Product.

edo you believe in the super.
natural9"
I asked Of the genius who
Direct aud shapes the play and tells
The actors what to do.
And he answered: "Though I've
spent my life
In the theatre, 1 regret
To say I have never, never seen
super natural yet"
February Lippincott's
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Cattle Production Does Not Keep
Pace With Population. Sats Exne,

New York City.-Nothing alarming
to the consumer is seen in the high
price OF meat by the American Agri-
c%ulturist. In its annual review Of live
stock on the farms it says that the in
crease in value in the last twelve
months, in spite of a decrease in the
number of hogs and cattle other than
mich COWS amounts to $4,000 900,
or the largest annual increment ever
recorded. The upward movement of
values the last year is simply a part
CT the upward trend.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
HIS VOICE.

1t was at a summer hotel, and the
baby, being warm and fretful, cried.
"Tut! Tut! We man't Disturb our
neighbors this way" the fond faith
er said, taking the child in his arms.
"Let me sing to him, if he won't go
to Sleep" He sang, and straight
way came a knock at the door and
these words: "There's' a sick lady
next door, and, if it's all the same to
you, would you mind letting the
baby cry instead of singing to it9".
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
A MODES DOCTOR.

While on his vacation, a city doc
tor attended the Sunday morning
service at a little country church.
When the congregation vas dismiss
ed several Of the members shook
hands with him, and one, wishing to
learn if he were a Methodist, inquir-
ed, care you a professor, brother?'
"Oh, no, indeed" answered the
physician modestly; "just IN ordl-
nary doctor. january Lippincott's
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
For the Barn Floor.

I am sending a plan for a barn i'm
plement that will help a farmer. 1t
is a stable or barn scraper that can
be used on dirt or board floor.
An old handle from a shovel, fork
or rake will do; ours is four feet six
inches long. For the blade an old
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

nervous and all unstrung. / thought
I tried every known medicine, but it
was not until i began using Doan's
Kidney pills that / began to get help.
The pains slowly disappeared. the
kidney %secretions cleared up and In a
few weeks my strength returned SO
that I could wotk about the house
again. 1t is three years since then
and Doan's Kidney Pills have, kept
me we'll"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. 30 cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. 7.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

If you have rheumatism you should take
an internal remedy. Oils and liniments af-
ford only temporary relief, and de y the
proper treatment. Rheumaeidc is an inter
nal remedy, and removes the cause of the
diseases 1t stops the pain quickly. and
cures to stay cured. Sold in liquid form,
also tablets. 25c and soc bottles at drug
gists. Tablets by mail 25c. Bobbitt Chem
ical Co., Baltimore, Md.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Tommy Points a Moral.

Tommy: Papa, will you please
mend my hobby-horseq Papa:
eyes, Tommy, when l get time. And
I'll mend the dining-room sofa, and
the armchair, and the clothes-screen,
and Tommy: "Gee! Won't you
be busy, pap, when you get time91
February Lippincott e.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
The Meat Packers Side Discussed
by r. Ogden Armour

Chicago.-"Beef is only about half
q cent higher tina it was q year ago."
said j. Ogden Armour. Like many
other things, 1t has risen during the
last few years, but this is because its
production has not kept pace with the
demand.
More people are buying meat and
r buying more meat than ever be-
fore, while stock raising has shown
little If any change. Consequently
higher meat prevails. The packers do
not dictate the prices"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

of weakness that I
could do no work,
and the pains / suf-
fered would throw
me into spasms. I
was dizzy. worn and
~sleepless, my back
ached terribly. 7 had
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Growing Winter Cereals in the South

-sFHt "F"E~Ea#- EHHM ---+a
Growing Winter Cereals in the South.
For more than a century the prin-
cipal crops of the Southern farmer
have corr and cotton, the corn being
utilized as food for man and beast.
and the cotton sold as a ready money
crop. At an earlier date when the
soil still contained much OF its virgin
fertility and when market prices for
cotton we're better, this system of cul-
ture served the present needs of the
population. The continual practice
Of clean culture which it necessitated
has proven disastrous to succeeding
generations because Of the rapid de-
struction Of soil fertility which it pro-
NOTED, and now that cotton has be-
come in some sections NJ longer a
highly remunerative money crop, it
is imperative that the Southern farm
er give greater attention to diyersi-
fed forms of agriculture in which
grain growing should occupy q prom
inent place. The evolution CT eco
nomic conditions makes these changes
essential, because of
First-The impoverished condition
of much OF the farming lands.
Second-The necessity Of maintain
ing winter crops as q protection
against soil erosion.
Third-The reclamation OF worn
cut lands can best be promoted by
crop rotation.
Fourth-All CT tne valuable winter
cereals and several of the most valu-
able winter legumes can be grown
successfully.
Fifth-The importance of q liberal
grain supply for the winter feeding
cattle. sheep and swine.
Sixth-The e%xpediency OF employ
ing farmyard anu to replace a
large part Of the commercial fertilizer
now used. The necessity for the
farmer to make these changes has
been more apparent the last few years
than ever before in the history of the
South. and conditions were never
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Frost Proof Bits.

Fo. material take any piece Of
leather as long as the bit and wide
enough to reach around it. then sew
it round the bit. Now cut out two
circular pieces of leather three inches
in diameter like the illustration. Cut
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Buying a Horse.

"You say he's a young horse.
Then why do his knees bend so?''
"To tell You the truth sir, the poor
animals been living in a stable too
low for him, and he had to stoop!"
February Lippincott S.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

Piles Cured In 6 to IA Days.
pazo Ointment in guaranteed to cure any
cnseodtching Blind, Bleeding rProtruding
Piles in 8 to IA days or money refunded. SOC
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
we Sent a Check Instead.

Why do L send this "opme" to you7
Pray do not think me sassy,
But I'm collecting printed slips,
And I've heard that yours are.
classy.
February Lippincott's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
ROW READY-JUST FROM PRESS

ROW READY-JUsT FROM PRESS
The North Carolina Year Book and
Business Directory Published by
The News aud Observer.
Containing classified information arranged
by Counties and Towns the names and adj
dresses OF every man IN practically every bus
mess and every profession in every Town and
In every Countyin North Carolina.
The most valuable publication about North
Carolina ever issued.
Information corrected I'D to 1910,
Sent to any address, charges prepaid. upon
receipt OF price e. Place you- orders with
your bookstore or direct with the News and
Observer Raleigh N. @. 49,
Like our shadows, our wishes
lengthen as our sun declines.-Young.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

We are not to blame because you suffer
from Rheumatism o Neuralgia. but You
are if you do not try .Hamlins Wizard Oil:
1t quickly soothes and alieys all pain, sore
ness and inflammation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
With the help of an IF" you
might put Paris in a bottle.-French.

Dseu-seated colds and coughs ara cured
BY Ausn's Lsng Botsou. when all other
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
For coLps and GRIP.

Hicks CAPuDINE Is the best remedS-re-
lieves the aching and feverlshness-cures the
Cold and re,tnres normal conditions. It's
~liquid-effects Immediately. I0c, 25c. ard soc.
at drug stores. a. ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

them half way across and make a
round hole in the centre. Slip these
around the ends Of the bit and sew
up the cut. Now you have as good q
bit as you could buy.-Eyerett E.
Tinker, Ellsworth. Me.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
.osculaion.

Bus: to,kiss. Re-bus: to kiss again.
Omnibus: to kiss all the girls in the
room. q pluribus unum: 1000 kisses,
IN q line.-February Lippincott'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

For a desperate disease a desper.
ate cure.-Montaigne.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

Tie man who quickly finds his
limitations is the man who doesn't
hunt for them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

Who breaks his faith, no faith is
held with hindu Bartas.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

Davis PainSiiler should be taken with
out delay when sore chest nd tickling
throat warn you Of an approaching cold.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

Whose carriage is greediness his
companion is beggary.-Oriental.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Rheumatisn, Curen In

1t is only idle people that can find
time for everytlline.-Prior III
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

gopher blade, eighteen inches long
on the sharp edge, then two braces
twelve inches long with inca and C
half or two inches bent down slant
ing.
Put a small piece on to bolt the
handle to and it is complete.-Mrs.
w. G. Louks, Fowler, Ind. in Epito-
mist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
IN CONSTANT ToRTURE.
How q Severe Case Of Kidney Disease
Was Conquered.

Mrs. Sherman Youngs, schoharie.
N. Y, says: "Doan's Kidney pills
saved my life after years of suffering
that ran me down to such a degree
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

What cannot be cured must. be en-
dured.--Rabelais. So. $40.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Yon Can't Rnh II Ont.

Goodness does not consist in great
ness, but greatness in goodness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

Munyon's Cold Remedy cures o cold in one day.
Price Sc. Munyon's Rheumatism Remedy relieves
Ii . Few nourx and cures III q few days. Price 2ac.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

Rheumatism Cured In a Day:
DR.. Detchon's Relicf,fo Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in l to. 3 days. Its
action is remarkable. Removes the cause
and disease quickly disappears First dose
greatly benefits: 75c. and 81. I'll druggists.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

Munyon's Paw Paw Pills. coax the liver Into
activity by gentle methods They do not scour. grlpo
or weaken. They are . tonic TO the stomach, Lives
rich tho blood and enable Tho stomach 10 get all Tho
nourIxhment from food that Is put into It. Those
pills contain no calornei; they are xootning, healing
and stimulating. FOR sale by oil drnggists in lUc and
sc sizes. II you need medical advice. write Mum
yon's Doctors. They will adviseyto the best OF their
ability absolutely. frce OF Charge. MUNYON'S
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Southern Agricultural Topics.
Modern Methods That Are Helpful to
Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stock1uan.

more favorable for the Developments
of a rational system of culture In
which stock husbandry should occus
Ply a prominent part.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

The average man never admits it
Gilpin observer., 1910-02-10
ORIGIN OF TM[E VALENTINE


self with valentine factory on her hands.
She began to import colored pictures and
other ornaments from Germany. but as 1t was
a tedious process to cut these out by hand
she had set of dies made to shorten the
process. She next conceived the idea of EN-
bossing the little lithograph ornaments and
wrote to the firm in Germany, outlining her
plan ard proposing to have the cutting and
embossing dies made and sent to it at its
expense 1t declined Miss Howland's OFFER
however and speedily had dies made in its
own country
The American valentines. or the Worcester
valentine us 1t was known. rapidly gained a
reputation all over the country and the busi-
ness increased so much that in few years
Miss Rowland was sending out 100000 worth
of goods In spite of generous offers from
manufacturers to take over her business, Miss
Rowland stuck to 1t, even after the accident
that necessitated her confinement to n wheel
chair for several years. When her father be-
came i'll, however. and required her constant
care she sold out her business to the firm
which conducts 1t to-day in Worcester.
But the Mount Hoyoke girls do not forget
that it was n graduate from their alma mater
who was responsible for the American valen.
tine. and every year on February IA they
toast the name of Esther Rowland and the
little god Of love. .rp
Gilpin observer., 1910-02-10

On his return he handed her orders
amounting to $1,000. She aghast She
had hoped for orders representing 500. but
$1,000 meant work enough to keep her busy
for several years She was in n quandary un-
til she thought of asking her friends to help
her. They consented willingly Embossed pa.
per was ordered from England and coored
pictures from New York, from the only lithog.
rapher in this country ore friend cut out the
pictures and kept them assorted in boxes
Another with models before her made the
background of TIE valentine passing IT to still
another who rrt on The adornments Thus II
went from hand to how'd each one celebrating
It little ore putil It wa finally turned out
a thing Of rore or less coouetrv and beauty
At last the big order was co.. rleted
The next year Miss Howland looked about
for novelties and gave her brother n still
larger assortment of samples when he started
on his trip Many of theee were quite costly
and among ttem was the frst essage of Dan
Cupid on satin or silk TRAGEDY hung on
the introduction of this novelty The young
woman who painted these valentines formed
the habit Of moistenng the brush with her
lips. thus absorbing so much paint that she
died from paint poisoning
The second year the orders were so nu-
merous that 1t was necessary to double the
working force Miss Rowland soon found her
Gilpin observer., 1910-02-10

tines" in the guise of post girls. and other por-
trayals equally suggestive of tender sentiment.
Valentine day party decorations are obvi-
ously important consideration. Red and
white should be the predominating coors and
even lamps and gas Jets should be equipped
with shades of pink crepe paper or silk. in
order that they may induce subdued illumi-
nation as is befitting an occasion so senti.
mental Although not universally known.
mistletoe is almost appropriate an ad
junct of Valentines day as It Is of Christmas
Preferably it should be placed on a chandelier
In a doorway in such manner that II will
not be readily noticed by sharp eyes
Often the mistletoe is intertwined with n bow
and arrow or little plaster Cupid.
The ingenuity of the hostess will readily
suggest many ways of including the mistletoe
in the decorations to be source of
many delightful surprises. making most
amusing feature Of the entertainment. The
st. Valentine mistletoe 1t is needless to
plain carries the same privileges for the
young swain as does the Christmas mistle-
toe
No phase OF the Valentine party gives a
hostess better opportunity for the display OF
originality than the form OF invitation.
Cards adorned with watercolor sketches OF
hearts, Cupid's bow and arrow often used
and some hostesses have sent through the
malls to their prospective guests heart-shaped
pieces OF cardboard with the invitation penned
on the face The present day fad for souvenir
postal cards has also provided another me-
dunn for summoning st. Valentines subjects.
Important as are the decorations and invi-
tations. to provide the merrest and most
unique plans for entertaining her guests is. of
course the chief ambition of every Valentine
hostess. The true traditional ceremony OF st.
Valentines day was the drawing OF class of
lottery, followed by ceremonies not unlike
that generally known the game OF forfeits
and some notifications Of the old English
pastime Is q prominent feature Of many pres.